James G. Blaine carried Colorado R+12.6.

Grover Cleveland (D) vs James G. Blaine (R) in Colorado, 1884. Colorado held 3 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 15.6 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.0 nationally).

Nominees: Grover Cleveland (D) · James G. Blaine (R)

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Colorado result

66,519 votes counted

Electoral votes

3

Cleveland (D)

27,723

41.7%

Blaine (R)

36,084

54.2%

All others

2,712

4.1%

Margin

R+12.6

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1884 presidential election

Colorado, 1884

BlaineR+12.6

How it voted

Share of the 1884 vote

James G. Blaine ✓Republican	54.2%	36,084
Grover ClevelandDemocratic	41.7%	27,723
OtherAll other candidates	4.1%	2,712

D+60

R+60

39 counties, each filled by 1884 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Colorado's presidential margins

1880–2024, the 1884 contest in context

Colorado's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1880	−5.2%
1884	−12.6%
1888	−14.4%
1892	−41.1%
1896	+70.6%
1900	+13.6%
1904	−14.2%
1908	+1.1%
1912	+20.9%
1916	+26.0%
1920	−23.4%
1924	−35.0%
1928	−30.8%
1932	+13.4%
1936	+23.3%
1940	−2.6%
1944	−6.8%
1948	+5.4%
1952	−21.3%
1956	−19.7%
1960	−9.7%
1964	+23.1%
1968	−9.2%
1972	−28.0%
1976	−11.5%
1980	−24.0%
1984	−28.3%
1988	−7.8%
1992	+4.3%
1996	−1.4%
2000	−8.4%
2004	−4.7%
2008	+9.0%
2012	+5.4%
2016	+4.9%
2020	+13.5%
2024	+11.0%

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County results — 1884

39 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Arapahoe County	R	−13.8%	5,310	7,133	13,168
Bent County	D	+7.4%	446	382	863
Boulder County	R	−17.5%	954	1,445	2,801
Chaffee County	R	−7.3%	986	1,142	2,136
Clear Creek County	R	−20.5%	915	1,399	2,357
Conejos County	R	−11.0%	583	728	1,313
Costilla County	R	−1.4%	484	498	982
Custer County	R	−17.7%	567	812	1,384
Delta County	R	−13.6%	174	230	411
Dolores County	R	−11.4%	152	191	343
Douglas County	R	−7.8%	246	288	540
Eagle County	R	−23.3%	190	306	497
El Paso County	R	−36.7%	534	1,209	1,840
Elbert County	R	−8.9%	190	227	418
Fremont County	R	−19.8%	583	913	1,667
Garfield County	R	−27.6%	139	245	384
Gilpin County	R	−28.0%	614	1,129	1,838
Grand County	R	−17.5%	174	249	428
Gunnison County	R	−10.3%	1,009	1,245	2,297
Hinsdale County	R	−15.2%	180	245	429
Huerfano County	D	+20.9%	675	435	1,150
Jefferson County	R	−6.2%	743	845	1,658
La Plata County	R	−6.6%	629	722	1,415
Lake County	R	−12.3%	2,661	3,416	6,153
Larimer County	R	−20.5%	644	1,038	1,922
Las Animas County	D	+16.5%	1,451	1,039	2,490
Mesa County	R	−3.5%	329	353	687
Montrose County	R	−28.4%	230	420	670
Ouray County	R	−11.1%	399	499	898
Park County	R	−10.4%	629	777	1,427
Pitkin County	R	−11.6%	479	605	1,084
Pueblo County	R	−10.1%	1,449	1,784	3,311
Rio Grande County	R	−21.1%	289	448	753
Routt County	R	−18.4%	73	106	179
Saguache County	R	−8.9%	454	543	1,004
San Juan County	R	−16.5%	473	664	1,160
San Miguel County	R	−8.5%	365	433	799
Summit County	R	−4.5%	556	609	1,173
Weld County	R	−22.8%	765	1,332	2,490