1944 United States presidential election in Colorado

1944 United States presidential election in Colorado
All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College
Dewey 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%	Roosevelt 50–60% 60–70%
President before election; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose six^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Colorado was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 53.21% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 46.40% of the popular vote.^[3]^[4] With a victory margin of 6.8%, Colorado shifted to the right by 4.3% from 1940, when Wendell Willkie carried it by a slim margin of 2.5%.

Despite his comfortable victory, Dewey would go on to lose Colorado in 1948 to Harry S. Truman.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Colorado
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	268,731	53.21%
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	234,331	46.40%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	1,977	0.39%
Total votes			505,039	100%

Results by county

County	Thomas Edmund Dewey^[5] Republican		Franklin Delano Roosevelt^[5] Democratic		Norman Mattoon Thomas^[5] Socialist		Margin
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Kit Carson	72.27%	2,471	27.41%	937	0.32%	11	44.87%	1,534
Morgan	69.13%	4,166	30.52%	1,839	0.35%	21	38.62%	2,327
Elbert	69.13%	1,413	30.72%	628	0.15%	3	38.41%	785
Sedgwick	68.26%	1,228	31.57%	568	0.17%	3	36.69%	660
Washington	67.88%	2,259	31.79%	1,058	0.33%	11	36.09%	1,201
Yuma	67.45%	2,847	32.55%	1,374	0.00%	0	34.90%	1,473
Hinsdale	67.03%	124	32.97%	61	0.00%	0	34.05%	63
Rio Blanco	65.89%	881	33.73%	451	0.37%	5	32.16%	430
Rio Grande	65.82%	2,567	33.97%	1,325	0.21%	8	31.85%	1,242
Larimer	65.46%	9,914	34.15%	5,172	0.38%	58	31.31%	4,742
Phillips	65.16%	1,455	34.08%	761	0.76%	17	31.08%	694
Douglas	65.37%	1,214	34.36%	638	0.27%	5	31.02%	576
Kiowa	64.75%	970	34.85%	522	0.40%	6	29.91%	448
Jackson	64.76%	463	35.24%	252	0.00%	0	29.51%	211
Custer	63.73%	601	35.31%	333	0.95%	9	28.42%	268
Grand	63.52%	968	36.35%	554	0.13%	2	27.17%	414
Weld	63.01%	14,546	36.64%	8,459	0.35%	81	26.37%	6,087
Crowley	62.93%	1,214	36.81%	710	0.26%	5	26.13%	504
Ouray	62.33%	503	37.55%	303	0.12%	1	24.78%	200
Saguache	62.13%	1,204	37.62%	729	0.26%	5	24.51%	475
Baca	61.89%	1,528	38.11%	941	0.00%	0	23.77%	587
Logan	61.63%	3,998	38.09%	2,471	0.28%	18	23.54%	1,527
Park	60.80%	670	38.66%	426	0.54%	6	22.14%	244
Moffat	60.87%	1,445	38.88%	923	0.25%	6	21.99%	522
Fremont	60.65%	4,953	38.94%	3,180	0.40%	33	21.71%	1,773
Cheyenne	60.68%	923	39.05%	594	0.26%	4	21.63%	329
La Plata	59.64%	3,023	40.07%	2,031	0.30%	15	19.57%	992
Lincoln	59.49%	1,689	40.40%	1,147	0.11%	3	19.09%	542
Delta	59.30%	3,462	40.27%	2,351	0.43%	25	19.03%	1,111
Prowers	58.71%	2,796	40.91%	1,948	0.38%	18	17.81%	848
Dolores	58.85%	429	41.15%	300	0.00%	0	17.70%	129
Archuleta	58.45%	602	41.46%	427	0.10%	1	16.99%	175
El Paso	58.16%	16,392	41.44%	11,679	0.41%	115	16.72%	4,713
Garfield	57.97%	2,588	41.78%	1,865	0.25%	11	16.20%	723
Summit	57.60%	326	41.87%	237	0.53%	3	15.72%	89
Boulder	57.09%	10,054	42.26%	7,442	0.65%	114	14.83%	2,612
Jefferson	57.20%	9,815	42.41%	7,277	0.40%	68	14.79%	2,538
Montezuma	56.99%	1,610	42.73%	1,207	0.28%	8	14.27%	403
Otero	56.74%	5,002	43.00%	3,791	0.26%	23	13.74%	1,211
Montrose	56.37%	2,952	43.12%	2,258	0.52%	27	13.25%	694
Gilpin	55.85%	272	43.74%	213	0.41%	2	12.11%	59
San Juan	55.88%	328	43.95%	258	0.17%	1	11.93%	70
Clear Creek	55.29%	795	44.23%	636	0.49%	7	11.06%	159
Arapahoe	54.52%	9,057	45.06%	7,485	0.42%	69	9.46%	1,572
Adams	54.43%	4,933	45.25%	4,101	0.32%	29	9.18%	832
Mineral	52.80%	170	46.58%	150	0.62%	2	6.21%	20
Alamosa	51.56%	1,933	48.17%	1,806	0.27%	10	3.39%	127
Bent	51.51%	1,556	48.20%	1,456	0.30%	9	3.31%	100
Pitkin	50.83%	368	49.03%	355	0.14%	1	1.80%	13
Teller	50.24%	829	48.97%	808	0.79%	13	1.27%	21
Mesa	48.93%	6,653	50.52%	6,870	0.55%	75	-1.60%	-217
Eagle	49.07%	922	50.67%	952	0.27%	5	-1.60%	-30
Chaffee	48.83%	1,675	50.47%	1,731	0.70%	24	-1.63%	-56
Routt	48.79%	1,869	50.64%	1,940	0.57%	22	-1.85%	-71
Denver	48.75%	86,331	50.82%	90,001	0.43%	759	-2.07%	-3,670
Gunnison	46.30%	1,221	53.51%	1,411	0.19%	5	-7.21%	-190
Conejos	46.18%	1,740	53.82%	2,028	0.00%	0	-7.64%	-288
San Miguel	45.69%	536	53.71%	630	0.60%	7	-8.01%	-94
Lake	42.08%	1,236	57.44%	1,687	0.48%	14	-15.36%	-451
Pueblo	41.99%	13,848	57.72%	19,039	0.29%	96	-15.74%	-5,191
Huerfano	39.05%	2,119	60.62%	3,290	0.33%	18	-21.58%	-1,171
Las Animas	37.87%	4,179	61.63%	6,800	0.50%	55	-23.75%	-2,621
Costilla	37.09%	896	62.71%	1,515	0.21%	5	-25.62%	-619

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Géoelections; 1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[2] "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[3] "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[4] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[Geoelections-5] Géoelections; 1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)

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