About

The purpose, the data and the team.

It’s hard for voters to understand trends through time on key voting issues in their own counties. And journalist’s limited capacity to cover those stories with helpful graphics casts more focus on national politics and legislation. National politics and legislation, by their nature, do not cover most key issues for voters in the state of Colorado due to the level of dilution they face on Capitol Hill. So, as a result of less localized issues and legislation being covered, voters are increasingly feeling unheard, underrepresented, and untrusting in their political systems.

Down ballot races and their coverage matter – as a resource for understanding changes in voters’ state, as a means to feeling heard as a part of the electoral process and as a tool to institute trust in our election process. Journalists need help covering these stories so that readers can get the information they need to see how they’re being listened to by their government.

This project aims to do just that. These graphics can be quickly embedded into a news story and understood by a reader. We are dedicated to the mission of increasing transparency around our elections, and we’re proud to offer more resources to voters and journalists in that pursuit.

All data for these visualizations was sourced from the Colorado Secretary of State’s election database. You can find more information on Colorado elections athttps://www.sos.state.co.us/.