1992 United States presidential election in Iowa

none June 2025 September 2023 1992 United States presidential election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (1921-2018).svg presidential no 1988 United States presidential election in Iowa 1988 1996 United States presidential election in Iowa 1996 November 3, 1992 x160px Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Arkansas Al Gore 7 586,353 43.29% George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 0 504,891 37.27% RossPerotColor.jpg Ross Perot Independent Texas James Stockdale 0 253,468 18.71% 1992 United States presidential election in Iowa results map by county.svg 280px County results Clinton #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% Bush #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #d40000 70–80% President George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) The 1992 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Iowa was won by Democratic governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 43.29% of the popular vote over incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush's 37.27%, a victory margin of 6.01%. Independent businessman Ross Perot finished in third, with 18.71% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent president Bush and Perot.1992 Presidential General Election Results http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1992 U.S. Election Atlas 8 June 2012 With a margin of victory of 6.02% for Clinton, the state voted 0.46% to the left of the nation at-large and became the closest to the national results. Despite this, Iowa was the only state that swung more Republican than it had been in 1988, swinging rightward by 4.2%. This was the first of six consecutive elections that Iowa did back the winner of the national popular vote, gave it the longest streak of any state nationwide. Democratic caucuses 1992 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses Iowa presidential no 1988 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses 1988 2000 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses 2000 February 10, 1992 NH Democratic National Convention delegatesThe number of pledged delegates won is determined by the number of state delegate equivalents (SDEs) wondelegates The number of pledged national convention delegates is calculated through the number of SDEs won, however, a candidate must get both at least 15% of the total vote to get statewide delegates and at least 15% of the vote in a congressional district to get district delegates from that district. Each precinct has a certain number of SDEs and allocates them based on how many caucus goers there are for each candidate at that precinct. SDEs State delegate equivalents (SDEs) are used to calculate how many delegates each candidate gets both in each district and on state-level. Percentage (of SDEs) Tom Harkin Portrait Signed Crop.jpg Tom Harkin 3333FF Iowa 26 2,314 77.24% x125px|alt=|link= Uncommitted 000000 N/A 15 355 11.85% Bill