Thomas E. Dewey carried Colorado R+6.8.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Colorado, 1944. The state ran 14.3 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R)

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Colorado result

505,039 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

234,331

46.4%

Dewey (R)

268,731

53.2%

All others

1,977

0.4%

Margin

R+6.8

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1944 presidential election

Colorado, 1944

DeweyR+6.8

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican	53.2%	268,731
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic	46.4%	234,331
OtherAll other candidates	0.4%	1,977

D+60

R+60

63 counties, each filled by 1944 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Colorado's presidential margins

1880–2024, the 1944 contest in context

Colorado's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1880	−5.2%
1884	−12.6%
1888	−14.4%
1892	−41.1%
1896	+70.6%
1900	+13.6%
1904	−14.2%
1908	+1.1%
1912	+20.9%
1916	+26.0%
1920	−23.4%
1924	−35.0%
1928	−30.8%
1932	+13.4%
1936	+23.3%
1940	−2.6%
1944	−6.8%
1948	+5.4%
1952	−21.3%
1956	−19.7%
1960	−9.7%
1964	+23.1%
1968	−9.2%
1972	−28.0%
1976	−11.5%
1980	−24.0%
1984	−28.3%
1988	−7.8%
1992	+4.3%
1996	−1.4%
2000	−8.4%
2004	−4.7%
2008	+9.0%
2012	+5.4%
2016	+4.9%
2020	+13.5%
2024	+11.0%

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County results — 1944

63 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−9.2%	4,101	4,933	9,063
Alamosa County	R	−3.4%	1,806	1,933	3,749
Arapahoe County	R	−9.5%	7,485	9,057	16,611
Archuleta County	R	−17.0%	427	602	1,030
Baca County	R	−23.8%	941	1,528	2,469
Bent County	R	−3.3%	1,456	1,556	3,021
Boulder County	R	−14.8%	7,442	10,054	17,610
Chaffee County	D	+1.6%	1,731	1,675	3,430
Cheyenne County	R	−21.6%	594	923	1,521
Clear Creek County	R	−11.1%	636	795	1,438
Conejos County	D	+7.6%	2,028	1,740	3,768
Costilla County	D	+25.6%	1,515	896	2,416
Crowley County	R	−26.1%	710	1,214	1,929
Custer County	R	−28.4%	333	601	943
Delta County	R	−19.0%	2,351	3,462	5,838
Denver County	D	+2.1%	90,001	86,331	177,091
Dolores County	R	−17.7%	300	429	729
Douglas County	R	−31.0%	638	1,214	1,857
Eagle County	D	+1.6%	952	922	1,879
El Paso County	R	−16.7%	11,679	16,392	28,186
Elbert County	R	−38.4%	628	1,413	2,044
Fremont County	R	−21.7%	3,180	4,953	8,166
Garfield County	R	−16.2%	1,865	2,588	4,464
Gilpin County	R	−12.1%	213	272	487
Grand County	R	−27.2%	554	968	1,524
Gunnison County	D	+7.2%	1,411	1,221	2,637
Hinsdale County	R	−34.1%	61	124	185
Huerfano County	D	+21.6%	3,290	2,119	5,427
Jackson County	R	−29.5%	252	463	715
Jefferson County	R	−14.8%	7,277	9,815	17,160
Kiowa County	R	−29.9%	522	970	1,498
Kit Carson County	R	−44.9%	937	2,471	3,419
La Plata County	R	−19.6%	2,031	3,023	5,069
Lake County	D	+15.4%	1,687	1,236	2,937
Larimer County	R	−31.3%	5,172	9,914	15,144
Las Animas County	D	+23.8%	6,800	4,179	11,034
Lincoln County	R	−19.1%	1,147	1,689	2,839
Logan County	R	−23.5%	2,471	3,998	6,487
Mesa County	D	+1.6%	6,870	6,653	13,598
Mineral County	R	−6.2%	150	170	322
Moffat County	R	−22.0%	923	1,445	2,374
Montezuma County	R	−14.3%	1,207	1,610	2,825
Montrose County	R	−13.3%	2,258	2,952	5,237
Morgan County	R	−38.6%	1,839	4,166	6,026
Otero County	R	−13.7%	3,791	5,002	8,816
Ouray County	R	−24.8%	303	503	807
Park County	R	−22.1%	426	670	1,102
Phillips County	R	−31.1%	761	1,455	2,233
Pitkin County	R	−1.8%	355	368	724
Prowers County	R	−17.8%	1,948	2,796	4,762
Pueblo County	D	+15.7%	19,039	13,848	32,983
Rio Blanco County	R	−32.2%	451	881	1,337
Rio Grande County	R	−31.8%	1,325	2,567	3,900
Routt County	D	+1.9%	1,940	1,869	3,831
Saguache County	R	−24.5%	729	1,204	1,938
San Juan County	R	−11.9%	258	328	587
San Miguel County	D	+8.0%	630	536	1,173
Sedgwick County	R	−36.7%	568	1,228	1,799
Summit County	R	−15.7%	237	326	566
Teller County	R	−1.3%	808	829	1,650
Washington County	R	−36.1%	1,058	2,259	3,328
Weld County	R	−26.4%	8,459	14,546	23,086
Yuma County	R	−34.9%	1,374	2,847	4,221