How Colorado secures the vote
A dive into everything from keeping noncitizens from registering to what’s inside the vote-counting machines.
Purplish
Purplish is a podcast about state politics, state government and elections, produced by CPR News and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance.
Latest Episodes
All. The. Ballot. Questions. All of them.
Grab your ballot and follow along as hosts Bente Birkeland and Megan Verlee introduce you to the dozen-plus questions on the state ballot this fall.
The Colorado congressional races to know about
In this episode, we’re doing something we never have before: recording the show in front of a live studio audience.
Will ranked choice voting rewrite Colorado’s elections? Prop. 131 explained
Purplish explains the big experiment in democracy on your ballot this fall.
Coming soon: Purplish’s 2024 election season
CPR’s politics podcast is back, and you can participate in a taping.
Assessing the primary as the dust settles
Our hosts discuss the big themes that emerged from Republican primary results and what they mean for the future of the party, and for the general election.
GOP rifts in the Congressional Districts 5 and 8 primaries
How a pair of two-man races in El Paso County and along the northern Front Range are illustrating the increasingly bitter divisions in Colorado’s Republican Party.
The primary fight for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
With Rep. Lauren Boebert out of the running, which of the half dozen Republicans trying for the seat is likely to win the primary and take on Democrat Adam Frisch?
