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| Election Name: | 1940 United States presidential election in Colorado |
| Country: | Colorado |
| Flag Year: | 1911 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1936 United States presidential election in Colorado |
| Previous Year: | 1936 |
| Next Election: | 1944 United States presidential election in Colorado |
| Next Year: | 1944 |
| Votes For Election: | All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1940[1] |
| Image1: | WendellWillkie.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Wendell Willkie |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Charles L. McNary |
| Electoral Vote1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 279,576 |
| Percentage1: | 50.92% |
| Nominee2: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Henry A. Wallace |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 265,554 |
| Percentage2: | 48.37% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1940 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Colorado was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 50.92% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 48.37% of the popular vote.[3] [4] Colorado was one of eight states won by Willkie that Roosevelt had carried four years prior; the state swung from a 23-point Democratic landslide in 1936 to a narrow 2.5-point Republican win in 1940.
| County | Wendell Lewis Willkie[5] Republican | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | Roger Ward Babson Prohibition | Earl Russell Browder Communist | Margin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | |||||||||
| align="center" | Kit Carson | align="center" | 68.69% | align="center" | 2,481 | align="center" | 30.45% | align="center" | 1,100 | align="center" | 0.47% | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 0.33% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.06% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 38.23% | align="center" | 1,381 | |
| align="center" | Rio Blanco | align="center" | 65.49% | align="center" | 1,021 | align="center" | 34.00% | align="center" | 530 | align="center" | 0.26% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.26% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 31.49% | align="center" | 491 | |
| align="center" | Elbert | align="center" | 65.04% | align="center" | 1,756 | align="center" | 34.59% | align="center" | 934 | align="center" | 0.26% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 30.44% | align="center" | 822 | |
| align="center" | Morgan | align="center" | 64.30% | align="center" | 4,654 | align="center" | 34.91% | align="center" | 2,527 | align="center" | 0.25% | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 0.51% | align="center" | 37 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 29.39% | align="center" | 2,127 | |
| align="center" | Yuma | align="center" | 64.11% | align="center" | 3,531 | align="center" | 34.80% | align="center" | 1,917 | align="center" | 0.60% | align="center" | 33 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 29.30% | align="center" | 1,614 | |
| align="center" | Washington | align="center" | 62.63% | align="center" | 2,390 | align="center" | 36.77% | align="center" | 1,403 | align="center" | 0.26% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.29% | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 25.86% | align="center" | 987 | |
| align="center" | Larimer | align="center" | 62.15% | align="center" | 10,720 | align="center" | 37.12% | align="center" | 6,402 | align="center" | 0.27% | align="center" | 46 | align="center" | 0.45% | align="center" | 77 | align="center" | 0.02% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 25.03% | align="center" | 4,318 | |
| align="center" | Crowley | align="center" | 62.21% | align="center" | 1,419 | align="center" | 37.26% | align="center" | 850 | align="center" | 0.22% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.31% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 24.95% | align="center" | 569 | |
| align="center" | Kiowa | align="center" | 61.86% | align="center" | 986 | align="center" | 37.52% | align="center" | 598 | align="center" | 0.25% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 24.34% | align="center" | 388 | |
| align="center" | Logan | align="center" | 61.38% | align="center" | 4,613 | align="center" | 37.51% | align="center" | 2,819 | align="center" | 0.23% | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 0.85% | align="center" | 64 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 23.87% | align="center" | 1,794 | |
| align="center" | Douglas | align="center" | 61.57% | align="center" | 1,298 | align="center" | 38.00% | align="center" | 801 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 23.58% | align="center" | 497 | |
| align="center" | Weld | align="center" | 59.72% | align="center" | 16,129 | align="center" | 39.44% | align="center" | 10,653 | align="center" | 0.36% | align="center" | 97 | align="center" | 0.41% | align="center" | 111 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 20.27% | align="center" | 5,476 | |
