1992 United States presidential election in Delaware

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1992 United States presidential election in Delaware
November 3, 1992
 
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 3 0 0
Popular vote 126,054 102,313 59,213
Percentage 43.52% 35.33% 20.45%
President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

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

Delaware was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.52%% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.33%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished third, with 20.45% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Clinton comfortably won Delaware by a margin of 8.19%. This was the last election in which Delaware was a swing state, with the margin within 3% of the national vote. In 1996, the state would shift to the left, becoming a Democratic stronghold.[2]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Delaware[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 126,054 43.52% 3
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 102,313 35.33% 0
Independent Ross Perot 59,213 20.45% 0
New Alliance Lenora Fulani 1,105 0.38% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 935 0.32% 0
Totals 289,620 100.00% 3

By county

County Bill Clinton
Democratic 		George H.W. Bush
Republican 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Kent 15,364 38.18% 15,562 38.67% 9,312 23.15% -198 -0.49% 40,238
New Castle 91,516 46.50% 66,311 33.69% 38,990 19.81% 25,205 12.81% 196,817
Sussex 19,174 36.48% 20,440 38.89% 12,951 24.63% -1,266 -2.41% 52,565
Totals 126,054 43.51% 102,313 35.31% 61,368 21.18% 23,741 8.20% 289,735

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Delaware". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
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