1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

The 1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Wisconsin was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 41.13 percent of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 36.78 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 21.51 percent of the popular vote.^[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.^[2]

As of the 2020 presidential election^[update], this is the last election in which Florence County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the last time that Door County backed a losing candidate until 2024.^[3]^[4] Despite Clinton's decently solid victory in Wisconsin, it marks his narrowest one in a state that Michael Dukakis won in 1988.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	William Jefferson Clinton	1,041,066	41.13%	11
	Republican	George Herbert Walker Bush (incumbent)	930,855	36.78%	0
	Independent	Henry Ross Perot	544,479	21.51%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Verne Marrou	2,877	0.11%	0
	Independent	James "Bo" Gritz	2,311	0.09%	0
	Peace and Freedom	Ronald Daniels	1,833	0.07%	0
	Independent	Howard Phillips	1,772	0.07%	0
	Independent	J. Quinn Brisben	1,211	0.05%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	1,070	0.04%	0
	Other write-ins		961	0.04%	0
	Independent	Lenora Fulani	654	0.03%	0
	Independent	Lyndon LaRouche	633	0.02%	0
	Independent	Jack Herer	547	0.02%	0
	Third Party	Roland Hem (write-in)	405	0.02%	0
	Independent	James Warren	390	0.02%	0
Totals			2,531,114	100.0%	11