| align="center" | Sedgwick | align="center" | 59.86% | align="center" | 1,448 | align="center" | 39.64% | align="center" | 959 | align="center" | 0.25% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.25% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 20.21% | align="center" | 489 | |
| align="center" | Lincoln | align="center" | 59.57% | align="center" | 1,780 | align="center" | 39.66% | align="center" | 1,185 | align="center" | 0.27% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.47% | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 19.91% | align="center" | 595 | |
| align="center" | Moffat | align="center" | 59.23% | align="center" | 1,556 | align="center" | 40.20% | align="center" | 1,056 | align="center" | 0.23% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.34% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 19.03% | align="center" | 500 | |
| align="center" | Jackson | align="center" | 59.23% | align="center" | 526 | align="center" | 40.20% | align="center" | 357 | align="center" | 0.45% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 19.03% | align="center" | 169 | |
| align="center" | Montezuma | align="center" | 59.25% | align="center" | 2,313 | align="center" | 40.29% | align="center" | 1,573 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 18.95% | align="center" | 740 | |
| align="center" | Hinsdale | align="center" | 58.82% | align="center" | 150 | align="center" | 40.39% | align="center" | 103 | align="center" | 0.39% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.39% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 18.43% | align="center" | 47 | |
| align="center" | Custer | align="center" | 57.37% | align="center" | 685 | align="center" | 41.46% | align="center" | 495 | align="center" | 0.34% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.75% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 15.91% | align="center" | 190 | |
| align="center" | Rio Grande | align="center" | 57.40% | align="center" | 3,075 | align="center" | 41.85% | align="center" | 2,242 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.56% | align="center" | 30 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 15.55% | align="center" | 833 | |
| align="center" | Delta | align="center" | 57.07% | align="center" | 4,175 | align="center" | 41.61% | align="center" | 3,044 | align="center" | 0.68% | align="center" | 50 | align="center" | 0.57% | align="center" | 42 | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 15.46% | align="center" | 1,131 | |
| align="center" | La Plata | align="center" | 57.39% | align="center" | 3,871 | align="center" | 42.03% | align="center" | 2,835 | align="center" | 0.30% | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 0.21% | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 15.36% | align="center" | 1,036 | |
| align="center" | Garfield | align="center" | 57.18% | align="center" | 2,894 | align="center" | 42.30% | align="center" | 2,141 | align="center" | 0.22% | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 0.28% | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 0.02% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 14.88% | align="center" | 753 | |
| align="center" | Prowers | align="center" | 56.87% | align="center" | 3,115 | align="center" | 42.16% | align="center" | 2,309 | align="center" | 0.24% | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 0.60% | align="center" | 33 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 14.72% | align="center" | 806 | |
| align="center" | Baca | align="center" | 56.53% | align="center" | 1,567 | align="center" | 42.10% | align="center" | 1,167 | align="center" | 0.76% | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 0.54% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 14.43% | align="center" | 400 | |
| align="center" | Saguache | align="center" | 55.57% | align="center" | 1,462 | align="center" | 43.41% | align="center" | 1,142 | align="center" | 0.53% | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 0.42% | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 12.16% | align="center" | 320 | |
| align="center" | Phillips | align="center" | 54.30% | align="center" | 1,168 | align="center" | 42.72% | align="center" | 919 | align="center" | 1.58% | align="center" | 34 | align="center" | 1.30% | align="center" | 28 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 11.58% | align="center" | 249 | |
| align="center" | El Paso | align="center" | 55.31% | align="center" | 16,766 | align="center" | 43.94% | align="center" | 13,320 | align="center" | 0.30% | align="center" | 91 | align="center" | 0.43% | align="center" | 131 | align="center" | 0.02% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 11.37% | align="center" | 3,446 | |
| align="center" | Dolores | align="center" | 54.75% | align="center" | 478 | align="center" | 43.41% | align="center" | 379 | align="center" | 0.80% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.80% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.23% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 11.34% | align="center" | 99 | |
