See main article: 1992 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1992 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| Country: | Nevada |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1988 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| Previous Year: | 1988 |
| Next Election: | 1996 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| 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: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 189,148 |
| Percentage1: | 37.36% |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Texas |
| Running Mate2: | Dan Quayle |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 175,828 |
| Percentage2: | 34.73% |
| Image3: | RossPerotColor.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Ross Perot |
| Party3: | Independent (United States) |
| Home State3: | Texas |
| Running Mate3: | James Stockdale |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 132,580 |
| Percentage3: | 26.19% |
| Map Size: | 275px |
| 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 Nevada took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nevada was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 37.36% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 34.73%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 26.19% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot.[1]
Clinton's win in the state, although narrow, marked the first time since 1964 that a Democrat would carry Nevada and the beginning of its transition from a fairly Republican state into a swing state, like it had been in most elections prior to 1968. The state would go on to back the national winner in every election onward until 2016. Although Clinton carried only two of the state's seventeen counties, his win in Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, and the most populous county in the state, would prove the key to this and future Democratic victories in Nevada.
Clinton's percentage of the vote was the lowest to win a state since Woodrow Wilson carried only 32.08 percent of the vote in Idaho in 1912., this is the last time a Democratic presidential candidate carried White Pine County in a presidential election,[2] and the last one where a candidate outside the two major parties carried any Nevada county. In this case, Ross Perot carried Storey County.[2]
| 1992 United States presidential election in Nevada[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 189,148 | 37.36% | 4 | ||
| Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 175,828 | 34.73% | 0 | ||
| Independent | Ross Perot | 132,580 | 26.19% | 0 | ||
| America First | James "Bo" Gritz | 2,892 | 0.57% | 0 | ||
| N/A | "None of these candidates" | 2,537 | 0.50% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 1,835 | 0.36% | 0 | ||
| American Independent | Howard Phillips | 677 | 0.13% | 0 | ||
| New Alliance | Lenora Fulani | 483 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | 338 | 0.07% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 506,318 | 100.0% | 4 | |||
| County | Bill Clinton[4] Democratic | George H.W. Bush Republican | Ross Perot Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Carson City | 6,035 | 32.10% | 7,302 | 38.83% | 5,195 | 27.63% | 271 | 1.44% | -1,267 | -6.73% | 18,803 | ||||||||||||
| Churchill | 1,770 | 23.10% | 3,789 | 49.45% | 1,964 | 25.63% | 140 | 1.83% | 1,825 | 23.82% | 7,663 | ||||||||||||
| Clark | 124,586 | 41.15% | 97,403 | 32.17% | 75,364 | 24.89% | 5,429 | 1.79% | 27,183 | 8.98% | 302,782 | ||||||||||||
| Douglas | 3,928 | 25.94% | 6,182 | 40.82% | 4,814 | 31.79% | 221 | 1.46% | 1,368 | 9.03% | 15,145 | ||||||||||||
| Elko | 2,782 | 23.33% | 5,208 | 43.67% | 3,628 | 30.42% | 308 | 2.58% | 1,580 | 13.25% | 11,926 | ||||||||||||
| Esmeralda | 118 | 20.21% | 221 | 37.84% | 220 | 37.67% | 25 | 4.28% | 1 | 0.17% | 584 | ||||||||||||
| Eureka | 129 | 18.70% | 330 | 47.83% | 214 | 31.01% | 17 | 2.46% | 116 | 16.82% | 690 | ||||||||||||
| Humboldt | 810 | 22.99% | 1,505 | 42.72% | 1,149 | 32.61% | 59 | 1.67% | 356 | 10.11% | 3,523 | ||||||||||||
| Lander | 423 | 21.23% | 885 | 44.43% | 652 | 32.73% | 32 | 1.61% | 233 | 11.70% | 1,992 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 511 | 27.52% | 890 | 47.93% | 394 | 21.22% | 62 | 3.34% | -379 | -20.41% | 1,857 | ||||||||||||
| Lyon | 2,777 | 30.17% | 3,509 | 38.12% | 2,716 | 29.51% | 202 | 2.19% | -732 | -7.95% | 9,204 | ||||||||||||
| Mineral | 909 | 34.42% | 918 | 34.76% | 746 | 28.25% | 68 | 2.57% | -9 | -0.34% | 2,641 | ||||||||||||
| Nye | 2,561 | 31.92% | 2,743 | 34.19% | 2,501 | 31.18% | 217 | 2.71% | -182 | -2.27% | 8,022 | ||||||||||||
| Pershing | 467 | 29.82% | 643 | 41.06% | 429 | 27.39% | 27 | 1.72% | -176 | -11.24% | 1,566 | ||||||||||||
| Storey | 488 | 32.13% | 458 | 30.15% | 550 | 36.21% | 23 | 1.51% | -62 | -4.08% | 1,519 | ||||||||||||
| Washoe | 39,500 | 34.45% | 42,636 | 37.18% | 30,974 | 27.01% | 1,561 | 1.36% | -3,136 | -2.73% | 114,671 | ||||||||||||
| White Pine | 1,354 | 36.30% | 1,206 | 32.33% | 1,070 | 28.69% | 100 | 2.68% | 148 | 3.97% | 3,730 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 189,148 | 37.36% | 175,828 | 34.73% | 132,580 | 26.19% | 8,762 | 1.73% | 13,320 | 2.63% | 506,318 | ||||||||||||