1992 United States presidential election in Virginia

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1992 United States presidential election in Virginia
Flag of Virginia.svg
  1988 November 3, 1992 1996  
Turnout83.7% [1] Increase2.svg
  George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg Bill Clinton.jpg RossPerotColor.jpg
Nominee George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Home state Texas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore James Stockdale
Electoral vote1300
Popular vote1,150,5171,038,650348,639
Percentage44.97%40.59%13.63%

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1996 Virginia presidental Election results by district.svg

President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Virginia was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 44.97 percent of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 40.59 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished third, with 13.63 percent of the popular vote. [2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both incumbent President Bush and Perot. [3]

Background

Every Republican presidential nominee following World War II had won Virginia, except for the victories of Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1948 and 1964 elections. Virginia was the only southern state that Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter failed to win in the 1976 election. [4]

Virginia replaced its primary system and allowed the parties to select either a caucus or convention. [5]

Primary

Governor Douglas Wilder ran for the Democratic nomination, but dropped out before any of the contests were held. Bob Kerrey, Tom Harkin, and Paul Tsongas also withdrew by the time that Virginia held its caucus. Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown were the only remaining major candidates. [5]

General

Wilder was considered as a possible vice-presidential choice for Ross Perot. Perot withdrew before he was certified to appear on the Virginia ballot, but his supporters were still able to submit enough signatures for him to be placed onto it. [6]

With 44.97 percent of the popular vote, Virginia would prove to be Bush's sixth strongest state in the 1992 election after Mississippi, Utah (as a margin of victory), South Carolina, Alabama and Nebraska. [7] In this election, Virginia voted 9.94 percentage points to the right of the nation at large. [7] This would also be the last election in which Virginia would vote to the right of Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota or Texas.

Clinton's result was the closest a Democrat had come to winning Virginia since Carter in 1976. Bush had the lowest percentage for a Republican since Richard Nixon in 1968. [8]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Virginia [2] [9]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush (inc.)1,150,51744.97%13
Democratic Bill Clinton 1,038,65040.59%0
Independent Ross Perot 348,63913.63%0
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 11,9370.47%0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 5,7300.22%0
Independent Lenora Fulani 3,1920.12%0
Totals2,558,665100.0%13

