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The 1992 United States presidential election in Washington took place on 3 November 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Washington was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.41% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R–Texas) with 31.97%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.68% of the popular vote.[2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[3] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this was the last election in which Okanogan County voted for a Democratic Presidential nominee.[4] It was also the first occasion since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1936 landslide that Whitman County had supported a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the first time in the history of Washington state that King County voted more Democratic than every other county in the state in a presidential election, a trend that would continue for many decades to come.[5]
Results[edit]
| 1992 United States presidential election in Washington[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 993,037 | 43.41% | 11 | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 731,234 | 31.97% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | 541,780 | 23.68% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 7,533 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| America First | James "Bo" Gritz | 4,854 | 0.21% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | 2,456 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers' | Howard Phillips | 2,354 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| New Alliance | Lenora Fulani | 1,776 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ronald Daniels | 1,171 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Democrats for Economic Recovery | Lyndon LaRouche | 855 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | James Warren | 515 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,287,565 | 100.0% | 11 | ||
Results by county[edit]
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic |
George H.W. Bush Republican |
Ross Perot Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,449 | 31.60% | 2,087 | 45.52% | 1,010 | 22.03% | 39 | 0.85% | -638 | -13.92% | 4,585 |
| Asotin | 3,239 | 42.64% | 2,425 | 31.92% | 1,849 | 24.34% | 83 | 1.09% | 814 | 10.72% | 7,596 |
| Benton | 16,459 | 31.29% | 22,883 | 43.50% | 12,878 | 24.48% | 382 | 0.73% | -6,424 | -12.21% | 52,602 |
| Chelan | 7,860 | 33.48% | 10,716 | 45.65% | 4,606 | 19.62% | 294 | 1.25% | -2,856 | -12.17% | 23,476 |
| Clallam | 10,820 | 37.74% | 9,765 | 34.06% | 7,775 | 27.12% | 313 | 1.09% | 1,055 | 3.68% | 28,673 |
| Clark | 42,648 | 40.03% | 36,906 | 34.64% | 26,163 | 24.56% | 819 | 0.77% | 5,742 | 5.39% | 106,536 |
| Columbia | 668 | 34.90% | 761 | 39.76% | 466 | 24.35% | 19 | 0.99% | -93 | -4.86% | 1,914 |
| Cowlitz | 15,052 | 43.59% | 10,000 | 28.96% | 9,246 | 26.78% | 231 | 0.67% | 5,052 | 14.63% | 34,529 |
| Douglas | 3,731 | 33.77% | 4,920 | 44.53% | 2,315 | 20.95% | 82 | 0.74% | -1,189 | -10.76% | 11,048 |
| Ferry | 963 | 37.66% | 773 | 30.23% | 762 | 29.80% | 59 | 2.31% | 190 | 7.43% | 2,557 |
| Franklin | 3,743 | 34.22% | 4,486 | 41.02% | 2,597 | 23.75% | 111 | 1.01% | -743 | -6.80% | 10,937 |
