1992 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1992 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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Turnout82.60% Increase2.svg5.66% [1]
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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 vote1100
Popular vote993,037731,234541,780
Percentage43.41%31.97%23.68%
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County Results
President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Washington took place on 3 November 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Washington was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.41% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R–Texas) with 31.97%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.68% of the popular vote. [2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. [3]

As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Okanogan County has voted for a Democratic Presidential nominee. [4] It was also the first occasion since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1936 landslide that Whitman County had supported a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the first time that King County was the most Democratic in the state, a trend that has continued in every presidential election since. [5]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Washington [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 993,03743.41%11
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent)731,23431.97%0
Independent Ross Perot 541,78023.68%0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 7,5330.33%0
America First James "Bo" Gritz 4,8540.21%0
Natural Law John Hagelin 2,4560.11%0
U.S. Taxpayers' Howard Phillips 2,3540.10%0
New Alliance Lenora Fulani 1,7760.08%0
Independent Ronald Daniels 1,1710.05%0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 8550.04%0
Socialist Workers James Warren 5150.02%0
Totals2,287,565100.0%11

Results by county

CountyBill Clinton
Democratic		George H.W. Bush
Republican		Ross Perot
Independent		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast [2]
# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 1,44931.60%2,08745.52%1,01022.03%390.85%-638-13.92%4,585
Asotin 3,23942.64%2,42531.92%1,84924.34%831.09%81410.72%7,596
Benton 16,45931.29%22,88343.50%12,87824.48%3820.73%-6,424-12.21%52,602
Chelan 7,86033.48%10,71645.65%4,60619.62%2941.25%-2,856-12.17%23,476
Clallam 10,82037.74%9,76534.06%7,77527.12%3131.09%1,0553.68%28,673
Clark 42,64840.03%36,90634.64%26,16324.56%8190.77%5,7425.39%106,536
Columbia 66834.90%76139.76%46624.35%190.99%-93-4.86%1,914
Cowlitz 15,05243.59%10,00028.96%9,24626.78%2310.67%5,05214.63%34,529
Douglas 3,73133.77%4,92044.53%2,31520.95%820.74%-1,189-10.76%11,048
Ferry 96337.66%77330.23%76229.80%592.31%1907.43%2,557
Franklin 3,74334.22%4,48641.02%2,59723.75%1111.01%-743-6.80%10,937
Garfield 47335.81%62046.93%22216.81%60.45%-147-11.12%1,321
Grant 7,27833.20%9,50343.35%4,89822.34%2421.10%-2,225-10.15%21,921
Grays Harbor 12,59946.26%6,90425.35%7,46027.39%2751.01%5,139 [a] 18.87%27,238
Island 9,55535.17%9,52635.06%7,88929.04%1980.73%290.11%27,168
Jefferson 6,14847.50%3,46726.79%3,16824.48%1591.23%2,68120.71%12,942
King 391,05050.23%212,98627.36%167,21621.48%7,3410.94%178,06422.87%778,593
Kitsap 34,44238.89%29,34033.13%23,87326.95%9131.03%5,1025.76%88,568
Kittitas 5,43243.86%4,07832.93%2,77822.43%970.78%1,35410.93%12,385
Klickitat 2,75840.27%2,08530.44%1,93828.30%680.99%6739.83%6,849
Lewis 7,81028.75%12,31645.33%6,68424.60%3581.32%-4,506-16.58%27,168
Lincoln 1,65333.48%2,15243.59%1,09822.24%340.69%-499-10.11%4,937
Mason 8,07641.15%5,77629.43%5,57728.42%1971.00%2,30011.72%19,626
Okanogan 5,01538.48%4,26532.72%3,54127.17%2121.63%7505.76%13,033
Pacific 4,58749.58%2,24324.24%2,35125.41%710.77%2,236 [a] 24.17%9,252
Pend Oreille 1,79838.13%1,52832.40%1,34028.41%501.06%2705.73%4,716
Pierce 102,24342.40%77,41032.10%59,52324.68%1,9730.82%24,83310.30%241,149
San Juan 3,35347.11%1,90126.71%1,77624.95%871.22%1,45220.40%7,117
Skagit 15,93639.13%13,38832.87%10,97326.94%4311.06%2,5486.26%40,728
Skamania 1,47440.05%1,10229.95%1,05028.53%541.47%37210.10%3,680
Snohomish 88,64339.32%69,13730.67%65,83829.21%1,8120.80%19,5068.65%225,430
Spokane 69,52641.11%59,98435.47%38,25122.62%1,3710.81%9,5425.64%169,132
Stevens 4,96033.54%5,70638.59%3,76925.49%3522.38%-746-5.05%14,787
Thurston 38,29345.28%25,64330.32%19,55123.12%1,0821.28%12,65014.96%84,569
Wahkiakum 69638.75%48827.17%58432.52%281.56%112 [a] 6.23%1,796
Walla Walla 7,32536.84%7,89439.71%4,50722.67%1550.78%-569-2.87%19,881
Whatcom 26,61941.80%23,80137.38%12,45519.56%8041.26%2,8184.42%63,679
Whitman 7,63743.69%6,42836.78%3,22018.42%1931.10%1,2096.91%17,478
Yakima 21,02636.27%25,84144.58%10,58318.26%5190.90%-4,815-8.31%57,969
Totals993,03743.40%731,23431.96%541,78023.68%22,1790.97%261,80311.44%2,288,230

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 In this county where Perot ran second ahead of Bush, margin given is Clinton vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Clinton percent minus Perot percent.

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References

  1. ↑ Secretary of State: Kim Wyman. "Voter Turnout by Election". www.sos.wa.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Election Search Results November 1992 General" . Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  3. ↑ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  5. ↑ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 332-334 ISBN   0786422173
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