Why did Dole win Colorado?

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Colorado was more conservative then it became later. I wouldn't say it was a conservative bastion overall though Colorado Springs at the time could be described that way along with a lot of the rural parts of the state.

Clinton policy involving the Bureau of Land Management was contentious in much of the West, given how much land in that part of the country is owned by the federal government. This would have been part of why Dole did well, especially in the western part of the state. Those connected to ranching or resource extraction may have been unlikely to vote for Clinton in 1992 already, but easy to see plenty voting for Perot then switching to Dole 4 yrs later.

The eastern part of the state borders western Kansas and is fairly similar to it so voters there may have been inclined to think Dole would be sympathetic to their concerns.