1992 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

1992 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
Turnout	82.60% 5.66%
Clinton 30-40% 40-50% 50-60%	Bush 30-40% 40-50%
President before election; George H. W. Bush; Republican	Elected President ; Bill Clinton; Democratic

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]

^ Secretary of State: Kim Wyman. "Voter Turnout by Election". www.sos.wa.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
^ Cite error: The named reference results was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 332-334 ISBN 0786422173

[1] Secretary of State: Kim Wyman. "Voter Turnout by Election". www.sos.wa.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[results-2] Cite error: The named reference results was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

[how-4] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[Geography-5] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 332-334 ISBN 0786422173

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