Colorado
Party timeline · 1876–2024
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dem Harris | Harris 1,728,159 54.1% | Trump 1,377,441 43.1% | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 35,623 · 1.1% | 350,718 11.0 pts | R +2.4 since 2020 |
| 20201 | Dem Biden | Biden 1,804,352 55.0% | Trump 1,364,607 41.6% | Jo Jorgensen 52,460 · 1.6% | 439,745 13.4 pts | D +8.5 since 2016 |
| 2016 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 1,338,870 48.2% | Trump 1,202,484 43.3% | Gary Johnson 144,121 · 5.2% Jill Stein 38,437 · 1.4% | 136,386 4.9 pts | R +0.5 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Dem Obama | Obama 1,323,101 51.5% | Romney 1,185,243 46.1% | Gary Johnson 35,545 · 1.4% | 137,858 5.4 pts | R +3.6 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Dem Obama | Obama 1,288,576 53.7% | McCain 1,073,589 44.7% | None | 214,987 9.0 pts | D +13.6 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Rep Bush | Kerry 1,001,732 47.0% | Bush 1,101,255 51.7% | None | 99,523 4.7 pts | D +3.7 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Rep Bush | Gore 738,227 42.4% | Bush 883,748 50.8% | Ralph Nader 91,434 · 5.3% | 145,521 8.4 pts | R +7.0 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Rep Dole | Clinton 671,152 44.4% | Dole 691,848 45.8% | Ross Perot 99,629 · 6.6% Ralph Nader 25,070 · 1.7% | 20,696 1.4 pts | R +5.6 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 629,681 40.1% | Bush 562,850 35.9% | Ross Perot 366,010 · 23.3% | 66,831 4.3 pts | D +12.0 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 621,453 45.3% | Bush 728,177 53.1% | Ron Paul 15,482 · 1.1% | 106,724 7.8 pts | D +20.5 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 454,975 35.1% | Reagan 821,817 63.4% | None | 366,842 28.3 pts | R +4.3 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 368,009 31.1% | Reagan 652,264 55.1% | John B. Anderson 130,633 · 11.0% Ed Clark 25,744 · 2.2% | 284,255 24.0 pts | R +12.6 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Rep Ford | Carter 460,801 42.6% | Ford 584,278 54.0% | Eugene McCarthy 26,047 · 2.4% | 123,477 11.4 pts | D +16.6 since 1972 |
| 1972 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 329,980 34.6% | Nixon 597,189 62.6% | John G. Schmitz 17,269 · 1.8% | 267,209 28.0 pts | R +18.3 since 1968 |
| 19682 | Rep Nixon | Humphrey 331,0632 41.0% | Nixon 409,3452 50.7% | George Wallace 60,813 · 7.5%2 | 78,282 9.7 pts | R +32.8 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 476,024 61.3% | Goldwater 296,767 38.2% | None | 179,257 23.1 pts | D +32.8 since 1960 |
| 1960 | Rep Nixon | Kennedy 330,629 44.9% | Nixon 402,242 54.6% | None | 71,613 9.7 pts | D +10.0 since 1956 |
| 1956 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 263,997 39.8% | Eisenhower 394,479 59.5% | None | 130,482 19.7 pts | D +1.6 since 1952 |
| 19523 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 245,5043 39.0% | Eisenhower 379,7823 60.3% | None | 134,278 21.3 pts | R +26.7 since 1948 |
| 1948 | Dem Truman | Truman 267,288 51.9% | Dewey 239,714 46.5% | Henry A. Wallace 6,115 · 1.2% | 27,574 5.4 pts | D +12.2 since 1944 |
| 1944 | Rep Dewey | Roosevelt 234,331 46.4% | Dewey 268,731 53.2% | None | 34,400 6.8 pts | R +4.3 since 1940 |
| 1940 | Rep Willkie | Roosevelt 265,554 48.4% | Willkie 279,576 50.9% | None | 14,022 2.6 pts | R +25.8 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 295,021 60.4% | Landon 181,267 37.1% | William Lemke 9,962 · 2.0% | 113,754 23.3 pts | D +9.9 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 250,877 54.8% | Hoover 189,617 41.4% | Norman Thomas 13,591 · 3.0% | 61,260 13.4 pts | D +44.2 since 1928 |
