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The 1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
New Jersey was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 42.95% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 40.58%, a 2.37% margin of victory. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 15.61% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.
At the time New Jersey was still considered a Republican-leaning swing state, and Clinton won very narrowly over President Bush. Reflecting this fact, New Jersey weighed in as 2% more Republican than the national average. Clinton's win marked both the first time a Democrat won New Jersey since Lyndon Johnson's landslide win in 1964 as well as the beginning of a long-term shift in New Jersey's politics toward the Democratic Party. New Jersey has voted Democratic in every presidential election since. [2] Indeed, this was the last time New Jersey voted to the right of its swing state neighbor Pennsylvania.
This was the third time New Jersey voted Democratic since the end of World War II. After this election, despite the very slim margin for this year, the Democrat would always win New Jersey by more than 10 points, except in 2004, when John Kerry's margin was just under 7 points.
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Bergen County and Passaic County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. In addition, this was also the last presidential election in New Jersey voted to the right of the country as a whole, along with the most recent when the Republican candidate won more counties in the state. [3]
1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey [1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton | 1,436,206 | 42.95% | 15 | |
Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 1,356,865 | 40.58% | 0 | |
Independent | Ross Perot | 521,829 | 15.61% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 6,822 | 0.20% | 0 | |
Independent | Drew Bradford | 4,749 | 0.14% | 0 | |
New Alliance | Lenora Fulani | 3,513 | 0.11% | 0 | |
U.S. Taxpayers' | Howard Phillips | 2,670 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Six Million Jobs | Lyndon LaRouche | 2,095 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | James Warren | 2,011 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Peace and Freedom | Ron Daniels | 1,996 | 0.06% | 0 | |
America First | James "Bo" Gritz | 1,867 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Socialist Equality | Helen Halyard | 1,618 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | 1,353 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Totals | 3,343,594 | 100.0% | 15 | ||
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 56%/82% |
County | Bill Clinton Democratic | George H.W. Bush Republican | Ross Perot Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Atlantic | 39,633 | 43.89% | 34,279 | 37.96% | 15,890 | 17.60% | 496 | 0.55% | 5,354 | 5.93% | 90,298 |
Bergen | 171,104 | 42.44% | 178,223 | 44.21% | 52,082 | 12.92% | 1,728 | 0.43% | -7,119 | -1.77% | 403,137 |
Burlington | 72,845 | 42.02% | 63,709 | 36.75% | 35,322 | 20.38% | 1,481 | 0.85% | 9,136 | 5.27% | 173,357 |
Camden | 104,915 | 49.75% | 67,205 | 31.87% | 37,144 | 17.61% | 1,622 | 0.77% | 37,710 | 17.88% | 210,886 |
Cape May | 17,324 | 35.46% | 21,502 | 44.01% | 9,798 | 20.05% | 232 | 0.47% | -4,178 | -8.55% | 48,856 |
Cumberland | 22,220 | 42.64% | 19,253 | 36.94% | 9,901 | 19.00% | 742 | 1.42% | 2,967 | 5.70% | 52,116 |
Essex | 158,130 | 57.12% | 89,146 | 32.20% | 26,961 | 9.74% | 2,621 | 0.95% | 68,984 | 24.92% | 276,858 |
Gloucester | 42,425 | 40.55% | 37,335 | 35.69% | 24,132 | 23.07% | 727 | 0.69% | 5,090 | 4.86% | 104,619 |
Hudson | 99,799 | 53.93% | 66,505 | 35.94% | 14,569 | 7.87% | 4,184 | 2.26% | 33,294 | 17.99% | 185,057 |
Hunterdon | 15,423 | 28.57% | 25,130 | 46.56% | 12,736 | 23.60% | 685 | 1.27% | -9,707 | -17.99% | 53,974 |
Mercer | 71,383 | 49.14% | 50,473 | 34.75% | 22,503 | 15.49% | 901 | 0.62% | 20,910 | 14.39% | 145,260 |
Middlesex | 128,824 | 45.16% | 108,701 | 38.10% | 45,055 | 15.79% | 2,691 | 0.94% | 20,123 | 7.06% | 285,271 |
Monmouth | 101,750 | 38.24% | 117,715 | 44.23% | 45,445 | 17.08% | 1,206 | 0.45% | -15,965 | -5.99% | 266,116 |
Morris | 67,593 | 32.31% | 108,431 | 51.82% | 32,447 | 15.51% | 761 | 0.36% | -40,838 | -19.51% | 209,232 |
Ocean | 75,431 | 34.88% | 95,984 | 44.39% | 41,668 | 19.27% | 3,160 | 1.46% | -20,553 | -9.51% | 216,243 |
Passaic | 70,030 | 42.47% | 71,147 | 43.15% | 21,494 | 13.04% | 2,217 | 1.34% | -1,117 | -0.68% | 164,888 |
Salem | 10,062 | 36.02% | 10,363 | 37.10% | 7,274 | 26.04% | 236 | 0.84% | -301 | -1.08% | 27,935 |
Somerset | 42,867 | 35.48% | 56,044 | 46.39% | 21,014 | 17.39% | 888 | 0.74% | -13,177 | -10.91% | 120,813 |
Sussex | 14,775 | 25.89% | 29,510 | 51.71% | 12,537 | 21.97% | 242 | 0.42% | -14,735 | -25.82% | 57,064 |
Union | 96,671 | 46.01% | 87,742 | 41.76% | 23,991 | 11.42% | 1,708 | 0.81% | 8,929 | 4.25% | 210,112 |
Warren | 13,002 | 31.33% | 18,468 | 44.50% | 9,866 | 23.77% | 166 | 0.40% | -5,466 | -13.17% | 41,502 |
Totals | 1,436,206 | 42.95% | 1,356,865 | 40.58% | 521,829 | 15.61% | 28,694 | 0.86% | 79,341 | 2.37% | 3,343,594 |
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