The 1912 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Colorado was won by New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 42.80% of the popular vote, against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 27.09% of the popular vote, the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 21.88% of the popular vote and the five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (S–Indiana), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel, with 6.15% of the popular vote.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 114,232 | 42.80% | |
Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 72,306 | 27.09% | |
Republican | William Howard Taft | 58,386 | 21.88% | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 16,418 | 6.15% | |
Prohibition | Eugene Chafin | 5,063 | 1.90% | |
Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 475 | 0.18% | |
Total votes | 266,880 | 100% |
County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson[2] Democratic |
William Howard Taft[2] Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt[2] Progressive |
Eugene Victor Debs[2] Socialist |
Various candidates[2] Other parties |
Margin[a] | ||||||
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% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Summit | 62.18% | 600 | 18.55% | 179 | 15.75% | 152 | 3.11% | 30 | 0.41% | 4 | 43.63%[b] | 421 |
Pitkin | 57.51% | 770 | 15.53% | 208 | 13.14% | 176 | 12.70% | 170 | 1.12% | 15 | 41.97%[b] | 562 |
Montezuma | 56.69% | 1,017 | 15.89% | 285 | 19.62% | 352 | 6.69% | 120 | 1.11% | 20 | 37.07% | 665 |
Clear Creek | 59.25% | 1,166 | 23.83% | 469 | 12.35% | 243 | 3.30% | 65 | 1.27% | 25 | 35.42%[b] | 697 |
Dolores | 53.68% | 124 | 19.48% | 45 | 12.12% | 28 | 14.72% | 34 | 0.00% | 0 | 34.20%[b] | 79 |
San Juan | 54.04% | 555 | 22.49% | 231 | 8.67% | 89 | 14.41% | 148 | 0.39% | 4 | 31.55%[b] | 324 |
La Plata | 49.86% | 1,775 | 19.44% | 692 | 18.17% | 647 | 10.39% | 370 | 2.13% | 76 | 30.42%[b] | 1,083 |
Gilpin | 56.02% | 931 | 26.65% | 443 | 13.36% | 222 | 3.25% | 54 | 0.72% | 12 | 29.36%[b] | 488 |
Gunnison | 52.41% | 1,206 | 24.03% | 553 | 15.51% | 357 | 6.78% | 156 | 1.26% | 29 | 28.38%[b] | 653 |
Ouray | 48.43% | 710 | 18.62% | 273 | 20.33% | 298 | 11.94% | 175 | 0.68% | 10 | 28.10% | 412 |
Teller | 52.11% | 3,027 | 11.64% | 676 | 24.19% | 1,405 | 11.60% | 674 | 0.46% | 27 | 27.92% | 1,622 |
Chaffee | 48.34% | 1,641 | 21.30% | 723 | 20.41% | 693 | 8.31% | 282 | 1.65% | 56 | 27.04%[b] | 918 |
