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Primary Rules
See Colorado primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
Colorado is listed with an Open to Unaffiliated classification for Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, Republican Presidential, and Republican State. Unaffiliated voters may have primary ballot options, but party and contest rules still matter.
Open to Unaffiliated: Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, Republican Presidential, and Republican State.
Primary rules can vary by party, office, and election cycle. Confirm your current ballot eligibility with state election officials, your local election office, or the relevant political party.
The delegate totals on this page are historical 2024 presidential cycle data. They help explain the last presidential allocation cycle but should not be treated as current-cycle delegate counts.
Primary Type
Following the passage of Propositions 107 & 108 in 2016, unaffiliated voters will receive a combined primary ballot and then may only vote in one party’s primary contest for each office. To qualify for the ballot Colorado holds closed party caucuses at which candidates who receive more than 30% of the vote proceed to the primary election.While each political...
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
The Democratic Party uses a proportional representation system based on the results of the Presidential Preference Election (Primary) for apportioning delegates to the Democratic National Convention. In 2024, the Democratic party will send a total of 86...
2024 Republican Delegates
The Republican Party uses a Winner-Take-Most system based on the results of the Presidential Preference Election (Primary) for apportioning delegates to the Republican National Convention. The Republican party will send a total of 37 Delegate Votes and 34...
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Questions
Colorado is listed with the following primary type classification: Open to Unaffiliated.
Colorado is listed with an Open to Unaffiliated classification for Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, Republican Presidential, and Republican State. Unaffiliated voters may have primary ballot options, but party and contest rules still matter.
The model lists 86 Democratic delegate votes and 37 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for Colorado are historical 2024 presidential cycle data where listed. Confirm current-cycle delegate plans with official party materials or state election sources.
Use state election materials, party materials, and selected reference links where available. This page links to www.sos.state.co.us -Voting In Primaries and www.ncsl.org - Primary Types.