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The 1992 United States presidential election in South Dakota 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 .
South Dakota was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R -Texas ) with 40.66% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D -Arkansas ) with 37.14%. Businessman Ross Perot (I -Texas) finished in third, with 21.80% of the popular vote.[ 1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot.[ 2] As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Spink County , Hanson County , Davison County , and Aurora County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[ 3]
Results
Results by county
County[ 4]
George Herbert Walker Bush Republican
William Jefferson Clinton Democratic
Henry Ross Perot Independent
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Aurora
594
34.70%
680
39.72%
435
25.41%
3
0.18%
-86
-5.02%
1,712
Beadle
3,363
36.81%
3,925
42.96%
1,819
19.91%
29
0.32%
-562
-6.15%
9,136
Bennett
556
46.45%
413
34.50%
221
18.46%
7
0.58%
143
11.95%
1,197
Bon Homme
1,212
36.00%
1,294
38.43%
836
24.83%
25
0.74%
-82
-2.44%
3,367
Brookings
4,698
39.14%
4,645
38.70%
2,614
21.78%
45
0.37%
53
0.44%
12,002
Brown
6,665
36.93%
7,521
41.67%
3,812
21.12%
49
0.27%
-856
-4.74%
18,047
Brule
908
33.93%
1,060
39.61%
687
25.67%
21
0.78%
-152
-5.68%
2,676
Buffalo
137
27.62%
282
56.85%
72
14.52%
5
1.01%
-145
-29.23%
496
Butte
1,674
45.24%
973
26.30%
1,039
28.08%
14
0.38%
635[ a]
17.16%
3,700
Campbell
574
54.51%
222
21.08%
252
23.93%
5
0.47%
322[ a]
30.58%
1,053
Charles Mix
1,570
38.30%
1,639
39.99%
886
21.62%
4
0.10%
-69
-1.68%
4,099
Clark
803
33.81%
799
33.64%
761
32.04%
12
0.51%
4
0.17%
2,375
Clay
1,869
30.96%
2,826
46.82%
1,303
21.59%
38
0.63%
-957
-15.85%
6,036
Codington
3,943
36.03%
3,701
33.82%
3,262
29.81%
37
0.34%
242
2.21%
10,943
Corson
483
38.61%
444
35.49%
321
25.66%
3
0.24%
39
3.12%
1,251
Custer
1,422
42.28%
1,078
32.05%
845
25.13%
18
0.54%
344
10.23%
3,363
Davison
3,111
38.19%
3,285
40.33%
1,706
20.94%
44
0.54%
-174
-2.14%
8,146
Day
1,161
31.17%
1,578
42.36%
973
26.12%
13
0.35%
-417
-11.19%
3,725
Deuel
778
32.11%
880
36.32%
761
31.41%
4
0.17%
-102
-4.21%
2,423
Dewey
642
36.64%
766
43.72%
340
19.41%
4
0.23%
-124
-7.08%
1,752
Douglas
1,175
56.85%
481
23.27%
403
19.50%
8
0.39%
694
33.58%
2,067
Edmunds
944
41.77%
894
39.56%
415
18.36%
7
0.31%
50
2.21%
2,260
Fall River
1,533
40.84%
1,416
37.72%
792
21.10%
13
0.35%
117
3.12%
3,754
Faulk
658
45.89%
488
34.03%
281
19.60%
7
0.49%
170
11.85%
1,434
Grant
1,595
38.81%
1,484
36.11%
1,018
24.77%
13
0.32%
111
2.70%
4,110
Gregory
1,027
39.27%
879
33.61%
688
26.31%
21
0.80%
148
5.66%
2,615
Haakon
860
65.25%
209
15.86%
245
18.59%
4
0.30%
615[ a]
46.66%
1,318
Hamlin
1,133
41.35%
826
30.15%
774
28.25%
7
0.26%
307
11.20%
