1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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.
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| Elections in Pennsylvania |
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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.
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 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
References
- David Leip. "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- 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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