1992 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1992 United States presidential election 1992 United States presidential election in New York New York 1901 presidential no 1988 United States presidential election in New York 1988 1996 United States presidential election in New York 1996 November 3, 1992 x160px Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Liberal Arkansas Al Gore 33 3,444,450 49.73% George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) font-weight:normal;text-align:left; Parties Conservative Right to Life Texas Dan Quayle 0 2,346,649 33.88% File:RossPerotColor.jpg Ross Perot Independent Texas James Stockdale 0 1,090,721 15.75% 400px County results 400px Municipality results Clinton #D3E7FF 30–40% #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% Bush #FFCCD0 30–40% #F2B3BE 40–50% #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% Perot #C5FFC5 30–40% #A1FFA1 40–50% Tie #D4C4DC President George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) The 1992 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New York was won by the Democratic candidate, Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas who received 49.73% of the vote over incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who received 33.88%. Independent candidate Ross Perot, a billionaire Texas businessman, finished in third, with 15.75% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national election, defeating incumbent President Bush.1992 Presidential General Election Results http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1992 U.S. Election Atlas 9 June 2012 Clinton's double-digit 15.85% margin of victory would mark the beginning of a dramatic shift toward the Democratic Party in New York, from a Democratic leaning swing state to a solidly blue state that Democrats would carry by landslide margins in every subsequent election (with the exception of Kamala Harris' lukewarm 12.4% victory in 2024). In the preceding six elections, the state had gone Republican three times and Democratic three times, all but once decided by a single-digit margin. In the 7 elections that have followed 1992 until 2024, Democratic presidential candidates have received between 58% and 64% of the vote, making it one of the most overwhelmingly Democratic states in the nation, largely as a result of trends that began in 1992. Despite Ross Perot's strong showing as a third-party candidate, taking votes away from the major party nominees statewide and nationally, Clinton increased the total Democratic vote share in the five heavily populated boroughs of New York City to 69% in 1992, compared to the 66% received by Democrat Michael Dukakis in the 1988 election, while Bush fell from 33% in 1988 to only 24% in his re-election bid. This was the last presidential election until 2020 in which the Bronx was not the most Democratic county in New York. In addition, Clinton also picked up wins in heavily populated suburban counties around New York City that had long been reliably Republican, namely Westchester County just north of the city, and Nassau County on Long Island, which have remained loyally Democratic in every election that has followed until Nassau County voted for Trump in 2024, as well as Rockland County. Bush only carried Suffolk County by 1.5%, down from a landslide 21.8% victory margin in that county in 1988. Republican dominance of the populous suburbs had been crucial to previous Republican victories in the state in order to overcome the massive Democratic advantage in New York City. As the city became even more Democratic while