United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1992

United States presidential election in New Jersey, 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 15 0 0 Popular vote 1,436,206 1,356,865 521,829 Percentage 43.0% 40.6% 15.6%

County Results   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Bush—<40%   Bush—40-50%   Bush—50-60%

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

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

New Jersey was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 42.95% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 40.58%, a 2.37% margin of victory. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 15.61% of the popular vote.^[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.

At the time still considered a Republican-leaning state, Clinton very narrowly won New Jersey over President Bush. Clinton's win marked both the first time a Democrat won New Jersey since Lyndon Johnson's landslide win in 1964 as well as the beginning of a long-term shift in New Jersey's politics toward the Democratic Party. New Jersey has voted Democratic in every presidential election since.^[2]

This was the third time New Jersey voted Democratic since the end of World War II. After this election, despite the very slim margin for this year, the Democrat would always win New Jersey by more than 15 points, except in 2004, when John Kerry couldn't even win it by at least 10 points (he still managed to carry the Garden State).

Results

United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1992[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	1,436,206	42.95%	15
	Republican	George H.W. Bush	1,356,865	40.58%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	521,829	15.61%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	6,822	0.20%	0
	Independent	Drew Bradford	4,749	0.14%	0
	New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	3,513	0.11%	0
	U.S. Taxpayers'	Howard Phillips	2,670	0.08%	0
	Six Million Jobs	Lyndon LaRouche	2,095	0.06%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Warren	2,011	0.06%	0
	Peace and Freedom	Ron Daniels	1,996	0.06%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz	1,867	0.06%	0
	Socialist Equality	Helen Halyard	1,618	0.05%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	1,353	0.04%	0
Totals			3,343,594	100.0%	15
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)					56%/82%

References

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