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton Democratic		George H.W. Bush Republican		Ross Perot Independent		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[5]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[5]
Adams	3,539	43.97%	2,465	30.63%	2,003	24.89%	41	0.51%	1,074	13.34%	8,048
Ashland	4,213	50.20%	2,372	28.26%	1,746	20.80%	62	0.74%	1,841	21.94%	8,393
Barron	8,063	39.86%	6,572	32.49%	5,479	27.08%	116	0.57%	1,491	7.37%	20,230
Bayfield	3,873	47.74%	2,393	29.50%	1,786	22.02%	60	0.74%	1,480	18.24%	8,112
Brown	37,513	36.53%	42,352	41.24%	22,395	21.81%	441	0.43%	-4,839	-4.71%	102,701
Buffalo	2,996	43.11%	2,029	29.19%	1,889	27.18%	36	0.52%	967	13.92%	6,950
Burnett	3,172	42.66%	2,340	31.47%	1,855	24.95%	69	0.93%	832	11.19%	7,436
Calumet	5,701	30.98%	7,541	40.98%	5,055	27.47%	104	0.57%	-1,840	-10.00%	18,401
Chippewa	10,487	41.57%	8,215	32.56%	6,408	25.40%	120	0.48%	2,272	9.01%	25,230
Clark	5,540	37.22%	4,977	33.44%	4,284	28.78%	84	0.56%	563	3.78%	14,885
Columbia	9,348	38.98%	9,099	37.94%	5,439	22.68%	98	0.41%	249	1.04%	23,984
Crawford	3,540	45.31%	2,390	30.59%	1,797	23.00%	85	1.09%	1,150	14.72%	7,812
Dane	114,724	54.60%	61,957	29.49%	31,874	15.17%	1,567	0.75%	52,767	25.11%	210,122
Dodge	11,438	32.03%	14,971	41.93%	9,136	25.58%	164	0.46%	-3,533	-9.90%	35,709
Door	4,735	34.37%	5,468	39.69%	3,506	25.45%	68	0.49%	-733	-5.32%	13,777
Douglas	12,319	55.36%	5,679	25.52%	4,150	18.65%	105	0.47%	6,640	29.84%	22,253
Dunn	7,965	43.72%	5,283	29.00%	4,809	26.40%	161	0.88%	2,682	14.72%	18,218
Eau Claire	21,221	45.08%	15,915	33.81%	9,783	20.78%	157	0.33%	5,306	11.27%	47,076
Florence	978	36.96%	942	35.60%	719	27.17%	7	0.26%	36	1.36%	2,646
Fond du Lac	13,757	30.91%	19,785	44.45%	10,660	23.95%	304	0.68%	-6,028	-13.54%	44,506
Forest	1,904	43.59%	1,393	31.89%	1,062	24.31%	9	0.21%	511	11.70%	4,368
Grant	8,914	38.49%	7,678	33.16%	6,405	27.66%	160	0.69%	1,236	5.33%	23,157
Green	5,467	38.55%	4,887	34.46%	3,735	26.33%	94	0.66%	580	4.09%	14,183
Green Lake	2,772	29.06%	3,897	40.85%	2,827	29.63%	44	0.46%	1,070^[a]	11.22%	9,540
Iowa	4,467	44.01%	3,288	32.39%	2,341	23.06%	55	0.54%	1,179	11.62%	10,151
Iron	1,762	45.28%	1,273	32.72%	835	21.46%	21	0.54%	489	12.56%	3,891
Jackson	3,681	43.73%	2,644	31.41%	2,040	24.23%	53	0.63%	1,037	12.32%	8,418
Jefferson	11,593	35.34%	13,072	39.85%	7,960	24.27%	177	0.54%	-1,479	-4.51%	32,802
Juneau	4,177	38.00%	4,051	36.85%	2,670	24.29%	95	0.86%	126	1.15%	10,993
Kenosha	27,341	44.21%	19,854	32.11%	14,232	23.02%	410	0.66%	7,487	12.10%	61,837
Kewaunee	4,050	39.03%	3,570	34.40%	2,700	26.02%	57	0.55%	480	4.63%	10,377
La Crosse	22,838	43.69%	18,891	36.14%	10,224	19.56%	320	0.61%	3,947	7.55%	52,273
Lafayette	3,143	39.99%	2,582	32.85%	2,079	26.45%	55	0.70%	561	7.14%	7,859
Langlade	3,630	36.15%	3,890	38.74%	2,444	24.34%	78	0.78%	-260	-2.59%	10,042
Lincoln	5,297	39.82%	4,321	32.48%	3,605	27.10%	81	0.61%	976	7.34%	13,304
Manitowoc	15,903	38.54%	14,008	33.94%	11,179	27.09%	178	0.43%	1,895	4.60%	41,268
Marathon	21,482	37.44%	20,948	36.51%	14,600	25.45%	348	0.61%	534	0.93%	57,378
Marinette	7,626	36.15%	7,984	37.85%	5,412	25.66%	71	0.34%	-358	-1.70%	21,093
Marquette	2,533	37.69%	2,322	34.55%	1,818	27.05%	47	0.70%	211	3.14%	6,720
Menominee	691	59.57%	244	21.03%	221	19.05%	4	0.34%	447	38.54%	1,160
Milwaukee	235,521	50.60%	151,314	32.51%	76,039	16.34%	2,622	0.56%	84,207	18.09%	465,496
Monroe	6,427	38.24%	6,118	36.41%	4,183	24.89%	77	0.46%	309	1.83%	16,805
Oconto	5,898	36.70%	5,720	35.59%	4,405	27.41%	50	0.31%	178	1.11%	16,073
Oneida	7,160	38.26%	6,725	35.94%	4,782	25.55%	47	0.25%	435	2.32%	18,714
Outagamie	23,735	32.55%	30,370	41.65%	18,479	25.34%	327	0.45%	-6,635	-9.10%	72,911
Ozaukee	11,879	27.68%	22,805	53.15%	8,002	18.65%	224	0.52%	-10,926	-25.47%	42,910
Pepin	1,673	46.84%	1,098	30.74%	781	21.86%	20	0.56%	575	16.10%	3,572
Pierce	7,824	45.30%	4,844	28.05%	4,492	26.01%	112	0.65%	2,980	17.25%	17,272
Polk	7,746	42.86%	5,446	30.14%	4,753	26.30%	126	0.70%	2,300	12.72%	18,071
Portage	15,553	46.13%	10,914	32.37%	7,083	21.01%	166	0.49%	4,639	13.76%	33,716
Price	3,575	41.81%	2,654	31.04%	2,286	26.74%	35	0.41%	921	10.77%	8,550
Racine	34,875	39.71%	32,310	36.79%	20,227	23.03%	407	0.46%	2,565	2.92%	87,819
Richland	3,458	40.49%	3,144	36.81%	1,899	22.24%	39	0.46%	314	3.68%	8,540
Rock	31,154	45.13%	21,942	31.79%	15,700	22.75%	229	0.33%	9,212	13.34%	69,025
Rusk	3,376	42.37%	2,430	30.50%	2,085	26.17%	76	0.95%	946	11.87%	7,967
Sauk	9,128	38.97%	8,886	37.94%	5,280	22.54%	128	0.55%	242	1.03%	23,422
Sawyer	2,796	37.96%	2,658	36.09%	1,861	25.27%	50	0.68%	138	1.87%	7,365
Shawano	6,062	33.77%	7,253	40.40%	4,540	25.29%	97	0.54%	-1,191	-6.63%	17,952
Sheboygan	20,568	37.70%	22,526	41.29%	11,295	20.70%	170	0.31%	-1,958	-3.59%	54,559
St. Croix	10,281	40.04%	8,114	31.60%	7,125	27.75%	156	0.61%	2,167	8.44%	25,676
Taylor	3,305	35.31%	3,415	36.49%	2,590	27.67%	49	0.52%	-110	-1.18%	9,359
Trempealeau	6,218	47.79%	3,577	27.49%	3,160	24.29%	57	0.44%	2,641	20.30%	13,012
Vernon	5,673	44.61%	4,072	32.02%	2,890	22.73%	81	0.64%	1,601	12.59%	12,716
Vilas	3,764	33.42%	4,616	40.99%	2,827	25.10%	55	0.49%	-852	-7.57%	11,262
Walworth	11,825	32.14%	15,727	42.74%	9,029	24.54%	215	0.58%	-3,902	-10.60%	36,796
Washburn	3,080	40.07%	2,586	33.65%	1,978	25.74%	42	0.55%	494	6.42%	7,686
Washington	13,339	26.64%	22,739	45.41%	13,045	26.05%	950	1.90%	-9,400	-18.77%	50,073
Waukesha	50,270	28.06%	91,461	51.04%	36,622	20.44%	829	0.46%	-41,191	-22.98%	179,182
Waupaca	6,666	28.78%	10,252	44.27%	6,088	26.29%	153	0.66%	-3,586	-15.49%	23,159
Waushara	3,402	32.94%	4,045	39.16%	2,829	27.39%	53	0.51%	-643	-6.22%	10,329
Winnebago	27,234	35.19%	33,709	43.56%	16,140	20.86%	303	0.39%	-6,475	-8.37%	77,386
Wood	13,208	36.25%	13,843	37.99%	8,822	24.21%	563	1.55%	-635	-1.74%	36,436
Totals	1,041,066	41.13%	930,855	36.78%	544,479	21.51%	14,714	0.58%	110,211	4.35%	2,531,114

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

^ In this county where Perot ran second ahead of Clinton, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Bush percentage minus Perot percentage.

References

^ ^a ^b "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ "WI US President Race, November 03, 1992". Our Campaigns.

[6] In this county where Perot ran second ahead of Clinton, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Bush percentage minus Perot percentage.

[results-1] "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

[2] "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.

[atlas-3] Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

[how-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] "WI US President Race, November 03, 1992". Our Campaigns.

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