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| Elections in New Mexico |
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The1992 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the1992 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
New Mexico was won by GovernorBill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 45.90 percent of the popular vote over incumbent PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 37.34 percent. BusinessmanRoss Perot (I-Texas) finished 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 sinceLyndon B. Johnson in1964 to win the state. However, this election marked a major shift in the state's politics, and New Mexico would vote Democratic for every election after this, except in2004, when Bush's sonGeorge W. Bush very narrowly won the state overJohn Kerry.
This was the 20th U.S. presidential election that New Mexico participated in since 1912.
| 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% | |||
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| County[3] | 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 |
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