1992 United States presidential election

The 1992 United States presidential election happened on November 3, 1992. Bill Clinton, the Democratic candidate and Governor of Arkansas, won the election. He defeated the incumbent president, George H. W. Bush, who was a Republican, and Ross Perot, an independent candidate.

1992 United States presidential election

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538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	55.2%[1] 5.0 pp
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 370 168 0 States carried 32 + DC 18 0 Popular vote 44,909,806 39,104,550 19,743,821 Percentage 43.0% 37.4% 18.9%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Quayle, Blue denotes those won by Clinton/Gore.
President before election George H. W. Bush Republican Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

Clinton got 370 electoral votes, Bush got 168, and Perot got 0. A person running for president needs to get 270 to win.

George H.W. Bush may have lost the election for several reasons. He broke his promise of "Read my lips: no new taxes" by increasing taxes during his term. Some of his most well-known accomplishments during his presidency came from his foreign policy, and because of the Cold War and Gulf War being over, foreign policy became a smaller issue, as the economy became a bigger issue, since the economy was bad.

Prior to 2020, this was the last election where a candidate won the presidency without winning Florida.

Candidates

Republican Party

Republican Party (United States) 1992 Republican Party ticket
George H. W. Bush	Dan Quayle
for President	for Vice President
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)	44th Vice President of the United States (1989–1993)

Republican candidates

• George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States from Texas (1989-1993) (Nominee)
• Pat Buchanan, conservative columnist and former White House Communications Director (1985-1987) from Virginia
• David Duke, state representative from Louisiana (1985-1987) and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (1974-1980)
• Harold Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota (1939-1945) and perennial candidate (1944, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1968, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992)

Candidates gallery

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  President George H. W. Bush
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  Conservative Columnist Pat Buchanan of Virginia
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  Louisiana representative David Duke
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  Former Governor of Minnesota Harold Stassen

Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States) 1992 Democratic Party Ticket
Bill Clinton	Al Gore
for President	for Vice President
40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992)	U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993)

Democratic candidates

• Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas (1979-1981, 1983-1992) (Nominee)
• Jerry Brown, former Governor of California (1975-1983)
• Paul Tsongas, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1979-1985)
• Bob Kerrey, U.S. Senator from Nebraska (1989-2001)
• Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1975-1983)
• Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia (1990-1994)
• Eugene McCarthy, former U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1959-1971)
• Larry Agran, former Mayor of Irvine, California (1982-1984, 1986-1990)

Candidates gallery

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  Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas
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  Governor Jerry Brown of California
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  Former Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts
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  Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska
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  Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa
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  Governor Douglas Wilder of Virginia
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  Former Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota

Ross Perot candidacy

1992 Independent ticket
Ross Perot	James Stockdale
for President	for Vice President
President and CEO of Perot Systems (1988–2009)	President of the Naval War College (1977–1979)

Other websites

• 1992 popular vote by counties
• 1992 popular vote by state
• 1992 popular vote by states (with bar graphs)