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1992 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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1992 United States presidential election in New Mexico

← 1988 November 3, 1992 1996 →
 
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 5 0 0
Popular vote 261,617 212,824 91,895
Percentage 45.90% 37.34% 16.12%

County Results

President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Mexico was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 45.90 percent of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 37.34 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 16.12 percent of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[2]

As a result of his win, Clinton became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to win the state. However, this election would mark a major shift in the state's politics, and it would vote Democratic for every election after this except in 2004 when Bush's son George W. Bush very narrowly won the state over John Kerry.

This was the 20th U.S. presidential election that New Mexico participated in since 1912.

Results

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1992 United States presidential election in New Mexico[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic 261,617 45.90% −1.00
Republican
212,824 37.34% −14.52
Independent 91,895 16.12% N/A
Libertarian 1,615 0.28% −0.35
U.S. Taxpayers' 620 0.11% N/A
Natural Law 562 0.10% N/A
New Alliance
369 0.06% −0.37
Socialist Workers 183 0.03% −0.04
Workers World
181 0.03% −0.02
Prohibition 120 0.02% −0.03
Total votes 569,986 100.00%
Democratic win

Results by county

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County Bill Clinton
Democratic
George H.W. Bush
Republican
Ross Perot
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Bernalillo 90,863 45.27% 77,304 38.52% 31,241 15.57% 1,290 0.64% 13,559 6.75% 200,698
Catron 465 29.94% 771 49.65% 289 18.61% 28 1.80% -306 -19.71% 1,553
Chaves 6,360 33.65% 8,872 46.95% 3,590 19.00% 76 0.40% -2,512 -13.30% 18,898
Cibola 3,334 53.06% 2,051 32.64% 847 13.48% 52 0.83% 1,283 20.42% 6,284
Colfax 2,607 49.87% 1,730 33.09% 871 16.66% 20 0.38% 877 16.78% 5,228
Curry 3,699 29.28% 6,831 54.07% 2,056 16.27% 47 0.37% -3,132 -24.79% 12,633
De Baca 451 38.06% 526 44.39% 204 17.22% 4 0.34% -75 -6.33% 1,185
Dona Ana 19,894 44.99% 16,308 36.88% 7,682 17.37% 333 0.75% 3,586 8.11% 44,217
Eddy 7,409 40.70% 7,313 40.18% 3,430 18.84% 50 0.27% 96 0.52% 18,202
Grant 5,603 54.52% 2,917 28.38% 1,685 16.40% 72 0.70% 2,686 26.14% 10,277
Guadalupe 1,225 58.28% 691 32.87% 173 8.23% 13 0.62% 534 25.41% 2,102
Harding 268 39.53% 312 46.02% 98 14.45% 0 0.00% -44 -6.49% 678
Hidalgo 995 42.98% 871 37.62% 442 19.09% 7 0.30% 124 5.36% 2,315
Lea 5,047 30.94% 7,921 48.56% 3,233 19.82% 110 0.67% -2,874 -17.62% 16,311
Lincoln 1,730 29.54% 2,669 45.57% 1,431 24.43% 27 0.46% -939 -16.03% 5,857
Los Alamos 3,897 36.62% 4,320 40.59% 2,339 21.98% 86 0.81% -423 -3.97% 10,642
Luna 2,637 42.04% 2,166 34.53% 1,445 23.04% 24 0.38% 471 7.51% 6,272
McKinley 9,405 60.56% 4,720 30.39% 1,304 8.40% 102 0.66% 4,685 30.17% 15,531
Mora 1,555 64.23% 668 27.59% 188 7.77% 10 0.41% 887 36.64% 2,421
Otero 5,377 33.19% 7,481 46.17% 3,257 20.10% 88 0.54% -2,104 -12.98% 16,203
Quay 1,758 40.99% 1,759 41.01% 755 17.60% 17 0.40% -1 -0.02% 4,289
Rio Arriba 7,832 67.86% 2,680 23.22% 984 8.53% 46 0.40% 5,152 44.64% 11,542
Roosevelt 2,172 33.35% 3,215 49.36% 1,085 16.66% 41 0.63% -1,043 -16.01% 6,513
San Juan 11,302 37.32% 13,415 44.30% 5,351 17.67% 213 0.70% -2,113 -6.98% 30,281
San Miguel 6,186 65.90% 2,183 23.26% 965 10.28% 53 0.56% 4,003 42.64% 9,387
Sandoval 10,951 46.45% 8,491 36.02% 3,954 16.77% 178 0.76% 2,460 10.43% 23,574
Santa Fe 27,189 63.35% 9,684 22.56% 5,656 13.18% 388 0.90% 17,505 40.79% 42,917
Sierra 1,771 40.09% 1,562 35.36% 1,055 23.88% 30 0.68% 209 4.73% 4,418
Socorro 2,908 47.77% 2,186 35.91% 918 15.08% 76 1.25% 722 11.86% 6,088
Taos 7,051 66.01% 2,260 21.16% 1,300 12.17% 70 0.66% 4,791 44.85% 10,681
Torrance 1,662 39.88% 1,667 40.00% 810 19.44% 28 0.67% -5 -0.12% 4,167
Union 519 27.99% 975 52.59% 355 19.15% 5 0.27% -456 -24.60% 1,854
Valencia 7,495 44.70% 6,305 37.60% 2,902 17.31% 66 0.39% 1,190 7.10% 16,768
Totals 261,617 45.90% 212,824 37.34% 91,895 16.12% 3,650 0.64% 48,793 8.56% 569,986

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results - New Mexico". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
  2. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 9, 2012.