1992 United States presidential election in Illinois explained

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Election Name:	1992 United States presidential election in Illinois
Country:	Illinois
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1988 United States presidential election in Illinois
Previous Year:	1988
Next Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Illinois
Next Year:	1996
Election Date:	November 3, 1992
Image1:	Bill Clinton.jpg
Nominee1:	Bill Clinton
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Arkansas
Running Mate1:	Al Gore
Electoral Vote1:	22
Popular Vote1:	2,453,350
Percentage1:	48.58%
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Texas
Running Mate2:	Dan Quayle
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	1,734,096
Percentage2:	34.34%
Image3:	Ross Perot in his office Allan Warren (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Nominee3:	Ross Perot
Party3:	Independent (United States)
Home State3:	Texas
Running Mate3:	James Stockdale
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	840,515
Percentage3:	16.64%
President
Before Election:	George H. W. Bush
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Bill Clinton
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
Turnout:	76.51%

The 1992 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Illinois was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 48.58% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 34.34%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 16.64% of the popular vote. In 1988, Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis also received 48.6% of the vote, albeit in a losing effort to Bush, who received 50.7%.

Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.^[1] Clinton became the first Democrat to win Illinois on a presidential level since 1964, and only the second to do so since 1948. Clinton notably won seven of 21 Illinois counties that had backed Barry Goldwater in 1964.^[2] He remains the only Democrat to win Johnson County and Pope County^[3] — Southern and anti-Yankee in culture but converted to Unionism by war^[4] — since Stephen A. Douglas in 1860.^[5] In Northern Illinois Clinton became the first Democrat to ever win Whiteside County which had voted in presidential elections since 1840,^[5] the first to win DeKalb County since Franklin Pierce in 1852, and the first to win Bureau, McDonough and Warren Counties since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.^[2]

This represented a realigning election for Illinois in regards to presidential politics. It ended a streak of six consecutive elections in which the state had voted for the Republican ticket. It also began a streak that, as of the 2020 election, continues, in which the state has voted by double digits for the Democratic ticket in eight consecutive presidential elections.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is also the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Brown, Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Jasper, Monroe, Richland, and Tazewell.^[6]

Primaries

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal elections (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.

Turnout

For the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 39.82%, with 2,335,270 votes cast. For the general election, turnout was 76.51%, with 5,050,157 votes cast.^[7]

State-run primaries were held for the Democratic, Republican, parties on March 17.^[8]

Democratic

Election Name:	1992 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1988 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Previous Year:	1988
Next Election:	1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:	1996
Type:	presidential
Country:	Illinois
Candidate1:	Bill Clinton
Color1:	6c00e8
Home State1:	Arkansas
Popular Vote1:	776,829
Percentage1:	51.65%
Candidate2:	Paul Tsongas
Color2:	ffff00
Home State2:	Massachusetts
Popular Vote2:	387,891
Percentage2:	25.79%
Candidate3:	Jerry Brown
Color3:	e56cbf
Home State3:	California
Popular Vote3:	220,346
Percentage3:	14.65%
Map Size:	280px

The 1992 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 17, 1992, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1992 presidential election.

1992 Illinois Democratic presidential primary! style="text-align:left;"

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates
Bill Clinton	776,829	51.65
Paul E. Tsongas	387,891	25.79
Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr.	220,346	14.65
Uncommitted	67,612	4.50
	30,710	2.04
	10,916	0.73
Lyndon H. LaRouche	6,599	0.44
Lawrence A. Agran	3,227	0.22
Total	1,504,130	100

Republican

Election Name:	1992 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Country:	Illinois
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1988 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Previous Year:	1988
Next Election:	1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Next Year:	1996
Candidate1:	George H. W. Bush
Home State1:	Texas
Popular Vote1:	634,588
Percentage1:	76.35%
Color1:	a59400
Candidate2:	Pat Buchanan
Color2:	668c63
Home State2:	Virginia
Popular Vote2:	186,915
Percentage2:	22.49%
Map Size:	100px

The 1992 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 17, 1992, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1992 presidential election.

