List of 1992 swing states
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The U.S. Presidential election of 1992
was a three-way race between Republican
incumbent George H.W. Bush, Democratic
Arkansas
Governor Bill Clinton
, and Texas
businessman H. Ross Perot, who ran as an independent candidate. No candidate received a solid majority of the vote in any state, except for Bill Clinton in the District of Columbia and his home state of Arkansas
. Perot received nearly 20% of the national popular vote but failed to win any state outright. The following is a list of the states with the lowest margins of victory (less than 5%) in 1992, sorted by the margin percentages and color-coded for Bush or Clinton:
United States presidential election, 1992
The United States presidential election of 1992 had three major candidates: Incumbent Republican President George Bush; Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot....
was a three-way race between Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
incumbent George H.W. Bush, Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
Governor Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
, and Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
businessman H. Ross Perot, who ran as an independent candidate. No candidate received a solid majority of the vote in any state, except for Bill Clinton in the District of Columbia and his home state of Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
. Perot received nearly 20% of the national popular vote but failed to win any state outright. The following is a list of the states with the lowest margins of victory (less than 5%) in 1992, sorted by the margin percentages and color-coded for Bush or Clinton:
- Tennessee- 4.65% 92,221 votes
- Louisiana- 4.61% 82,585 votes
- Wisconsin- 4.35% 110,211 votes
- Colorado- 4.26% 66,831 votes
- Kentucky-3.21% 47,926 votes
- Nevada- 2.63% 13,320 votes
- Montana- 2.51% 10,300 votes
- New Jersey- 2.37% 79,341 votes
- Ohio- 1.83% 90,632 votes
- New Hampshire- 1.22% 6,556 votes
- Georgia- 0.59% 13,714 votes
- North Carolina- 0.79% 20,619 votes
- Florida- 1.89% 100,612 votes
- Arizona- 1.95% 29,036 votes
- Texas- 3.48% 214,256 votes
- South Dakota- 3.52% 11,830 votes
- Virginia- 4.37% 111,867 votes