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1992 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1992 United States presidential election in Nevada

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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 4 0 0
Popular vote 189,148 175,828 132,580
Percentage 37.36% 34.73% 26.19%

County Results

President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nevada was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 37.36% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 34.73%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 26.19% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot.[2]

Clinton's win in the state, although narrow, marked the first time since 1964 that a Democrat would carry Nevada and the beginning of its transition from a fairly Republican state into a swing state, like it had been in most elections prior to 1968. The state would go on to back the national winner in every election onward until 2016. Although Clinton carried only two of the state's seventeen counties, his win in Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, and the most populous county in the state, would prove the key to this and future Democratic victories in Nevada.

Clinton's percentage of the vote was the lowest to win a state since Woodrow Wilson carried only 32.08 percent of the vote in Idaho in 1912. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Democratic presidential candidate carried White Pine County in a presidential election,[3] and the last one where a candidate outside the two major parties carried any Nevada county. In this case, Ross Perot carried Storey County.[3]

Results

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1992 United States presidential election in Nevada[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 189,148 37.36% 4
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 175,828 34.73% 0
Independent Ross Perot 132,580 26.19% 0
America First James "Bo" Gritz 2,892 0.57% 0
N/A "None of these candidates" 2,537 0.50% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 1,835 0.36% 0
American Independent Howard Phillips 677 0.13% 0
New Alliance Lenora Fulani 483 0.10% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 338 0.07% 0
Totals 506,318 100.0% 4

Results by county

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County Bill Clinton[4]
Democratic
George H.W. Bush[4]
Republican
Ross Perot[4]
Independent
Various candidates[4]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Carson City 6,035 32.10% 7,302 38.83% 5,195 27.63% 271 1.44% -1,267 -6.73% 18,803
Churchill 1,770 23.10% 3,789 49.45% 1,964 25.63% 140 1.83% 1,825[a] 23.82% 7,663
Clark 124,586 41.15% 97,403 32.17% 75,364 24.89% 5,429 1.79% 27,183 8.98% 302,782
Douglas 3,928 25.94% 6,182 40.82% 4,814 31.79% 221 1.46% 1,368[a] 9.03% 15,145
Elko 2,782 23.33% 5,208 43.67% 3,628 30.42% 308 2.58% 1,580[a] 13.25% 11,926
Esmeralda 118 20.21% 221 37.84% 220 37.67% 25 4.28% 1[a] 0.17% 584
Eureka 129 18.70% 330 47.83% 214 31.01% 17 2.46% 116[a] 16.82% 690
Humboldt 810 22.99% 1,505 42.72% 1,149 32.61% 59 1.67% 356[a] 10.11% 3,523
Lander 423 21.23% 885 44.43% 652 32.73% 32 1.61% 233[a] 11.70% 1,992
Lincoln 511 27.52% 890 47.93% 394 21.22% 62 3.34% -379 -20.41% 1,857
Lyon 2,777 30.17% 3,509 38.12% 2,716 29.51% 202 2.19% -732 -7.95% 9,204
Mineral 909 34.42% 918 34.76% 746 28.25% 68 2.57% -9 -0.34% 2,641
Nye 2,561 31.92% 2,743 34.19% 2,501 31.18% 217 2.71% -182 -2.27% 8,022
Pershing 467 29.82% 643 41.06% 429 27.39% 27 1.72% -176 -11.24% 1,566
Storey 488 32.13% 458 30.15% 550 36.21% 23 1.51% -62[b] -4.08% 1,519
Washoe 39,500 34.45% 42,636 37.18% 30,974 27.01% 1,561 1.36% -3,136 -2.73% 114,671
White Pine 1,354 36.30% 1,206 32.33% 1,070 28.69% 100 2.68% 148 3.97% 3,730
Totals 189,148 37.36% 175,828 34.73% 132,580 26.19% 8,762 1.73% 13,320 2.63% 506,318

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Independent

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g In this county where Clinton ran third behind Bush and Perot, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote and percentage is Bush percentage minus Perot percentage.
  2. ^ In this county where Bush ran third behind Clinton and Perot, margin given is Clinton vote minus Perot vote and percentage is Clinton percentage minus Perot percentage.

References

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  1. ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Nevada". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  4. ^ a b c d Nevada Secretary of State, compiled 1992; General Election Returns (Carson City, 1992)