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Elections / 1992 · President

Bill Clinton defeated George H. W. Bush.

Bill Clinton (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R), with Ross Perot (Independent) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · George H. W. Bush (R) · Ross Perot (Independent)

1992 presidential election
ClintonD+5.6
1992 presidential margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1992 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · R+6.8 · 9 electoral votesAlaska · R+9.2 · 3 electoral votesArizona · R+2.0 · 8 electoral votesColorado · D+4.3 · 8 electoral votesFlorida · R+1.9 · 25 electoral votesGeorgia · D+0.6 · 13 electoral votesIndiana · R+6.1 · 12 electoral votesKansas · R+5.1 · 6 electoral votesMaine · D+8.4 · 4 electoral votesMassachusetts · D+18.5 · 12 electoral votesMinnesota · D+11.6 · 10 electoral votesNew Jersey · D+2.4 · 15 electoral votesNorth Carolina · R+0.8 · 14 electoral votesNorth Dakota · R+12.0 · 3 electoral votesOklahoma · R+8.6 · 8 electoral votesPennsylvania · D+9.0 · 23 electoral votesSouth Dakota · R+3.5 · 3 electoral votesTexas · R+3.5 · 32 electoral votesWyoming · R+5.6 · 3 electoral votesConnecticut · D+6.4 · 8 electoral votesMissouri · D+10.1 · 11 electoral votesWest Virginia · D+13.0 · 5 electoral votesIllinois · D+14.2 · 22 electoral votesNew Mexico · D+8.6 · 5 electoral votesArkansas · D+17.7 · 6 electoral votesCalifornia · D+13.4 · 54 electoral votesDelaware · D+8.2 · 3 electoral votesDistrict of Columbia · D+75.5 · 3 electoral votesHawaii · D+11.4 · 4 electoral votesIowa · D+6.0 · 7 electoral votesKentucky · D+3.2 · 8 electoral votesMaryland · D+14.2 · 10 electoral votesMichigan · D+7.4 · 18 electoral votesMississippi · R+8.9 · 7 electoral votesMontana · D+2.5 · 3 electoral votesNew Hampshire · D+1.2 · 4 electoral votesNew York · D+15.8 · 33 electoral votesOhio · D+1.8 · 21 electoral votesOregon · D+10.0 · 7 electoral votesTennessee · D+4.7 · 11 electoral votesUtah · R+18.7 · 5 electoral votesVirginia · R+4.4 · 13 electoral votesWashington · D+11.4 · 11 electoral votesWisconsin · D+4.4 · 11 electoral votesNebraska · R+17.2 · 5 electoral votesSouth Carolina · R+8.1 · 8 electoral votesIdaho · R+13.6 · 4 electoral votesNevada · D+2.6 · 4 electoral votesVermont · D+15.7 · 3 electoral votesLouisiana · D+4.6 · 9 electoral votesRhode Island · D+18.0 · 4 electoral votes
1992presidential margin
D+60
R+60
Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1992 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTD+15.73 EVNHD+1.24 EVMAD+18.512 EVRID+18.04 EVCTD+6.48 EVNJD+2.415 EVDED+8.23 EVMDD+14.210 EVDCD+75.53 EV
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Electoral college
538 electors · 270 for a majority

Clinton won 370 of 538 electoral votes.

Clinton370Bush168
National popular vote
104,419,237 votes counted
Clinton (D)
44,907,850
43.0%
Bush (R)
39,102,780
37.4%
Perot (I)
18,098,030
17.3%
All others
1,961,819
1.9%
Margin
D+5.6
The county map
3,142 county-level results on record for 1992

Democrats carried 1,533 counties, Republicans 1,608, third-party candidates 1. 760 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Toombs County, GA (D+45.6 swing) · Macon County, TN (D+43.0 swing) · Smith County, TN (D+42.6 swing) · Sebastian County, AR (D+42.2 swing) · Crawford County, AR (D+41.5 swing) · Garland County, AR (D+41.3 swing)

Results by state
Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlaskaR
−9.2%
78,274101,970258,447
AlabamaR
−6.8%
690,080804,2831,687,337
ArkansasD
+17.7%
505,823337,324950,653
ArizonaR
−2.0%
543,050572,0861,487,006
CaliforniaD
+13.4%
5,121,3253,630,57411,131,721
ColoradoD
+4.3%
629,681562,8501,569,180
ConnecticutD
+6.4%
682,303578,2961,616,114
District of ColumbiaD
+75.5%
192,61920,698227,572
DelawareD
+8.2%
126,054102,313289,620
FloridaR
−1.9%
2,072,6982,173,3105,314,392
GeorgiaD
+0.6%
1,008,966995,2522,321,133
HawaiiD
+11.4%
179,310136,822372,842
IowaD
+6.0%
586,353504,8911,354,607
IdahoR
−13.6%
137,013202,645482,114
IllinoisD
+14.2%
2,453,3501,734,0965,050,157
IndianaR
−6.1%
848,420989,3752,305,871
KansasR
−5.1%
390,434449,9511,157,077
KentuckyD
+3.2%
665,104617,1781,492,900
LouisianaD
+4.6%
815,971733,3861,790,017
MassachusettsD
+18.5%
1,318,662805,0492,773,574
MarylandD
+14.2%
988,571707,0941,985,046
MaineD
+8.4%
263,420206,504679,499
MichiganD
+7.4%
1,871,1821,554,9404,274,673
MinnesotaD
+11.6%
1,020,997747,8412,347,948
MissouriD
+10.1%
1,053,873811,1592,391,312
MississippiR
−8.9%
400,258487,793981,793
MontanaD
+2.5%
154,507144,207410,583
North CarolinaR
−0.8%
1,114,0421,134,6612,611,850
North DakotaR
−12.0%
99,168136,244308,133
NebraskaR
−17.2%
217,344344,346739,283
New HampshireD
+1.2%
209,040202,484537,215
New JerseyD
+2.4%
1,436,2061,356,8653,343,594
New MexicoD
+8.6%
261,617212,824569,986
NevadaD
+2.6%
189,148175,828506,318
New YorkD
+15.8%
3,444,4502,346,6496,926,925
OhioD
+1.8%
1,984,9421,894,3104,939,964
OklahomaR
−8.6%
473,066592,9291,390,359
OregonD
+10.0%
621,314475,7571,462,643
PennsylvaniaD
+9.0%
2,239,1641,791,8414,959,810
Rhode IslandD
+18.0%
213,299131,601453,365
South CarolinaR
−8.1%
479,514577,5071,202,527
South DakotaR
−3.5%
124,888136,718336,254
TennesseeD
+4.7%
933,521841,3001,982,638
TexasR
−3.5%
2,281,8152,496,0716,154,018
UtahR
−18.7%
183,429322,632744,068
VirginiaR
−4.4%
1,036,7291,148,7942,554,383
VermontD
+15.7%
133,59288,122289,701
WashingtonD
+11.4%
993,037731,2342,287,565
WisconsinD
+4.4%
1,041,066930,8552,531,114
West VirginiaD
+13.0%
331,001241,974683,711
WyomingR
−5.6%
68,16079,347200,625