1992 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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1992 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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Nominee George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot Party Republican Democratic–NPL Independent Home state Texas Arkansas Texas Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore James Stockdale Electoral vote 3 0 0 Popular vote 136,244 99,168 71,084 Percentage 44.22% 32.18% 23.07%

County Results Bush   30–40%   40–50%   50–60% Clinton   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%

President before election George H. W. Bush Republican Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic–NPL

The 1992 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

North Dakota was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 44.22% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 32.18%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.07% of the popular vote. ^[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot. ^[2]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in North Dakota [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	136,244	44.22%	3
	Democratic-NPL	Bill Clinton	99,168	32.18%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	71,084	23.07%	0
	Independent	Lyndon LaRouche	642	0.21%	0
	Independent	Andre Marrou	416	0.14%	0
	Independent	Dr. John Hagelin	240	0.08%	0
	Independent	James Warren	193	0.06%	0
	Independent	Lenora Fulani	143	0.05%	0
	Prohibition	Earl Dodge (write-in)	3	>0.01%	0
Totals			308,133	100.0%	3

Results by county

County [3]	George H.W. Bush Republican		Bill Clinton Democratic-NPL		Ross Perot Independent		Lyndon LaRouche Independent		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	647	39.79%	469	28.84%	499	30.69%	5	0.31%	6	0.37%	148 [a]	9.10%	1,626
Barnes	2,728	42.30%	2,124	32.94%	1,568	24.31%	8	0.12%	21	0.33%	604	9.36%	6,449
Benson	874	33.30%	1,126	42.90%	610	23.24%	13	0.50%	2	0.08%	-252	-9.60%	2,625
Billings	279	41.15%	123	18.14%	270	39.82%	4	0.59%	2	0.29%	9 [a]	1.33%	678
Bottineau	1,787	43.54%	1,266	30.85%	1,036	25.24%	4	0.10%	11	0.27%	521	12.69%	4,104
Bowman	712	37.34%	506	26.53%	678	35.55%	8	0.42%	3	0.16%	34 [a]	1.79%	1,907
Burke	551	36.15%	458	30.05%	506	33.20%	5	0.33%	4	0.26%	45 [a]	2.95%	1,524
Burleigh	16,484	50.90%	8,940	27.61%	6,780	20.94%	68	0.21%	112	0.35%	7,544	23.29%	32,384
Cass	25,312	47.65%	18,077	34.03%	9,513	17.91%	61	0.11%	153	0.29%	7,235	13.62%	53,116
Cavalier	1,527	48.85%	866	27.70%	723	23.13%	6	0.19%	4	0.13%	661	21.15%	3,126
Dickey	1,514	49.48%	918	30.00%	616	20.13%	3	0.10%	9	0.29%	596	19.48%	3,060
Divide	515	31.79%	634	39.14%	456	28.15%	7	0.43%	8	0.49%	-119	-7.35%	1,620
Dunn	784	37.24%	667	31.69%	637	30.26%	8	0.38%	9	0.43%	117	5.55%	2,105
Eddy	591	36.59%	575	35.60%	432	26.75%	8	0.50%	9	0.56%	16	0.99%	1,615
Emmons	1,047	43.09%	595	24.49%	774	31.85%	8	0.33%	6	0.25%	273 [a]	11.24%	2,430
Foster	803	41.39%	565	29.12%	556	28.66%	8	0.41%	8	0.41%	238	12.27%	1,940
Golden Valley	503	45.15%	255	22.89%	352	31.60%	2	0.18%	2	0.18%	151 [a]	13.55%	1,114
Grand Forks	13,705	44.06%	10,930	35.14%	6,349	20.41%	26	0.08%	94	0.30%	2,775	8.92%	31,104
Grant	900	45.94%	415	21.18%	629	32.11%	9	0.46%	6	0.31%	271 [a]	13.83%	1,959
