See main article: 1948 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1948 United States presidential election in Colorado |
| Country: | Colorado |
| Flag Year: | 1911 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1944 United States presidential election in Colorado |
| Previous Year: | 1944 |
| Next Election: | 1952 United States presidential election in Colorado |
| Next Year: | 1952 |
| Votes For Election: | All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948[1] |
| Image1: | Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Harry S. Truman |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Missouri |
| Running Mate1: | Alben W. Barkley |
| Electoral Vote1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 267,288 |
| Percentage1: | 51.88% |
| Nominee2: | Thomas Dewey |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Earl Warren |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 239,714 |
| Percentage2: | 46.52% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Harry S. Truman |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Harry S. Truman |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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[2] 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 Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 46.52% of the popular vote.[3] [4] 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.
| 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 | ||||||||||||