By county/city

County/city [10] George H.W. Bush
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Ross Perot
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%
Accomack 5,66643.17%4,95037.71%2,30417.55%2051.56%7165.46%13,125
Albemarle 13,89443.69%13,88643.66%3,85512.12%1690.53%80.03%31,804
Alexandria 16,70031.70%30,78458.44%4,9349.37%2570.49%-14,084-26.74%52,675
Alleghany 2,29440.55%2,39642.35%92616.37%410.72%-102-1.80%5,657
Amelia 2,06248.82%1,53436.32%57413.59%541.28%52812.50%4,224
Amherst 5,48250.26%4,10137.60%1,26811.62%570.52%1,38112.66%10,908
Appomattox 2,83050.36%1,91934.15%80114.25%701.25%91116.21%5,620
Arlington 26,37631.94%47,75657.83%7,9929.68%4600.56%-21,380-25.89%82,584
Augusta 12,89658.98%5,19023.74%3,39715.54%3831.75%7,70635.24%21,866
Bath 1,07546.14%85536.70%35415.19%461.97%2209.44%2,330
Bedford 10,49650.57%6,79232.72%3,25115.66%2171.05%3,70417.85%20,756
Bedford City 1,09145.29%96339.98%31312.99%421.74%1285.31%2,409
Bland 1,36848.31%1,00135.35%40814.41%551.94%36712.96%2,832
Botetourt 5,90448.36%4,34935.62%1,81914.90%1371.12%1,55512.74%12,209
Bristol 3,61648.46%2,94839.51%85111.40%470.63%6688.95%7,462
Brunswick 2,48036.92%3,68754.88%4797.13%721.07%-1,207-17.96%6,718
Buchanan 3,29728.17%7,40563.27%8156.96%1871.60%-4,108-35.10%11,704
Buckingham 2,36846.40%2,19342.97%4598.99%831.63%1753.43%5,103
Buena Vista 84938.59%1,02346.50%29113.23%371.68%-174-7.91%2,200
Campbell 10,93155.33%5,99930.36%2,55312.92%2741.39%4,93224.97%19,757
Caroline 2,94738.01%3,77048.63%96512.45%710.92%-823-10.62%7,753
Carroll 5,66451.89%3,79034.72%1,38812.72%730.67%1,87417.17%10,915
Charles City 72924.19%2,01066.69%2518.33%240.80%-1,281-42.50%3,014
Charlotte 2,29344.86%2,09841.05%64012.52%801.57%1953.81%5,111
Charlottesville 4,70531.58%8,68558.29%1,3979.38%1120.75%-3,980-26.71%14,899
Chesapeake 28,90946.73%23,49537.98%9,23714.93%2270.37%5,4148.75%61,868
Chesterfield 56,62655.55%28,02827.50%16,89816.58%3810.37%28,59828.05%101,933
Clarke 1,99442.90%1,81138.96%80217.25%410.88%1833.94%4,648
Clifton Forge 63233.74%95851.15%25113.40%321.71%-326-17.41%1,873
Colonial Heights 5,29863.07%1,72120.49%1,31215.62%690.82%3,57742.58%8,400
Covington 99534.68%1,44250.26%40214.01%301.05%-447-15.58%2,869
Craig 1,00843.88%96542.01%30413.23%200.87%431.87%2,297
Culpeper 5,22649.93%3,44432.91%1,64015.67%1561.49%1,78217.02%10,466
Cumberland 1,64348.55%1,28437.94%37210.99%852.51%35910.61%3,384
Danville 9,58448.75%8,13441.37%1,6798.54%2641.34%1,4507.38%19,661
Dickenson 2,57431.61%4,83959.43%6608.11%700.86%-2,265-27.82%8,143
Dinwiddie 3,64842.43%3,62442.15%1,19813.94%1271.48%240.28%8,597
Emporia 1,09447.18%1,04845.19%1576.77%200.86%461.99%2,319
Essex 1,89748.59%1,58340.55%3829.78%421.08%3148.04%3,904
Fairfax 170,48844.26%160,18641.58%53,01213.76%1,5320.40%10,3022.68%385,218
Fairfax City 4,33344.70%3,88440.07%1,43914.85%370.38%4494.63%9,693
Falls Church 1,91235.38%2,86453.00%59911.08%290.54%-952-17.62%5,404
Fauquier 10,49750.57%6,60031.79%3,46416.69%1980.95%3,89718.78%20,759
Floyd 2,57548.44%2,02638.11%67212.64%430.81%54910.33%5,316
Fluvanna 2,81148.03%2,13436.47%87114.88%360.62%67711.56%5,852
Franklin 6,72442.83%6,59041.97%2,23214.22%1550.99%1340.86%15,701
Franklin City 1,34740.34%1,69650.79%2728.15%240.72%-349-10.45%3,339
Frederick 9,42553.96%4,94228.29%2,98117.07%1200.69%4,48325.67%17,468
Fredericksburg 2,81940.98%3,26647.48%73810.73%560.81%-447-6.50%6,879
