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Election 2016 Results

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2016 presidential election in Colorado

Hillary Clinton (Democrat) beat Donald Trump (Republican) in Colorado in 2016, 48.2% to 43.3%, a margin of 4.9 points and 136,386 votes.

Colorado voted 2.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 2012, when Barack Obama won.

Republicans led in 42 of the 64 counties and Democrats in 22. The largest, Denver, cast 331,852 votes and went to the Democrat by 54.8 points. The closest was San Juan, where 50 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
Hillary Clinton won	Democratic	1,338,870	48.2%
Donald Trump	Republican	1,202,484	43.3%
Gary Johnson	Libertarian	144,121	5.2%
All other candidates		94,772	3.4%
Total		2,780,247

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Denver	244,551 73.7%	62,690 18.9%	24,611	331,852	D+54.8
Jefferson	160,776 48.9%	138,177 42.0%	29,929	328,882	D+6.9
El Paso	108,010 33.9%	179,228 56.2%	31,729	318,967	R+22.3
Arapahoe	159,885 52.8%	117,053 38.6%	26,108	303,046	D+14.1
Larimer	93,113 47.5%	83,430 42.6%	19,437	195,980	D+4.9
Adams	96,558 49.9%	80,082 41.4%	17,025	193,665	D+8.5
Boulder	132,334 70.3%	41,396 22.0%	14,412	188,142	D+48.3
Douglas	68,657 36.6%	102,573 54.7%	16,269	187,499	R+18.1
Weld	46,519 34.3%	76,651 56.6%	12,258	135,428	R+22.2
Pueblo	35,875 45.6%	36,265 46.1%	6,506	78,646	R+0.5
Mesa	21,729 28.0%	49,779 64.1%	6,145	77,653	R+36.1
Broomfield	19,731 52.4%	14,367 38.1%	3,591	37,689	D+14.2
La Plata	15,525 49.8%	12,587 40.4%	3,038	31,150	D+9.4
Garfield	11,271 42.6%	13,132 49.6%	2,067	26,470	R+7.0
Eagle	14,099 55.9%	8,990 35.6%	2,134	25,223	D+20.3
Fremont	5,297 24.1%	15,122 68.8%	1,554	21,973	R+44.7
Montrose	5,466 25.8%	14,382 67.9%	1,338	21,186	R+42.1
Delta	4,087 24.3%	11,655 69.4%	1,048	16,790	R+45.1
Summit	9,557 59.1%	5,100 31.5%	1,517	16,174	D+27.6
Elbert	3,134 19.6%	11,705 73.3%	1,139	15,978	R+53.6
Teller	3,603 24.9%	9,745 67.5%	1,096	14,444	R+42.5
Routt	7,600 54.3%	5,230 37.4%	1,156	13,986	D+16.9
Montezuma	3,973 30.9%	7,853 61.1%	1,032	12,858	R+30.2
Morgan	3,151 26.3%	8,145 68.1%	664	11,960	R+41.8
Chaffee	4,888 43.4%	5,391 47.9%	971	11,250	R+4.5
Pitkin	7,333 69.7%	2,550 24.2%	640	10,523	D+45.5
Park	3,421 32.8%	6,135 58.9%	861	10,417	R+26.1
Logan	1,851 19.0%	7,282 74.9%	589	9,722	R+55.9
Gunnison	5,128 54.5%	3,289 34.9%	995	9,412	D+19.5
Grand	3,358 39.1%	4,494 52.3%	736	8,588	R+13.2
Otero	2,943 34.8%	4,928 58.3%	581	8,452	R+23.5
Archuleta	2,500 34.1%	4,264 58.1%	575	7,339	R+24.0
Alamosa	3,189 46.0%	3,046 43.9%	704	6,939	D+2.1
Las Animas	2,650 39.0%	3,710 54.6%	433	6,793	R+15.6
Moffat	874 13.4%	5,305 81.3%	346	6,525	R+67.9
Clear Creek	2,729 46.5%	2,575 43.9%	562	5,866	D+2.6
Rio Grande	2,001 36.2%	3,085 55.7%	448	5,534	R+19.6
Prowers	1,186 23.6%	3,531 70.4%	299	5,016	R+46.8
Yuma	726 15.2%	3,850 80.4%	215	4,791	R+65.2
San Miguel	2,975 68.7%	1,033 23.9%	321	4,329	D+44.9
Conejos	1,771 44.0%	1,914 47.6%	337	4,022	R+3.6
Huerfano	1,633 43.2%	1,883 49.8%	267	3,783	R+6.6
Kit Carson	536 14.5%	2,967 80.1%	199	3,702	R+65.7
Gilpin	1,634 45.7%	1,566 43.8%	376	3,576	D+1.9
Rio Blanco	436 12.6%	2,791 80.9%	223	3,450	R+68.3
Ouray	1,697 51.3%	1,351 40.8%	262	3,310	D+10.5
Lake	1,616 50.5%	1,270 39.7%	313	3,199	D+10.8
Custer	797 26.0%	2,061 67.2%	208	3,066	R+41.2
Saguache	1,417 50.0%	1,147 40.5%	271	2,835	D+9.5
Washington	296 10.8%	2,299 84.1%	138	2,733	R+73.3
Lincoln	409 16.8%	1,892 77.7%	135	2,436	R+60.9
Phillips	436 18.7%	1,791 76.8%	105	2,332	R+58.1
Baca	283 13.1%	1,753 81.4%	117	2,153	R+68.3
Bent	590 30.6%	1,188 61.7%	149	1,927	R+31.0
Costilla	1,125 60.9%	588 31.8%	135	1,848	D+29.1
Crowley	339 22.2%	1,079 70.7%	109	1,527	R+48.5
Sedgwick	267 19.6%	1,015 74.4%	82	1,364	R+54.8
Dolores	242 19.3%	944 75.2%	69	1,255	R+55.9
Cheyenne	132 12.0%	925 83.9%	45	1,102	R+72.0
Jackson	171 19.9%	629 73.1%	61	861	R+53.2
Kiowa	91 10.6%	728 85.1%	36	855	R+74.5
Mineral	237 36.3%	344 52.8%	71	652	R+16.4
Hinsdale	197 33.4%	339 57.6%	53	589	R+24.1
San Juan	265 52.4%	215 42.5%	26	506	D+9.9

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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