See main article: 1992 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1992 United States presidential election in Florida |
Country: | Florida |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1988 United States presidential election in Florida |
Previous Year: | 1988 |
Next Election: | 1996 United States presidential election in Florida |
Next Year: | 1996 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1992 |
Image1: | 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: | 25 |
Popular Vote1: | 2,173,310 |
Percentage1: | 40.89% |
Nominee2: | Bill Clinton |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Arkansas |
Running Mate2: | Al Gore |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 2,072,698 |
Percentage2: | 39.00% |
Image3: | RossPerotColor.jpg |
Nominee3: | Ross Perot |
Party3: | Independent (United States) |
Home State3: | Texas |
Running Mate3: | James Stockdale |
Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
Popular Vote3: | 1,053,067 |
Percentage3: | 19.82% |
Map Size: | 400px |
President | |
Before Election: | George H. W. Bush |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Bill Clinton |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Turnout: | 83% |
The 1992 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. The race was extremely close – so close in fact that some news networks mistakenly reported that Democratic challenger Bill Clinton had won in the state, although incumbent President George H. W. Bush was eventually declared the winner. Bush received 40.89% of the vote to Clinton's 39.00%. The final result in Florida reflected the reluctance of many Southern states to back fellow Southerner Clinton, although Clinton was polling well in other parts of the country.
Bush won by about 100,000 votes, marking the first time Florida had backed the losing candidate since 1960, when it voted for Richard Nixon over John F. Kennedy.[1] This was also the last time until the 2020 election that Florida would back the loser of the presidential election as well only the second time since 1924.[2] Despite Bush's narrow victory, this election marked the start of Florida's transition from a strong GOP state into a closely divided swing state for future presidential elections; just four years earlier Bush had carried Florida by 22 points, making it his second-best state in the South. This is also the only election since 1944 that Florida did not vote the same way as Ohio, a state with a similar voting history. Florida was one of 5 states that gave Perot more than 1 million votes, including California, Texas, New York, and Ohio.
Clinton flipped the heavily populated South Florida counties of Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami -Dade, which had all voted for Bush in 1988, into the Democratic column, and they have remained reliable Democratic bastions in the state ever since, buoying Democratic base support in the state.[3] Clinton's victory in Palm Beach County was noteworthy in as much as that county had not previously backed a Democratic presidential nominee since Florida's "Solid South" days when Franklin D. Roosevelt swept all sixty-seven counties in 1944.[4] This was the last time St. Lucie County voted for a Republican presidential candidate until 2016.[3]
