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1952 presidential election in Colorado

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Colorado in 1952, 60.3% to 39.0%, a margin of 21.3 points and 134,278 votes.

Colorado voted 10.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+10.9.

Colorado changed party: in 1948 it went Democratic, for Harry S. Truman.

Republicans led in 58 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 5. The largest, Denver, cast 213,563 votes and went to the Republican by 12.9 points. The closest was Hinsdale, where 100 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
Dwight D. Eisenhower won Republican 379,782 60.3%
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 245,504 39.0%
All other candidates 4,817 0.8%
Total630,103

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Denver 92,237 43.2% 119,792 56.1% 1,534 213,563 R+12.9
Pueblo 20,613 49.5% 20,333 48.8% 713 41,659 D+0.7
El Paso 11,203 30.5% 25,272 68.7% 303 36,778 R+38.3
Jefferson 11,509 36.3% 19,971 63.1% 194 31,674 R+26.7
Weld 8,890 32.8% 18,002 66.4% 204 27,096 R+33.6
Arapahoe 9,843 38.5% 15,402 60.3% 289 25,534 R+21.8
Boulder 7,767 33.7% 15,069 65.3% 243 23,079 R+31.6
Larimer 5,266 26.5% 14,484 72.9% 110 19,860 R+46.4
Mesa 6,883 36.5% 11,883 63.1% 79 18,845 R+26.5
Adams 7,321 44.7% 8,995 54.9% 71 16,387 R+10.2
Las Animas 6,446 58.8% 4,467 40.7% 51 10,964 D+18.0
Otero 3,721 36.1% 6,552 63.6% 34 10,307 R+27.5
Fremont 3,176 34.5% 5,964 64.8% 59 9,199 R+30.3
Logan 2,459 31.8% 5,237 67.7% 43 7,739 R+35.9
Morgan 2,297 29.8% 5,371 69.6% 46 7,714 R+39.8
Delta 2,389 32.1% 4,986 67.0% 66 7,441 R+34.9
La Plata 2,210 33.0% 4,425 66.0% 66 6,701 R+33.1
Montrose 2,037 32.0% 4,279 67.2% 55 6,371 R+35.2
Prowers 2,087 34.2% 3,978 65.1% 43 6,108 R+31.0
Garfield 1,777 31.1% 3,914 68.4% 28 5,719 R+37.4
Huerfano 2,773 55.8% 2,178 43.8% 17 4,968 D+12.0
Yuma 1,292 27.3% 3,404 71.9% 37 4,733 R+44.6
Rio Grande 1,350 29.6% 3,201 70.1% 15 4,566 R+40.5
Alamosa 1,626 37.0% 2,728 62.1% 37 4,391 R+25.1
Conejos 1,610 41.3% 2,194 56.2% 98 3,902 R+15.0
Chaffee 1,643 42.9% 2,171 56.7% 15 3,829 R+13.8
Routt 1,575 42.1% 2,143 57.3% 21 3,739 R+15.2
Montezuma 1,127 31.1% 2,466 68.0% 33 3,626 R+36.9
Kit Carson 998 28.2% 2,511 71.0% 26 3,535 R+42.8
Washington 1,009 29.3% 2,398 69.6% 36 3,443 R+40.3
Bent 1,317 40.1% 1,950 59.4% 16 3,283 R+19.3
Baca 1,094 33.8% 2,122 65.6% 20 3,236 R+31.8
Lake 1,585 54.7% 1,303 45.0% 9 2,897 D+9.7
Lincoln 927 33.4% 1,843 66.5% 3 2,773 R+33.0
Moffat 808 29.5% 1,922 70.1% 11 2,741 R+40.6
Gunnison 1,045 40.5% 1,533 59.5% 2,578 R+18.9
Phillips 789 32.0% 1,670 67.7% 7 2,466 R+35.7
Costilla 1,369 55.9% 1,070 43.7% 8 2,447 D+12.2
Eagle 1,058 45.7% 1,242 53.7% 13 2,313 R+8.0
Crowley 726 31.8% 1,546 67.8% 9 2,281 R+35.9
Rio Blanco 633 28.0% 1,612 71.4% 12 2,257 R+43.4
Sedgwick 686 30.9% 1,528 68.7% 9 2,223 R+37.9
Elbert 586 26.9% 1,579 72.6% 11 2,176 R+45.6
Douglas 637 30.8% 1,427 69.0% 4 2,068 R+38.2
Saguache 714 34.6% 1,344 65.1% 7 2,065 R+30.5
Grand 554 29.2% 1,333 70.3% 8 1,895 R+41.1
Clear Creek 540 31.9% 1,145 67.7% 6 1,691 R+35.8
Teller 572 35.1% 1,042 63.9% 17 1,631 R+28.8
Cheyenne 515 33.8% 1,004 66.0% 3 1,522 R+32.1
Kiowa 412 27.9% 1,047 70.8% 19 1,478 R+43.0
San Miguel 524 44.2% 654 55.2% 7 1,185 R+11.0
Ouray 413 36.6% 697 61.8% 17 1,127 R+25.2
Park 343 30.5% 775 68.9% 7 1,125 R+38.4
Archuleta 377 35.2% 691 64.6% 2 1,070 R+29.3
Custer 231 25.7% 662 73.6% 6 899 R+47.9
Jackson 305 34.4% 579 65.3% 2 886 R+30.9
Dolores 323 37.1% 542 62.2% 6 871 R+25.1
Pitkin 309 35.6% 556 64.1% 2 867 R+28.5
San Juan 327 43.0% 432 56.8% 2 761 R+13.8
Summit 271 38.0% 442 61.9% 1 714 R+23.9
Gilpin 228 38.6% 357 60.4% 6 591 R+21.8
Mineral 98 31.8% 209 67.9% 1 308 R+36.0
Hinsdale 54 26.0% 154 74.0% 208 R+48.1

Counties as they stood in 1952; 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