1992 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

Summary

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

1992 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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Nominee George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Home state Texas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore James Stockdale
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 592,929 473,066 319,878
Percentage 42.65% 34.02% 23.01%

County Results

President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Oklahoma was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 42.65 percent of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 34.02 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.01 percent of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both incumbent President Bush and Perot.[2] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Beckham County, Delaware County, Washita County, and Stephens County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[3] This was the first time that the Democrats won the White House without Jackson County and the first time since Oklahoma statehood that a losing Republican managed to carry any of the 10 counties bordering the Red River. This is the most recent time that a Democrat has carried a majority of Oklahoma's counties in a presidential election.

Campaign edit

Perot was required to submit 35,132 signatures to appear on the ballot. His campaign submitted over 124,000 signatures on June 19, 1992, and qualified to appear on the ballot on July 13. 106,127 signatures were validated.[4]

Results edit

1992 United States presidential election in Oklahoma[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 592,929 42.65% 8
Democratic Bill Clinton 473,066 34.02% 0
Independent Ross Perot 319,878 23.01% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 4,486 0.32% 0
Totals 1,390,359 100.0% 8
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered Voters) 60%/60%

Results by county edit

County George H.W. Bush
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Ross Perot
Independent
Andre Marrou
Libertarian
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 2,994 45.48% 2,645 40.18% 914 13.88% 30 0.46% 349 5.30% 6,583
Alfalfa 1,567 51.46% 741 24.33% 722 23.71% 15 0.49% 826 27.13% 3,045
Atoka 1,561 30.21% 2,336 45.21% 1,255 24.29% 15 0.29% -775 -15.00% 5,167
Beaver 1,699 59.61% 580 20.35% 565 19.82% 6 0.21% 1,119 39.26% 2,850
Beckham 2,913 37.25% 2,947 37.69% 1,929 24.67% 31 0.40% -34 -0.44% 7,820
Blaine 2,209 43.73% 1,564 30.96% 1,258 24.90% 21 0.42% 645 12.77% 5,052
Bryan 3,452 25.63% 6,259 46.47% 3,713 27.57% 44 0.33% 2,546[a] 18.90% 13,468
Caddo 3,664 31.89% 4,861 42.31% 2,911 25.34% 52 0.45% -1,197 -10.42% 11,488
Canadian 16,756 50.70% 7,215 21.83% 8,985 27.19% 94 0.28% 7,771[b] 23.51% 33,050
Carter 5,947 32.38% 7,171 39.04% 5,188 28.24% 62 0.34% -1,224 -6.66% 18,368
Cherokee 4,977 32.94% 6,794 44.96% 3,297 21.82% 43 0.28% -1,817 -12.02% 15,111
Choctaw 1,641 25.73% 3,413 53.52% 1,298 20.35% 25 0.39% -1,772 -27.79% 6,377
