1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Pennsylvania
1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Selection of Pennsylvania's presidential electors
The 1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Main article: 1992 United States presidential election
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Pennsylvania was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D) by a margin of 9.02%.[1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (I-TX) finished in third, with 18.20% of Pennsylvania’s popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Clearfield County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[2] This is also the last time that Pennsylvania voted to the left of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Michigan, and New Jersey, and to the right of Missouri. This is also the last time a Republican received over 20% of the vote in Philadelphia in a presidential election.
Democratic primary
| Candidate | Votes | Percent |
| Bill Clinton | 715,031 | 56.50% |
| Jerry Brown | 325,543 | 25.72% |
| Paul Tsongas | 161,572 | 12.77% |
| Others | 63,349 | 5.01% |
| Totals | 1,265,495 | Turnout: 46.69% |
Republican primary
| Candidate | Votes | Percent |
| George H. W. Bush | 774,865 | 76.81% |
| Patrick Buchanan | 233,912 | 23.19% |
| Totals | 1,008,777 | Turnout: 42.70% |
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | Al Gore | 2,239,164 | 45.15% | 23 | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush | Dan Quayle | 1,791,841 | 36.12% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | James Stockdale | 902,667 | 18.20% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | Nancy Lord | 21,477 | 0.43% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | Maria Elizabeth Muñoz | 4,661 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Totals | 4,959,810 | 100.0% | 23 | |||
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List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
Results by county
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| County | Bill Clinton Democratic |
George H.W. Bush Republican |
Ross Perot Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 9,576 | 32.46% | 13,552 | 45.94% | 6,313 | 21.40% | 60 | 0.20% | -3,976 | -13.48% | 29,501 |
| Allegheny | 324,004 | 52.75% | 183,035 | 29.80% | 103,470 | 16.85% | 3,678 | 0.60% | 140,969 | 22.95% | 614,187 |
| Armstrong | 12,995 | 45.87% | 9,122 | 32.20% | 6,166 | 21.76% | 50 | 0.18% | 3,873 | 13.67% | 28,333 |
| Beaver | 44,877 | 54.50% | 21,361 | 25.94% | 15,954 | 19.38% | 148 | 0.18% | 23,516 | 28.56% | 82,340 |
| Bedford | 5,840 | 31.04% | 9,216 | 48.98% | 3,731 | 19.83% | 30 | 0.16% | -3,376 | -17.94% | 18,817 |
| Berks | 46,031 | 35.03% | 52,939 | 40.29% | 31,663 | 24.10% | 774 | 0.59% | -6,908 | -5.26% | 131,407 |
| Blair | 14,857 | 33.19% | 21,447 | 47.92% | 8,284 | 18.51% | 170 | 0.38% | -6,590 | -14.73% | 44,758 |
| Bradford | 6,903 | 30.51% | 10,221 | 45.17% | 5,452 | 24.09% | 52 | 0.23% | -3,318 | -14.66% | 22,628 |
| Bucks | 97,902 | 39.40% | 94,584 | 38.06% | 53,931 | 21.70% | 2,090 | 0.84% | 3,318 | 1.34% | 248,507 |
