1992 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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The 1992 United States presidential election in Washington took place on 3 November 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for
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was won by Governor
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( D-
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) with 43.41% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush ( R
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) with 31.97%. Businessman Ross Perot ( I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.68% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. , this was the last election in which
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voted for a Democratic Presidential nominee.Sullivan, Robert David
‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’
''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016
It was also the first occasion since
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landslide that Whitman County had supported a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the first time in the history of Washington state that King County voted more Democratic than every other county in the state in a presidential election, a trend that would continue for many decades to come.Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 332-334


Results


Results by county


Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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* Ferry (tied in 1988) *
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* Kitsap * Okanogan * Skagit * Snohomish *
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* Whitman


See also

*
United States presidential elections in Washington (state) Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Washington, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1889, Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital ...
* Presidency of Bill Clinton


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1992 1992 Washington (state) elections