1992 United States presidential election in Indiana
The 1992 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Indiana was won by President George H. W. Bush (R-TX) and his running mate Vice President and former Indiana Senator Dan Quayle. The presidential contest in Indiana was not a surprise, with Bush winning 42.91% to 36.79% over Governor Bill Clinton (D).[1] Still, the margin of victory was lesser than in earlier elections, whilst Clinton won in every state bordering Indiana.[2] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (I-TX) finished in third, with a significant 19.77% of the popular vote in Indiana. Indiana would continue to vote Republican in presidential elections until 2008, in which Barack Obama won by a close margin, becoming the first Democrat to carry the state since 1964.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Greene County, Harrison County, and Washington County voted for the Democratic presidential nominee.[3]
This is the last time that a Republican presidential candidate won Indiana by a popular vote share that was lower than the popular vote share won four years earlier.
Results
edit1992 United States presidential election in Indiana[1] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | Dan Quayle (incumbent) | 989,375 | 42.91% | 12 | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton | Al Gore | 848,420 | 36.79% | 0 | |
Independent | Ross Perot | James Stockdale | 455,934 | 19.77% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Andre Marrou | Nancy Lord | 7,936 | 0.34% | 0 | |
New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | Maria Elizabeth Muñoz | 2,583 | 0.11% | 0 | |
America First | James "Bo" Gritz (write-in) | Cyril Minett | 1,467 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin (write-in) | Mike Tompkins | 126 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Other write-ins | 30 | >0.01% | 0 | |||
Totals | 2,321,133 | 100.00% | 12 | |||
Voter turnout (Voting age) | 47% |
Results by county
editCounty | George H.W. Bush Republican |
Bill Clinton Democratic |
Ross Perot Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 6,078 | 47.83% | 3,708 | 29.18% | 2,865 | 22.54% | 57 | 0.45% | 2,370 | 18.65% | 12,708 |
Allen | 55,003 | 45.24% | 39,629 | 32.60% | 25,809 | 21.23% | 1,136 | 0.93% | 15,374 | 12.64% | 121,577 |
Bartholomew | 13,146 | 47.91% | 8,284 | 30.19% | 5,882 | 21.44% | 128 | 0.47% | 4,862 | 17.72% | 27,440 |
Benton | 2,030 | 46.96% | 1,221 | 28.24% | 1,056 | 24.43% | 16 | 0.37% | 809 | 18.72% | 4,323 |
Blackford | 2,347 | 40.62% | 2,088 | 36.14% | 1,319 | 22.83% | 24 | 0.42% | 259 | 4.48% | 5,778 |
Boone | 9,485 | 54.64% | 3,982 | 22.94% | 3,826 | 22.04% | 65 | 0.37% | 5,503 | 31.70% | 17,358 |
Brown | 2,633 | 41.63% | 2,029 | 32.08% | 1,635 | 25.85% | 28 | 0.44% | 604 | 9.55% | 6,325 |
Carroll | 3,800 | 44.38% | 2,561 | 29.91% | 2,173 | 25.38% | 28 | 0.33% | 1,239 | 14.47% | 8,562 |
