1992 United States presidential election in Colorado

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1992 United States presidential election in Colorado
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  1988 November 3, 1992 1996  
  Bill Clinton.jpg George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg RossPerotColor.jpg
Nominee Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Home state Arkansas Texas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Dan Quayle James Stockdale
Electoral vote800
Popular vote629,681562,850366,010
Percentage40.13%35.87%23.32%

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County Results

President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Colorado was won by the Democratic nominees, Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas and his running mate Senator Al Gore of Tennessee. Clinton and Gore defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President George H. W. Bush of Texas and Vice President Dan Quayle of Indiana. Independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas, and his running mate Navy Vice Admiral James Stockdale, finished in a relatively strong third in the state.

Clinton received 40.13% of the vote to Bush's 35.87%, a Democratic victory margin of 4.26 points. [1] Ross Perot performed exceptionally well for a candidate outside the two major parties in the state, receiving 23.32% of the vote in Colorado, exceeding his nationwide 18.91% vote share. Perot bested Clinton or Bush for second place in 19 out of Colorado's 64 Counties and also won pluralities of the vote in Moffat County and San Juan County, the state providing Perot two county victories out of only fifteen county equivalents which Perot won nationwide.

Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Clinton's victory marked the first time since the nationwide Democratic landslide of 1964, and the last time until 2008, that Colorado had voted Democratic, as well as the first time since 1932 in which a non-incumbent Democrat would carry the state, along with an incumbent Republican president losing it. Clinton won Clear Creek, Eagle, Gunnison, Routt, and Summit Counties for the Democrats for the first time since 1964; they have all gone on to vote Democratic in every subsequent election as of 2020, save in 2000, when many of them gave plurality wins to George W. Bush (in what was also the last election, as of 2020, that Colorado has voted Republican by more than 5%). Clinton also won the city of Denver by more than 30%, a larger margin than any nominee had won it by since 1964, and won Boulder County, a then-traditionally Republican county that Dukakis had won by 8.5%, by 24.3%.

These improvements would eventually lay the groundwork for Colorado's increasingly competitive status from 2004 on, and increasingly established status as a safe blue state from 2020 on. For the time being, however, Colorado remained a lean-red state, [2] with George H. W. Bush retaining the large Denver suburban counties of Jefferson and Arapahoe, albeit narrowly. In 1996, Dole would improve on George H. W. Bush's margins in these two counties, and would also take back Larimer County, helping him narrowly carry the state despite losing nationally by 8.5%.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Moffat County did not support the Republican candidate [3] and the only election since 1944 in which Colorado did not support the same candidate as Virginia.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Colorado [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 629,68140.13%8
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent)562,85035.87%0
Independent Ross Perot 366,01023.32%0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 8,6690.55%0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 1,6080.10%0
America First James "Bo" Gritz (write-in)2740.02%0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin (write-in)47>0.01%0
Prohibition Earl Dodge (write-in)21>0.01%0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche (write-in)20>0.01%0
Totals1,569,180100.0%8