Incumbent president George H. W. Bush won the primary by a large margin.

1992 Illinois Republican presidential primary! style="text-align:left;"

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates
George Bush (incumbent)	634,588	76.35
Patrick J. Buchannan	186,915	22.49
Maurice Horton	9,637	1.16
Total	831,140	100

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Illinois^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	2,453,350	48.58%	22
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	1,734,096	34.34%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	840,515	16.64%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	9,218	0.18%	0
	New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	5,267	0.10%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz	3,577	0.07%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	2,751	0.05%	0
	Socialist Workers Party	James Warren	1,361	0.03%	0
	Write-ins		22	0.00%	0
Totals			5,050,157	100.0%	22

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton Democratic		George H.W. Bush Republican		Ross Perot Independent		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		11,748		37.20%		13,529		42.84%		6,157		19.50%		145		0.46%		-1,781		-5.64%		31,579
	Alexander		2,566		58.83%		1,301		29.83%		474		10.87%		21		0.48%		1,265		29.00%		4,362
	Bond		3,428		45.42%		2,715		35.97%		1,373		18.19%		32		0.42%		713		9.45%		7,548
	Boone		5,114		37.53%		5,589		41.01%		2,880		21.13%		44		0.32%		-475		-3.48%		13,627
	Brown		1,146		42.62%		1,029		38.27%		504		18.74%		10		0.37%		117		4.35%		2,689
	Bureau		7,551		42.17%		6,836		38.18%		3,465		19.35%		55		0.31%		715		3.99%		17,907
	Calhoun		1,519		54.19%		745		26.58%		532		18.98%		7		0.25%		774		27.61%		2,803
	Carroll		2,854		37.17%		3,297		42.94%		1,502		19.56%		26		0.34%		-443		-5.77%		7,679
	Cass		3,200		49.64%		2,162		33.53%		1,072		16.63%		13		0.20%		1,038		16.11%		6,447
	Champaign		35,003		46.00%		27,096		35.61%		13,571		17.83%		422		0.55%		7,907		10.39%		76,092
	Christian		9,042		51.40%		5,087		28.92%		3,401		19.33%		60		0.34%		3,955		22.48%		17,590
	Clark		3,338		41.83%		3,175		39.79%		1,450		18.17%		16		0.20%		163		2.04%		7,979
	Clay		2,962		44.53%		2,471		37.15%		1,193		17.93%		26		0.39%		491		7.38%		6,652
	Clinton		6,686		42.26%		5,771		36.47%		3,315		20.95%		50		0.32%		915		5.79%		15,822
	Coles		9,402		42.16%		8,098		36.31%		4,707		21.11%		93		0.42%		1,304		5.85%		22,300
	Cook		1,249,533		58.21%		605,300		28.20%		281,999		13.14%		9,823		0.46%		644,233		30.01%		2,146,655
	Crawford		3,964		40.99%		3,606		37.29%		2,062		21.32%		39		0.40%		358		3.70%		9,671
	Cumberland		2,111		40.58%		1,860		35.76%		1,209		23.24%		22		0.42%		251		4.82%		5,202
	DeKalb		13,744		40.15%		12,655		36.97%		7,680		22.44%		153		0.45%		1,089		3.18%		34,232
	DeWitt		3,009		38.78%		3,164		40.78%		1,543		19.89%		43		0.55%		-155		-2.00%		7,759
	Douglas		3,341		40.37%		3,309		39.98%		1,600		19.33%		26		0.31%		32		0.39%		8,276
	DuPage		114,564		30.88%		178,271		48.05%		76,839		20.71%		1,313		0.35%		-63,707		-17.17%		370,987
	Edgar		4,014		41.06%		3,790		38.77%		1,930		19.74%		42		0.43%		224		2.29%		9,776
	Edwards		1,299		36.57%		1,601		45.07%		634		17.85%		18		0.51%		-302		-8.50%		3,552
	Effingham		5,221		34.85%		6,329		42.25%		3,354		22.39%		77		0.51%		-1,108		-7.40%		14,981
	Fayette		4,833		47.77%		3,508		34.67%		1,730		17.10%		47		0.46%		1,325		13.10%		10,118
