1992 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
1992 United States presidential election in Washington (state) Turnout 82.60%
5.66%[ 1]
County Results
Clinton
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
Bush
30-40%
40-50%
The 1992 United States presidential election in Washington took place on 3 November 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 .
Washington was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D -Arkansas ) with 43.41% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R –Texas ) with 31.97%. Businessman Ross Perot (I -Texas) finished in third, with 23.68% of the popular vote.[ 2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[ 3]
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Okanogan County has voted for a Democratic Presidential nominee.[ 4] It was also the first occasion since Franklin D. Roosevelt ’s 1936 landslide that Whitman County had supported a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the first time that King County was the most Democratic in the state, a trend that has continued in every presidential election since.[ 5]
Results
1992 United States presidential election in Washington[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Bill Clinton
993,037
43.41%
11
Republican
George H. W. Bush (incumbent )
731,234
31.97%
0
Independent
Ross Perot
541,780
23.68%
0
Libertarian
Andre Marrou
7,533
0.33%
0
America First
James "Bo" Gritz
4,854
0.21%
0
Natural Law
John Hagelin
2,456
0.11%
0
U.S. Taxpayers'
Howard Phillips
2,354
0.10%
0
New Alliance
Lenora Fulani
1,776
0.08%
0
Independent
Ronald Daniels
1,171
0.05%
0
Democrats for Economic Recovery
Lyndon LaRouche
855
0.04%
0
Socialist Workers
James Warren
515
0.02%
0
Totals
2,287,565
100.0%
11
Results by county
County
Bill Clinton Democratic
George H.W. Bush Republican
Ross Perot Independent
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast[ 2]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
1,449
31.60%
2,087
45.52%
1,010
22.03%
39
0.85%
-638
-13.92%
4,585
Asotin
3,239
42.64%
2,425
31.92%
1,849
24.34%
83
1.09%
814
10.72%
7,596
Benton
16,459
31.29%
22,883
43.50%
12,878
24.48%
382
0.73%
-6,424
-12.21%
52,602
Chelan
7,860
33.48%
10,716
45.65%
4,606
19.62%
294
1.25%
-2,856
-12.17%
23,476
Clallam
10,820
37.74%
9,765
34.06%
7,775
27.12%
313
1.09%
1,055
3.68%
28,673
Clark
42,648
40.03%
36,906
34.64%
26,163
24.56%
819
0.77%
5,742
5.39%
106,536
Columbia
668
34.90%
761
39.76%
466
24.35%
19
0.99%
-93
-4.86%
1,914
Cowlitz
15,052
43.59%
10,000
28.96%
9,246
26.78%
231
0.67%
5,052
14.63%
34,529
Douglas
3,731
33.77%
4,920
44.53%
2,315
20.95%
82
0.74%
-1,189
-10.76%
11,048
Ferry
963
37.66%
773
30.23%
762
29.80%
59
2.31%
190
7.43%
2,557
Franklin
3,743
34.22%
4,486
41.02%
2,597
23.75%
111
1.01%
-743
-6.80%
10,937
Garfield
473
35.81%
620
46.93%
222
16.81%
6
0.45%
-147
-11.12%
1,321
Grant
7,278
33.20%
9,503
43.35%
4,898
22.34%
242
1.10%
-2,225
-10.15%
21,921
Grays Harbor
12,599
46.26%
6,904
25.35%
7,460
27.39%
275
1.01%
5,139[ a]
18.87%
27,238
Island
9,555
35.17%
9,526
35.06%
7,889
29.04%
198
0.73%
29
0.11%
27,168
Jefferson
6,148
47.50%
3,467
26.79%
3,168
24.48%
159
1.23%
2,681
20.71%
12,942
King
391,050
50.23%
212,986
27.36%
167,216
21.48%
7,341
0.94%
178,064
22.87%
778,593
Kitsap
34,442
38.89%
29,340
33.13%
23,873
26.95%
913
1.03%
5,102
5.76%
88,568
Kittitas
5,432
43.86%
4,078
32.93%
2,778
22.43%
97
0.78%
1,354
10.93%
12,385
Klickitat
2,758
40.27%
2,085
30.44%
1,938
28.30%
68
0.99%
673
9.83%
6,849
Lewis
7,810
28.75%
12,316
45.33%
6,684
24.60%
358
1.32%
-4,506
-16.58%
27,168
Lincoln
1,653
33.48%
2,152
43.59%
1,098
22.24%
34
0.69%
-499
-10.11%
4,937
Mason
8,076
41.15%
5,776
29.43%
5,577
28.42%
197
1.00%
2,300
11.72%
19,626
Okanogan
5,015
38.48%
4,265
32.72%
3,541
27.17%
212
1.63%
750
5.76%
13,033
Pacific
4,587
49.58%
2,243
24.24%
2,351
25.41%
71
0.77%
2,236[ a]
24.17%
9,252
Pend Oreille
1,798
38.13%
1,528
32.40%
1,340
28.41%
50
1.06%
270
5.73%
4,716
Pierce
102,243
42.40%
77,410
32.10%
59,523
24.68%
1,973
0.82%
24,833
10.30%
241,149
San Juan
3,353
47.11%
1,901
26.71%
1,776
24.95%
87
1.22%
1,452
20.40%
7,117
Skagit
15,936
39.13%
13,388
32.87%
10,973
26.94%
431
1.06%
2,548
6.26%
40,728
Skamania
1,474
40.05%
1,102
29.95%
1,050
28.53%
54
1.47%
372
10.10%
3,680
Snohomish
88,643
39.32%
69,137
30.67%
65,838
29.21%
1,812
0.80%
19,506
8.65%
225,430
Spokane
69,526
41.11%
59,984
35.47%
38,251
22.62%
1,371
0.81%
9,542
5.64%
169,132
Stevens
4,960
33.54%
5,706
38.59%
3,769
25.49%
352
2.38%
-746
-5.05%
14,787
Thurston
38,293
45.28%
25,643
30.32%
19,551
23.12%
1,082
1.28%
12,650
14.96%
84,569
Wahkiakum
696
38.75%
488
27.17%
584
32.52%
28
1.56%
112[ a]
6.23%
1,796
Walla Walla
7,325
36.84%
7,894
39.71%
4,507
22.67%
155
0.78%
-569
-2.87%
19,881
Whatcom
26,619
41.80%
23,801
37.38%
12,455
19.56%
804
1.26%
2,818
4.42%
63,679
Whitman
7,637
43.69%
6,428
36.78%
3,220
18.42%
193
1.10%
1,209
6.91%
17,478
Yakima
21,026
36.27%
25,841
44.58%
10,583
18.26%
519
0.90%
-4,815
-8.31%
57,969
Totals
993,037
43.40%
731,234
31.96%
541,780
23.68%
22,179
0.97%
261,803
11.44%
2,288,230
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
Notes
^ a b c In this county where Perot ran second ahead of Bush, margin given is Clinton vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Clinton percent minus Perot percent.
References