The 1992 United States presidential election in Missouri was held on November 3, 1992, as part of the broader 1992 United States presidential election in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to United States Electoral College, the Electoral College, who voted for President of the United States, President and Vice President of the United States, Vice-President.
From 1904 United States presidential election in Missouri, 1904 to 2004 United States presidential election in Missouri, 2004, Missouri voted for the eventual winner of every presidential election except 1956 United States presidential election in Missouri, 1956. The state was won in 1992 by List of governors of Arkansas, Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton (Democratic Party (United States), D) with 44.07 percent of the popular vote, over incumbent President of the United States, President George H. W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush (Republican Party (United States), R) with 33.92 percent of the popular vote — the smallest vote share for a Republican since 1860 United States presidential election in Missouri, 1860 when the party was not seriously contesting slave states and free states, slave states outside of the Missouri Rhineland.
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Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Missouri
/ref> Independent Ross Perot performed extremely well for a third-party candidate with 21.69 percent of the popular vote — the best third-party performance in Missouri since Constitutional Union Party (United States), Constitutional Unionist John Bell (Tennessee politician), John Bell in that same 1860 election.[Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', p. 115 ] and the first Democrat to carry similarly Unionist Ozarks, Ozark Hickory County, Missouri, Hickory County since that same election, the only Democrat to carry Morgan County, Missouri, Morgan County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 United States presidential election in Missouri, 1932, and the first to carry Benton County, Missouri, Benton County also since 1932.[Menendez; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States'', pp. 239-246]
, this remains the last time that Dallas County, Missouri, Dallas County, Howell County, Missouri, Howell County, Harrison County, Missouri, Harrison County, Adair County, Missouri, Adair County, Andrew County, Missouri, Andrew County, Johnson County, Missouri, Johnson County, Butler County, Missouri, Butler County, Atchison County, Missouri, Atchison County, Phelps County, Missouri, Phelps County, Platte County, Missouri, Platte County, Maries County, Missouri, Maries County, Stoddard County, Missouri, Stoddard County, Pulaski County, Missouri, Pulaski County, Dent County, Missouri, Dent County, Texas County, Missouri, Texas County, and Carter County, Missouri, Carter County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[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 last time that a Democrat carried the state by double digits, the last double-digit win for any candidate until 2016 United States presidential election in Missouri, 2016, the last time that Missouri has voted to the left of neighboring 1992 United States presidential election in Iowa, Iowa, and the last time that the state voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole, weighing in at about 4 points more Democratic.
Results
Results by county
See also
* United States presidential elections in Missouri
* Presidency of Bill Clinton
Notes
References
{{State results of the 1992 U.S. presidential election
1992 United States presidential election by state, Missouri
United States presidential elections in Missouri, 1992
1992 Missouri elections