Elections / 1992 · President

Bill Clinton defeated George H. W. Bush.

Bill Clinton (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R), with Ross Perot (Independent) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · George H. W. Bush (R) · Ross Perot (Independent)

National popular vote

104,419,237 votes counted

Clinton (D)

44,907,850

43.0%

Bush (R)

39,102,780

37.4%

Perot (I)

18,098,030

17.3%

All others

1,961,819

1.9%

Margin

D+5.6

The county map

3,142 county-level results on record for 1992

Democrats carried 1,525 counties, Republicans 1,601, third-party candidates 16. 769 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Oglala Lakota County, SD (R+82.7 swing) · Sanborn County, SD (D+65.9 swing) · Toombs County, GA (D+45.6 swing) · Macon County, TN (D+43.0 swing) · Smith County, TN (D+42.6 swing) · Sebastian County, AR (D+42.2 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−9.2%	78,274	101,970	258,447
Alabama	R	−6.8%	690,080	804,283	1,687,337
Arkansas	D	+17.7%	505,823	337,324	950,653
Arizona	R	−2.0%	543,050	572,086	1,487,006
California	D	+13.4%	5,121,325	3,630,574	11,131,721
Colorado	D	+4.3%	629,681	562,850	1,569,180
Connecticut	D	+6.4%	682,303	578,296	1,616,114
District of Columbia	D	+75.5%	192,619	20,698	227,572
Delaware	D	+8.2%	126,054	102,313	289,620
Florida	R	−1.9%	2,072,698	2,173,310	5,314,392
Georgia	D	+0.6%	1,008,966	995,252	2,321,133
Hawaii	D	+11.4%	179,310	136,822	372,842
Iowa	D	+6.0%	586,353	504,891	1,354,607
Idaho	R	−13.6%	137,013	202,645	482,114
Illinois	D	+14.2%	2,453,350	1,734,096	5,050,157
Indiana	R	−6.1%	848,420	989,375	2,305,871
Kansas	R	−5.1%	390,434	449,951	1,157,077
Kentucky	D	+3.2%	665,104	617,178	1,492,900
Louisiana	D	+4.6%	815,971	733,386	1,790,017
Massachusetts	D	+18.5%	1,318,662	805,049	2,773,574
Maryland	D	+14.2%	988,571	707,094	1,985,046
Maine	D	+8.4%	263,420	206,504	679,499
Michigan	D	+7.4%	1,871,182	1,554,940	4,274,673
Minnesota	D	+11.6%	1,020,997	747,841	2,347,948
Missouri	D	+10.1%	1,053,873	811,159	2,391,312
Mississippi	R	−8.9%	400,258	487,793	981,793
Montana	D	+2.5%	154,507	144,207	410,583
North Carolina	R	−0.8%	1,114,042	1,134,661	2,611,850
North Dakota	R	−12.0%	99,168	136,244	308,133
Nebraska	R	−17.2%	217,344	344,346	739,283
New Hampshire	D	+1.2%	209,040	202,484	537,215
New Jersey	D	+2.4%	1,436,206	1,356,865	3,343,594
New Mexico	D	+8.6%	261,617	212,824	569,986
Nevada	D	+2.6%	189,148	175,828	506,318
New York	D	+15.8%	3,444,450	2,346,649	6,926,925
Ohio	D	+1.8%	1,984,942	1,894,310	4,939,964
Oklahoma	R	−8.6%	473,066	592,929	1,390,359
Oregon	D	+10.0%	621,314	475,757	1,462,643
Pennsylvania	D	+9.0%	2,239,164	1,791,841	4,959,810
Rhode Island	D	+18.0%	213,299	131,601	453,365
South Carolina	R	−8.1%	479,514	577,507	1,202,527
South Dakota	R	−3.5%	124,888	136,718	336,254
Tennessee	D	+4.7%	933,521	841,300	1,982,638
Texas	R	−3.5%	2,281,815	2,496,071	6,154,018
Utah	R	−18.7%	183,429	322,632	744,068
Virginia	R	−4.4%	1,036,729	1,148,794	2,554,383
Vermont	D	+15.7%	133,592	88,122	289,701
Washington	D	+11.4%	993,037	731,234	2,287,565
Wisconsin	D	+4.4%	1,041,066	930,855	2,531,114
West Virginia	D	+13.0%	331,001	241,974	683,711
Wyoming	R	−5.6%	68,160	79,347	200,625