1992 United States presidential election in Utah

1992 United States presidential election in Utah
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President before election; George Bush; Republican	Elected President ; Bill Clinton; Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Utah was won by President George H. W. Bush (R-TX) by a 16.0 percent margin of victory. This was one of only two states, the other one being Maine, to have Ross Perot (I-TX) come in second place. Unlike Maine, Perot did not win any counties, though he placed second in nineteen of twenty-nine to overcome Bill Clinton (D-AR) in the popular vote. Likewise it was the only time Bill Clinton finished third in a state, in either the 1992 or 1996 election, despite winning two counties. Utah and Maine (the latter of which where Bush finished third behind Perot) in 1992 constitute the last time (as of the 2024 presidential election^[update]) that any major party candidate has finished third in a state, and the only time in a non-Confederate state since Robert M. La Follette finished ahead of John W. Davis in twelve states^[a] in 1924.^[1]

Utah was Perot's third-highest vote percentage behind Maine and Alaska.^[2]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Utah^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	322,332	43.36%	5
	Independent	Ross Perot	203,400	27.34%	0
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	183,429	24.65%	0
	Populist	James "Bo" Gritz	28,602	3.84%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	1,900	0.26%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	1,319	0.18%	0
	Democrats for Economic Recovery	Lyndon LaRouche	1,089	0.15%	0
	New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	414	0.06%	0
	Taxpayers’	Howard Phillips	393	0.05%	0
	American	Feimer Smith	292	0.04%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Warren	270	0.04%	0
	Independent/Peace and Freedom Party	Ron Daniels	177	0.02%	0
	Socialist	J. Quinn Brisben	151	0.02%	0
Totals			-	100.00%	5
Voter turnout (Voting age population)

Results by county

County	George H.W. Bush Republican		Ross Perot Independent		Bill Clinton Democratic		Bo Gritz^[4] Populist		Various candidates^[4] Other parties		Margin^[b]		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Beaver	1,040	49.27%	330	15.63%	668	31.64%	52	2.46%	21	0.99%	372^[c]	17.63%	2,111
Box Elder	7,712	49.58%	4,507	28.97%	2,186	14.05%	1,013	6.51%	137	0.88%	3,205	20.61%	15,555
Cache	15,971	51.98%	8,032	26.14%	4,973	16.19%	1,511	4.92%	238	0.77%	7,939	25.84%	30,725
Carbon	2,038	23.11%	2,002	22.71%	4,480	50.81%	235	2.67%	62	0.70%	-2,442^[c]	-27.70%	8,817
Daggett	172	38.91%	117	26.47%	122	27.60%	30	6.79%	1	0.23%	50^[c]	11.31%	442
Davis	39,087	48.05%	24,105	29.63%	14,924	18.35%	2,723	3.35%	510	0.63%	14,982	18.42%	81,350
Duchesne	1,983	43.44%	1,229	26.92%	772	16.91%	537	11.76%	44	0.96%	754	16.52%	4,565
Emery	1,643	36.43%	1,138	25.23%	1,349	29.91%	364	8.07%	16	0.35%	294^[c]	6.52%	4,510
Garfield	1,235	62.28%	355	17.90%	309	15.58%	79	3.98%	5	0.25%	880	44.38%	1,983
Grand	1,100	32.91%	991	29.65%	1,160	34.71%	44	1.32%	47	1.41%	-60^[c]	-1.80%	3,342
Iron	5,616	59.88%	1,693	18.05%	1,537	16.39%	440	4.69%	92	0.98%	3,923	41.83%	9,378
Juab	1,237	42.73%	616	21.28%	823	28.43%	209	7.22%	10	0.35%	414^[c]	14.30%	2,895
Kane	1,241	57.14%	534	24.59%	295	13.58%	85	3.91%	17	0.78%	707	32.55%	2,172
Millard	2,496	52.33%	1,064	22.31%	742	15.56%	417	8.74%	51	1.07%	1,432	30.02%	4,770
Morgan	1,339	45.54%	851	28.95%	520	17.69%	225	7.65%	5	0.17%	488	16.59%	2,940
Piute	429	56.97%	146	19.39%	169	22.44%	9	1.20%	0	0.00%	260^[c]	34.53%	753
Rich	525	59.93%	187	21.35%	154	17.58%	10	1.14%	0	0.00%	338	38.58%	876
Salt Lake	117,247	36.79%	91,968	28.85%	100,082	31.40%	6,444	2.02%	2,920	0.92%	17,165^[c]	5.39%	318,731
San Juan	2,004	46.23%	576	13.29%	1,639	37.81%	111	2.56%	5	0.12%	365^[c]	8.42%	4,335
Sanpete	2,995	44.80%	1,742	26.06%	1,302	19.48%	575	8.60%	71	1.06%	1,253	18.74%	6,685
Sevier	3,160	50.50%	1,671	26.70%	1,039	16.60%	329	5.26%	59	0.94%	1,489	23.80%	6,258
Summit	3,133	33.33%	3,060	32.56%	3,013	32.06%	128	1.36%	65	0.69%	73	0.77%	9,399
Tooele	3,676	35.79%	3,011	29.32%	3,270	31.84%	224	2.18%	90	0.88%	406^[c]	3.95%	10,271
Uintah	3,505	45.09%	2,250	28.94%	1,374	17.67%	589	7.58%	56	0.72%	1,255	16.15%	7,774
Utah	61,398	56.76%	24,558	22.70%	14,090	13.02%	7,410	6.85%	722	0.67%	36,840	34.06%	108,178
Wasatch	1,822	42.02%	1,234	28.46%	1,042	24.03%	178	4.11%	60	1.38%	588	13.56%	4,336
Washington	11,310	52.66%	4,623	21.53%	3,364	15.66%	2,037	9.49%	142	0.66%	6,687	31.13%	21,476
Wayne	706	57.63%	251	20.49%	236	19.27%	30	2.45%	2	0.16%	455	37.14%	1,225
Weber	26,812	39.30%	20,559	30.14%	17,795	26.09%	2,564	3.76%	486	0.71%	6,253	9.16%	68,216
Totals	322,632	43.36%	203,400	27.34%	183,429	24.65%	28,602	3.84%	6,006	0.81%	119,232	16.02%	744,069

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Grand

Electors

Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all five electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met in December 1992 to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

All electors from Utah were pledged to and voted for George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle.

Notes

^ States where La Follette finished ahead of Davis in 1924 were Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, California, Washington, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.
^ Because Perot finished ahead of Clinton in Utah as a whole, all margins given are Bush minus Perot unless stated in the total for the county in question.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j In this county where Clinton ran ahead of Perot, the margin given is Bush vote minus Clinton vote.

References

^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 55, 109 ISBN 0786422173
^ "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1992 Presidential General Election Results – Utah
^ ^a ^b Our Campaigns; UT US Presidential Election November 03, 1992

[1] States where La Follette finished ahead of Davis in 1924 were Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, California, Washington, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.

[6] Because Perot finished ahead of Clinton in Utah as a whole, all margins given are Bush minus Perot unless stated in the total for the county in question.

[ClintondPerot-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j In this county where Clinton ran ahead of Perot, the margin given is Bush vote minus Clinton vote.

[Geography-2] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 55, 109 ISBN 0786422173

[3] "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[4] Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1992 Presidential General Election Results – Utah

[Our-5] Our Campaigns; UT US Presidential Election November 03, 1992

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