1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey
The 1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New Jersey was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 42.95% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 40.58%, a 2.37% margin of victory. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 15.61% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national  vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. At the time still considered a Republican-leaning state, Clinton very narrowly won New Jersey over President Bush. Clinton's win marked both the first time a Democrat won New Jersey since Lyndon Johnson's landslide win in 1964 as well as the beginning of a long-term shift in New Jersey's politics toward the Democratic Party. New Jersey has voted Democratic in every presidential election since. This was the third time New Jersey voted Democratic since the end of World War II. After this election, despite the very slim margin for this year , the Democrat would always win New Jersey by more than 10 points, except in 2004, when John Kerry's margin was just under 7 points. Clinton was the first Democrat to win the White House without Salem County since John F. Kennedy in 1960. New Jersey weighed in as 2% more Republican than the national average. , this is the last election in which Bergen County and Passaic County voted for a Republican presidential candidate, the last time New Jersey voted to the right of the country as a whole, and also the most recent election when the Republican candidate won  more counties in the state too.