Clinton 1992 (cropped) (2).png Bill Clinton 6c00e8 Arkansas 7 76 2.54% File: Jerry Brown (255836849) (cropped).jpg Jerry Brown e56cbf California 1 51 1.70% In the presidential caucuses most candidates for the Democratic nomination did not campaign in Iowa because of the presence of Tom Harkin, a longtime U.S. senator representing Iowa.http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/16/the_comeback_kid/ The Comeback Kid Boston.com Carville James Harkin was running for president in 1992 as a populist with labor union support who criticized George H. W. Bush for being out of touch with working class Americans.Miller, Judith: "Tom Harkin's Old-Time Religion", New York Times Magazine, February 9, 1992 Harkin was an early favorite in a small field of five candidates.January 2008 Harkin easily won the caucus with 76% of the vote, uncommitted got second place with 11%, Senator Paul Tsongas came in third, with 4%, and Governor Bill Clinton finished fourth, with 2%. Voter turnout in the caucuses fell from over 120,000 in the 1988 caucus to less than 40,000. Voter turnout would later increase to around 120,000 for the 2000 caucuses.Wayne Stephen 2008 Parties and Elections in America: The Electoral Process Fifth Edition Rowman & Littlefield As the race was not contested, these results had little effect on the remaining primaries, and the New Hampshire primary took on added importance. Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucus Results – 1992Dave Leip's US Election AtlasPartyCandidateState delegate equivalentsPercentageDelegates Democratic Tom Harkin 2,314 77.24% 26 Democratic Uncommitted 355 11.85% 15 Democratic Paul Tsongas 128 4.27% 0 Democratic Bill Clinton 76 2.54% 7 Democratic Robert Kerrey 72 2.40% 0 Democratic Jerry Brown 51 1.70% 1 Tom Harkin won every county by large margins. The delegate totals reflect their final distribution, not their projected allocation immediately following the caucus. Results 1992 United States presidential election in Iowa1992 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1992&fips=19&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 8 June 2012PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Bill Clinton 586,353 43.29% 7 Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 504,891 37.27% 0 Independent Ross Perot 253,468 18.71% 0 Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 3,079 0.23% 0 Write-ins 2,102 0.13% 0 America First James "Bo" Gritz 1,177 0.09% 0 Libertarian Andre Marrou 1,076 0.08% 0 Grassroots Jack Herer 669 0.05% 0 Independent John Yiamouyiannis 604 0.04% 0 Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 480 0.04% 0 Socialist Workers Party James Warren 273 0.02% 0 Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 238 0.02% 0 New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 197 0.01% 0 Totals 1,354,607 100.0% 7 Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) 65%/80% Results by county County Bill Clintonhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2063 Our