1992 United States presidential election in Minnesota explained

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Election Name:	1992 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Country:	Minnesota
Flag Year:	1983
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1988 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Previous Year:	1988
Next Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Turnout:	73.91%^[1]
Next Year:	1996
Election Date:	November 3, 1992
Image1:	Bill Clinton.jpg
Nominee1:	Bill Clinton
Party1:	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Home State1:	Arkansas
Running Mate1:	Al Gore
Electoral Vote1:	10
Popular Vote1:	1,020,997
Percentage1:	43.48%
Nominee2:	George H. W. Bush
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Texas
Running Mate2:	Dan Quayle
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	747,841
Percentage2:	31.85%
Image3:	RossPerotColor.jpg
Nominee3:	Ross Perot
Party3:	Independent (United States)
Home State3:	Texas
Running Mate3:	James Stockdale
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	562,506
Percentage3:	23.96%
Map Size:	320px
President
Before Election:	George H. W. Bush
Before Party:	Republican Party of Minnesota
After Election:	Bill Clinton
After Party:	Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Flag Image:	Flag of Minnesota (1983–2024).svg

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

Minnesota was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.48% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) who took 31.85%, a victory margin of 11.63%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.96% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.^[2]

April 7, 1992, saw the first presidential primary in Minnesota since 1956. Clinton won a plurality of votes in the DFL primary and Bush won in the IR election.

Clinton became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Lyon or Roseau Counties since Woodrow Wilson in 1912, as well as the first to do so without carrying Becker County since Woodrow Wilson in 1916.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Minnesota^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic (DFL)	Bill Clinton	1,020,997	43.48%	10
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	747,841	31.85%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	562,506	23.96%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	3,374	0.14%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz	3,363	0.14%	0
	Grassroots	Jack Herer	2,659	0.11%	0
	Write-ins		2,499	0.11%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	1,406	0.06%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Warren	990	0.04%	0
	New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	958	0.04%	0
	U.S. Taxpayers'	Howard Phillips	733	0.03%	0
	Democrats for Economic Recovery	Lyndon LaRouche	622	0.03%	0
Totals			2,347,948	100.0%	10

