1992 United States presidential election in Colorado
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.
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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 third party candidate in the state, receiving 23.32% of the vote in Colorado, exceeding his nationwide 18.91% vote share. Perot 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 that Colorado had voted Democratic, and his win signified Colorado's transition from a traditionally Republican state into a competitive swing state in modern elections. Colorado had not previously voted Democratic in a close national election since 1948.
Clinton would then very narrowly lose the state four years later to Bob Dole.[2] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Garfield County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the last time that Moffat County did not support the Republican candidate.[3]
Results
1992 United States presidential election in Colorado[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton | 629,681 | 40.13% | 8 | |
Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 562,850 | 35.87% | 0 | |
Independent | Ross Perot | 366,010 | 23.32% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 8,669 | 0.55% | 0 | |
New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | 1,608 | 0.10% | 0 | |
America First | James "Bo" Gritz (write-in) | 274 | 0.02% | 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 | |
Totals | 1,569,180 | 100.0% | 8 |
Results by county
County | William Jefferson Clinton[4] Democratic |
George Herbert Walker Bush[4] Republican |
Henry Ross Perot[4] Independent |
Andre Verne Marrou[4] Libertarian |
Various candidates[4] Other parties |
Margin | ||||||
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% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Costilla | 67.31% | 1,180 | 20.88% | 366 | 11.35% | 199 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.29% | 5 | 46.43% | 814 |
Las Animas | 58.56% | 3,847 | 26.47% | 1,739 | 14.51% | 953 | 0.38% | 25 | 0.08% | 5 | 32.09% | 2,108 |
Denver | 56.13% | 121,961 | 25.50% | 55,418 | 17.17% | 37,298 | 1.06% | 2,293 | 0.15% | 319 | 30.62% | 66,543 |
Pitkin | 51.14% | 3,820 | 22.57% | 1,686 | 25.53% | 1,907 | 0.58% | 43 | 0.17% | 13 | 25.61%[lower-alpha 1] | 1,913 |
San Miguel | 51.82% | 1,380 | 23.58% | 628 | 23.81% | 634 | 0.56% | 15 | 0.23% | 6 | 28.01%[lower-alpha 1] | 746 |
Lake | 48.79% | 1,426 | 20.70% | 605 | 29.52% | 863 | 0.75% | 22 | 0.24% | 7 | 19.26%[lower-alpha 1] | 563 |
Pueblo | 53.62% | 30,261 | 28.56% | 16,120 | 17.44% | 9,841 | 0.26% | 145 | 0.13% | 71 | 25.06% | 14,141 |
Boulder | 50.93% | 64,567 | 26.47% | 33,553 | 21.90% | 27,762 | 0.58% | 735 | 0.12% | 154 | 24.46% | 31,014 |
Huerfano | 52.92% | 1,224 | 29.62% | 685 | 16.65% | 385 | 0.61% | 14 | 0.22% | 5 | 23.30% | 539 |
Conejos | 49.21% | 1,705 | 33.48% | 1,160 | 16.68% | 578 | 0.52% | 18 | 0.12% | 4 | 15.73% | 545 |
Saguache | 46.50% | 1,011 | 31.05% | 675 | 21.67% | 471 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.46% | 10 | 15.46% | 336 |
