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1992 United States presidential election in Missouri

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The 1992 United States presidential election in Missouri was held on November 3, 1992, as part of the broader 1992 United States presidential election in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-president.

1992 United States presidential election in Missouri
← 1988 November 3, 1992 1996 →
 
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 11 0 0
Popular vote 1,053,873 811,159 518,741
Percentage 44.07% 33.92% 21.69%
County Results
President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

From 1904 to 2004, Missouri voted for the eventual winner of every presidential election except 1956. The state was won in 1992 by Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton (D) with 44.07 percent of the popular vote, over incumbent President George Herbert Walker Bush (R) with 33.92 percent of the popular vote — the smallest vote share for a Republican since 1860 when the party was not seriously contesting slave states outside of the Missouri Rhineland.[1] Independent Ross Perot performed extremely well for a third-party candidate with 21.69 percent of the popular vote — the best third-party performance in Missouri since Constitutional Unionist John Bell in that same 1860 election.[1]

Campaign

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The first presidential debate was held in St. Louis on October 11.[2]

Bush's failure can be seen in Clinton being the solitary Democrat to win staunchly Unionist German “Forty-Eighter” Warren County since Stephen A. Douglas in 1860,[3] and the first Democrat to carry similarly Unionist Ozark Hickory County since that same election.[a]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this remains the last time that Morgan County, Dallas County, Howell County, Harrison County, Adair County, Andrew County, Johnson County, Butler County, Atchison County, Phelps County, Platte County, Maries County, Stoddard County, Pulaski County, Dent County, Texas County, and Carter County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[4] It was also the last time that a Democrat carried the state by double digits, the last double-digit win for any candidate until 2016, the last time that Missouri has voted to the left of neighboring Iowa, and the last time that the state voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole, weighing in at about 4 points more Democratic.

Results

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1992 United States presidential election in Missouri[5]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 1,053,873 44.07% 11
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 811,159 33.92% 0
Independent Ross Perot 518,741 21.69% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 7,497 0.31% 0
Write-ins Various candidates 542 0.02% 0
Totals 2,391,312 100.0% 11