| Garfield | 473 | 35.81% | 620 | 46.93% | 222 | 16.81% | 6 | 0.45% | -147 | -11.12% | 1,321 |
| Grant | 7,278 | 33.20% | 9,503 | 43.35% | 4,898 | 22.34% | 242 | 1.10% | -2,225 | -10.15% | 21,921 |
| Grays Harbor | 12,599 | 46.26% | 6,904 | 25.35% | 7,460 | 27.39% | 275 | 1.01% | 5,139[a] | 18.87% | 27,238 |
| Island | 9,555 | 35.17% | 9,526 | 35.06% | 7,889 | 29.04% | 198 | 0.73% | 29 | 0.11% | 27,168 |
| Jefferson | 6,148 | 47.50% | 3,467 | 26.79% | 3,168 | 24.48% | 159 | 1.23% | 2,681 | 20.71% | 12,942 |
| King | 391,050 | 50.23% | 212,986 | 27.36% | 167,216 | 21.48% | 7,341 | 0.94% | 178,064 | 22.87% | 778,593 |
| Kitsap | 34,442 | 38.89% | 29,340 | 33.13% | 23,873 | 26.95% | 913 | 1.03% | 5,102 | 5.76% | 88,568 |
| Kittitas | 5,432 | 43.86% | 4,078 | 32.93% | 2,778 | 22.43% | 97 | 0.78% | 1,354 | 10.93% | 12,385 |
| Klickitat | 2,758 | 40.27% | 2,085 | 30.44% | 1,938 | 28.30% | 68 | 0.99% | 673 | 9.83% | 6,849 |
| Lewis | 7,810 | 28.75% | 12,316 | 45.33% | 6,684 | 24.60% | 358 | 1.32% | -4,506 | -16.58% | 27,168 |
| Lincoln | 1,653 | 33.48% | 2,152 | 43.59% | 1,098 | 22.24% | 34 | 0.69% | -499 | -10.11% | 4,937 |
| Mason | 8,076 | 41.15% | 5,776 | 29.43% | 5,577 | 28.42% | 197 | 1.00% | 2,300 | 11.72% | 19,626 |
| Okanogan | 5,015 | 38.48% | 4,265 | 32.72% | 3,541 | 27.17% | 212 | 1.63% | 750 | 5.76% | 13,033 |
| Pacific | 4,587 | 49.58% | 2,243 | 24.24% | 2,351 | 25.41% | 71 | 0.77% | 2,236[a] | 24.17% | 9,252 |
| Pend Oreille | 1,798 | 38.13% | 1,528 | 32.40% | 1,340 | 28.41% | 50 | 1.06% | 270 | 5.73% | 4,716 |
| Pierce | 102,243 | 42.40% | 77,410 | 32.10% | 59,523 | 24.68% | 1,973 | 0.82% | 24,833 | 10.30% | 241,149 |
| San Juan | 3,353 | 47.11% | 1,901 | 26.71% | 1,776 | 24.95% | 87 | 1.22% | 1,452 | 20.40% | 7,117 |
| Skagit | 15,936 | 39.13% | 13,388 | 32.87% | 10,973 | 26.94% | 431 | 1.06% | 2,548 | 6.26% | 40,728 |
| Skamania | 1,474 | 40.05% | 1,102 | 29.95% | 1,050 | 28.53% | 54 | 1.47% | 372 | 10.10% | 3,680 |
| Snohomish | 88,643 | 39.32% | 69,137 | 30.67% | 65,838 | 29.21% | 1,812 | 0.80% | 19,506 | 8.65% | 225,430 |
| Spokane | 69,526 | 41.11% | 59,984 | 35.47% | 38,251 | 22.62% | 1,371 | 0.81% | 9,542 | 5.64% | 169,132 |
| Stevens | 4,960 | 33.54% | 5,706 | 38.59% | 3,769 | 25.49% | 352 | 2.38% | -746 | -5.05% | 14,787 |
| Thurston | 38,293 | 45.28% | 25,643 | 30.32% | 19,551 | 23.12% | 1,082 | 1.28% | 12,650 | 14.96% | 84,569 |
| Wahkiakum | 696 | 38.75% | 488 | 27.17% | 584 | 32.52% | 28 | 1.56% | 112[a] | 6.23% | 1,796 |
| Walla Walla | 7,325 | 36.84% | 7,894 | 39.71% | 4,507 | 22.67% | 155 | 0.78% | -569 | -2.87% | 19,881 |
| Whatcom | 26,619 | 41.80% | 23,801 | 37.38% | 12,455 | 19.56% | 804 | 1.26% | 2,818 | 4.42% | 63,679 |
| Whitman | 7,637 | 43.69% | 6,428 | 36.78% | 3,220 | 18.42% | 193 | 1.10% | 1,209 | 6.91% | 17,478 |
| Yakima | 21,026 | 36.27% | 25,841 | 44.58% | 10,583 | 18.26% | 519 | 0.90% | -4,815 | -8.31% | 57,969 |
| Totals | 993,037 | 43.40% | 731,234 | 31.96% | 541,780 | 23.68% | 22,179 | 0.97% | 261,803 | 11.44% | 2,288,230 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Secretary of State: Kim Wyman. "Voter Turnout by Election". www.sos.wa.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Washington". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 332-334 ISBN 0786422173
