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Signs of the phenomena that would come to make California a 'Blue Wall' state from 1992 on emerged in this election; for the first time since 1916, Los Angeles County voted for the loser of the national election. Bush was also nearly swept out of the Bay Area, losing populous former Republican strongholds such as Santa Clara, San Mateo, Sonoma ...
Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush campaigning in California. The 1992 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 54 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Bush also benefited from strong support by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state's Republican governor. [8] These factors likely contributed to California being closer than expected in 2004. Bush remains the last Republican candidate to win San Diego, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties in a presidential election.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1988. The Republican Party's ticket of incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush and Indiana senator Dan Quayle defeated the Democratic ticket of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Texas senator Lloyd Bentsen.
Since being admitted to the Union in 1850, California has participated in 43 presidential elections. A bellwether from 1888 to 1996, voting for the losing candidates only three times in that span, California has become a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
1980 Republican Party presidential primaries; Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Ronald Reagan: 7,709,793 : 59.79% : Republican: George H. W. Bush 3,070,033
Bush's 2.4% popular vote margin is the smallest ever for a re-elected incumbent president surpassing the 1812 election. Bush won three states that have not voted Republican since: Virginia, Colorado, and New Mexico. Virginia had voted Republican in every election from 1968 to 2004 but conversely has voted Democratic in every election since 2008.
This is the electoral history of George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009) and as the 46th governor of Texas (1995–2000). 1978 congressional election [ edit ]