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.
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Turnout | 82.60%
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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[update], 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
edit1992 United States presidential election in Washington[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton | 993,037 | 43.41% | 11 | |
Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 731,234 | 31.97% | 0 | |
Independent | Ross Perot | 541,780 | 23.68% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 7,533 | 0.33% | 0 | |
America First | James "Bo" Gritz | 4,854 | 0.21% | 0 | |
Natural Law | John Hagelin | 2,456 | 0.11% | 0 | |
U.S. Taxpayers' | Howard Phillips | 2,354 | 0.10% | 0 | |
New Alliance | Lenora Fulani | 1,776 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Independent | Ronald Daniels | 1,171 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Democrats for Economic Recovery | Lyndon LaRouche | 855 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | James Warren | 515 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Totals | 2,287,565 | 100.0% | 11 |
Results by county
editCounty | Bill Clinton Democratic |
George H.W. Bush Republican |
Ross Perot Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 1,449 | 31.60% | 2,087 | 45.52% | 1,010 | 22.03% | 39 | 0.85% | -638 | -13.92% | 4,585 |
Asotin | 3,239 | 42.64% | 2,425 | 31.92% | 1,849 | 24.34% | 83 | 1.09% | 814 | 10.72% | 7,596 |
Benton | 16,459 | 31.29% | 22,883 | 43.50% | 12,878 | 24.48% | 382 | 0.73% | -6,424 | -12.21% | 52,602 |
Chelan | 7,860 | 33.48% | 10,716 | 45.65% | 4,606 | 19.62% | 294 | 1.25% | -2,856 | -12.17% | 23,476 |
Clallam | 10,820 | 37.74% | 9,765 | 34.06% | 7,775 | 27.12% | 313 | 1.09% | 1,055 | 3.68% | 28,673 |
Clark | 42,648 | 40.03% | 36,906 | 34.64% | 26,163 | 24.56% | 819 | 0.77% | 5,742 | 5.39% | 106,536 |
Columbia | 668 | 34.90% | 761 | 39.76% | 466 | 24.35% | 19 | 0.99% | -93 | -4.86% | 1,914 |
Cowlitz | 15,052 | 43.59% | 10,000 | 28.96% | 9,246 | 26.78% | 231 | 0.67% | 5,052 | 14.63% | 34,529 |
Douglas | 3,731 | 33.77% | 4,920 | 44.53% | 2,315 | 20.95% | 82 | 0.74% | -1,189 | -10.76% | 11,048 |
Ferry | 963 | 37.66% | 773 | 30.23% | 762 | 29.80% | 59 | 2.31% | 190 | 7.43% | 2,557 |
Franklin | 3,743 | 34.22% | 4,486 | 41.02% | 2,597 | 23.75% | 111 | 1.01% | -743 | -6.80% | 10,937 |
Garfield | 473 | 35.81% | 620 | 46.93% | 222 | 16.81% | 6 | 0.45% | -147 | -11.12% | 1,321 |
Grant | 7,278 | 33.20% | 9,503 | 43.35% | 4,898 | 22.34% | 242 | 1.10% | -2,225 | -10.15% | 21,921 |
Grays Harbor | 12,599 | 46.26% | 6,904 | 25.35% | 7,460 | 27.39% | 275 | 1.01% | 5,139[a] | 18.87% | 27,238 |
Island | 9,555 | 35.17% | 9,526 | 35.06% | 7,889 | 29.04% | 198 | 0.73% | 29 | 0.11% | 27,168 |
