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Election 1948 Results

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1948 presidential election in Colorado

Harry S. Truman (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Colorado in 1948, 51.9% to 46.5%, a margin of 5.4 points and 27,574 votes.

Colorado voted 0.9 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.

Colorado changed party: in 1944 it went Republican, for Thomas E. Dewey.

Republicans led in 33 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 30. The largest, Denver, cast 169,067 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.8 points. The closest was Gilpin, where 6 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
Harry S. Truman won	Democratic	267,288	51.9%
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	239,714	46.5%
All other candidates		8,235	1.6%
Total		515,237

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Denver	89,489 52.9%	76,364 45.2%	3,214	169,067	D+7.8
Pueblo	21,637 61.7%	12,756 36.4%	648	35,041	D+25.3
El Paso	12,291 43.2%	15,705 55.3%	423	28,419	R+12.0
Weld	10,934 46.3%	12,446 52.7%	259	23,639	R+6.4
Boulder	8,792 44.3%	10,335 52.1%	712	19,839	R+7.8
Jefferson	9,145 47.4%	9,903 51.3%	260	19,308	R+3.9
Larimer	7,062 41.5%	9,813 57.6%	154	17,029	R+16.2
Mesa	8,401 55.3%	6,586 43.4%	198	15,185	D+12.0
Arapahoe	7,943 52.7%	6,962 46.2%	175	15,080	D+6.5
Otero	8,640 66.3%	4,311 33.1%	81	13,032	D+33.2
Las Animas	7,586 67.7%	3,452 30.8%	172	11,210	D+36.9
Adams	6,240 57.8%	4,419 41.0%	132	10,791	D+16.9
Fremont	4,077 47.3%	4,421 51.2%	129	8,627	R+4.0
Delta	3,171 49.0%	3,158 48.8%	140	6,469	D+0.2
Logan	3,179 49.3%	3,223 50.0%	46	6,448	R+0.7
Morgan	2,912 45.6%	3,417 53.5%	53	6,382	R+7.9
Huerfano	3,448 63.7%	1,841 34.0%	121	5,410	D+29.7
La Plata	2,536 47.3%	2,735 51.0%	89	5,360	R+3.7
Montrose	2,544 49.7%	2,473 48.3%	99	5,116	D+1.4
Prowers	2,497 49.5%	2,505 49.6%	45	5,047	R+0.2
Garfield	2,364 49.0%	2,416 50.1%	42	4,822	R+1.1
Alamosa	2,395 54.8%	1,950 44.6%	29	4,374	D+10.2
Yuma	1,907 45.3%	2,277 54.0%	29	4,213	R+8.8
Rio Grande	1,814 46.8%	2,049 52.9%	13	3,876	R+6.1
Conejos	2,236 58.4%	1,532 40.0%	59	3,827	D+18.4
Routt	2,088 57.2%	1,492 40.9%	71	3,651	D+16.3
Chaffee	2,065 57.7%	1,476 41.2%	39	3,580	D+16.5
Montezuma	1,653 49.9%	1,630 49.2%	30	3,313	D+0.7
Kit Carson	1,281 40.3%	1,873 58.9%	27	3,181	R+18.6
Bent	1,658 55.6%	1,296 43.4%	30	2,984	D+12.1
Washington	1,304 44.1%	1,636 55.3%	18	2,958	R+11.2
Baca	1,368 51.6%	1,260 47.5%	24	2,652	D+4.1
Costilla	1,563 61.7%	921 36.4%	48	2,532	D+25.4
Lincoln	1,231 48.9%	1,271 50.5%	14	2,516	R+1.6
Lake	1,581 63.2%	838 33.5%	83	2,502	D+29.7
Gunnison	1,326 53.2%	1,103 44.2%	65	2,494	D+8.9
Moffat	1,101 46.0%	1,261 52.7%	29	2,391	R+6.7
Elbert	873 42.6%	1,155 56.4%	21	2,049	R+13.8
Phillips	932 45.5%	1,076 52.5%	41	2,049	R+7.0
Crowley	1,004 49.2%	1,027 50.3%	9	2,040	R+1.1
Saguache	1,009 52.1%	914 47.2%	14	1,937	D+4.9
Sedgwick	834 44.7%	1,020 54.6%	13	1,867	R+10.0
Eagle	1,008 55.1%	738 40.3%	85	1,831	D+14.7
Douglas	767 43.7%	979 55.8%	10	1,756	R+12.1
Rio Blanco	752 42.9%	981 56.0%	18	1,751	R+13.1
Clear Creek	810 48.7%	836 50.2%	18	1,664	R+1.6
Grand	763 48.8%	777 49.7%	22	1,562	R+0.9
Teller	779 50.4%	748 48.4%	20	1,547	D+2.0
Kiowa	659 46.1%	758 53.0%	14	1,431	R+6.9
Cheyenne	657 47.4%	713 51.4%	16	1,386	R+4.0
Park	505 43.8%	637 55.3%	10	1,152	R+11.5
Archuleta	597 55.1%	479 44.2%	8	1,084	D+10.9
San Miguel	613 56.8%	451 41.8%	15	1,079	D+15.0
Ouray	461 44.1%	574 54.9%	10	1,045	R+10.8
Custer	384 40.7%	547 58.0%	12	943	R+17.3
Dolores	435 54.3%	352 43.9%	14	801	D+10.4
Pitkin	409 54.5%	319 42.5%	23	751	D+12.0
San Juan	348 49.7%	329 47.0%	23	700	D+2.7
Summit	378 56.0%	292 43.3%	5	675	D+12.7
Jackson	291 47.1%	327 52.9%		618	R+5.8
Gilpin	296 48.4%	302 49.4%	13	611	R+1.0
Mineral	190 56.7%	144 43.0%	1	335	D+13.7
Hinsdale	75 36.1%	133 63.9%		208	R+27.9

Counties as they stood in 1948; 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

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