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.
Number of elections | 37 |
---|---|
Voted Democratic | 14 |
Voted Republican | 22 |
Voted other | 1[a] |
Voted for winning candidate | 26 |
Voted for losing candidate | 11 |
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[b] |
Votes | Percent | Electoral Votes |
Notes |
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2020[1] | Joe Biden | 1,804,196 | 55.40 | Donald Trump | 1,364,471 | 41.90 | — | 9 | |||
2016[2] | Donald Trump[c] | 1,202,484 | 43.25 | Hillary Clinton | 1,338,870 | 48.16 | 9 | ||||
2012[3] | Barack Obama | 1,323,101 | 51.49 | Mitt Romney | 1,185,243 | 46.13 | — | 9 | |||
2008[4] | Barack Obama | 1,288,633 | 53.66 | John McCain | 1,073,629 | 44.71 | — | 9 | |||
2004[5] | George W. Bush | 1,101,255 | 51.69 | John Kerry | 1,001,732 | 47.02 | — | 9 | |||
2000[6] | George W. Bush[c] | 883,748 | 50.75 | Al Gore | 738,227 | 42.39 | — | 8 | |||
1996[7] | Bill Clinton | 671,152 | 44.43 | Bob Dole | 691,848 | 45.80 | Ross Perot | 99,629 | 6.59 | 8 | |
1992 | Bill Clinton | 629,681 | 40.13 | George H. W. Bush | 562,850 | 35.87 | Ross Perot | 366,010 | 23.32 | 8 | |
1988 | George H. W. Bush | 728,177 | 53.06 | Michael Dukakis | 621,453 | 45.28 | — | 8 | |||
1984 | Ronald Reagan | 821,818 | 63.44 | Walter Mondale | 454,974 | 35.12 | — | 8 | |||
1980 | Ronald Reagan | 652,264 | 55.07 | Jimmy Carter | 367,973 | 31.07 | John B. Anderson | 130,633 | 11.03 | 7 | |
1976 | Jimmy Carter | 460,353 | 42.58 | Gerald Ford | 584,367 | 54.05 | — | 7 | |||
1972 | Richard Nixon | 597,189 | 62.61 | George McGovern | 329,980 | 34.59 | — | 7 | |||
1968 | Richard Nixon | 409,345 | 50.46 | Hubert Humphrey | 335,174 | 41.32 | George Wallace | 60,813 | 7.50 | 6 | |
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 476,024 | 61.27 | Barry Goldwater | 296,767 | 38.19 | — | 6 | |||
1960 | John F. Kennedy | 330,629 | 44.91 | Richard Nixon | 402,242 | 54.63 | — | 6 | |||
1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 394,479 | 59.49 | Adlai Stevenson II | 263,997 | 39.81 | T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors[d] |
759 | 0.11 | 6 | |
1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 379,782 | 60.27 | Adlai Stevenson II | 245,504 | 38.96 | — | 6 | |||
1948 | Harry S. Truman | 267,288 | 51.88 | Thomas E. Dewey | 239,714 | 46.52 | Strom Thurmond | — | — | 6 | |
1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 234,331 | 46.40 | Thomas E. Dewey | 268,731 | 53.21 | — | 6 | |||
1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 265,554 | 48.37 | Wendell Willkie | 279,576 | 50.92 | — | 6 | |||
1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 295,021 | 60.37 | Alf Landon | 181,267 | 37.09 | — | 6 | |||
1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 250,877 | 54.81 | Herbert Hoover | 189,617 | 41.43 | — | 6 | |||
1928 | Herbert Hoover | 253,872 | 64.72 | Al Smith | 133,131 | 33.94 | — | 6 | |||
1924 | Calvin Coolidge | 195,171 | 57.02 | John W. Davis | 75,238 | 21.98 | Robert M. La Follette | 69,945 | 20.44 | 6 | |
1920 | Warren G. Harding | 173,248 | 59.32 | James M. Cox | 104,936 | 35.93 | Parley P. Christensen | 3,016 | 1.03 | 6 | |
1916 | Woodrow Wilson | 178,816 | 60.74 | Charles E. Hughes | 102,308 | 34.75 | — | 6 | |||
1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 114,232 | 42.80 | Theodore Roosevelt | 72,306 | 27.09 | William H. Taft | 58,386 | 21.88 | 6 | |
1908 | William H. Taft | 123,693 | 46.88 | William Jennings Bryan | 126,644 | 48.00 | — | 5 | |||
1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | 134,661 | 55.26 | Alton B. Parker | 100,105 | 41.08 | — | 5 | |||
1900 | William McKinley | 93,072 | 42.04 | William Jennings Bryan | 122,733 | 55.43 | — | 4 | |||
1896 | William McKinley | 26,271 | 13.86 | William Jennings Bryan | 161,005 | 84.95 | — | 4 | |||
1892 | Grover Cleveland | no ballots | Benjamin Harrison | 38,620 | 41.13 | James B. Weaver | 53,584 | 57.07 | 4 | ||
1888 | Benjamin Harrison[c] | 50,772 | 55.22 | Grover Cleveland | 37,549 | 40.84 | — | 3 | |||
1884 | Grover Cleveland | 27,723 | 41.68 | James G. Blaine | 36,084 | 54.25 | — | 3 | |||
1880 | James A. Garfield | 27,450 | 51.26 | Winfield S. Hancock | 24,647 | 46.03 | James B. Weaver | 1,435 | 2.68 | 3 | |
1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes[c] | n/a | n/a | Samuel J. Tilden | n/a | n/a | — | 3 | Allocated by state legislature.[e] |