United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1992

United States presidential election in Arkansas, 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 6 0 0 Popular vote 505,823 337,324 99,132 Percentage 53.21% 35.48% 10.43%

County Results   Clinton—70-80%   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Bush—40-50%

President before election George H. W. Bush Republican Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Arkansas was won by the state's Governor Bill Clinton (D) with 53.21% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.48%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 10.43% of the popular vote.^[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Clinton was Governor of Arkansas at the time, and as he was popular within the state, he easily won his home state by a margin of 17.73%, making it the first time that Arkansas had voted Democratic since 1976 when it voted for Jimmy Carter. Arkansas was the only state in which Clinton got over 50% of the popular vote in, besides Washington, D.C.

George H.W. Bush won this state by a substantial margin four years earlier, but his campaign statements that year and his statement during the debates that Arkansas was a backwater state caused furor among the state's residents. Ross Perot did the same thing. The backlash with the two candidates, made it all the more possible for the native son presidential candidate Bill Clinton to win this state by double digits and in nearly every county.

After the 1996 election, Arkansas would then return to being solidly Republican.^[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1992[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	505,823	53.21%	6
	Republican	George H.W. Bush	337,324	35.48%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	99,132	10.43%	0
	Taxpayers’	Howard Phillips	1,437	0.15%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	1,261	0.13%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani	1,022	0.11%	0
	Independent	Jim Boren	956	0.10%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz	819	0.09%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	764	0.08%	0
	Democrats for Economic Recovery	Lyndon LaRouche	762	0.08%	0
	Independent	John Yiamouyiannis	554	0.06%	0
	Prohibition	Earl Dodge	472	0.05%	0
	Independent	Isabell Masters	327	0.03%	0
Totals			950,683	100.0%	6

References

1. "State of Arkansas Historical Election Results". Arkansas Office of the Secretary of State. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
2. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.