Galax 1,08746.37%95740.83%27611.77%241.02%1305.54%2,344
Giles 3,02339.61%3,34643.84%1,14214.96%1211.59%-323-4.23%7,632
Gloucester 6,46148.42%4,05830.41%2,64019.78%1861.39%2,40318.01%13,345
Goochland 3,83451.26%2,58934.62%99413.29%620.83%1,24516.64%7,479
Grayson 3,37848.68%2,61537.69%86012.39%861.24%76310.99%6,939
Greene 2,26552.30%1,35331.24%62714.48%861.99%91221.06%4,331
Greensville 1,33533.49%2,23756.12%3609.03%541.35%-902-22.63%3,986
Halifax 5,19946.16%4,75242.19%1,14010.12%1711.52%4473.97%11,262
Hampton 19,21938.53%23,39546.90%6,58113.19%6831.37%-4,176-8.37%49,878
Hanover 20,33659.36%8,02123.41%5,67416.56%2300.67%12,31535.95%34,261
Harrisonburg 4,93551.24%3,41435.44%1,16212.06%1211.26%1,52115.80%9,632
Henrico 56,91052.27%36,80733.81%14,72013.52%4310.40%20,10318.46%108,868
Henry 9,00541.26%9,29642.59%3,21214.72%3121.43%-291-1.33%21,825
Highland 68649.00%49435.29%21215.14%80.57%19213.71%1,400
Hopewell 3,81847.48%2,86335.60%1,22715.26%1341.67%95511.88%8,042
Isle of Wight 5,37047.16%4,38038.46%1,53613.49%1010.89%9908.70%11,387
James City 8,78148.19%6,53635.87%2,67514.68%2291.26%2,24512.32%18,221
King and Queen 1,20641.34%1,36346.73%32311.07%250.86%-157-5.39%2,917
King George 2,57048.27%1,81134.02%91817.24%250.47%75914.25%5,324
King William 2,59149.54%1,82234.84%75814.49%591.13%76914.70%5,230
Lancaster 2,84151.39%1,81232.78%73913.37%1362.46%1,02918.61%5,528
Lee 3,50435.77%5,21553.24%1,00210.23%750.77%-1,711-17.47%9,796
Lexington 89439.26%1,12849.54%22810.01%271.19%-234-10.28%2,277
Loudoun 19,29046.40%14,46234.79%7,39117.78%4311.04%4,82811.61%41,574
Louisa 3,46141.66%3,39940.92%1,38116.62%660.79%620.74%8,307
Lunenburg 2,22745.34%2,08242.39%50510.28%982.00%1452.95%4,912
Lynchburg 12,51850.13%9,58738.40%2,54510.19%3191.28%2,93111.73%24,969
Madison 2,34148.99%1,70035.57%65313.66%851.78%64113.42%4,779
Manassas 5,45348.89%3,64732.70%1,97117.67%830.74%1,80616.19%11,154
Manassas Park 79246.05%56732.97%35620.70%50.29%22513.08%1,720
Martinsville 2,69040.65%3,07346.44%74811.30%1061.60%-383-5.79%6,617
Mathews 2,17948.15%1,40230.98%88419.54%601.33%77717.17%4,525
Mecklenburg 5,40149.23%4,27338.95%1,12810.28%1681.53%1,12810.28%10,970
Middlesex 2,22447.47%1,59734.09%76816.39%962.05%62713.38%4,685
Montgomery 10,60642.53%10,65842.74%3,44913.83%2220.89%-52-0.21%24,935
Nelson 2,15938.99%2,58646.70%74813.51%450.81%-427-7.71%5,538
New Kent 2,70849.39%1,73831.70%1,01718.55%200.36%97017.69%5,483
Newport News 26,77943.83%25,74342.14%8,21713.45%3520.58%1,0361.69%61,091
Norfolk 22,36232.40%37,60254.47%8,73212.65%3310.48%-15,240-22.07%69,027
Northampton 2,08837.17%2,56845.71%84415.02%1182.10%-480-8.54%5,618
Northumberland 2,66750.00%1,86234.91%72913.67%761.42%80515.09%5,334
Norton 47230.49%87156.27%18211.76%231.49%-399-25.78%1,548
Nottoway 2,61045.45%2,41141.98%60610.55%1162.02%1993.47%5,743
Orange 4,09245.64%3,34837.34%1,42515.89%1011.13%7448.30%8,966
Page 4,20349.68%3,01035.58%1,16313.75%840.99%1,19314.10%8,460
Patrick 3,52148.98%2,46534.29%1,02614.27%1772.46%1,05614.69%7,189
Petersburg 3,12524.57%8,67168.18%8346.56%870.68%-5,546-43.61%12,717
Pittsylvania 11,46752.38%7,67535.06%2,29610.49%4562.08%3,79217.32%21,894
Poquoson 3,35461.69%1,08619.97%96017.66%370.68%2,26841.72%5,437
Portsmouth 12,57533.45%20,41654.30%4,36011.60%2480.66%-7,841-20.85%37,599
Powhatan 3,83254.08%1,95027.52%1,23217.39%721.02%1,88226.56%7,086
Prince Edward 2,85844.78%2,77543.47%6359.95%1151.80%831.31%6,383