| 1928 | Rep Hoover | Smith 133,131 33.9% | Hoover 253,872 64.7% | None | 120,741 30.8 pts | D +4.3 since 1924 |
| 19244,5 | Rep Coolidge | Davis 75,2384 22.0% | Coolidge 195,1714 57.0% | Robert M. La Follette 69,945 · 20.4%4 | 119,933 35.0 pts | R +11.7 since 1920 |
| 19206 | Rep Harding | Cox 104,9366 35.9% | Harding 173,2486 59.3% | Eugene V. Debs 8,046 · 2.8%6 Parley P. Christensen 3,016 · 1.0%6 | 68,312 23.4 pts | R +49.4 since 1916 |
| 19167 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 178,8167 60.7% | Hughes 102,3087 34.8% | Allan L. Benson 10,049 · 3.4%7 | 76,508 26.0 pts | D +5.1 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 114,223 42.8% | Taft 58,386 21.9% | Theodore Roosevelt 72,306 · 27.1% Eugene V. Debs 16,418 · 6.2% Eugene W. Chafin 5,063 · 1.9% | 41,917 15.7 pts | D +19.8 since 1908 |
| 19088 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 126,6448 48.0% | Taft 123,7008 46.9% | Eugene V. Debs 7,947 · 3.0%8 Eugene W. Chafin 5,559 · 2.1%8 | 2,944 1.1 pts | D +15.3 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Rep Roosevelt | Parker 100,105 41.1% | Roosevelt 134,687 55.3% | Eugene V. Debs 4,304 · 1.8% Silas C. Swallow 3,438 · 1.4% | 34,582 14.2 pts | R +27.6 since 1900 |
| 1900 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 122,733 55.5% | McKinley 93,072 42.1% | John G. Woolley 3,790 · 1.7% | 29,661 13.4 pts | R +57.7 since 1896 |
| 18969 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 161,1539 85.0% | McKinley 26,2719 13.8% | None | 134,882 71.1 pts | No Dem–Rep pair to compare |
| 189210,11 | Pop Weaver | No Democrat named | Harrison 38,62010 41.2% | James B. Weaver 53,584 · 57.1%10 John Bidwell 1,638 · 1.7%10 | 14,964 15.9 pts | No Dem–Rep pair to compare |
| 1888 | Rep Harrison | Cleveland 37,567 40.9% | Harrison 50,774 55.3% | Clinton B. Fisk 2,191 · 2.4% Alson J. Streeter 1,266 · 1.4% | 13,207 14.4 pts | R +1.5 since 1884 |
| 188412 | Rep Blaine | Cleveland 27,60312 41.5% | Blaine 36,16612 54.4% | Benjamin F. Butler 1,961 · 2.9%12 John P. St. John 762 · 1.1%12 | 8,563 12.9 pts | R +7.6 since 1880 |
| 188013 | Rep Garfield | Hancock 24,64713 46.0% | Garfield 27,45013 51.3% | James B. Weaver 1,435 · 2.7%13 | 2,803 5.2 pts | First sourced year |
| 187614 | Rep Hayes | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2020 'Other candidates' includes 5,061 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 1968 The official table notes: Others 1,393: footnote 3, 'New Party.'
- 1952 The official table notes: Others: Constitutional Party votes (footnote 6).
- 1924 La Follette's figure is the official table's: farmer-Labor and Progressive vote combined (footnote 2).
- 1924 The official table notes: Farmer-Labor and Progressive vote combined (footnote 2).
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1916 The official table's state total (294,375) is 409 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1908 The official table's state total (263,877) is 27 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The Democrats ran no electors here in 1892 and backed Weaver's Populist ticket, so Cleveland is not listed (World Almanac 1894, p. 375).
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 . How these figures were compiled
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