1992 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1992 United States presidential election in Ohio

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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 vote 21 0 0 Popular vote 1,984,942 1,894,310 1,036,426 Percentage 40.18% 38.35% 20.98%

County Results Township Results Clinton   30-40%   40-50%   50-60% Bush   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%

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

The 1992 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ohio was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 40.18% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 38.35%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 20.98% of the popular vote. ^[1] Governor Clinton thus defeated President Bush for Ohio’s 21 Electoral Votes, by a statewide vote margin of 1.83% ^[2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. As of the 2020 presidential election ^[update] , this is the last election in which Coshocton County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, the last in which Franklin County voted for a Republican presidential candidate and the last until 2020 in which Sandusky County voted for a losing candidate. ^[3]

States just as close as Ohio that were called for Clinton as soon as their polls closed, such as Georgia, New Jersey, and Colorado, was why Ohio was the state that put Clinton over the top according to news networks, albeit Tennessee was the tipping point state. This was also the only time since 1944 that Ohio did not vote the same way as Florida, a bellwether state just like Ohio.

Clinton's strongest performance was in the southeast of the state near the border with West Virginia. He also gained solid majorities in the industrial regions focused on Youngstown, Akron, and Cleveland. Bush performed best in the rural western agricultural counties as did Perot. Perot received the second-highest share of the vote in three of these counties (Mercer, Shelby, and Williams) and he beat Bush in one county won by Clinton (Trumbull).

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Ohio [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	1,984,942	40.18%	21
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	1,894,310	38.35%	0
	Not designated	Ross Perot	1,036,426	20.98%	0
	Not designated	Andre Marrou	7,252	0.15%	0
	Not designated	Lenora Fulani	6,411	0.13%	0
	Not designated	James Bo Gritz	4,698	0.10%	0
	Not designated	John Hagelin	3,437	0.07%	0
	Not designated	Lyndon LaRouche	2,446	0.05%	0
	Write-in	James Warren	32	0.00%	0
	N/A	Write-ins	10	0.00%	0
Totals			4,939,964	100.0%	21

