1948 United States presidential election in Colorado

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election 1948 United States presidential election in Colorado Colorado 1911 presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Colorado 1944 1952 United States presidential election in Colorado 1952 All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College November 2, 1948https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1948 United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica October 25, 2017 x200px Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Missouri Alben W. Barkley 6 267,288 51.88% Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 0 239,714 46.52% 1948 United States presidential election in Colorado results map by county.svg 280px County results Truman #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Dewey #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) The 1948 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose sixhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1948 1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53) October 25, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Colorado was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 51.88% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 46.52% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=8&year=1948 1948 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado October 25, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1948 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948 October 25, 2017 As of the 2024 election, Truman remains the last candidate to carry Colorado without winning Larimer County, as well as the last Democrat to win the national election without Adams County. Colorado also marks Truman's strongest performance in a state that Dewey had won against Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944. Results 1948 United States presidential election in Colorado Harry S. Truman (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 267,288 51.88% Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) 239,714 46.52% Henry A. Wallace Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) 6,115 1.19% Norman Thomas Socialist Party of America 1,678 0.33% Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers Party (United States) 228 0.04% Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor Party of America 214 0.04% 515,237 100% Results by county CountyHarry S. TrumanDemocraticThomas E. DeweyRepublicanHenry A. WallaceProgressiveVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Adams 4,419 40.95% 6,240 57.83% 99 0.92% 33 0.31% -1,821 -16.88% 10,791 Alamosa 2,395 54.76% 1,950 44.58% 24 0.55% 5 0.11% 445 10.18% 4,374 Arapahoe 6,962 46.17% 7,943 52.67% 122 0.81% 53 0.35% -981 -6.50% 15,080 Archuleta 479 44.19% 597 55.07% 4 0.37% 4 0.37% -118 -10.88% 1,084 Baca 1,398 52.13% 1,260 46.98% 21 0.78% 3 0.11% 138 5.15% 2,682 Bent 1,658 55.56% 1,296 43.43% 18 0.60% 12 0.40% 362 12.13% 2,984 Boulder 8,792 44.32% 10,335 52.09% 488 2.46% 224 1.13% -1,543 -7.77% 19,839 Chaffee 1,476 41.23% 2,065 57.68% 31 0.87% 8 0.22% -589 -16.45% 3,580 Cheyenne 713 51.44% 657 47.40% 13 0.94% 3 0.22% 56 4.04% 1,386 Clear Creek 836 50.24% 810 48.68% 12 0.72% 6 0.36% 26 1.56% 1,664 Conejos 2,236 58.43% 1,532 40.03% 25 0.65% 34 0.89% 704 18.40% 3,827 Costilla 1,563 61.73% 921 36.37% 19 0.75% 29 1.15% 642 25.36% 2,532 Crowley 1,004 49.22% 1,027 50.34% 4 0.20% 5 0.25% -23 -1.12% 2,040 Custer 384 40.72% 547 58.01% 10 1.06% 2 0.21% -163 -17.29% 943 Delta 3,171 49.02% 3,158 48.82% 117 1.81% 23 0.36% 13 0.20% 6,469 Denver 89,489 52.93% 76,364 45.17% 2,420 1.43% 