Who won Utah in the 1992 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Utah in 1992, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Utah have in 1992?

Utah cast 5 electoral votes in the 1992 presidential election.

Did Utah vote for the national winner in 1992?

No. Utah backed Bush, while Bill Clinton won the presidency nationally.

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Utah: Bush carries 5 EV.

Utah cast its 5 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Utah voted against the national winner this cycle.

Utah in 1992

The 1992 contest saw Utah line up behind Bush, delivering 5 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Utah among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Utah backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — Idaho, Wyoming, and Arizona joined Utah for the Republican ticket, while Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada did not. Across the 33 presidential elections Utah has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 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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