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.

Candidates
Republican Party
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Republican candidates
George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States from Texas (1989-1993) (Nominee) 
Pat Buchanan, conservative columnist and former White House Communications Director (1985-1987) from Virginia
David Duke, state representative from Louisiana (1985-1987) and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (1974-1980)
Harold Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota (1939-1945) and perennial candidate (1944, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1968, 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992)

Candidates gallery

 Democratic Party 
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Democratic candidates
Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas (1979-1981, 1983-1992) (Nominee) 
Jerry Brown, former Governor of California (1975-1983) 
Paul Tsongas, former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1979-1985)
Bob Kerrey, U.S. Senator from Nebraska (1989-2001)
Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1975-1983)
Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia (1990-1994)
Eugene McCarthy, former U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1959-1971)
Larry Agran, former Mayor of Irvine, California (1982-1984, 1986-1990)

Candidates gallery

 Ross Perot candidacy 
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Other websites
1992 popular vote by counties
1992 popular vote by state
1992 popular vote by states (with bar graphs)

References

Presidential election
Category:1992 elections
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