Grand | 52.70% | 507 | 25.78% | 248 | 18.50% | 178 | 1.87% | 18 | 1.14% | 11 | 26.92%[b] | 259 |
Pueblo | 49.20% | 7,643 | 19.64% | 3,050 | 24.58% | 3,818 | 4.65% | 722 | 1.93% | 300 | 24.62% | 3,825 |
Park | 53.92% | 529 | 29.87% | 293 | 11.21% | 110 | 4.69% | 46 | 0.31% | 3 | 24.06%[b] | 236 |
Garfield | 46.25% | 1,806 | 21.10% | 824 | 22.54% | 880 | 8.12% | 317 | 2.00% | 78 | 23.71% | 926 |
Routt | 49.82% | 1,408 | 26.11% | 738 | 13.98% | 395 | 8.81% | 249 | 1.27% | 36 | 23.71%[b] | 670 |
Lake | 45.87% | 1,933 | 22.92% | 966 | 20.50% | 864 | 10.13% | 427 | 0.57% | 24 | 22.95%[b] | 967 |
Eagle | 48.53% | 727 | 25.83% | 387 | 15.62% | 234 | 9.41% | 141 | 0.60% | 9 | 22.70%[b] | 340 |
Otero | 46.80% | 2,885 | 20.98% | 1,293 | 25.67% | 1,582 | 3.97% | 245 | 2.58% | 159 | 21.14% | 1,303 |
Rio Grande | 46.03% | 1,286 | 24.98% | 698 | 22.37% | 625 | 4.22% | 118 | 2.40% | 67 | 21.05%[b] | 588 |
Douglas | 46.82% | 619 | 28.21% | 373 | 21.94% | 290 | 2.27% | 30 | 0.76% | 10 | 18.61%[b] | 246 |
Fremont | 43.80% | 2,823 | 20.88% | 1,346 | 25.20% | 1,624 | 7.39% | 476 | 2.73% | 176 | 18.60% | 1,199 |
San Miguel | 48.88% | 1,029 | 30.36% | 639 | 14.25% | 300 | 5.61% | 118 | 0.90% | 19 | 18.53%[b] | 390 |
Boulder | 40.77% | 4,330 | 23.02% | 2,445 | 23.25% | 2,469 | 8.64% | 918 | 4.31% | 458 | 17.52% | 1,861 |
Custer | 51.41% | 510 | 34.98% | 347 | 10.99% | 109 | 1.92% | 19 | 0.71% | 7 | 16.43%[b] | 163 |
Mineral | 44.48% | 286 | 28.93% | 186 | 10.58% | 68 | 15.09% | 97 | 0.93% | 6 | 15.55%[b] | 100 |
Crowley | 43.66% | 719 | 28.35% | 467 | 21.62% | 356 | 3.64% | 60 | 2.73% | 45 | 15.30%[b] | 252 |
Rio Blanco | 48.08% | 538 | 33.24% | 372 | 16.53% | 185 | 1.52% | 17 | 0.63% | 7 | 14.83%[b] | 166 |
Weld | 41.46% | 4,713 | 27.39% | 3,114 | 23.57% | 2,679 | 3.74% | 425 | 3.84% | 437 | 14.07%[b] | 1,599 |
Adams | 46.48% | 1,312 | 14.10% | 398 | 33.37% | 942 | 4.85% | 137 | 1.20% | 34 | 13.11% | 370 |
Jefferson | 43.10% | 2,309 | 18.87% | 1,011 | 30.80% | 1,650 | 5.73% | 307 | 1.49% | 80 | 12.30% | 659 |
Moffat | 43.60% | 409 | 31.34% | 294 | 19.83% | 186 | 3.41% | 32 | 1.81% | 17 | 12.26%[b] | 115 |
Montrose | 39.39% | 1,478 | 16.82% | 631 | 27.24% | 1,022 | 11.49% | 431 | 5.06% | 190 | 12.15% | 456 |
Conejos | 46.48% | 2,147 | 34.36% | 1,587 | 13.12% | 606 | 4.87% | 225 | 1.17% | 54 | 12.12%[b] | 560 |
Archuleta | 45.21% | 609 | 33.56% | 452 | 17.37% | 234 | 2.67% | 36 | 1.19% | 16 | 11.66%[b] | 157 |
Kiowa | 42.82% | 638 | 18.32% | 273 | 32.21% | 480 | 4.16% | 62 | 2.48% | 37 | 10.60% | 158 |