Cimarron 965 59.42% 395 24.32% 254 15.64% 10 0.62% 570 35.10% 1,624
Cleveland 35,561 44.10% 24,404 30.27% 20,352 25.24% 312 0.39% 11,157 13.83% 80,629
Coal 714 25.50% 1,448 51.71% 618 22.07% 20 0.71% -734 -26.21% 2,800
Comanche 15,704 44.21% 12,237 34.45% 7,463 21.01% 116 0.33% 3,467 9.76% 35,520
Cotton 910 29.44% 1,314 42.51% 853 27.60% 14 0.45% -404 -13.07% 3,091
Craig 2,106 33.86% 2,780 44.70% 1,316 21.16% 17 0.27% -674 -10.84% 6,219
Creek 10,055 39.84% 9,118 36.13% 5,984 23.71% 81 0.32% 937 3.71% 25,238
Custer 5,362 45.85% 3,540 30.27% 2,741 23.44% 51 0.44% 1,822 15.58% 11,694
Delaware 4,840 38.95% 4,842 38.97% 2,689 21.64% 55 0.44% -2 -0.02% 12,426
Dewey 1,244 44.72% 845 30.37% 684 24.59% 9 0.32% 399 14.35% 2,782
Ellis 1,072 46.47% 594 25.75% 632 27.39% 9 0.39% 440[b] 19.08% 2,307
Garfield 13,095 51.38% 6,720 26.37% 5,559 21.81% 111 0.44% 6,375 25.01% 25,485
Garvin 3,983 33.57% 4,811 40.55% 3,014 25.41% 55 0.46% -828 -6.98% 11,863
Grady 6,997 39.40% 6,177 34.79% 4,528 25.50% 55 0.31% 820 4.61% 17,757
Grant 1,311 42.90% 864 28.27% 871 28.50% 10 0.33% 440[b] 14.40% 3,056
Greer 964 34.69% 1,162 41.81% 640 23.03% 13 0.47% -198 -7.12% 2,779
Harmon 496 30.79% 783 48.60% 326 20.24% 6 0.37% -287 -17.81% 1,611
Harper 1,038 51.01% 486 23.88% 501 24.62% 10 0.49% 537[b] 26.39% 2,035
Haskell 1,461 26.34% 3,069 55.34% 995 17.94% 21 0.38% -1,608 -29.00% 5,546
Hughes 1,522 27.40% 2,850 51.31% 1,158 20.85% 24 0.43% -1,328 -23.91% 5,554
Jackson 3,893 41.33% 3,273 34.75% 2,227 23.64% 27 0.29% 620 6.58% 9,420
Jefferson 671 22.23% 1,580 52.34% 758 25.11% 10 0.33% 822[a] 27.23% 3,019
Johnston 1,191 27.45% 2,096 48.31% 1,040 23.97% 12 0.28% -905 -20.86% 4,339
Kay 9,115 39.93% 6,643 29.10% 6,984 30.59% 86 0.38% 2,131[b] 9.34% 22,828
Kingfisher 3,479 54.27% 1,379 21.51% 1,534 23.93% 19 0.30% 1,945[b] 30.34% 6,411
Kiowa 1,635 33.30% 2,143 43.65% 1,114 22.69% 18 0.37% -508 -10.35% 4,910
Latimer 1,212 24.81% 2,606 53.35% 1,049 21.47% 18 0.37% -1,394 -28.54% 4,885
LeFlore 5,850 34.90% 7,843 46.79% 3,021 18.02% 49 0.29% -1,993 -11.89% 16,763
Lincoln 5,315 42.78% 3,904 31.43% 3,160 25.44% 44 0.35% 1,411 11.35% 12,423
Logan 6,071 43.97% 4,453 32.25% 3,239 23.46% 43 0.31% 1,618 11.72% 13,806
Love 922 25.06% 1,708 46.43% 1,033 28.08% 16 0.43% 675[a] 18.35% 3,679
McClain 4,377 40.62% 3,378 31.35% 2,996 27.80% 25 0.23% 999 9.27% 10,776
McCurtain 3,519 30.62% 5,082 44.21% 2,852 24.81% 41 0.36% -1,563 -13.59% 11,494
McIntosh 2,225 28.19% 4,184 53.01% 1,469 18.61% 15 0.19% -1,959 -24.82% 7,893
Major 2,154 57.36% 731 19.47% 857 22.82% 13 0.35% 1,297[b] 34.54% 3,755
Marshall 1,478 26.88% 2,519 45.82% 1,486 27.03% 15 0.27% 1,033[a] 18.79% 5,498
Mayes 5,445 35.89% 6,432 42.40% 3,235 21.32% 59 0.39% -987 -6.51% 15,171
Murray 1,536 27.49% 2,594 46.42% 1,447 25.89% 11 0.20% -1,058 -18.93% 5,588
Muskogee 8,782 31.44% 13,619 48.76% 5,454 19.53% 77 0.28% -4,837 -17.32% 27,932
Noble 2,474 46.83% 1,333 25.23% 1,449 27.43% 27 0.51% 1,025[b] 19.40% 5,283
Nowata 1,531 33.84% 1,912 42.26% 1,063 23.50% 18 0.40% -381 -8.42% 4,524
Okfuskee 1,580 34.13% 2,141 46.24% 889 19.20% 20 0.43% -561 -12.11% 4,630
Oklahoma 126,788 48.78% 76,271 29.34% 56,139 21.60% 725 0.28% 50,517 19.44% 259,923