Vote Received | |||
% | |||
---|---|---|---|
Bill Clinton | 554,861 | 50.8% | |
Paul Tsongas | 379,572 | 34.7% | |
Jerry Brown | 133,156 | 12.2% | |
Tom Harkin | 13,302 | 1.2% | |
Bob Kerrey | 11,557 | 1.1% | |
Total | 1,092,448 | 100% |
Vote received | |||
% | |||
---|---|---|---|
George H.W. Bush (incumbent) | 607,522 | 68.1% | |
Pat Buchanan | 285,074 | 31.9% | |
Total | 892,596 | 100% |
United States presidential election in Florida, 1992 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 2,173,310 | 40.89% | 25 | ||
Democratic | Bill Clinton | 2,072,698 | 39.00% | 0 | ||
Independent | Ross Perot | 1,053,067 | 19.82% | 0 | ||
Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 15,079 | 0.28% | 0 | ||
Write-Ins | 238 | >0.01% | 0 | |||
Totals | 5,314,392 | 100.0% | 25 |
County | George H.W. Bush Republican | Bill Clinton Democratic | Ross Perot Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
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% | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Alachua | 22,813 | 29.87% | 37,888 | 49.61% | 15,296 | 20.03% | 375 | 0.49% | -15,075 | -19.74% | 76,372 | ||||||||||||
Baker | 3,418 | 50.59% | 1,976 | 29.25% | 1,315 | 19.46% | 47 | 0.70% | 1,442 | 21.34% | 6,756 | ||||||||||||
Bay | 22,842 | 49.99% | 12,846 | 28.12% | 9,712 | 21.26% | 289 | 0.63% | 9,996 | 21.87% | 45,689 | ||||||||||||
Bradford | 3,672 | 44.02% | 3,041 | 36.46% | 1,574 | 18.87% | 54 | 0.65% | 631 | 7.56% | 8,341 | ||||||||||||
Brevard | 84,585 | 43.19% | 61,091 | 31.19% | 49,509 | 25.28% | 675 | 0.34% | 23,494 | 12.00% | 195,860 | ||||||||||||
Broward | 164,832 | 30.92% | 276,361 | 51.85% | 90,937 | 17.06% | 920 | 0.17% | -111,529 | -20.93% | 533,050 | ||||||||||||
Calhoun | 1,721 | 37.58% | 1,665 | 36.36% | 1,176 | 25.68% | 17 | 0.37% | 56 | 1.22% | 4,579 | ||||||||||||
Charlotte | 24,311 | 39.17% | 22,907 | 36.91% | 14,720 | 23.72% | 126 | 0.20% | 1,404 | 2.26% | 62,064 | ||||||||||||
Citrus | 16,412 | 36.68% | 15,937 | 35.62% | 12,314 | 27.52% | 83 | 0.19% | 475 | 1.06% | 44,746 | ||||||||||||
Clay | 26,360 | 57.95% | 10,610 | 23.33% | 8,423 | 18.52% | 92 | 0.20% | 15,750 | 34.62% | 45,485 | ||||||||||||
Collier | 38,448 | 53.44% | 18,796 | 26.13% | 14,518 | 20.18% | 182 | 0.25% | 19,652 | 27.31% | 71,944 | ||||||||||||
Columbia | 6,492 | 43.41% | 5,528 | 36.97% | 2,906 | 19.43% | 28 | 0.19% | 964 | 6.44% | 14,954 | ||||||||||||
DeSoto | 3,070 | 41.32% | 2,646 | 35.62% | 1,687 | 22.71% | 26 | 0.35% | 424 | 5.70% | 7,429 | ||||||||||||
Dixie | 1,401 | 32.04% | 1,855 | 42.42% | 1,094 | 25.02% | 23 | 0.53% | -454 | -10.38% | 4,373 | ||||||||||||
Duval | 123,631 | 49.47% | 92,098 | 36.85% | 33,388 | 13.36% | 809 | 0.32% | 31,533 | 12.62% | 249,926 | ||||||||||||
Escambia | 52,868 | 50.24% | 32,045 | 30.45% | 19,923 | 18.93% | 385 | 0.37% | 20,823 | 19.79% | 105,221 | ||||||||||||
Flagler | 6,246 | 38.19% | 6,693 | 40.92% | 3,390 | 20.73% | 26 | 0.16% | -447 | -2.73% | 16,355 | ||||||||||||
Franklin | 1,664 | 37.99% | 1,535 | 35.05% | 1,144 | 26.12% | 37 | 0.84% | 129 | 2.94% | 4,380 | ||||||||||||
Gadsden | 3,975 | 27.62% | 8,486 | 58.96% | 1,871 | 13.00% | 62 | 0.43% | -4,511 | -31.34% | 14,394 | ||||||||||||
