1992 United States presidential election in California
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The 1992 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1992 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 54 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. This was the first time that California had voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 election, and Clinton's win in this state changed its status from reliably Republican to decisively Democratic to the present, and the state maintains the largest number of electoral votes in the Electoral College.
California voted for the Democratic challenger, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, over the Republican incumbent, George H. W. Bush, the first time the state voted Democratic since 1964. Ross Perot won only one county: Trinity County, California.
California has voted increasingly Democratic despite Reagan's decisive wins in his home state during the 1980 and 1984 elections, Changing demographics made the state much closer and Michael Dukakis only narrowly fell short of winning California in 1988. The Early 1990s recession was blamed on George H. W. Bush, causing a rise in unemployment in construction and real estate. This ultimately gave Bill Clinton a double digit victory in California, despite Bush's small margin of victory just four years earlier.
Results
| United States presidential election in California, 1992[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jefferson Clinton | 5,121,325 | 46.01% | 54 | |
| Republican | George Herbert Walker Bush (Incumbent) | 3,630,574 | 32.61% | 0 | |
| Independent | Henry Ross Perot | 2,296,006 | 20.63% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 48,139 | 0.43% | 0 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Ron Daniels | 18,597 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Taxpayers’ | Howard Phillips | 12,711 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| America First | James "Bo" Gritz (write-in) | 3,077 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin (write-in) | 836 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Democrats for Economic Recovery | Lyndon LaRouche (write-in) | 180 | >0.01% | 0 | |
| Other write-ins | 149 | >0.01% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Willie Carter (write-in) | 131 | >0.01% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers Party | James Warren (write-in) | 115 | >0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent | Gene Smith (write-in) | 18 | >0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent | Isabell Masters (write-in) | 12 | >0.01% | 0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 242,844 | 2.13% | — | ||
| Totals | 11,374,565 | 100.0% | 54 | ||
| Voter turnout | 54.52% | — | |||
Results Breakdown
By county
| County | Clinton | Votes | Bush | Votes | Perot | Votes | Others | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 72.40% | 233,263 | 17.80% | 57,352 | 9.01% | 29,018 | 0.80% | 2,574 |
| Alameda | 63.04% | 334,224 | 20.62% | 109,292 | 15.40% | 8,1643 | 0.94% | 4,986 |
| Marin | 58.27% | 76,158 | 23.32% | 30,479 | 17.59% | 22,986 | 0.83% | 1,084 |
| Santa Cruz | 58.06% | 66,183 | 21.86% | 24,916 | 18.96% | 21,615 | 1.12% | 1,278 |
| San Mateo | 53.97% | 149,232 | 27.15% | 75,080 | 18.25% | 50,465 | 0.63% | 1,731 |
| Yolo | 53.33% | 33,297 | 28.15% | 17,574 | 17.73% | 11,073 | 0.79% | 492 |
| Sonoma | 52.78% | 104,334 | 24.09% | 47,619 | 22.19% | 43,859 | 0.95% | 1,879 |
| Los Angeles | 52.54% | 1,446,529 | 29.04% | 799,607 | 17.75% | 488,624 | 0.68% | 18,643 |
| Contra Costa | 50.93% | 194,960 | 29.51% | 112,965 | 18.94% | 72,518 | 0.62% | 2,380 |
| Mendocino | 50.21% | 18,344 | 21.78% | 7,958 | 26.69% | 9,753 | 1.32% | 483 |
| Santa Clara | 49.21% | 296,265 | 28.38% | 170,870 | 21.41% | 128,895 | 1.00% | 6,025 |
