1992 United States presidential election in Indiana explained

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Election Name:	1992 United States presidential election in Indiana
Country:	Indiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1988 United States presidential election in Indiana
Previous Year:	1988
Next Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Indiana
Next Year:	1996
Election Date:	November 3, 1992
Image1:	File:George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg
Nominee1:	George H. W. Bush
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Texas
Running Mate1:	Dan Quayle
Electoral Vote1:	12
Popular Vote1:	989,375
Percentage1:	42.91%
Nominee2:	Bill Clinton
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Arkansas
Running Mate2:	Al Gore
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	848,420
Percentage2:	36.79%
Image3:	RossPerotColor.jpg
Nominee3:	Ross Perot
Party3:	Independent (United States)
Home State3:	Texas
Running Mate3:	James Stockdale
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	455,934
Percentage3:	19.77%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	George H. W. Bush
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Bill Clinton
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1992 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by President George H. W. Bush (R-TX) and his running mate Vice President and former Indiana Senator Dan Quayle. The presidential contest in Indiana was not a surprise, with Bush winning 42.91% to 36.79% over Governor Bill Clinton (D).^[1] Still, the margin of victory was lesser than in earlier elections, whilst Clinton won in every state bordering Indiana.^[2] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (I-TX) finished in third, with a significant 19.77% of the popular vote in Indiana. Indiana would continue to vote Republican in presidential elections until 2008, in which Barack Obama won by a close margin, becoming the first Democrat to carry the state since 1964.

, this is the last election in which Greene County, Harrison County, and Washington County voted for the Democratic presidential nominee.^[3]

This is the last time that a Republican presidential candidate won Indiana by a popular vote share that was lower than the popular vote share won four years earlier.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Indiana
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	Dan Quayle (incumbent)	989,375	42.91%	12
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	Al Gore	848,420	36.79%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	James Stockdale	455,934	19.77%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	Nancy Lord	7,936	0.34%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani	Maria Elizabeth Muñoz	2,583	0.11%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz (write-in)	Cyril Minett	1,467	0.06%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin (write-in)	Mike Tompkins	126	0.01%	0
	Other write-ins			30	>0.01%	0
Totals				2,321,133	100.00%	12
Voter turnout (Voting age)					47%

