1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

November 3, 1992
Turnout	82.8%
Nominee Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush Ross Perot Party Democratic Republican Independent Home state Arkansas Texas Texas Running mate Al Gore Dan Quayle James Stockdale Electoral vote 23 0 0 Popular vote 2,239,164 1,791,841 902,667 Percentage 45.15% 36.12% 18.20%
Clinton   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Bush   30-40%   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%
President before election George H. W. Bush Republican Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D) by a margin of 9.02%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (I-TX) finished in third, with 18.20% of Pennsylvania's popular vote.

Primaries

Democratic primary

Candidate	Votes	Percent
Bill Clinton	715,031	56.50%
Jerry Brown	325,543	25.72%
Paul Tsongas	161,572	12.77%
Others	63,349	5.01%
Totals	1,265,495	Turnout: 46.69%

Republican primary

Candidate	Votes	Percent
George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	774,865	76.81%
Patrick Buchanan	233,912	23.19%
Totals	1,008,777	Turnout: 42.70%

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	Al Gore	2,239,164	45.15%	23
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	Dan Quayle (incumbent)	1,791,841	36.12%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	James Stockdale	902,667	18.20%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	Nancy Lord	21,477	0.43%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani	Maria Elizabeth Muñoz	4,661	0.09%	0
Totals				4,959,810	100.0%	23

Bush on campaign. Seen here speaking at the Norristown, Pennsylvania High School, September, 1992.

