1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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  1988 November 3, 1992 1996  
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Nominee Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Home state Arkansas Texas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Dan Quayle James Stockdale
Electoral vote600
Popular vote505,823337,32499,132
Percentage53.21%35.48%10.43%

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President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Arkansas was won by incumbent Governor Bill Clinton (D) with 53.21% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.48%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 10.43% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton thus won his home state by a wide margin of 17.73%, becoming the first Democratic candidate to win the state since Jimmy Carter in 1976. Arkansas and Washington, D.C., which Clinton also won, were the only contests in 1992 in which any candidate received an absolute majority of the popular vote.

50% of white voters supported Clinton, while 40% supported Bush. [2]

Background

The Republican presidential nominee won Arkansas in the 1980, 1984, and 1988 presidential elections. Democratic Governor Bill Clinton was elected to a fifth term in 1990. [3]

Primary

Democratic

Clinton announced his presidential campaign on October 3, 1991, at the Old State House. [3] Polling by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy one week before the primary showed Jerry Brown had a disapproval rate of 71% among likely Democratic voters while Clinton's was 13%. [4]

Turnout in the Democratic primary was greater than it was in 1980, 1984, and 1988, but lower than in 1976. [5]

Republican

Turnout in the Republican primary declined from 1988, but was still greater than 1976, 1980, and 1984. Three-fourth of the votes in the primary came from Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. Less than 100 votes were cast in 39 of the state's counties. [5]

General

Clinton carried all but five counties (Benton, Crawford, Pope, Searcy, and Sebastian) in the state. As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which Baxter County, Carroll County, Newton County, Boone County, and Polk County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [6] This is also the most recent time that Arkansas has voted more Democratic than Maryland. [7] [8]

Arkansas would be one of only three states, along with the District of Columbia, where Clinton's raw vote total exceeded that of Bush and Perot combined, the others being Maryland and New York. This is also the most recent election in which Arkansas trended more Democratic relative to the nation. Clinton's 505,823 votes is the most votes received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history.

Democratic U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers won reelection in a concurrent election. The Republicans gained one seat in Arkansas' U.S. House delegation, [9] Arkansas House of Representatives, and Arkansas Senate. [10]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 505,82353.21%6
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent)337,32435.48%0
Independent Ross Perot 99,13210.43%0
Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 1,4370.15%0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 1,2610.13%0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 1,0220.11%0
Independent Jim Boren 9560.10%0
America First James "Bo" Gritz 8190.09%0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 7640.08%0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 7620.08%0
Independent John Yiamouyiannis 5540.06%0
Prohibition Earl Dodge 4720.05%0
Independent Isabell Masters 3270.03%0
Totals950,683100.0%6

