United States presidential election in Illinois, 1992

United States presidential election in Illinois, 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 22 0 0 Popular vote 2,453,350 1,734,096 840,515 Percentage 48.7% 34.3% 16.6%

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 Illinois took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose twenty-two representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Illinois was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 48.58% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 34.34%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 16.64% of the popular vote.^[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.^[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Illinois, 1992[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	2,453,350	48.58%	22
	Republican	George H.W. Bush	1,734,096	34.34%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	840,515	16.64%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	9,218	0.18%	0
	New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	5,267	0.10%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz	3,577	0.07%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	2,751	0.05%	0
	Socialist Workers Party	James Warren	1,361	0.03%	0
	Write-ins		22	0.00%	0
Totals			5,050,157	100.0%	22

By congressional district

District	Bush	Clinton	Representative
1st	12%	81%	Bobby Rush
2nd	13%	80%	Jesse Jackson, Jr.
3rd	39%	41%	William Lipinski
4th	23%	65%	Luis Gutierrez
5th	33%	51%	Dan Rostenkowski
6th	47%	23%	Henry Hyde
7th	15%	78%	Cardiss Collins
8th	47%	31%	Phil Crane

References

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