George H. W. Bush carried North Carolina R+0.8.

Bill Clinton (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in North Carolina, 1992. The state ran 6.3 points more Republican 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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North Carolina result

2,611,850 votes counted

Clinton (D)

1,114,042

42.7%

Bush (R)

1,134,661

43.4%

Perot (I)

357,864

13.7%

All others

5,283

0.2%

Margin

R+0.8

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1992 presidential election

North Carolina, 1992

BushR+0.8

How it voted

Share of the 1992 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	43.4%	1,134,661
Bill ClintonDemocratic	42.7%	1,114,042
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	5,283

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1992 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	+12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1992

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Alamance County	R	−12.0%	15,521	20,637	6,444	42,701
Alexander County	R	−14.1%	4,849	6,764	2,002	13,626
Alleghany County	D	+8.8%	2,271	1,853	600	4,730
Anson County	D	+34.4%	5,269	2,334	921	8,539
Ashe County	R	−5.2%	4,624	5,200	1,220	11,070
Avery County	R	−31.5%	1,755	3,895	1,123	6,787
Beaufort County	R	−5.6%	6,445	7,337	2,174	15,980
Bertie County	D	+38.9%	4,382	1,756	600	6,743
Bladen County	D	+24.4%	5,700	3,214	1,248	10,177
Brunswick County	D	+6.0%	10,177	8,833	3,349	22,400
Buncombe County	D	+2.7%	32,955	30,892	11,481	75,492
Burke County	R	−2.8%	12,565	13,397	4,124	30,122
Cabarrus County	R	−18.9%	13,513	21,281	6,251	41,123
Caldwell County	R	−13.7%	9,033	12,543	3,965	25,576
Camden County	D	+4.3%	1,153	1,039	479	2,675
Carteret County	R	−10.6%	8,028	10,334	3,401	21,819
Caswell County	D	+23.1%	4,725	2,793	827	8,363
Catawba County	R	−18.5%	16,334	25,466	7,523	49,409
Chatham County	D	+15.9%	9,520	6,568	2,425	18,577
Cherokee County	R	−3.8%	3,686	4,021	1,040	8,758
Chowan County	D	+10.5%	2,136	1,661	700	4,506
Clay County	R	−7.3%	1,600	1,890	465	3,960
Cleveland County	R	−2.0%	13,037	13,650	3,784	30,522
Columbus County	D	+31.8%	11,469	5,462	1,963	18,916
Craven County	R	−6.2%	9,998	11,575	3,679	25,287
Cumberland County	D	+4.9%	30,291	27,139	6,792	64,470
Currituck County	R	−4.8%	1,935	2,188	1,163	5,297
Dare County	R	−4.0%	3,925	4,357	2,388	10,696
Davidson County	R	−16.9%	16,462	24,869	8,324	49,725
Davie County	R	−25.2%	3,675	6,796	1,903	12,387
Duplin County	D	+11.1%	6,816	5,286	1,636	13,747
Durham County	D	+23.9%	47,331	27,581	7,504	82,682
Edgecombe County	D	+24.9%	11,174	6,275	2,175	19,657
Forsyth County	R	−3.3%	49,006	52,787	14,262	116,274
Franklin County	D	+13.9%	6,517	4,669	2,062	13,266
Gaston County	R	−25.4%	19,121	34,714	7,490	61,435
Gates County	D	+27.3%	2,206	1,158	466	3,834
Graham County	R	−9.5%	1,551	1,919	403	3,876
Granville County	D	+13.5%	6,178	4,538	1,321	12,128
