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Main article: 1992 United States presidential election
1992 United States presidential election in Minnesota
← 1988 November 3, 1992 1996 →
Turnout73.91%[1] Increase
 
Nominee Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush Ross Perot
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican Independent
Home state Arkansas Texas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Dan Quayle James Stockdale
Electoral vote 10 0 0
Popular vote 1,020,997 747,841 562,506
Percentage 43.48% 31.85% 23.96%
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George H. W. Bush
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Bill Clinton
Democratic

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

Minnesota was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.48% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) who took 31.85%, a victory margin of 11.63%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.96% of the popular vote.[2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[3]

April 7, 1992, saw the first presidential primary in Minnesota since 1956. Clinton won a plurality of votes in the DFL primary and Bush won in the IR election.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Minnesota[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 1,020,997 43.48% 10
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 747,841 31.85% 0
Independent Ross Perot 562,506 23.96% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 3,374 0.14% 0
America First James "Bo" Gritz 3,363 0.14% 0
Grassroots Jack Herer 2,659 0.11% 0
Write-ins 2,499 0.11% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 1,406 0.06% 0
Socialist Workers James Warren 990 0.04% 0
New Alliance Lenora Fulani 958 0.04% 0
U.S. Taxpayers' Howard Phillips 733 0.03% 0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 622 0.03% 0
Totals 2,347,948 100.0% 10

