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1992 United States presidential election
1992 United States presidential election in Delaware Delaware presidential no 1988 United States presidential election in Delaware 1988 1996 United States presidential election in Delaware 1996 November 3, 1992 x160px Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Arkansas Al Gore 3 126,054 43.51% George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 0 102,313 35.31% RossPerotColor.jpg Ross Perot Independent (United States) Texas James Stockdale 0 59,213 20.44% 120px County results 120px State House district results
Clinton
#D3E7FF 30–40%
#B9D7FF 40–50%
#86B6F2 50–60%
#4389E3 60–70%
#0645B4 80–90%
Bush
#FFCCD0 30–40%
#F2B3BE 40–50%
#E27F90 50–60% President George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States)
The 1992 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Delaware was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 43.52%% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.33%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished third, with 20.45% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Clinton comfortably won Delaware by a margin of 8.19%. This was the last election in which Delaware was a swing state, with the margin within 3% of the national vote. In 1996, the state would shift to the left, becoming a Democratic stronghold.1992 Presidential General Election Results http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1992 U.S. Election Atlas 8 June 2012
Results
1992 United States presidential election in DelawareHarper Jr. Richard B. State of Delaware 1992 General Election Results https://elections.delaware.gov/elections/resultsarchive/elect92/pdfs/1992_General_Election.pdf Delaware Department of Elections 17 December 2025 1 PDF 1993Klein Patricia A. Federal Elections 92 https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections92.pdf Federal Election Commission 17 December 2025 Washington D.C. 16-17 PDF 1993Scammon Richard M. McGillivray Alice V. America Votes 20: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics 1993 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. 140-142 https://archive.org/details/americavoteshand0000rich_h4p1/page/140/mode/2up 17 December 2025
Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) 126,054 43.51%
George H. W. Bush (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 102,313 35.31%
Ross Perot Independent 59,213 20.44%
Lenora Fulani New Alliance Party 1,105 0.38%
Andre Marrou Libertarian Party (United States) 935 0.32%
Bo Gritz Write-in 9 0.00%
Lyndon LaRouche Write-in 9 0.00%
John Hagelin Write-in 6 0.00%
James Warren Write-in 3 0.00%
Howard Phillips Write-in 2 0.00%
All Others Write-in 86 0.00%
289,735 100.00%
By county
County Bill ClintonDemocratic George H. W. BushRepublican Ross PerotIndependent All OthersVarious Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Kent15,63438.17%15,56238.66%8,91622.15%4131.03%-198-0.49%40,255New Castle91,51646.48%66,31133.68%37,58119.09%1,4960.76%25,20512.80%196,904Sussex19,17436.47%20,44038.88%12,71624.19%2460.47%-1,266-2.41%52,576Totals126,05443.51%102,31335.31%59,21320.44%2,1550.74%23,7418.19%289,735
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
New Castle
See also
United States presidential elections in Delaware
References
Delaware
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