1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

Summary

The 1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 3, 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.

1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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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 11 0 0
Popular vote 1,041,066 930,855 544,479
Percentage 41.13% 36.78% 21.51%


President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Wisconsin was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 41.13 percent of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 36.78 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 21.51 percent of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[2]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Florence County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the last time that Door County backed a losing candidate.[3] Despite Clinton's decently solid victory in Wisconsin, it marks his narrowest one in a state that Michael Dukakis won in 1988.

Results edit

1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic William Jefferson Clinton 1,041,066 41.13% 11
Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (incumbent) 930,855 36.78% 0
Independent Henry Ross Perot 544,479 21.51% 0
Libertarian Andre Verne Marrou 2,877 0.11% 0
Independent James "Bo" Gritz 2,311 0.09% 0
Peace and Freedom Ronald Daniels 1,833 0.07% 0
Independent Howard Phillips 1,772 0.07% 0
Independent J. Quinn Brisben 1,211 0.05% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 1,070 0.04% 0
Other write-ins 961 0.04% 0
Independent Lenora Fulani 654 0.03% 0
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 633 0.02% 0
Independent Jack Herer 547 0.02% 0
Third Party Roland Hem (write-in) 405 0.02% 0
Independent James Warren 390 0.02% 0
Totals 2,531,114 100.0% 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[4]
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 3,539 43.97% 2,465 30.63% 2,003 24.89% 41 0.51% 1,074 13.34% 8,048
Ashland 4,213 50.20% 2,372 28.26% 1,746 20.80% 62 0.74% 1,841 21.94% 8,393
Barron 8,063 39.86% 6,572 32.49% 5,479 27.08% 116 0.57% 1,491 7.37% 20,230
Bayfield 3,873 47.74% 2,393 29.50% 1,786 22.02% 60 0.74% 1,480 18.24% 8,112
Brown 37,513 36.53% 42,352 41.24% 22,395 21.81% 441 0.43% -4,839 -4.71% 102,701
Buffalo 2,996 43.11% 2,029 29.19% 1,889 27.18% 36 0.52% 967 13.92% 6,950
Burnett 3,172 42.66% 2,340 31.47% 1,855 24.95% 69 0.93% 832 11.19% 7,436
Calumet 5,701 30.98% 7,541 40.98% 5,055 27.47% 104 0.57% -1,840 -10.00% 18,401
Chippewa 10,487 41.57% 8,215 32.56% 6,408 25.40% 120 0.48% 2,272 9.01% 25,230
Clark 5,540 37.22% 4,977 33.44% 4,284 28.78% 84 0.56% 563 3.78% 14,885
Columbia 9,348 38.98% 9,099 37.94% 5,439 22.68% 98 0.41% 249 1.04% 23,984
Crawford 3,540 45.31% 2,390 30.59% 1,797 23.00% 85 1.09% 1,150 14.72% 7,812
Dane 114,724 54.60% 61,957 29.49% 31,874 15.17% 1,567 0.75% 52,767 25.11% 210,122
Dodge 11,438 32.03% 14,971 41.93% 9,136 25.58% 164 0.46% -3,533 -9.90% 35,709
Door 4,735 34.37% 5,468 39.69% 3,506 25.45% 68 0.49% -733 -5.32% 13,777
Douglas 12,319 55.36% 5,679 25.52% 4,150 18.65% 105 0.47% 6,640 29.84% 22,253
Dunn 7,965 43.72% 5,283 29.00% 4,809 26.40% 161 0.88% 2,682 14.72% 18,218
Eau Claire 21,221 45.08% 15,915 33.81% 9,783 20.78% 157 0.33% 5,306 11.27% 47,076
Florence 978 36.96% 942 35.60% 719 27.17% 7 0.26% 36 1.36% 2,646
Fond du Lac 13,757 30.91% 19,785 44.45% 10,660 23.95% 304 0.68% -6,028 -13.54% 44,506
Forest 1,904 43.59% 1,393 31.89% 1,062 24.31% 9 0.21% 511 11.70% 4,368
Grant 8,914 38.49% 7,678 33.16% 6,405 27.66% 160 0.69% 1,236 5.33% 23,157
Green 5,467 38.55% 4,887 34.46% 3,735 26.33% 94 0.66% 580 4.09% 14,183
Green Lake 2,772 29.06% 3,897 40.85% 2,827 29.63% 44 0.46% 1,070[a] 11.22% 9,540
Iowa 4,467 44.01% 3,288 32.39% 2,341 23.06% 55 0.54% 1,179 11.62% 10,151
Iron 1,762 45.28% 1,273 32.72% 835 21.46% 21 0.54% 489 12.56% 3,891
Jackson 3,681 43.73% 2,644 31.41% 2,040 24.23% 53 0.63% 1,037 12.32% 8,418
