1940 United States presidential election in Colorado

1940 United States presidential election in Colorado
All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College
Wilkie 50–60% 60–70%	Roosevelt 50–60% 60–70%
President before election; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

The 1940 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 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 Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 50.92% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 48.37% of the popular vote.^[3]^[4]

Results[]

1940 United States presidential election in Colorado
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wendell Willkie	279,576	50.92%
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	265,554	48.37%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	1,899	0.35%
	Prohibition	Roger Babson	1,597	0.29%
	Communist	Earl Browder	378	0.07%
Total votes			549,004	100%

Results by county[]

County	Wendell Lewis Willkie^[5] Republican		Franklin Delano Roosevelt^[5] Democratic		Norman Mattoon Thomas^[5] Socialist		Roger Ward Babson^[5] Prohibition		Earl Russell Browder^[5] Communist		Margin
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Kit Carson	68.69%	2,481	30.45%	1,100	0.47%	17	0.33%	12	0.06%	2	38.23%	1,381
Rio Blanco	65.49%	1,021	34.00%	530	0.26%	4	0.26%	4	0.00%	0	31.49%	491
Elbert	65.04%	1,756	34.59%	934	0.26%	7	0.11%	3	0.00%	0	30.44%	822
Morgan	64.30%	4,654	34.91%	2,527	0.25%	18	0.51%	37	0.03%	2	29.39%	2,127
Yuma	64.11%	3,531	34.80%	1,917	0.60%	33	0.38%	21	0.11%	6	29.30%	1,614
Washington	62.63%	2,390	36.77%	1,403	0.26%	10	0.29%	11	0.05%	2	25.86%	987
Larimer	62.15%	10,720	37.12%	6,402	0.27%	46	0.45%	77	0.02%	3	25.03%	4,318
Crowley	62.21%	1,419	37.26%	850	0.22%	5	0.31%	7	0.00%	0	24.95%	569
Kiowa	61.86%	986	37.52%	598	0.25%	4	0.38%	6	0.00%	0	24.34%	388
Logan	61.38%	4,613	37.51%	2,819	0.23%	17	0.85%	64	0.03%	2	23.87%	1,794
Douglas	61.57%	1,298	38.00%	801	0.38%	8	0.05%	1	0.00%	0	23.58%	497
Weld	59.72%	16,129	39.44%	10,653	0.36%	97	0.41%	111	0.07%	19	20.27%	5,476
Sedgwick	59.86%	1,448	39.64%	959	0.25%	6	0.25%	6	0.00%	0	20.21%	489
Lincoln	59.57%	1,780	39.66%	1,185	0.27%	8	0.47%	14	0.03%	1	19.91%	595
Moffat	59.23%	1,556	40.20%	1,056	0.23%	6	0.34%	9	0.00%	0	19.03%	500
Jackson	59.23%	526	40.20%	357	0.45%	4	0.11%	1	0.00%	0	19.03%	169
Montezuma	59.25%	2,313	40.29%	1,573	0.38%	15	0.05%	2	0.03%	1	18.95%	740
Hinsdale	58.82%	150	40.39%	103	0.39%	1	0.39%	1	0.00%	0	18.43%	47
Custer	57.37%	685	41.46%	495	0.34%	4	0.75%	9	0.08%	1	15.91%	190
Rio Grande	57.40%	3,075	41.85%	2,242	0.19%	10	0.56%	30	0.00%	0	15.55%	833
Delta	57.07%	4,175	41.61%	3,044	0.68%	50	0.57%	42	0.05%	4	15.46%	1,131
La Plata	57.39%	3,871	42.03%	2,835	0.30%	20	0.21%	14	0.07%	5	15.36%	1,036
Garfield	57.18%	2,894	42.30%	2,141	0.22%	11	0.28%	14	0.02%	1	14.88%	753
Prowers	56.87%	3,115	42.16%	2,309	0.24%	13	0.60%	33	0.13%	7	14.72%	806
Baca	56.53%	1,567	42.10%	1,167	0.76%	21	0.54%	15	0.07%	2	14.43%	400
Saguache	55.57%	1,462	43.41%	1,142	0.53%	14	0.42%	11	0.08%	2	12.16%	320
Phillips	54.30%	1,168	42.72%	919	1.58%	34	1.30%	28	0.09%	2	11.58%	249
El Paso	55.31%	16,766	43.94%	13,320	0.30%	91	0.43%	131	0.02%	7	11.37%	3,446
Dolores	54.75%	478	43.41%	379	0.80%	7	0.80%	7	0.23%	2	11.34%	99
Grand	55.19%	1,074	44.35%	863	0.31%	6	0.15%	3	0.00%	0	10.84%	211
Montrose	54.62%	3,744	43.95%	3,013	0.83%	57	0.45%	31	0.15%	10	10.66%	731
Fremont	54.82%	5,150	44.56%	4,186	0.28%	26	0.31%	29	0.03%	3	10.26%	964
Cheyenne	54.43%	915	45.09%	758	0.30%	5	0.18%	3	0.00%	0	9.34%	157
San Juan	54.20%	452	45.32%	378	0.12%	1	0.36%	3	0.00%	0	8.87%	74
Otero	54.11%	5,459	45.27%	4,567	0.20%	20	0.41%	41	0.01%	1	8.84%	892
Archuleta	53.71%	869	45.98%	744	0.19%	3	0.12%	2	0.00%	0	7.73%	125
Boulder	53.22%	10,525	45.71%	9,039	0.67%	132	0.35%	70	0.05%	10	7.51%	1,486
Park	52.98%	986	46.70%	869	0.27%	5	0.05%	1	0.00%	0	6.29%	117
Jefferson	52.81%	8,780	46.59%	7,745	0.40%	66	0.14%	24	0.06%	10	6.23%	1,035
Bent	51.67%	1,899	47.86%	1,759	0.22%	8	0.22%	8	0.03%	1	3.81%	140
Arapahoe	50.89%	7,988	48.24%	7,571	0.59%	93	0.21%	33	0.07%	11	2.66%	417
Adams	50.16%	4,767	49.18%	4,674	0.35%	33	0.26%	25	0.04%	4	0.98%	93
Ouray	49.12%	589	50.54%	606	0.17%	2	0.17%	2	0.00%	0	-1.42%	-17
Pitkin	48.50%	484	50.40%	503	0.90%	9	0.20%	2	0.00%	0	-1.90%	-19
Gilpin	48.65%	413	50.77%	431	0.35%	3	0.24%	2	0.00%	0	-2.12%	-18
Mesa	47.27%	7,049	51.60%	7,694	0.62%	93	0.49%	73	0.02%	3	-4.33%	-645
Alamosa	47.39%	2,243	52.12%	2,467	0.04%	2	0.27%	13	0.17%	8	-4.73%	-224
Chaffee	46.91%	1,933	52.24%	2,153	0.51%	21	0.29%	12	0.05%	2	-5.34%	-220
Denver	46.91%	81,328	52.45%	90,938	0.33%	578	0.21%	359	0.10%	168	-5.54%	-9,610
Summit	46.78%	479	52.73%	540	0.20%	2	0.29%	3	0.00%	0	-5.96%	-61
Gunnison	46.43%	1,556	52.85%	1,771	0.63%	21	0.09%	3	0.00%	0	-6.42%	-215
San Miguel	45.94%	729	53.62%	851	0.13%	2	0.19%	3	0.13%	2	-7.69%	-122
Mineral	45.08%	229	53.74%	273	0.39%	2	0.20%	1	0.59%	3	-8.66%	-44
Conejos	44.81%	2,028	54.82%	2,481	0.27%	12	0.09%	4	0.02%	1	-10.01%	-453
Routt	44.07%	2,212	55.29%	2,775	0.30%	15	0.24%	12	0.10%	5	-11.22%	-563
Clear Creek	44.15%	1,018	55.55%	1,281	0.22%	5	0.04%	1	0.04%	1	-11.41%	-263
Pueblo	42.84%	14,185	56.79%	18,805	0.09%	31	0.21%	71	0.07%	23	-13.95%	-4,620
Eagle	42.00%	1,077	57.49%	1,474	0.35%	9	0.04%	1	0.12%	3	-15.48%	-397
Huerfano	40.65%	2,738	59.00%	3,974	0.15%	10	0.10%	7	0.10%	7	-18.35%	-1,236
Lake	40.30%	1,403	59.26%	2,063	0.29%	10	0.06%	2	0.09%	3	-18.96%	-660
Costilla	39.40%	1,121	59.68%	1,698	0.25%	7	0.32%	9	0.35%	10	-20.28%	-577
Teller	37.60%	1,268	61.80%	2,084	0.44%	15	0.12%	4	0.03%	1	-24.20%	-816
Las Animas	35.53%	4,859	64.10%	8,766	0.11%	15	0.17%	23	0.09%	12	-28.57%	-3,907

References[]

^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 05, 1940

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