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As of mid-afternoon, the Democrats are still watching their share of the returned ballot count diminish, as it has every single day since the Secretary of State started releasing ballot counts on October 24th.
As of 2:11 p.m., Republicans are holding a 36,066 lead in returned ballots, according to the Secretary of State, and Coloradans have cast 2,404,846 ballots. Republicans accounting for 34.8% of returned ballots and Democrats with 33.3%.
Polls close at 7 p.m. today.
In 2012, there were 2,569,516 presidential votes cast, and we expect more than that for this year’s vote. This afternoon’s ballot chase break down is below:
Republican ballots returned: 836,151
Democrat ballots returned: 800,085
Unaffiliated ballots returned: 730,433
Other party ballots returned: 38,177
Some key counties are below. Totals may not equal because third party ballots are excluded.
Adams
Democrat: 60,065
Republican: 46,034
Unaffiliated: 50,489
Total: 159,033
Arapahoe
Democrat: 90,021
Republican: 81,436
Unaffiliated: 73,148
Total: 248,207
Denver
Democrat: 136,444
Republican: 38,984
Unaffiliated: 72,609
Total: 252,190
Douglas
Democrat: 37,313
Republican: 84,102
Unaffiliated: 51,085
Total: 174,964
El Paso
Democrat: 64,604
Republican: 132,305
Unaffiliated: 84,475
Total: 286,916
Jefferson
Democrat: 97,001
Republican: 98,587
Unaffiliated: 99,957
Total: 300,063
Larimer
Democrat: 51,705
Republican: 57,878
Unaffiliated: 57,120
Total: 169,623
Weld
Democrat: 27,293
Republican: 47,833
Unaffiliated: 34,489
Total: 111,368