United States presidential elections in Colorado

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Colorado, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1876, Colorado has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Presidential elections in Colorado
No. of elections37
Voted Democratic14
Voted Republican22
Voted other1[lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate26
Voted for losing candidate11

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 2]		 Votes Percent Electoral
Votes		 Notes
2020[1]Joe Biden1,804,19655.40Donald Trump1,364,47141.90—9
2016[2]Donald Trump[lower-alpha 3]1,202,48443.25Hillary Clinton1,338,87048.16Gary Johnson144,1215.199
2012[3]Barack Obama1,323,10151.49Mitt Romney1,185,24346.13—9
2008[4]Barack Obama1,288,63353.66John McCain1,073,62944.71—9
2004[5]George W. Bush1,101,25551.69John Kerry1,001,73247.02—9
2000[6]George W. Bush[lower-alpha 3]883,74850.75Al Gore738,22742.39—8
1996[7]Bill Clinton671,15244.43Bob Dole691,84845.80Ross Perot99,6296.598
1992Bill Clinton629,68140.13George H. W. Bush562,85035.87Ross Perot366,01023.328
1988George H. W. Bush728,17753.06Michael Dukakis621,45345.28—8
1984Ronald Reagan821,81863.44Walter Mondale454,97435.12—8
1980Ronald Reagan652,26455.07Jimmy Carter367,97331.07John B. Anderson130,63311.037
1976Jimmy Carter460,35342.58Gerald Ford584,36754.05—7
1972Richard Nixon597,18962.61George McGovern329,98034.59—7
1968Richard Nixon409,34550.46Hubert Humphrey335,17441.32George Wallace60,8137.506
1964Lyndon B. Johnson476,02461.27Barry Goldwater296,76738.19—6
1960John F. Kennedy330,62944.91Richard Nixon402,24254.63—6
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower394,47959.49Adlai Stevenson II263,99739.81T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[lower-alpha 4]		7590.116
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower379,78260.27Adlai Stevenson II245,50438.96—6
1948Harry S. Truman267,28851.88Thomas E. Dewey239,71446.52Strom Thurmond——6
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt234,33146.40Thomas E. Dewey268,73153.21—6
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt265,55448.37Wendell Willkie279,57650.92—6
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt295,02160.37Alf Landon181,26737.09—6
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt250,87754.81Herbert Hoover189,61741.43—6
1928Herbert Hoover253,87264.72Al Smith133,13133.94—6
1924Calvin Coolidge195,17157.02John W. Davis75,23821.98Robert M. La Follette69,94520.446
1920Warren G. Harding173,24859.32James M. Cox104,93635.93Parley P. Christensen3,0161.036
1916Woodrow Wilson178,81660.74Charles E. Hughes102,30834.75—6
1912Woodrow Wilson114,23242.80Theodore Roosevelt72,30627.09William H. Taft58,38621.886
1908William H. Taft123,69346.88William Jennings Bryan126,64448.00—5
1904Theodore Roosevelt134,66155.26Alton B. Parker100,10541.08—5
1900William McKinley93,07242.04William Jennings Bryan122,73355.43—4
1896William McKinley26,27113.86William Jennings Bryan161,00584.95—4
1892Grover Clevelandno ballotsBenjamin Harrison38,62041.13James B. Weaver53,58457.074
1888Benjamin Harrison[lower-alpha 3]50,77255.22Grover Cleveland37,54940.84—3
1884Grover Cleveland27,72341.68James G. Blaine36,08454.25—3
1880James A. Garfield27,45051.26Winfield S. Hancock24,64746.03James B. Weaver1,4352.683
1876Rutherford B. Hayes[lower-alpha 3]n/an/aSamuel J. Tildenn/an/a—3Allocated by state legislature.[lower-alpha 5]

Notes
  1. James B. Weaver, 1892.
  2. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  3. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  4. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  5. Colorado was admitted to the union as the 38th state on August 1, 1876. With insufficient time or money to organize a presidential election in the new state, Colorado's state legislature selected the state’s electors. These electors in turn gave their three votes to Hayes and the Republican Party. This was the last election in which any state chose electors through its state legislature.

References
  1. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  6. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

See also
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