Jefferson 11,593 35.34% 13,072 39.85% 7,960 24.27% 177 0.54% -1,479 -4.51% 32,802
Juneau 4,177 38.00% 4,051 36.85% 2,670 24.29% 95 0.86% 126 1.15% 10,993
Kenosha 27,341 44.21% 19,854 32.11% 14,232 23.02% 410 0.66% 7,487 12.10% 61,837
Kewaunee 4,050 39.03% 3,570 34.40% 2,700 26.02% 57 0.55% 480 4.63% 10,377
La Crosse 22,838 43.69% 18,891 36.14% 10,224 19.56% 320 0.61% 3,947 7.55% 52,273
Lafayette 3,143 39.99% 2,582 32.85% 2,079 26.45% 55 0.70% 561 7.14% 7,859
Langlade 3,630 36.15% 3,890 38.74% 2,444 24.34% 78 0.78% -260 -2.59% 10,042
Lincoln 5,297 39.82% 4,321 32.48% 3,605 27.10% 81 0.61% 976 7.34% 13,304
Manitowoc 15,903 38.54% 14,008 33.94% 11,179 27.09% 178 0.43% 1,895 4.60% 41,268
Marathon 21,482 37.44% 20,948 36.51% 14,600 25.45% 348 0.61% 534 0.93% 57,378
Marinette 7,626 36.15% 7,984 37.85% 5,412 25.66% 71 0.34% -358 -1.70% 21,093
Marquette 2,533 37.69% 2,322 34.55% 1,818 27.05% 47 0.70% 211 3.14% 6,720
Menominee 691 59.57% 244 21.03% 221 19.05% 4 0.34% 447 38.54% 1,160
Milwaukee 235,521 50.60% 151,314 32.51% 76,039 16.34% 2,622 0.56% 84,207 18.09% 465,496
Monroe 6,427 38.24% 6,118 36.41% 4,183 24.89% 77 0.46% 309 1.83% 16,805
Oconto 5,898 36.70% 5,720 35.59% 4,405 27.41% 50 0.31% 178 1.11% 16,073
Oneida 7,160 38.26% 6,725 35.94% 4,782 25.55% 47 0.25% 435 2.32% 18,714
Outagamie 23,735 32.55% 30,370 41.65% 18,479 25.34% 327 0.45% -6,635 -9.10% 72,911
Ozaukee 11,879 27.68% 22,805 53.15% 8,002 18.65% 224 0.52% -10,926 -25.47% 42,910
Pepin 1,673 46.84% 1,098 30.74% 781 21.86% 20 0.56% 575 16.10% 3,572
Pierce 7,824 45.30% 4,844 28.05% 4,492 26.01% 112 0.65% 2,980 17.25% 17,272
Polk 7,746 42.86% 5,446 30.14% 4,753 26.30% 126 0.70% 2,300 12.72% 18,071
Portage 15,553 46.13% 10,914 32.37% 7,083 21.01% 166 0.49% 4,639 13.76% 33,716
Price 3,575 41.81% 2,654 31.04% 2,286 26.74% 35 0.41% 921 10.77% 8,550
Racine 34,875 39.71% 32,310 36.79% 20,227 23.03% 407 0.46% 2,565 2.92% 87,819
Richland 3,458 40.49% 3,144 36.81% 1,899 22.24% 39 0.46% 314 3.68% 8,540
Rock 31,154 45.13% 21,942 31.79% 15,700 22.75% 229 0.33% 9,212 13.34% 69,025
Rusk 3,376 42.37% 2,430 30.50% 2,085 26.17% 76 0.95% 946 11.87% 7,967
Sauk 9,128 38.97% 8,886 37.94% 5,280 22.54% 128 0.55% 242 1.03% 23,422
Sawyer 2,796 37.96% 2,658 36.09% 1,861 25.27% 50 0.68% 138 1.87% 7,365
Shawano 6,062 33.77% 7,253 40.40% 4,540 25.29% 97 0.54% -1,191 -6.63% 17,952
Sheboygan 20,568 37.70% 22,526 41.29% 11,295 20.70% 170 0.31% -1,958 -3.59% 54,559
St. Croix 10,281 40.04% 8,114 31.60% 7,125 27.75% 156 0.61% 2,167 8.44% 25,676
Taylor 3,305 35.31% 3,415 36.49% 2,590 27.67% 49 0.52% -110 -1.18% 9,359
Trempealeau 6,218 47.79% 3,577 27.49% 3,160 24.29% 57 0.44% 2,641 20.30% 13,012
Vernon 5,673 44.61% 4,072 32.02% 2,890 22.73% 81 0.64% 1,601 12.59% 12,716
Vilas 3,764 33.42% 4,616 40.99% 2,827 25.10% 55 0.49% -852 -7.57% 11,262
Walworth 11,825 32.14% 15,727 42.74% 9,029 24.54% 215 0.58% -3,902 -10.60% 36,796
Washburn 3,080 40.07% 2,586 33.65% 1,978 25.74% 42 0.55% 494 6.42% 7,686
Washington 13,339 26.64% 22,739 45.41% 13,045 26.05% 950 1.90% -9,400 -18.77% 50,073
Waukesha 50,270 28.06% 91,461 51.04% 36,622 20.44% 829 0.46% -41,191 -22.98% 179,182
Waupaca 6,666 28.78% 10,252 44.27% 6,088 26.29% 153 0.66% -3,586 -15.49% 23,159
Waushara 3,402 32.94% 4,045 39.16% 2,829 27.39% 53 0.51% -643 -6.22% 10,329
Winnebago 27,234 35.19% 33,709 43.56% 16,140 20.86% 303 0.39% -6,475 -8.37% 77,386
Wood 13,208 36.25% 13,843 37.99% 8,822 24.21% 563 1.55% -635 -1.74% 36,436
Totals 1,041,066 41.13% 930,855 36.78% 544,479 21.51% 14,714 0.58% 110,211 4.35% 2,531,114

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ In this county where Perot ran second ahead of Clinton, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Bush percentage minus Perot percentage.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  2. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 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. ^ "WI US President Race, November 03, 1992". Our Campaigns.