1992 United States presidential election in Missouri explained

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Election Name:	1992 United States presidential election in Missouri
Country:	Missouri
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1988 United States presidential election in Missouri
Previous Year:	1988
Next Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Missouri
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:	11
Popular Vote1:	1,053,873
Percentage1:	44.07%
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Texas
Running Mate2:	Dan Quayle
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	811,159
Percentage2:	33.92%
Image3:	RossPerotColor.jpg
Nominee3:	Ross Perot
Party3:	Independent (United States)
Home State3:	Texas
Running Mate3:	James Stockdale
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	518,741
Percentage3:	21.69%
Map Size:	340px
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 Missouri was held on November 3, 1992, as part of the broader 1992 United States presidential election in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-president.

From 1904 to 2004, Missouri voted for the eventual winner of every presidential election except 1956. The state was won in 1992 by Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton (D) with 44.07 percent of the popular vote, over incumbent President George Herbert Walker Bush (R) with 33.92 percent of the popular vote — the smallest vote share for a Republican since 1860 when the party was not seriously contesting slave states outside of the Missouri Rhineland.^[1] Independent Ross Perot performed extremely well for a third-party candidate with 21.69 percent of the popular vote — the best third-party performance in Missouri since Constitutional Unionist John Bell in that same 1860 election.^[1]

Bush's failure can be seen in Clinton being the solitary Democrat to win staunchly Unionist German “Forty-Eighter” Warren County since Stephen A. Douglas in 1860,^[2] and the first Democrat to carry similarly Unionist Ozark Hickory County since that same election.

, this remains the last time that Morgan County, Dallas County, Howell County, Harrison County, Adair County, Andrew County, Johnson County, Butler County, Atchison County, Phelps County, Platte County, Maries County, Stoddard County, Pulaski County, Dent County, Texas County, and Carter County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[3] It was also the last time that a Democrat carried the state by double digits, the last double-digit win for any candidate until 2016, the last time that Missouri has voted to the left of neighboring Iowa, and the last time that the state voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole, weighing in at about 4 points more Democratic.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Missouri^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	1,053,873	44.07%	11
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	811,159	33.92%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	518,741	21.69%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	7,497	0.31%	0
	Write-ins	Various candidates	542	0.02%	0
Totals			2,391,312	100.0%	11