Results by county

CountyBill Clinton
Democratic
George H.W. Bush
Republican
Ross Perot
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Arkansas 4,70959.01%2,59432.51%6398.01%380.48%2,11526.50%7,980
Ashley 5,87661.42%2,68628.08%9319.73%740.77%3,19033.34%9,567
Baxter 6,99144.44%5,64035.85%2,93818.68%1631.04%1,3518.59%15,732
Benton 15,77436.45%21,12648.81%6,12814.16%2510.58%-5,352-12.36%43,279
Boone 6,12842.45%6,09442.21%2,07914.40%1360.94%340.24%14,437
Bradley 2,95461.07%1,48230.64%3918.08%100.21%1,47230.43%4,837
Calhoun 1,38951.41%1,04738.75%2579.51%90.33%34212.66%2,702
Carroll 3,76942.55%3,53539.91%1,50016.94%530.60%2342.64%8,857
Chicot 3,50468.72%1,24224.36%3476.81%60.12%2,26244.36%5,099
Clark 5,76764.64%2,40326.93%7148.00%380.43%3,36437.71%8,922
Clay 4,84868.47%1,64723.26%5688.02%170.24%3,20145.21%7,080
Cleburne 5,09051.00%3,58035.87%1,26312.66%470.47%1,51015.13%9,980
Cleveland 1,89356.04%1,12733.36%3379.98%210.62%76622.68%3,378
Columbia 4,74748.35%3,70237.70%1,09011.10%2802.85%1,04510.65%9,819
Conway 4,89857.75%2,71932.06%8039.47%610.72%2,17925.69%8,481
Craighead 13,93154.43%9,10435.57%2,2748.88%2871.12%4,82718.86%25,596
Crawford 6,65641.18%6,88242.57%2,44215.11%1851.14%-226-1.39%16,165
Crittenden 9,68356.60%5,91034.55%8484.96%6673.90%3,77322.05%17,108
Cross 4,05858.09%2,30332.97%6028.62%230.33%1,75525.12%6,986
Dallas 2,10753.68%1,45837.15%3458.79%150.38%64916.53%3,925
Desha 3,81567.87%1,27922.75%3926.97%1352.40%2,53645.12%5,621
Drew 3,74859.51%1,93830.77%5969.46%160.25%1,81028.74%6,298
Faulkner 13,00051.56%9,49137.64%2,4379.66%2871.14%3,50913.92%25,215
Franklin 3,21747.76%2,49537.04%98714.65%370.55%72210.72%6,736
Fulton 2,82759.69%1,25826.56%63113.32%200.42%1,56933.13%4,736
Garland 18,81152.26%12,88635.80%3,4759.65%8232.29%5,92516.46%35,995
Grant 3,19051.47%2,27236.66%70211.33%340.55%91814.81%6,198
Greene 7,54161.20%3,51028.49%1,2139.84%580.47%4,03132.71%12,322
Hempstead 5,47661.38%2,38726.75%1,02211.45%370.41%3,08934.63%8,922
Hot Spring 6,30859.42%3,03628.60%1,20911.39%630.59%3,27230.82%10,616
Howard 2,76455.56%1,72834.73%4669.37%170.34%1,03620.83%4,975
Independence 7,08355.16%4,23232.96%1,44411.25%810.63%2,85122.20%12,840
Izard 3,41961.18%1,53227.42%60610.84%310.55%1,88733.76%5,588
Jackson 4,94465.71%1,86424.77%6738.94%430.57%3,08040.94%7,524
Jefferson 21,81968.85%7,52523.74%2,0676.52%2810.89%14,29445.11%31,692
Johnson 3,95152.14%2,56333.82%1,01313.37%510.67%1,38818.32%7,578
Lafayette 2,27357.12%1,18829.86%50412.67%140.35%1,08527.26%3,979
Lawrence 4,14659.84%2,12430.65%6369.18%230.33%2,02229.19%6,929
Lee 3,43667.82%1,29325.52%3086.08%290.57%2,14342.30%5,066
Lincoln 2,80564.53%1,14226.27%3908.97%100.23%1,66338.26%4,347
Little River 3,32758.18%1,48325.94%89015.56%180.31%1,84432.24%5,718
Logan 3,99545.99%3,40839.23%1,22014.04%640.74%5876.76%8,687
Lonoke 7,96350.32%6,25339.52%1,5549.82%540.34%1,71010.80%15,824
Madison 2,41545.76%2,23842.41%59811.33%260.49%1773.35%5,277
Marion 2,75744.15%2,02332.39%1,32721.25%1382.21%73411.76%6,245
Miller 7,05048.21%5,27336.06%2,24915.38%510.35%1,77712.15%14,623
Mississippi 10,04662.94%4,69729.43%9816.15%2381.49%5,34933.51%15,962
Monroe 2,57860.35%1,32430.99%3558.31%150.35%1,25429.36%4,272
Montgomery 1,90451.29%1,20532.46%57615.52%270.73%69918.83%3,712
Nevada 2,24256.79%1,21730.83%45511.52%340.86%1,02525.96%3,948
Newton 1,76542.59%1,73041.75%60814.67%410.99%350.84%4,144
Ouachita 7,41159.69%3,71129.89%1,2389.97%550.44%3,70029.80%12,415
Perry 1,90654.39%1,16233.16%41211.76%240.68%74421.23%3,504
Phillips 6,45665.63%2,69527.40%6346.45%520.53%3,76138.23%9,837
Pike 2,16851.23%1,57737.26%47211.15%150.35%59113.97%4,232
Poinsett 5,34162.31%2,42528.29%7618.88%440.51%2,91634.02%8,571
Polk 3,16243.81%2,75738.20%1,22516.97%731.01%4055.61%7,217
Pope 7,70443.13%8,05645.10%1,98911.14%1130.63%-352-1.97%17,862
Prairie 2,36659.81%1,15429.17%43410.97%20.05%1,21230.64%3,956
Pulaski 79,48258.03%47,78934.89%8,7516.39%9350.68%31,69323.14%136,957
Randolph 3,92162.10%1,76627.97%5789.15%490.78%2,15534.13%6,314
St. Francis 6,54861.57%3,28930.93%7667.20%320.30%3,25930.64%10,635
Saline 12,67149.38%10,10539.38%2,75110.72%1340.52%2,56610.00%25,661
Scott 2,22848.84%1,69537.15%61013.37%290.64%53311.69%4,562
Searcy 1,67942.14%1,77244.48%50312.63%300.75%-93-2.34%3,984
Sebastian 16,57041.78%16,81742.40%6,02315.19%2490.63%-247-0.62%39,659
Sevier 2,55851.05%1,59231.77%64312.83%2184.35%96619.28%5,011
Sharp 3,76152.27%2,48634.55%92112.80%280.39%1,27517.72%7,196
Stone 2,62252.03%1,67233.18%69713.83%480.95%95018.85%5,039
Union 8,78647.29%7,30539.32%1,91910.33%5703.07%1,4817.97%18,580
Van Buren 3,81951.88%2,61235.48%88812.06%420.57%1,20716.40%7,361
Washington 22,02946.01%20,29242.38%5,30411.08%2550.53%1,7373.63%47,880
White 10,49448.67%8,53839.60%2,36610.97%1650.77%1,9569.07%21,563
Woodruff 2,58974.08%67619.34%2276.49%30.09%1,91354.74%3,495
Yell 4,16554.49%2,50632.79%94012.30%320.42%1,65921.70%7,643
Totals505,82353.21%337,32435.48%99,13210.43%8,3740.88%168,49917.73%950,653

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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