United States presidential election in Texas, 1992

United States presidential election in Texas, 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 32 0 0 Popular vote 2,496,071 2,281,815 1,354,781 Percentage 40.56% 37.08% 22.01%

County Results   Clinton—80-90%   Clinton—70-80%   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Clinton—<40%   Bush—<40%   Bush—40-50%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—60-70%   Perot—<40%   Perot—40-50%

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

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

Texas was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 40.56% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 37.08%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 22.01% of the popular vote.^[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.^[2] He was the first Democrat to win a presidential election without Texas since its statehood.

Bush at the controversial signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), commenced in San Antonio, Texas on December 17, 1992. Signing was critical international policy decision made by Bush two weeks following his 1992 electoral defeat.

Results

United States presidential election in Texas, 1992[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George H.W. Bush	2,496,071	40.56%	32
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	2,281,815	37.08%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	1,354,781	22.01%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	19,699	0.32%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz (write-in)	505	0.01%	0
	Taxpayers’	Howard Phillips (write-in)	359	0.01%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani (write-in)	301	0.00%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin (write-in)	217	0.00%	0
	Democrats for Economic Recovery	Lyndon LaRouche (write-in)	169	0.00%	0
	Independent	J. Quinn Brisben (write-in)	78	0.00%	0
	Other write-ins		23	0.00%	0
Totals			6,154,018	100.0%	32

References

1. "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Texas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
2. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 10 June 2012.