Results by county

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County Bill Clinton
Democratic 		George H.W. Bush
Republican 		Ross Perot
Independent 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 4,232 39.77% 4,141 38.92% 2,224 20.90% 43 0.40% 91 0.85% 10,640
Andrew 2,675 35.72% 2,652 35.41% 2,151 28.72% 11 0.15% 23 0.31% 7,489
Atchison 1,208 37.76% 1,140 35.64% 840 26.26% 11 0.34% 68 2.12% 3,199
Audrain 4,731 44.41% 3,798 35.65% 2,099 19.70% 26 0.24% 933 8.76% 10,654
Barry 4,791 37.56% 5,565 43.62% 2,381 18.66% 20 0.16% -774 -6.06% 12,757
Barton 1,433 27.59% 2,775 53.43% 971 18.69% 15 0.29% -1,342 -25.84% 5,194
Bates 2,993 38.72% 2,499 32.33% 2,225 28.78% 13 0.17% 494 6.39% 7,730
Benton 3,195 43.91% 2,511 34.51% 1,551 21.32% 19 0.26% 684 9.40% 7,276
Bollinger 2,150 40.09% 2,289 42.68% 909 16.95% 15 0.28% -139 -2.59% 5,363
Boone 26,176 45.22% 19,405 33.52% 12,040 20.80% 269 0.46% 6,771 11.70% 57,890
Buchanan 16,570 44.35% 11,275 30.18% 9,404 25.17% 116 0.31% 5,295 14.17% 37,365
Butler 6,602 43.23% 6,450 42.23% 2,189 14.33% 31 0.20% 152 1.00% 15,272
Caldwell 1,456 35.91% 1,295 31.94% 1,283 31.64% 21 0.52% 161 3.97% 4,055
Callaway 5,799 41.48% 4,880 34.90% 3,266 23.36% 36 0.26% 919 6.58% 13,981
Camden 5,140 35.14% 5,554 37.97% 3,891 26.60% 42 0.29% -414 -2.83% 14,627
Cape Girardeau 9,605 33.87% 13,464 47.48% 5,199 18.34% 87 0.31% -3,859 -13.61% 28,355
Carroll 2,100 39.05% 1,774 32.99% 1,495 27.80% 9 0.17% 326 6.06% 5,378
Carter 1,169 43.52% 1,101 40.99% 405 15.08% 11 0.41% 68 2.53% 2,686
Cass 10,246 34.26% 10,349 34.61% 9,216 30.82% 94 0.31% -103 -0.35% 29,905
Cedar 2,064 38.66% 2,085 39.05% 1,173 21.97% 17 0.32% -21 -0.39% 5,339
Chariton 2,141 46.53% 1,378 29.95% 1,067 23.19% 15 0.33% 763 16.58% 4,601
Christian 6,242 36.41% 7,422 43.29% 3,422 19.96% 59 0.34% -1,180 -6.88% 17,145
Clark 1,815 50.64% 1,039 28.99% 725 20.23% 5 0.14% 776 21.65% 3,584
Clay 30,565 40.33% 23,798 31.40% 20,951 27.65% 464 0.61% 6,767 8.93% 75,778
Clinton 3,400 41.32% 2,391 29.06% 2,423 29.45% 14 0.17% 977[b] 11.87% 8,228
Cole 10,201 32.59% 15,270 48.78% 5,770 18.43% 63 0.20% -5,069 -16.19% 31,304
Cooper 2,709 36.91% 2,867 39.07% 1,735 23.64% 28 0.38% -158 -2.16% 7,339
Crawford 3,515 41.92% 2,831 33.76% 2,002 23.88% 37 0.44% 684 8.16% 8,385
Dade 1,332 35.51% 1,577 42.04% 834 22.23% 8 0.21% -245 -6.53% 3,751
Dallas 2,533 41.86% 2,116 34.97% 1,392 23.00% 10 0.17% 417 6.89% 6,051
Daviess 1,477 39.58% 1,107 29.66% 1,143 30.63% 5 0.13% 334[b] 8.95% 3,732
DeKalb 1,630 39.08% 1,318 31.60% 1,207 28.94% 16 0.38% 312 7.48% 4,171
Dent 2,689 45.75% 2,125 36.16% 1,049 17.85% 14 0.24% 564 9.59% 5,877
Douglas 2,126 36.71% 2,569 44.35% 1,081 18.66% 16 0.28% -443 -7.64% 5,792
Dunklin 6,277 54.68% 4,024 35.06% 1,166 10.16% 12 0.10% 2,253 19.62% 11,479
Franklin 13,431 37.24% 11,477 31.82% 11,043 30.62% 113 0.31% 1,954 5.42% 36,064
Gasconade 1,952 30.82% 2,690 42.47% 1,672 26.40% 20 0.32% -738 -11.65% 6,334
Gentry 1,519 40.79% 1,272 34.16% 921 24.73% 12 0.32% 247 6.63% 3,724
Greene 41,137 38.91% 46,457 43.95% 17,770 16.81% 349 0.33% -5,320 -5.04% 105,713
Grundy 1,968 38.55% 1,749 34.26% 1,372 26.88% 16 0.31% 219 4.29% 5,105
Harrison 1,590 37.66% 1,563 37.02% 1,059 25.08% 10 0.24% 27 0.64% 4,222
Henry 4,232 43.45% 2,681 27.53% 2,807 28.82% 20 0.21% 1,425[b] 14.63% 9,740
