2016 United States presidential election in Colorado
The 2016 United States presidential election in Colorado was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Republican Party’s nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence, won the state’s nine electoral votes. The Green Party of Colorado held a presidential nominating convention in Centennial, Colorado, for registered Green voters on April 3. On April 4, the Green party of Colorado announced that Jill Stein had won the convention and received all 5 delegates.
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Colorado was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The Republican Party’s nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence, won the state’s nine electoral votes. Clinton received 48. 2% of the vote, and Trump received 43. 3%. Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Jefferson, Arapahoe, or Larimer Counties since William McKinley in 1900. The Green Party of Colorado held a presidential nominating convention in Centennial, Colorado, for registered Green voters on April 3. On April 4, the Green party of Colorado announced that Jill Stein had won the convention and received all 5 delegates. Colorado has been, following the Bryan-Wilson period, one of the most Republican states in the nation. From 1920 through 2004, Colorado voted Democratic only five times–in Franklin Roosevelt’s two landslide wins in 1932 and 1936; for Harry Truman in 1948; in Lyndon Johnson’s landslide win in 1964; and for Bill Clinton in 1992, with Ross Perot running substantially ahead of his national showing.
However, increasing urbanization in the Front Range Corridor, along with growth of minority populations, have chipped away at Republican dominance in the state. In 2004, it was one of few states where Republican performance fell presaging Barack Obama’s two wins in 2008 and 2012, a feat not accomplished by any Republican to carry it since 1972. In 2012, Donald Trump won five counties that had voted for Barack Obama in 2012: Conejos, Chaffee, Huerfano, Las Animas, and Pueblo. The latter two counties had not supported a Republican for president since Richard Nixon’s 49-state landslide in 1972. The state party canceled a voter preference poll due to a decision in August by the state party to cancel it. In May 2015, the Colorado Senate defeated a bill to hold a 2016 presidential primary.
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