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton Democratic		George H.W. Bush Republican		Ross Perot Independent		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Adair		4,232		39.77%		4,141		38.92%		2,224		20.90%		43		0.40%		91		0.85%		10,640
	Andrew		2,675		35.72%		2,652		35.41%		2,151		28.72%		11		0.15%		23		0.31%		7,489
	Atchison		1,208		37.76%		1,140		35.64%		840		26.26%		11		0.34%		68		2.12%		3,199
	Audrain		4,731		44.41%		3,798		35.65%		2,099		19.70%		26		0.24%		933		8.76%		10,654
	Barry		4,791		37.56%		5,565		43.62%		2,381		18.66%		20		0.16%		-774		-6.06%		12,757
	Barton		1,433		27.59%		2,775		53.43%		971		18.69%		15		0.29%		-1,342		-25.84%		5,194
	Bates		2,993		38.72%		2,499		32.33%		2,225		28.78%		13		0.17%		494		6.39%		7,730
	Benton		3,195		43.91%		2,511		34.51%		1,551		21.32%		19		0.26%		684		9.40%		7,276
	Bollinger		2,150		40.09%		2,289		42.68%		909		16.95%		15		0.28%		-139		-2.59%		5,363
	Boone		26,176		45.22%		19,405		33.52%		12,040		20.80%		269		0.46%		6,771		11.70%		57,890
	Buchanan		16,570		44.35%		11,275		30.18%		9,404		25.17%		116		0.31%		5,295		14.17%		37,365
	Butler		6,602		43.23%		6,450		42.23%		2,189		14.33%		31		0.20%		152		1.00%		15,272
	Caldwell		1,456		35.91%		1,295		31.94%		1,283		31.64%		21		0.52%		161		3.97%		4,055
	Callaway		5,799		41.48%		4,880		34.90%		3,266		23.36%		36		0.26%		919		6.58%		13,981
	Camden		5,140		35.14%		5,554		37.97%		3,891		26.60%		42		0.29%		-414		-2.83%		14,627
	Cape Girardeau		9,605		33.87%		13,464		47.48%		5,199		18.34%		87		0.31%		-3,859		-13.61%		28,355
	Carroll		2,100		39.05%		1,774		32.99%		1,495		27.80%		9		0.17%		326		6.06%		5,378
	Carter		1,169		43.52%		1,101		40.99%		405		15.08%		11		0.41%		68		2.53%		2,686
	Cass		10,246		34.26%		10,349		34.61%		9,216		30.82%		94		0.31%		-103		-0.35%		29,905
	Cedar		2,064		38.66%		2,085		39.05%		1,173		21.97%		17		0.32%		-21		-0.39%		5,339
	Chariton		2,141		46.53%		1,378		29.95%		1,067		23.19%		15		0.33%		763		16.58%		4,601
	Christian		6,242		36.41%		7,422		43.29%		3,422		19.96%		59		0.34%		-1,180		-6.88%		17,145
	Clark		1,815		50.64%		1,039		28.99%		725		20.23%		5		0.14%		776		21.65%		3,584
	Clay		30,565		40.33%		23,798		31.40%		20,951		27.65%		464		0.61%		6,767		8.93%		75,778
	Clinton		3,400		41.32%		2,391		29.06%		2,423		29.45%		14		0.17%		977		11.87%		8,228
	Cole		10,201		32.59%		15,270		48.78%		5,770		18.43%		63		0.20%		-5,069		-16.19%		31,304
	Cooper		2,709		36.91%		2,867		39.07%		1,735		23.64%		28		0.38%		-158		-2.16%		7,339
	Crawford		3,515		41.92%		2,831		33.76%		2,002		23.88%		37		0.44%		684		8.16%		8,385
	Dade		1,332		35.51%		1,577		42.04%		834		22.23%		8		0.21%		-245		-6.53%		3,751
	Dallas		2,533		41.86%		2,116		34.97%		1,392		23.00%		10		0.17%		417		6.89%		6,051
	Daviess		1,477		39.58%		1,107		29.66%		1,143		30.63%		5		0.13%		334		8.95%		3,732
	DeKalb		1,630		39.08%		1,318		31.60%		1,207		28.94%		16		0.38%		312		7.48%		4,171
	Dent		2,689		45.75%		2,125		36.16%		1,049		17.85%		14		0.24%		564		9.59%		5,877
	Douglas		2,126		36.71%		2,569		44.35%		1,081		18.66%		16		0.28%		-443		-7.64%		5,792
	Dunklin		6,277		54.68%		4,024		35.06%		1,166		10.16%		12		0.10%		2,253		19.62%		11,479
	Franklin		13,431		37.24%		11,477		31.82%		11,043		30.62%		113		0.31%		1,954		5.42%		36,064
	Gasconade		1,952		30.82%		2,690		42.47%		1,672		26.40%		20		0.32%		-738		-11.65%		6,334
	Gentry		1,519		40.79%		1,272		34.16%		921		24.73%		12		0.32%		247		6.63%		3,724
	Greene		41,137		38.91%		46,457		43.95%		17,770		16.81%		349		0.33%		-5,320		-5.04%		105,713
	Grundy		1,968		38.55%		1,749		34.26%		1,372		26.88%		16		0.31%		219		4.29%		5,105
	Harrison		1,590		37.66%		1,563		37.02%		1,059		25.08%		10		0.24%		27		0.64%		4,222
