1992 United States presidential election

The **1992 United States presidential election** happened on November 3, 1992. Bill Clinton, the Democratic candidate and Governor of Arkansas, won the election. He defeated the incumbent president, George H. W. Bush, who was a Republican, and Ross Perot, an independent candidate.

Clinton got 370 electoral votes, Bush got 168, and Perot got 0. A person running for president needs to get 270 to win.

George H.W. Bush may have lost the election for several reasons.  He broke his promise of "Read my lips: no new taxes" by increasing taxes during his term.  Some of his most well-known accomplishments during his presidency came from his foreign policy, and because of the Cold War and Gulf War being over, foreign policy became a smaller issue, as the economy became a bigger issue, since the economy was bad.

Prior to 2020, this was the last election where a candidate won the presidency without winning Florida.

### Republican Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#CE2029; width:200px;"|George H. W. Bush|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#CE2029; width:200px;"|Dan Quayle|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1992 Republican Party ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFD0D7; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFD0D7; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|41st President of the United States <small>(1989–1993)</small>|44th Vice President of the United States <small>(1989–1993)</small>|||
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Republican candidates
- George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States from Texas <small>(19</small><small>89-1993) _(Nominee)_</small>
- Pat Buchanan, conservative columnist and former White House Communications Director <small>(19</small><small>85-1987)</small> from Virginia
- David Duke, state representative from Louisiana <small>(19</small><small>85-1987)</small> and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan <small>(1974-1980)</small>
- Harold Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota <small>(19</small><small>39-1945)</small> and perennial candidate <small>(1944, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1968, 1980, 1984, 1988, and **1992**)</small>

### Democratic Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|Bill Clinton|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|Al Gore|
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|colspan="29" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1992 Democratic Party Ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas <small>(1979–1981, 1983–1992)</small>|U.S. Senator from Tennessee <small>(1985–1993)</small>|||
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Democratic candidates
- Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas <small>(1979-1981, 1983-1992) _(Nominee)_</small>
- Jerry Brown, former Governor of California <small>(19</small><small>75-1983)</small>
- Paul Tsongas, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts <small>(19</small><small>79-1985)</small>
- Bob Kerrey, U.S. Senator from Nebraska <small>(19</small><small>89-2001)</small>
- Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator from Iowa <small>(19</small><small>75-1983)</small>
- Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia <small>(19</small><small>90-1994)</small>
- Eugene McCarthy, former U.S. Senator from Minnesota <small>(19</small><small>59-1971)</small>
- Larry Agran, former Mayor of Irvine, California <small>(19</small><small>82-1984, 1986-1990)</small>

## Ross Perot candidacy

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"|:en:Ross_Perot|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"|:en:James_Stockdale|
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|colspan="2" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1992 Independent ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|President and CEO of Perot Systems <small>(1988–2009)</small>|President of the Naval War College <small>(1977–1979)</small>|||
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## Other websites

- 1992 popular vote by counties
- 1992 popular vote by state
- 1992 popular vote by states (with bar graphs)

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1992 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1988 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1988
- **next election**: 1996 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1996
- **votes for election**: 538 members of the Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 270 electoral
- **turnout**: 55.2%  5.0 percentage point, pp
- **election date**: November 3, 1992
- **image1**: Bill Clinton.jpg
- **image1 size**: x160px
- **nominee1**: **Bill Clinton**
- **party1**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state1**: Arkansas
- **running mate1**: **Al Gore**
- **electoral vote1**: **370**
- **states carried1**: **32 + Washington, D.C., DC**
- **popular vote1**: **44,909,806**
- **percentage1**: **43.0%**
- **image2**: George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg
- **image2 size**: x160px
- **nominee2**: George H. W. Bush
- **party2**: Republican Party (United States)
- **home state2**: Texas
- **running mate2**: Dan Quayle
- **electoral vote2**: 168
- **states carried2**: 18
- **popular vote2**: 39,104,550
- **percentage2**: 37.4%
- **image3**: File:Ross Perot in his office, by Allan Warren (cropped).jpg
- **image3 size**: x160px
- **nominee3**: Ross Perot
- **party3**: Independent (politician)
- **home state3**: Texas
- **running mate3**: James Stockdale
- **electoral vote3**: 0
- **states carried3**: 0
- **popular vote3**: 19,743,821
- **percentage3**: 18.9%
- **map image**: ElectoralCollege1992.svg
- **map size**: 380px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:#CC2200;">Red</span> denotes states won by Bush/Quayle, <span style="color:darkblue;">Blue</span> denotes those won by Clinton/Gore.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: George H. W. Bush
- **before party**: Republican Party (United States)
- **after election**: Bill Clinton
- **after party**: Democratic Party (United States)