| Butler | 22,303 | 36.48% | 23,656 | 38.70% | 15,013 | 24.56% | 158 | 0.26% | -1,353 | -2.22% | 61,130 |
| Cambria | 34,334 | 51.75% | 20,770 | 31.30% | 11,070 | 16.68% | 175 | 0.26% | 13,564 | 20.45% | 66,349 |
| Cameron | 824 | 30.77% | 1,173 | 43.80% | 676 | 25.24% | 5 | 0.19% | -349 | -13.03% | 2,678 |
| Carbon | 9,072 | 41.89% | 7,243 | 33.44% | 5,222 | 24.11% | 122 | 0.56% | 1,829 | 8.45% | 21,659 |
| Centre | 21,177 | 41.34% | 20,478 | 39.98% | 9,356 | 18.26% | 214 | 0.42% | 699 | 1.36% | 51,225 |
| Chester | 59,643 | 35.25% | 74,002 | 43.73% | 34,536 | 20.41% | 1,027 | 0.61% | -14,359 | -8.48% | 169,208 |
| Clarion | 5,584 | 35.53% | 6,477 | 41.21% | 3,619 | 23.02% | 38 | 0.24% | -893 | -5.68% | 15,718 |
| Clearfield | 12,247 | 39.70% | 11,553 | 37.45% | 6,989 | 22.66% | 58 | 0.19% | 694 | 2.25% | 30,847 |
| Clinton | 5,397 | 42.94% | 4,471 | 35.57% | 2,654 | 21.12% | 47 | 0.37% | 926 | 7.37% | 12,569 |
| Columbia | 8,261 | 34.80% | 9,742 | 41.04% | 5,683 | 23.94% | 53 | 0.22% | -1,481 | -6.24% | 23,739 |
| Crawford | 12,813 | 37.00% | 14,112 | 40.75% | 7,392 | 21.35% | 311 | 0.90% | -1,299 | -3.75% | 34,628 |
| Cumberland | 26,635 | 31.49% | 43,447 | 51.37% | 14,344 | 16.96% | 147 | 0.17% | -16,812 | -19.88% | 84,573 |
| Dauphin | 36,990 | 37.40% | 45,479 | 45.98% | 16,063 | 16.24% | 378 | 0.38% | -8,489 | -8.58% | 98,910 |
| Delaware | 111,210 | 41.80% | 108,587 | 40.81% | 43,728 | 16.43% | 2,549 | 0.96% | 2,623 | 0.99% | 266,074 |
| Elk | 5,016 | 36.26% | 4,908 | 35.48% | 3,885 | 28.09% | 23 | 0.17% | 108 | 0.78% | 13,832 |
| Erie | 56,381 | 47.86% | 39,283 | 33.35% | 21,510 | 18.26% | 630 | 0.53% | 17,098 | 14.51% | 117,804 |
| Fayette | 30,577 | 56.77% | 12,820 | 23.80% | 10,162 | 18.87% | 302 | 0.56% | 17,757 | 32.97% | 53,861 |
| Forest | 890 | 41.51% | 801 | 37.36% | 448 | 20.90% | 5 | 0.23% | 89 | 4.15% | 2,144 |
| Franklin | 13,440 | 30.66% | 23,387 | 53.35% | 6,941 | 15.83% | 66 | 0.15% | -9,947 | -22.69% | 43,834 |
| Fulton | 1,588 | 31.61% | 2,558 | 50.93% | 869 | 17.30% | 8 | 0.16% | -970 | -19.32% | 5,023 |
| Greene | 8,438 | 55.75% | 3,482 | 23.01% | 3,186 | 21.05% | 29 | 0.19% | 4,956 | 32.74% | 15,135 |
| Huntingdon | 5,153 | 32.82% | 7,249 | 46.17% | 3,273 | 20.85% | 25 | 0.16% | -2,096 | -13.35% | 15,700 |
| Indiana | 15,194 | 45.61% | 10,966 | 32.92% | 7,089 | 21.28% | 65 | 0.20% | 4,228 | 12.69% | 33,314 |
| Jefferson | 5,998 | 33.87% | 7,271 | 41.05% | 4,403 | 24.86% | 39 | 0.22% | -1,273 | -7.18% | 17,711 |
| Juniata | 2,601 | 30.89% | 3,980 | 47.27% | 1,819 | 21.60% | 20 | 0.24% | -1,379 | -16.38% | 8,420 |
| Lackawanna | 45,054 | 47.44% | 33,443 | 35.22% | 15,667 | 16.50% | 804 | 0.85% | 11,611 | 12.22% | 94,968 |
| Lancaster | 44,255 | 27.63% | 88,447 | 55.22% | 26,807 | 16.74% | 671 | 0.42% | -44,192 | -27.59% | 160,180 |
| Lawrence | 20,830 | 50.55% | 12,359 | 30.00% | 7,950 | 19.29% | 64 | 0.16% | 8,471 | 20.55% | 41,203 |
| Lebanon | 12,350 | 28.71% | 21,512 | 50.00% | 9,005 | 20.93% | 154 | 0.36% | -9,162 | -21.29% | 43,021 |
| Lehigh | 46,711 | 40.68% | 42,631 | 37.12% | 24,853 | 21.64% | 641 | 0.56% | 4,080 | 3.56% | 114,836 |