Baca | 38.19% | 430 | 28.24% | 318 | 21.40% | 241 | 9.86% | 111 | 2.31% | 26 | 9.95%[b] | 112 |
Larimer | 36.27% | 2,597 | 26.98% | 1,932 | 23.20% | 1,661 | 7.62% | 546 | 5.93% | 425 | 9.29%[b] | 665 |
Denver | 44.47% | 26,690 | 13.59% | 8,155 | 36.09% | 21,657 | 4.58% | 2,750 | 1.27% | 764 | 8.39% | 5,033 |
Logan | 40.66% | 1,338 | 20.18% | 664 | 33.12% | 1,090 | 3.80% | 125 | 2.25% | 74 | 7.54% | 248 |
Cheyenne | 37.78% | 507 | 17.66% | 237 | 30.85% | 414 | 11.03% | 148 | 2.68% | 36 | 6.93% | 93 |
Saguache | 42.80% | 859 | 36.37% | 730 | 13.60% | 273 | 6.83% | 137 | 0.40% | 8 | 6.43%[b] | 129 |
Elbert | 36.96% | 757 | 24.22% | 496 | 30.76% | 630 | 5.91% | 121 | 2.15% | 44 | 6.20% | 127 |
Hinsdale | 44.60% | 157 | 38.64% | 136 | 7.67% | 27 | 9.09% | 32 | 0.00% | 0 | 5.97%[b] | 21 |
Delta | 36.67% | 1,808 | 16.28% | 803 | 31.70% | 1,563 | 11.36% | 560 | 4.00% | 197 | 4.97% | 245 |
Jackson | 47.45% | 242 | 42.75% | 218 | 6.67% | 34 | 1.96% | 10 | 1.18% | 6 | 4.71%[b] | 24 |
Phillips | 37.68% | 448 | 22.37% | 266 | 33.05% | 393 | 3.87% | 46 | 3.03% | 36 | 4.63% | 55 |
Bent | 37.82% | 730 | 21.76% | 420 | 35.23% | 680 | 1.97% | 38 | 3.21% | 62 | 2.59% | 50 |
Washington | 38.87% | 765 | 18.34% | 361 | 36.53% | 719 | 3.61% | 71 | 2.64% | 52 | 2.34% | 46 |
Morgan | 33.10% | 1,005 | 28.16% | 855 | 30.83% | 936 | 4.18% | 127 | 3.72% | 113 | 2.27% | 69 |
El Paso | 36.95% | 5,559 | 18.72% | 2,816 | 35.44% | 5,332 | 6.17% | 928 | 2.73% | 411 | 1.51% | 227 |
Prowers | 32.62% | 1,042 | 29.05% | 928 | 31.40% | 1,003 | 4.76% | 152 | 2.16% | 69 | 1.22% | 39 |
Arapahoe | 36.33% | 1,379 | 20.15% | 765 | 35.41% | 1,344 | 7.03% | 267 | 1.08% | 41 | 0.92% | 35 |
Kit Carson | 31.69% | 719 | 25.08% | 569 | 31.20% | 708 | 9.83% | 223 | 2.20% | 50 | 0.48% | 11 |
Mesa | 34.93% | 2,733 | 12.47% | 976 | 34.80% | 2,723 | 14.46% | 1,131 | 3.34% | 261 | 0.13% | 10 |
Lincoln | 34.90% | 796 | 23.41% | 534 | 34.85% | 795 | 3.33% | 76 | 3.51% | 80 | 0.04% | 1 |
Yuma | 36.20% | 1,170 | 14.42% | 466 | 37.69% | 1,218 | 9.87% | 319 | 1.83% | 59 | -1.49% | -48 |
Sedgwick | 30.59% | 338 | 29.68% | 328 | 35.48% | 392 | 2.53% | 28 | 1.72% | 19 | -4.89% | -54 |
Las Animas | 36.57% | 3,604 | 43.82% | 4,318 | 14.83% | 1,461 | 3.92% | 386 | 0.86% | 85 | -7.25%[b] | -714 |
Costilla | 29.12% | 567 | 55.06% | 1,072 | 10.48% | 204 | 3.65% | 71 | 1.69% | 33 | -25.94%[b] | -505 |
Huerfano | 28.74% | 1,277 | 63.32% | 2,814 | 5.85% | 260 | 1.44% | 64 | 0.65% | 29 | -34.59%[b] | -1,537 |