Okmulgee 4,586 29.74% 7,767 50.37% 3,013 19.54% 55 0.36% -3,181 -20.63% 15,421
Osage 5,891 34.01% 6,894 39.80% 4,477 25.85% 60 0.35% -1,003 -5.79% 17,322
Ottawa 4,141 31.35% 6,304 47.73% 2,721 20.60% 43 0.33% -2,163 -16.38% 13,209
Pawnee 2,675 38.36% 2,612 37.46% 1,656 23.75% 30 0.43% 63 0.90% 6,973
Payne 13,032 42.20% 9,886 32.01% 7,852 25.43% 110 0.36% 3,146 10.19% 30,880
Pittsburg 5,659 30.06% 8,523 45.27% 4,594 24.40% 51 0.27% -2,864 -15.21% 18,827
Pontotoc 5,206 33.54% 6,350 40.91% 3,916 25.23% 49 0.32% -1,144 -7.37% 15,521
Pottawatomie 10,350 40.47% 8,616 33.69% 6,520 25.50% 86 0.34% 1,734 6.78% 25,572
Pushmataha 1,319 26.93% 2,553 52.13% 1,000 20.42% 25 0.51% -1,234 -25.20% 4,897
Roger Mills 890 40.96% 767 35.30% 505 23.24% 11 0.51% 123 5.66% 2,173
Rogers 12,455 44.65% 8,257 29.60% 7,101 25.46% 79 0.28% 4,198 15.05% 27,892
Seminole 3,253 31.77% 4,624 45.16% 2,330 22.75% 33 0.32% -1,371 -13.39% 10,240
Sequoyah 4,925 36.33% 6,092 44.94% 2,486 18.34% 53 0.39% -1,167 -8.61% 13,556
Stephens 7,085 34.61% 7,644 37.34% 5,692 27.81% 50 0.24% -559 -2.73% 20,471
Texas 4,059 58.15% 1,487 21.30% 1,417 20.30% 17 0.24% 2,572 36.85% 6,980
Tillman 1,377 32.96% 1,749 41.86% 1,039 24.87% 13 0.31% -372 -8.90% 4,178
Tulsa 117,465 49.13% 71,165 29.77% 49,760 20.81% 678 0.28% 46,300 19.36% 239,068
Wagoner 9,053 42.05% 7,041 32.70% 5,381 24.99% 54 0.25% 2,012 9.35% 21,529
Washington 11,342 47.93% 6,593 27.86% 5,664 23.94% 64 0.27% 4,749 20.07% 23,663
Washita 1,912 35.81% 1,929 36.13% 1,468 27.50% 30 0.56% -17 -0.32% 5,339
Woods 2,225 46.58% 1,361 28.49% 1,167 24.43% 24 0.50% 864 18.09% 4,777
Woodward 4,006 46.99% 2,063 24.20% 2,411 28.28% 46 0.54% 1,595[b] 18.71% 8,526
Totals 592,929 42.65% 473,066 34.02% 319,878 23.01% 4,486 0.32% 119,863 8.63% 1,390,359

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

Slates of Electors edit

Democrat: Earl E. Abernathy, Carl Albert, Obera Bergdall, Carolyn Crump, Lynn D. Hall, Glorine Henley, Grace Hudlin, Pete White

Republican: Jana Barker, Linda Blaylock, Ed Calhoon, Betty Casey, Allan Goodbary, Warren Roberts, Paul Thornbrugh, Dorothy Zumwalt,

Libertarian: Michael Alan Clem, Phillip R. Denney, Anne Hill Fruits, Randy Lee Gann, Vanessa C. McNeill, Brian J. Sullivan, David J. Walker, Paul O. Woodward

Independent: Pat Bigelow, Kathryn Fanning, Joe D. Sewell, A. D. Hollingsworth, A. R. Posey, John Sanders, Robert T. Jones, Jeanie Wolfgram[5]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d In this county where Perot ran ahead of Bush, margin given is Clinton vote minus Perot vote.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i In this county where Perot ran ahead of Clinton, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Data - National". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  3. ^ 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. ^ "Petition earns Perot Oklahoma ballot spot". Times Record News. July 14, 1992. p. 5B. Archived from the original on February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Elections of 1992 - Results" (PDF). Oklahoma State Election Board.