1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin explained

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Election Name:	1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Country:	Wisconsin
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1988 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Previous Year:	1988
Next Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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:	1,041,066
Percentage1:	41.13%
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Texas
Running Mate2:	Dan Quayle
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	930,855
Percentage2:	36.78%
Image3:	RossPerotColor.jpg
Nominee3:	Ross Perot
Party3:	Independent (United States)
Home State3:	Texas
Running Mate3:	James Stockdale
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	544,479
Percentage3:	21.51%
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 Wisconsin took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Wisconsin was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 41.13 percent of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 36.78 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 21.51 percent of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.^[1]

, this is the last election in which Florence County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the last time that Door County backed a losing candidate.^[2] Despite Clinton's decently solid victory in Wisconsin, it marks his narrowest one in a state that Michael Dukakis won in 1988.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	William Jefferson Clinton	1,041,066	41.13%	11
	Republican	George Herbert Walker Bush (incumbent)	930,855	36.78%	0
	Independent	Henry Ross Perot	544,479	21.51%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Verne Marrou	2,877	0.11%	0
	Independent	James "Bo" Gritz	2,311	0.09%	0
	Peace and Freedom	Ronald Daniels	1,833	0.07%	0
	Independent		1,772	0.07%	0
	Independent		1,211	0.05%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	1,070	0.04%	0
	Other write-ins		961	0.04%	0
	Independent	Lenora Fulani	654	0.03%	0
	Independent		633	0.02%	0
	Independent	Jack Herer	547	0.02%	0
	Third Party	Roland Hem (write-in)	405	0.02%	0
	Independent		390	0.02%	0
Totals			2,531,114	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^[4]
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adams		3,539		43.97%		2,465		30.63%		2,003		24.89%		41		0.51%		1,074		13.34%		8,048
	Ashland		4,213		50.20%		2,372		28.26%		1,746		20.80%		62		0.74%		1,841		21.94%		8,393
	Barron		8,063		39.86%		6,572		32.49%		5,479		27.08%		116		0.57%		1,491		7.37%		20,230
	Bayfield		3,873		47.74%		2,393		29.50%		1,786		22.02%		60		0.74%		1,480		18.24%		8,112
	Brown		37,513		36.53%		42,352		41.24%		22,395		21.81%		441		0.43%		-4,839		-4.71%		102,701
	Buffalo		2,996		43.11%		2,029		29.19%		1,889		27.18%		36		0.52%		967		13.92%		6,950
	Burnett		3,172		42.66%		2,340		31.47%		1,855		24.95%		69		0.93%		832		11.19%		7,436
	Calumet		5,701		30.98%		7,541		40.98%		5,055		27.47%		104		0.57%		-1,840		-10.00%		18,401
	Chippewa		10,487		41.57%		8,215		32.56%		6,408		25.40%		120		0.48%		2,272		9.01%		25,230