Results by county

County	George H.W. Bush Republican		Bill Clinton Democratic		Ross Perot Independent		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[4]
		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		6,078		47.83%		3,708		29.18%		2,865		22.54%		57		0.45%		2,370		18.65%		12,708
	Allen		55,003		45.24%		39,629		32.60%		25,809		21.23%		1,136		0.93%		15,374		12.64%		121,577
	Bartholomew		13,146		47.91%		8,284		30.19%		5,882		21.44%		128		0.47%		4,862		17.72%		27,440
	Benton		2,030		46.96%		1,221		28.24%		1,056		24.43%		16		0.37%		809		18.72%		4,323
	Blackford		2,347		40.62%		2,088		36.14%		1,319		22.83%		24		0.42%		259		4.48%		5,778
	Boone		9,485		54.64%		3,982		22.94%		3,826		22.04%		65		0.37%		5,503		31.70%		17,358
	Brown		2,633		41.63%		2,029		32.08%		1,635		25.85%		28		0.44%		604		9.55%		6,325
	Carroll		3,800		44.38%		2,561		29.91%		2,173		25.38%		28		0.33%		1,239		14.47%		8,562
	Cass		7,421		45.70%		4,757		29.30%		3,944		24.29%		115		0.71%		2,664		16.40%		16,237
	Clark		13,333		36.34%		17,460		47.58%		5,653		15.41%		248		0.68%		-4,127		-11.24%		36,694
	Clay		4,696		46.20%		3,306		32.53%		2,134		21.00%		28		0.28%		1,390		13.67%		10,164
	Clinton		6,141		50.24%		3,490		28.55%		2,535		20.74%		58		0.47%		2,651		21.69%		12,224
	Crawford		1,903		38.11%		2,260		45.25%		819		16.40%		12		0.24%		-357		-7.14%		4,994
	Daviess		5,591		53.15%		3,201		30.43%		1,695		16.11%		33		0.31%		2,390		22.72%		10,520
	Dearborn		6,974		44.80%		5,116		32.86%		3,384		21.74%		93		0.60%		1,858		11.94%		15,567
	Decatur		5,195		50.48%		2,774		26.96%		2,299		22.34%		23		0.22%		2,421		23.52%		10,291
	DeKalb		6,682		44.48%		4,652		30.97%		3,554		23.66%		134		0.89%		2,030		13.51%		15,022
	Delaware		20,473		40.36%		19,556		38.56%		10,453		20.61%		239		0.47%		917		1.80%		50,721
	Dubois		6,785		42.44%		5,878		36.76%		3,195		19.98%		131		0.82%		907		5.68%		15,989
	Elkhart		27,920		53.50%		14,660		28.09%		9,450		18.11%		154		0.30%		13,260		25.41%		52,184
	Fayette		4,376		40.86%		3,969		37.06%		2,299		21.47%		66		0.62%		407		3.80%		10,710
	Floyd		11,932		40.24%		13,166		44.40%		4,421		14.91%		132		0.45%		-1,234		-4.16%		29,651
	Fountain		3,391		40.32%		2,829		33.64%		2,162		25.71%		28		0.33%		562		6.68%		8,410
	Franklin		3,831		46.91%		2,456		30.07%		1,858		22.75%		22		0.27%		1,375		16.84%		8,167
	Fulton		3,982		46.70%		2,552		29.93%		1,963		23.02%		30		0.35%		1,430		16.77%		8,527
	Gibson		5,172		34.95%		6,909		46.68%		2,680		18.11%		39		0.26%		-1,737		-11.73%		14,800
	Grant		13,806		48.04%		9,211		32.05%		5,597		19.48%		124		0.43%		4,595		15.99%		28,738
	Greene		5,410		39.76%		5,431		39.91%		2,610		19.18%		157		1.15%		-21		-0.15%		13,608
	Hamilton		34,622		62.46%		10,215		18.43%		10,365		18.70%		232		0.42%		24,257		43.76%		55,434
	Hancock		11,072		53.65%		4,752		23.02%		4,752		23.02%		63		0.31%		6,320		30.63%		20,639
	Harrison		5,403		39.52%		5,768		42.19%		2,469		18.06%		31		0.23%		-365		-2.67%		13,671
	Hendricks		18,373		55.45%		7,071		21.34%		7,519		22.69%		173		0.52%		10,854		32.76%		33,136
	Henry		8,720		43.62%		6,794		33.99%		4,416		22.09%		59		0.30%		1,926		9.63%		19,989
	Howard		15,306		44.57%		10,288		29.96%		8,575		24.97%		171		0.50%		5,018		14.61%		34,340
	Huntington		9,093		56.79%		3,855		24.07%		2,967		18.53%		98		0.61%		5,238		32.72%		16,013
	Jackson		7,246		44.81%		5,663		35.02%		3,148		19.47%		113		0.70%		1,583		9.79%		16,170
	Jasper		4,809		48.62%		3,033		30.67%		2,019		20.41%		29		0.29%		1,776		17.95%		9,890
	Jay		3,609		40.84%		3,208		36.31%		1,994		22.57%		25		0.28%		401		4.53%		8,836
	Jefferson		4,937		37.43%		5,510		41.77%		2,565		19.45%		179		1.36%		-573		-4.34%		13,191
	Jennings		4,392		42.66%		3,471		33.72%		2,370		23.02%		62		0.60%		921		8.94%		10,295
	Johnson		20,353		54.36%		8,712		23.27%		8,246		22.03%		127		0.34%		11,641		31.09%		37,438
	Knox		6,683		38.67%		6,718		38.87%		3,719		21.52%		164		0.95%		-35		-0.20%		17,284
	Kosciusko		14,179		57.44%		5,307		21.50%		5,115		20.72%		82		0.33%		8,872		35.94%		24,683
	LaGrange		3,584		48.15%		2,093		28.12%		1,736		23.32%		31		0.42%		1,491		20.03%		7,444
	Lake		53,867		28.91%		102,778		55.17%		28,635		15.37%		1,018		0.55%		-48,911		-26.26%		186,298
	LaPorte		14,962		35.24%		17,717		41.72%		9,641		22.70%		143		0.34%		-2,755		-6.48%		42,463
	Lawrence		7,712		45.96%		5,557		33.11%		3,452		20.57%		60		0.36%		2,155		12.85%		16,781
	Madison		23,479		39.76%		22,276		37.72%		13,100		22.18%		203		0.34%		1,203		2.04%		59,058
	Marion		141,369		43.66%		122,234		37.75%		57,878		17.88%		2,309		0.71%		19,135		5.91%		323,790
