Who won Colorado in the 1944 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Colorado in 1944, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 1944?

Colorado cast 6 electoral votes in the 1944 presidential election.

Did Colorado vote for the national winner in 1944?

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

New Deal CoalitionCO · 6 EV

1944

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.

Reading the 1944 result in Colorado

Colorado backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1944 presidential election, casting 6 electoral votes for the ticket. Colorado ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th 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 432 of the 531 electoral votes, against Thomas E. Dewey's 99. Franklin D. Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 53.39% of the ballots cast.

The 1944 national map

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