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.
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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.
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% |
Candidate | Votes | Percent |
George H. W. Bush | 774,865 | 76.81% |
Patrick Buchanan | 233,912 | 23.19% |
Totals | 1,008,777 | Turnout: 42.70% |
1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | ||||||
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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 |
List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
County | Bill Clinton Democratic |
George H.W. Bush Republican |
Ross Perot Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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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 |