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton DFL		George H.W. Bush Republican		Ross Perot Independent		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Aitkin		3,400		44.98%		2,151		28.46%		1,951		25.81%		57		0.75%		1,249		16.52%		7,559
	Anoka		54,621		42.01%		39,458		30.35%		35,140		27.03%		801		0.62%		15,163		11.66%		130,020
	Becker		4,958		36.18%		5,430		39.63%		3,238		23.63%		76		0.55%		-472		-3.45%		13,702
	Beltrami		7,210		45.10%		5,204		32.55%		3,473		21.72%		100		0.63%		2,006		12.55%		15,987
	Benton		5,156		35.88%		5,053		35.16%		4,048		28.17%		114		0.79%		103		0.72%		14,371
	Big Stone		1,610		47.08%		1,052		30.76%		740		21.64%		18		0.53%		558		16.32%		3,420
	Blue Earth		11,531		41.41%		8,813		31.65%		7,299		26.21%		204		0.73%		2,718		9.76%		27,847
	Brown		4,278		31.41%		5,390		39.57%		3,845		28.23%		108		0.79%		-1,112		-8.16%		13,621
	Carlton		7,736		52.46%		3,922		26.60%		3,005		20.38%		84		0.57%		3,814		25.86%		14,747
	Carver		8,349		31.38%		10,201		38.34%		7,942		29.85%		112		0.42%		-1,852		-6.96%		26,604
	Cass		4,901		40.18%		4,276		35.06%		2,939		24.10%		81		0.66%		625		5.12%		12,197
	Chippewa		2,929		44.26%		2,143		32.39%		1,505		22.74%		40		0.60%		786		11.87%		6,617
	Chisago		7,077		41.34%		4,813		28.11%		5,098		29.78%		131		0.77%		1,979		11.56%		17,119
	Clay		9,845		41.93%		9,666		41.17%		3,835		16.33%		132		0.56%		179		0.76%		23,478
	Clearwater		1,587		42.23%		1,315		34.99%		841		22.38%		15		0.40%		272		7.24%		3,758
	Cook		1,005		38.39%		878		33.54%		704		26.89%		31		1.18%		127		4.85%		2,618
	Cottonwood		2,382		35.81%		2,481		37.30%		1,749		26.30%		39		0.59%		-99		-1.49%		6,651
	Crow Wing		8,896		36.25%		9,112		37.13%		6,367		25.95%		164		0.67%		-216		-0.88%		24,539
	Dakota		63,660		40.53%		52,312		33.30%		40,244		25.62%		864		0.55%		11,348		7.23%		157,080
	Dodge		2,620		32.87%		3,049		38.25%		2,231		27.99%		72		0.90%		-429		-5.38%		7,972
	Douglas		5,252		33.12%		6,356		40.08%		4,138		26.09%		113		0.71%		-1,104		-6.96%		15,859
	Faribault		3,339		36.51%		3,439		37.60%		2,322		25.39%		46		0.50%		-100		-1.09%		9,146
	Fillmore		3,977		37.31%		3,583		33.62%		3,011		28.25%		87		0.82%		394		3.69%		10,658
	Freeborn		7,759		43.56%		5,089		28.57%		4,878		27.38%		87		0.49%		2,670		14.99%		17,813
	Goodhue		7,916		37.25%		7,321		34.45%		5,790		27.25%		223		1.05%		595		2.80%		21,250
	Grant		1,561		42.58%		1,201		32.76%		885		24.14%		19		0.52%		360		9.82%		3,666
	Hennepin		278,648		47.50%		179,581		30.61%		123,659		21.08%		4,731		0.81%		99,067		16.89%		586,619
	Houston		3,744		35.82%		3,853		36.87%		2,697		25.81%		157		1.50%		-109		-1.05%		10,451
	Hubbard		3,362		39.14%		3,227		37.57%		1,949		22.69%		51		0.59%		135		1.57%		8,589
	Isanti		5,386		40.30%		3,988		29.84%		3,898		29.16%		94		0.70%		1,398		10.46%		13,366
	Itasca		9,621		46.17%		5,952		28.56%		5,147		24.70%		118		0.57%		3,669		17.61%		20,838
	Jackson		2,481		39.68%		1,824		29.17%		1,918		30.68%		29		0.46%		563		9.00%		6,252
	Kanabec		2,532		40.27%		1,876		29.83%		1,836		29.20%		44		0.70%		656		10.44%		6,288
	Kandiyohi		7,914		40.26%		6,784		34.51%		4,869		24.77%		89		0.45%		1,130		5.75%		19,656
	Kittson		1,307		43.80%		1,098		36.80%		558		18.70%		21		0.70%		209		7.00%		2,984
	Koochiching		3,474		46.54%		1,954		26.18%		1,993		26.70%		44		0.59%		1,481		19.84%		7,465
	Lac qui Parle		2,342		47.14%		1,435		28.88%		1,163		23.41%		28		0.56%		907		18.26%		4,968
	Lake		3,415		53.72%		1,465		23.05%		1,437		22.61%		40		0.63%		1,950		30.67%		6,357
	Lake of the Woods		794		36.12%		762		34.67%		629		28.62%		13		0.59%		32		1.45%		2,198
	Le Sueur		4,662		39.00%		3,858		32.27%		3,363		28.13%		71		0.59%		804		6.73%		11,954
	Lincoln		1,555		42.77%		1,084		29.81%		967		26.60%		30		0.83%		471		12.96%		3,636
	Lyon		4,481		36.36%		4,591		37.25%		3,180		25.80%		72		0.58%		-110		-0.89%		12,324
	Mahnomen		1,035		43.32%		854		35.75%		483		20.22%		17		0.71%		181		7.57%		2,389
	Marshall		2,309		39.79%		2,136		36.81%		1,306		22.51%		52		0.90%		173		2.98%		5,803
	Martin		4,019		34.62%		4,438		38.23%		3,089		26.61%		63		0.54%		-419		-3.61%		11,609
	McLeod		4,919		32.05%		5,422		35.33%		4,933		32.14%		73		0.48%		489		3.19%		15,347
	Meeker		3,861		36.63%		3,497		33.18%		3,120		29.60%		62		0.59%		364		3.45%		10,540