Campaigns IA US President Race, November 03, 1992Democratic George H.W. BushRepublican Ross PerotIndependent John HagelinNatural Law Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 1,655 39.46% 1,713 40.84% 814 19.41% 1 0.02% 11 0.26% -58 -1.38% 4,194 Adams 1,034 39.83% 863 33.24% 679 26.16% 2 0.08% 18 0.69% 171 6.59% 2,596 Allamakee 2,362 35.36% 2,627 39.33% 1,543 23.10% 4 0.06% 143 2.14% -265 -3.97% 6,679 Appanoose 2,810 44.09% 2,346 36.81% 1,161 18.22% 6 0.09% 50 0.78% 464 7.28% 6,373 Audubon 1,589 41.03% 1,373 35.45% 887 22.90% 7 0.18% 17 0.44% 216 5.58% 3,873 Benton 4,467 42.79% 3,469 33.23% 2,454 23.51% 8 0.08% 41 0.39% 998 9.56% 10,439 Black Hawk 29,584 48.06% 21,398 34.77% 10,182 16.54% 64 0.10% 322 0.52% 8,186 13.29% 61,550 Boone 5,913 48.39% 4,148 33.95% 2,070 16.94% 12 0.10% 76 0.62% 1,765 14.44% 12,219 Bremer 4,774 40.75% 4,482 38.26% 2,338 19.96% 7 0.06% 113 0.96% 292 2.49% 11,714 Buchanan 4,166 43.15% 3,313 34.32% 2,126 22.02% 6 0.06% 43 0.45% 853 8.83% 9,654 Buena Vista 3,374 36.45% 3,863 41.73% 1,955 21.12% 13 0.14% 52 0.56% -489 -5.28% 9,257 Butler 2,548 35.70% 3,209 44.96% 1,333 18.68% 10 0.14% 37 0.52% -661 -9.26% 7,137 Calhoun 2,140 40.58% 2,169 41.13% 946 17.94% 5 0.09% 14 0.27% -29 -0.55% 5,274 Carroll 3,800 40.11% 3,439 36.30% 2,192 23.13% 3 0.03% 41 0.43% 361 3.81% 9,475 Cass 2,231 31.61% 3,176 45.00% 1,608 22.78% 3 0.04% 40 0.57% -945 -13.39% 7,058 Cedar 3,296 40.00% 2,965 35.98% 1,945 23.60% 10 0.12% 24 0.29% 331 4.02% 8,240 Cerro Gordo 11,415 46.99% 8,250 33.96% 4,498 18.52% 24 0.10% 106 0.44% 3,165 13.03% 24,293 Cherokee 2,590 37.57% 2,768 40.16% 1,503 21.80% 5 0.07% 27 0.39% -178 -2.59% 6,893 Chickasaw 2,913 43.87% 2,129 32.06% 1,566 23.58% 2 0.03% 30 0.45% 784 11.81% 6,640 Clarke 1,921 45.09% 1,417 33.26% 899 21.10% 9 0.21% 14 0.33% 504 11.83% 4,260 Clay 3,346 39.93% 3,011 35.93% 1,964 23.44% 6 0.07% 53 0.63% 335 4.00% 8,380 Clayton 3,742 40.72% 3,044 33.12% 2,309 25.13% 13 0.14% 82 0.89% 698 7.60% 9,190 Clinton 11,683 46.81% 8,746 35.04% 4,414 17.68% 13 0.05% 104 0.42% 2,937 11.77% 24,960 Crawford 3,004 39.16% 2,693 35.10% 1,905 24.83% 5 0.07% 65 0.85% 311 4.06% 7,672 Dallas 6,554 44.10% 5,587 37.60% 2,665 17.93% 10 0.07% 45 0.30% 967 6.50% 14,861 Davis 1,962 48.55% 1,344 33.26% 718 17.77% 3 0.07% 14 0.35% 618 15.29% 4,041 Decatur 1,866 46.81% 1,316 33.02% 786 19.72% 1 0.03% 17 0.43% 550 13.79% 3,986 Delaware 3,093 36.42% 3,195 37.62% 2,144 25.25% 12 0.14% 48 0.57% -102 -1.20% 8,492 Des Moines 11,309 53.37% 6,378 30.10% 3,386 15.98% 17 0.08% 100 0.47% 4,931 23.27% 21,190 Dickinson 3,106 37.40% 3,196 38.48% 1,974 23.77% 3 0.04% 26 0.31% -90 -1.08% 8,305 Dubuque 20,539 47.80% 14,007 32.60% 8,208 19.10% 46 0.11% 168 0.39% 6,532 15.20% 42,968 Emmet 2,239 44.50% 1,749 34.76% 1,010 20.07% 9 0.18% 25 0.50% 490 9.74% 5,032 Fayette 4,412 40.62% 3,879 35.71% 2,493 22.95% 10 0.09% 67 0.62% 533 4.91% 10,861 Floyd 3,688 47.59% 2,404 31.02% 1,611 20.79% 6 0.08% 41 0.53% 1,284 16.57% 7,750 Franklin 2,049 38.91% 2,137 40.58% 1,045 19.84% 2 0.04% 33 