Cass | 7,421 | 45.70% | 4,757 | 29.30% | 3,944 | 24.29% | 115 | 0.71% | 2,664 | 16.40% | 16,237 |
Clark | 13,333 | 36.34% | 17,460 | 47.58% | 5,653 | 15.41% | 248 | 0.68% | -4,127 | -11.24% | 36,694 |
Clay | 4,696 | 46.20% | 3,306 | 32.53% | 2,134 | 21.00% | 28 | 0.28% | 1,390 | 13.67% | 10,164 |
Clinton | 6,141 | 50.24% | 3,490 | 28.55% | 2,535 | 20.74% | 58 | 0.47% | 2,651 | 21.69% | 12,224 |
Crawford | 1,903 | 38.11% | 2,260 | 45.25% | 819 | 16.40% | 12 | 0.24% | -357 | -7.14% | 4,994 |
Daviess | 5,591 | 53.15% | 3,201 | 30.43% | 1,695 | 16.11% | 33 | 0.31% | 2,390 | 22.72% | 10,520 |
Dearborn | 6,974 | 44.80% | 5,116 | 32.86% | 3,384 | 21.74% | 93 | 0.60% | 1,858 | 11.94% | 15,567 |
Decatur | 5,195 | 50.48% | 2,774 | 26.96% | 2,299 | 22.34% | 23 | 0.22% | 2,421 | 23.52% | 10,291 |
DeKalb | 6,682 | 44.48% | 4,652 | 30.97% | 3,554 | 23.66% | 134 | 0.89% | 2,030 | 13.51% | 15,022 |
Delaware | 20,473 | 40.36% | 19,556 | 38.56% | 10,453 | 20.61% | 239 | 0.47% | 917 | 1.80% | 50,721 |
Dubois | 6,785 | 42.44% | 5,878 | 36.76% | 3,195 | 19.98% | 131 | 0.82% | 907 | 5.68% | 15,989 |
Elkhart | 27,920 | 53.50% | 14,660 | 28.09% | 9,450 | 18.11% | 154 | 0.30% | 13,260 | 25.41% | 52,184 |
Fayette | 4,376 | 40.86% | 3,969 | 37.06% | 2,299 | 21.47% | 66 | 0.62% | 407 | 3.80% | 10,710 |
Floyd | 11,932 | 40.24% | 13,166 | 44.40% | 4,421 | 14.91% | 132 | 0.45% | -1,234 | -4.16% | 29,651 |
Fountain | 3,391 | 40.32% | 2,829 | 33.64% | 2,162 | 25.71% | 28 | 0.33% | 562 | 6.68% | 8,410 |
Franklin | 3,831 | 46.91% | 2,456 | 30.07% | 1,858 | 22.75% | 22 | 0.27% | 1,375 | 16.84% | 8,167 |
Fulton | 3,982 | 46.70% | 2,552 | 29.93% | 1,963 | 23.02% | 30 | 0.35% | 1,430 | 16.77% | 8,527 |
Gibson | 5,172 | 34.95% | 6,909 | 46.68% | 2,680 | 18.11% | 39 | 0.26% | -1,737 | -11.73% | 14,800 |
Grant | 13,806 | 48.04% | 9,211 | 32.05% | 5,597 | 19.48% | 124 | 0.43% | 4,595 | 15.99% | 28,738 |
Greene | 5,410 | 39.76% | 5,431 | 39.91% | 2,610 | 19.18% | 157 | 1.15% | -21 | -0.15% | 13,608 |
Hamilton | 34,622 | 62.46% | 10,215 | 18.43% | 10,365 | 18.70% | 232 | 0.42% | 24,257[a] | 43.76% | 55,434 |
Hancock | 11,072 | 53.65% | 4,752 | 23.02% | 4,752 | 23.02% | 63 | 0.31% | 6,320 | 30.63% | 20,639 |
Harrison | 5,403 | 39.52% | 5,768 | 42.19% | 2,469 | 18.06% | 31 | 0.23% | -365 | -2.67% | 13,671 |
Hendricks | 18,373 | 55.45% | 7,071 | 21.34% | 7,519 | 22.69% | 173 | 0.52% | 10,854[a] | 32.76% | 33,136 |
Henry | 8,720 | 43.62% | 6,794 | 33.99% | 4,416 | 22.09% | 59 | 0.30% | 1,926 | 9.63% | 19,989 |
Howard | 15,306 | 44.57% | 10,288 | 29.96% | 8,575 | 24.97% | 171 | 0.50% | 5,018 | 14.61% | 34,340 |
Huntington | 9,093 | 56.79% | 3,855 | 24.07% | 2,967 | 18.53% | 98 | 0.61% | 5,238 | 32.72% | 16,013 |
Jackson | 7,246 | 44.81% | 5,663 | 35.02% | 3,148 | 19.47% | 113 | 0.70% | 1,583 | 9.79% | 16,170 |
Jasper | 4,809 | 48.62% | 3,033 | 30.67% | 2,019 | 20.41% | 29 | 0.29% | 1,776 | 17.95% | 9,890 |
