United States presidential election in Illinois, 1992

United States presidential election in Illinois, 1992
November 3, 1992

 
Nominee Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Home state Arkansas Texas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Dan Quayle James Stockdale
Electoral vote 22 0 0
Popular vote 2,453,350 1,734,096 840,515
Percentage 48.6% 34.3% 16.6%
County Results
  Clinton—>70%
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—50-60%
  Clinton—40-50%
  Bush—40-50%
  Bush—50-60%
President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

 Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose twenty-two representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Illinois was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 48.58% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 34.34% becoming the first Democrat to win Illinois on a presidential level since 1964. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 16.64% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[2] In 1988, Dukakis also received 48.6% of the vote. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Tazewell County, Monroe County, Douglas County, Crawford County, Edgar County, Clark County, Richland County, Johnson County, Cumberland County, Jasper County, and Brown County voted for the Democratic candidate.

Results

United States presidential election in Illinois, 1992[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 2,453,350 48.58% 22
Republican George H.W. Bush 1,734,096 34.34% 0
Independent Ross Perot 840,515 16.64% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 9,218 0.18% 0
New Alliance Lenora Fulani 5,267 0.10% 0
America First James "Bo" Gritz 3,577 0.07% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 2,751 0.05% 0
Socialist Workers Party James Warren 1,361 0.03% 0
Write-ins 22 0.00% 0
Totals 5,050,157 100.0% 22

By congressional district

District Bush Clinton Representative
1st 12% 81% Bobby Rush
2nd 13% 80% Mel Reynolds
3rd 39% 41% William Lipinski
4th 23% 65% Luis Gutierrez
5th 33% 51% Dan Rostenkowski
6th 47% 23% Henry Hyde
7th 15% 78% Cardiss Collins
8th 47% 31% Phil Crane

References

  1. 1 2 "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
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