| align="center" | Grand | align="center" | 55.19% | align="center" | 1,074 | align="center" | 44.35% | align="center" | 863 | align="center" | 0.31% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.15% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 10.84% | align="center" | 211 | |
| align="center" | Montrose | align="center" | 54.62% | align="center" | 3,744 | align="center" | 43.95% | align="center" | 3,013 | align="center" | 0.83% | align="center" | 57 | align="center" | 0.45% | align="center" | 31 | align="center" | 0.15% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 10.66% | align="center" | 731 | |
| align="center" | Fremont | align="center" | 54.82% | align="center" | 5,150 | align="center" | 44.56% | align="center" | 4,186 | align="center" | 0.28% | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 0.31% | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 10.26% | align="center" | 964 | |
| align="center" | Cheyenne | align="center" | 54.43% | align="center" | 915 | align="center" | 45.09% | align="center" | 758 | align="center" | 0.30% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.18% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 9.34% | align="center" | 157 | |
| align="center" | San Juan | align="center" | 54.20% | align="center" | 452 | align="center" | 45.32% | align="center" | 378 | align="center" | 0.12% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.36% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 8.87% | align="center" | 74 | |
| align="center" | Otero | align="center" | 54.11% | align="center" | 5,459 | align="center" | 45.27% | align="center" | 4,567 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 0.41% | align="center" | 41 | align="center" | 0.01% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 8.84% | align="center" | 892 | |
| align="center" | Archuleta | align="center" | 53.71% | align="center" | 869 | align="center" | 45.98% | align="center" | 744 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.12% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 7.73% | align="center" | 125 | |
| align="center" | Boulder | align="center" | 53.22% | align="center" | 10,525 | align="center" | 45.71% | align="center" | 9,039 | align="center" | 0.67% | align="center" | 132 | align="center" | 0.35% | align="center" | 70 | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 7.51% | align="center" | 1,486 | |
| align="center" | Park | align="center" | 52.98% | align="center" | 986 | align="center" | 46.70% | align="center" | 869 | align="center" | 0.27% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 6.29% | align="center" | 117 | |
| align="center" | Jefferson | align="center" | 52.81% | align="center" | 8,780 | align="center" | 46.59% | align="center" | 7,745 | align="center" | 0.40% | align="center" | 66 | align="center" | 0.14% | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 0.06% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 6.23% | align="center" | 1,035 | |
| align="center" | Bent | align="center" | 51.67% | align="center" | 1,899 | align="center" | 47.86% | align="center" | 1,759 | align="center" | 0.22% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.22% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3.81% | align="center" | 140 | |
| align="center" | Arapahoe | align="center" | 50.89% | align="center" | 7,988 | align="center" | 48.24% | align="center" | 7,571 | align="center" | 0.59% | align="center" | 93 | align="center" | 0.21% | align="center" | 33 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 2.66% | align="center" | 417 | |
| align="center" | Adams | align="center" | 50.16% | align="center" | 4,767 | align="center" | 49.18% | align="center" | 4,674 | align="center" | 0.35% | align="center" | 33 | align="center" | 0.26% | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 0.04% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.98% | align="center" | 93 | |
| align="center" | Ouray | align="center" | 49.12% | align="center" | 589 | align="center" | 50.54% | align="center" | 606 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | -1.42% | align="center" | -17 | |
| align="center" | Pitkin | align="center" | 48.50% | align="center" | 484 | align="center" | 50.40% | align="center" | 503 | align="center" | 0.90% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | -1.90% | align="center" | -19 | |
| align="center" | Gilpin | align="center" | 48.65% | align="center" | 413 | align="center" | 50.77% | align="center" | 431 | align="center" | 0.35% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.24% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | -2.12% | align="center" | -18 | |
| align="center" | Mesa | align="center" | 47.27% | align="center" | 7,049 | align="center" | 51.60% | align="center" | 7,694 | align="center" | 0.62% | align="center" | 93 | align="center" | 0.49% | align="center" | 73 | align="center" | 0.02% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | -4.33% | align="center" | -645 | |
