Silver Plume, CO Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Silver Plume

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Silver Plume leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican.

 

About 82% of adults in Silver Plume typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Silver Plume, ~49% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Silver Plume compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Silver Plume leans more Democratic than 19 of 37 neighbors.

Silver Plume runs about 8 points more Democratic than Colorado as a whole.

Why Silver Plume 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 Silver Plume, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 64% of adults in Silver Plume hold a bachelor's degree, about 36 points above the U.S. average of 28%.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Silver Plume, CO sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Silver Plume looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. More than 99% of adults in Silver Plume have completed high school, about 7 points above the Colorado average of 93%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.