Hickory 1,929 47.54% 1,259 31.03% 864 21.29% 6 0.15% 670 16.51% 4,058
Holt 1,050 34.49% 1,202 39.49% 781 25.66% 11 0.36% -152 -5.00% 3,044
Howard 2,085 46.93% 1,253 28.20% 1,090 24.53% 15 0.34% 832 18.73% 4,443
Howell 5,492 40.57% 5,360 39.60% 2,650 19.58% 35 0.26% 132 0.97% 13,537
Iron 2,507 54.10% 1,276 27.54% 841 18.15% 10 0.22% 1,231 26.56% 4,634
Jackson 145,999 50.06% 78,611 26.96% 66,142 22.68% 885 0.30% 67,388 23.10% 291,637
Jasper 11,727 32.69% 17,592 49.04% 6,440 17.95% 113 0.32% -5,865 -16.35% 35,872
Jefferson 32,569 44.31% 20,637 28.08% 20,057 27.29% 238 0.32% 11,932 16.23% 73,501
Johnson 5,546 36.48% 5,032 33.10% 4,578 30.11% 47 0.31% 514 3.38% 15,203
Knox 1,010 44.65% 724 32.01% 523 23.12% 5 0.22% 286 12.64% 2,262
Laclede 4,179 34.19% 5,176 42.35% 2,852 23.33% 15 0.12% -997 -8.16% 12,222
Lafayette 5,213 38.71% 4,651 34.54% 3,561 26.44% 42 0.31% 562 4.17% 13,467
Lawrence 4,666 36.20% 5,608 43.50% 2,570 19.94% 47 0.36% -942 -7.30% 12,891
Lewis 2,196 48.14% 1,461 32.03% 892 19.55% 13 0.28% 735 16.11% 4,562
Lincoln 5,453 42.72% 3,718 29.13% 3,572 27.98% 22 0.17% 1,735 13.59% 12,765
Linn 2,916 45.31% 1,967 30.56% 1,524 23.68% 29 0.45% 949 14.75% 6,436
Livingston 2,505 36.50% 2,370 34.53% 1,976 28.79% 12 0.17% 135 1.97% 6,863
Macon 3,194 44.58% 2,256 31.49% 1,697 23.69% 17 0.24% 938 13.09% 7,164
Madison 2,501 49.21% 1,673 32.92% 899 17.69% 9 0.18% 828 16.29% 5,082
Maries 1,732 43.14% 1,356 33.77% 915 22.79% 12 0.30% 376 9.37% 4,015
Marion 5,156 43.76% 4,762 40.41% 1,841 15.62% 24 0.20% 394 3.35% 11,783
McDonald 2,281 33.18% 3,010 43.78% 1,551 22.56% 33 0.48% -729 -10.60% 6,875
Mercer 843 45.59% 626 33.86% 378 20.44% 2 0.11% 217 11.73% 1,849
Miller 2,905 30.62% 4,175 44.01% 2,391 25.20% 16 0.17% -1,270 -13.39% 9,487
Mississippi 3,226 56.73% 1,675 29.45% 776 13.65% 10 0.18% 1,551 27.28% 5,687
Moniteau 2,018 33.15% 2,566 42.15% 1,499 24.62% 5 0.08% -548 -9.00% 6,088
Monroe 2,060 49.20% 1,153 27.54% 969 23.14% 5 0.12% 907 21.66% 4,187
Montgomery 2,063 38.79% 1,974 37.11% 1,266 23.80% 16 0.30% 89 1.68% 5,319
Morgan 2,906 37.40% 2,819 36.28% 2,028 26.10% 17 0.22% 87 1.12% 7,770
New Madrid 4,883 58.91% 2,431 29.33% 962 11.61% 13 0.16% 2,452 29.58% 8,289
Newton 5,987 32.40% 8,804 47.64% 3,567 19.30% 121 0.65% -2,817 -15.24% 18,479
Nodaway 3,723 39.66% 3,147 33.52% 2,484 26.46% 34 0.36% 576 6.14% 9,388
Oregon 2,258 53.31% 1,402 33.10% 564 13.31% 12 0.28% 856 20.21% 4,236
Osage 1,860 30.63% 2,784 45.84% 1,423 23.43% 6 0.10% -924 -15.21% 6,073
Ozark 1,581 37.02% 1,772 41.49% 906 21.21% 12 0.28% -191 -4.47% 4,271
Pemiscot 3,924 57.98% 2,161 31.93% 670 9.90% 13 0.19% 1,763 26.05% 6,768
Perry 2,525 34.82% 3,205 44.19% 1,498 20.66% 24 0.33% -680 -9.37% 7,252
Pettis 5,314 32.26% 6,823 41.43% 4,278 25.97% 55 0.33% -1,509 -9.17% 16,470
Phelps 6,852 40.93% 6,040 36.08% 3,774 22.55% 73 0.44% 812 4.85% 16,739
Pike 3,609 49.20% 2,255 30.74% 1,464 19.96% 8 0.11% 1,354 18.46% 7,336
Platte 10,920 37.04% 9,380 31.82% 9,062 30.74% 116 0.39% 1,540 5.22% 29,478
Polk 3,316 38.22% 3,465 39.94% 1,879 21.66% 15 0.17% -149 -1.72% 8,675
Pulaski 4,113 41.18% 3,793 37.98% 2,057 20.59% 25 0.25% 320 3.20% 9,988
Putnam 838 33.48% 1,143 45.67% 522 20.85% 0 0.00% -305 -12.19% 2,503
