1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1992 United States presidential election 1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas Arkansas 1924 presidential no 1988 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1988 1996 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1996 November 3, 1992 Bill Clinton.jpg x160px Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Arkansas Al Gore 6 505,823 53.21% George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg x160px George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 0 337,324 35.48% RossPerotColor.jpg x160px Ross Perot Independent (United States) Texas James Stockdale 0 99,132 10.43% 250px County results 250px Congressional district results Clinton #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Bush #f2b3be 40–50% President George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) The 1992 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arkansas was won by incumbent Governor Bill Clinton (D) with 53.21% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.48%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 10.43% of the popular vote. Clinton thus won his home state by a wide margin of 17.73%, becoming the first Democratic candidate to win the state since Jimmy Carter in 1976. Arkansas and Washington, D.C., which Clinton also won, were the only contests in 1992 in which any candidate received an absolute majority of the popular vote. Among white voters, 50% supported Clinton, while 40% supported Bush.1992 Arkansas Exit Poll Results CNN December 14, 2024 https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/AR/polls/AR92PH.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110130005337/http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/AR/polls/AR92PH.html January 30, 2011 dead Background The Republican presidential nominee won Arkansas in the 1980, 1984, and 1988 presidential elections. Democratic Governor Bill Clinton was elected to a fifth term in 1990.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 104 Primary Democratic Clinton announced his presidential campaign on October 3, 1991, at the Old State House.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 104 Polling by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy one week before the primary showed Jerry Brown had a disapproval rate of 71% among likely Democratic voters while Clinton's was 13%.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 106 Turnout in the Democratic primary was greater than it was in 1980, 1984, and 1988, but lower than in 1976.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 107 Republican Turnout in the Republican primary declined from 1988, but was still greater than 1976, 1980, and 1984. Three-fourth of the votes in the primary came from Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. Less than 100 votes were cast in 39 of the state's counties.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 107 General election Predictions SourceRatingAs ofThe Cook Political Report https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/presidential-race-ratings/348161 1992 CPR Electoral College Ratings The Cook Political Report en December 9, 2025 Solid D flip October 28, 1992 Results Clinton carried all but five counties (Benton, Crawford, Pope, Searcy, and Sebastian) in the state. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Baxter County, Carroll County, Newton County, Boone County, and Polk County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 This is also the most recent time that Arkansas has voted more Democratic than Maryland.Maryland Voting Results and Participants https://www.countingthevotes.com/maryland/ 2022-09-03 CountingTheVotes.com en-USArkansas Voting Results and Participants https://www.countingthevotes.com/arkansas/ 2022-09-03 CountingTheVotes.com en-US Arkansas would be one of only three states, along with the District of Columbia, where Clinton's raw vote total exceeded that of Bush and Perot combined, the others being Maryland and New York. This is also the most recent election in which Arkansas trended more Democratic relative to the nation, or swung towards the Democratic party at all. Clinton's 505,823 votes are the most votes received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history. Democratic U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers won reelection in a concurrent election. The Republicans gained one seat in Arkansas' U.S. House delegation,Steed Moreland Baker 1994 114-115 Arkansas House of Representatives, and Arkansas Senate.