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.
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 County Results
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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
edit| 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
edit| County | Thomas Edmund Dewey[5] Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt[5] Democratic |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[5] Socialist |
Margin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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)