Ralls 2,158 49.12% 1,349 30.71% 880 20.03% 6 0.14% 809 18.41% 4,393
Randolph 4,951 48.49% 3,025 29.63% 2,212 21.67% 22 0.22% 1,926 18.86% 10,210
Ray 4,457 46.33% 2,563 26.64% 2,567 26.68% 33 0.34% 1,890[b] 19.65% 9,620
Reynolds 2,014 60.57% 776 23.34% 532 16.00% 3 0.09% 1,238 37.23% 3,325
Ripley 2,300 47.33% 1,814 37.33% 739 15.21% 7 0.14% 486 10.00% 4,860
St. Charles 37,263 34.97% 38,673 36.29% 30,351 28.48% 276 0.26% -1,410 -1.32% 106,563
St. Clair 1,965 42.62% 1,555 33.72% 1,083 23.49% 8 0.17% 410 8.90% 4,611
St. Francois 9,367 49.44% 5,889 31.08% 3,635 19.19% 56 0.30% 3,478 18.36% 18,947
St. Louis 235,760 44.09% 188,285 35.21% 109,099 20.40% 1,619 0.30% 47,475 8.88% 534,763
St. Louis City 102,356 69.44% 25,441 17.26% 18,864 12.80% 743 0.50% 76,915 52.18% 147,404
Ste. Genevieve 3,795 53.17% 1,780 24.94% 1,547 21.68% 15 0.21% 2,015 28.23% 7,137
Saline 4,643 45.67% 2,688 26.44% 2,815 27.69% 20 0.20% 1,828[b] 17.98% 10,166
Schuyler 936 43.13% 742 34.19% 487 22.44% 5 0.23% 194 8.94% 2,170
Scotland 1,070 42.90% 798 32.00% 617 24.74% 9 0.36% 272 10.90% 2,494
Scott 7,452 45.14% 6,265 37.95% 2,763 16.74% 27 0.16% 1,187 7.19% 16,507
Shannon 2,135 54.02% 1,224 30.97% 579 14.65% 14 0.35% 911 23.05% 3,952
Shelby 1,435 42.28% 1,169 34.44% 786 23.16% 4 0.12% 266 7.84% 3,394
Stoddard 5,720 46.47% 4,608 37.44% 1,977 16.06% 3 0.02% 1,112 9.03% 12,308
Stone 3,256 35.41% 4,035 43.88% 1,884 20.49% 21 0.23% -779 -8.47% 9,196
Sullivan 1,510 43.95% 1,326 38.59% 596 17.35% 4 0.12% 184 5.36% 3,436
Taney 4,682 35.46% 6,081 46.05% 2,395 18.14% 47 0.36% -1,399 -10.59% 13,205
Texas 4,597 45.97% 3,470 34.70% 1,900 19.00% 34 0.34% 1,127 11.27% 10,001
Vernon 3,546 42.71% 2,851 34.34% 1,890 22.76% 16 0.19% 695 8.37% 8,303
Warren 3,213 37.11% 2,953 34.10% 2,471 28.54% 22 0.25% 260 3.01% 8,659
Washington 4,211 52.57% 2,157 26.93% 1,618 20.20% 24 0.30% 2,054 25.64% 8,010
Wayne 3,073 51.05% 2,101 34.91% 837 13.91% 8 0.13% 972 16.14% 6,019
Webster 4,149 38.99% 4,361 40.99% 2,108 19.81% 22 0.21% -212 -2.00% 10,640
Worth 599 42.39% 483 34.18% 328 23.21% 3 0.21% 116 8.21% 1,413
Wright 2,814 36.62% 3,427 44.60% 1,425 18.55% 18 0.23% -613 -7.98% 7,684
Totals 1,053,873 44.07% 811,159 33.92% 518,741 21.69% 7,792 0.32% 242,714 10.15% 2,391,565

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Unlike Warren County, Hickory County would also back Clinton against Bob Dole in 1996.
  2. ^ a b c d e In this county where Bush ran third behind Clinton and Perot, margin given is Clinton vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Clinton percentage minus Perot percentage.

References

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  1. ^ a b Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Missouri
  2. ^ Abramson, Aldrich & Rohde 1995, p. 56.
  3. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 115 ISBN 0786422173
  4. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  5. ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1992 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri

Works cited

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  • Abramson, Paul; Aldrich, John; Rohde, David (1995). Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections. CQ Press. ISBN 0871878399.
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