	Ford		2,175		33.56%		3,046		47.00%		1,222		18.86%		38		0.59%		-871		-13.44%		6,481
	Franklin		12,744		59.33%		5,504		25.62%		3,180		14.80%		53		0.25%		7,240		33.71%		21,481
	Fulton		9,725		54.94%		5,062		28.60%		2,874		16.24%		40		0.23%		4,663		26.34%		17,701
	Gallatin		2,371		60.12%		990		25.10%		568		14.40%		15		0.38%		1,381		35.02%		3,944
	Greene		3,164		44.99%		2,391		34.00%		1,461		20.78%		16		0.23%		773		10.99%		7,032
	Grundy		6,122		37.64%		6,346		39.02%		3,724		22.90%		73		0.45%		-224		-1.38%		16,265
	Hamilton		2,582		51.91%		1,521		30.58%		862		17.33%		9		0.18%		1,061		21.33%		4,974
	Hancock		4,213		41.84%		3,714		36.89%		2,091		20.77%		51		0.51%		499		4.95%		10,069
	Hardin		1,665		52.47%		985		31.04%		515		16.23%		8		0.25%		680		21.43%		3,173
	Henderson		2,013		49.73%		1,310		32.36%		715		17.66%		10		0.25%		703		17.37%		4,048
	Henry		11,077		45.45%		8,989		36.88%		4,231		17.36%		74		0.30%		2,088		8.57%		24,371
	Iroquois		4,440		30.56%		6,948		47.82%		3,073		21.15%		69		0.47%		-2,508		-17.26%		14,530
	Jackson		13,373		54.73%		6,899		28.24%		3,995		16.35%		167		0.68%		6,474		26.49%		24,434
	Jasper		2,284		41.68%		1,996		36.42%		1,160		21.17%		40		0.73%		288		5.26%		5,480
	Jefferson		8,665		49.24%		5,497		31.24%		3,403		19.34%		32		0.18%		3,168		18.00%		17,597
	Jersey		4,749		47.05%		2,933		29.06%		2,363		23.41%		48		0.48%		1,816		17.99%		10,093
	Jo Daviess		4,044		38.68%		4,249		40.64%		2,102		20.11%		59		0.56%		-205		-1.96%		10,454
	Johnson		2,299		42.65%		2,124		39.40%		944		17.51%		24		0.45%		175		3.25%		5,391
	Kane		44,568		34.84%		55,684		43.52%		27,179		21.24%		507		0.40%		-11,116		-8.68%		127,938
	Kankakee		17,229		43.00%		15,411		38.46%		7,264		18.13%		167		0.42%		1,818		4.54%		40,071
	Kendall		5,423		29.46%		8,521		46.29%		4,394		23.87%		68		0.37%		-3,098		-16.83%		18,406
	Knox		12,524		49.51%		8,331		32.93%		4,357		17.22%		84		0.33%		4,193		16.58%		25,296
	Lake		81,693		36.47%		99,000		44.20%		42,384		18.92%		910		0.41%		-17,307		-7.73%		223,987
	LaSalle		23,276		46.62%		16,078		32.20%		10,434		20.90%		143		0.29%		7,198		14.42%		49,931
	Lawrence		3,270		43.67%		2,681		35.80%		1,498		20.01%		39		0.52%		589		7.87%		7,488
	Lee		5,530		35.87%		6,652		43.15%		3,191		20.70%		44		0.29%		-1,122		-7.28%		15,417
	Livingston		6,007		35.13%		8,004		46.81%		3,029		17.72%		58		0.34%		-1,997		-11.68%		17,098
	Logan		5,169		36.41%		6,567		46.26%		2,420		17.05%		39		0.27%		-1,398		-9.85%		14,195
	Macon		27,449		49.39%		18,684		33.62%		9,236		16.62%		211		0.38%		8,765		15.77%		55,580
	Macoupin		12,050		50.93%		6,518		27.55%		5,018		21.21%		75		0.32%		5,532		23.38%		23,661
	Madison		58,484		51.26%		32,167		28.19%		23,110		20.26%		334		0.29%		26,317		23.07%		114,095
	Marion		9,669		51.20%		5,764		30.52%		3,407		18.04%		43		0.23%		3,905		20.68%		18,883
	Marshall		2,819		43.40%		2,491		38.35%		1,169		18.00%		17		0.26%		328		5.05%		6,496
	Mason		3,969		51.53%		2,473		32.11%		1,245		16.16%		15		0.19%		1,496		19.42%		7,702
	Massac		3,347		47.43%		2,754		39.03%		892		12.64%		63		0.89%		593		8.40%		7,056
	McDonough		5,814		41.76%		5,297		38.05%		2,770		19.90%		41		0.29%		517		3.71%		13,922
	McHenry		24,783		28.07%		41,356		46.84%		21,817		24.71%		338		0.38%		-16,573		-18.77%		88,294
	McLean		23,090		38.95%		25,726		43.39%		10,282		17.34%		187		0.32%		-2,636		-4.44%		59,285
