United States presidential election in Arizona, 1992

United States presidential election in Arizona, 1992

November 3, 1992

Nominee George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot Party Republican Democratic Independent Home state Texas Arkansas Texas Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore James Stockdale Electoral vote 8 0 0 Popular vote 572,086 543,050 353,741 Percentage 38.5% 36.5% 23.8%

County Results   Clinton—>70%   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Bush—40-50%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—60-70%   Bush—>70%   Perot—40-50%

President before election George H. W. Bush Republican Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Arizona was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 38.47% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 36.52%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 23.79% of the popular vote.^[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Bush very narrowly won in Arizona by a margin of 1.95%, and Clinton went on to win the state in the 1996 election narrowly over Bob Dole.^[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Arizona, 1992[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George H.W. Bush (incumbent)	572,086	38.47%	8
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	543,050	36.52%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	353,741	23.79%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz	8,141	0.55%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	6,759	0.45%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	2,277	0.15%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani	917	0.06%	0
	Democrats for Economic Recovery	Lyndon LaRouche (write-in)	8	>0.01%	0
Totals			1,486,975	100.0%	8

References

1. "State of Arizona Official Canvass - General Election - November 3, 1992" (PDF). Arizona Office of the Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
2. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.