Greene County	D	+10.3%	2,768	2,180	780	5,732
Guilford County	D	+4.2%	66,319	60,140	19,601	146,399
Halifax County	D	+23.5%	9,960	5,769	2,047	17,804
Harnett County	R	−6.1%	8,473	9,751	2,684	20,932
Haywood County	D	+14.7%	10,385	7,292	3,303	21,009
Henderson County	R	−18.9%	10,747	17,010	5,260	33,072
Hertford County	D	+31.3%	4,609	2,208	846	7,672
Hoke County	D	+31.9%	3,730	1,711	887	6,337
Hyde County	D	+20.4%	1,206	740	340	2,288
Iredell County	R	−15.8%	13,263	19,411	6,204	38,980
Jackson County	D	+12.8%	5,753	4,275	1,516	11,558
Johnston County	R	−13.0%	11,284	15,418	4,939	31,679
Jones County	D	+13.6%	1,962	1,438	444	3,846
Lee County	R	−5.5%	5,852	6,658	2,125	14,659
Lenoir County	R	−0.7%	8,793	8,932	2,107	19,842
Lincoln County	R	−12.8%	8,150	11,018	3,142	22,355
Macon County	R	−1.5%	4,624	4,797	1,829	11,279
Madison County	D	+10.8%	3,980	3,121	857	7,989
Martin County	D	+13.9%	4,069	2,958	981	8,016
McDowell County	R	−5.9%	5,309	6,090	1,881	13,295
Mecklenburg County	R	−1.1%	97,065	99,496	31,283	228,375
Mitchell County	R	−38.2%	1,727	4,405	877	7,015
Montgomery County	D	+9.6%	4,422	3,543	1,185	9,161
Moore County	R	−10.5%	9,649	12,448	4,448	26,591
Nash County	R	−12.2%	10,809	14,446	4,544	29,886
New Hanover County	R	−7.8%	20,291	24,338	7,401	52,154
Northampton County	D	+42.0%	5,195	1,845	916	7,967
Onslow County	R	−15.6%	8,045	11,842	4,387	24,318
Orange County	D	+33.0%	28,595	13,009	5,535	47,300
Pamlico County	D	+6.0%	2,229	1,929	809	4,975
Pasquotank County	D	+13.5%	4,709	3,419	1,434	9,581
Pender County	D	+7.8%	5,825	4,857	1,725	12,430
Perquimans County	D	+10.0%	1,818	1,429	624	3,878
Person County	R	−1.3%	4,323	4,460	1,431	10,230
Pitt County	D	+3.4%	17,959	16,609	5,262	39,895
Polk County	R	−6.8%	2,939	3,448	1,134	7,533
Randolph County	R	−24.2%	11,274	20,697	6,870	38,902
Richmond County	D	+30.9%	9,163	4,356	2,015	15,553
Robeson County	D	+38.1%	19,378	7,777	3,277	30,474
Rockingham County	D	+3.8%	13,880	12,678	4,671	31,269
Rowan County	R	−16.4%	14,308	21,297	7,053	42,732
Rutherford County	R	−9.3%	7,855	9,748	2,695	20,329
Sampson County	D	+3.7%	8,698	8,007	1,852	18,568
Scotland County	D	+23.5%	5,175	2,980	1,196	9,360
Stanly County	R	−15.2%	7,735	11,030	2,855	21,664
Stokes County	R	−9.1%	6,463	7,979	2,183	16,657
Surry County	R	−6.3%	9,392	10,866	3,164	23,453
Swain County	D	+11.0%	2,117	1,640	568	4,330
Transylvania County	R	−6.6%	5,120	5,984	2,006	13,137
Tyrrell County	D	+22.4%	928	553	189	1,674
Union County	R	−18.0%	10,789	16,542	4,601	31,992
Vance County	D	+14.5%	6,598	4,747	1,444	12,800
Wake County	D	+1.1%	88,979	86,798	31,140	207,467
Warren County	D	+40.5%	4,656	1,767	693	7,125
Washington County	D	+21.4%	2,902	1,780	563	5,253
Watauga County	D	+1.9%	8,262	7,899	3,007	19,225
Wayne County	R	−14.9%	10,307	14,397	2,798	27,532
Wilkes County	R	−19.1%	7,991	12,547	3,307	23,868
Wilson County	R	−0.3%	10,105	10,176	2,630	22,937
Yadkin County	R	−26.2%	3,913	7,311	1,725	12,977
Yancey County	D	+3.2%	4,285	3,994	917	9,208