The 1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the United States Electoral College, Electoral College, who voted for President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president. New Jersey was won by List of governors of Arkansas, Governor Bill Clinton (Democratic Party (United States), D-Arkansas) with 42.95% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (Republican Party (United States), R-Texas) with 40.58%, a 2.37% margin of victory. Businessman Ross Perot (Independent politician, I-Texas) finished in third, with 15.61% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. At the time still considered a Republican-leaning swing state, Clinton very narrowly won New Jersey over President Bush. Reflecting this fact, New Jersey weighed in as 2% more Republican than the national average. Clinton's win marked both the first time a Democrat won New Jersey since Lyndon B. Johnson, Lyndon Johnson's landslide win in 1964 United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1964 as well as the beginning of a long-term shift in New Jersey's politics toward the Democratic Party. New Jersey has voted Democratic in every presidential election since. Indeed, this was the last time New Jersey voted to the right of its swing state neighbor Pennsylvania. This was the third time New Jersey voted Democratic since the end of World War II. After this election, despite the very slim margin for this year, the Democrat would always win New Jersey by more than 10 points, except in 2004 United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004, when John Kerry's margin was just under 7 points. Clinton was the first Democrat to win the White House without Salem County since John F. Kennedy in 1960. , this is the last election in which Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County and Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. In addition, this was also the last presidential election in New Jersey voted to the right of the country as a whole, along with the most recent when the Republican candidate won more counties in the state.Sullivan, Robert David
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