Who won Colorado in the 1940 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Colorado in 1940, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 1940?

Colorado cast 6 electoral votes in the 1940 presidential election.

Did Colorado vote for the national winner in 1940?

Yes. Colorado backed Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the presidency that year.

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1940

Colorado: Roosevelt carries 6 EV.

Colorado cast its 6 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Colorado voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Colorado, 1940

In 1940, Colorado awarded its 6 electoral votes to Roosevelt of the Democratic party. Colorado ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Colorado backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. The region divided — Wyoming, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah joined Colorado for the Democratic ticket, while Nebraska and Kansas did not. Across the 37 presidential elections Colorado has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (19 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Franklin D. Roosevelt took 449 of the 531 electoral votes, against Wendell Willkie's 82. Franklin D. Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 54.74% of the ballots cast.

The 1940 national map

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