Swallows leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 90% of adults in Swallows typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Swallows, ~31% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Swallows compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Swallows leans more Republican than 11 of 22 neighbors.
Swallows runs about 42 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Swallows is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Swallows 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 Swallows, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Swallows votes against the grain of Colorado. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Swallows runs about 42 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Swallows sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 91% of cities).
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Swallows, CO does.
Why turnout in Swallows looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. More than 99% of households in Swallows own their home, about 25 points above the Colorado average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pueblo West, CO R+28
- Portland, CO R+47
- Beulah, CO R+26
- Penrose, CO R+42
- Wetmore, CO R+42
- Pueblo, CO D+8
- Florence, CO R+17
- Salt Creek, CO R+8
- Eden, CO Even
- Rockvale, CO R+53
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lambs Creek, PA R+48
- Eckelson, ND R+55
- Helmer, ID R+54
- Rio Creek, WI R+42
- Pettit, TX R+81
- Rockville, PA R+54
- Oxford Mills, IA R+43
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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.