| Solano | 48.69% | 64,320 | 29.43% | 38,883 | 21.08% | 27,851 | 0.80% | 1,057 |
| Humboldt | 48.07% | 28,854 | 30.49% | 18,299 | 20.56% | 12,340 | 0.88% | 528 |
| Monterey | 47.01% | 54,861 | 31.25% | 36,461 | 20.97% | 24,472 | 0.77% | 895 |
| Lake | 45.44% | 10,548 | 28.77% | 6,678 | 24.97% | 5,797 | 0.82% | 190 |
| Napa | 45.30% | 24,215 | 29.30% | 15,662 | 24.60% | 13,150 | 0.80% | 428 |
| Imperial | 43.88% | 11,109 | 38.55% | 9,759 | 16.77% | 4,247 | 0.80% | 203 |
| Sacramento | 43.56% | 197,540 | 35.36% | 160,366 | 20.16% | 91,412 | 0.92% | 4,194 |
| Santa Barbara | 42.53% | 69,215 | 35.25% | 57,375 | 21.57% | 35,105 | 0.65% | 1,061 |
| Fresno | 42.17% | 92,418 | 40.67% | 89,137 | 16.56% | 36,299 | 0.60% | 1,307 |
| San Benito | 42.03% | 5,354 | 32.28% | 4,112 | 24.98% | 3,182 | 0.71% | 91 |
| San Joaquin | 41.28% | 63,655 | 37.84% | 58,355 | 20.24% | 31,205 | 0.65% | 995 |
| Stanislaus | 40.95% | 52,415 | 36.93% | 47,275 | 21.60% | 27,651 | 0.52% | 664 |
| Merced | 40.85% | 20,133 | 36.48% | 17,981 | 22.15% | 10,914 | 0.52% | 256 |
| Siskiyou | 39.91% | 8,254 | 32.21% | 6,660 | 26.92% | 5,567 | 0.96% | 198 |
| Del Norte | 38.91% | 3,639 | 32.96% | 3,083 | 27.53% | 2,575 | 0.60% | 56 |
| Kings | 38.91% | 9,982 | 41.61% | 10,673 | 19.10% | 4,899 | 0.38% | 97 |
| San Bernardino | 38.74% | 183,634 | 37.24% | 176,563 | 23.03% | 109,183 | 0.99% | 4,690 |
| Riverside | 38.64% | 166,241 | 37.06% | 159,457 | 23.76% | 102,233 | 0.54% | 2,344 |
| San Luis Obispo | 38.36% | 40,136 | 34.78% | 36,384 | 26.11% | 27,314 | 0.75% | 785 |
| Butte | 38.22% | 32,489 | 37.18% | 31,608 | 23.80% | 20,231 | 0.81% | 686 |
| Tuolumne | 38.12% | 9,216 | 35.26% | 8,525 | 26.03% | 6,294 | 0.59% | 143 |
| Plumas | 37.61% | 3,742 | 36.17% | 3,599 | 25.64% | 2,551 | 0.57% | 57 |
| San Diego | 37.24% | 367,397 | 35.69% | 352,125 | 26.28% | 259,249 | 0.80% | 7,875 |
| Ventura | 36.99% | 99,011 | 35.46% | 94,911 | 26.84% | 71,844 | 0.70% | 1,881 |
| Mariposa | 36.48% | 3,023 | 35.98% | 2,982 | 26.68% | 2,211 | 0.86% | 71 |
| Madera | 35.92% | 10,863 | 43.20% | 13,066 | 20.35% | 6,156 | 0.53% | 160 |
| Tehama | 35.79% | 7,508 | 35.36% | 7,419 | 28.05% | 5,884 | 0.80% | 168 |
| Calaveras | 35.25% | 5,989 | 35.35% | 6,006 | 28.53% | 4,848 | 0.87% | 148 |
| Tulare | 35.22% | 31,188 | 45.71% | 40,482 | 18.55% | 16,430 | 0.51% | 453 |
| Nevada | 34.92% | 15,433 | 39.24% | 17,343 | 25.05% | 11,072 | 0.80% | 353 |
| Sierra | 34.83% | 653 | 36.85% | 691 | 27.68% | 519 | 0.64% | 12 |
| Amador | 34.25% | 5,286 | 35.49% | 5,477 | 29.50% | 4,553 | 0.76% | 118 |
| Yuba | 34.24% | 5,785 | 43.40% | 7,333 | 21.53% | 3,637 | 0.83% | 140 |
| Mono | 34.19% | 1,489 | 36.05% | 1,570 | 28.66% | 1,248 | 1.10% | 48 |
| Alpine | 34.07% | 215 | 35.18% | 222 | 29.48% | 186 | 1.27% | 8 |
| Kern | 33.75% | 60,510 | 45.05% | 80,762 | 20.58% | 36,891 | 0.61% | 1,100 |
| Placer | 33.69% | 30,783 | 41.92% | 38,298 | 23.80% | 21,741 | 0.60% | 544 |
| Lassen | 32.70% | 3,388 | 37.02% | 3,836 | 28.99% | 3,004 | 1.29% | 134 |
| Trinity | 32.63% | 1,967 | 31.28% | 1,886 | 34.70% | 2,092 | 1.39% | 84 |
| El Dorado | 32.38% | 21,012 | 39.92% | 25,906 | 26.97% | 17,503 | 0.72% | 466 |
| Modoc | 32.19% | 1,489 | 38.98% | 1,803 | 27.44% | 1,269 | 1.38% | 64 |
| Colusa | 31.91% | 1,798 | 45.94% | 2,589 | 21.40% | 1,206 | 0.75% | 42 |
| Inyo | 31.84% | 2,695 | 43.58% | 3,689 | 23.62% | 1,999 | 0.96% | 81 |
| Shasta | 31.61% | 21,605 | 41.24% | 28,190 | 26.32% | 17,990 | 0.84% | 574 |
| Orange | 31.56% | 306,930 | 43.87% | 426,613 | 23.90% | 232,394 | 0.68% | 6,612 |
| Sutter | 30.48% | 7,883 | 50.10% | 12,956 | 18.87% | 4,881 | 0.54% | 140 |
| Glenn | 30.24% | 2,666 | 43.24% | 3,812 | 25.84% | 2,278 | 0.68% | 60 |
By congressional district
References
- ^ "President" (PDF). California Secretary of State. 1992-12-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