Jefferson | 6,148 | 47.50% | 3,467 | 26.79% | 3,168 | 24.48% | 159 | 1.23% | 2,681 | 20.71% | 12,942 |
King | 391,050 | 50.23% | 212,986 | 27.36% | 167,216 | 21.48% | 7,341 | 0.94% | 178,064 | 22.87% | 778,593 |
Kitsap | 34,442 | 38.89% | 29,340 | 33.13% | 23,873 | 26.95% | 913 | 1.03% | 5,102 | 5.76% | 88,568 |
Kittitas | 5,432 | 43.86% | 4,078 | 32.93% | 2,778 | 22.43% | 97 | 0.78% | 1,354 | 10.93% | 12,385 |
Klickitat | 2,758 | 40.27% | 2,085 | 30.44% | 1,938 | 28.30% | 68 | 0.99% | 673 | 9.83% | 6,849 |
Lewis | 7,810 | 28.75% | 12,316 | 45.33% | 6,684 | 24.60% | 358 | 1.32% | -4,506 | -16.58% | 27,168 |
Lincoln | 1,653 | 33.48% | 2,152 | 43.59% | 1,098 | 22.24% | 34 | 0.69% | -499 | -10.11% | 4,937 |
Mason | 8,076 | 41.15% | 5,776 | 29.43% | 5,577 | 28.42% | 197 | 1.00% | 2,300 | 11.72% | 19,626 |
Okanogan | 5,015 | 38.48% | 4,265 | 32.72% | 3,541 | 27.17% | 212 | 1.63% | 750 | 5.76% | 13,033 |
Pacific | 4,587 | 49.58% | 2,243 | 24.24% | 2,351 | 25.41% | 71 | 0.77% | 2,236[a] | 24.17% | 9,252 |
Pend Oreille | 1,798 | 38.13% | 1,528 | 32.40% | 1,340 | 28.41% | 50 | 1.06% | 270 | 5.73% | 4,716 |
Pierce | 102,243 | 42.40% | 77,410 | 32.10% | 59,523 | 24.68% | 1,973 | 0.82% | 24,833 | 10.30% | 241,149 |
San Juan | 3,353 | 47.11% | 1,901 | 26.71% | 1,776 | 24.95% | 87 | 1.22% | 1,452 | 20.40% | 7,117 |
Skagit | 15,936 | 39.13% | 13,388 | 32.87% | 10,973 | 26.94% | 431 | 1.06% | 2,548 | 6.26% | 40,728 |
Skamania | 1,474 | 40.05% | 1,102 | 29.95% | 1,050 | 28.53% | 54 | 1.47% | 372 | 10.10% | 3,680 |
Snohomish | 88,643 | 39.32% | 69,137 | 30.67% | 65,838 | 29.21% | 1,812 | 0.80% | 19,506 | 8.65% | 225,430 |
Spokane | 69,526 | 41.11% | 59,984 | 35.47% | 38,251 | 22.62% | 1,371 | 0.81% | 9,542 | 5.64% | 169,132 |
Stevens | 4,960 | 33.54% | 5,706 | 38.59% | 3,769 | 25.49% | 352 | 2.38% | -746 | -5.05% | 14,787 |
Thurston | 38,293 | 45.28% | 25,643 | 30.32% | 19,551 | 23.12% | 1,082 | 1.28% | 12,650 | 14.96% | 84,569 |
Wahkiakum | 696 | 38.75% | 488 | 27.17% | 584 | 32.52% | 28 | 1.56% | 112[a] | 6.23% | 1,796 |
Walla Walla | 7,325 | 36.84% | 7,894 | 39.71% | 4,507 | 22.67% | 155 | 0.78% | -569 | -2.87% | 19,881 |
Whatcom | 26,619 | 41.80% | 23,801 | 37.38% | 12,455 | 19.56% | 804 | 1.26% | 2,818 | 4.42% | 63,679 |
Whitman | 7,637 | 43.69% | 6,428 | 36.78% | 3,220 | 18.42% | 193 | 1.10% | 1,209 | 6.91% | 17,478 |
Yakima | 21,026 | 36.27% | 25,841 | 44.58% | 10,583 | 18.26% | 519 | 0.90% | -4,815 | -8.31% | 57,969 |
Totals | 993,037 | 43.40% | 731,234 | 31.96% | 541,780 | 23.68% | 22,179 | 0.97% | 261,803 | 11.44% | 2,288,230 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ Secretary of State: Kim Wyman. "Voter Turnout by Election". www.sos.wa.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Election Search Results November 1992 General". Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 332-334 ISBN 0786422173