Gilpin | 41.27% | 726 | 26.26% | 462 | 30.98% | 545 | 1.14% | 20 | 0.34% | 6 | 10.29%[lower-alpha 1] | 181 |
Adams | 44.00% | 45,357 | 29.93% | 30,856 | 25.59% | 26,379 | 0.37% | 385 | 0.10% | 100 | 14.07% | 14,501 |
Summit | 39.95% | 3,344 | 26.95% | 2,256 | 32.44% | 2,715 | 0.55% | 46 | 0.11% | 9 | 7.51%[lower-alpha 1] | 629 |
Gunnison | 41.48% | 2,389 | 28.86% | 1,662 | 29.02% | 1,671 | 0.49% | 28 | 0.16% | 9 | 12.47%[lower-alpha 1] | 718 |
Routt | 39.06% | 3,188 | 28.89% | 2,358 | 31.42% | 2,564 | 0.54% | 44 | 0.09% | 7 | 7.65%[lower-alpha 1] | 624 |
Bent | 43.64% | 985 | 33.63% | 759 | 22.42% | 506 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.13% | 3 | 10.01% | 226 |
Clear Creek | 39.10% | 1,744 | 30.40% | 1,356 | 29.33% | 1,308 | 0.99% | 44 | 0.18% | 8 | 8.70% | 388 |
Alamosa | 41.76% | 1,928 | 34.05% | 1,572 | 23.59% | 1,089 | 0.35% | 16 | 0.26% | 12 | 7.71% | 356 |
Eagle | 35.57% | 3,870 | 28.49% | 3,100 | 35.12% | 3,821 | 0.56% | 61 | 0.26% | 28 | 0.45%[lower-alpha 1] | 49 |
San Juan | 32.45% | 147 | 26.05% | 118 | 40.40% | 183 | 0.66% | 3 | 0.44% | 2 | -7.95%[lower-alpha 1] | -36 |
Garfield | 36.36% | 5,082 | 31.51% | 4,404 | 31.54% | 4,408 | 0.41% | 58 | 0.17% | 24 | 4.82%[lower-alpha 1] | 674 |
Otero | 41.92% | 3,485 | 37.53% | 3,120 | 19.13% | 1,590 | 1.23% | 102 | 0.19% | 16 | 4.39% | 365 |
Mineral | 38.08% | 171 | 35.41% | 159 | 26.06% | 117 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.22% | 1 | 2.67% | 12 |
La Plata | 37.87% | 5,913 | 35.37% | 5,522 | 26.15% | 4,083 | 0.40% | 62 | 0.21% | 33 | 2.50% | 391 |
Larimer | 38.36% | 38,232 | 36.12% | 35,995 | 24.96% | 24,879 | 0.42% | 418 | 0.14% | 136 | 2.24% | 2,237 |
Jefferson | 36.22% | 80,834 | 37.05% | 82,705 | 26.17% | 58,404 | 0.44% | 979 | 0.13% | 281 | -0.84% | -1,871 |
Grand | 34.12% | 1,678 | 35.85% | 1,763 | 29.56% | 1,454 | 0.37% | 18 | 0.10% | 5 | -1.73% | -85 |
Chaffee | 36.36% | 2,284 | 38.51% | 2,419 | 24.66% | 1,549 | 0.35% | 22 | 0.13% | 8 | -2.15% | -135 |
Crowley | 39.09% | 570 | 41.29% | 602 | 18.93% | 276 | 0.41% | 6 | 0.27% | 4 | -2.19% | -32 |
Arapahoe | 36.21% | 66,607 | 39.26% | 72,221 | 24.12% | 44,363 | 0.33% | 608 | 0.07% | 136 | -3.05% | -5,614 |
Weld | 35.71% | 19,295 | 38.79% | 20,958 | 25.12% | 13,571 | 0.26% | 140 | 0.12% | 65 | -3.08% | -1,663 |
Fremont | 35.40% | 5,356 | 39.40% | 5,961 | 24.51% | 3,709 | 0.50% | 76 | 0.19% | 29 | -4.00% | -605 |
Sedgwick | 34.64% | 397 | 39.01% | 447 | 25.74% | 295 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.26% | 3 | -4.36% | -50 |
Park | 30.57% | 1,307 | 35.78% | 1,530 | 32.65% | 1,396 | 0.98% | 42 | 0.02% | 1 | 3.13%[lower-alpha 2] | 134 |
Mesa | 34.41% | 15,162 | 41.23% | 18,169 | 23.77% | 10,474 | 0.41% | 181 | 0.18% | 81 | -6.82% | -3,007 |
Hinsdale | 31.72% | 151 | 39.50% | 188 | 28.57% | 136 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | -7.77% | -37 |
Morgan | 33.43% | 2,985 | 41.70% | 3,724 | 24.36% | 2,175 | 0.44% | 39 | 0.08% | 7 | -8.28% | -739 |
Moffat | 27.20% | 1,386 | 35.51% | 1,809 | 36.80% | 1,875 | 0.41% | 21 | 0.08% | 4 | -1.30%[lower-alpha 2] | -66 |