	Menard		2,264		35.94%		2,834		44.99%		1,179		18.72%		22		0.35%		-570		-9.05%		6,299
	Mercer		3,990		46.72%		2,983		34.93%		1,535		17.97%		32		0.37%		1,007		11.79%		8,540
	Monroe		4,894		39.02%		4,807		38.33%		2,813		22.43%		28		0.22%		87		0.69%		12,542
	Montgomery		7,424		50.04%		4,407		29.70%		2,956		19.92%		50		0.34%		3,017		20.34%		14,837
	Morgan		6,351		38.97%		6,566		40.29%		3,317		20.35%		63		0.39%		-215		-1.32%		16,297
	Moultrie		3,056		47.27%		2,065		31.94%		1,322		20.45%		22		0.34%		991		15.33%		6,465
	Ogle		6,512		32.38%		9,008		44.80%		4,455		22.15%		134		0.67%		-2,496		-12.42%		20,109
	Peoria		38,099		46.85%		30,718		37.77%		12,195		14.99%		316		0.39%		7,381		9.08%		81,328
	Perry		6,009		54.20%		3,105		28.01%		1,955		17.63%		17		0.15%		2,904		26.19%		11,086
	Piatt		3,520		41.67%		3,076		36.42%		1,822		21.57%		29		0.34%		444		5.25%		8,447
	Pike		4,016		44.44%		3,342		36.98%		1,643		18.18%		36		0.40%		674		7.46%		9,037
	Pope		1,063		44.09%		951		39.44%		391		16.22%		6		0.25%		112		4.65%		2,411
	Pulaski		1,987		55.99%		1,169		32.94%		379		10.68%		14		0.39%		818		23.05%		3,549
	Putnam		1,574		47.58%		969		29.29%		752		22.73%		13		0.39%		605		18.29%		3,308
	Randolph		8,529		51.49%		4,899		29.57%		3,092		18.67%		45		0.27%		3,630		21.92%		16,565
	Richland		3,286		40.76%		3,053		37.87%		1,689		20.95%		33		0.41%		233		2.89%		8,061
	Rock Island		37,412		51.93%		23,212		32.22%		10,416		14.46%		999		1.39%		14,200		19.71%		72,039
	Saline		7,258		54.76%		3,667		27.67%		2,302		17.37%		27		0.20%		3,591		27.09%		13,254
	Sangamon		40,052		41.35%		39,641		40.93%		16,861		17.41%		306		0.32%		411		0.42%		96,860
	Schuyler		1,650		41.30%		1,512		37.85%		815		20.40%		18		0.45%		138		3.45%		3,995
	Scott		1,057		37.98%		1,132		40.68%		588		21.13%		6		0.22%		-75		-2.70%		2,783
	Shelby		5,101		45.65%		3,631		32.49%		2,401		21.49%		42		0.38%		1,470		13.16%		11,175
	St. Clair		57,625		53.58%		31,951		29.71%		17,592		16.36%		373		0.35%		25,674		23.87%		107,541
	Stark		1,336		39.87%		1,384		41.30%		625		18.65%		6		0.18%		-48		-1.43%		3,351
	Stephenson		7,899		36.47%		9,005		41.58%		4,677		21.60%		75		0.35%		-1,106		-5.11%		21,656
	Tazewell		26,428		44.05%		23,469		39.12%		9,927		16.55%		170		0.28%		2,959		4.93%		59,994
	Union		4,681		51.54%		3,003		33.06%		1,373		15.12%		26		0.29%		1,678		18.48%		9,083
	Vermilion		18,383		47.80%		11,703		30.43%		8,162		21.22%		213		0.55%		6,680		17.37%		38,461
	Wabash		2,436		39.04%		2,485		39.82%		1,302		20.87%		17		0.27%		-49		-0.78%		6,240
	Warren		3,661		43.35%		3,325		39.37%		1,436		17.00%		24		0.28%		336		3.98%		8,446
	Washington		2,986		39.52%		3,003		39.75%		1,542		20.41%		24		0.32%		-17		-0.23%		7,555
	Wayne		3,332		37.56%		3,809		42.93%		1,702		19.18%		29		0.33%		-477		-5.37%		8,872
	White		4,308		48.89%		3,057		34.70%		1,428		16.21%		18		0.20%		1,251		14.19%		8,811
	Whiteside		12,329		45.41%		10,146		37.37%		4,589		16.90%		89		0.33%		2,183		8.04%		27,153
	Will		59,633		39.20%		58,337		38.35%		32,788		21.55%		1,365		0.90%		1,296		0.85%		152,123
	Williamson		14,361		49.93%		9,462		32.90%		4,779		16.62%		158		0.55%		4,899		17.03%		28,760
	Winnebago		48,298		43.04%		42,221		37.63%		21,227		18.92%		469		0.42%		6,077		5.41%		112,215
	Woodford		5,490		33.67%		8,032		49.26%		2,733		16.76%		50		0.31%		-2,542		-15.59%		16,305
Totals	2,453,350	48.58%	1,734,096	34.34%	840,515	16.64%	22,196	0.44%	719,254	14.24%	5,050,157