Results by county

County William Jefferson Clinton
Democratic 		George Herbert Walker Bush
Republican 		Henry Ross Perot
Independent 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Aitkin 3,400 44.98% 2,151 28.46% 1,951 25.81% 57 0.75% 1,249 16.52% 7,559
Anoka 54,621 42.01% 39,458 30.35% 35,140 27.03% 801 0.62% 15,163 11.66% 130,020
Becker 4,958 36.18% 5,430 39.63% 3,238 23.63% 76 0.55% -472 -3.44% 13,702
Beltrami 7,210 45.10% 5,204 32.55% 3,473 21.72% 100 0.63% 2,006 12.55% 15,987
Benton 5,156 35.88% 5,053 35.16% 4,048 28.17% 114 0.79% 103 0.72% 14,371
Big Stone 1,610 47.08% 1,052 30.76% 740 21.64% 18 0.53% 558 16.32% 3,420
Blue Earth 11,531 41.41% 8,813 31.65% 7,299 26.21% 204 0.73% 2,718 9.76% 27,847
Brown 4,278 31.41% 5,390 39.57% 3,845 28.23% 108 0.79% -1,112 -8.16% 13,621
Carlton 7,736 52.46% 3,922 26.60% 3,005 20.38% 84 0.57% 3,814 25.86% 14,747
Carver 8,349 31.38% 10,201 38.34% 7,942 29.85% 112 0.42% -1,852 -6.96% 26,604
Cass 4,901 40.18% 4,276 35.06% 2,939 24.10% 81 0.66% 625 5.12% 12,197
Chippewa 2,929 44.26% 2,143 32.39% 1,505 22.74% 40 0.60% 786 11.88% 6,617
Chisago 7,077 41.34% 4,813 28.11% 5,098 29.78% 131 0.77% 1,979[a] 11.56% 17,119
Clay 9,845 41.93% 9,666 41.17% 3,835 16.33% 132 0.56% 179 0.76% 23,478
Clearwater 1,587 42.23% 1,315 34.99% 841 22.38% 15 0.40% 272 7.24% 3,758
Cook 1,005 38.39% 878 33.54% 704 26.89% 31 1.18% 127 4.85% 2,618
Cottonwood 2,382 35.81% 2,481 37.30% 1,749 26.30% 39 0.59% -99 -1.49% 6,651
Crow Wing 8,896 36.25% 9,112 37.13% 6,367 25.95% 164 0.67% -216 -0.88% 24,539
Dakota 63,660 40.53% 52,312 33.30% 40,244 25.62% 864 0.55% 11,348 7.22% 157,080
Dodge 2,620 32.87% 3,049 38.25% 2,231 27.99% 72 0.90% -429 -5.38% 7,972
Douglas 5,252 33.12% 6,356 40.08% 4,138 26.09% 113 0.71% -1,104 -6.96% 15,859
Faribault 3,339 36.51% 3,439 37.60% 2,322 25.39% 46 0.50% -100 -1.09% 9,146
Fillmore 3,977 37.31% 3,583 33.62% 3,011 28.25% 87 0.82% 394 3.70% 10,658
Freeborn 7,759 43.56% 5,089 28.57% 4,878 27.38% 87 0.49% 2,670 14.99% 17,813
Goodhue 7,916 37.25% 7,321 34.45% 5,790 27.25% 223 1.05% 595 2.80% 21,250
Grant 1,561 42.58% 1,201 32.76% 885 24.14% 19 0.52% 360 9.82% 3,666
Hennepin 278,648 47.50% 179,581 30.61% 123,659 21.08% 4,731 0.81% 99,067 16.89% 586,619
Houston 3,744 35.82% 3,853 36.87% 2,697 25.81% 157 1.50% -109 -1.04% 10,451
Hubbard 3,362 39.14% 3,227 37.57% 1,949 22.69% 51 0.59% 135 1.57% 8,589
Isanti 5,386 40.30% 3,988 29.84% 3,898 29.16% 94 0.70% 1,398 10.46% 13,366
Itasca 9,621 46.17% 5,952 28.56% 5,147 24.70% 118 0.57% 3,669 17.61% 20,838
Jackson 2,481 39.68% 1,824 29.17% 1,918 30.68% 29 0.46% 563[a] 9.01% 6,252
Kanabec 2,532 40.27% 1,876 29.83% 1,836 29.20% 44 0.70% 656 10.43% 6,288
Kandiyohi 7,914 40.26% 6,784 34.51% 4,869 24.77% 89 0.45% 1,130 5.75% 19,656
Kittson 1,307 43.80% 1,098 36.80% 558 18.70% 21 0.70% 209 7.00% 2,984
Koochiching 3,474 46.54% 1,954 26.18% 1,993 26.70% 44 0.59% 1,481[a] 19.84% 7,465
Lac Qui Parle 2,342 47.14% 1,435 28.88% 1,163 23.41% 28 0.56% 907 18.26% 4,968
Lake 3,415 53.72% 1,465 23.05% 1,437 22.61% 40 0.63% 1,950 30.67% 6,357
Lake of the Woods 794 36.12% 762 34.67% 629 28.62% 13 0.59% 32 1.46% 2,198
Le Sueur 4,662 39.00% 3,858 32.27% 3,363 28.13% 71 0.59% 804 6.73% 11,954
Lincoln 1,555 42.77% 1,084 29.81% 967 26.60% 30 0.83% 471 12.95% 3,636
Lyon 4,481 36.36% 4,591 37.25% 3,180 25.80% 72 0.58% -110 -0.89% 12,324
Mahnomen 1,035 43.32% 854 35.75% 483 20.22% 17 0.71% 181 7.58% 2,389
Marshall 2,309 39.79% 2,136 36.81% 1,306 22.51% 52 0.90% 173 2.98% 5,803
Martin 4,019 34.62% 4,438 38.23% 3,089 26.61% 63 0.54% -419 -3.61% 11,609
McLeod 4,919 32.05% 5,422 35.33% 4,933 32.14% 73 0.48% 489[b] 3.19% 15,347
Meeker 3,861 36.63% 3,497 33.18% 3,120 29.60% 62 0.59% 364 3.45% 10,540
