United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1992

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1992

November 3, 1992

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 14 0 0 Popular vote 1,134,661 1,114,042 357,864 Percentage 43.44% 42.65% 13.70%

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

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

The 1992 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1992 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

North Carolina was very narrowly won by incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush of Texas over his Democratic challenger, Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Bush took 43.44% of the vote to Clinton's 42.65%, a margin of 0.79%.^[1]

Billionaire businessman Ross Perot, running as an Independent, finished in third with 13.70% of the vote, a relatively strong showing for a third party candidate, and his second highest showing in the Southeast, behind only Florida.

Results

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1992[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	1,134,661	43.44%	14
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	1,114,042	42.65%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	357,864	13.70%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	5,171	0.20%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani (write-in)	59	0.00%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin (write-in)	41	0.00%	0
	Socialist Workers Party	James Warren (write-in)	12	0.00%	0
Totals			2,611,850	100.0%	14
Voter turnout			54.52%		—

References

1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html