	Henry		4,232		43.45%		2,681		27.53%		2,807		28.82%		20		0.21%		1,425		14.63%		9,740
	Hickory		1,929		47.54%		1,259		31.03%		864		21.29%		6		0.15%		670		16.51%		4,058
	Holt		1,050		34.49%		1,202		39.49%		781		25.66%		11		0.36%		-152		-5.00%		3,044
	Howard		2,085		46.93%		1,253		28.20%		1,090		24.53%		15		0.34%		832		18.73%		4,443
	Howell		5,492		40.57%		5,360		39.60%		2,650		19.58%		35		0.26%		132		0.97%		13,537
	Iron		2,507		54.10%		1,276		27.54%		841		18.15%		10		0.22%		1,231		26.56%		4,634
	Jackson		145,999		50.06%		78,611		26.96%		66,142		22.68%		885		0.30%		67,388		23.10%		291,637
	Jasper		11,727		32.69%		17,592		49.04%		6,440		17.95%		113		0.32%		-5,865		-16.35%		35,872
	Jefferson		32,569		44.31%		20,637		28.08%		20,057		27.29%		238		0.32%		11,932		16.23%		73,501
	Johnson		5,546		36.48%		5,032		33.10%		4,578		30.11%		47		0.31%		514		3.38%		15,203
	Knox		1,010		44.65%		724		32.01%		523		23.12%		5		0.22%		286		12.64%		2,262
	Laclede		4,179		34.19%		5,176		42.35%		2,852		23.33%		15		0.12%		-997		-8.16%		12,222
	Lafayette		5,213		38.71%		4,651		34.54%		3,561		26.44%		42		0.31%		562		4.17%		13,467
	Lawrence		4,666		36.20%		5,608		43.50%		2,570		19.94%		47		0.36%		-942		-7.30%		12,891
	Lewis		2,196		48.14%		1,461		32.03%		892		19.55%		13		0.28%		735		16.11%		4,562
	Lincoln		5,453		42.72%		3,718		29.13%		3,572		27.98%		22		0.17%		1,735		13.59%		12,765
	Linn		2,916		45.31%		1,967		30.56%		1,524		23.68%		29		0.45%		949		14.75%		6,436
	Livingston		2,505		36.50%		2,370		34.53%		1,976		28.79%		12		0.17%		135		1.97%		6,863
	Macon		3,194		44.58%		2,256		31.49%		1,697		23.69%		17		0.24%		938		13.09%		7,164
	Madison		2,501		49.21%		1,673		32.92%		899		17.69%		9		0.18%		828		16.29%		5,082
	Maries		1,732		43.14%		1,356		33.77%		915		22.79%		12		0.30%		376		9.37%		4,015
	Marion		5,156		43.76%		4,762		40.41%		1,841		15.62%		24		0.20%		394		3.35%		11,783
	McDonald		2,281		33.18%		3,010		43.78%		1,551		22.56%		33		0.48%		-729		-10.60%		6,875
	Mercer		843		45.59%		626		33.86%		378		20.44%		2		0.11%		217		11.73%		1,849
	Miller		2,905		30.62%		4,175		44.01%		2,391		25.20%		16		0.17%		-1,270		-13.39%		9,487
	Mississippi		3,226		56.73%		1,675		29.45%		776		13.65%		10		0.18%		1,551		27.28%		5,687
	Moniteau		2,018		33.15%		2,566		42.15%		1,499		24.62%		5		0.08%		-548		-9.00%		6,088
	Monroe		2,060		49.20%		1,153		27.54%		969		23.14%		5		0.12%		907		21.66%		4,187
	Montgomery		2,063		38.79%		1,974		37.11%		1,266		23.80%		16		0.30%		89		1.68%		5,319
	Morgan		2,906		37.40%		2,819		36.28%		2,028		26.10%		17		0.22%		87		1.12%		7,770
	New Madrid		4,883		58.91%		2,431		29.33%		962		11.61%		13		0.16%		2,452		29.58%		8,289
	Newton		5,987		32.40%		8,804		47.64%		3,567		19.30%		121		0.65%		-2,817		-15.24%		18,479
	Nodaway		3,723		39.66%		3,147		33.52%		2,484		26.46%		34		0.36%		576		6.14%		9,388
	Oregon		2,258		53.31%		1,402		33.10%		564		13.31%		12		0.28%		856		20.21%		4,236
	Osage		1,860		30.63%		2,784		45.84%		1,423		23.43%		6		0.10%		-924		-15.21%		6,073
	Ozark		1,581		37.02%		1,772		41.49%		906		21.21%		12		0.28%		-191		-4.47%		4,271
	Pemiscot		3,924		57.98%		2,161		31.93%		670		9.90%		13		0.19%		1,763		26.05%		6,768
	Perry		2,525		34.82%		3,205		44.19%		1,498		20.66%		24		0.33%		-680		-9.37%		7,252
	Pettis		5,314		32.26%		6,823		41.43%		4,278		25.97%		55		0.33%		-1,509		-9.17%		16,470
	Phelps		6,852		40.93%		6,040		36.08%		3,774		22.55%		73		0.44%		812		4.85%		16,739
	Pike		3,609		49.20%		2,255		30.74%		1,464		19.96%		8		0.11%		1,354		18.46%		7,336
	Platte		10,920		37.04%		9,380		31.82%		9,062		30.74%		116		0.39%		1,540		5.22%		29,478
	Polk		3,316		38.22%		3,465		39.94%		1,879		21.66%		15		0.17%		-149		-1.72%		8,675
