1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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Nominee Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Home state Arkansas Texas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Dan Quayle James Stockdale
Electoral vote 23 0 0
Popular vote 2,239,164 1,791,841 902,667
Percentage 45.15% 36.12% 18.20%
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The 1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D) by a margin of 9.02%.[1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (I-TX) finished in third, with 18.20% of Pennsylvania’s popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Clearfield County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[2] This is also the last time that Pennsylvania voted to the left of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Michigan, and New Jersey, and to the right of Missouri. This is also the last time a Republican received over 20% of the vote in Philadelphia in a presidential election.

Primaries

Democratic primary

Candidate Votes Percent
Bill Clinton 715,031 56.50%
Jerry Brown 325,543 25.72%
Paul Tsongas 161,572 12.77%
Others 63,349 5.01%
Totals 1,265,495 Turnout: 46.69%

Republican primary

Candidate Votes Percent
George H. W. Bush 774,865 76.81%
Patrick Buchanan 233,912 23.19%
Totals 1,008,777 Turnout: 42.70%

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton Al Gore 2,239,164 45.15% 23
Republican George H. W. Bush Dan Quayle 1,791,841 36.12% 0
Independent Ross Perot James Stockdale 902,667 18.20% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou Nancy Lord 21,477 0.43% 0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani Maria Elizabeth Muñoz 4,661 0.09% 0
Totals 4,959,810 100.0% 23
Bush on campaign. Seen here speaking at the Norristown, Pennsylvania High School, September, 1992.
Bush on campaign. Seen here speaking at the Norristown, Pennsylvania High School, September, 1992.

