1992 United States presidential election in Nevada

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Main article: 1992 United States presidential election
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%
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County Results
President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

 Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

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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, although narrow, would mark the beginning of Nevada's transition from a safe Republican state into a swing state; in all three presidential elections held in the 1980s, Republicans had dominated Nevada by double digit margins and swept every county. 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 Idaho with only 31 percent of the vote in 1912.

As of the 2016 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 third-party candidate carried any Nevada county. In this case, Ross Perot carried Storey County.[3]

Results

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

County or City William Jefferson Clinton[4]
Democratic		 George Herbert Walker Bush[4]
Republican		 Henry Ross Perot[4]
Independent		 Various candidates[4]
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  % #  %
Churchill County 1,770 23.10% 3,789 49.45% 1,964 25.63% 140 1.83% 1,825[lower-alpha 1] 23.82% 7,663
Clark County 124,586 41.15% 97,403 32.17% 75,364 24.89% 5,429 1.79% 27,183 8.98% 302,782
Douglas County 3,928 25.94% 6,182 40.82% 4,814 31.79% 221 1.46% 1,368[lower-alpha 1] 9.03% 15,145
Elko County 2,782 23.33% 5,208 43.67% 3,628 30.42% 308 2.58% 1,580[lower-alpha 1] 13.25% 11,926
Esmeralda County 118 20.21% 221 37.84% 220 37.67% 25 4.28% 1[lower-alpha 1] 0.17% 584
Eureka County 129 18.70% 330 47.83% 214 31.01% 17 2.46% 116[lower-alpha 1] 16.81% 690
Humboldt County 810 22.99% 1,505 42.72% 1,149 32.61% 59 1.67% 356[lower-alpha 1] 10.11% 3,523
Lander County 423 21.23% 885 44.43% 652 32.73% 32 1.61% 233[lower-alpha 1] 11.70% 1,992
Lincoln County 511 27.52% 890 47.93% 394 21.22% 62 3.34% -379 -20.41% 1,857
Lyon County 2,777 30.17% 3,509 38.12% 2,716 29.51% 202 2.19% -732 -7.95% 9,204
Mineral County 909 34.42% 918 34.76% 746 28.25% 68 2.57% -9 -0.34% 2,641
Nye County 2,561 31.92% 2,743 34.19% 2,501 31.18% 217 2.71% -182 -2.27% 8,022
Pershing County 467 29.82% 643 41.06% 429 27.39% 27 1.72% -176 -11.24% 1,566
Storey County 488 32.13% 458 30.15% 550 36.21% 23 1.51% -62[lower-alpha 2] -4.08% 1,519
Washoe County 39,500 34.45% 42,636 37.18% 30,974 27.01% 1,561 1.36% -3,136 -2.73% 114,671
White Pine County 1,354 36.30% 1,206 32.33% 1,070 28.69% 100 2.68% 148 3.97% 3,730
Carson City 6,035 32.10% 7,302 38.83% 5,195 27.63% 271 1.44% -1,267 -6.74% 18,803
Totals 189,148 37.36% 175,828 34.73% 132,580 26.19% 8,762 1.73% 13,320 2.63% 506,318

Notes

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References

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Nevada Secretary of State, compiled 1992; General Election Returns (Carson City, 1992)


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