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 206 1992 United States presidential election in ArkansasState of Arkansas Historical Election Results http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/historicalElectionResults/Pages/default.aspx Arkansas Office of the Secretary of State 8 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120902151834/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/historicalElectionResults/Pages/default.aspx 2012-09-02 deadPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Bill Clinton 505,823 53.21% 6 Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 337,324 35.48% 0 Independent Party Ross Perot 99,132 10.43% 0 Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 1,437 0.15% 0 Libertarian Andre Marrou 1,261 0.13% 0 New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 1,022 0.11% 0 The Apathy Party Honest Jim Boren 956 0.10% 0 America First James "Bo" Gritz 819 0.09% 0 Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 764 0.08% 0 Justice, Industry, Agriculture Lyndon LaRouche 762 0.08% 0 Take Back America John Yiamouyiannis 554 0.06% 0 Prohibition Earl Dodge 472 0.05% 0 Looking Back Isabell Masters 327 0.03% 0 Totals 950,683 100.0% 6 Results by county County Bill ClintonDemocratic George H.W. BushRepublican Ross PerotIndependent Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Arkansas 4,709 59.01% 2,594 32.51% 639 8.01% 38 0.48% 2,115 26.50% 7,980 Ashley 5,876 61.42% 2,686 28.08% 931 9.73% 74 0.77% 3,190 33.34% 9,567 Baxter 6,991 44.44% 5,640 35.85% 2,938 18.68% 163 1.04% 1,351 8.59% 15,732 Benton 15,774 36.45% 21,126 48.81% 6,128 14.16% 251 0.58% -5,352 -12.36% 43,279 Boone 6,128 42.45% 6,094 42.21% 2,079 14.40% 136 0.94% 34 0.24% 14,437 Bradley 2,954 61.07% 1,482 30.64% 391 8.08% 10 0.21% 1,472 30.43% 4,837 Calhoun 1,389 51.41% 1,047 38.75% 257 9.51% 9 0.33% 342 12.66% 2,702 Carroll 3,769 42.55% 3,535 39.91% 1,500 16.94% 53 0.60% 234 2.64% 8,857 Chicot 3,504 68.72% 1,242 24.36% 347 6.81% 6 0.12% 2,262 44.36% 5,099 Clark 5,767 64.64% 2,403 26.93% 714 8.00% 38 0.43% 3,364 37.71% 8,922 Clay 4,848 68.47% 1,647 23.26% 568 8.02% 17 0.24% 3,201 45.21% 7,080 Cleburne 5,090 51.00% 3,580 35.87% 1,263 12.66% 47 0.47% 1,510 15.13% 9,980 Cleveland 1,893 56.04% 1,127 33.36% 337 9.98% 21 0.62% 766 22.68% 3,378 Columbia 4,747 48.35% 3,702 37.70% 1,090 11.10% 280 2.85% 1,045 10.65% 9,819 Conway 4,898 57.75% 2,719 32.06% 803 9.47% 61 0.72% 2,179 25.69% 8,481 Craighead 13,931 54.43% 9,104 35.57% 2,274 8.88% 287 1.12% 4,827 18.86% 25,596 Crawford 6,656 41.18% 6,882 42.57% 2,442 15.11% 185 1.14% -226 -1.39% 16,165 Crittenden 9,683 56.60% 5,910 34.55% 848 4.96% 667 3.90% 3,773 22.05% 17,108 Cross 4,058 58.09% 2,303 32.97% 602 8.62% 23 0.33% 1,755 25.12% 6,986 Dallas 2,107 53.68% 1,458 37.15% 345 8.79% 15 0.38% 649 16.53% 3,925 Desha 3,815 67.87% 1,279 22.75% 392 6.97% 135 2.40% 2,536 45.12% 5,621 Drew 3,748 59.51% 1,938 30.77% 596 9.46% 16 0.25% 1,810 28.74% 6,298 Faulkner 13,000 51.56% 9,491 37.64% 2,437 9.66% 287 1.14% 3,509 13.92% 25,215 Franklin 3,217 47.76% 2,495 37.04% 987 14.65% 37 0.55% 722 10.72% 6,736 Fulton 2,827 59.69% 1,258 26.56% 631 13.32% 20 0.42% 1,569 33.13% 4,736 Garland 18,811 52.26% 12,886 35.80% 3,475 9.65% 823 2.29% 5,925 16.46% 35,995 Grant 3,190 51.47% 2,272 36.66% 702 11.33% 34 0.55% 918 14.81% 6,198 Greene 7,541 61.20% 3,510 28.49% 1,213 9.84% 58 0.47% 4,031 32.71% 12,322 Hempstead 5,476 61.38% 2,387 26.75% 1,022 11.45% 37 0.41% 3,089 34.63% 8,922 Hot Spring 6,308 59.42% 3,036 28.60% 1,209 11.39% 63 0.59% 3,272 30.82% 10,616 Howard 2,764 55.56% 