The 1992 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 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 York (state), New York was won by the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic candidate, List of governors of Arkansas, Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas who received 49.73% of the vote over incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who received 33.88%. Independent politician, Independent candidate Ross Perot, a billionaire Texas businessman, finished in third, with 15.75% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national election, defeating incumbent President Bush. Clinton's double-digit 15.85% margin of victory would mark the beginning of a dramatic shift toward the Democratic Party in New York, from a Democratic leaning swing state to a solidly Red states and blue states, blue state that Democrats would carry by landslide margins in every election since. In the preceding 6 elections, the state had gone Republican three times and Democratic 3 times, all but once decided by a single-digit margin. In the 7 elections that have followed 1992, Democratic presidential candidates have received between 58% and 64% of the vote, making it one of the most overwhelmingly Democratic states in the nation, largely as a result of trends that began in 1992. Despite Ross Perot’s strong showing as a third-party candidate, taking votes away from the major party nominees statewide and nationally, Clinton increased the total Democratic vote share in the five heavily populated boroughs of New York City to 69% in 1992, compared to the 66% received by Democrat Michael Dukakis in the 1988 United States presidential election in New York, 1988 election, while Bush fell from 33% in 1988 to only 24% in his re-election bid. This was the last presidential election until 2020 in which the Bronx was not the most Democratic county in New York. In addition, Clinton also picked up wins in heavily populated suburban counties around New York City that had long been reliably Republican, namely Westchester County, New York, Westchester County just north of the city, and Nassau County, New York, Nassau County on Long Island, which have remained loyally Democratic in every election that has followed, as well as Rockland County, New York, Rockland County. Bush only carried Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County by 1.5%, down from a landslide 21.8% victory margin in that county in 1988. Republican dominance of the populous suburbs had been crucial to previous Republican victories in the state in order to overcome the massive Democratic advantage in New York City. As the city became even more Democratic while downstate suburban voters defected from the GOP to the Democrats, Republican hopes of competing in New York State would vanish following this election. Bush performed more strongly in traditionally Republican upstate New York, where he won most rural counties, although he lost a number of counties that he had won in 1988 against Dukakis. Clinton won a handful of rural upstate counties, and more significantly scored strong wins in counties home to the cities of Albany, New York, Albany, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, Rochester, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, New York, Syracuse, and the college town of Ithaca, New York, Ithaca, all of which have become reliable Democratic bastions in upstate New York. New York would be one of only three states, along with 1992 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, Washington DC, where if Bush’s and Perot’s vote had been combined, Clinton would still come out on top. The other two states are 1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas, Arkansas and 1992 United States presidential election in Maryland, Maryland. Clinton's victory margin would make New York State about 10% more Democratic than the nation as a whole in the 1992 election. , this is the last election in which Clinton County, New York, Clinton County and Columbia County, New York, Columbia County voted for a Republican 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

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