1992 United States presidential election
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538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 55.2%[1] 5.0 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Quayle, Blue denotes those won by Clinton/Gore. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1992 United States presidential election happened on November 3, 1992. Bill Clinton, the Democratic candidate and Governor of Arkansas, won the election. He defeated the incumbent president, George H. W. Bush, who was a Republican, and Ross Perot, an independent candidate.
Clinton got 370 electoral votes, Bush got 168, and Perot got 0. A person running for president needs to get 270 to win.
George H.W. Bush may have lost the election for several reasons. He broke his promise of "Read my lips: no new taxes" by increasing taxes during his term. Some of his most well-known accomplishments during his presidency came from his foreign policy, and because of the Cold War and Gulf War being over, foreign policy became a smaller issue, as the economy became a bigger issue, since the economy was bad.
Prior to 2020, this was the last election where a candidate won the presidency without winning Florida.
Candidates
Republican Party
| 1992 Republican Party ticket | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George H. W. Bush | Dan Quayle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| for President | for Vice President | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 41st President of the United States (1989–1993) |
44th Vice President of the United States (1989–1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republican candidates
- George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States from Texas (1989-1993) (Nominee)
- Pat Buchanan, conservative columnist and former White House Communications Director (1985-1987) from Virginia
- David Duke, state representative from Louisiana (1985-1987) and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (1974-1980)
- Harold Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota (1939-1945) and perennial candidate (1944, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1968, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992)
Candidates gallery
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Louisiana representative David Duke
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Democratic Party
| 1992 Democratic Party Ticket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Clinton | Al Gore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas (1979–1981, 1983–1992) |
U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Democratic candidates
- Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas (1979-1981, 1983-1992) (Nominee)
- Jerry Brown, former Governor of California (1975-1983)
- Paul Tsongas, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1979-1985)
- Bob Kerrey, U.S. Senator from Nebraska (1989-2001)
- Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1975-1983)
- Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia (1990-1994)
- Eugene McCarthy, former U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1959-1971)
- Larry Agran, former Mayor of Irvine, California (1982-1984, 1986-1990)
Candidates gallery
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Governor Jerry Brown of California
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Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska
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Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa
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Governor Douglas Wilder of Virginia
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Former Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota
Ross Perot candidacy
| 1992 Independent ticket | |
| Ross Perot | James Stockdale |
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| for President | for Vice President |
| President and CEO of Perot Systems (1988–2009) |
President of the Naval War College (1977–1979) |
Other websites
- 1992 popular vote by counties
- 1992 popular vote by state
- 1992 popular vote by states (with bar graphs)
References
- ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved October 21, 2012.