2,740
Hand
1,130
44.38%
785
30.83%
624
24.51%
7
0.27%
345
13.55%
2,546
Hanson
522
36.38%
566
39.44%
341
23.76%
6
0.42%
-44
-3.07%
1,435
Harding
515
58.46%
139
15.78%
225
25.54%
2
0.23%
290[ a]
32.92%
881
Hughes
4,325
53.26%
2,578
31.74%
1,160
14.28%
58
0.71%
1,747
21.51%
8,121
Hutchinson
2,002
48.17%
1,211
29.14%
920
22.14%
23
0.55%
791
19.03%
4,156
Hyde
440
46.07%
301
31.52%
211
22.09%
3
0.31%
139
14.55%
955
Jackson
627
53.68%
351
30.05%
184
15.75%
6
0.51%
276
23.63%
1,168
Jerauld
518
35.31%
600
40.90%
346
23.59%
3
0.20%
-82
-5.59%
1,467
Jones
454
58.28%
166
21.31%
154
19.77%
5
0.64%
288
36.97%
779
Kingsbury
1,113
35.41%
1,267
40.31%
744
23.67%
19
0.60%
-154
-4.90%
3,143
Lake
1,890
33.81%
2,388
42.72%
1,299
23.24%
13
0.23%
-498
-8.91%
5,590
Lawrence
3,770
39.03%
3,157
32.68%
2,673
27.67%
59
0.61%
613
6.35%
9,659
Lincoln
3,365
42.47%
2,943
37.15%
1,593
20.11%
22
0.28%
422
5.33%
7,923
Lyman
669
45.20%
486
32.84%
311
21.01%
14
0.95%
183
12.36%
1,480
Marshall
810
35.26%
1,056
45.97%
427
18.59%
4
0.17%
-246
-10.71%
2,297
McCook
1,177
39.44%
1,167
39.11%
617
20.68%
23
0.77%
10
0.34%
2,984
McPherson
945
53.94%
478
27.28%
322
18.38%
7
0.40%
467
26.66%
1,752
Meade
4,724
46.89%
2,694
26.74%
2,611
25.92%
46
0.46%
2,030
20.15%
10,075
Mellette
417
49.58%
277
32.94%
140
16.65%
7
0.83%
140
16.65%
841
Miner
543
34.28%
698
44.07%
332
20.96%
11
0.69%
-155
-9.79%
1,584
Minnehaha
25,081
39.32%
27,016
42.35%
11,496
18.02%
193
0.30%
-1,935
-3.03%
63,786
Moody
898
28.93%
1,473
47.45%
715
23.03%
18
0.58%
-575
-18.52%
3,104
Pennington
18,052
47.92%
11,106
29.48%
8,358
22.19%
153
0.41%
6,946
18.44%
37,669
Perkins
872
43.80%
566
28.43%
541
27.17%
12
0.60%
306
15.37%
1,991
Potter
901
50.67%
493
27.73%
375
21.09%
9
0.51%
408
22.95%
1,778
Roberts
1,437
34.87%
1,716
41.64%
954
23.15%
14
0.34%
-279
-6.77%
4,121
Sanborn
595
36.96%
632
39.25%
376
23.35%
7
0.43%
-37
-2.30%
1,610
Shannon
225
13.63%
1,267
76.74%
137
8.30%
22
1.33%
-1,042
-63.11%
1,651
Spink
1,527
37.14%
1,732
42.12%
839
20.40%
14
0.34%
-205
-4.99%
4,112
Stanley
719
51.39%
427
30.52%
240
17.16%
13
0.93%
292
20.87%
1,399
Sully
565
55.94%
273
27.03%
167
16.53%
5
0.50%
292
28.91%
1,010
Todd
456
27.98%
915
56.13%
246
15.09%
13
0.80%
-459
-28.16%
1,630
Tripp
1,459
43.38%
1,046
31.10%
848
25.22%
10
0.30%
413
12.28%
3,363
Turner
1,906
44.43%
1,507
35.13%
867
20.21%
10
0.23%
399
9.30%
4,290
Union
1,784
35.00%
2,210
43.36%
1,085
21.29%
18
0.35%
-426
-8.36%
5,097
Walworth
1,439
49.48%
829
28.51%
628
21.60%
12
0.41%
610
20.98%
2,908
Yankton
3,430
36.60%
3,404
36.32%
2,511
26.79%
27
0.29%
26
0.28%
9,372
Ziebach
328
44.93%
280
38.36%
117
16.03%
5
0.68%
48
6.58%
730
Totals
136,718
40.66%
124,888
37.14%
73,295
21.80%
1,353
0.40%
11,830
3.52%
336,254
Notes
^ a b c d 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