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Election 1944 Results

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1944 presidential election in Colorado

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) beat Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) in Colorado in 1944, 53.2% to 46.4%, a margin of 6.8 points and 34,400 votes.

Colorado voted 14.3 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1940, when Wendell Willkie won.

Republicans led in 50 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 13. The largest, Denver, cast 177,091 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.1 points. The closest was Pitkin, where 13 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Thomas E. Dewey won Republican 268,731 53.2%
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 234,331 46.4%
All other candidates 1,977 0.4%
Total505,039

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Denver 90,001 50.8% 86,331 48.7% 759 177,091 D+2.1
Pueblo 19,039 57.7% 13,848 42.0% 96 32,983 D+15.7
El Paso 11,679 41.4% 16,392 58.2% 115 28,186 R+16.7
Weld 8,459 36.6% 14,546 63.0% 81 23,086 R+26.4
Boulder 7,442 42.3% 10,054 57.1% 114 17,610 R+14.8
Jefferson 7,277 42.4% 9,815 57.2% 68 17,160 R+14.8
Arapahoe 7,485 45.1% 9,057 54.5% 69 16,611 R+9.5
Larimer 5,172 34.2% 9,914 65.5% 58 15,144 R+31.3
Mesa 6,870 50.5% 6,653 48.9% 75 13,598 D+1.6
Las Animas 6,800 61.6% 4,179 37.9% 55 11,034 D+23.8
Adams 4,101 45.2% 4,933 54.4% 29 9,063 R+9.2
Otero 3,791 43.0% 5,002 56.7% 23 8,816 R+13.7
Fremont 3,180 38.9% 4,953 60.7% 33 8,166 R+21.7
Logan 2,471 38.1% 3,998 61.6% 18 6,487 R+23.5
Morgan 1,839 30.5% 4,166 69.1% 21 6,026 R+38.6
Delta 2,351 40.3% 3,462 59.3% 25 5,838 R+19.0
Huerfano 3,290 60.6% 2,119 39.0% 18 5,427 D+21.6
Montrose 2,258 43.1% 2,952 56.4% 27 5,237 R+13.3
La Plata 2,031 40.1% 3,023 59.6% 15 5,069 R+19.6
Prowers 1,948 40.9% 2,796 58.7% 18 4,762 R+17.8
Garfield 1,865 41.8% 2,588 58.0% 11 4,464 R+16.2
Yuma 1,374 32.6% 2,847 67.4% 4,221 R+34.9
Rio Grande 1,325 34.0% 2,567 65.8% 8 3,900 R+31.8
Routt 1,940 50.6% 1,869 48.8% 22 3,831 D+1.9
Conejos 2,028 53.8% 1,740 46.2% 3,768 D+7.6
Alamosa 1,806 48.2% 1,933 51.6% 10 3,749 R+3.4
Chaffee 1,731 50.5% 1,675 48.8% 24 3,430 D+1.6
Kit Carson 937 27.4% 2,471 72.3% 11 3,419 R+44.9
Washington 1,058 31.8% 2,259 67.9% 11 3,328 R+36.1
Bent 1,456 48.2% 1,556 51.5% 9 3,021 R+3.3
Lake 1,687 57.4% 1,236 42.1% 14 2,937 D+15.4
Lincoln 1,147 40.4% 1,689 59.5% 3 2,839 R+19.1
Montezuma 1,207 42.7% 1,610 57.0% 8 2,825 R+14.3
Gunnison 1,411 53.5% 1,221 46.3% 5 2,637 D+7.2
Baca 941 38.1% 1,528 61.9% 2,469 R+23.8
Costilla 1,515 62.7% 896 37.1% 5 2,416 D+25.6
Moffat 923 38.9% 1,445 60.9% 6 2,374 R+22.0
Phillips 761 34.1% 1,455 65.2% 17 2,233 R+31.1
Elbert 628 30.7% 1,413 69.1% 3 2,044 R+38.4
Saguache 729 37.6% 1,204 62.1% 5 1,938 R+24.5
Crowley 710 36.8% 1,214 62.9% 5 1,929 R+26.1
Eagle 952 50.7% 922 49.1% 5 1,879 D+1.6
Douglas 638 34.4% 1,214 65.4% 5 1,857 R+31.0
Sedgwick 568 31.6% 1,228 68.3% 3 1,799 R+36.7
Teller 808 49.0% 829 50.2% 13 1,650 R+1.3
Grand 554 36.4% 968 63.5% 2 1,524 R+27.2
Cheyenne 594 39.1% 923 60.7% 4 1,521 R+21.6
Kiowa 522 34.8% 970 64.8% 6 1,498 R+29.9
Clear Creek 636 44.2% 795 55.3% 7 1,438 R+11.1
Rio Blanco 451 33.7% 881 65.9% 5 1,337 R+32.2
San Miguel 630 53.7% 536 45.7% 7 1,173 D+8.0
Park 426 38.7% 670 60.8% 6 1,102 R+22.1
Archuleta 427 41.5% 602 58.4% 1 1,030 R+17.0
Custer 333 35.3% 601 63.7% 9 943 R+28.4
Ouray 303 37.5% 503 62.3% 1 807 R+24.8
Dolores 300 41.2% 429 58.8% 729 R+17.7
Pitkin 355 49.0% 368 50.8% 1 724 R+1.8
Jackson 252 35.2% 463 64.8% 715 R+29.5
San Juan 258 44.0% 328 55.9% 1 587 R+11.9
Summit 237 41.9% 326 57.6% 3 566 R+15.7
Gilpin 213 43.7% 272 55.9% 2 487 R+12.1
Mineral 150 46.6% 170 52.8% 2 322 R+6.2
Hinsdale 61 33.0% 124 67.0% 185 R+34.1

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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