Mille Lacs 3,648 39.85% 2,814 30.74% 2,615 28.57% 77 0.84% 834 9.11% 9,154
Morrison 5,588 38.69% 5,038 34.88% 3,710 25.69% 106 0.73% 550 3.81% 14,442
Mower 9,935 49.16% 5,147 25.47% 5,001 24.75% 127 0.63% 4,788 23.69% 20,210
Murray 1,993 38.23% 1,609 30.87% 1,588 30.46% 23 0.44% 384 7.37% 5,213
Nicollet 6,055 40.26% 5,091 33.85% 3,799 25.26% 94 0.63% 964 6.41% 15,039
Nobles 3,756 37.82% 3,548 35.73% 2,586 26.04% 40 0.40% 208 2.09% 9,930
Norman 1,784 43.29% 1,541 37.39% 776 18.83% 20 0.49% 243 5.90% 4,121
Olmsted 19,039 33.60% 23,404 41.30% 13,806 24.37% 413 0.73% -4,365 -7.70% 56,662
Otter Tail 9,176 34.41% 11,074 41.52% 6,274 23.52% 146 0.55% -1,898 -7.12% 26,670
Pennington 2,578 40.54% 2,155 33.89% 1,598 25.13% 28 0.44% 423 6.65% 6,359
Pine 4,929 45.58% 2,841 26.27% 2,952 27.30% 91 0.84% 1,977[a] 18.28% 10,813
Pipestone 1,773 34.29% 1,953 37.78% 1,429 27.64% 15 0.29% -180 -3.48% 5,170
Polk 5,850 39.17% 5,817 38.95% 3,176 21.27% 91 0.61% 33 0.22% 14,934
Pope 2,619 43.87% 1,886 31.59% 1,390 23.28% 75 1.26% 733 12.28% 5,970
Ramsey 130,932 51.97% 68,206 27.08% 50,757 20.15% 2,020 0.80% 62,726 24.90% 251,915
Red Lake 1,020 46.34% 691 31.39% 472 21.44% 18 0.82% 329 14.95% 2,201
Redwood 2,740 30.74% 3,408 38.24% 2,710 30.41% 55 0.62% -668 -7.49% 8,913
Renville 3,414 38.27% 2,852 31.97% 2,598 29.13% 56 0.63% 562 6.30% 8,920
Rice 10,908 45.24% 7,015 29.09% 6,057 25.12% 133 0.55% 3,893 16.14% 24,113
Rock 2,006 37.58% 2,065 38.68% 1,244 23.30% 23 0.43% -59 -1.11% 5,338
Roseau 2,346 32.27% 2,785 38.31% 2,099 28.88% 39 0.54% -439 -6.04% 7,269
Saint Louis 61,813 56.81% 24,579 22.59% 21,714 19.95% 709 0.65% 37,234 34.22% 108,815
Scott 11,225 34.84% 10,936 33.95% 9,881 30.67% 174 0.54% 289 0.90% 32,216
Sherburne 7,843 35.91% 7,339 33.60% 6,534 29.92% 125 0.57% 504 2.31% 21,841
Sibley 2,421 33.70% 2,315 32.22% 2,407 33.50% 42 0.58% 14[a] 0.19% 7,185
Stearns 21,451 36.15% 22,502 37.92% 14,834 25.00% 553 0.93% -1,051 -1.77% 59,340
Steele 5,152 32.63% 5,964 37.77% 4,542 28.77% 131 0.83% -812 -5.14% 15,789
Stevens 2,466 42.40% 2,229 38.33% 1,086 18.67% 35 0.60% 237 4.07% 5,816
Swift 2,980 49.74% 1,603 26.76% 1,359 22.68% 49 0.82% 1,377 22.98% 5,991
Todd 4,059 36.55% 3,990 35.93% 2,976 26.80% 79 0.71% 69 0.62% 11,104
Traverse 1,053 42.39% 841 33.86% 582 23.43% 8 0.32% 212 8.53% 2,484
Wabasha 3,736 36.57% 3,397 33.25% 3,012 29.48% 72 0.70% 339 3.32% 10,217
Wadena 2,340 36.57% 2,492 38.95% 1,535 23.99% 31 0.48% -152 -2.38% 6,398
Waseca 3,146 34.93% 3,118 34.62% 2,621 29.10% 121 1.34% 28 0.31% 9,006
Washington 35,820 41.90% 26,568 31.07% 22,585 26.42% 526 0.62% 9,252 10.82% 85,499
Watonwan 2,100 37.65% 1,871 33.54% 1,574 28.22% 33 0.59% 229 4.11% 5,578
Wilkin 1,122 31.97% 1,626 46.32% 748 21.31% 14 0.40% -504 -14.36% 3,510
Winona 9,707 39.59% 8,585 35.02% 5,993 24.44% 233 0.95% 1,122 4.58% 24,518
Wright 12,465 35.45% 11,650 33.13% 10,829 30.80% 216 0.61% 815 2.32% 35,160
Yellow Medicine 2,593 41.87% 1,909 30.83% 1,645 26.56% 46 0.74% 684 11.04% 6,193
Totals 1,020,997 43.48% 747,841 31.85% 562,506 23.96% 16,604 0.71% 273,156 11.63% 2,347,948

See also

Note

  1. ^ a b c d e In this county where Bush ran third behind Clinton and Perot, margin given is Clinton vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Clinton percentage minus Perot percentage.
  2. ^ In this county where Clinton ran third behind Bush and Perot, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Bush percentage minus Perot percentage.

References

  1. ^ "Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  2. ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Minnesota". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  3. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
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