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1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

← 1988 November 3, 1992 1996 ⊟
 
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 12 0 0
Popular vote 1,318,662 805,049 632,312
Percentage 47.54% 29.03% 22.80%


President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts was won by Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 47.54% of the popular vote over incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush of Texas with 29.03%. Independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas finished in third, with 22.80% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton thus defeated Bush in the state with a margin of 18.51%.[2]

Massachusetts weighed in as a solid 13% more Democratic than the national average in 1992.

Bush failed to carry a single county in the state, and his 29.03% of the vote was the smallest vote share a Republican presidential candidate had received in Massachusetts since 1964.

Clinton's decisive win in Massachusetts solidified the state's status in the modern era as a solid blue state. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960. In 1972, Massachusetts was the only state in the nation to vote for Democrat George McGovern over Republican Richard Nixon in his 49-state landslide. However the state had trended Republican in the 1980s, with Ronald Reagan narrowly winning the state and George H. W. Bush taking a solid 45% and winning 3 counties in 1988. In 1992, Clinton not only carried the state by a double-digit margin, leaving Bush with less than 30% of the vote, but Clinton also swept every county in the state, as secular liberal New England rejected an increasingly Southern and conservative Republican Party dominated by Evangelical Christians. Since then, every Democratic presidential candidate that followed has carried the state by double-digit margins and won all 14 counties in Massachusetts.

As of 2023, this is the last time that the town of Berlin voted Republican and the last time that the towns of Erving, Peru, and Savoy did not vote Democratic in a presidential election.

Results

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1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 1,318,662 47.54% 12
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 805,049 29.03% 0
Independent Ross Perot 632,312 22.80% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 7,458 0.27% 0
New Alliance Lenora Fulani 3,172 0.11% 0
Independent Voters (a) Howard Phillips 2,217 0.08% 0
Independent Others (Write-In) 1,870 0.07% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 1,812 0.07% 0
Democrats for
Economic Recovery
Lyndon LaRouche 1,007 0.04% 0
Socialist J. Quinn Brisben (Write-In) 13 <0.01% 0
Prohibition Earl Dodge (Write-In) 2 <0.01% 0
Totals 2,773,574 100.0% 12

(a) Howard Phillips was the candidate of the U.S. Taxpayers' Party nationally.

Results by Congressional district

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Clinton won all 11 Congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.

District[3] Bush Clinton Perot Representative
1st 27% 48% 25% John Olver
2nd 29% 46% 25% Richard Neal
3rd 31% 45% 23% Joseph D. Early
Peter I. Blute
4th 26% 51% 22% Barney Frank
5th 32% 42% 26% Chester G. Atkins
Marty Meehan
6th 31% 44% 25% Nicholas Mavroules
Peter G. Torkildsen
7th 29% 50% 21% Ed Markey
8th 19% 67% 13% Joseph P. Kennedy II
9th 31% 48% 21% Joe Moakley
10th 32% 42% 25% Gerry Studds

Results by county

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County[4][5] Bill Clinton
Democratic
George H.W. Bush
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Barnstable 46,641 42.79% 33,916 31.12% 28,440 26.09% 12,725 11.67% 108,997
Berkshire 36,857 54.40% 14,726 21.74% 16,163 23.86% 22,131 32.66% 67,746
Bristol 102,406 48.36% 52,370 24.73% 56,978 26.91% 50,036 23.63% 211,754
Dukes 4,292 54.41% 1,827 23.16% 1,769 22.43% 2,465 31.25% 7,888
Essex 140,593 43.62% 102,212 31.71% 79,523 24.67% 38,381 11.91% 322,328
Franklin 17,246 48.14% 8,691 24.26% 9,890 27.60% 8,555 23.88% 35,827
Hampden 86,026 45.69% 54,621 29.01% 47,618 25.30% 31,405 16.68% 188,265
Hampshire 37,879 54.06% 15,694 22.40% 16,498 23.54% 22,185 31.66% 70,071
Middlesex 343,994 49.89% 193,703 28.10% 151,756 22.01% 150,291 21.79% 689,453
Nantucket 2,037 48.32% 1,158 27.47% 1,021 24.21% 879 20.85% 4,216
Norfolk 150,488 46.41% 103,255 31.84% 70,521 21.75% 47,233 14.57% 324,264
Plymouth 79,160 38.11% 69,514 33.47% 59,036 28.42% 9,646 4.64% 207,710
Suffolk 132,921 60.62% 51,378 23.43% 34,974 15.95% 81,543 37.19% 219,273
Worcester 138,122 43.74% 101,984 32.30% 75,676 23.96% 36,138 11.44% 315,782
Totals 1,318,662 47.54% 805,049 29.03% 649,863 23.43% 513,613 18.51% 2,773,574

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  3. ^ Park-Egan, Kiernan. "1992 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District". U.S. Presidential Election Results by Congressional District, 1952 to 2020. Western Washington University. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "1992 President General Election". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Elections Division: Election Results Archive. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  5. ^ "MA US President Race - Nov 03, 1992". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 2, 2024.