Jay | 3,609 | 40.84% | 3,208 | 36.31% | 1,994 | 22.57% | 25 | 0.28% | 401 | 4.53% | 8,836 |
Jefferson | 4,937 | 37.43% | 5,510 | 41.77% | 2,565 | 19.45% | 179 | 1.36% | -573 | -4.34% | 13,191 |
Jennings | 4,392 | 42.66% | 3,471 | 33.72% | 2,370 | 23.02% | 62 | 0.60% | 921 | 8.94% | 10,295 |
Johnson | 20,353 | 54.36% | 8,712 | 23.27% | 8,246 | 22.03% | 127 | 0.34% | 11,641 | 31.09% | 37,438 |
Knox | 6,683 | 38.67% | 6,718 | 38.87% | 3,719 | 21.52% | 164 | 0.95% | -35 | -0.20% | 17,284 |
Kosciusko | 14,179 | 57.44% | 5,307 | 21.50% | 5,115 | 20.72% | 82 | 0.33% | 8,872 | 35.94% | 24,683 |
LaGrange | 3,584 | 48.15% | 2,093 | 28.12% | 1,736 | 23.32% | 31 | 0.42% | 1,491 | 20.03% | 7,444 |
Lake | 53,867 | 28.91% | 102,778 | 55.17% | 28,635 | 15.37% | 1,018 | 0.55% | -48,911 | -26.26% | 186,298 |
LaPorte | 14,962 | 35.24% | 17,717 | 41.72% | 9,641 | 22.70% | 143 | 0.34% | -2,755 | -6.48% | 42,463 |
Lawrence | 7,712 | 45.96% | 5,557 | 33.11% | 3,452 | 20.57% | 60 | 0.36% | 2,155 | 12.85% | 16,781 |
Madison | 23,479 | 39.76% | 22,276 | 37.72% | 13,100 | 22.18% | 203 | 0.34% | 1,203 | 2.04% | 59,058 |
Marion | 141,369 | 43.66% | 122,234 | 37.75% | 57,878 | 17.88% | 2,309 | 0.71% | 19,135 | 5.91% | 323,790 |
Marshall | 8,048 | 48.58% | 4,912 | 29.65% | 3,522 | 21.26% | 85 | 0.51% | 3,136 | 18.93% | 16,567 |
Martin | 2,523 | 46.40% | 2,018 | 37.11% | 883 | 16.24% | 14 | 0.26% | 505 | 9.29% | 5,438 |
Miami | 6,416 | 46.10% | 3,967 | 28.50% | 3,428 | 24.63% | 107 | 0.77% | 2,449 | 17.60% | 13,918 |
Monroe | 16,661 | 38.22% | 19,712 | 45.22% | 6,943 | 15.93% | 271 | 0.62% | -3,051 | -7.00% | 43,587 |
Montgomery | 7,602 | 52.20% | 3,371 | 23.15% | 3,511 | 24.11% | 80 | 0.55% | 4,091[a] | 28.09% | 14,564 |
Morgan | 10,939 | 51.83% | 4,690 | 22.22% | 5,375 | 25.47% | 103 | 0.49% | 5,564[a] | 26.36% | 21,107 |
Newton | 2,295 | 42.95% | 1,757 | 32.88% | 1,274 | 23.84% | 18 | 0.34% | 538 | 10.07% | 5,344 |
Noble | 5,883 | 42.90% | 4,411 | 32.17% | 3,328 | 24.27% | 91 | 0.66% | 1,472 | 10.73% | 13,713 |
Ohio | 1,009 | 40.14% | 970 | 38.58% | 527 | 20.96% | 8 | 0.32% | 39 | 1.56% | 2,514 |
Orange | 3,738 | 46.64% | 2,948 | 36.78% | 1,296 | 16.17% | 33 | 0.41% | 790 | 9.86% | 8,015 |
Owen | 2,753 | 42.00% | 2,207 | 33.67% | 1,563 | 23.84% | 32 | 0.49% | 546 | 8.33% | 6,555 |
Parke | 2,953 | 41.60% | 2,429 | 34.22% | 1,696 | 23.89% | 21 | 0.30% | 524 | 7.38% | 7,099 |
Perry | 2,973 | 31.69% | 4,829 | 51.47% | 1,560 | 16.63% | 20 | 0.21% | -1,856 | -19.78% | 9,382 |
Pike | 2,156 | 33.84% | 2,960 | 46.46% | 1,238 | 19.43% | 17 | 0.27% | -804 | -12.62% | 6,371 |
Porter | 22,644 | 39.68% | 21,022 | 36.84% | 13,096 | 22.95% | 305 | 0.53% | 1,622 | 2.84% | 57,067 |
Posey | 4,435 | 38.72% | 4,632 | 40.44% | 2,357 | 20.58% | 29 | 0.25% | -197 | -1.72% | 11,453 |
Pulaski | 2,712 | 45.84% | 1,950 | 32.96% | 1,214 | 20.52% | 40 | 0.68% | 762 | 12.88% | 5,916 |