Prince George 4,79950.99%3,08732.80%1,45915.50%670.71%1,71218.19%9,412
Prince William 35,43246.82%26,48635.00%13,19017.43%5720.76%8,94611.82%75,680
Pulaski 6,14843.96%5,63340.27%2,06614.77%1401.00%5153.69%13,987
Radford 1,99641.71%2,18345.62%58212.16%240.50%-187-3.91%4,785
Rappahannock 1,41044.33%1,27340.02%48715.31%110.35%1374.31%3,181
Richmond 1,60952.75%1,03433.90%36612.00%411.34%57518.85%3,050
Richmond City 24,34130.53%47,64259.75%6,9928.77%7600.95%-23,301-29.22%79,735
Roanoke 20,66750.31%14,70435.79%5,47713.33%2320.56%5,96314.52%41,080
Roanoke City 13,44338.21%17,72450.38%3,75310.67%2610.74%-4,281-12.17%35,181
Rockbridge 3,22843.02%2,90838.76%1,25416.71%1131.51%3204.26%7,503
Rockingham 13,01660.56%5,40725.16%2,83913.21%2311.07%7,60935.40%21,493
Russell 3,89133.88%6,48056.43%9588.34%1551.35%-2,589-22.55%11,484
Salem 5,14348.21%4,02837.75%1,43013.40%680.64%1,11510.46%10,669
Scott 4,51546.59%3,97941.06%9579.88%2392.47%5365.53%9,690
Shenandoah 7,74655.74%3,95628.47%2,06314.85%1310.94%3,79027.27%13,896
Smyth 6,12847.39%4,92438.08%1,61812.51%2612.02%1,2049.31%12,931
South Boston 1,43552.05%1,05138.12%2529.14%190.69%38413.93%2,757
Southampton 2,84441.37%3,19946.54%75410.97%771.12%-355-5.17%6,874
Spotsylvania 11,82949.26%8,13333.87%3,91816.32%1340.56%3,69615.39%24,014
Stafford 12,52850.37%7,71831.03%4,48118.02%1440.58%4,81019.34%24,871
Staunton 4,98954.04%2,85130.88%1,14612.41%2462.66%2,13823.16%9,232
Suffolk 8,69743.01%9,19645.47%2,15010.63%1800.89%-499-2.46%20,223
Surry 1,04631.94%1,82355.66%36411.11%421.28%-777-23.72%3,275
Sussex 1,52735.90%2,19351.56%44610.49%872.05%-666-15.66%4,253
Tazewell 6,37537.38%8,58650.34%1,87210.98%2231.31%-2,211-12.96%17,056
Virginia Beach 68,93650.03%44,29432.15%24,08717.48%4680.34%24,64217.88%137,785
Warren 4,31944.64%3,55436.73%1,65017.05%1531.58%7657.91%9,676
Washington 9,15048.17%7,26938.27%2,28812.05%2881.52%1,8819.90%18,995
Waynesboro 3,75852.57%2,30232.20%96113.44%1281.79%1,45620.37%7,149
Westmoreland 2,55441.04%2,75844.32%81813.14%931.49%-204-3.28%6,223
Williamsburg 1,34936.27%1,85649.91%44511.97%691.86%-507-13.64%3,719
Winchester 3,83349.77%2,76835.94%1,04813.61%520.68%1,06513.83%7,701
Wise 5,14434.62%7,68151.70%1,83512.35%1971.33%-2,537-17.08%14,857
Wythe 5,12148.81%3,61634.46%1,55714.84%1981.89%1,50514.35%10,492
York 10,19751.07%6,21831.14%3,42617.16%1250.63%3,97919.93%19,966
Totals1,150,51744.97%1,038,65040.59%348,63913.63%20,8590.82%111,8674.38%2,558,665

Counties and independent cities that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. "Registration/Turnout Reports - Summary of Virginia Registration & Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections.
  2. 1 2 "1992 Presidential General Election Results — Virginia". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  3. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  4. Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 235-236.
  5. 1 2 Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 182.
  6. Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 183-184.
  7. 1 2 "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  8. Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, pp. 186–187.
  9. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 75.
  10. "1992 President General Election". Virginia Department of State: Historical Elections Database. Retrieved September 13, 2024.

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