1940 United States presidential election in Colorado
The 1940 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Colorado was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 50.92% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 48.37% of the popular vote.[3][4] Colorado was one of eight states won by Willkie that Roosevelt had carried four years prior; the state swung from a 23-point Democratic landslide in 1936 to a narrow 2.5-point Republican win in 1940.
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Wendell Willkie | 279,576 | 50.92% | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 265,554 | 48.37% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,899 | 0.35% | |
Prohibition | Roger Babson | 1,597 | 0.29% | |
Communist | Earl Browder | 378 | 0.07% | |
Total votes | 549,004 | 100% |
Results by county edit
County | Wendell Lewis Willkie[5] Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt[5] Democratic |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[5] Socialist |
Roger Ward Babson[5] Prohibition |
Earl Russell Browder[5] Communist |
Margin | ||||||
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% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Kit Carson | 68.69% | 2,481 | 30.45% | 1,100 | 0.47% | 17 | 0.33% | 12 | 0.06% | 2 | 38.23% | 1,381 |
Rio Blanco | 65.49% | 1,021 | 34.00% | 530 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | 31.49% | 491 |
Elbert | 65.04% | 1,756 | 34.59% | 934 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 30.44% | 822 |
Morgan | 64.30% | 4,654 | 34.91% | 2,527 | 0.25% | 18 | 0.51% | 37 | 0.03% | 2 | 29.39% | 2,127 |
Yuma | 64.11% | 3,531 | 34.80% | 1,917 | 0.60% | 33 | 0.38% | 21 | 0.11% | 6 | 29.30% | 1,614 |
Washington | 62.63% | 2,390 | 36.77% | 1,403 | 0.26% | 10 | 0.29% | 11 | 0.05% | 2 | 25.86% | 987 |
Larimer | 62.15% | 10,720 | 37.12% | 6,402 | 0.27% | 46 | 0.45% | 77 | 0.02% | 3 | 25.03% | 4,318 |
Crowley | 62.21% | 1,419 | 37.26% | 850 | 0.22% | 5 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.00% | 0 | 24.95% | 569 |
Kiowa | 61.86% | 986 | 37.52% | 598 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.38% | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | 24.34% | 388 |
Logan | 61.38% | 4,613 | 37.51% | 2,819 | 0.23% | 17 | 0.85% | 64 | 0.03% | 2 | 23.87% | 1,794 |
Douglas | 61.57% | 1,298 | 38.00% | 801 | 0.38% | 8 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 23.58% | 497 |
Weld | 59.72% | 16,129 | 39.44% | 10,653 | 0.36% | 97 | 0.41% | 111 | 0.07% | 19 | 20.27% | 5,476 |
Sedgwick | 59.86% | 1,448 | 39.64% | 959 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | 20.21% | 489 |
Lincoln | 59.57% | 1,780 | 39.66% | 1,185 | 0.27% | 8 | 0.47% | 14 | 0.03% | 1 | 19.91% | 595 |
Moffat | 59.23% | 1,556 | 40.20% | 1,056 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.34% | 9 | 0.00% | 0 | 19.03% | 500 |
Jackson | 59.23% | 526 | 40.20% | 357 | 0.45% | 4 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 19.03% | 169 |
Montezuma | 59.25% | 2,313 | 40.29% | 1,573 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 18.95% | 740 |
Hinsdale | 58.82% | 150 | 40.39% | 103 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 18.43% | 47 |
Custer | 57.37% | 685 | 41.46% | 495 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.75% | 9 | 0.08% | 1 | 15.91% | 190 |
Rio Grande | 57.40% | 3,075 | 41.85% | 2,242 | 0.19% | 10 | 0.56% | 30 | 0.00% | 0 | 15.55% | 833 |
Delta | 57.07% | 4,175 | 41.61% | 3,044 | 0.68% | 50 | 0.57% | 42 | 0.05% | 4 | 15.46% | 1,131 |
La Plata | 57.39% | 3,871 | 42.03% | 2,835 | 0.30% | 20 | 0.21% | 14 | 0.07% | 5 | 15.36% | 1,036 |
Garfield | 57.18% | 2,894 | 42.30% | 2,141 | 0.22% | 11 | 0.28% | 14 | 0.02% | 1 | 14.88% | 753 |
Prowers | 56.87% | 3,115 | 42.16% | 2,309 | 0.24% | 13 | 0.60% | 33 | 0.13% | 7 | 14.72% | 806 |
Baca | 56.53% | 1,567 | 42.10% | 1,167 | 0.76% | 21 | 0.54% | 15 | 0.07% | 2 | 14.43% | 400 |
Saguache | 55.57% | 1,462 | 43.41% | 1,142 | 0.53% | 14 | 0.42% | 11 | 0.08% | 2 | 12.16% | 320 |
Phillips | 54.30% | 1,168 | 42.72% | 919 | 1.58% | 34 | 1.30% | 28 | 0.09% | 2 | 11.58% | 249 |
