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1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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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 4 0 0
Popular vote 209,040 202,484 121,337
Percentage 38.91% 37.69% 22.59%


President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

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

New Hampshire was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 38.91% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 37.69%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 22.59% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[2] This was the best result the New England-born Bush would record in that region for the 1992 election.

Clinton's win marked the beginning of a dramatic shift in New Hampshire politics toward the Democratic Party. The state had been regarded as a Republican bastion, having previously voted Republican in every presidential election since 1944 except for Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 landslide. In 1988 Bush carried the state by over 26 points, making it his second-best state in that election. Nevertheless, like the rest of New England, New Hampshire began trending hard toward the Democratic Party in the 1990s, and starting in 1992 the state has voted Democratic in every presidential election except 2000 when Bush's son eked out a narrow plurality over Clinton's vice president, Al Gore. This marked the first presidential election since 1912 in which a non-incumbent Democrat carried New Hampshire. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time in which Hillsborough County backed the candidate who lost the presidency nationwide.

Primaries

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Results

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1992 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 209,040 38.91% 4
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 202,484 37.69% 0
Independent Ross Perot 121,337 22.59% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 3,548 0.66% 0
New Alliance Lenora Fulani 512 0.10% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 294 0.05% 0
Totals 537,215 100.0% 4

Results by county

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County Bill Clinton[3]
Democratic
George H.W. Bush[3]
Republican
Ross Perot[3]
Independent
Andre Marrou[3]
Libertarian
Various candidates[3]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Belknap 8,405 33.50% 10,578 42.16% 5,970 23.79% 110 0.44% 27 0.11% -2,173 -8.66% 25,090
Carroll 7,258 33.44% 8,715 40.16% 5,546 25.55% 134 0.62% 50 0.23% -1,457 -6.72% 21,703
Cheshire 15,037 46.33% 11,037 34.00% 6,195 19.09% 156 0.48% 32 0.10% 4,000 12.33% 32,457
Coös 6,559 41.50% 5,271 33.35% 3,868 24.47% 75 0.47% 31 0.20% 1,288 8.15% 15,804
Grafton 15,389 42.34% 13,450 37.01% 7,296 20.08% 151 0.42% 57 0.16% 1,939 5.33% 36,343
Hillsborough 58,470 37.04% 61,620 39.04% 36,067 22.85% 1,329 0.84% 354 0.22% -3,150 -2.00% 157,840
Merrimack 24,437 41.54% 22,114 37.59% 11,860 20.16% 365 0.62% 58 0.10% 2,323 3.95% 58,834
Rockingham 44,317 35.80% 47,353 38.25% 31,192 25.19% 802 0.65% 142 0.11% -3,036 -2.45% 123,806
Strafford 21,247 44.69% 16,028 33.72% 9,920 20.87% 306 0.64% 38 0.08% 5,219 10.97% 47,539
Sullivan 7,921 44.50% 6,318 35.50% 3,423 19.23% 120 0.67% 17 0.10% 1,603 9.00% 17,799
Totals 209,040 38.86% 202,484 37.64% 121,337 22.56% 3,548 0.66% 1,536 0.29% 6,556 1.22% 537,945

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results – New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; NH US President Race, November 03, 1992