794 0.47% 13,125 7.76% 169,067 Dolores 435 54.31% 352 43.95% 14 1.75% 0 0.00% 83 10.36% 801 Douglas 767 43.68% 979 55.75% 5 0.28% 5 0.28% -212 -12.07% 1,756 Eagle 1,008 55.05% 738 40.31% 80 4.37% 5 0.27% 270 14.74% 1,831 El Paso 12,291 43.25% 15,705 55.26% 258 0.91% 165 0.58% -3,414 -12.01% 28,419 Elbert 873 42.61% 1,155 56.37% 19 0.93% 2 0.10% -282 -13.76% 2,049 Fremont 4,077 47.26% 4,421 51.25% 95 1.10% 34 0.39% -344 -3.99% 8,627 Garfield 2,364 49.03% 2,416 50.10% 37 0.77% 5 0.10% -52 -1.07% 4,822 Gilpin 296 48.45% 302 49.43% 10 1.64% 3 0.49% -6 -0.98% 611 Grand 763 48.85% 777 49.74% 12 0.77% 10 0.64% -14 -0.89% 1,562 Gunnison 1,326 53.17% 1,103 44.23% 56 2.25% 9 0.36% 223 8.94% 2,494 Hinsdale 75 36.06% 133 63.94% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -58 -27.88% 208 Huerfano 3,448 63.73% 1,841 34.03% 115 2.13% 6 0.11% 1,607 29.70% 5,410 Jackson 291 47.09% 327 52.91% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -36 -5.82% 618 Jefferson 9,145 47.36% 9,903 51.29% 179 0.93% 81 0.42% -758 -3.93% 19,308 Kiowa 659 46.05% 758 52.97% 11 0.77% 3 0.21% -99 -6.92% 1,431 Kit Carson 1,281 40.27% 1,873 58.88% 17 0.53% 10 0.31% -592 -18.61% 3,181 La Plata 2,536 47.37% 2,735 51.08% 75 1.40% 8 0.15% -199 -3.71% 5,354 Lake 1,581 63.04% 838 33.41% 78 3.11% 11 0.44% 743 29.63% 2,508 Larimer 7,062 41.47% 9,813 57.63% 83 0.49% 71 0.42% -2,751 -16.16% 17,029 Las Animas 7,586 67.67% 3,452 30.79% 133 1.19% 39 0.35% 4,134 36.88% 11,210 Lincoln 1,231 48.93% 1,271 50.52% 10 0.40% 4 0.16% -40 -1.59% 2,516 Logan 3,179 49.30% 3,223 49.98% 33 0.51% 13 0.20% -44 -0.68% 6,448 Mesa 8,401 55.32% 6,586 43.37% 137 0.90% 61 0.40% 1,815 11.95% 15,185 Mineral 190 56.72% 144 42.99% 1 0.30% 0 0.00% 46 13.73% 335 Moffat 1,101 46.05% 1,261 52.74% 23 0.96% 6 0.25% -160 -6.69% 2,391 Montezuma 1,653 49.89% 1,630 49.20% 21 0.63% 9 0.27% 23 0.69% 3,313 Montrose 2,544 49.73% 2,473 48.34% 70 1.37% 29 0.57% 71 1.39% 5,116 Morgan 2,912 45.63% 3,417 53.54% 39 0.61% 14 0.22% -505 -7.91% 6,382 Otero 8,640 66.30% 4,311 33.08% 61 0.47% 20 0.15% 4,329 33.22% 13,032 Ouray 461 44.11% 574 54.93% 7 0.67% 3 0.29% -113 -10.82% 1,045 Park 505 43.84% 637 55.30% 9 0.78% 1 0.09% -132 -11.46% 1,152 Phillips 932 45.49% 1,076 52.51% 32 1.56% 9 0.44% -144 -7.02% 2,049 Pitkin 409 54.46% 319 42.48% 21 2.80% 2 0.27% 90 11.98% 751 Prowers 2,497 49.47% 2,505 49.63% 22 0.44% 23 0.46% -8 -0.16% 5,047 Pueblo 21,637 61.75% 12,756 36.40% 572 1.63% 76 0.22% 8,881 25.35% 35,041 Rio Blanco 752 42.95% 981 56.03% 17 0.97% 1 0.06% -229 -13.08% 1,751 Rio Grande 1,814 46.80% 2,049 52.86% 6 0.15% 7 0.18% -235 -6.06% 3,876 Routt 2,088 57.19% 1,492 40.87% 56 1.53% 15 0.41% 596 16.32% 3,651 Saguache 1,009 52.09% 914 47.19% 10 0.52% 4 0.21% 95 4.90% 1,937 San Juan 348 49.71% 329 47.00% 21 3.00% 2 0.29% 19 2.71% 700 San Miguel 613 56.81% 451 41.80% 15 1.39% 0 0.00% 162 15.01% 1,079 Sedgwick 834 44.67% 1,020 54.63% 10 0.54% 3 0.16% -186 -9.96% 1,867 Summit 378 56.00% 292 43.26% 3 0.44% 2 0.30% 86 12.74% 675 Teller 779 50.36% 748 48.35% 16 1.03% 4 0.26% 31 2.01% 1,547 Washington 1,308 44.16% 1,636 55.23% 11 0.24% 7 0.24% -328 -11.07% 2,962 Weld 10,934 46.25% 12,446 52.65% 171 0.72% 88 0.37% -1,512 -6.40% 23,639 Yuma 1,907 45.26% 2,277 54.05% 17 0.40% 12 0.28% -370 -8.79% 4,213Total267,28851.88%239,71446.52%6,1151.19%2,1200.41%27,5745.36%515,237 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Chaffee Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Alamosa Baca Bent Cheyenne Clear Creek Delta Dolores Mineral Montezuma Montrose Otero Pitkin Saguache San Juan Summit Teller See also United States presidential elections in Colorado References Colorado 1948 Presidential election