Silt leans Republican by roughly 28 points: about 36% of voters vote Democratic and 64% Republican.
About 86% of adults in Silt typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Silt, ~31% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Silt compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Silt leans more Republican than 4 of 7 neighbors.
Silt runs about 40 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Silt is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Silt. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+42) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+19), a spread of about 24 points.
Why Silt 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 Silt, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Silt votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 26%, modestly below the Colorado average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Silt are family households, above 89% of cities. Silt runs against the grain of Colorado, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Non-English at home and voter turnout
Places with a low non-English-at-home share tend to turn out at a higher rate; Silt, CO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Silt looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Silt is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Rifle, CO R+29
- New Castle, CO R+9
- Glenwood Springs, CO D+17
- Parachute, CO R+56
- Battlement Mesa, CO R+33
- Cattle Creek, CO D+11
- Rulison, CO R+49
- Plateau City, CO R+53
- Collbran, CO R+52
- Carbondale, CO D+31
Cities with Similar Populations
- Derby, NY R+19
- Jay, OK R+57
- Mount Carmel, TN R+61
- Lucerne Valley, CA R+35
- Arrington, TN R+44
- Dawson, GA D+38
- Uhland, TX D+3
- West Berlin, NJ Even
- Summerland Key, FL R+27
- Whiteville, TN D+6
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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.