1936
Franklin Roosevelt/John Garner (DEM) - 295,021; 60.37% (elected)
Alfred Landon/Frank Knox (REP) - 181,267; 37.09%
1932
Franklin Roosevelt/John Garner (DEM) - 250,877; 54.81% (elected)
Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis (REP incumbent) - 189,617; 41.43%
We spoke briefly about this during our last meeting, but I want to throw the question out there again … Should we include FDR in our numbers/timeline? I feel like he is pretty important, but if we do use those numbers I think it’s necessary that we use all four of his terms (dating back to the 1932 election). Is that too going back too far? (Keep in mind that, prior to FDR, the last time Colorado voted for a Dem was Woodrow Wilson in 1916.)
- I'm still in the process of analyzing each individual election in which Colorado voted blue in order to provide more context. I'll post that info this weekend. Untill then, here are a few more interesting notes regarding the overall numbers to tide you over:
*Every time Colorado voted for a Democrat (within the span of our timeline), that candidate was elected.
*Colorado voted for the losing candidate only five times (1996, 1976, 1960, 1944 and 1940) … that’s out of 20 elections! (Swing state implications???)
CHJ
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