1,728 34.73% 466 9.37% 17 0.34% 1,036 20.83% 4,975 Independence 7,083 55.16% 4,232 32.96% 1,444 11.25% 81 0.63% 2,851 22.20% 12,840 Izard 3,419 61.18% 1,532 27.42% 606 10.84% 31 0.55% 1,887 33.76% 5,588 Jackson 4,944 65.71% 1,864 24.77% 673 8.94% 43 0.57% 3,080 40.94% 7,524 Jefferson 21,819 68.85% 7,525 23.74% 2,067 6.52% 281 0.89% 14,294 45.11% 31,692 Johnson 3,951 52.14% 2,563 33.82% 1,013 13.37% 51 0.67% 1,388 18.32% 7,578 Lafayette 2,273 57.12% 1,188 29.86% 504 12.67% 14 0.35% 1,085 27.26% 3,979 Lawrence 4,146 59.84% 2,124 30.65% 636 9.18% 23 0.33% 2,022 29.19% 6,929 Lee 3,436 67.82% 1,293 25.52% 308 6.08% 29 0.57% 2,143 42.30% 5,066 Lincoln 2,805 64.53% 1,142 26.27% 390 8.97% 10 0.23% 1,663 38.26% 4,347 Little River 3,327 58.18% 1,483 25.94% 890 15.56% 18 0.31% 1,844 32.24% 5,718 Logan 3,995 45.99% 3,408 39.23% 1,220 14.04% 64 0.74% 587 6.76% 8,687 Lonoke 7,963 50.32% 6,253 39.52% 1,554 9.82% 54 0.34% 1,710 10.80% 15,824 Madison 2,415 45.76% 2,238 42.41% 598 11.33% 26 0.49% 177 3.35% 5,277 Marion 2,757 44.15% 2,023 32.39% 1,327 21.25% 138 2.21% 734 11.76% 6,245 Miller 7,050 48.21% 5,273 36.06% 2,249 15.38% 51 0.35% 1,777 12.15% 14,623 Mississippi 10,046 62.94% 4,697 29.43% 981 6.15% 238 1.49% 5,349 33.51% 15,962 Monroe 2,578 60.35% 1,324 30.99% 355 8.31% 15 0.35% 1,254 29.36% 4,272 Montgomery 1,904 51.29% 1,205 32.46% 576 15.52% 27 0.73% 699 18.83% 3,712 Nevada 2,242 56.79% 1,217 30.83% 455 11.52% 34 0.86% 1,025 25.96% 3,948 Newton 1,765 42.59% 1,730 41.75% 608 14.67% 41 0.99% 35 0.84% 4,144 Ouachita 7,411 59.69% 3,711 29.89% 1,238 9.97% 55 0.44% 3,700 29.80% 12,415 Perry 1,906 54.39% 1,162 33.16% 412 11.76% 24 0.68% 744 21.23% 3,504 Phillips 6,456 65.63% 2,695 27.40% 634 6.45% 52 0.53% 3,761 38.23% 9,837 Pike 2,168 51.23% 1,577 37.26% 472 11.15% 15 0.35% 591 13.97% 4,232 Poinsett 5,341 62.31% 2,425 28.29% 761 8.88% 44 0.51% 2,916 34.02% 8,571 Polk 3,162 43.81% 2,757 38.20% 1,225 16.97% 73 1.01% 405 5.61% 7,217 Pope 7,704 43.13% 8,056 45.10% 1,989 11.14% 113 0.63% -352 -1.97% 17,862 Prairie 2,366 59.81% 1,154 29.17% 434 10.97% 2 0.05% 1,212 30.64% 3,956 Pulaski 79,482 58.03% 47,789 34.89% 8,751 6.39% 935 0.68% 31,693 23.14% 136,957 Randolph 3,921 62.10% 1,766 27.97% 578 9.15% 49 0.78% 2,155 34.13% 6,314 St. Francis 6,548 61.57% 3,289 30.93% 766 7.20% 32 0.30% 3,259 30.64% 10,635 Saline 12,671 49.38% 10,105 39.38% 2,751 10.72% 134 0.52% 2,566 10.00% 25,661 Scott 2,228 48.84% 1,695 37.15% 610 13.37% 29 0.64% 533 11.69% 4,562 Searcy 1,679 42.14% 1,772 44.48% 503 12.63% 30 0.75% -93 -2.34% 3,984 Sebastian 16,570 41.78% 16,817 42.40% 6,023 15.19% 249 0.63% -247 -0.62% 39,659 Sevier 2,558 51.05% 1,592 31.77% 643 12.83% 218 4.35% 966 19.28% 5,011 Sharp 3,761 52.27% 2,486 34.55% 921 12.80% 28 0.39% 1,275 17.72% 7,196 Stone 2,622 52.03% 1,672 33.18% 697 13.83% 48 0.95% 950 18.85% 5,039 Union 8,786 47.29% 7,305 39.32% 1,919 10.33% 570 3.07% 1,481 7.97% 18,580 Van Buren 3,819 51.88% 2,612 35.48% 888 12.06% 42 0.57% 1,207 16.40% 7,361 Washington 22,029 46.01% 20,292 42.38% 5,304 11.08% 255 0.53% 1,737 3.63% 47,880 White 10,494 48.67% 8,538 39.60% 2,366 10.97% 165 0.77% 1,956 9.07% 21,563 Woodruff 2,589 74.08% 676 19.34% 227 6.49% 3 0.09% 1,913 54.74% 3,495 Yell 4,165 54.49% 2,506 32.79% 940 12.30% 32 0.42% 1,659 21.70% 7,643Totals505,82353.21%337,32435.48%99,13210.43%8,3740.88%168,49917.73%950,653 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Arkansas Baxter Boone Calhoun Carroll Cleburne Cleveland Columbia Craighead Crittenden Cross Drew Faulkner Franklin Garland Grant Greene Hempstead Howard Independence Izard Johnson Lawrence Logan Lonoke Madison Marion Miller Mississippi Montgomery Newton Ouachita Perry Pike Polk Prairie Pulaski Saline Scott Sevier Sharp Stone Union Van Buren Washington White Yell See also United States presidential elections in Arkansas Presidency of Bill Clinton References Works cited Steed Robert Moreland Laurence Baker Tod The 1992 Presidential Election in the South: Current Patterns of Southern Party and Electoral Politics Praeger Publishers 1994 0275945340 Arkansas 1992 Category:1992 Arkansas elections