	Marshall		8,048		48.58%		4,912		29.65%		3,522		21.26%		85		0.51%		3,136		18.93%		16,567
	Martin		2,523		46.40%		2,018		37.11%		883		16.24%		14		0.26%		505		9.29%		5,438
	Miami		6,416		46.10%		3,967		28.50%		3,428		24.63%		107		0.77%		2,449		17.60%		13,918
	Monroe		16,661		38.22%		19,712		45.22%		6,943		15.93%		271		0.62%		-3,051		-7.00%		43,587
	Montgomery		7,602		52.20%		3,371		23.15%		3,511		24.11%		80		0.55%		4,091		28.09%		14,564
	Morgan		10,939		51.83%		4,690		22.22%		5,375		25.47%		103		0.49%		5,564		26.36%		21,107
	Newton		2,295		42.95%		1,757		32.88%		1,274		23.84%		18		0.34%		538		10.07%		5,344
	Noble		5,883		42.90%		4,411		32.17%		3,328		24.27%		91		0.66%		1,472		10.73%		13,713
	Ohio		1,009		40.14%		970		38.58%		527		20.96%		8		0.32%		39		1.56%		2,514
	Orange		3,738		46.64%		2,948		36.78%		1,296		16.17%		33		0.41%		790		9.86%		8,015
	Owen		2,753		42.00%		2,207		33.67%		1,563		23.84%		32		0.49%		546		8.33%		6,555
	Parke		2,953		41.60%		2,429		34.22%		1,696		23.89%		21		0.30%		524		7.38%		7,099
	Perry		2,973		31.69%		4,829		51.47%		1,560		16.63%		20		0.21%		-1,856		-19.78%		9,382
	Pike		2,156		33.84%		2,960		46.46%		1,238		19.43%		17		0.27%		-804		-12.62%		6,371
	Porter		22,644		39.68%		21,022		36.84%		13,096		22.95%		305		0.53%		1,622		2.84%		57,067
	Posey		4,435		38.72%		4,632		40.44%		2,357		20.58%		29		0.25%		-197		-1.72%		11,453
	Pulaski		2,712		45.84%		1,950		32.96%		1,214		20.52%		40		0.68%		762		12.88%		5,916
	Putnam		5,341		44.33%		3,487		28.94%		3,174		26.34%		46		0.38%		1,854		15.39%		12,048
	Randolph		4,937		41.90%		3,870		32.84%		2,939		24.94%		38		0.32%		1,067		9.06%		11,784
	Ripley		5,033		46.02%		3,480		31.82%		2,406		22.00%		18		0.16%		1,553		14.20%		10,937
	Rush		3,873		48.36%		2,168		27.07%		1,948		24.33%		19		0.24%		1,705		21.29%		8,008
	St. Joseph		38,934		37.27%		46,203		44.23%		18,828		18.02%		500		0.48%		-7,269		-6.96%		104,465
	Scott		2,649		33.71%		4,085		51.98%		1,092		13.89%		33		0.42%		-1,436		-18.27%		7,859
	Shelby		8,075		49.81%		4,560		28.13%		3,521		21.72%		55		0.34%		3,515		21.68%		16,211
	Spencer		3,789		39.56%		4,301		44.90%		1,464		15.28%		25		0.26%		-512		-5.34%		9,579
	Starke		3,100		35.40%		3,695		42.19%		1,885		21.52%		78		0.89%		-595		-6.79%		8,758
	Steuben		4,868		42.44%		3,630		31.65%		2,896		25.25%		75		0.65%		1,238		10.79%		11,469
	Sullivan		3,052		33.29%		4,211		45.93%		1,857		20.26%		48		0.52%		-1,159		-12.64%		9,168
	Switzerland		1,211		35.74%		1,535		45.31%		636		18.77%		6		0.18%		-324		-9.57%		3,388
	Tippecanoe		23,050		45.79%		17,343		34.46%		9,684		19.24%		257		0.51%		5,707		11.33%		50,334
	Tipton		3,906		49.55%		2,125		26.96%		1,816		23.04%		36		0.46%		1,781		22.59%		7,883
	Union		1,394		46.97%		898		30.26%		664		22.37%		12		0.40%		496		16.71%		2,968
	Vanderburgh		30,271		39.39%		33,799		43.99%		12,513		16.28%		257		0.33%		-3,528		-4.60%		76,840
	Vermillion		2,360		30.13%		3,652		46.63%		1,794		22.91%		26		0.33%		-1,292		-16.50%		7,832
	Vigo		15,834		37.56%		18,050		42.81%		8,141		19.31%		136		0.32%		-2,216		-5.25%		42,161
	Wabash		7,062		46.77%		4,518		29.92%		3,424		22.67%		97		0.64%		2,544		16.85%		15,101
	Warren		1,601		40.00%		1,367		34.15%		1,020		25.48%		15		0.37%		234		5.85%		4,003
	Warrick		8,087		39.23%		8,612		41.78%		3,862		18.73%		53		0.26%		-525		-2.55%		20,614
	Washington		4,043		40.20%		4,092		40.69%		1,846		18.36%		76		0.76%		-49		-0.49%		10,057
	Wayne		12,221		44.69%		9,960		36.42%		5,095		18.63%		70		0.26%		2,261		8.27%		27,346
	Wells		5,799		48.17%		3,282		27.26%		2,890		24.01%		68		0.56%		2,517		20.91%		12,039
	White		4,622		45.22%		2,988		29.23%		2,582		25.26%		29		0.28%		1,634		15.99%		10,221
	Whitley		5,217		43.27%		3,569		29.60%		3,195		26.50%		75		0.62%		1,648		13.67%		12,056
Totals	989,375	42.91%	848,420	36.79%	455,934	19.77%	12,142	0.53%	140,955	6.12%	2,305,871

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Clark
• Crawford
• Floyd
• Gibson
• Greene
• Harrison
• Jefferson
• Knox
• LaPorte
• Monroe
• Pike
• Posey
• Scott
• Spencer
• St. Joseph
• Starke
• Switzerland
• Vanderburgh
• Vigo
• Warrick
• Washington

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1992 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2019-10-19.
2. Web site: 1992 Presidential General Election Results. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2019-10-19.
3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
4. Indiana Secretary of State; 1992 Election Report State of Indiana (Indianapolis, 1993)