Bill Clinton carried Iowa D+6.0.

Bill Clinton (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Iowa, 1992. The state ran 0.5 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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Iowa result

1,354,607 votes counted

Clinton (D)

586,353

43.3%

Bush (R)

504,891

37.3%

Perot (I)

253,468

18.7%

All others

9,895

0.7%

Margin

D+6.0

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1992 presidential election

Iowa, 1992

ClintonD+6.0

How it voted

Share of the 1992 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	43.3%	586,353
George H. W. BushRepublican	37.3%	504,891
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	9,895

D+60

R+60

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

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1992 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1992

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Adair County	R	−1.4%	1,655	1,713	814	4,194
Adams County	D	+6.6%	1,034	863	679	2,596
Allamakee County	R	−4.0%	2,362	2,627	1,543	6,679
Appanoose County	D	+7.3%	2,810	2,346	1,161	6,373
Audubon County	D	+5.6%	1,589	1,373	887	3,873
Benton County	D	+9.6%	4,467	3,469	2,454	10,439
Black Hawk County	D	+13.3%	29,584	21,398	10,182	61,550
Boone County	D	+14.4%	5,913	4,148	2,070	12,219
Bremer County	D	+2.5%	4,774	4,482	2,338	11,714
Buchanan County	D	+8.8%	4,166	3,313	2,126	9,654
Buena Vista County	R	−5.3%	3,374	3,863	1,955	9,257
Butler County	R	−9.3%	2,548	3,209	1,333	7,137
Calhoun County	R	−0.5%	2,140	2,169	946	5,274
Carroll County	D	+3.8%	3,800	3,439	2,192	9,475
Cass County	R	−13.4%	2,231	3,176	1,608	7,058
Cedar County	D	+4.0%	3,296	2,965	1,945	8,240
Cerro Gordo County	D	+13.0%	11,415	8,250	4,498	24,293
Cherokee County	R	−2.6%	2,590	2,768	1,503	6,893
Chickasaw County	D	+11.8%	2,913	2,129	1,566	6,640
Clarke County	D	+11.8%	1,921	1,417	899	4,260
Clay County	D	+4.0%	3,346	3,011	1,964	8,380
Clayton County	D	+7.6%	3,742	3,044	2,309	9,190
Clinton County	D	+11.8%	11,683	8,746	4,414	24,960
Crawford County	D	+4.1%	3,004	2,693	1,905	7,672
Dallas County	D	+6.5%	6,554	5,587	2,665	14,861
Davis County	D	+15.3%	1,962	1,344	718	4,041
Decatur County	D	+13.8%	1,866	1,316	786	3,986
Delaware County	R	−1.2%	3,093	3,195	2,144	8,492
Des Moines County	D	+23.3%	11,309	6,378	3,386	21,190
Dickinson County	R	−1.1%	3,106	3,196	1,974	8,304
Dubuque County	D	+15.2%	20,539	14,007	8,208	42,968
Emmet County	D	+9.7%	2,239	1,749	1,010	5,032
Fayette County	D	+4.9%	4,412	3,879	2,493	10,861
Floyd County	D	+16.6%	3,688	2,404	1,611	7,750
Franklin County	R	−1.7%	2,049	2,137	1,045	5,266
Fremont County	R	−0.9%	1,422	1,459	1,003	3,911
Greene County	D	+8.8%	2,422	1,952	956	5,353
Grundy County	R	−20.5%	1,895	3,160	1,069	6,156
Guthrie County	D	+5.0%	2,234	1,962	1,216	5,453
