Plateau City is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Plateau City typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Plateau City, ~14% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Plateau City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Plateau City leans more Republican than 8 of 12 neighbors.
Plateau City runs about 64 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Plateau City is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Plateau City leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Plateau City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Plateau City votes against the grain of Colorado. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Plateau City runs about 64 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Plateau City sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 96% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Plateau City are family households, above 87% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Plateau City, CO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Plateau City looks the way it does
Turnout in Plateau City sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Collbran, CO R+52
- Molina, CO R+54
- Mesa, CO R+54
- Battlement Mesa, CO R+33
- Parachute, CO R+56
- DeBeque, CO R+54
- Mesa Lakes, CO R+52
- Grand Mesa, CO R+37
- Rulison, CO R+49
- Rifle, CO R+29
Cities with Similar Populations
- Placerville, ID R+61
- New Pine Creek, CA R+57
- Maulden, KY R+75
- Museville, OH R+73
- Maxcy Quarters, FL R+60
- May, ID R+66
- Marshland, OR R+33
- Matanzas, KY R+68
- Lickingville, PA R+61
- Emigrant Gap, CA R+12
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Colorado Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.