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Election 1880 Results

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1880 presidential election in Colorado

James A. Garfield (Republican) beat Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) in Colorado in 1880, 51.3% to 46.0%, a margin of 5.2 points and 2,803 votes.

Colorado voted 5.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.

Republicans led in 19 of the 31 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Lake, cast 8,140 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.9 points. The closest was Conejos, where 3 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James A. Garfield won	Republican	27,450	51.3%
Winfield Scott Hancock	Democratic	24,647	46.0%
All other candidates		1,449	2.7%
Total		53,546

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Lake	4,197 51.6%	3,801 46.7%	142	8,140	D+4.9
Arapahoe	3,582 45.4%	4,214 53.4%	102	7,898	R+8.0
Summit	1,328 50.3%	1,289 48.8%	24	2,641	D+1.5
Clear Creek	961 36.8%	1,567 60.0%	83	2,611	R+23.2
Boulder	796 33.1%	1,313 54.7%	293	2,402	R+21.5
Custer	1,061 44.3%	1,297 54.2%	36	2,394	R+9.9
Chaffee	1,188 50.8%	1,135 48.5%	17	2,340	D+2.3
Gunnison	1,060 51.0%	1,012 48.7%	7	2,079	D+2.3
Gilpin	805 38.9%	1,236 59.7%	28	2,069	R+20.8
Las Animas	1,314 67.6%	586 30.1%	44	1,944	D+37.4
El Paso	580 32.9%	1,151 65.4%	30	1,761	R+32.4
Pueblo	860 51.1%	824 48.9%		1,684	D+2.1
Jefferson	790 47.1%	832 49.6%	57	1,679	R+2.5
Weld	373 26.1%	804 56.3%	252	1,429	R+30.2
Park	598 45.1%	698 52.6%	31	1,327	R+7.5
Conejos	611 50.0%	608 49.8%	2	1,221	D+0.2
Larimer	388 32.0%	646 53.3%	179	1,213	R+21.3
Fremont	530 44.0%	606 50.3%	68	1,204	R+6.3
Huerfano	532 52.5%	466 46.0%	15	1,013	D+6.5
Ouray	418 46.3%	479 53.0%	6	903	R+6.8
Saguache	371 41.7%	509 57.2%	10	890	R+15.5
Hinsdale	361 46.2%	421 53.8%		782	R+7.7
Costilla	379 53.2%	334 46.8%		713	D+6.3
Douglas	282 45.9%	331 53.8%	2	615	R+8.0
La Plata	345 57.1%	259 42.9%		604	D+14.2
Rio Grande	198 39.9%	298 60.1%		496	R+20.2
San Juan	196 46.1%	224 52.7%	5	425	R+6.6
Bent	242 57.3%	174 41.2%	6	422	D+16.1
Elbert	195 51.7%	176 46.7%	6	377	D+5.0
Grand	87 41.0%	121 57.1%	4	212	R+16.0
Routt	19 32.8%	39 67.2%		58	R+34.5

Counties as they stood in 1880; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Colorado in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+11.0
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+13.5
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+4.9
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+5.4
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+9.0
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+4.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.4
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.4
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.3
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+7.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+28.3
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.0
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+11.4
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.0
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+23.1
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+19.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+21.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+5.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+6.8
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+2.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+13.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+30.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+35.0
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+23.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+26.0
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+20.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+14.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+13.4
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+71.1
1892	James B. Weaver (other)
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.4
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+12.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+5.2

1880 presidential election in Colorado

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