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.

1992 United States presidential election in Indiana

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Nominee George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Home state Texas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore James Stockdale
Electoral vote 12 0 0
Popular vote 989,375 848,420 455,934
Percentage 42.91% 36.79% 19.77%

County Results

President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

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, 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

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1992 United States presidential election in Indiana[1]
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

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County George H.W. Bush
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Ross Perot
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # %
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

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d In this county where Perot ran second ahead of Clinton, the margin given is that between Bush and Perot (Perot total subtracted from Bush total).

References

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  1. ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  4. ^ Indiana Secretary of State; 1992 Election Report State of Indiana (Indianapolis, 1993)