Wheat Ridge leans Democratic by roughly 30 points: about 65% of voters vote Democratic and 35% Republican.
About 80% of adults in Wheat Ridge typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wheat Ridge, ~52% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wheat Ridge compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wheat Ridge leans more Democratic than 61 of 76 neighbors.
Wheat Ridge runs about 19 points more Democratic than Colorado as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Wheat Ridge. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+44) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+25), a spread of about 20 points.
Why Wheat Ridge 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 Wheat Ridge, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. About 93% of residents in Wheat Ridge live in densely developed areas, about 57 points above the U.S. average of 36%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Wheat Ridge sits in the top quarter (about 49%, above 93% of cities). A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 36% of adults in Wheat Ridge have never been married, above 88% of cities.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Wheat Ridge, CO sits in the top tenth 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 Wheat Ridge looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Wheat Ridge have completed high school, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Mountain View, CO D+55
- Edgewater, CO D+39
- Applewood, CO D+24
- Arvada, CO D+15
- Berkley, CO D+31
- Fairmount, CO D+9
- Lakewood, CO D+22
- West Pleasant View, CO D+19
- Golden, CO D+29
- North Washington, CO Even
Cities with Similar Populations
- Kaysville, UT R+34
- Bell, CA D+34
- Spotsylvania, VA R+23
- Cabot, AR R+51
- Knightdale, NC D+34
- Cottonwood Heights, UT D+20
- Ruskin, FL R+3
- SeaTac, WA D+37
- Granger, IN R+9
- Kiryas Joel, NY R+91
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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.