Logan | 32.57% | 2,718 | 40.98% | 3,420 | 26.17% | 2,184 | 0.24% | 20 | 0.04% | 3 | -8.41% | -702 |
Rio Grande | 34.00% | 1,541 | 42.51% | 1,927 | 23.01% | 1,043 | 0.24% | 11 | 0.24% | 11 | -8.52% | -386 |
Dolores | 28.61% | 242 | 37.23% | 315 | 33.69% | 285 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.12% | 1 | 3.55%[lower-alpha 2] | 30 |
Delta | 32.63% | 3,424 | 41.54% | 4,359 | 25.03% | 2,627 | 0.39% | 41 | 0.41% | 43 | -8.91% | -935 |
Montrose | 31.67% | 3,713 | 41.35% | 4,847 | 26.38% | 3,093 | 0.35% | 41 | 0.25% | 29 | -9.67% | -1,134 |
Prowers | 32.92% | 1,770 | 44.10% | 2,371 | 22.02% | 1,184 | 0.91% | 49 | 0.06% | 3 | -11.18% | -601 |
Montezuma | 29.72% | 2,270 | 40.90% | 3,124 | 28.87% | 2,205 | 0.34% | 26 | 0.17% | 13 | -11.18% | -854 |
Ouray | 29.12% | 461 | 41.25% | 653 | 29.44% | 466 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 11.81%[lower-alpha 2] | 187 |
Archuleta | 29.08% | 819 | 44.11% | 1,242 | 26.31% | 741 | 0.39% | 11 | 0.11% | 3 | -15.02% | -423 |
Rio Blanco | 27.30% | 778 | 43.19% | 1,231 | 27.86% | 794 | 0.28% | 8 | 1.37% | 39 | 15.33%[lower-alpha 2] | 437 |
Phillips | 30.05% | 692 | 46.68% | 1,075 | 22.80% | 525 | 0.43% | 10 | 0.04% | 1 | -16.63% | -383 |
Yuma | 28.17% | 1,269 | 44.82% | 2,019 | 26.57% | 1,197 | 0.33% | 15 | 0.11% | 5 | -16.65% | -750 |
Teller | 27.09% | 1,873 | 44.11% | 3,050 | 27.87% | 1,927 | 0.82% | 57 | 0.10% | 7 | 16.24%[lower-alpha 2] | 1,123 |
Kiowa | 28.16% | 290 | 45.83% | 472 | 25.92% | 267 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | -17.67% | -182 |
Lincoln | 27.75% | 640 | 46.79% | 1,079 | 25.20% | 581 | 0.26% | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | -19.04% | -439 |
Elbert | 24.52% | 1,237 | 43.71% | 2,205 | 31.06% | 1,567 | 0.52% | 26 | 0.20% | 10 | 12.65%[lower-alpha 2] | 638 |
Baca | 27.69% | 726 | 47.29% | 1,240 | 24.68% | 647 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.15% | 4 | -19.60% | -514 |
Jackson | 22.36% | 216 | 43.69% | 422 | 33.75% | 326 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 9.94%[lower-alpha 2] | 96 |
Douglas | 24.94% | 9,991 | 46.41% | 18,592 | 28.28% | 11,329 | 0.31% | 126 | 0.05% | 22 | 18.13%[lower-alpha 2] | 7,263 |
Custer | 24.95% | 343 | 47.35% | 651 | 26.76% | 368 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.44% | 6 | 20.58%[lower-alpha 2] | 283 |
Washington | 25.26% | 660 | 48.45% | 1,266 | 25.68% | 671 | 0.54% | 14 | 0.08% | 2 | 22.77%[lower-alpha 2] | 595 |
Kit Carson | 25.29% | 925 | 49.23% | 1,801 | 25.12% | 919 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.05% | 2 | -23.95% | -876 |
El Paso | 27.41% | 45,827 | 51.47% | 86,044 | 20.55% | 34,346 | 0.48% | 797 | 0.09% | 155 | -24.06% | -40,217 |
Cheyenne | 24.83% | 301 | 50.74% | 615 | 24.09% | 292 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | -25.91% | -314 |
Notes
- 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.
- 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.
References
- "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 03, 1992