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1948 United States presidential election in Colorado
← 1944 November 2, 1948 1952 →
All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Missouri New York
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 267,288 239,714
Percentage 51.88% 46.52%
County Results

Truman

  40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

Dewey

  40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

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Harry S. Truman
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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 six 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. As of the 2020 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
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) 267,288 51.88%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 239,714 46.52%
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 6,115 1.19%
Socialist Norman Thomas 1,678 0.33%
Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 228 0.04%
Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 214 0.04%
Total votes 515,237 100%

Results by county

County Harry S. Truman
Democratic 		Thomas E. Dewey
Republican 		Henry A. Wallace
Progressive 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total 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% 4,213
Total 267,288 51.88% 239,714 46.52% 6,115 1.19% 2,120 0.41% 27,574 5.36% 515,237

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  2. "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  3. "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  4. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
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