downstate suburban voters defected from the GOP to the Democrats, Republican hopes of competing in New York State would vanish following this election. Bush performed more strongly in traditionally Republican upstate New York, where he won most rural counties, although he lost a number of counties that he had won in 1988 against Dukakis. Clinton won a handful of rural upstate counties, and more significantly scored strong wins in counties home to the cities of Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and the college town of Ithaca, all of which have become reliable Democratic bastions in upstate New York. Clinton thus became the first Democrat since 1964 (and only the third since 1852) to win the state outside the five boroughs of New York City, which has been replicated by every Democratic presidential candidate until 2024. Primaries Democratic primary During the 1992 primaries in New York and Wisconsin, Jerry Brown who had taken the lead in polls in both states, made a gaffe: when he announced to an audience of various leaders of New York City's Jewish community that, if nominated, he would consider Jesse Jackson as his running mate.Dowd Maureen https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10614F839540C708CDDAD0894DA494D81 THE 1992 CAMPAIGN – Brown – Candidate Is Tripped Up Over Alliance With Jackson New York State The New York Times April 3, 1992 October 13, 2010 Jackson had previously been widely accused of antisemitism for comments that he had made.Faw Bob Skelton Nancy 1986-10-19 The 'Hymie' Incident : Jesse Jackson Claimed His Comments Were Harmless. But With a Few Phrases, He Tore at the Fragile Bonds Between Blacks and Jews. An Excerpt From a New Book Chronicling the Jackson Campaign. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-19-tm-5850-story.html 2024-09-16 Los Angeles Times en-US2015-03-20 Jackson Admits Making Ethnic Slur https://www.jta.org/archive/jackson-admits-making-ethnic-slur 2024-09-16 Jewish Telegraphic Agency en-USGoldman Ari L. June 1, 1984 HEAD OF JEWISH GROUP SAYS JACKSON IS AN ANTI-SEMITE https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/01/us/head-of-jewish-group-says-jackson-is-an-anti-semite.html September 16, 2024 The New York Times Brown's polling numbers suffered. On April 7, he lost narrowly to Bill Clinton in Wisconsin (37%–34%), and dramatically in New York (41%–26%). Results 1992 United States presidential election in New York1992 Presidential General Election Results - New York http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1992&fips=36&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 9 June 2012PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Bill Clinton 3,346,894 48.32% Liberal Bill Clinton 97,556 1.41% Total Bill Clinton 3,444,450 49.73% 33 Republican George H. W. Bush 2,041,690 29.47% Conservative George H. W. Bush 177,000 2.56% Right to Life George H. W. Bush 127,959 1.85% Total George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 2,346,649 33.88% 0 Independent Ross Perot 1,090,721 15.75% 0 Socialist Workers James Warren 15,924 0.23% 0 Libertarian Andre Marrou 13,451 0.19% 0 New Alliance Lenora Fulani 11,269 0.16% 0 Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 4,017 0.06% 0 Peace and Freedom Ron Daniels (write-in) 385 0.01% 0 America First James "Bo" Gritz (write-in) 25 0.00% 0 Democrats forEconomic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche (write-in) 18 0.00% 0 Independent J. Quinn Brisben (write-in) 16 0.00% 0 Totals 6,926,925 100.0% 33 New York City results 1992 Presidential Election in New York CityManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal Democratic-LiberalBill Clinton416,142225,038411,183349,52056,9011,458,78468.73%78.27%73.67%70.70%62.87%38.51% Republican-Conservative-Right to LifeGeorge H. W. Bush84,50163,310133,344157,56170,707509,42324.00%15.89%20.73%22.93%28.34%47.85% IndependentRoss Perot27,68915,11533,01446,01419,678141,5106.67%5.21%4.95%5.68%8.28%13.32% New AllianceLenora Fulani1,3801,2982,4611,4661436,7480.32%0.26%0.42%0.42%0.26%0.10% LibertarianAndre Marrou1,3583499678982453,8170.18%0.26%0.11%0.17%0.16%0.17% Socialist WorkersJames Warren466206408273431,3960.07%0.09%0.07%0.07%0.05%0.03% Natural LawJohn Hagelin217206217224439070.04%0.04%0.07%0.04%0.04%0.03%TOTAL531,673305,460581,594555,956147,7602,122,443100.00% Results by county County Bill ClintonDemocratic George H. W. BushRepublican Ross PerotIndependent Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % Albany 80,641 51.90% 49,452 31.83% 24,064 15.49% 1,206 0.78% 31,189 20.07% 155,363 Allegany 4,848 25.90% 8,976 47.95% 4,703 25.12% 192 1.03% -4,128 -22.05% 18,719 Bronx 225,038 73.67% 63,310 20.73% 15,115 4.95% 1,997 0.65% 161,728 52.94% 305,460 Broome 43,444 43.51% 34,653 34.71% 21,280 21.31% 469 0.47% 8,791 8.80% 99,846 Cattaraugus 10,150 28.92% 13,944 39.74% 10,662 30.38% 336 0.96% 3,282"PerotdClinton" In this county where Perot ran second ahead of Clinton, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote. 9.36% 35,092 Cayuga 13,088 36.69% 12,065 33.82% 10,279 28.82% 239 0.67% 1,023 2.87% 35,671 Chautauqua 22,645 36.07% 21,222 33.80% 18,455 29.39% 467 0.74% 1,423 2.27% 62,789 Chemung 15,099 38.58% 16,088 41.11% 7,493 19.15% 455 1.16% -989 -2.53% 39,135 Chenango 8,017 36.80% 8,114 37.24% 5,356 24.58% 300 1.38% -97 -0.44% 21,787 Clinton 12,881 40.27% 13,455 42.06% 5,389 16.85% 263 0.82% -574 -1.79% 31,988 Columbia 11,368 39.12% 11,568 39.81% 5,829 20.06% 291 1.00% -200 -0.69% 29,056 Cortland 7,815 37.48% 7,782 37.32% 5,098 24.45% 156 0.75% 33 0.16% 20,851 Delaware 7,152 34.84% 8,829 43.01% 4,404 21.45% 145 0.71% -1,677 -8.17% 20,530 Dutchess 41,655 36.12% 46,709 40.50% 26,320 22.82% 644 0.56% -5,054 -4.38% 115,328 Erie 196,233 43.46% 129,444 28.67% 123,358 27.32% 2,461 0.55% 66,789 14.79% 451,496 Essex 6,717 35.40% 8,278 43.63% 3,784 19.94% 194 1.02% -1,561 -8.23% 18,973 Franklin 7,654 41.68% 6,635 36.13% 3,857 21.00% 219 1.19% 1,019 5.55% 18,365 Fulton 8,400 36.77% 9,137 40.00% 5,120 22.41% 188 0.82% -737 -3.23% 22,845 Genesee 8,071 30.78% 11,663 44.47% 6,192 23.61% 299 1.14% -3,592 -13.69% 26,225 Greene 6,924 32.67% 9,390 44.31% 4,689 22.13% 188 0.89% -2,466 -11.64% 21,191 Hamilton 963 25.23% 2,038 53.39% 793 20.78% 23 0.60% -1,075 -28.16% 3,817 Herkimer 10,880 36.34% 12,052 40.26% 6,866 22.93% 141 0.47% -1,172 -3.92% 29,939 Jefferson 13,380 35.75% 14,227 38.01% 9,461 25.28% 358 0.96% -847 -2.26% 37,426 Kings 411,183 70.70% 133,344 22.93% 33,014 5.68% 4,053 0.70% 277,839 47.77% 581,594 Lewis 3,676 33.32% 4,101 37.17% 3,164 28.68% 91 0.82% -425 -3.85% 11,032 Livingston 8,648 32.25% 12,122 45.21% 5,775 21.54% 269 1.00% -3,474 -12.96% 26,814 Madison 10,099 34.78% 11,293 38.90% 7,391 25.46% 251 0.86% -1,194 -4.12% 29,034 Monroe 141,502 41.57% 134,021 39.38% 63,229 18.58% 1,617 0.48% 7,481 2.19% 340,369 Montgomery 9,509 40.56% 8,802 37.55% 5,020 21.41% 112 0.48% 707 3.01% 23,443 Nassau 282,593 46.38% 246,881 40.52% 77,097 12.65% 2,755 0.45% 35,712 5.86% 609,326 New York 416,142 78.27% 84,501 15.89% 27,689 5.21% 3,441 0.65% 331,641 62.38% 531,673 Niagara 35,649 36.91% 30,401 31.48% 30,126 31.19% 408 0.42% 5,248 5.43% 96,584 Oneida 40,966 37.81% 43,806 40.43% 22,717 20.97% 853 0.79% -2,840 -2.62% 108,342 Onondaga 90,645 42.18% 77,642 36.13% 45,175 21.02% 1,445 0.67% 13,003 6.05% 214,907 Ontario 16,064 35.79% 18,995 42.32% 9,571 21.32% 259 0.58% -2,931 -6.53% 44,889 Orange 45,946 37.50% 53,493 43.66% 22,499 18.36% 582 0.48% -7,547 -6.16% 122,520 Orleans 4,927 29.41% 7,468 44.57% 4,275 25.52% 84 0.50% -2,541 -15.16% 16,754 Oswego 16,990 33.36% 18,530 36.38% 14,853 29.16% 558 1.10% -1,540 -3.02% 50,931 Otsego 10,471 39.36% 10,141 38.12% 5,841 21.95% 153 0.58% 330 1.24% 26,606 Putnam 14,048 34.05% 18,934 45.89% 8,011 19.41% 270 0.65% -4,886 -11.84% 41,263 Queens 349,520 62.87% 157,561 28.34% 46,014 8.28% 2,861 0.51% 191,959 34.53% 555,956 Rensselaer 29,793 39.95% 28,937 38.80% 15,198 20.38% 652 0.87% 856 1.15% 74,580 Richmond 56,901 38.51% 70,707 47.85% 19,678 13.32% 474 0.32% -13,806 -9.34% 147,760 Rockland 56,759 46.59% 49,608 40.72% 15,026 12.33% 438 0.36% 7,151 5.87% 121,831 St. Lawrence 18,197 43.00% 13,901 32.85% 9,758 23.06% 461 1.09% 4,296 10.15% 42,317 Saratoga 33,011 36.76% 36,917 41.10% 19,091 21.26% 793 0.88% -3,906 -4.34% 89,812 Schenectady 32,335 43.77% 26,258 35.55% 14,838 20.09% 439 0.59% 6,077 8.22% 73,870 Schoharie 4,997 35.32% 5,678 40.14% 3,327 23.52% 145 1.02% -681 -4.82% 14,147 Schuyler 2,859 34.87% 3,226 39.35% 2,051 25.02% 63 0.77% -367 -4.48% 8,199 Seneca 5,810 38.80% 5,432 36.28% 3,660 24.44% 72 0.48% 378 2.52% 14,974 Steuben 12,043 29.08% 19,761 47.72% 9,378 22.65% 228 0.55% -7,718 -18.64% 41,410 Suffolk 220,811 38.88% 229,467 40.40% 112,973 19.89% 4,704 0.83% -8,656 -1.52% 567,955 Sullivan 13,717 43.36% 11,396 36.02% 6,336 20.03% 186 0.59% 2,321 7.34% 31,635 Tioga 7,791 33.78% 9,287 40.26% 5,867 25.44% 120 0.52% -1,496 -6.48% 23,065 Tompkins 23,197 55.68% 11,520 27.65% 6,704 16.09% 239 0.57% 11,677 28.03% 41,660 Ulster 32,886 40.69% 29,223 36.16% 17,952 22.21% 760 0.94% 3,663 4.53% 80,821 Warren 9,820 34.14% 12,260 42.62% 6,401 22.25% 286 0.99% -2,440 -8.48% 28,767 Washington 8,429 33.53% 10,305 41.00% 6,143 24.44% 258 1.03% -1,876 -7.47% 25,135 Wayne 11,866 30.19% 18,019 45.84% 9,188 23.38% 233 0.59% -6,153 -15.65% 39,306 Westchester 184,300 48.65% 151,990 40.12% 39,933 10.54% 2,617 0.69% 32,310 8.53% 378,840 Wyoming 4,045 24.70% 7,324 44.73% 4,837 29.54% 169 1.03% 2,487"PerotdClinton" 15.19% 16,375 Yates 3,242 32.12% 4,366 43.26% 2,354 23.33% 130 1.29% -1,124 -11.14% 10,092Totals3,444,45049.73%2,346,64933.88%1,090,72115.75%45,1050.65%1,097,80115.85%6,926,925 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Cayuga Chautauqua Cortland Franklin Monroe Nassau Onondaga Otsego Rensselaer Rockland Seneca St. Lawrence Sullivan Ulster Westchester Analysis New York would be one of only three states, along with Washington, D.C., where if Bush's and Perot's vote had been combined, Clinton would still come out on top. The other two states are Arkansas and Maryland. Clinton's victory margin would make New York State about 10% more Democratic than the nation as a whole in the 1992 election.April 2025 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Columbia County voted for a Republican 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 Suffolk County would not vote Republican again until 2016.[https://tbrnewsmedia.com/one-on-one-with-the-man-who-helped-donald-trump-win-suffolk-county/ One on one with the man who helped Donald Trump win Suffolk County], TBR News Media, April 27, 2017 Clinton County would not vote Republican again until 2024.April 2025 See also United States presidential elections in New York Presidency of Bill Clinton Notes References expanded New York 1992 Category:1992 New York (state) elections