List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Results by county

County William Jefferson Clinton
Democratic 		George Herbert Walker Bush
Republican 		Henry Ross Perot
Independent 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 9,576 32.46% 13,552 45.94% 6,313 21.40% 60 0.20% -3,976 -13.48% 29,501
Allegheny 324,004 52.75% 183,035 29.80% 103,470 16.85% 3,678 0.60% 140,969 22.95% 614,187
Armstrong 12,995 45.87% 9,122 32.20% 6,166 21.76% 50 0.18% 3,873 13.67% 28,333
Beaver 44,877 54.50% 21,361 25.94% 15,954 19.38% 148 0.18% 23,516 28.56% 82,340
Bedford 5,840 31.04% 9,216 48.98% 3,731 19.83% 30 0.16% -3,376 -17.94% 18,817
Berks 46,031 35.03% 52,939 40.29% 31,663 24.10% 774 0.59% -6,908 -5.26% 131,407
Blair 14,857 33.19% 21,447 47.92% 8,284 18.51% 170 0.38% -6,590 -14.72% 44,758
Bradford 6,903 30.51% 10,221 45.17% 5,452 24.09% 52 0.23% -3,318 -14.66% 22,628
Bucks 97,902 39.40% 94,584 38.06% 53,931 21.70% 2,090 0.84% 3,318 1.34% 248,507
Butler 22,303 36.48% 23,656 38.70% 15,013 24.56% 158 0.26% -1,353 -2.21% 61,130
Cambria 34,334 51.75% 20,770 31.30% 11,070 16.68% 175 0.26% 13,564 20.44% 66,349
Cameron 824 30.77% 1,173 43.80% 676 25.24% 5 0.19% -349 -13.03% 2,678
Carbon 9,072 41.89% 7,243 33.44% 5,222 24.11% 122 0.56% 1,829 8.44% 21,659
Centre 21,177 41.34% 20,478 39.98% 9,356 18.26% 214 0.42% 699 1.36% 51,225
Chester 59,643 35.25% 74,002 43.73% 34,536 20.41% 1,027 0.61% -14,359 -8.49% 169,208
Clarion 5,584 35.53% 6,477 41.21% 3,619 23.02% 38 0.24% -893 -5.68% 15,718
Clearfield 12,247 39.70% 11,553 37.45% 6,989 22.66% 58 0.19% 694 2.25% 30,847
Clinton 5,397 42.94% 4,471 35.57% 2,654 21.12% 47 0.37% 926 7.37% 12,569
Columbia 8,261 34.80% 9,742 41.04% 5,683 23.94% 53 0.22% -1,481 -6.24% 23,739
Crawford 12,813 37.00% 14,112 40.75% 7,392 21.35% 311 0.90% -1,299 -3.75% 34,628
Cumberland 26,635 31.49% 43,447 51.37% 14,344 16.96% 147 0.17% -16,812 -19.88% 84,573
Dauphin 36,990 37.40% 45,479 45.98% 16,063 16.24% 378 0.38% -8,489 -8.58% 98,910
Delaware 111,210 41.80% 108,587 40.81% 43,728 16.43% 2,549 0.96% 2,623 0.99% 266,074
Elk 5,016 36.26% 4,908 35.48% 3,885 28.09% 23 0.17% 108 0.78% 13,832
Erie 56,381 47.86% 39,283 33.35% 21,510 18.26% 630 0.53% 17,098 14.51% 117,804
Fayette 30,577 56.77% 12,820 23.80% 10,162 18.87% 302 0.56% 17,757 32.97% 53,861
Forest 890 41.51% 801 37.36% 448 20.90% 5 0.23% 89 4.15% 2,144
Franklin 13,440 30.66% 23,387 53.35% 6,941 15.83% 66 0.15% -9,947 -22.69% 43,834
Fulton 1,588 31.61% 2,558 50.93% 869 17.30% 8 0.16% -970 -19.31% 5,023
Greene 8,438 55.75% 3,482 23.01% 3,186 21.05% 29 0.19% 4,956 32.75% 15,135
Huntingdon 5,153 32.82% 7,249 46.17% 3,273 20.85% 25 0.16% -2,096 -13.35% 15,700
Indiana 15,194 45.61% 10,966 32.92% 7,089 21.28% 65 0.20% 4,228 12.69% 33,314
Jefferson 5,998 33.87% 7,271 41.05% 4,403 24.86% 39 0.22% -1,273 -7.19% 17,711
Juniata 2,601 30.89% 3,980 47.27% 1,819 21.60% 20 0.24% -1,379 -16.38% 8,420
Lackawanna 45,054 47.44% 33,443 35.22% 15,667 16.50% 804 0.85% 11,611 12.23% 94,968
Lancaster 44,255 27.63% 88,447 55.22% 26,807 16.74% 671 0.42% -44,192 -27.59% 160,180
Lawrence 20,830 50.55% 12,359 30.00% 7,950 19.29% 64 0.16% 8,471 20.56% 41,203
Lebanon 12,350 28.71% 21,512 50.00% 9,005 20.93% 154 0.36% -9,162 -21.30% 43,021
Lehigh 46,711 40.68% 42,631 37.12% 24,853 21.64% 641 0.56% 4,080 3.55% 114,836
Luzerne 56,623 44.53% 49,285 38.76% 21,007 16.52% 231 0.18% 7,338 5.77% 127,146
Lycoming 13,315 30.84% 20,536 47.57% 9,170 21.24% 151 0.35% -7,221 -16.73% 43,172
McKean 5,331 32.51% 6,965 42.47% 4,019 24.51% 85 0.52% -1,634 -9.96% 16,400
Mercer 23,264 46.68% 16,081 32.27% 10,277 20.62% 214 0.43% 7,183 14.41% 49,836
Mifflin 4,946 33.67% 6,300 42.89% 3,382 23.03% 60 0.41% -1,354 -9.22% 14,688
Monroe 13,468 35.91% 14,557 38.82% 9,257 24.69% 218 0.58% -1,089 -2.90% 37,500
Montgomery 136,572 42.87% 125,704 39.46% 53,738 16.87% 2,562 0.80% 10,868 3.41% 318,576
Montour 2,150 32.35% 3,096 46.58% 1,373 20.66% 27 0.41% -946 -14.23% 6,646
Northampton 42,203 43.27% 34,429 35.30% 20,234 20.75% 659 0.68% 7,774 7.97% 97,525
Northumberland 12,814 35.80% 15,057 42.07% 7,782 21.74% 139 0.39% -2,243 -6.27% 35,792
Perry 4,086 26.66% 7,871 51.35% 3,334 21.75% 36 0.23% -3,785 -24.69% 15,327
Philadelphia 434,904 68.16% 133,328 20.90% 65,455 10.26% 4,371 0.69% 301,576 47.26% 638,058
Pike 4,382 32.21% 6,084 44.73% 3,019 22.19% 118 0.87% -1,702 -12.51% 13,603
Potter 1,892 26.86% 3,452 49.01% 1,687 23.95% 13 0.18% -1,560 -22.15% 7,044
Schuylkill 23,679 37.57% 25,780 40.90% 13,398 21.26% 172 0.27% -2,101 -3.33% 63,029
Snyder 2,952 23.44% 6,934 55.05% 2,686 21.32% 24 0.19% -3,982 -31.61% 12,596
Somerset 12,493 38.14% 13,858 42.30% 6,333 19.33% 75 0.23% -1,365 -4.17% 32,759
Sullivan 1,030 33.09% 1,340 43.05% 731 23.48% 12 0.39% -310 -9.96% 3,113
Susquehanna 5,368 32.13% 7,356 44.02% 3,946 23.62% 39 0.23% -1,988 -11.90% 16,709
Tioga 4,868 29.43% 7,823 47.29% 3,804 22.99% 48 0.29% -2,955 -17.86% 16,543
Union 3,623 29.54% 6,362 51.87% 2,255 18.39% 25 0.20% -2,739 -22.33% 12,265
Venango 8,230 38.18% 8,545 39.64% 4,695 21.78% 84 0.39% -315 -1.46% 21,554
Warren 6,972 37.84% 6,585 35.74% 4,795 26.02% 74 0.40% 387 2.10% 18,426
Washington 46,143 54.70% 21,977 26.05% 16,083 19.06% 161 0.19% 24,166 28.64% 84,364
Wayne 4,817 28.64% 8,184 48.65% 3,727 22.16% 94 0.56% -3,367 -20.02% 16,822
Westmoreland 69,817 45.20% 47,315 30.63% 37,036 23.98% 283 0.18% 22,502 14.57% 154,451
Wyoming 3,158 29.11% 5,143 47.40% 2,525 23.27% 24 0.22% -1,985 -18.29% 10,850
York 46,113 34.35% 60,130 44.79% 27,743 20.67% 259 0.19% -14,017 -10.44% 134,245
Totals 2,239,164 45.15% 1,791,841 36.13% 902,667 18.20% 26,138 0.53% 447,323 9.02% 4,959,810

References

  1. ^ a b c David Leip. "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
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