	Clark		5,540		37.22%		4,977		33.44%		4,284		28.78%		84		0.56%		563		3.78%		14,885
	Columbia		9,348		38.98%		9,099		37.94%		5,439		22.68%		98		0.41%		249		1.04%		23,984
	Crawford		3,540		45.31%		2,390		30.59%		1,797		23.00%		85		1.09%		1,150		14.72%		7,812
	Dane		114,724		54.60%		61,957		29.49%		31,874		15.17%		1,567		0.75%		52,767		25.11%		210,122
	Dodge		11,438		32.03%		14,971		41.93%		9,136		25.58%		164		0.46%		-3,533		-9.90%		35,709
	Door		4,735		34.37%		5,468		39.69%		3,506		25.45%		68		0.49%		-733		-5.32%		13,777
	Douglas		12,319		55.36%		5,679		25.52%		4,150		18.65%		105		0.47%		6,640		29.84%		22,253
	Dunn		7,965		43.72%		5,283		29.00%		4,809		26.40%		161		0.88%		2,682		14.72%		18,218
	Eau Claire		21,221		45.08%		15,915		33.81%		9,783		20.78%		157		0.33%		5,306		11.27%		47,076
	Florence		978		36.96%		942		35.60%		719		27.17%		7		0.26%		36		1.36%		2,646
	Fond du Lac		13,757		30.91%		19,785		44.45%		10,660		23.95%		304		0.68%		-6,028		-13.54%		44,506
	Forest		1,904		43.59%		1,393		31.89%		1,062		24.31%		9		0.21%		511		11.70%		4,368
	Grant		8,914		38.49%		7,678		33.16%		6,405		27.66%		160		0.69%		1,236		5.33%		23,157
	Green		5,467		38.55%		4,887		34.46%		3,735		26.33%		94		0.66%		580		4.09%		14,183
	Green Lake		2,772		29.06%		3,897		40.85%		2,827		29.63%		44		0.46%		1,070		11.22%		9,540
	Iowa		4,467		44.01%		3,288		32.39%		2,341		23.06%		55		0.54%		1,179		11.62%		10,151
	Iron		1,762		45.28%		1,273		32.72%		835		21.46%		21		0.54%		489		12.56%		3,891
	Jackson		3,681		43.73%		2,644		31.41%		2,040		24.23%		53		0.63%		1,037		12.32%		8,418
	Jefferson		11,593		35.34%		13,072		39.85%		7,960		24.27%		177		0.54%		-1,479		-4.51%		32,802
	Juneau		4,177		38.00%		4,051		36.85%		2,670		24.29%		95		0.86%		126		1.15%		10,993
	Kenosha		27,341		44.21%		19,854		32.11%		14,232		23.02%		410		0.66%		7,487		12.10%		61,837
	Kewaunee		4,050		39.03%		3,570		34.40%		2,700		26.02%		57		0.55%		480		4.63%		10,377
	La Crosse		22,838		43.69%		18,891		36.14%		10,224		19.56%		320		0.61%		3,947		7.55%		52,273
	Lafayette		3,143		39.99%		2,582		32.85%		2,079		26.45%		55		0.70%		561		7.14%		7,859
	Langlade		3,630		36.15%		3,890		38.74%		2,444		24.34%		78		0.78%		-260		-2.59%		10,042
	Lincoln		5,297		39.82%		4,321		32.48%		3,605		27.10%		81		0.61%		976		7.34%		13,304
	Manitowoc		15,903		38.54%		14,008		33.94%		11,179		27.09%		178		0.43%		1,895		4.60%		41,268
	Marathon		21,482		37.44%		20,948		36.51%		14,600		25.45%		348		0.61%		534		0.93%		57,378
	Marinette		7,626		36.15%		7,984		37.85%		5,412		25.66%		71		0.34%		-358		-1.70%		21,093
	Marquette		2,533		37.69%		2,322		34.55%		1,818		27.05%		47		0.70%		211		3.14%		6,720
	Menominee		691		59.57%		244		21.03%		221		19.05%		4		0.34%		447		38.54%		1,160
	Milwaukee		235,521		50.60%		151,314		32.51%		76,039		16.34%		2,622		0.56%		84,207		18.09%		465,496
	Monroe		6,427		38.24%		6,118		36.41%		4,183		24.89%		77		0.46%		309		1.83%		16,805
	Oconto		5,898		36.70%		5,720		35.59%		4,405		27.41%		50		0.31%		178		1.11%		16,073
	Oneida		7,160		38.26%		6,725		35.94%		4,782		25.55%		47		0.25%		435		2.32%		18,714
