Who won Connecticut in the 1992 presidential election?

Clinton (Democratic) carried Connecticut in 1992, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1992?

Connecticut cast 8 electoral votes in the 1992 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1992?

Yes. Connecticut backed Bill Clinton, who won the presidency that year.

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Connecticut: Clinton carries 8 EV.

Connecticut cast its 8 electoral votes for Clinton (Democratic). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Connecticut voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Connecticut, 1992

In 1992, Connecticut awarded its 8 electoral votes to Clinton of the Democratic party. Connecticut ended up on the winning side — Bill Clinton captured the White House that year.

Clinton's win closed out Connecticut's 5-election run of voting Republican. Connecticut did not move alone — neighboring New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island broke the same way in 1992. Across the 60 presidential elections Connecticut has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Bill Clinton took 370 of the 538 electoral votes, against George H. W. Bush's 168. Bill Clinton led the national popular vote with 43.01% of the ballots cast.

The 1992 national map

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