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Bond
• Brown
• Bureau
• Champaign
• Clark
• Clay
• Clinton
• Coles
• Crawford
• Cumberland
• DeKalb
• Douglas
• Edgar
• Fayette
• Greene
• Hamilton
• Hardin
• Jasper
• Johnson
• Kankakee
• Lawrence
• Marion
• Marshall
• Mason
• Massac
• McDonough
• Monroe
• Moultrie
• Peoria
• Piatt
• Pope
• Richland
• Sangamon
• Schuyler
• Shelby
• Tazewell
• Union
• Warren
• White
• Whiteside
• Will
• Winnebago

See also

• 1992 Illinois elections
• Presidency of Bill Clinton
• United States presidential elections in Illinois

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1992 Presidential General Election Results. U.S. Election Atlas. 8 June 2012.
2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004; pp. 180-187
3. Clinton would win Pope County again in 1996 but lose Johnson County to Bob Dole.
4. Wells, Damon; Stephen Douglas: The Last Years, 1857–1861, p. 285
5. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States; p. 115
6. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
7. Web site: State of Illinois official vote cast at the general election .. . Illinois State Board of Elections . 7 April 2020.
8. Web site: State of Illinois official vote cast at the primary election held on ... . Illinois State Board of Elections . 7 April 2020.
9. Web site: 1992 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois. U.S. Election Atlas. 8 June 2012.