Bill Clinton carried California D+13.4.

Bill Clinton (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in California, 1992. The state ran 7.8 points more Democratic than the nation (D+5.6 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1992 ballot here.

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

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California result

11,131,721 votes counted

Clinton (D)

5,121,325

46.0%

Bush (R)

3,630,574

32.6%

Perot (I)

2,296,006

20.6%

All others

83,816

0.8%

Margin

D+13.4

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1992 presidential election

California, 1992

ClintonD+13.4

How it voted

Share of the 1992 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	46.0%	5,121,325
George H. W. BushRepublican	32.6%	3,630,574
OtherAll other candidates	0.8%	83,816

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1992 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1992 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1992

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Alameda County	D	+42.4%	334,224	109,292	81,643	530,145
Alpine County	R	−1.1%	215	222	186	631
Amador County	R	−1.2%	5,286	5,477	4,553	15,434
Butte County	D	+1.0%	32,489	31,608	20,231	85,014
Calaveras County	R	−0.1%	5,989	6,006	4,848	16,991
Colusa County	R	−14.0%	1,798	2,589	1,206	5,635
Contra Costa County	D	+21.4%	194,960	112,965	72,518	382,823
Del Norte County	D	+5.9%	3,639	3,083	2,575	9,353
El Dorado County	R	−7.5%	21,012	25,906	17,503	64,887
Fresno County	D	+1.5%	92,418	89,137	36,299	219,161
Glenn County	R	−13.0%	2,666	3,812	2,278	8,816
Humboldt County	D	+17.6%	28,854	18,299	12,340	60,021
Imperial County	D	+5.3%	11,109	9,759	4,247	25,318
Inyo County	R	−11.7%	2,695	3,689	1,999	8,464
Kern County	R	−11.3%	60,510	80,762	36,891	179,263
Kings County	R	−2.7%	9,982	10,673	4,899	25,651
Lake County	D	+16.7%	10,548	6,678	5,797	23,213
Lassen County	R	−4.3%	3,388	3,836	3,004	10,362
Los Angeles County	D	+23.5%	1,446,529	799,607	488,624	2,753,403
Madera County	R	−7.3%	10,863	13,066	6,156	30,245
Marin County	D	+34.9%	76,158	30,479	22,986	130,707
Mariposa County	D	+0.5%	3,023	2,982	2,211	8,287
Mendocino County	D	+28.4%	18,344	7,958	9,753	36,538
Merced County	D	+4.4%	20,133	17,981	10,914	49,284
Modoc County	R	−6.8%	1,489	1,803	1,269	4,625
Mono County	R	−1.9%	1,489	1,570	1,248	4,355
Monterey County	D	+15.8%	54,861	36,461	24,472	116,689
Napa County	D	+16.0%	24,215	15,662	13,150	53,455
Nevada County	R	−4.3%	15,433	17,343	11,072	44,201
Orange County	R	−12.3%	306,930	426,613	232,394	972,549
Placer County	R	−8.2%	30,783	38,298	21,741	91,366
Plumas County	D	+1.4%	3,742	3,599	2,551	9,949
Riverside County	D	+1.6%	166,241	159,457	102,233	430,275
Sacramento County	D	+8.2%	197,540	160,366	91,412	453,512
San Benito County	D	+9.7%	5,354	4,112	3,182	12,739
San Bernardino County	D	+1.5%	183,634	176,563	109,183	474,070
San Diego County	D	+1.5%	367,397	352,125	259,249	986,646
San Francisco County	D	+54.6%	233,263	57,352	29,018	322,207
San Joaquin County	D	+3.4%	63,655	58,355	31,205	154,210
San Luis Obispo County	D	+3.6%	40,136	36,384	27,314	104,619
San Mateo County	D	+26.8%	149,232	75,080	50,465	276,508
Santa Barbara County	D	+7.3%	69,215	57,375	35,105	162,756
Santa Clara County	D	+20.8%	296,265	170,870	128,895	602,055
Santa Cruz County	D	+36.2%	66,183	24,916	21,615	113,992
Shasta County	R	−9.6%	21,605	28,190	17,990	68,359
Sierra County	R	−2.0%	653	691	519	1,875
Siskiyou County	D	+7.7%	8,254	6,660	5,567	20,679
Solano County	D	+19.3%	64,320	38,883	27,851	132,111
Sonoma County	D	+28.7%	104,334	47,619	43,859	197,691
Stanislaus County	D	+4.0%	52,415	47,275	27,651	128,005
Sutter County	R	−19.6%	7,883	12,956	4,881	25,860
Tehama County	D	+0.4%	7,508	7,419	5,884	20,979
Trinity County	O	+1.3%	1,967	1,886	2,092	6,029
Tulare County	R	−10.5%	31,188	40,482	16,430	88,553
Tuolumne County	D	+2.9%	9,216	8,525	6,294	24,178
Ventura County	D	+1.5%	99,011	94,911	71,844	267,647
Yolo County	D	+25.2%	33,297	17,574	11,073	62,436
Yuba County	R	−9.2%	5,785	7,333	3,637	16,895