Results by county

CountyBill Clinton [4]
Democratic
George H.W. Bush [4]
Republican
Ross Perot [4]
Independent
Andre Marrou [4]
Libertarian
Various candidates [4]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adams 45,35744.00%30,85629.93%26,37925.59%3850.37%1000.10%14,50114.07%103,077
Alamosa 1,92841.76%1,57234.05%1,08923.59%160.35%120.26%3567.71%4,617
Arapahoe 66,60736.21%72,22139.26%44,36324.12%6080.33%1360.07%-5,614-3.05%183,935
Archuleta 81929.08%1,24244.11%74126.31%110.39%30.11%-423-15.03%2,816
Baca 72627.69%1,24047.29%64724.68%50.19%40.15%-514-19.60%2,622
Bent 98543.64%75933.63%50622.42%40.18%30.13%22610.01%2,257
Boulder 64,56750.93%33,55326.47%27,76221.90%7350.58%1540.12%31,01424.46%126,771
Chaffee 2,28436.36%2,41938.51%1,54924.66%220.35%80.13%-135-2.15%6,282
Cheyenne 30124.83%61550.74%29224.09%40.33%00.00%-314-25.91%1,212
Clear Creek 1,74439.10%1,35630.40%1,30829.33%440.99%80.18%3888.70%4,460
Conejos 1,70549.21%1,16033.48%57816.68%180.52%40.12%54515.73%3,465
Costilla 1,18067.31%36620.88%19911.35%30.17%50.29%81446.43%1,753
Crowley 57039.09%60241.29%27618.93%60.41%40.27%-32-2.20%1,458
Custer 34324.95%65147.35%36826.76%70.51%60.44%283 [a] 20.58%1,375
Delta 3,42432.63%4,35941.54%2,62725.03%410.39%430.41%-935-8.91%10,494
Denver 121,96156.13%55,41825.50%37,29817.17%2,2931.06%3190.15%66,54330.63%217,289
Dolores 24228.61%31537.23%28533.69%30.35%10.12%30 [a] 3.54%846
Douglas 9,99124.94%18,59246.41%11,32928.28%1260.31%220.05%7,263 [a] 18.13%40,060
Eagle 3,87035.57%3,10028.49%3,82135.12%610.56%280.26%49 [b] 0.45%10,880
El Paso 45,82727.41%86,04451.47%34,34620.55%7970.48%1550.09%-40,217-24.06%167,169
Elbert 1,23724.52%2,20543.71%1,56731.06%260.52%100.20%638 [a] 12.65%5,045
Fremont 5,35635.40%5,96139.40%3,70924.51%760.50%290.19%-605-4.00%15,131
Garfield 5,08236.36%4,40431.51%4,40831.54%580.41%240.17%674 [b] 4.82%13,976
Gilpin 72641.27%46226.26%54530.98%201.14%60.34%181 [b] 10.29%1,759
Grand 1,67834.12%1,76335.85%1,45429.56%180.37%50.10%-85-1.73%4,918
Gunnison 2,38941.48%1,66228.86%1,67129.02%280.49%90.16%718 [b] 12.46%5,759
Hinsdale 15131.72%18839.50%13628.57%10.21%00.00%-37-7.78%476
Huerfano 1,22452.92%68529.62%38516.65%140.61%50.22%53923.30%2,313
Jackson 21622.36%42243.69%32633.75%20.21%00.00%96 [a] 9.94%966
Jefferson 80,83436.22%82,70537.05%58,40426.17%9790.44%2810.13%-1,871-0.83%223,203
Kiowa 29028.16%47245.83%26725.92%10.10%00.00%-182-17.67%1,030
Kit Carson 92525.29%1,80149.23%91925.12%110.30%20.05%-876-23.94%3,658
La Plata 5,91337.87%5,52235.37%4,08326.15%620.40%330.21%3912.50%15,613
Lake 1,42648.79%60520.70%86329.52%220.75%70.24%563 [b] 19.27%2,923
Larimer 38,23238.36%35,99536.12%24,87924.96%4180.42%1360.14%2,2372.24%99,660
Las Animas 3,84758.56%1,73926.47%95314.51%250.38%50.08%2,10832.09%6,569
Lincoln 64027.75%1,07946.79%58125.20%60.26%00.00%-439-19.04%2,306
Logan 2,71832.57%3,42040.98%2,18426.17%200.24%30.04%-702-8.41%8,345
Mesa 15,16234.41%18,16941.23%10,47423.77%1810.41%810.18%-3,007-6.82%44,067
Mineral 17138.08%15935.41%11726.06%10.22%10.22%122.67%449
Moffat 1,38627.20%1,80935.51%1,87536.80%210.41%40.08%-66 [a] -1.29%5,095
Montezuma 2,27029.72%3,12440.90%2,20528.87%260.34%130.17%-854-11.18%7,638
Montrose 3,71331.67%4,84741.35%3,09326.38%410.35%290.25%-1,134-9.68%11,723
Morgan 2,98533.43%3,72441.70%2,17524.36%390.44%70.08%-739-8.27%8,930
Otero 3,48541.92%3,12037.53%1,59019.13%1021.23%160.19%3654.39%8,313
Ouray 46129.12%65341.25%46629.44%30.19%00.00%187 [a] 11.81%1,583
Park 1,30730.57%1,53035.78%1,39632.65%420.98%10.02%134 [a] 3.13%4,276
Phillips 69230.05%1,07546.68%52522.80%100.43%10.04%-383-16.63%2,303
Pitkin 3,82051.14%1,68622.57%1,90725.53%430.58%130.17%1,913 [b] 25.61%7,469
Prowers 1,77032.92%2,37144.10%1,18422.02%490.91%30.06%-601-11.18%5,377
Pueblo 30,26153.62%16,12028.56%9,84117.44%1450.26%710.13%14,14125.06%56,438
Rio Blanco 77827.30%1,23143.19%79427.86%80.28%391.37%437 [a] 15.33%2,850
Rio Grande 1,54134.00%1,92742.51%1,04323.01%110.24%110.24%-386-8.51%4,533
Routt 3,18839.06%2,35828.89%2,56431.42%440.54%70.09%624 [b] 7.64%8,161
Saguache 1,01146.50%67531.05%47121.67%70.32%100.46%33615.45%2,174
San Juan 14732.45%11826.05%18340.40%30.66%20.44%-36 [a] -7.95%453
San Miguel 1,38051.82%62823.58%63423.81%150.56%60.23%746 [b] 28.01%2,663
Sedgwick 39734.64%44739.01%29525.74%40.35%30.26%-50-4.37%1,146
Summit 3,34439.95%2,25626.95%2,71532.44%460.55%90.11%629 [b] 7.51%8,370
Teller 1,87327.09%3,05044.11%1,92727.87%570.82%70.10%1,123 [a] 16.24%6,914
Washington 66025.26%1,26648.45%67125.68%140.54%20.08%595 [a] 22.77%2,613
Weld 19,29535.71%20,95838.79%13,57125.12%1400.26%650.12%-1,663-3.08%54,029
Yuma 1,26928.17%2,01944.82%1,19726.57%150.33%50.11%-750-16.65%4,505
Total629,68140.13%562,85035.87%366,01023.32%8,6690.55%1,9700.13%66,8314.26%1,569,180

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Republican to Independent

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 In this county where Clinton ran third behind Perot, percentage margin given is Bush percentage minus Perot percentage and vote margin Bush vote total minus Perot vote total.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 In this county where Bush ran third behind Perot, percentage margin given is Clinton percentage minus Perot percentage and vote margin Clinton vote total minus Perot vote total.

References

  1. 1 2 "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. "CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Which States Will Presidential Candidates Gore and Bush Really Go After? - April 23, 2000". transcripts.cnn.com. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 03, 1992