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton Democratic		George H.W. Bush Republican		Ross Perot Independent		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	3,998	37.16%	4,722	43.89%	1,993	18.53%	45	0.42%	-724	-6.73%	10,758
Allen	13,777	29.10%	25,322	53.48%	8,131	17.17%	120	0.25%	-11,545	-24.38%	47,350
Ashland	5,985	28.70%	9,864	47.30%	4,950	23.74%	56	0.27%	-3,879	-18.60%	20,855
Ashtabula	18,843	43.79%	13,254	30.80%	10,765	25.02%	166	0.39%	5,589	12.99%	43,028
Athens	13,423	52.04%	7,184	27.85%	5,074	19.67%	112	0.43%	6,239	24.19%	25,793
Auglaize	4,960	24.43%	10,455	51.49%	4,840	23.84%	51	0.25%	-5,495	-27.06%	20,306
Belmont	18,527	55.44%	8,614	25.77%	6,142	18.38%	138	0.41%	9,913	29.67%	33,421
Brown	5,540	36.48%	5,912	38.93%	3,676	24.21%	58	0.38%	-372	-2.45%	15,186
Butler	39,682	30.27%	63,375	48.34%	27,527	21.00%	528	0.40%	-23,693	-18.07%	131,112
Carroll	4,731	37.96%	4,224	33.89%	3,434	27.55%	74	0.59%	507	4.07%	12,463
Champaign	5,201	32.00%	7,004	43.10%	3,992	24.56%	55	0.34%	-1,803	-11.10%	16,252
Clark	26,692	42.01%	24,011	37.79%	12,571	19.79%	264	0.42%	2,681	4.22%	63,538
Clermont	17,558	27.37%	32,065	49.99%	14,279	22.26%	240	0.37%	-14,507	-22.62%	64,142
Clinton	4,638	30.13%	7,290	47.37%	3,402	22.10%	61	0.40%	-2,652	-17.24%	15,391
Columbiana	19,765	41.56%	15,016	31.58%	12,611	26.52%	162	0.34%	4,749	9.98%	47,554
Coshocton	6,212	38.41%	5,705	35.27%	4,081	25.23%	175	1.08%	507	3.14%	16,173
Crawford	6,351	30.48%	8,618	41.36%	5,764	27.66%	102	0.49%	-2,267	-10.88%	20,835
Cuyahoga	337,548	52.72%	187,186	29.24%	112,352	17.55%	3,155	0.49%	150,362	23.48%	640,241
Darke	7,016	28.72%	11,098	45.44%	6,217	25.45%	95	0.39%	-4,082	-16.72%	24,426
Defiance	5,735	33.32%	7,195	41.80%	4,187	24.33%	94	0.55%	-1,460	-8.48%	17,211
Delaware	9,263	25.12%	18,225	49.43%	9,244	25.07%	141	0.38%	-8,962	-24.31%	36,873
Erie	14,531	40.56%	12,459	34.77%	8,720	24.34%	118	0.33%	2,072	5.79%	35,828
Fairfield	14,249	28.06%	24,125	47.50%	12,246	24.11%	169	0.33%	-9,876	-19.44%	50,789
Fayette	2,976	29.51%	4,916	48.74%	2,162	21.44%	32	0.32%	-1,940	-19.23%	10,086
Franklin	176,656	39.72%	186,324	41.89%	79,049	17.77%	2,772	0.62%	-9,668	-2.17%	444,801
Fulton	5,576	29.65%	8,358	44.45%	4,798	25.52%	72	0.38%	-2,782	-14.80%	18,804
Gallia	5,350	38.94%	5,776	42.04%	2,549	18.55%	63	0.46%	-426	-3.10%	13,738
Geauga	11,466	28.30%	18,200	44.92%	10,577	26.10%	275	0.68%	-6,734	-16.62%	40,518
Greene	20,139	33.85%	27,651	46.47%	11,459	19.26%	253	0.43%	-7,512	-12.62%	59,502
Guernsey	6,428	39.32%	5,749	35.17%	4,103	25.10%	68	0.42%	679	4.15%	16,348
Hamilton	148,409	36.79%	192,447	47.70%	60,145	14.91%	2,419	0.60%	-44,038	-10.91%	403,420
Hancock	7,944	24.85%	16,821	52.63%	7,002	21.91%	196	0.61%	-8,877	-27.78%	31,963
Hardin	4,364	33.02%	5,851	44.28%	2,867	21.70%	133	1.01%	-1,487	-11.26%	13,215
Harrison	3,830	48.93%	2,289	29.24%	1,679	21.45%	29	0.37%	1,541	19.69%	7,827
Henry	3,933	29.44%	6,196	46.38%	3,178	23.79%	52	0.39%	-2,263	-16.94%	13,359
Highland	4,866	31.92%	7,020	46.06%	3,315	21.75%	41	0.27%	-2,154	-14.14%	15,242
Hocking	3,935	37.21%	3,761	35.57%	2,831	26.77%	47	0.44%	174	1.64%	10,574
Holmes	1,969	21.74%	5,079	56.08%	1,945	21.48%	63	0.70%	-3,110	-34.34%	9,056
Huron	7,930	32.41%	9,480	38.74%	6,751	27.59%	310	1.27%	-1,550	-6.33%	24,471
Jackson	5,016	38.94%	5,422	42.09%	2,389	18.54%	56	0.43%	-406	-3.15%	12,883
Jefferson	20,978	54.07%	10,764	27.74%	6,910	17.81%	146	0.38%	10,214	26.33%	38,798
Knox	7,259	33.38%	9,044	41.59%	5,282	24.29%	160	0.74%	-1,785	-8.21%	21,745
Lake	37,682	35.55%	40,766	38.46%	26,878	25.36%	664	0.63%	-3,084	-2.91%	105,990
Lawrence	12,325	45.61%	10,044	37.17%	4,536	16.79%	116	0.43%	2,281	8.44%	27,021
Licking	18,898	31.27%	26,918	44.54%	13,806	22.84%	812	1.34%	-8,020	-13.27%	60,434
Logan	4,889	26.02%	9,364	49.84%	4,472	23.80%	62	0.33%	-4,475	-23.82%	18,787
Lorain	50,962	42.97%	36,803	31.03%	30,425	25.65%	415	0.35%	14,159	11.94%	118,605
