Colorado Ballot Returns

2026 General Election · Election Day Tuesday, November 3 · measured against the 2022 and 2018 midterms at the same number of days out

Awaiting the first SOS daily report

Turnout so far — Share of active voters whose ballot the SOS has counted as returned. Updates with each SOS report.

vs. 2022 at this point — 2022 same days out, interpolated from SOS reports

vs. 2018 at this point — 2018 same days out, interpolated from SOS reports

Party share of returns

Dem—

Rep—

Unaf—

D–R margin of returns appears here

Share of active voters who have returned a ballot, by days before Election Day

Each point is a Secretary of State daily report, divided by that year's active registration. 2026 is drawn bold; 2022 and 2018 are the reference midterms. Hover or tap for values at any day.

2026 2022 midterm 2018 midterm

Democratic minus Republican share of returns

Percentage points of all ballots returned so far. Above zero, more Democrats than Republicans have voted. Unaffiliated voters are not in this margin.

2026 2022 2018

Share of returns by age

Each age group's share of all ballots returned, by days before Election Day. Solid lines are 2026; dashed lines are 2022.

18–44 45–64 65+ 2022