1992 United States presidential election in Utah

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1992 United States presidential election in Utah
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  1988 November 3, 1992 1996  
  George Bush crop.jpg Ross Perot in his office, by Allan Warren (cropped).jpg Bill Clinton.jpg
Nominee George H. W. Bush Ross Perot Bill Clinton
Party Republican Independent Democratic
Home state Texas Texas Arkansas
Running mate Dan Quayle James Stockdale Al Gore
Electoral vote500
Popular vote322,332203,400183,429
Percentage43.36%27.34%24.65%

Utah Presidential Election Results 1992.svg
County Results

President before election

George Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

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

Contents

Utah was won by President George H. W. Bush (R-TX) by a 16.0 percent margin of victory. This was one of only two states, the other one being Maine, to have Ross Perot (I-TX) come in second place. Unlike Maine, Perot did not win any counties, though he placed second in nineteen of twenty-nine to overcome Bill Clinton (D-AR) in the popular vote. Likewise it was the only time Bill Clinton finished third in a state, in either the 1992 or 1996 election, despite winning two counties. Utah and Maine (the latter of which where Bush finished third behind Perot) in 1992 constitute the last time (as of the 2024 presidential election ) that any major party candidate has finished third in a state, and the only time in a non-Confederate state since Robert M. La Follette finished ahead of John W. Davis in twelve states [a] in 1924. [1]

Utah was Perot's third-highest vote percentage behind Maine and Alaska. [2]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Utah [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent)322,33243.36%5
Independent Ross Perot 203,40027.34%0
Democratic Bill Clinton 183,42924.65%0
Populist James "Bo" Gritz 28,6023.84%0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 1,9000.26%0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 1,3190.18%0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 1,0890.15%0
New Alliance Lenora Fulani 4140.06%0
Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 3930.05%0
American Feimer Smith2920.04%0
Socialist Workers James Warren 2700.04%0
Independent/Peace and Freedom Party Ron Daniels 1770.02%0
Socialist J. Quinn Brisben 1510.02%0
Totals743,768100.00%5
Voter turnout (Voting age population)

Results by county

CountyGeorge H.W. Bush
Republican
Ross Perot
Independent
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Bo Gritz [4]
Populist
Various candidates [4]
Other parties
Margin [b] Total votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Beaver 1,04049.27%33015.63%66831.64%522.46%210.99%372 [c] 17.63%2,111
Box Elder 7,71249.58%4,50728.97%2,18614.05%1,0136.51%1370.88%3,20520.61%15,555
Cache 15,97151.98%8,03226.14%4,97316.19%1,5114.92%2380.77%7,93925.84%30,725
Carbon 2,03823.11%2,00222.71%4,48050.81%2352.67%620.70%-2,442 [c] -27.70%8,817
Daggett 17238.91%11726.47%12227.60%306.79%10.23%50 [c] 11.31%442
Davis 39,08748.05%24,10529.63%14,92418.35%2,7233.35%5100.63%14,98218.42%81,350
Duchesne 1,98343.44%1,22926.92%77216.91%53711.76%440.96%75416.52%4,565
Emery 1,64336.43%1,13825.23%1,34929.91%3648.07%160.35%294 [c] 6.52%4,510
Garfield 1,23562.28%35517.90%30915.58%793.98%50.25%88044.38%1,983
Grand 1,10032.91%99129.65%1,16034.71%441.32%471.41%-60 [c] -1.80%3,342
Iron 5,61659.88%1,69318.05%1,53716.39%4404.69%920.98%3,92341.83%9,378
Juab 1,23742.73%61621.28%82328.43%2097.22%100.35%414 [c] 14.30%2,895
Kane 1,24157.14%53424.59%29513.58%853.91%170.78%70732.55%2,172
Millard 2,49652.33%1,06422.31%74215.56%4178.74%511.07%1,43230.02%4,770
Morgan 1,33945.54%85128.95%52017.69%2257.65%50.17%48816.59%2,940
Piute 42956.97%14619.39%16922.44%91.20%00.00%260 [c] 34.53%753
Rich 52559.93%18721.35%15417.58%101.14%00.00%33838.58%876
Salt Lake 117,24736.79%91,96828.85%100,08231.40%6,4442.02%2,9200.92%17,165 [c] 5.39%318,731
San Juan 2,00446.23%57613.29%1,63937.81%1112.56%50.12%365 [c] 8.42%4,335
Sanpete 2,99544.80%1,74226.06%1,30219.48%5758.60%711.06%1,25318.74%6,685
Sevier 3,16050.50%1,67126.70%1,03916.60%3295.26%590.94%1,48923.80%6,258
Summit 3,13333.33%3,06032.56%3,01332.06%1281.36%650.69%730.77%9,399
Tooele 3,67635.79%3,01129.32%3,27031.84%2242.18%900.88%406 [c] 3.95%10,271
Uintah 3,50545.09%2,25028.94%1,37417.67%5897.58%560.72%1,25516.15%7,774
Utah 61,39856.76%24,55822.70%14,09013.02%7,4106.85%7220.67%36,84034.06%108,178
Wasatch 1,82242.02%1,23428.46%1,04224.03%1784.11%601.38%58813.56%4,336
Washington 11,31052.66%4,62321.53%3,36415.66%2,0379.49%1420.66%6,68731.13%21,476
Wayne 70657.63%25120.49%23619.27%302.45%20.16%45537.14%1,225
Weber 26,81239.30%20,55930.14%17,79526.09%2,5643.76%4860.71%6,2539.16%68,216
Totals322,63243.36%203,40027.34%183,42924.65%28,6023.84%6,0060.81%119,23216.02%744,069

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Electors

Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all five electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met in December 1992 to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

All electors from Utah were pledged to and voted for George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle.

See also

Notes

  1. States where La Follette finished ahead of Davis in 1924 were Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, California, Washington, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.
  2. Because Perot finished ahead of Clinton in Utah as a whole, all margins given are Bush minus Perot unless stated in the total for the county in question.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 In this county where Clinton ran ahead of Perot, the margin given is Bush vote minus Clinton vote.

References

  1. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004, pp. 55, 109 ISBN   0786422173
  2. "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1992 Presidential General Election Results – Utah
  4. 1 2 Our Campaigns; UT US Presidential Election November 03, 1992