Hamilton County	D	+3.0%	3,262	3,031	1,348	7,681
Hancock County	R	−4.4%	2,175	2,428	1,170	5,806
Hardin County	D	+2.2%	3,792	3,590	1,547	8,979
Harrison County	R	−6.0%	2,349	2,763	1,691	6,868
Henry County	D	+1.3%	3,544	3,435	1,522	8,628
Howard County	D	+12.0%	2,099	1,516	1,193	4,862
Humboldt County	R	−10.3%	1,765	2,299	1,093	5,185
Ida County	R	−6.3%	1,449	1,714	1,061	4,239
Iowa County	R	−1.4%	2,560	2,656	1,709	6,965
Jackson County	D	+18.8%	4,421	2,673	2,096	9,305
Jasper County	D	+7.0%	8,120	6,866	2,972	18,012
Jefferson County	D	+0.3%	2,562	2,541	1,241	8,341
Johnson County	D	+28.2%	28,656	14,041	8,625	51,774
Jones County	D	+4.9%	3,508	3,071	2,306	8,900
Keokuk County	D	+6.2%	2,329	1,981	1,238	5,577
Kossuth County	D	+2.2%	3,660	3,464	1,906	9,059
Lee County	D	+26.8%	9,366	4,777	2,920	17,152
Linn County	D	+9.4%	38,567	30,215	19,643	88,885
Louisa County	D	+8.3%	2,091	1,691	1,044	4,844
Lucas County	D	+7.2%	2,072	1,734	848	4,674
Lyon County	R	−33.9%	1,331	3,272	1,068	5,726
Madison County	D	+1.7%	2,525	2,421	1,168	6,149
Mahaska County	R	−12.1%	3,714	4,953	1,508	10,247
Marion County	R	−3.9%	5,531	6,062	1,896	13,533
Marshall County	D	+8.3%	8,303	6,784	3,100	18,289
Mills County	R	−14.6%	1,798	2,699	1,638	6,166
Mitchell County	D	+4.6%	2,177	1,933	1,199	5,347
Monona County	D	+5.8%	1,939	1,660	1,231	4,849
Monroe County	D	+13.4%	1,829	1,323	612	3,782
Montgomery County	R	−15.0%	1,599	2,404	1,341	5,369
Muscatine County	D	+5.9%	7,089	6,087	3,583	16,864
O'Brien County	R	−23.1%	2,122	3,869	1,557	7,578
Osceola County	R	−21.3%	990	1,756	813	3,600
Page County	R	−23.5%	1,951	3,670	1,669	7,310
Palo Alto County	D	+10.9%	2,374	1,789	1,186	5,379
Plymouth County	R	−19.3%	3,171	5,196	2,039	10,484
Pocahontas County	D	+3.8%	1,919	1,743	942	4,669
Polk County	D	+8.9%	78,585	63,708	24,155	167,258
Pottawattamie County	R	−6.6%	13,228	15,671	8,035	37,115
Poweshiek County	D	+9.0%	4,056	3,245	1,680	9,047
Ringgold County	D	+13.0%	1,341	967	551	2,869
Sac County	R	−4.6%	1,896	2,138	1,157	5,215
Scott County	D	+6.6%	33,765	28,844	11,423	74,662
Shelby County	R	−10.9%	2,094	2,809	1,614	6,544
Sioux County	R	−57.1%	2,226	10,637	1,771	14,730
Story County	D	+12.2%	17,118	12,702	6,275	36,311
Tama County	D	+7.5%	3,573	2,948	1,748	8,330
Taylor County	D	+6.5%	1,430	1,200	910	3,551
Union County	D	+5.6%	2,565	2,224	1,280	6,102
Van Buren County	D	+1.2%	1,464	1,418	811	3,710
Wapello County	D	+23.7%	8,670	4,852	2,513	16,083
Warren County	D	+7.2%	8,612	7,242	3,217	19,157
Washington County	R	−2.1%	3,384	3,576	1,994	9,018
Wayne County	D	+9.3%	1,632	1,299	642	3,584
Webster County	D	+8.3%	8,562	6,992	3,272	18,921
Winnebago County	R	−1.4%	2,322	2,407	1,329	6,078
Winneshiek County	D	+4.8%	3,791	3,331	2,416	9,624
Woodbury County	R	−1.7%	17,398	18,148	7,182	42,864
Worth County	D	+14.1%	2,009	1,382	1,044	4,448
Wright County	D	+1.0%	2,776	2,708	1,151	6,665