1992 United States presidential election 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. California voted for Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. His victory was the first time that the Golden State had voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 landslide, and only the second time since 1948. Clinton's win in this state reflected the change in its status from  reliably Republican to decisively Democratic. California maintains the largest number of electoral votes in the Electoral College. It was the first occasion that San Diego County had voted for a Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, and the last time that any of the following counties have given a plurality to the Democratic nominee: Del Norte, Mariposa, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Tuolumne. Ross Perot gained a plurality in Trinity County, the only time a third-party candidate has carried any county in the state since Progressive Party candidate Robert La Follette Sr. in 1924. California had been voting increasingly  Democratic despite Ronald Reagan’s decisive wins in his home state during the 1980 and 1984 elections. Changing demographics may have played a part in Michael Dukakis only narrowly falling short of winning California in 1988. The early 1990s recession was blamed on George H. W. Bush, causing a rise in unemployment in construction and real estate. This ultimately gave Bill Clinton a double digit victory in California, despite Bush’s victory just four years earlier. California would vote Democratic by comfortable margins in every subsequent presidential election.