Griggs	773	44.02%	647	36.85%	330	18.79%	3	0.17%	3	0.17%	126	7.17%	1,756
Hettinger	854	46.46%	465	25.30%	500	27.20%	16	0.87%	3	0.16%	354 [a]	19.26%	1,838
Kidder	739	43.19%	468	27.35%	489	28.58%	10	0.58%	5	0.29%	250 [a]	14.61%	1,711
LaMoure	1,270	45.96%	797	28.85%	679	24.57%	8	0.29%	9	0.33%	473	17.11%	2,763
Logan	703	47.31%	383	25.77%	390	26.24%	8	0.54%	2	0.13%	313 [a]	21.07%	1,486
McHenry	1,321	38.90%	1,173	34.54%	886	26.09%	8	0.24%	8	0.24%	148	4.36%	3,396
McIntosh	1,134	55.21%	450	21.91%	454	22.10%	12	0.58%	4	0.19%	680 [a]	33.11%	2,054
McKenzie	1,324	42.85%	787	25.47%	969	31.36%	7	0.23%	3	0.10%	355 [a]	11.49%	3,090
McLean	2,124	40.05%	1,808	34.09%	1,330	25.08%	25	0.47%	16	0.30%	316	5.96%	5,303
Mercer	2,274	45.33%	1,323	26.37%	1,378	27.47%	23	0.46%	19	0.38%	896 [a]	17.86%	5,017
Morton	5,042	43.76%	3,594	31.19%	2,787	24.19%	31	0.27%	68	0.59%	1,448	12.57%	11,522
Mountrail	1,017	30.92%	1,393	42.35%	861	26.18%	6	0.18%	12	0.36%	-376	-11.43%	3,289
Nelson	864	39.17%	841	38.12%	486	22.03%	2	0.09%	13	0.59%	23	1.05%	2,206
Oliver	503	40.96%	306	24.92%	407	33.14%	9	0.73%	3	0.24%	96 [a]	7.82%	1,228
Pembina	1,917	46.45%	1,186	28.74%	991	24.01%	3	0.07%	30	0.73%	731	17.71%	4,127
Pierce	1,099	45.21%	761	31.30%	554	22.79%	13	0.53%	4	0.16%	338	13.91%	2,431
Ramsey	2,516	41.56%	2,008	33.17%	1,507	24.89%	9	0.15%	14	0.23%	508	8.39%	6,054
Ransom	1,102	37.96%	1,166	40.17%	625	21.53%	2	0.07%	8	0.28%	-64	-2.21%	2,903
Renville	655	39.22%	580	34.73%	429	25.69%	1	0.06%	5	0.30%	75	4.49%	1,670
Richland	3,873	46.66%	2,688	32.38%	1,698	20.46%	21	0.25%	21	0.25%	1,185	14.28%	8,301
Rolette	895	24.82%	2,002	55.52%	660	18.30%	18	0.50%	31	0.86%	-1,107	-30.70%	3,606
Sargent	816	36.20%	961	42.64%	463	20.54%	6	0.27%	8	0.35%	-145	-6.44%	2,254
Sheridan	589	50.13%	276	23.49%	304	25.87%	4	0.34%	2	0.17%	285 [a]	24.26%	1,175
Sioux	264	26.83%	463	47.05%	244	24.80%	8	0.81%	5	0.51%	-199	-20.22%	984
Slope	226	42.24%	145	27.10%	162	30.28%	1	0.19%	1	0.19%	64 [a]	11.96%	535
Stark	4,491	42.06%	3,003	28.12%	3,123	29.25%	36	0.34%	25	0.23%	1,368 [a]	12.81%	10,678
Steele	503	36.72%	598	43.65%	267	19.49%	1	0.07%	1	0.07%	-95	-6.93%	1,370
Stutsman	4,039	40.39%	3,313	33.13%	2,580	25.80%	23	0.23%	46	0.46%	726	7.26%	10,001
Towner	600	34.15%	748	42.57%	402	22.88%	3	0.17%	4	0.23%	-148	-8.42%	1,757
Traill	2,019	44.34%	1,638	35.98%	875	19.22%	7	0.15%	14	0.31%	381	8.36%	4,553
Walsh	2,544	43.09%	1,936	32.79%	1,384	23.44%	8	0.14%	32	0.54%	608	10.30%	5,904
Ward	12,056	46.63%	7,856	30.39%	5,856	22.65%	27	0.10%	57	0.22%	4,200	16.24%	25,852
Wells	1,171	40.16%	888	30.45%	850	29.15%	5	0.17%	2	0.07%	283	9.71%	2,916
Williams	3,664	36.95%	3,008	30.33%	3,180	32.07%	17	0.17%	48	0.48%	484 [a]	4.88%	9,917
Totals	136,244	44.22%	99,168	32.18%	71,084	23.07%	642	0.21%	995	0.32%	37,076	12.04%	308,133

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Nelson

See also

• United States presidential elections in North Dakota
• Presidency of Bill Clinton

Notes

1. In this county where Perot ran second ahead of Clinton, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Bush percentage minus Perot percentage.

References

1. "1992 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
2. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
3. "ND US President Race, November 03, 1992". Our Campaigns.