Elections are big business in Colorado, which seems odd for a state considered no longer in swing but most decidedly Cali-fornicated.
More than $100 million has already been poured into the General Election that mercifully ends today for ballot measures and state races, the latter to push Colorado’s legislature from Democrat majority to supermajority authoritarianism rule.
In the congressional races that includes where Republicans are defending two key seats and hoping to pick up the 8th district, more than $23 million has been spent so far by just the candidates.
That’s not counting outside spending, which has driven the total spent in the 8th Congressional District to over $30 million between Democrat freshman US. Rep. Yadira Caraveo and GOP challenger Gabe Evans.
Spending on Colorado’s 14 statewide ballot measures has surpassed $42 million, drowning voters in mostly left-leaning special interest voting guides that hopefully no one is reading.
Meanwhile, only 627,158 of the state’s 986,583 registered Republicans had returned their ballots by Monday night.
Grab some friends and return you ballots, now. Especially your buddies who bragged after the Trump rally in Aurora that he could retake Colorado, cause damn.
Here’s how the results are shaping up statewide:
Out of 1,944,645 unaffiliated voters, 1,081,757 have returned their ballots.
Out of 1,046,870 Democrats, 712,788 have returned their ballots.
Out of 986,583 Republicans, 359,425 are shirking their civic duty and would rather bitch about the outcome than do the one damn thing that can change it and Return. Your. Ballot.
This is not science to land a rocket, it’s an election. Mark your X, return your ballot. Because you are who we will be bitching about after the results are in.