| align="center" | Alamosa | align="center" | 47.39% | align="center" | 2,243 | align="center" | 52.12% | align="center" | 2,467 | align="center" | 0.04% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.27% | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | -4.73% | align="center" | -224 | |
| align="center" | Chaffee | align="center" | 46.91% | align="center" | 1,933 | align="center" | 52.24% | align="center" | 2,153 | align="center" | 0.51% | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 0.29% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | -5.34% | align="center" | -220 | |
| align="center" | Denver | align="center" | 46.91% | align="center" | 81,328 | align="center" | 52.45% | align="center" | 90,938 | align="center" | 0.33% | align="center" | 578 | align="center" | 0.21% | align="center" | 359 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 168 | align="center" | -5.54% | align="center" | -9,610 | |
| align="center" | Summit | align="center" | 46.78% | align="center" | 479 | align="center" | 52.73% | align="center" | 540 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.29% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | -5.96% | align="center" | -61 | |
| align="center" | Gunnison | align="center" | 46.43% | align="center" | 1,556 | align="center" | 52.85% | align="center" | 1,771 | align="center" | 0.63% | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | -6.42% | align="center" | -215 | |
| align="center" | San Miguel | align="center" | 45.94% | align="center" | 729 | align="center" | 53.62% | align="center" | 851 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | -7.69% | align="center" | -122 | |
| align="center" | Mineral | align="center" | 45.08% | align="center" | 229 | align="center" | 53.74% | align="center" | 273 | align="center" | 0.39% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.59% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | -8.66% | align="center" | -44 | |
| align="center" | Conejos | align="center" | 44.81% | align="center" | 2,028 | align="center" | 54.82% | align="center" | 2,481 | align="center" | 0.27% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.02% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | -10.01% | align="center" | -453 | |
| align="center" | Routt | align="center" | 44.07% | align="center" | 2,212 | align="center" | 55.29% | align="center" | 2,775 | align="center" | 0.30% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 0.24% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | -11.22% | align="center" | -563 | |
| align="center" | Clear Creek | align="center" | 44.15% | align="center" | 1,018 | align="center" | 55.55% | align="center" | 1,281 | align="center" | 0.22% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.04% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.04% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | -11.41% | align="center" | -263 | |
| align="center" | Pueblo | align="center" | 42.84% | align="center" | 14,185 | align="center" | 56.79% | align="center" | 18,805 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 31 | align="center" | 0.21% | align="center" | 71 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | -13.95% | align="center" | -4,620 | |
| align="center" | Eagle | align="center" | 42.00% | align="center" | 1,077 | align="center" | 57.49% | align="center" | 1,474 | align="center" | 0.35% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.04% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.12% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | -15.48% | align="center" | -397 | |
| align="center" | Huerfano | align="center" | 40.65% | align="center" | 2,738 | align="center" | 59.00% | align="center" | 3,974 | align="center" | 0.15% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | -18.35% | align="center" | -1,236 | |
| align="center" | Lake | align="center" | 40.30% | align="center" | 1,403 | align="center" | 59.26% | align="center" | 2,063 | align="center" | 0.29% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.06% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | -18.96% | align="center" | -660 | |
| align="center" | Costilla | align="center" | 39.40% | align="center" | 1,121 | align="center" | 59.68% | align="center" | 1,698 | align="center" | 0.25% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.32% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.35% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | -20.28% | align="center" | -577 | |
| align="center" | Teller | align="center" | 37.60% | align="center" | 1,268 | align="center" | 61.80% | align="center" | 2,084 | align="center" | 0.44% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 0.12% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | -24.20% | align="center" | -816 | |
| align="center" | Las Animas | align="center" | 35.53% | align="center" | 4,859 | align="center" | 64.10% | align="center" | 8,766 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | -28.57% | align="center" | -3,907 | |