	Mille Lacs		3,648		39.85%		2,814		30.74%		2,615		28.57%		77		0.84%		834		9.11%		9,154
	Morrison		5,588		38.69%		5,038		34.88%		3,710		25.69%		106		0.73%		550		3.81%		14,442
	Mower		9,935		49.16%		5,147		25.47%		5,001		24.75%		127		0.63%		4,788		23.69%		20,210
	Murray		1,993		38.23%		1,609		30.87%		1,588		30.46%		23		0.44%		384		7.36%		5,213
	Nicollet		6,055		40.26%		5,091		33.85%		3,799		25.26%		94		0.63%		964		6.41%		15,039
	Nobles		3,756		37.82%		3,548		35.73%		2,586		26.04%		40		0.40%		208		2.09%		9,930
	Norman		1,784		43.29%		1,541		37.39%		776		18.83%		20		0.49%		243		5.90%		4,121
	Olmsted		19,039		33.60%		23,404		41.30%		13,806		24.37%		413		0.73%		-4,365		-7.70%		56,662
	Otter Tail		9,176		34.41%		11,074		41.52%		6,274		23.52%		146		0.55%		-1,898		-7.11%		26,670
	Pennington		2,578		40.54%		2,155		33.89%		1,598		25.13%		28		0.44%		423		6.65%		6,359
	Pine		4,929		45.58%		2,841		26.27%		2,952		27.30%		91		0.84%		1,977		18.28%		10,813
	Pipestone		1,773		34.29%		1,953		37.78%		1,429		27.64%		15		0.29%		-180		-3.49%		5,170
	Polk		5,850		39.17%		5,817		38.95%		3,176		21.27%		91		0.61%		33		0.22%		14,934
	Pope		2,619		43.87%		1,886		31.59%		1,390		23.28%		75		1.26%		733		12.28%		5,970
	Ramsey		130,932		51.97%		68,206		27.08%		50,757		20.15%		2,020		0.80%		62,726		24.89%		251,915
	Red Lake		1,020		46.34%		691		31.39%		472		21.44%		18		0.82%		329		14.95%		2,201
	Redwood		2,740		30.74%		3,408		38.24%		2,710		30.41%		55		0.62%		-668		-7.50%		8,913
	Renville		3,414		38.27%		2,852		31.97%		2,598		29.13%		56		0.63%		562		6.30%		8,920
	Rice		10,908		45.24%		7,015		29.09%		6,057		25.12%		133		0.55%		3,893		16.15%		24,113
	Rock		2,006		37.58%		2,065		38.68%		1,244		23.30%		23		0.43%		-59		-1.10%		5,338
	Roseau		2,346		32.27%		2,785		38.31%		2,099		28.88%		39		0.54%		-439		-6.04%		7,269
	St. Louis		61,813		56.81%		24,579		22.59%		21,714		19.95%		709		0.65%		37,234		34.22%		108,815
	Scott		11,225		34.84%		10,936		33.95%		9,881		30.67%		174		0.54%		289		0.89%		32,216
	Sherburne		7,843		35.91%		7,339		33.60%		6,534		29.92%		125		0.57%		504		2.31%		21,841
	Sibley		2,421		33.70%		2,315		32.22%		2,407		33.50%		42		0.58%		14		0.20%		7,185
	Stearns		21,451		36.15%		22,502		37.92%		14,834		25.00%		553		0.93%		-1,051		-1.77%		59,340
	Steele		5,152		32.63%		5,964		37.77%		4,542		28.77%		131		0.83%		-812		-5.14%		15,789
	Stevens		2,466		42.40%		2,229		38.33%		1,086		18.67%		35		0.60%		237		4.07%		5,816
	Swift		2,980		49.74%		1,603		26.76%		1,359		22.68%		49		0.82%		1,377		22.98%		5,991
	Todd		4,059		36.55%		3,990		35.93%		2,976		26.80%		79		0.71%		69		0.62%		11,104
	Traverse		1,053		42.39%		841		33.86%		582		23.43%		8		0.32%		212		8.53%		2,484
	Wabasha		3,736		36.57%		3,397		33.25%		3,012		29.48%		72		0.70%		339		3.32%		10,217
	Wadena		2,340		36.57%		2,492		38.95%		1,535		23.99%		31		0.48%		-152		-2.38%		6,398
	Waseca		3,146		34.93%		3,118		34.62%		2,621		29.10%		121		1.34%		28		0.31%		9,006
	Washington		35,820		41.90%		26,568		31.07%		22,585		26.42%		526		0.62%		9,252		10.83%		85,499
	Watonwan		2,100		37.65%		1,871		33.54%		1,574		28.22%		33		0.59%		229		4.11%		5,578
	Wilkin		1,122		31.97%		1,626		46.32%		748		21.31%		14		0.40%		-504		-14.35%		3,510
	Winona		9,707		39.59%		8,585		35.02%		5,993		24.44%		233		0.95%		1,122		4.57%		24,518
	Wright		12,465		35.45%		11,650		33.13%		10,829		30.80%		216		0.61%		815		2.32%		35,160
	Yellow Medicine		2,593		41.87%		1,909		30.83%		1,645		26.56%		46		0.74%		684		11.04%		6,193
Totals	1,020,997	43.48%	747,841	31.85%	562,506	23.96%	16,604	0.71%	273,156	11.63%	2,347,948

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Benton
• Cass
• Fillmore
• Goodhue
• Hubbard
• Lake of the Woods
• Le Sueur
• Meeker
• Morrison
• Nicollet
• Scott
• Sherburne
• Sibley
• Todd
• Wabasha
• Waseca
• Watonwan
• Winona
• Wright

See also

• United States presidential elections in Minnesota

Notes and References

1. Web site: Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State. www.sos.state.mn.us. en. 2017-07-22.
2. Web site: 1992 Presidential General Election Results. U.S. Election Atlas. 8 June 2012.
3. Web site: 1992 Presidential General Election Results – Minnesota. U.S. Election Atlas. 8 June 2012.