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

1944 United States presidential election in Colorado

Election in Colorado

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.

Quick Facts All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College, Nominee ...

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

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Results by county

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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

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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%

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