Putnam | 5,341 | 44.33% | 3,487 | 28.94% | 3,174 | 26.34% | 46 | 0.38% | 1,854 | 15.39% | 12,048 |
Randolph | 4,937 | 41.90% | 3,870 | 32.84% | 2,939 | 24.94% | 38 | 0.32% | 1,067 | 9.06% | 11,784 |
Ripley | 5,033 | 46.02% | 3,480 | 31.82% | 2,406 | 22.00% | 18 | 0.16% | 1,553 | 14.20% | 10,937 |
Rush | 3,873 | 48.36% | 2,168 | 27.07% | 1,948 | 24.33% | 19 | 0.24% | 1,705 | 21.29% | 8,008 |
St. Joseph | 38,934 | 37.27% | 46,203 | 44.23% | 18,828 | 18.02% | 500 | 0.48% | -7,269 | -6.96% | 104,465 |
Scott | 2,649 | 33.71% | 4,085 | 51.98% | 1,092 | 13.89% | 33 | 0.42% | -1,436 | -18.27% | 7,859 |
Shelby | 8,075 | 49.81% | 4,560 | 28.13% | 3,521 | 21.72% | 55 | 0.34% | 3,515 | 21.68% | 16,211 |
Spencer | 3,789 | 39.56% | 4,301 | 44.90% | 1,464 | 15.28% | 25 | 0.26% | -512 | -5.34% | 9,579 |
Starke | 3,100 | 35.40% | 3,695 | 42.19% | 1,885 | 21.52% | 78 | 0.89% | -595 | -6.79% | 8,758 |
Steuben | 4,868 | 42.44% | 3,630 | 31.65% | 2,896 | 25.25% | 75 | 0.65% | 1,238 | 10.79% | 11,469 |
Sullivan | 3,052 | 33.29% | 4,211 | 45.93% | 1,857 | 20.26% | 48 | 0.52% | -1,159 | -12.64% | 9,168 |
Switzerland | 1,211 | 35.74% | 1,535 | 45.31% | 636 | 18.77% | 6 | 0.18% | -324 | -9.57% | 3,388 |
Tippecanoe | 23,050 | 45.79% | 17,343 | 34.46% | 9,684 | 19.24% | 257 | 0.51% | 5,707 | 11.33% | 50,334 |
Tipton | 3,906 | 49.55% | 2,125 | 26.96% | 1,816 | 23.04% | 36 | 0.46% | 1,781 | 22.59% | 7,883 |
Union | 1,394 | 46.97% | 898 | 30.26% | 664 | 22.37% | 12 | 0.40% | 496 | 16.71% | 2,968 |
Vanderburgh | 30,271 | 39.39% | 33,799 | 43.99% | 12,513 | 16.28% | 257 | 0.33% | -3,528 | -4.60% | 76,840 |
Vermillion | 2,360 | 30.13% | 3,652 | 46.63% | 1,794 | 22.91% | 26 | 0.33% | -1,292 | -16.50% | 7,832 |
Vigo | 15,834 | 37.56% | 18,050 | 42.81% | 8,141 | 19.31% | 136 | 0.32% | -2,216 | -5.25% | 42,161 |
Wabash | 7,062 | 46.77% | 4,518 | 29.92% | 3,424 | 22.67% | 97 | 0.64% | 2,544 | 16.85% | 15,101 |
Warren | 1,601 | 40.00% | 1,367 | 34.15% | 1,020 | 25.48% | 15 | 0.37% | 234 | 5.85% | 4,003 |
Warrick | 8,087 | 39.23% | 8,612 | 41.78% | 3,862 | 18.73% | 53 | 0.26% | -525 | -2.55% | 20,614 |
Washington | 4,043 | 40.20% | 4,092 | 40.69% | 1,846 | 18.36% | 76 | 0.76% | -49 | -0.49% | 10,057 |
Wayne | 12,221 | 44.69% | 9,960 | 36.42% | 5,095 | 18.63% | 70 | 0.26% | 2,261 | 8.27% | 27,346 |
Wells | 5,799 | 48.17% | 3,282 | 27.26% | 2,890 | 24.01% | 68 | 0.56% | 2,517 | 20.91% | 12,039 |
White | 4,622 | 45.22% | 2,988 | 29.23% | 2,582 | 25.26% | 29 | 0.28% | 1,634 | 15.99% | 10,221 |
Whitley | 5,217 | 43.27% | 3,569 | 29.60% | 3,195 | 26.50% | 75 | 0.62% | 1,648 | 13.67% | 12,056 |
Totals | 989,375 | 42.91% | 848,420 | 36.79% | 455,934 | 19.77% | 12,142 | 0.53% | 140,955 | 6.12% | 2,305,871 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
- ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Indiana Secretary of State; 1992 Election Report State of Indiana (Indianapolis, 1993)