	Pulaski		4,113		41.18%		3,793		37.98%		2,057		20.59%		25		0.25%		320		3.20%		9,988
	Putnam		838		33.48%		1,143		45.67%		522		20.85%		0		0.00%		-305		-12.19%		2,503
	Ralls		2,158		49.12%		1,349		30.71%		880		20.03%		6		0.14%		809		18.41%		4,393
	Randolph		4,951		48.49%		3,025		29.63%		2,212		21.67%		22		0.22%		1,926		18.86%		10,210
	Ray		4,457		46.33%		2,563		26.64%		2,567		26.68%		33		0.34%		1,890		19.65%		9,620
	Reynolds		2,014		60.57%		776		23.34%		532		16.00%		3		0.09%		1,238		37.23%		3,325
	Ripley		2,300		47.33%		1,814		37.33%		739		15.21%		7		0.14%		486		10.00%		4,860
	St. Charles		37,263		34.97%		38,673		36.29%		30,351		28.48%		276		0.26%		-1,410		-1.32%		106,563
	St. Clair		1,965		42.62%		1,555		33.72%		1,083		23.49%		8		0.17%		410		8.90%		4,611
	St. Francois		9,367		49.44%		5,889		31.08%		3,635		19.19%		56		0.30%		3,478		18.36%		18,947
	St. Louis		235,760		44.09%		188,285		35.21%		109,099		20.40%		1,619		0.30%		47,475		8.88%		534,763
	St. Louis City		102,356		69.44%		25,441		17.26%		18,864		12.80%		743		0.50%		76,915		52.18%		147,404
	Ste. Genevieve		3,795		53.17%		1,780		24.94%		1,547		21.68%		15		0.21%		2,015		28.23%		7,137
	Saline		4,643		45.67%		2,688		26.44%		2,815		27.69%		20		0.20%		1,828		17.98%		10,166
	Schuyler		936		43.13%		742		34.19%		487		22.44%		5		0.23%		194		8.94%		2,170
	Scotland		1,070		42.90%		798		32.00%		617		24.74%		9		0.36%		272		10.90%		2,494
	Scott		7,452		45.14%		6,265		37.95%		2,763		16.74%		27		0.16%		1,187		7.19%		16,507
	Shannon		2,135		54.02%		1,224		30.97%		579		14.65%		14		0.35%		911		23.05%		3,952
	Shelby		1,435		42.28%		1,169		34.44%		786		23.16%		4		0.12%		266		7.84%		3,394
	Stoddard		5,720		46.47%		4,608		37.44%		1,977		16.06%		3		0.02%		1,112		9.03%		12,308
	Stone		3,256		35.41%		4,035		43.88%		1,884		20.49%		21		0.23%		-779		-8.47%		9,196
	Sullivan		1,510		43.95%		1,326		38.59%		596		17.35%		4		0.12%		184		5.36%		3,436
	Taney		4,682		35.46%		6,081		46.05%		2,395		18.14%		47		0.36%		-1,399		-10.59%		13,205
	Texas		4,597		45.97%		3,470		34.70%		1,900		19.00%		34		0.34%		1,127		11.27%		10,001
	Vernon		3,546		42.71%		2,851		34.34%		1,890		22.76%		16		0.19%		695		8.37%		8,303
	Warren		3,213		37.11%		2,953		34.10%		2,471		28.54%		22		0.25%		260		3.01%		8,659
	Washington		4,211		52.57%		2,157		26.93%		1,618		20.20%		24		0.30%		2,054		25.64%		8,010
	Wayne		3,073		51.05%		2,101		34.91%		837		13.91%		8		0.13%		972		16.14%		6,019
	Webster		4,149		38.99%		4,361		40.99%		2,108		19.81%		22		0.21%		-212		-2.00%		10,640
	Worth		599		42.39%		483		34.18%		328		23.21%		3		0.21%		116		8.21%		1,413
	Wright		2,814		36.62%		3,427		44.60%		1,425		18.55%		18		0.23%		-613		-7.98%		7,684
Totals	1,053,873	44.07%	811,159	33.92%	518,741	21.69%	7,792	0.32%	242,714	10.15%	2,391,565

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Adair
• Andrew
• Atchison
• Bates
• Benton
• Butler
• Caldwell
• Callaway
• Carroll
• Carter
• Clay
• Crawford
• Dallas
• Daviess
• Dent
• Franklin
• Grundy
• Harrison
• Henry
• Hickory
• Howell
• Jefferson
• Johnson
• Lafayette
• Lincoln
• Livingston
• Macon
• Madison
• Maries
• Montgomery
• Morgan
• Phelps
• Platte
• Pulaski
• Ripley
• Schuyler
• Scotland
• Scott
• St. Clair
• St. Louis County
• Stoddard
• Sullivan
• Texas
• Vernon
• Warren
• Wayne

See also

• United States presidential elections in Missouri
• Presidency of Bill Clinton

Notes and References

1. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Missouri
2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 115
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. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1992 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri