Silverton, CO Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Silverton

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

Silverton leans Democratic by roughly 28 points: about 64% of voters vote Democratic and 36% Republican.

 

About 92% of adults in Silverton typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Silverton, ~59% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Silverton compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Silverton leans more Democratic than 4 of 10 neighbors.

Silverton runs about 18 points more Democratic than Colorado as a whole.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 52% of adults in Silverton hold a bachelor's degree, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 28%.

High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Silverton, CO does.

Why turnout in Silverton looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. More than 99% of adults in Silverton 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.