United States presidential election in Delaware, 1992

United States presidential election in Delaware, 1992

November 3, 1992

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 3 0 0 Popular vote 126,054 102,313 59,213 Percentage 43.5% 35.3% 20.5%

County results

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

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

Delaware was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.52%% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.33%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 20.45% of the popular vote.^[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Clinton comfortably won Delaware by a margin of 8.19%, and that confirmed the state's status as reliably Democratic, and it has voted Democratic in every election since.^[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Delaware, 1992[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	126,054	43.52%	3
	Republican	George H.W. Bush (incumbent)	102,313	35.33%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	59,213	20.45%	0
	New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	1,105	0.38%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	935	0.32%	0
Totals			289,620	100.0%	3

References

1. "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Delaware". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
2. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.