Gilchrist | 1,395 | 34.73% | 1,511 | 37.62% | 1,090 | 27.13% | 21 | 0.52% | -116 | -2.89% | 4,017 | ||||||||||||
Glades | 1,185 | 35.12% | 1,305 | 38.68% | 878 | 26.02% | 6 | 0.18% | -120 | -3.56% | 3,374 | ||||||||||||
Gulf | 2,651 | 45.29% | 1,938 | 33.11% | 1,245 | 21.27% | 20 | 0.34% | 713 | 12.18% | 5,854 | ||||||||||||
Hamilton | 1,402 | 37.64% | 1,622 | 43.54% | 695 | 18.66% | 6 | 0.16% | -220 | -5.90% | 3,725 | ||||||||||||
Hardee | 2,900 | 45.08% | 2,018 | 31.37% | 1,499 | 23.30% | 16 | 0.25% | 882 | 13.71% | 6,433 | ||||||||||||
Hendry | 3,279 | 40.91% | 2,691 | 33.57% | 2,032 | 25.35% | 14 | 0.17% | 588 | 7.34% | 8,016 | ||||||||||||
Hernando | 17,902 | 36.47% | 19,174 | 39.06% | 11,848 | 24.14% | 162 | 0.33% | -1,272 | -2.59% | 49,086 | ||||||||||||
Highlands | 14,499 | 44.76% | 11,237 | 34.69% | 6,593 | 20.35% | 62 | 0.19% | 3,262 | 10.07% | 32,391 | ||||||||||||
Hillsborough | 130,643 | 42.07% | 115,282 | 37.13% | 63,054 | 20.31% | 1,523 | 0.49% | 15,361 | 4.94% | 310,502 | ||||||||||||
Holmes | 3,196 | 48.96% | 1,877 | 28.75% | 1,427 | 21.86% | 28 | 0.43% | 1,319 | 20.21% | 6,528 | ||||||||||||
Indian River | 19,140 | 43.54% | 12,360 | 28.12% | 12,375 | 28.15% | 87 | 0.20% | 6,765 | 15.39% | 43,962 | ||||||||||||
Jackson | 6,725 | 45.82% | 5,482 | 37.35% | 2,450 | 16.69% | 19 | 0.13% | 1,243 | 8.47% | 14,676 | ||||||||||||
Jefferson | 1,506 | 32.19% | 2,271 | 48.55% | 895 | 19.13% | 6 | 0.13% | -765 | -16.36% | 4,678 | ||||||||||||
Lafayette | 1,039 | 41.15% | 867 | 34.34% | 612 | 24.24% | 7 | 0.28% | 172 | 6.81% | 2,525 | ||||||||||||
Lake | 30,825 | 44.17% | 23,200 | 33.24% | 15,614 | 22.37% | 148 | 0.21% | 7,625 | 10.93% | 69,787 | ||||||||||||
Lee | 73,436 | 44.24% | 53,660 | 32.32% | 38,452 | 23.16% | 454 | 0.27% | 19,776 | 11.92% | 166,002 | ||||||||||||
Leon | 31,983 | 32.87% | 47,791 | 49.12% | 17,212 | 17.69% | 308 | 0.32% | -15,808 | -16.25% | 97,294 | ||||||||||||
Levy | 3,796 | 34.71% | 4,330 | 39.59% | 2,784 | 25.46% | 26 | 0.24% | -534 | -4.88% | 10,936 | ||||||||||||
Liberty | 1,126 | 43.71% | 820 | 31.83% | 617 | 23.95% | 13 | 0.50% | 306 | 11.88% | 2,576 | ||||||||||||
Madison | 2,007 | 34.38% | 2,648 | 45.36% | 1,174 | 20.11% | 9 | 0.15% | -641 | -10.98% | 5,838 | ||||||||||||
Manatee | 42,725 | 42.63% | 33,841 | 33.77% | 23,290 | 23.24% | 364 | 0.36% | 8,884 | 8.86% | 100,220 | ||||||||||||
Marion | 35,442 | 40.74% | 30,829 | 35.44% | 20,529 | 23.60% | 189 | 0.22% | 4,613 | 5.30% | 86,989 | ||||||||||||
Martin | 24,800 | 46.63% | 14,802 | 27.83% | 13,442 | 25.27% | 140 | 0.26% | 9,998 | 18.80% | 53,184 | ||||||||||||
Miami-Dade | 235,313 | 43.19% | 254,609 | 46.73% | 54,003 | 9.91% | 918 | 0.17% | -19,296 | -3.54% | 544,843 | ||||||||||||
Monroe | 9,898 | 34.38% | 10,450 | 36.30% | 8,314 | 28.88% | 127 | 0.44% | -552 | -1.92% | 28,789 | ||||||||||||
Nassau | 9,367 | 51.54% | 5,503 | 30.28% | 3,255 | 17.91% | 49 | 0.27% | 3,864 | 21.26% | 18,174 | ||||||||||||
Okaloosa | 32,818 | 53.13% | 12,038 | 19.49% | 16,671 | 26.99% | 242 | 0.39% | 16,147 | 26.14% | 61,769 | ||||||||||||
Okeechobee | 3,298 | 35.20% | 3,418 | 36.48% | 2,647 | 28.25% | 7 | 0.07% | -120 | -1.28% | 9,370 | ||||||||||||
Orange | 108,788 | 45.90% | 82,683 | 34.89% | 44,844 | 18.92% | 696 | 0.29% | 26,105 | 11.01% | 237,011 | ||||||||||||
