{"id":28844,"date":"2024-03-06T17:07:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T00:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/over-40-voter-turnout-in-southwest-colorado-for-presidential-primaries\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:42:18","slug":"over-40-voter-turnout-in-southwest-colorado-for-presidential-primaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/over-40-voter-turnout-in-southwest-colorado-for-presidential-primaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 40% voter turnout in Southwest Colorado for presidential primaries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Thirty-six
Thirty-six percent of active La Plata County voters had cast a ballot as of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, said La Plata County Clerk and Recorders Tiffany Lee. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their respective parties\u2019 nominations with ease Tuesday evening in Colorado\u2019s 2024 presidential primary.<\/p>\n

In La Plata County, the race brought out 43% of the county\u2019s active voters. Clerk and Recorder Tiffany Lee said she was \u201cvery, very happy\u201d with that turnout, which was unlikely to set any records given that Biden\u2019s and Trump\u2019s victories were all but certain.<\/p>\n

Over 45% of active voters turned out in Montezuma County.<\/p>\n

Biden won the state with 83.6% of the vote, capturing 446,395 votes. Statewide, 8% of Democratic voters chose \u201cnoncommitted delegate\u201d over the president.<\/p>\n

Trump won the state\u2019s Republican primary over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley with 63.3% of the vote in Colorado. Haley, who captured 33.5% of the electorate, suspended her campaign Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

La Plata County has 41,363 active voters, of which a little over half are unaffiliated with a political party. About a quarter are registered Democrats, and just under a quarter are Republicans.<\/p>\n

Within the county, Biden\u2019s performance matched his success statewide. He captured 6,053 votes, or 84.2% of votes counted in the Democratic race. He lost 8.4% of the vote \u2013 about the same percentage as the statewide average \u2013 to \u201cnoncommitted delegate,\u201d which was used by Democratic voters across the country to registered their discontent with Biden\u2019s support for Israel and its invasion of Gaza.<\/p>\n

Trump performed slightly worse in La Plata County compared to the statewide race. He secured 6,165 votes, or 58.9% of ballots counted in the Republican primary, while Haley grabbed 38% of the vote.<\/p>\n

A breakdown of which race unaffiliated voters participated in will not be available for several weeks, Lee said.<\/p>\n

In Montezuma County, Biden garnered 84.8% of the vote. Trump far outperformed his statewide win, securing 75.3% of the vote in Montezuma County; Haley received 21.8% of Montezuma County Republican ballots.<\/p>\n

Primary elections for state and local office, including county commissioner and district attorney races, will be held June 25 and ballots will be sent out the week of June 3.<\/p>\n

rschafir@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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