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1920 United States presidential election in Colorado

The 1920 United States presidential election in Colorado was held on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.


The 1920 United States presidential election in Colorado was held on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

In 1916, Colorado was the most Democratic state outside of the “Solid South” as a result of historic Bryanite Populist support in silver-mining regions, and a powerful "peace vote" for incumbent President Woodrow Wilson; however, by the beginning of 1920 skyrocketing inflation and Wilson's focus upon his proposed League of Nations at the expense of domestic policy had helped make the incumbent president very unpopular – besides which Wilson also had major health problems that had left First Lady Edith effectively running the nation. Political unrest seen in the Palmer Raids and the "Red Scare" further added to the unpopularity of the Democratic Party, since this global political turmoil produced considerable fear of alien revolutionaries invading the country. Demand in the West for exclusion of Asian immigrants became even stronger than it had been before.

All these factors combined to produce a national landslide, with a swing of almost twenty-nine percentage points to the Republicans vis-à-vis of four years earlier. Colorado mirrored this trend, with a total swing of 49.38 points from Wilson's 26-point 1916 victory where he carried every county except Sedgwick. This time, Harding would not merely become only the second Republican victor in the state since James B. Weaver’s Populist victory transitioned the state into a Democratic-leaning one, but become the only presidential candidate in history to carry all Colorado’s counties. The state was still 2.84 points more Democratic than the nation at-large despite Harding’s historic county sweep.

PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Republican PartyWarren G. HardingJulie Penrose173,248
Republican PartyWarren G. HardingW. J. Frederick172,574
Republican PartyWarren G. HardingFrank D. Catlin172,108
Republican PartyWarren G. HardingAdella Bailey171,709
Republican PartyWarren G. HardingWilliam Kincaid171,102
Republican PartyWarren G. HardingAnna Wolcott Vaile167,766
Democratic PartyJames M. CoxW. D. Kelsey104,936
Democratic PartyJames M. CoxCarrie St. Clair Napier104,396
Democratic PartyJames M. CoxThomas A. Duke104,021
Democratic PartyJames M. CoxFrank L. Bishop103,721
Democratic PartyJames M. CoxCharles H. Leckenby102,899
Democratic PartyJames M. CoxLuella M. Rhodes100,469
Socialist PartyEugene V. DebsGeorge W. Kounz8,046
Socialist PartyEugene V. DebsLauren E. Arnold8,036
Socialist PartyEugene V. DebsChanning Sweet7,940
Socialist PartyEugene V. DebsCharles A. Ahlstrom7,860
Socialist PartyEugene V. DebsIra D. McFadden7,829
Socialist PartyEugene V. DebsHenry H. Sweetland7,605
Farmer-Labor PartyParley P. ChristensenHattie K. Howard3,016
Farmer-Labor PartyParley P. ChristensenMartha Ackerly2,898
Farmer-Labor PartyParley P. ChristensenE. S. Agnew2,880
Prohibition PartyAaron S. WatkinsHenry Candlin2,807
Farmer-Labor PartyParley P. ChristensenOlga W. Levine2,791
Prohibition PartyAaron S. WatkinsEdgar Wilkinson2,539
Prohibition PartyAaron S. WatkinsCharles H. W. Lauenstein2,496
Prohibition PartyAaron S. WatkinsEdward L. Crane2,474
Prohibition PartyAaron S. WatkinsP. A. Rice2,473
Prohibition PartyAaron S. WatkinsJ. R. Wylie2,364
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