George H. W. Bush carried South Carolina R+8.1.

Bill Clinton (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in South Carolina, 1992. The state ran 13.7 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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South Carolina result

1,202,527 votes counted

Clinton (D)

479,514

39.9%

Bush (R)

577,507

48.0%

Perot (I)

138,872

11.5%

All others

6,634

0.6%

Margin

R+8.1

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1992 presidential election

South Carolina, 1992

BushR+8.1

How it voted

Share of the 1992 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	48.0%	577,507
Bill ClintonDemocratic	39.9%	479,514
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	6,634

D+60

R+60

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

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South Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1992 contest in context

South Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+58.6%
1896	+71.8%
1900	+86.0%
1904	+90.8%
1908	+87.8%
1912	+95.9%
1916	+94.3%
1920	+92.1%
1924	+94.3%
1928	+82.9%
1932	+98.0%
1936	+98.6%
1940	+91.3%
1944	+83.2%
1948	+20.4%
1952	+1.4%
1956	+20.2%
1960	+2.5%
1964	−17.8%
1968	−8.5%
1972	−42.7%
1976	+13.1%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−28.0%
1988	−23.9%
1992	−8.1%
1996	−6.0%
2000	−15.9%
2004	−17.1%
2008	−9.0%
2012	−10.5%
2016	−14.3%
2020	−11.7%
2024	−17.9%

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County results — 1992

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Abbeville County	D	+7.8%	3,968	3,317	1,036	8,343
Aiken County	R	−23.4%	14,802	25,731	6,056	46,778
Allendale County	D	+32.1%	2,159	1,049	212	3,455
Anderson County	R	−18.2%	16,072	24,793	6,966	47,971
Bamberg County	D	+26.5%	3,426	1,906	360	5,727
Barnwell County	R	−8.3%	3,344	4,026	752	8,177
Beaufort County	R	−10.4%	11,466	14,735	4,966	31,287
Berkeley County	R	−15.5%	12,533	18,048	4,632	35,479
Calhoun County	D	+6.1%	2,770	2,418	564	5,778
Charleston County	R	−7.4%	40,095	47,403	10,354	98,749
Cherokee County	R	−9.9%	5,453	6,887	2,186	14,557
Chester County	D	+19.5%	5,458	3,451	1,350	10,288
Chesterfield County	D	+13.4%	5,691	4,183	1,315	11,212
Clarendon County	D	+17.2%	6,033	4,147	744	10,945
Colleton County	D	+8.0%	5,455	4,545	1,245	11,314
Darlington County	D	+0.9%	9,090	8,912	1,863	20,253
Dillon County	D	+14.7%	4,953	3,575	831	9,390
Dorchester County	R	−20.8%	9,160	15,004	3,648	28,029
Edgefield County	D	+1.3%	3,433	3,339	596	7,396
Fairfield County	D	+29.0%	4,867	2,518	652	8,091
Florence County	R	−10.9%	15,569	19,802	3,499	39,003
Georgetown County	D	+3.8%	7,494	6,870	1,840	16,272
Greenville County	R	−26.7%	34,651	65,066	13,699	113,907
Greenwood County	R	−7.7%	7,621	9,079	2,101	18,923
Hampton County	D	+26.2%	4,332	2,402	564	7,361
Horry County	R	−9.0%	18,896	23,489	8,472	51,204
Jasper County	D	+30.0%	3,453	1,725	549	5,763
Kershaw County	R	−11.1%	6,585	8,499	2,150	17,301
Lancaster County	D	+2.9%	8,307	7,757	2,563	18,655
Laurens County	R	−9.9%	6,638	8,347	2,157	17,200
Lee County	D	+22.0%	4,454	2,730	611	7,822
Lexington County	R	−34.0%	18,312	41,759	8,652	69,022
Marion County	D	+21.2%	5,843	3,647	822	10,376
Marlboro County	D	+30.2%	5,111	2,526	895	8,570
McCormick County	D	+31.0%	1,846	899	295	3,052
Newberry County	R	−8.8%	4,896	5,980	1,393	12,329
Oconee County	R	−18.4%	6,617	10,379	3,405	20,479
Orangeburg County	D	+22.1%	18,440	11,328	2,383	32,234
Pickens County	R	−29.6%	8,275	17,008	4,128	29,494
Richland County	D	+9.3%	53,648	43,744	7,918	106,250
Saluda County	R	−9.3%	2,393	2,968	833	6,209
Spartanburg County	R	−16.8%	25,488	37,707	8,900	72,635
Sumter County	R	−2.7%	11,852	12,576	2,062	26,596
Union County	R	−0.0%	4,644	4,647	1,371	10,680
Williamsburg County	D	+19.5%	8,077	5,289	864	14,277
York County	R	−12.5%	15,844	21,297	6,418	43,694