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Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Colorado snapshot14,154

Abortions occurring in Colorado

2022

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Legal induced abortions reported as occurring in Colorado, regardless of the patient's state of residence, in CDC's 2022 Abortion Surveillance.

Residence context

Reported abortions involving out-of-area residents: 3,924 (27.7%)

How it was measured: CDC compiles aggregate abortion data voluntarily reported by state health agencies and other reporting areas.

Keep in mind

This is an occurrence count, not a count of abortions obtained by Colorado residents; it includes out-of-state residents and excludes Colorado residents whose abortions occurred elsewhere.
CDC abortion surveillance is voluntary and reporting completeness and definitions can differ across reporting areas; the measure does not establish the effect of a law or candidate position.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect abortion accessRestrict abortion access

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Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Colorado snapshot$1,761/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number

Median monthly gross rent for renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, including contract rent plus estimated average utility and fuel costs paid by the renter.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate and expressed in 2024 dollars.

Keep in mind

This is a multi-year statewide estimate, not a current asking-rent measure.
The median obscures differences by location, unit size, housing quality, and renter circumstances.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand affordable housingLower property costs

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Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Colorado snapshot1,236,302 Medicaid enrollees

Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus enrollment

January 2026

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People enrolled in Health First Colorado, the state's Medicaid program. The same official update separately reports enrollment in Child Health Plan Plus.

Related program enrollment

Child Health Plan Plus: 75,103

How it was measured: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing administrative enrollment reporting.

Keep in mind

Enrollment is not the same as the uninsured population and can change monthly.
Enrollment alone does not measure affordability, access, quality, or prescription-drug prices.

Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand coverage and accessEmphasize choice and competition

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Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Colorado snapshot92.9%

Adults with at least a high school diploma

2020–2024 estimate

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Share of Colorado residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

This is an adult educational-attainment measure, not a current high-school graduation rate or a measure of school quality.
A statewide estimate can obscure differences across communities and demographic groups.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Invest in public schoolsExpand school choice

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Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Colorado snapshot961

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

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Deaths in which firearm injury was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 15.3 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.

Keep in mind

The total combines firearm deaths across intents, including suicide, homicide, legal intervention, and unintentional or undetermined injury.
It does not measure nonfatal injuries, firearm ownership, defensive uses, or policy effects.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Strengthen gun-safety lawsProtect gun rights

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Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Colorado snapshot9.8%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number

Share of Colorado residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or current border crossings.
The Census does not assign legal status in this measure.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize border enforcementCreate legal pathways

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Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Colorado snapshot30.5%

Natural gas share of in-state electricity generation

2024

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Share of Colorado's in-state electricity-industry net generation supplied by natural gas.

EIA generation totals

Natural-gas generation: 17,926,802 MWh
Wind generation: 17,602,010 MWh (29.9%)
Coal generation: 16,477,718 MWh (28.0%)
Total net generation: 58,798,395 MWh

How it was measured: FactVote divided 17,926,802 MWh of natural-gas generation by 58,798,395 MWh of total net generation in EIA Table 5 and rounded to one decimal. Wind and coal are shown as exact-source comparisons.

Keep in mind

EIA Table 5 covers electricity-industry net generation and does not include estimated small-scale generation outside that table.
In-state generation is not the same as electricity consumed in Colorado because power crosses state lines.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Colorado snapshot$4.13/gal

Regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

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Estimated average Colorado retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations, including taxes.

Colorado compared with the U.S.

Regular gasoline price

Colorado: $4.132/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

Colorado's statewide average was $0.061 per gallon higher, or about 1.5% above the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of August 31, 2026.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Recent weekly prices

Prior week: $4.384/gal
Weekly change: -25.2¢
One year earlier: $3.061/gal
Change from one year earlier: +107.1¢

How it was measured: U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly retail motor-gasoline survey estimate for Colorado. FactVote displays the published dollars-per-gallon value and calculates changes from August 24, 2026 (prior week), and September 1, 2025 (52 weeks earlier).

Keep in mind

This is a statewide survey estimate, not the price at every station or in every Colorado community.
The series is nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns.
Weekly estimates can be revised and can differ from monthly averages.
Price changes alone do not establish the effect of any bill, official, or government action.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize conservation and clean energyExpand domestic energy production

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Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Colorado snapshot$95,470

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number

Median money income received by Colorado households, expressed in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

Income is not take-home pay and does not directly measure taxes, wealth, prices, or purchasing power.
A statewide median obscures regional and household differences.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Lower taxes and spendingInvest in workers and services

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Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Colorado snapshot

70.72%

Registered-voter turnout

November 5, 2024 general election

26.04%

Primary election turnout

June 25, 2024 primary election

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Ballots cast in the 2024 general election divided by registered voters reported in Colorado's certified biennial election abstract.

2024 turnout comparison

General election turnout: 70.72%
Primary election turnout: 26.04%

The general rate uses all registered voters; the primary abstract's published 26.04% rate uses active registered voters.

Registered-voter turnout is not the same as turnout among all voting-age or voting-eligible residents.
The primary and general percentages use different registration-status denominators and should not be read as a perfectly like-for-like comparison.

Colorado Secretary of State ↗

How it was measured: FactVote divides 3,241,155 general-election ballots cast by 4,583,280 registered voters and rounds to two decimals. The official abstract reports 988,633 primary ballots cast and 3,796,492 active voters, or 26.04% turnout.

Keep in mind

Registered-voter turnout is not the same as turnout among all voting-age or voting-eligible residents.
Turnout does not by itself measure election access, administration quality, confidence, or the effect of a specific rule.

Colorado Secretary of State ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand voting accessIncrease election safeguardsStrengthen ethics and transparency

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Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Colorado snapshot486.8 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

How it was measured: FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Colorado's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 98.8% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 99.2%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Colorado snapshot2,663.3 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Colorado's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 98.8% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 99.2%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Colorado snapshot305

Homicide deaths

2024 final data

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Deaths for which homicide was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted homicide death rate: 5.1 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.

Keep in mind

Homicide mortality is not the same as offenses reported to police and does not include nonfatal violence.
Counts and rates do not establish causes or the effect of a particular policy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Emphasize policing and enforcementEmphasize prevention and justice reform

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Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Colorado snapshot1,035,297

Social Security beneficiaries

December 2025

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

People in Colorado receiving Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits in current-payment status.

Beneficiaries by grouped benefit type

Retired workers: 831,752
Disabled workers: 76,220
Widow(er)s and parents: 51,038
Spouses: 33,118
Children: 43,169

How it was measured: Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record administrative data.

Keep in mind

The grouped categories reconcile to the total but combine retirement, survivor, and disability spouses and children.
It does not measure benefit adequacy, private pensions, or retirement savings.

Social Security Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect or expand benefitsChange benefits to address long-term costs

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Foreign policy and diplomacy

Diplomacy, alliances, and the use of U.S. military force abroad.

Strengthen diplomacy and alliancesLimit U.S. military intervention abroad

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Veterans and military families

Veterans' care, benefits, housing, work, and transition to civilian life.

Protect or expand veterans' care and benefitsExpand veterans' housing, education, and work support

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National defense

Military readiness, modernization, and defense spending.

Invest in military readiness and modernizationReduce military spending

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Digital privacy and surveillance

Personal data rights and limits on surveillance.

Strengthen personal data rightsLimit government and workplace surveillance

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Artificial intelligence

AI safeguards, accountability, research, and development.

Set AI rules and safeguardsInvest in AI research and development

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Libraries and access to books

Public library services and access to books.

Support and expand library servicesProtect access to library books

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