El Paso | 55.31% | 16,766 | 43.94% | 13,320 | 0.30% | 91 | 0.43% | 131 | 0.02% | 7 | 11.37% | 3,446 |
Dolores | 54.75% | 478 | 43.41% | 379 | 0.80% | 7 | 0.80% | 7 | 0.23% | 2 | 11.34% | 99 |
Grand | 55.19% | 1,074 | 44.35% | 863 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 10.84% | 211 |
Montrose | 54.62% | 3,744 | 43.95% | 3,013 | 0.83% | 57 | 0.45% | 31 | 0.15% | 10 | 10.66% | 731 |
Fremont | 54.82% | 5,150 | 44.56% | 4,186 | 0.28% | 26 | 0.31% | 29 | 0.03% | 3 | 10.26% | 964 |
Cheyenne | 54.43% | 915 | 45.09% | 758 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 9.34% | 157 |
San Juan | 54.20% | 452 | 45.32% | 378 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.36% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 8.87% | 74 |
Otero | 54.11% | 5,459 | 45.27% | 4,567 | 0.20% | 20 | 0.41% | 41 | 0.01% | 1 | 8.84% | 892 |
Archuleta | 53.71% | 869 | 45.98% | 744 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 7.73% | 125 |
Boulder | 53.22% | 10,525 | 45.71% | 9,039 | 0.67% | 132 | 0.35% | 70 | 0.05% | 10 | 7.51% | 1,486 |
Park | 52.98% | 986 | 46.70% | 869 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 6.29% | 117 |
Jefferson | 52.81% | 8,780 | 46.59% | 7,745 | 0.40% | 66 | 0.14% | 24 | 0.06% | 10 | 6.23% | 1,035 |
Bent | 51.67% | 1,899 | 47.86% | 1,759 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.03% | 1 | 3.81% | 140 |
Arapahoe | 50.89% | 7,988 | 48.24% | 7,571 | 0.59% | 93 | 0.21% | 33 | 0.07% | 11 | 2.66% | 417 |
Adams | 50.16% | 4,767 | 49.18% | 4,674 | 0.35% | 33 | 0.26% | 25 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.98% | 93 |
Ouray | 49.12% | 589 | 50.54% | 606 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | -1.42% | -17 |
Pitkin | 48.50% | 484 | 50.40% | 503 | 0.90% | 9 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | -1.90% | -19 |
Gilpin | 48.65% | 413 | 50.77% | 431 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | -2.12% | -18 |
Mesa | 47.27% | 7,049 | 51.60% | 7,694 | 0.62% | 93 | 0.49% | 73 | 0.02% | 3 | -4.33% | -645 |
Alamosa | 47.39% | 2,243 | 52.12% | 2,467 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.27% | 13 | 0.17% | 8 | -4.73% | -224 |
Chaffee | 46.91% | 1,933 | 52.24% | 2,153 | 0.51% | 21 | 0.29% | 12 | 0.05% | 2 | -5.34% | -220 |
Denver | 46.91% | 81,328 | 52.45% | 90,938 | 0.33% | 578 | 0.21% | 359 | 0.10% | 168 | -5.54% | -9,610 |
Summit | 46.78% | 479 | 52.73% | 540 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | -5.96% | -61 |
Gunnison | 46.43% | 1,556 | 52.85% | 1,771 | 0.63% | 21 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | -6.42% | -215 |
San Miguel | 45.94% | 729 | 53.62% | 851 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.13% | 2 | -7.69% | -122 |
Mineral | 45.08% | 229 | 53.74% | 273 | 0.39% | 2 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.59% | 3 | -8.66% | -44 |
Conejos | 44.81% | 2,028 | 54.82% | 2,481 | 0.27% | 12 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.02% | 1 | -10.01% | -453 |
Routt | 44.07% | 2,212 | 55.29% | 2,775 | 0.30% | 15 | 0.24% | 12 | 0.10% | 5 | -11.22% | -563 |
Clear Creek | 44.15% | 1,018 | 55.55% | 1,281 | 0.22% | 5 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | -11.41% | -263 |
Pueblo | 42.84% | 14,185 | 56.79% | 18,805 | 0.09% | 31 | 0.21% | 71 | 0.07% | 23 | -13.95% | -4,620 |
Eagle | 42.00% | 1,077 | 57.49% | 1,474 | 0.35% | 9 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.12% | 3 | -15.48% | -397 |
Huerfano | 40.65% | 2,738 | 59.00% | 3,974 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.10% | 7 | -18.35% | -1,236 |
Lake | 40.30% | 1,403 | 59.26% | 2,063 | 0.29% | 10 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.09% | 3 | -18.96% | -660 |
Costilla | 39.40% | 1,121 | 59.68% | 1,698 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.35% | 10 | -20.28% | -577 |
Teller | 37.60% | 1,268 | 61.80% | 2,084 | 0.44% | 15 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.03% | 1 | -24.20% | -816 |
Las Animas | 35.53% | 4,859 | 64.10% | 8,766 | 0.11% | 15 | 0.17% | 23 | 0.09% | 12 | -28.57% | -3,907 |
References edit
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 05, 1940