United States presidential election in Colorado, 1992

United States presidential election in Colorado, 1992

November 3, 1992

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 vote 8 0 0 Popular vote 629,681 562,850 366,010 Percentage 40.13% 35.87% 23.32%

County Results   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Clinton—<40%   Bush—<40%   Bush—40-50%   Bush—50-60%   Perot—40-50%   Perot—<40%

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.

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 Senator 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%.^[1]

Ross Perot performed relatively 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 14 counties 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 in the 1996 election to Bob Dole.^[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Colorado, 1992[1]
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

References

1. "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
2. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.