Lucas	99,989	49.25%	63,297	31.18%	38,108	18.77%	1,625	0.80%	36,692	18.07%	203,019
Madison	3,998	28.41%	6,865	48.79%	3,170	22.53%	38	0.27%	-2,867	-20.38%	14,071
Mahoning	64,731	51.52%	31,191	24.82%	29,417	23.41%	311	0.25%	33,540	26.70%	125,650
Marion	9,444	34.08%	11,675	42.13%	6,471	23.35%	125	0.45%	-2,231	-8.05%	27,715
Medina	18,995	31.34%	24,090	39.75%	17,290	28.53%	226	0.37%	-5,095	-8.41%	60,601
Meigs	4,226	41.08%	3,916	38.07%	2,098	20.40%	46	0.45%	310	3.01%	10,286
Mercer	4,883	26.33%	8,683	46.82%	4,913	26.49%	66	0.36%	3,770 [lower-alpha 1]	-20.33%	-18,545
Miami	12,547	29.17%	19,741	45.90%	10,544	24.52%	174	0.40%	-7,194	-16.73%	43,006
Monroe	4,235	55.79%	1,823	24.02%	1,505	19.83%	28	0.37%	2,412	31.77%	7,591
Montgomery	108,017	41.27%	104,751	40.02%	47,854	18.28%	1,098	0.42%	3,266	1.25%	261,720
Morgan	2,402	35.81%	2,719	40.54%	1,551	23.13%	35	0.52%	-317	-4.73%	6,707
Morrow	3,907	30.54%	5,208	40.72%	3,623	28.32%	53	0.41%	-1,301	-10.18%	12,791
Muskingum	11,670	33.61%	14,168	40.81%	8,731	25.15%	151	0.43%	-2,498	-7.20%	34,720
Noble	2,201	37.41%	2,223	37.79%	1,429	24.29%	30	0.51%	-22	-0.38%	5,883
Ottawa	8,128	41.06%	6,782	34.26%	4,832	24.41%	53	0.27%	1,346	6.80%	19,795
Paulding	3,293	34.63%	3,652	38.40%	2,510	26.39%	55	0.58%	-359	-3.77%	9,510
Perry	4,972	36.70%	4,712	34.78%	3,810	28.12%	53	0.39%	260	1.92%	13,547
Pickaway	5,765	30.45%	8,690	45.91%	4,319	22.82%	156	0.82%	-2,925	-15.46%	18,930
Pike	5,057	44.39%	4,094	35.93%	2,192	19.24%	50	0.44%	963	8.46%	11,393
Portage	26,325	42.37%	18,447	29.69%	17,065	27.46%	298	0.48%	7,878	12.68%	62,135
Preble	5,557	30.71%	8,023	44.33%	4,460	24.64%	58	0.32%	-2,466	-13.62%	18,098
Putnam	3,962	23.30%	9,338	54.92%	3,648	21.45%	56	0.33%	-5,376	-31.62%	17,004
Richland	19,606	34.58%	23,532	41.50%	13,370	23.58%	189	0.33%	-3,926	-6.92%	56,697
Ross	10,452	38.46%	10,825	39.84%	5,616	20.67%	280	1.03%	-373	-1.38%	27,173
Sandusky	9,878	35.96%	10,772	39.21%	6,682	24.32%	140	0.51%	-894	-3.25%	27,472
Scioto	14,715	43.76%	11,931	35.48%	6,860	20.40%	118	0.35%	2,784	8.28%	33,624
Seneca	9,280	35.49%	9,763	37.33%	6,967	26.64%	140	0.54%	-483	-1.84%	26,150
Shelby	5,262	26.30%	8,854	44.25%	5,835	29.16%	60	0.30%	3,019 [lower-alpha 1]	-15.09%	-20,011
Stark	70,064	40.02%	61,863	35.33%	42,413	24.22%	752	0.43%	8,201	4.69%	175,092
Summit	107,881	44.67%	77,530	32.10%	55,151	22.84%	930	0.39%	30,351	12.57%	241,492
Trumbull	54,591	50.73%	25,831	24.01%	26,791	24.90%	393	0.37%	27,800 [lower-alpha 2]	25.83%	107,606
Tuscarawas	14,787	40.08%	13,179	35.72%	8,785	23.81%	143	0.39%	1,608	4.36%	36,894
Union	3,465	23.45%	7,818	52.91%	3,433	23.23%	61	0.41%	-4,353	-29.46%	14,777
Van Wert	3,822	26.88%	7,227	50.83%	3,102	21.82%	66	0.46%	-3,405	-23.95%	14,217
Vinton	2,308	43.04%	1,975	36.83%	1,050	19.58%	30	0.56%	333	6.21%	5,363
Warren	13,542	25.65%	27,998	53.02%	11,115	21.05%	147	0.28%	-14,456	-27.37%	52,802
Washington	10,380	36.98%	12,204	43.47%	5,415	19.29%	74	0.26%	-1,824	-6.49%	28,073
Wayne	13,953	33.24%	18,350	43.71%	9,482	22.59%	197	0.47%	-4,397	-10.47%	41,982
Williams	4,862	27.84%	7,614	43.60%	4,902	28.07%	86	0.49%	2,712 [lower-alpha 1]	-15.53%	-17,464
Wood	20,754	39.01%	20,579	38.68%	11,682	21.96%	188	0.35%	175	0.33%	53,203
Wyandot	3,031	29.02%	4,411	42.24%	2,929	28.05%	72	0.69%	-1,380	-13.22%	10,443
Totals	1,984,942	40.18%	1,894,310	38.35%	1,036,426	20.98%	24,286	0.49%	90,632	1.83%	4,939,964

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Carroll
• Clark
• Coshocton
• Erie
• Guernsey
• Hocking
• Lawrence
• Meigs
• Montgomery
• Ottawa
• Perry
• Pike
• Portage
• Ross
• Stark
• Tuscarawas
• Vinton
• Wood

See also

• United States presidential elections in Ohio
• Presidency of Bill Clinton

Notes

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

References

1. "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
2. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016