	Outagamie		23,735		32.55%		30,370		41.65%		18,479		25.34%		327		0.45%		-6,635		-9.10%		72,911
	Ozaukee		11,879		27.68%		22,805		53.15%		8,002		18.65%		224		0.52%		-10,926		-25.47%		42,910
	Pepin		1,673		46.84%		1,098		30.74%		781		21.86%		20		0.56%		575		16.10%		3,572
	Pierce		7,824		45.30%		4,844		28.05%		4,492		26.01%		112		0.65%		2,980		17.25%		17,272
	Polk		7,746		42.86%		5,446		30.14%		4,753		26.30%		126		0.70%		2,300		12.72%		18,071
	Portage		15,553		46.13%		10,914		32.37%		7,083		21.01%		166		0.49%		4,639		13.76%		33,716
	Price		3,575		41.81%		2,654		31.04%		2,286		26.74%		35		0.41%		921		10.77%		8,550
	Racine		34,875		39.71%		32,310		36.79%		20,227		23.03%		407		0.46%		2,565		2.92%		87,819
	Richland		3,458		40.49%		3,144		36.81%		1,899		22.24%		39		0.46%		314		3.68%		8,540
	Rock		31,154		45.13%		21,942		31.79%		15,700		22.75%		229		0.33%		9,212		13.34%		69,025
	Rusk		3,376		42.37%		2,430		30.50%		2,085		26.17%		76		0.95%		946		11.87%		7,967
	Sauk		9,128		38.97%		8,886		37.94%		5,280		22.54%		128		0.55%		242		1.03%		23,422
	Sawyer		2,796		37.96%		2,658		36.09%		1,861		25.27%		50		0.68%		138		1.87%		7,365
	Shawano		6,062		33.77%		7,253		40.40%		4,540		25.29%		97		0.54%		-1,191		-6.63%		17,952
	Sheboygan		20,568		37.70%		22,526		41.29%		11,295		20.70%		170		0.31%		-1,958		-3.59%		54,559
	St. Croix		10,281		40.04%		8,114		31.60%		7,125		27.75%		156		0.61%		2,167		8.44%		25,676
	Taylor		3,305		35.31%		3,415		36.49%		2,590		27.67%		49		0.52%		-110		-1.18%		9,359
	Trempealeau		6,218		47.79%		3,577		27.49%		3,160		24.29%		57		0.44%		2,641		20.30%		13,012
	Vernon		5,673		44.61%		4,072		32.02%		2,890		22.73%		81		0.64%		1,601		12.59%		12,716
	Vilas		3,764		33.42%		4,616		40.99%		2,827		25.10%		55		0.49%		-852		-7.57%		11,262
	Walworth		11,825		32.14%		15,727		42.74%		9,029		24.54%		215		0.58%		-3,902		-10.60%		36,796
	Washburn		3,080		40.07%		2,586		33.65%		1,978		25.74%		42		0.55%		494		6.42%		7,686
	Washington		13,339		26.64%		22,739		45.41%		13,045		26.05%		950		1.90%		-9,400		-18.77%		50,073
	Waukesha		50,270		28.06%		91,461		51.04%		36,622		20.44%		829		0.46%		-41,191		-22.98%		179,182
	Waupaca		6,666		28.78%		10,252		44.27%		6,088		26.29%		153		0.66%		-3,586		-15.49%		23,159
	Waushara		3,402		32.94%		4,045		39.16%		2,829		27.39%		53		0.51%		-643		-6.22%		10,329
	Winnebago		27,234		35.19%		33,709		43.56%		16,140		20.86%		303		0.39%		-6,475		-8.37%		77,386
	Wood		13,208		36.25%		13,843		37.99%		8,822		24.21%		563		1.55%		-635		-1.74%		36,436
Totals	1,041,066	41.13%	930,855	36.78%	544,479	21.51%	14,714	0.58%	110,211	4.35%	2,531,114

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Columbia
• Florence
• Grant
• Green
• Juneau
• Lafayette
• Marquette
• Monroe
• Oconto
• Oneida
• Richland
• Sauk
• Sawyer

See also

• United States presidential elections in Wisconsin

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1992 Presidential General Election Results. U.S. Election Atlas. 11 June 2012.
2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
3. Web site: 1992 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin. U.S. Election Atlas. 11 June 2012.
4. Web site: Our Campaigns. WI US President Race, November 03, 1992.