Yellow Jacket leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% Republican.
About 86% of adults in Yellow Jacket typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yellow Jacket, ~23% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Yellow Jacket compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Yellow Jacket leans more Republican than 6 of 10 neighbors.
Yellow Jacket runs about 57 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Yellow Jacket is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Yellow Jacket 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 Yellow Jacket, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Yellow Jacket votes against the grain of Colorado. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Yellow Jacket runs about 57 points more Republican.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Yellow Jacket, CO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Yellow Jacket looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 96% of households in Yellow Jacket own their home, about 21 points above the Colorado average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lewis, CO R+47
- Pleasant View, CO R+47
- Dolores, CO R+34
- Cahone, CO R+41
- Lebanon, CO R+36
- Cortez, CO R+30
- Dove Creek, CO R+47
- Towaoc, CO D+25
- Mesa Verde National Park, CO R+14
Cities with Similar Populations
- Shepard, SC R+26
- Corinne, WV R+68
- Beatty, OR R+44
- St. Lawrence, TX R+81
- Epworth, SC R+72
- Dunnell, MN R+56
- Dundee Village, MD R+19
- Horn Hill, AL R+89
- Mineral Springs, OH R+67
- Nicholsville, OH R+59
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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.