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton Democratic		George H.W. Bush Republican		Ross Perot Independent		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	9,576	32.46%	13,552	45.94%	6,313	21.40%	60	0.20%	-3,976	-13.48%	29,501
Allegheny	324,004	52.75%	183,035	29.80%	103,470	16.85%	3,678	0.60%	140,969	22.95%	614,187
Armstrong	12,995	45.87%	9,122	32.20%	6,166	21.76%	50	0.18%	3,873	13.67%	28,333
Beaver	44,877	54.50%	21,361	25.94%	15,954	19.38%	148	0.18%	23,516	28.56%	82,340
Bedford	5,840	31.04%	9,216	48.98%	3,731	19.83%	30	0.16%	-3,376	-17.94%	18,817
Berks	46,031	35.03%	52,939	40.29%	31,663	24.10%	774	0.59%	-6,908	-5.26%	131,407
Blair	14,857	33.19%	21,447	47.92%	8,284	18.51%	170	0.38%	-6,590	-14.73%	44,758
Bradford	6,903	30.51%	10,221	45.17%	5,452	24.09%	52	0.23%	-3,318	-14.66%	22,628
Bucks	97,902	39.40%	94,584	38.06%	53,931	21.70%	2,090	0.84%	3,318	1.34%	248,507
Butler	22,303	36.48%	23,656	38.70%	15,013	24.56%	158	0.26%	-1,353	-2.22%	61,130
Cambria	34,334	51.75%	20,770	31.30%	11,070	16.68%	175	0.26%	13,564	20.45%	66,349
Cameron	824	30.77%	1,173	43.80%	676	25.24%	5	0.19%	-349	-13.03%	2,678
Carbon	9,072	41.89%	7,243	33.44%	5,222	24.11%	122	0.56%	1,829	8.45%	21,659
Centre	21,177	41.34%	20,478	39.98%	9,356	18.26%	214	0.42%	699	1.36%	51,225
Chester	59,643	35.25%	74,002	43.73%	34,536	20.41%	1,027	0.61%	-14,359	-8.48%	169,208
Clarion	5,584	35.53%	6,477	41.21%	3,619	23.02%	38	0.24%	-893	-5.68%	15,718
Clearfield	12,247	39.70%	11,553	37.45%	6,989	22.66%	58	0.19%	694	2.25%	30,847
Clinton	5,397	42.94%	4,471	35.57%	2,654	21.12%	47	0.37%	926	7.37%	12,569
Columbia	8,261	34.80%	9,742	41.04%	5,683	23.94%	53	0.22%	-1,481	-6.24%	23,739
Crawford	12,813	37.00%	14,112	40.75%	7,392	21.35%	311	0.90%	-1,299	-3.75%	34,628
Cumberland	26,635	31.49%	43,447	51.37%	14,344	16.96%	147	0.17%	-16,812	-19.88%	84,573
Dauphin	36,990	37.40%	45,479	45.98%	16,063	16.24%	378	0.38%	-8,489	-8.58%	98,910
Delaware	111,210	41.80%	108,587	40.81%	43,728	16.43%	2,549	0.96%	2,623	0.99%	266,074
Elk	5,016	36.26%	4,908	35.48%	3,885	28.09%	23	0.17%	108	0.78%	13,832
Erie	56,381	47.86%	39,283	33.35%	21,510	18.26%	630	0.53%	17,098	14.51%	117,804
Fayette	30,577	56.77%	12,820	23.80%	10,162	18.87%	302	0.56%	17,757	32.97%	53,861
Forest	890	41.51%	801	37.36%	448	20.90%	5	0.23%	89	4.15%	2,144
Franklin	13,440	30.66%	23,387	53.35%	6,941	15.83%	66	0.15%	-9,947	-22.69%	43,834
Fulton	1,588	31.61%	2,558	50.93%	869	17.30%	8	0.16%	-970	-19.32%	5,023
Greene	8,438	55.75%	3,482	23.01%	3,186	21.05%	29	0.19%	4,956	32.74%	15,135
Huntingdon	5,153	32.82%	7,249	46.17%	3,273	20.85%	25	0.16%	-2,096	-13.35%	15,700
Indiana	15,194	45.61%	10,966	32.92%	7,089	21.28%	65	0.20%	4,228	12.69%	33,314
Jefferson	5,998	33.87%	7,271	41.05%	4,403	24.86%	39	0.22%	-1,273	-7.18%	17,711
Juniata	2,601	30.89%	3,980	47.27%	1,819	21.60%	20	0.24%	-1,379	-16.38%	8,420
Lackawanna	45,054	47.44%	33,443	35.22%	15,667	16.50%	804	0.85%	11,611	12.22%	94,968
Lancaster	44,255	27.63%	88,447	55.22%	26,807	16.74%	671	0.42%	-44,192	-27.59%	160,180
Lawrence	20,830	50.55%	12,359	30.00%	7,950	19.29%	64	0.16%	8,471	20.55%	41,203
Lebanon	12,350	28.71%	21,512	50.00%	9,005	20.93%	154	0.36%	-9,162	-21.29%	43,021
Lehigh	46,711	40.68%	42,631	37.12%	24,853	21.64%	641	0.56%	4,080	3.56%	114,836
Luzerne	56,623	44.53%	49,285	38.76%	21,007	16.52%	231	0.18%	7,338	5.77%	127,146
Lycoming	13,315	30.84%	20,536	47.57%	9,170	21.24%	151	0.35%	-7,221	-16.73%	43,172
McKean	5,331	32.51%	6,965	42.47%	4,019	24.51%	85	0.52%	-1,634	-9.96%	16,400
Mercer	23,264	46.68%	16,081	32.27%	10,277	20.62%	214	0.43%	7,183	14.41%	49,836
Mifflin	4,946	33.67%	6,300	42.89%	3,382	23.03%	60	0.41%	-1,354	-9.22%	14,688
Monroe	13,468	35.91%	14,557	38.82%	9,257	24.69%	218	0.58%	-1,089	-2.91%	37,500
Montgomery	136,572	42.87%	125,704	39.46%	53,738	16.87%	2,562	0.80%	10,868	3.41%	318,576
Montour	2,150	32.35%	3,096	46.58%	1,373	20.66%	27	0.41%	-946	-14.23%	6,646
Northampton	42,203	43.27%	34,429	35.30%	20,234	20.75%	659	0.68%	7,774	7.97%	97,525
Northumberland	12,814	35.80%	15,057	42.07%	7,782	21.74%	139	0.39%	-2,243	-6.27%	35,792
Perry	4,086	26.66%	7,871	51.35%	3,334	21.75%	36	0.23%	-3,785	-24.69%	15,327
Philadelphia	434,904	68.16%	133,328	20.90%	65,455	10.26%	4,371	0.69%	301,576	47.26%	638,058
Pike	4,382	32.21%	6,084	44.73%	3,019	22.19%	118	0.87%	-1,702	-12.52%	13,603
Potter	1,892	26.86%	3,452	49.01%	1,687	23.95%	13	0.18%	-1,560	-22.15%	7,044
Schuylkill	23,679	37.57%	25,780	40.90%	13,398	21.26%	172	0.27%	-2,101	-3.33%	63,029
Snyder	2,952	23.44%	6,934	55.05%	2,686	21.32%	24	0.19%	-3,982	-31.61%	12,596
Somerset	12,493	38.14%	13,858	42.30%	6,333	19.33%	75	0.23%	-1,365	-4.16%	32,759
Sullivan	1,030	33.09%	1,340	43.05%	731	23.48%	12	0.39%	-310	-9.96%	3,113
Susquehanna	5,368	32.13%	7,356	44.02%	3,946	23.62%	39	0.23%	-1,988	-11.89%	16,709
Tioga	4,868	29.43%	7,823	47.29%	3,804	22.99%	48	0.29%	-2,955	-17.86%	16,543
Union	3,623	29.54%	6,362	51.87%	2,255	18.39%	25	0.20%	-2,739	-22.33%	12,265
Venango	8,230	38.18%	8,545	39.64%	4,695	21.78%	84	0.39%	-315	-1.46%	21,554
Warren	6,972	37.84%	6,585	35.74%	4,795	26.02%	74	0.40%	387	2.10%	18,426
Washington	46,143	54.70%	21,977	26.05%	16,083	19.06%	161	0.19%	24,166	28.65%	84,364
Wayne	4,817	28.64%	8,184	48.65%	3,727	22.16%	94	0.56%	-3,367	-20.01%	16,822
Westmoreland	69,817	45.20%	47,315	30.63%	37,036	23.98%	283	0.18%	22,502	14.57%	154,451
Wyoming	3,158	29.11%	5,143	47.40%	2,525	23.27%	24	0.22%	-1,985	-18.29%	10,850
York	46,113	34.35%	60,130	44.79%	27,743	20.67%	259	0.19%	-14,017	-10.44%	134,245
Totals	2,239,164	45.15%	1,791,841	36.13%	902,667	18.20%	26,138	0.53%	447,323	9.02%	4,959,810

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Bucks
• Carbon
• Centre
• Clearfield
• Delaware
• Elk
• Forest
• Lehigh
• Luzerne
• Monroe
• Montgomery
• Northampton
• Warren

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania