United States presidential elections in Colorado

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Presidential elections in Colorado
Map of the United States with Colorado highlighted
Number of elections37
Voted Democratic14
Voted Republican22
Voted other1[a]
Voted for winning candidate26
Voted for losing candidate11

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Colorado, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1876, Colorado has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[b] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes 		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 1,804,196 55.40 Donald Trump 1,364,471 41.90 — 9
2016[2] Donald Trump[c] 1,202,484 43.25 Hillary Clinton 1,338,870 48.16 9
2012[3] Barack Obama 1,323,101 51.49 Mitt Romney 1,185,243 46.13 — 9
2008[4] Barack Obama 1,288,633 53.66 John McCain 1,073,629 44.71 — 9
2004[5] George W. Bush 1,101,255 51.69 John Kerry 1,001,732 47.02 — 9
2000[6] George W. Bush[c] 883,748 50.75 Al Gore 738,227 42.39 — 8
1996[7] Bill Clinton 671,152 44.43 Bob Dole 691,848 45.80 Ross Perot 99,629 6.59 8
1992 Bill Clinton 629,681 40.13 George H. W. Bush 562,850 35.87 Ross Perot 366,010 23.32 8
1988 George H. W. Bush 728,177 53.06 Michael Dukakis 621,453 45.28 — 8
1984 Ronald Reagan 821,818 63.44 Walter Mondale 454,974 35.12 — 8
1980 Ronald Reagan 652,264 55.07 Jimmy Carter 367,973 31.07 John B. Anderson 130,633 11.03 7
1976 Jimmy Carter 460,353 42.58 Gerald Ford 584,367 54.05 — 7
1972 Richard Nixon 597,189 62.61 George McGovern 329,980 34.59 — 7
1968 Richard Nixon 409,345 50.46 Hubert Humphrey 335,174 41.32 George Wallace 60,813 7.50 6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 476,024 61.27 Barry Goldwater 296,767 38.19 — 6
1960 John F. Kennedy 330,629 44.91 Richard Nixon 402,242 54.63 — 6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 394,479 59.49 Adlai Stevenson II 263,997 39.81 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[d]		 759 0.11 6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 379,782 60.27 Adlai Stevenson II 245,504 38.96 — 6
1948 Harry S. Truman 267,288 51.88 Thomas E. Dewey 239,714 46.52 Strom Thurmond — — 6
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 234,331 46.40 Thomas E. Dewey 268,731 53.21 — 6
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 265,554 48.37 Wendell Willkie 279,576 50.92 — 6
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 295,021 60.37 Alf Landon 181,267 37.09 — 6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 250,877 54.81 Herbert Hoover 189,617 41.43 — 6
1928 Herbert Hoover 253,872 64.72 Al Smith 133,131 33.94 — 6
1924 Calvin Coolidge 195,171 57.02 John W. Davis 75,238 21.98 Robert M. La Follette 69,945 20.44 6
1920 Warren G. Harding 173,248 59.32 James M. Cox 104,936 35.93 Parley P. Christensen 3,016 1.03 6
1916 Woodrow Wilson 178,816 60.74 Charles E. Hughes 102,308 34.75 — 6
1912 Woodrow Wilson 114,232 42.80 Theodore Roosevelt 72,306 27.09 William H. Taft 58,386 21.88 6
1908 William H. Taft 123,693 46.88 William Jennings Bryan 126,644 48.00 — 5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 134,661 55.26 Alton B. Parker 100,105 41.08 — 5
1900 William McKinley 93,072 42.04 William Jennings Bryan 122,733 55.43 — 4
1896 William McKinley 26,271 13.86 William Jennings Bryan 161,005 84.95 — 4
1892 Grover Cleveland no ballots Benjamin Harrison 38,620 41.13 James B. Weaver 53,584 57.07 4
1888 Benjamin Harrison[c] 50,772 55.22 Grover Cleveland 37,549 40.84 — 3
1884 Grover Cleveland 27,723 41.68 James G. Blaine 36,084 54.25 — 3
1880 James A. Garfield 27,450 51.26 Winfield S. Hancock 24,647 46.03 James B. Weaver 1,435 2.68 3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes[c] n/a n/a Samuel J. Tilden n/a n/a — 3 Allocated by state legislature.[e]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ James B. Weaver, 1892.
  2. ^ For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  3. ^ a b c d Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  4. ^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  5. ^ Colorado was admitted to the union as the 38th state on August 1, 1876. With insufficient time or money to organize a presidential election in the new state, Colorado's state legislature selected the state’s electors. These electors in turn gave their three votes to Hayes and the Republican Party. This was the last election in which any state chose electors through its state legislature.

References[]

  1. ^ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. ^ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. ^ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. ^ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. ^ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  6. ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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