1992 United States presidential election in Michigan

1992 United States presidential election in Michigan

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Turnout62.5% Increase[1]
 
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 18 0 0
Popular vote 1,871,182 1,554,940 824,813
Percentage 43.77% 36.38% 19.30%


President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.77% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 36.38%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 19.30% of the popular vote.[2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[3] This was the first time that a Democratic presidential candidate carried the state since Hubert Humphrey in 1968. It would not vote Republican again until 2016.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Oakland County voted for a Republican presidential candidate and the last time that Charlevoix County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[4] Michigan voted most similarly to the national results of the election.

This is the most recent election where Michigan voted more Republican than nearby Pennsylvania. Afterward, Michigan would become the most Democratic of the three Rust Belt swing states (including Wisconsin and Pennsylvania), a status it has held since.

Clinton on campaign. Seen here with local Democratic notables in front of Rackham School at the University of Michigan in October 1992.
  1. ^ "SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics".
  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 8, 2012.
  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

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