0.63% -88 -1.67% 5,266 Fremont 1,422 36.36% 1,459 37.31% 1,003 25.65% 7 0.18% 20 0.51% -37 -0.95% 3,911 Greene 2,422 45.25% 1,952 36.47% 956 17.86% 1 0.02% 22 0.41% 470 8.78% 5,353 Grundy 1,895 30.78% 3,160 51.33% 1,069 17.37% 3 0.05% 29 0.47% -1,265 -20.55% 6,156 Guthrie 2,234 40.97% 1,962 35.98% 1,216 22.30% 5 0.09% 36 0.66% 272 4.99% 5,453 Hamilton 3,262 42.47% 3,031 39.46% 1,348 17.55% 11 0.14% 29 0.38% 231 3.01% 7,681 Hancock 2,175 37.46% 2,428 41.82% 1,170 20.15% 6 0.10% 27 0.47% -253 -4.36% 5,806 Hardin 3,792 42.23% 3,590 39.98% 1,547 17.23% 7 0.08% 43 0.48% 202 2.25% 8,979 Harrison 2,349 34.20% 2,763 40.23% 1,691 24.62% 6 0.09% 59 0.86% -414 -6.03% 6,868 Henry 3,544 41.08% 3,435 39.81% 1,522 17.64% 34 0.39% 93 1.08% 109 1.27% 8,628 Howard 2,099 43.17% 1,516 31.18% 1,193 24.54% 3 0.06% 51 1.05% 583 11.99% 4,862 Humboldt 1,765 34.04% 2,299 44.34% 1,093 21.08% 3 0.06% 25 0.48% -534 -10.30% 5,185 Ida 1,449 34.18% 1,714 40.43% 1,061 25.03% 1 0.02% 14 0.33% -265 -6.25% 4,239 Iowa 2,560 36.76% 2,656 38.13% 1,709 24.54% 6 0.09% 34 0.49% -96 -1.37% 6,965 Jackson 4,421 47.52% 2,673 28.73% 2,096 22.53% 10 0.11% 103 1.11% 1,748 18.79% 9,303 Jasper 8,120 45.08% 6,866 38.12% 2,972 16.50% 12 0.07% 42 0.23% 1,254 6.96% 18,012 Jefferson 2,562 30.72% 2,541 30.46% 1,241 14.88% 1,899 22.77% 98 1.17% 21 0.26% 8,341 Johnson 28,656 55.35% 14,041 27.12% 8,625 16.66% 69 0.13% 383 0.74% 14,615 28.23% 51,774 Jones 3,508 39.42% 3,071 34.51% 2,306 25.91% 3 0.03% 12 0.13% 437 4.91% 8,900 Keokuk 2,329 41.76% 1,981 35.52% 1,238 22.20% 11 0.20% 18 0.32% 348 6.24% 5,577 Kossuth 3,660 40.40% 3,464 38.24% 1,906 21.04% 6 0.07% 23 0.25% 196 2.16% 9,059 Lee 9,366 54.61% 4,777 27.85% 2,920 17.02% 11 0.06% 78 0.45% 4,589 26.76% 17,152 Linn 38,567 43.39% 30,215 33.99% 19,643 22.10% 101 0.11% 359 0.40% 8,352 9.40% 88,885 Louisa 2,091 43.17% 1,691 34.91% 1,044 21.55% 2 0.04% 16 0.33% 400 8.26% 4,844 Lucas 2,072 44.33% 1,734 37.10% 848 18.14% 4 0.09% 16 0.34% 338 7.23% 4,674 Lyon 1,331 23.24% 3,272 57.14% 1,068 18.65% 2 0.03% 53 0.93% -1,941 -33.90% 5,726 Madison 2,525 41.06% 2,421 39.37% 1,168 18.99% 6 0.10% 29 0.47% 104 1.69% 6,149 Mahaska 3,714 36.24% 4,953 48.34% 1,508 14.72% 8 0.08% 64 0.62% -1,239 -12.10% 10,247 Marion 5,531 40.87% 6,062 44.79% 1,896 14.01% 6 0.04% 38 0.28% -531 -3.92% 13,533 Marshall 8,303 45.40% 6,784 37.09% 3,100 16.95% 17 0.09% 85 0.46% 1,519 8.31% 18,289 Mills 1,798 29.16% 2,699 43.77% 1,638 26.57% 3 0.05% 28 0.45% -901 -14.61% 6,166 Mitchell 2,177 40.71% 1,933 36.15% 1,199 22.42% 4 0.07% 34 0.64% 244 4.56% 5,347 Monona 1,939 39.99% 1,660 34.23% 1,231 25.39% 1 0.02% 18 0.37% 279 5.76% 4,849 Monroe 1,829 48.36% 1,323 34.98% 612 16.18% 4 0.11% 14 0.37% 506 13.38% 3,782 Montgomery 1,599 29.78% 2,404 44.78% 1,341 24.98% 7 0.13% 18 0.34% -805 -15.00% 5,369 Muscatine 7,089 42.04% 6,087 36.09% 3,583 21.25% 15 0.09% 90 0.53% 1,002 5.95% 16,864 O'Brien 2,122 28.00% 3,869 51.06% 1,557 20.55% 4 0.05% 26 0.34% -1,747 -23.06% 7,578 Osceola 990 27.50% 1,756 48.78% 813 22.58% 2 0.06% 39 1.08% -766 -21.28% 3,600 Page 1,951 26.69% 3,670 50.21% 1,669 22.83% 7 0.10% 13 0.18% -1,719 -23.52% 7,310 Palo Alto 2,374 44.13% 1,789 33.26% 1,186 22.05% 4 0.07% 26 0.48% 585 10.87% 5,379 Plymouth 3,171 30.25% 5,196 49.56% 2,039 19.45% 8 0.08% 70 0.67% -2,025 -19.31% 10,484 Pocahontas 1,919 41.10% 1,743 37.33% 942 20.18% 13 0.28% 52 1.11% 176 3.77% 4,669 Polk 78,585 46.98% 63,708 38.09% 24,155 14.44% 94 0.06% 716 0.43% 14,877 8.89% 167,258 Pottawattamie 13,228 35.64% 15,671 42.22% 8,035 21.65% 44 0.12% 137 0.37% -2,443 -6.58% 37,115 Poweshiek 4,056 44.83% 3,245 35.87% 1,680 18.57% 10 0.11% 56 0.62% 811 8.96% 9,047 Ringgold 1,341 46.74% 967 33.71% 551 19.21% 3 0.10% 7 0.24% 374 13.03% 2,869 Sac 1,896 36.36% 2,138 41.00% 1,157 22.19% 5 0.10% 19 0.36% -242 -4.64% 5,215 Scott 33,765 45.22% 28,844 38.63% 11,423 15.30% 80 0.11% 550 0.74% 4,921 6.59% 74,662 Shelby 2,094 32.00% 2,809 42.92% 1,614 24.66% 1 0.02% 26 0.40% -715 -10.92% 6,544 Sioux 2,226 15.11% 10,637 72.21% 1,771 12.02% 5 0.03% 91 0.62% -8,411 -57.10% 14,730 Story 17,118 47.14% 12,702 34.98% 6,275 17.28% 24 0.07% 192 0.53% 4,416 12.16% 36,311 Tama 3,573 42.89% 2,948 35.39% 1,748 20.98% 18 0.22% 43 0.52% 625 7.50% 8,330 Taylor 1,430 40.27% 1,200 33.79% 910 25.63% 2 0.06% 9 0.25% 230 6.48% 3,551 Union 2,565 42.04% 2,224 36.45% 1,280 20.98% 7 0.11% 26 0.43% 341 5.59% 6,102 Van Buren 1,464 39.46% 1,418 38.22% 811 21.86% 6 0.16% 11 0.30% 46 1.24% 3,710 Wapello 8,670 53.91% 4,852 30.17% 2,513 15.63% 12 0.07% 36 0.22% 3,818 23.74% 16,083 Warren 8,612 44.95% 7,242 37.80% 3,217 16.79% 12 0.06% 74 0.39% 1,370 7.15% 19,157 Washington 3,384 37.52% 3,576 39.65% 1,994 22.11% 15 0.17% 49 0.54% -192 -2.13% 9,018 Wayne 1,632 45.54% 1,299 36.24% 642 17.91% 2 0.06% 9 0.25% 333 9.30% 3,584 Webster 8,562 45.25% 6,992 36.95% 3,272 17.29% 18 0.10% 77 0.41% 1,570 8.30% 18,921 Winnebago 2,322 38.20% 2,407 39.60% 1,329 21.87% 2 0.03% 18 0.30% -85 -1.40% 6,078 Winneshiek 3,791 39.39% 3,331 34.61% 2,416 25.10% 5 0.05% 81 0.84% 460 4.78% 9,624 Woodbury 17,398 40.59% 18,148 42.34% 7,182 16.76% 19 0.04% 117 0.27% -750 -1.75% 42,864 Worth 2,009 45.17% 1,382 31.07% 1,044 23.47% 3 0.07% 10 0.22% 627 14.10% 4,448 Wright 2,776 41.65% 2,708 40.63% 1,151 17.27% 6 0.09% 24 0.36% 68 1.02% 6,665Totals586,35343.29%504,89137.27%253,46818.71%3,0790.23%6,8160.50%81,4626.02%1,354,607 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Adair Buena Vista Calhoun Cherokee Delaware Franklin Hancock Humboldt Iowa Marion Sac Washington Woodbury Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Bremer Henry Jefferson Van Buren By congressional district Clinton won four of five congressional districts, including three that elected Republicans.February 2026 District Bush Clinton RepresentativeIowa 1 1st 34% 46%Jim LeachIowa 2 2nd 35% 44%Jim NussleIowa 3 3rd 36% 45%Jim Ross LightfootIowa 4 4th 39% 43%Neal SmithIowa 5 5th 42% 38%Fred Grandy See also United States presidential elections in Iowa Notes References 1992 Iowa 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