Here's an article from the Rocky Mountain news about voter turnout in last fall's elections [May 26, 2005, "'04 vote brought out young"]. From the article, "The census survey found the number of Colorado voters aged 18 to 24 rose from 84,000 in 2000 to 212,000 in 2004. The percentage of all young residents who cast ballots rose from 21 percent in 2000 to 44 percent in 2004, on a par with national figures of 17 percent and 45 percent respectively."
State Democrats raised more campaign dough than Republicans, outside of Colorado, according to the Denver Post [May 6, 2005, "Dems far outdrew GOP in '04 out-of-state cash]." They write, "Colorado Democrats raised nearly 19 times as much out-of-state money as Republicans did during the 2004 election cycle, according to a report to be released today by the Center for Public Integrity."
Colorado Luis: "So much for the Salazar effect, you say? Well, perhaps not. Only 63% of "Hispanic" adults in Colorado are citizens who can vote in the first place, so the percentage of eligible Latino voters who actually voted is in the forty percent range. And of registered Latinos, 81% voted, which suggests both that there was a Salazar effect and that the strong efforts to get eligible Latinos registered that were made last year need to continue."
Category: Denver November 2004 Election
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