Bill Clinton carried Illinois D+14.2.

Bill Clinton (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Illinois, 1992. The state ran 8.7 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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Illinois result

5,050,157 votes counted

Clinton (D)

2,453,350

48.6%

Bush (R)

1,734,096

34.3%

Perot + others

862,711

17.1%

Margin

D+14.2

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1992 presidential election

Illinois, 1992

ClintonD+14.2

How it voted

Share of the 1992 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	48.6%	2,453,350
George H. W. BushRepublican	34.3%	1,734,096
Ross PerotIndependent	17.1%	862,711

D+60

R+60

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

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1992 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1992

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−5.6%	11,748	13,529	31,579
Alexander County	D	+29.0%	2,566	1,301	4,362
Bond County	D	+9.4%	3,428	2,715	7,548
Boone County	R	−3.5%	5,114	5,589	13,627
Brown County	D	+4.4%	1,146	1,029	2,689
Bureau County	D	+4.0%	7,551	6,836	17,907
Calhoun County	D	+27.6%	1,519	745	2,803
Carroll County	R	−5.8%	2,854	3,297	7,679
Cass County	D	+16.1%	3,200	2,162	6,447
Champaign County	D	+10.4%	35,003	27,096	76,092
Christian County	D	+22.5%	9,042	5,087	17,590
Clark County	D	+2.0%	3,338	3,175	7,979
Clay County	D	+7.4%	2,962	2,471	6,652
Clinton County	D	+5.8%	6,686	5,771	15,822
Coles County	D	+5.8%	9,402	8,098	22,300
Cook County	D	+30.0%	1,249,533	605,300	2,146,655
Crawford County	D	+3.7%	3,964	3,606	9,671
Cumberland County	D	+4.8%	2,111	1,860	5,202
De Witt County	R	−2.0%	3,009	3,164	7,759
DeKalb County	D	+3.2%	13,744	12,655	34,232
Douglas County	D	+0.4%	3,341	3,309	8,276
DuPage County	R	−17.2%	114,564	178,271	370,987
Edgar County	D	+2.3%	4,014	3,790	9,776
Edwards County	R	−8.5%	1,299	1,601	3,552
Effingham County	R	−7.4%	5,221	6,329	14,981
Fayette County	D	+13.1%	4,833	3,508	10,118
Ford County	R	−13.4%	2,175	3,046	6,481
Franklin County	D	+33.7%	12,744	5,504	21,481
Fulton County	D	+26.3%	9,725	5,062	17,701
Gallatin County	D	+35.0%	2,371	990	3,944
Greene County	D	+11.0%	3,164	2,391	7,032
Grundy County	R	−1.4%	6,122	6,346	16,265
Hamilton County	D	+21.3%	2,582	1,521	4,974
Hancock County	D	+5.0%	4,213	3,714	10,069
Hardin County	D	+21.4%	1,665	985	3,173
Henderson County	D	+17.4%	2,013	1,310	4,048
Henry County	D	+8.6%	11,077	8,989	24,371
Iroquois County	R	−17.3%	4,440	6,948	14,530
Jackson County	D	+26.5%	13,373	6,899	24,434
Jasper County	D	+5.3%	2,284	1,996	5,480
Jefferson County	D	+18.0%	8,665	5,497	17,597
Jersey County	D	+18.0%	4,749	2,933	10,093
Jo Daviess County	R	−2.0%	4,044	4,249	10,454
Johnson County	D	+3.2%	2,299	2,124	5,391
Kane County	R	−8.7%	44,568	55,684	127,938
Kankakee County	D	+4.5%	17,229	15,411	40,071
Kendall County	R	−16.8%	5,423	8,521	18,406
Knox County	D	+16.6%	12,524	8,331	25,296
Lake County	R	−7.7%	81,693	99,000	223,987
LaSalle County	D	+14.4%	23,276	16,078	49,931
Lawrence County	D	+7.9%	3,270	2,681	7,488
Lee County	R	−7.3%	5,530	6,652	15,417
Livingston County	R	−11.7%	6,007	8,004	17,098
Logan County	R	−9.8%	5,169	6,567	14,195
Macon County	D	+15.8%	27,449	18,684	55,580
Macoupin County	D	+23.4%	12,050	6,518	23,661
Madison County	D	+23.1%	58,484	32,167	114,095
Marion County	D	+20.7%	9,669	5,764	18,883
Marshall County	D	+5.0%	2,819	2,491	6,496
Mason County	D	+19.4%	3,969	2,473	7,702
Massac County	D	+8.4%	3,347	2,754	7,056
McDonough County	D	+3.7%	5,814	5,297	13,922
McHenry County	R	−18.8%	24,783	41,356	88,294
McLean County	R	−4.4%	23,090	25,726	59,285
Menard County	R	−9.0%	2,264	2,834	6,299
Mercer County	D	+11.8%	3,990	2,983	8,540
Monroe County	D	+0.7%	4,894	4,807	12,542
Montgomery County	D	+20.3%	7,424	4,407	14,837
Morgan County	R	−1.3%	6,351	6,566	16,297
Moultrie County	D	+15.3%	3,056	2,065	6,465
Ogle County	R	−12.4%	6,512	9,008	20,109
Peoria County	D	+9.1%	38,099	30,718	81,328
Perry County	D	+26.2%	6,009	3,105	11,086
Piatt County	D	+5.3%	3,520	3,076	8,447
Pike County	D	+7.5%	4,016	3,342	9,037
Pope County	D	+4.6%	1,063	951	2,411
Pulaski County	D	+23.0%	1,987	1,169	3,549
Putnam County	D	+18.3%	1,574	969	3,308
Randolph County	D	+21.9%	8,529	4,899	16,565
Richland County	D	+2.9%	3,286	3,053	8,061
Rock Island County	D	+19.7%	37,412	23,212	72,039
Saline County	D	+27.1%	7,258	3,667	13,254
Sangamon County	D	+0.4%	40,052	39,641	96,860
Schuyler County	D	+3.5%	1,650	1,512	3,995
Scott County	R	−2.7%	1,057	1,132	2,783
Shelby County	D	+13.2%	5,101	3,631	11,175
St. Clair County	D	+23.9%	57,625	31,951	107,541
Stark County	R	−1.4%	1,336	1,384	3,351
Stephenson County	R	−5.1%	7,899	9,005	21,656
Tazewell County	D	+4.9%	26,428	23,469	59,994
Union County	D	+18.5%	4,681	3,003	9,083
Vermilion County	D	+17.4%	18,383	11,703	38,461
Wabash County	R	−0.8%	2,436	2,485	6,240
Warren County	D	+4.0%	3,661	3,325	8,446
Washington County	R	−0.2%	2,986	3,003	7,555
Wayne County	R	−5.4%	3,332	3,809	8,872
White County	D	+14.2%	4,308	3,057	8,811
Whiteside County	D	+8.0%	12,329	10,146	27,153
Will County	D	+0.9%	59,633	58,337	152,123
Williamson County	D	+17.0%	14,361	9,462	28,760
Winnebago County	D	+5.4%	48,298	42,221	112,215
Woodford County	R	−15.6%	5,490	8,032	16,305