| Luzerne | 56,623 | 44.53% | 49,285 | 38.76% | 21,007 | 16.52% | 231 | 0.18% | 7,338 | 5.77% | 127,146 |
| Lycoming | 13,315 | 30.84% | 20,536 | 47.57% | 9,170 | 21.24% | 151 | 0.35% | -7,221 | -16.73% | 43,172 |
| McKean | 5,331 | 32.51% | 6,965 | 42.47% | 4,019 | 24.51% | 85 | 0.52% | -1,634 | -9.96% | 16,400 |
| Mercer | 23,264 | 46.68% | 16,081 | 32.27% | 10,277 | 20.62% | 214 | 0.43% | 7,183 | 14.41% | 49,836 |
| Mifflin | 4,946 | 33.67% | 6,300 | 42.89% | 3,382 | 23.03% | 60 | 0.41% | -1,354 | -9.22% | 14,688 |
| Monroe | 13,468 | 35.91% | 14,557 | 38.82% | 9,257 | 24.69% | 218 | 0.58% | -1,089 | -2.91% | 37,500 |
| Montgomery | 136,572 | 42.87% | 125,704 | 39.46% | 53,738 | 16.87% | 2,562 | 0.80% | 10,868 | 3.41% | 318,576 |
| Montour | 2,150 | 32.35% | 3,096 | 46.58% | 1,373 | 20.66% | 27 | 0.41% | -946 | -14.23% | 6,646 |
| Northampton | 42,203 | 43.27% | 34,429 | 35.30% | 20,234 | 20.75% | 659 | 0.68% | 7,774 | 7.97% | 97,525 |
| Northumberland | 12,814 | 35.80% | 15,057 | 42.07% | 7,782 | 21.74% | 139 | 0.39% | -2,243 | -6.27% | 35,792 |
| Perry | 4,086 | 26.66% | 7,871 | 51.35% | 3,334 | 21.75% | 36 | 0.23% | -3,785 | -24.69% | 15,327 |
| Philadelphia | 434,904 | 68.16% | 133,328 | 20.90% | 65,455 | 10.26% | 4,371 | 0.69% | 301,576 | 47.26% | 638,058 |
| Pike | 4,382 | 32.21% | 6,084 | 44.73% | 3,019 | 22.19% | 118 | 0.87% | -1,702 | -12.52% | 13,603 |
| Potter | 1,892 | 26.86% | 3,452 | 49.01% | 1,687 | 23.95% | 13 | 0.18% | -1,560 | -22.15% | 7,044 |
| Schuylkill | 23,679 | 37.57% | 25,780 | 40.90% | 13,398 | 21.26% | 172 | 0.27% | -2,101 | -3.33% | 63,029 |
| Snyder | 2,952 | 23.44% | 6,934 | 55.05% | 2,686 | 21.32% | 24 | 0.19% | -3,982 | -31.61% | 12,596 |
| Somerset | 12,493 | 38.14% | 13,858 | 42.30% | 6,333 | 19.33% | 75 | 0.23% | -1,365 | -4.16% | 32,759 |
| Sullivan | 1,030 | 33.09% | 1,340 | 43.05% | 731 | 23.48% | 12 | 0.39% | -310 | -9.96% | 3,113 |
| Susquehanna | 5,368 | 32.13% | 7,356 | 44.02% | 3,946 | 23.62% | 39 | 0.23% | -1,988 | -11.89% | 16,709 |
| Tioga | 4,868 | 29.43% | 7,823 | 47.29% | 3,804 | 22.99% | 48 | 0.29% | -2,955 | -17.86% | 16,543 |
| Union | 3,623 | 29.54% | 6,362 | 51.87% | 2,255 | 18.39% | 25 | 0.20% | -2,739 | -22.33% | 12,265 |
| Venango | 8,230 | 38.18% | 8,545 | 39.64% | 4,695 | 21.78% | 84 | 0.39% | -315 | -1.46% | 21,554 |
| Warren | 6,972 | 37.84% | 6,585 | 35.74% | 4,795 | 26.02% | 74 | 0.40% | 387 | 2.10% | 18,426 |
| Washington | 46,143 | 54.70% | 21,977 | 26.05% | 16,083 | 19.06% | 161 | 0.19% | 24,166 | 28.65% | 84,364 |
| Wayne | 4,817 | 28.64% | 8,184 | 48.65% | 3,727 | 22.16% | 94 | 0.56% | -3,367 | -20.01% | 16,822 |
| Westmoreland | 69,817 | 45.20% | 47,315 | 30.63% | 37,036 | 23.98% | 283 | 0.18% | 22,502 | 14.57% | 154,451 |
| Wyoming | 3,158 | 29.11% | 5,143 | 47.40% | 2,525 | 23.27% | 24 | 0.22% | -1,985 | -18.29% | 10,850 |
| York | 46,113 | 34.35% | 60,130 | 44.79% | 27,743 | 20.67% | 259 | 0.19% | -14,017 | -10.44% | 134,245 |
| Totals | 2,239,164 | 45.15% | 1,791,841 | 36.13% | 902,667 | 18.20% | 26,138 | 0.53% | 447,323 | 9.02% | 4,959,810 |
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- David Leip. "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016