1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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  1988 November 3, 1992 1996  
  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 vote500
Popular vote344,346217,344174,687
Percentage46.58%29.40%23.63%

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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 Nebraska took place on November 3, 1992, as 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

Nebraska was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 46.58% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 29.40%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.63% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national election, defeating Bush and Perot in by a large margin in the popular vote and electoral college. [2]

With 46.58% of the popular vote, Nebraska would give Bush his fourth-highest vote percentage in the nation after Mississippi, South Carolina and Alabama. [3] In margin of victory, however, it was Bush's best state, as he defeated Clinton by a 17.18-point margin.

Perot came within 5.8% of Clinton's vote share in the state, and exceeded his share in 70 of Nebraska's 93 counties, [4] as well as in the state's heavily conservative 3rd congressional district.

This was the first election in which Nebraska allocated its electoral votes, awarding 2 EV's to the overall winner of the state and 1 EV to the winner of each congressional district. As Bush won all three districts as well as the state's popular vote, he was awarded all 5 electoral votes. It would not be until 2008 that there would be a split in the state's electoral votes, with Barack Obama winning one electoral vote from the 2nd district and John McCain winning the rest.

While Bush came in a strong first, the race for second place between Perot and Clinton was much more competitive. In the rural areas of the state, Perot generally ran ahead of Clinton, placing second behind Bush in 68 of Nebraska's 93 counties. In some counties in the western part of the state, Clinton was reduced to third party status, such as in Arthur county, where he polled a measly 7% of the vote to Perot's 37% and Bush's 56%. However, Clinton was able to counter this and poll second statewide by running a strong second in most of the eastern part of the state, including, critically, heavily populated Douglas and Lancaster counties. Clinton became the first Democrat to win the presidency without carrying Sherman County since Grover Cleveland 100 years prior. In these two counties alone, he received 108,499 votes, almost exactly half of his statewide total. Without these two counties, Perot would have beat Clinton for second with 114,039 votes to Clinton's 108,845 (Bush would still be far ahead with 209,244). [5]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent)344,34646.58%5
Democratic Bill Clinton 217,34429.40%0
Independent Ross Perot 174,68723.63%0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 1,3440.18%0
Independent Lenora Fulani 8480.11%0
Independent Dr. John Hagelin 7140.10%0
Totals739,283100.0%5

Results by county

County [6] George H.W. Bush
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Ross Perot
Independent
Andre Marrou
Libertarian
Leonora Fulani
Independent
John Hagelin
Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adams 6,36548.36%3,46026.29%3,29225.01%220.17%110.08%130.10%2,90522.07%13,163
Antelope 1,97952.41%65017.21%1,13430.03%60.16%30.08%40.11%845 [lower-alpha 1] 22.38%3,776
Arthur 14856.06%186.82%9837.12%00.00%00.00%00.00%50 [lower-alpha 1] 18.94%264
Banner 28459.17%6814.17%12826.67%00.00%00.00%00.00%156 [lower-alpha 1] 32.50%480
Blaine 25656.51%6414.13%13028.70%20.44%10.22%00.00%126 [lower-alpha 1] 27.81%453
Boone 1,58950.21%60419.08%95830.27%40.13%30.09%70.22%631 [lower-alpha 1] 19.94%3,165
Box Butte 2,20338.74%1,94234.15%1,51326.60%100.18%120.21%70.12%2614.59%5,687
Boyd 74447.36%35322.47%46829.79%20.13%10.06%30.19%276 [lower-alpha 1] 17.57%1,571
Brown 99954.12%31116.85%52528.44%50.27%40.22%20.11%474 [lower-alpha 1] 25.68%1,846
Buffalo 9,72655.11%3,74721.23%4,09223.19%430.24%250.14%160.09%5,634 [lower-alpha 1] 31.92%17,649
Burt 1,66742.61%1,22431.29%1,00925.79%80.20%20.05%20.05%44311.32%3,912
Butler 1,88445.35%1,08926.22%1,15927.90%40.10%80.19%100.24%725 [lower-alpha 1] 17.45%4,154
Cass 4,31443.23%2,94929.55%2,65726.63%280.28%110.11%200.20%1,36513.68%9,979
Cedar 1,98143.85%1,00722.29%1,50733.36%80.18%10.02%140.31%474 [lower-alpha 1] 10.49%4,518
Chase 1,00048.01%39819.11%67532.41%60.29%30.14%10.05%325 [lower-alpha 1] 15.60%2,083
Cherry 1,70756.75%56318.72%73024.27%10.03%20.07%50.17%977 [lower-alpha 1] 32.48%3,008
Cheyenne 2,19751.80%96722.80%1,06125.02%120.28%10.02%30.07%1,136 [lower-alpha 1] 26.78%4,241
Clay 1,82450.84%80222.35%95326.56%50.14%10.03%30.08%871 [lower-alpha 1] 24.28%3,588
Colfax 1,91546.21%1,01124.40%1,19728.89%60.14%60.14%90.22%718 [lower-alpha 1] 17.32%4,144
Cuming 2,71357.10%83617.60%1,19425.13%50.11%10.02%20.04%1,519 [lower-alpha 1] 31.97%4,751
Custer 3,18054.64%1,12619.35%1,49225.64%150.26%20.03%50.09%1,688 [lower-alpha 1] 29.00%5,820
Dakota 2,79343.21%2,33536.12%1,32120.44%90.14%20.03%40.06%4587.09%6,464
Dawes 1,96148.21%98724.26%1,10327.11%90.22%50.12%30.07%858 [lower-alpha 1] 21.10%4,068
Dawson 4,71453.64%1,74119.81%2,30726.25%120.14%50.06%100.11%2,407 [lower-alpha 1] 27.39%8,789
Deuel 55849.82%23220.71%32729.20%20.18%10.09%00.00%231 [lower-alpha 1] 20.62%1,120
Dixon 1,48448.59%83027.18%72623.77%90.29%30.10%20.07%65421.41%3,054
Dodge 7,27144.30%4,66728.44%4,43227.00%200.12%120.07%100.06%2,60415.86%16,412
Douglas 93,51246.73%67,09733.53%38,69719.34%4160.21%2350.12%1640.08%26,41513.20%200,121
Dundy 66452.99%24519.55%33226.50%80.64%20.16%20.16%332 [lower-alpha 1] 26.49%1,253
Fillmore 1,50142.93%99028.32%99828.55%20.06%20.06%30.09%503 [lower-alpha 1] 14.38%3,496
Franklin 96948.87%47724.05%52826.63%30.15%30.15%30.15%441 [lower-alpha 1] 22.24%1,983
Frontier 78549.97%30219.22%47930.49%10.06%30.19%10.06%306 [lower-alpha 1] 19.48%1,571
Furnas 1,36548.73%62422.28%80428.70%80.29%00.00%00.00%561 [lower-alpha 1] 20.03%2,801
Gage 4,00639.65%3,31532.81%2,74027.12%160.16%170.17%100.10%6916.84%10,104
Garden 69753.49%21216.27%38529.55%60.46%20.15%10.08%312 [lower-alpha 1] 23.94%1,303
Garfield 59554.74%22120.33%27024.84%10.09%00.00%00.00%325 [lower-alpha 1] 29.90%1,087
Gosper 49246.95%25424.24%29728.34%10.10%20.19%20.19%195 [lower-alpha 1] 18.61%1,048
Grant 24755.01%7516.70%12427.62%10.22%20.45%00.00%123 [lower-alpha 1] 27.39%449
Greeley 58841.44%43530.66%39527.84%10.07%00.00%00.00%15310.78%1,419
Hall 9,34144.67%5,55826.58%5,92628.34%420.20%320.15%140.07%3,415 [lower-alpha 1] 16.33%20,913
Hamilton 2,38851.72%99421.53%1,22026.42%50.11%70.15%30.06%1,168 [lower-alpha 1] 25.30%4,617
Harlan 99246.88%48823.06%62629.58%30.14%30.14%40.19%366 [lower-alpha 1] 17.30%2,116
Hayes 36255.35%8513.00%20731.65%00.00%00.00%00.00%155 [lower-alpha 1] 23.70%654
Hitchcock 82447.60%35920.74%54031.20%40.23%20.12%20.12%284 [lower-alpha 1] 16.40%1,731
Holt 3,13154.90%83514.64%1,71430.05%60.11%90.16%80.14%1,417 [lower-alpha 1] 24.85%5,703
Hooker 28362.20%7015.38%10222.42%00.00%00.00%00.00%181 [lower-alpha 1] 39.78%455
Howard 1,13839.65%77827.11%94232.82%40.14%40.14%40.14%196 [lower-alpha 1] 6.83%2,870
Jefferson 1,78339.70%1,50633.53%1,17726.21%70.16%90.20%90.20%2776.17%4,491
Johnson 88537.50%82234.83%64227.20%10.04%60.25%40.17%632.67%2,360
Kearney 1,75653.72%64519.73%85326.09%70.21%50.15%30.09%903 [lower-alpha 1] 27.63%3,269
Keith 2,05051.65%74018.64%1,16229.28%90.23%40.10%40.10%888 [lower-alpha 1] 22.37%3,969
Keya Paha 36858.32%10516.64%15825.04%00.00%00.00%00.00%210 [lower-alpha 1] 33.28%631
Kimball 93152.04%40822.81%44124.65%30.17%60.34%00.00%490 [lower-alpha 1] 27.39%1,789
Knox 2,11349.55%96822.70%1,16627.35%90.21%30.07%50.12%947 [lower-alpha 1] 22.20%4,264
Lancaster 41,59039.46%41,40239.28%21,95120.83%2040.19%1610.15%910.09%1880.18%105,399
Lincoln 7,05445.04%5,15832.94%3,40621.75%130.08%180.11%120.08%1,89612.10%15,661
Logan 27160.09%8017.74%9821.73%10.22%10.22%00.00%173 [lower-alpha 1] 38.36%451
Loup 23459.69%5915.05%9724.74%10.26%10.26%00.00%137 [lower-alpha 1] 34.95%392
Madison 7,87757.10%2,36417.14%3,50825.43%220.16%110.08%140.10%4,369 [lower-alpha 1] 31.67%13,796
McPherson 21765.96%4914.89%6218.84%10.30%00.00%00.00%155 [lower-alpha 1] 47.12%329
Merrick 1,85448.65%86422.67%1,07228.13%30.08%60.16%120.31%782 [lower-alpha 1] 20.52%3,811
Morrill 1,18546.89%57722.83%75329.80%60.24%50.20%10.04%432 [lower-alpha 1] 17.09%2,527
Nance 85142.83%55928.13%56928.64%30.15%10.05%40.20%282 [lower-alpha 1] 14.19%1,987
Nemaha 1,69644.01%1,11028.80%1,02026.47%130.34%70.18%80.21%58615.21%3,854
Nuckolls 1,27743.16%83428.19%82827.98%90.30%30.10%80.27%44314.97%2,959
Otoe 2,96043.29%2,03829.80%1,80026.32%210.31%110.16%80.12%92213.49%6,838
Pawnee 67037.06%56631.31%56531.25%40.22%10.06%20.11%1045.75%1,808
Perkins 84250.54%30018.01%52231.33%20.12%00.00%00.00%320 [lower-alpha 1] 19.21%1,666
Phelps 2,75256.13%83016.93%1,30226.56%130.27%30.06%30.06%1,450 [lower-alpha 1] 29.57%4,903
Pierce 1,85352.02%61117.15%1,08430.43%30.08%30.08%80.22%769 [lower-alpha 1] 21.59%3,562
Platte 7,73655.76%2,42117.45%3,67126.46%240.17%120.09%100.07%4,065 [lower-alpha 1] 29.30%13,874
Polk 1,43749.25%66122.65%81227.83%40.14%10.03%30.10%625 [lower-alpha 1] 21.42%2,918
Red Willow 2,50046.80%1,16621.83%1,66531.17%60.11%30.06%20.04%835 [lower-alpha 1] 15.63%5,342
Richardson 2,05041.47%1,51330.61%1,35927.49%30.06%80.16%100.20%53710.86%4,943
Rock 58859.57%16216.41%23323.61%10.10%10.10%20.20%355 [lower-alpha 1] 35.96%987
Saline 1,74030.18%2,42542.06%1,57627.34%70.12%110.19%60.10%-685-11.88%5,765
Sarpy 20,51650.44%10,74126.41%9,28422.83%700.17%430.11%190.05%9,77524.03%40,673
Saunders 4,03744.11%2,50927.41%2,56728.05%190.21%80.09%120.13%1,470 [lower-alpha 1] 16.06%9,152
Scotts Bluff 7,21348.24%4,17527.92%3,51623.52%200.13%150.10%120.08%3,03820.32%14,951
Seward 3,06044.12%2,12130.58%1,73124.96%90.13%100.14%50.07%93913.54%6,936
Sheridan 1,69856.68%53517.86%75125.07%80.27%40.13%00.00%947 [lower-alpha 1] 31.61%2,996
Sherman 73638.74%56829.89%58330.68%70.37%10.05%50.26%153 [lower-alpha 1] 8.06%1,900
Sioux 44555.49%14818.45%20625.69%10.12%20.25%00.00%239 [lower-alpha 1] 29.80%802
Stanton 1,27449.71%49619.35%78630.67%40.16%30.12%00.00%488 [lower-alpha 1] 19.04%2,563
Thayer 1,39140.79%92427.10%1,07931.64%50.15%30.09%80.23%312 [lower-alpha 1] 9.15%3,410
Thomas 28360.34%7014.93%11524.52%10.21%00.00%00.00%168 [lower-alpha 1] 35.82%469
Thurston 89839.79%86538.33%48721.58%20.09%10.04%40.18%331.46%2,257
Valley 1,17345.29%71627.64%69326.76%30.12%50.19%00.00%45717.65%2,590
Washington 4,04248.47%2,11625.37%2,16625.97%100.12%30.04%30.04%1,876 [lower-alpha 1] 22.50%8,340
Wayne 2,12251.73%92122.45%1,04725.52%70.17%30.07%20.05%1,075 [lower-alpha 1] 26.21%4,102
Webster 97342.98%62527.61%65729.02%30.13%40.18%20.09%316 [lower-alpha 1] 13.96%2,264
Wheeler 24653.02%8818.97%12727.37%10.22%10.22%10.22%119 [lower-alpha 1] 25.65%464
York 3,78353.94%1,38519.75%1,82626.04%30.04%70.10%90.13%1,957 [lower-alpha 1] 27.90%7,013
Totals344,34646.58%217,34429.40%174,68723.63%1,3440.18%8480.11%7140.10%127,00217.18%739,283

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 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.

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