Wasn't 1992 a realigning election?

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I don't know the theory of realignment.  But since the Clinton '92 win, a number of states with a half-ton of electoral votes have consistently voted Democratic: California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan and New Jersey.  In today's value, that's 129 electoral votes that have voted gone to Democratic candidates both good and bad for the last four elections.  In other words, Clinton's campaigns have resulted in 47% of the total electoral votes needed to win the presidency (again in today's value) being the Democrats' to lose.  I don't know whether or not that should be called a "realignment," but it's a pretty big deal.