Osceola | 19,143 | 42.29% | 15,010 | 33.16% | 11,021 | 24.35% | 93 | 0.21% | 4,133 | 9.13% | 45,267 | ||||||||||||
Palm Beach | 140,350 | 34.63% | 187,869 | 46.36% | 76,243 | 18.81% | 789 | 0.19% | -47,519 | -11.73% | 405,251 | ||||||||||||
Pasco | 47,735 | 35.11% | 53,130 | 39.08% | 34,654 | 25.49% | 443 | 0.33% | -5,395 | -3.97% | 135,962 | ||||||||||||
Pinellas | 159,121 | 37.63% | 160,528 | 37.96% | 101,257 | 23.95% | 1,945 | 0.46% | -1,407 | -0.33% | 422,851 | ||||||||||||
Polk | 65,963 | 45.21% | 51,450 | 35.26% | 28,204 | 19.33% | 283 | 0.19% | 14,513 | 9.95% | 145,900 | ||||||||||||
Putnam | 8,910 | 34.72% | 10,709 | 41.73% | 5,979 | 23.30% | 63 | 0.25% | -1,799 | -7.01% | 25,661 | ||||||||||||
St. Johns | 20,188 | 50.49% | 12,291 | 30.74% | 7,400 | 18.51% | 107 | 0.27% | 7,897 | 19.75% | 39,986 | ||||||||||||
St. Lucie | 24,400 | 35.76% | 23,876 | 34.99% | 19,817 | 29.04% | 140 | 0.21% | 524 | 0.77% | 68,233 | ||||||||||||
Santa Rosa | 17,339 | 52.90% | 6,556 | 20.00% | 8,788 | 26.81% | 94 | 0.29% | 8,551 | 26.09% | 32,777 | ||||||||||||
Sarasota | 66,855 | 42.76% | 54,552 | 34.89% | 34,289 | 21.93% | 656 | 0.42% | 12,303 | 7.87% | 156,352 | ||||||||||||
Seminole | 57,101 | 48.57% | 35,660 | 30.33% | 24,487 | 20.83% | 312 | 0.27% | 21,441 | 18.24% | 117,560 | ||||||||||||
Sumter | 4,366 | 35.41% | 5,027 | 40.77% | 2,901 | 23.53% | 35 | 0.28% | -661 | -5.36% | 12,329 | ||||||||||||
Suwannee | 4,576 | 40.23% | 3,988 | 35.06% | 2,791 | 24.54% | 19 | 0.17% | 588 | 5.17% | 11,374 | ||||||||||||
Taylor | 2,693 | 37.34% | 2,568 | 35.60% | 1,929 | 26.74% | 23 | 0.32% | 125 | 1.74% | 7,213 | ||||||||||||
Union | 1,546 | 43.29% | 1,248 | 34.95% | 770 | 21.56% | 7 | 0.20% | 298 | 8.34% | 3,571 | ||||||||||||
Volusia | 59,172 | 38.05% | 65,223 | 41.94% | 30,823 | 19.82% | 281 | 0.18% | -6,051 | -3.89% | 155,499 | ||||||||||||
Wakulla | 2,586 | 38.52% | 2,320 | 34.55% | 1,790 | 26.66% | 18 | 0.27% | 266 | 3.97% | 6,714 | ||||||||||||
Walton | 5,726 | 42.25% | 3,888 | 28.69% | 3,890 | 28.70% | 50 | 0.37% | 1,836 | 13.55% | 13,554 | ||||||||||||
Washington | 3,695 | 46.94% | 2,544 | 32.32% | 1,596 | 20.28% | 36 | 0.46% | 1,151 | 14.62% | 7,871 | ||||||||||||
Totals | 2,173,310 | 40.89% | 2,072,698 | 39.00% | 1,053,067 | 19.82% | 15,317 | 0.29% | 100,612 | 1.89% | 5,314,392 |
District[5] | Clinton | Bush | Perot | ||||
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1st | 25.7% | 51.1% | 23.1% | ||||
2nd | 41.9% | 38.6% | 19.5% | ||||
3rd | 57% | 30% | 13% | ||||
4th | 30.2% | 53.2% | 16.6% | ||||
5th | 41.6% | 34.2% | 24.2% | ||||
6th | 31.3% | 47.3% | 21.4% | ||||
7th | 34.4% | 44.7% | 21% | ||||
8th | 32.3% | 47.6% | 20.1% | ||||
9th | 34.2% | 41.4% | 24.6% | ||||
10th | 40% | 36.2% | 23.8% | ||||
11th | 41.1% | 39.2% | 19.7% | ||||
12th | 34.4% | 45.6% | 20% | ||||
13th | 34.7% | 42.8% | 22.5% | ||||
14th | 31.3% | 46.1% | 22.5% | ||||
15th | 30.9% | 43.4% | 25.7% | ||||
16th | 35.7% | 39.4% | 24.9% | ||||
17th | 73.5% | 19.1% | 7.3% | ||||
18th | 32.8% | 56.9% | 10.3% | ||||
19th | 53.8% | 30.3% | 15.9% | ||||
20th | 46.9% | 33.6% | 19.6% | ||||
21st | 31.2% | 58.2% | 10.6% | ||||
22nd | 45% | 37.6% | 17.4% | ||||
23rd | 62.3% | 23.2% | 14.5% | ||||
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% |