1992 United States presidential election in Arizona

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1992 United States presidential election in Arizona

November 3, 1992

Nominee George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot Party Republican Democratic Independent Home state Texas Arkansas Texas Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore James Stockdale Electoral vote 8 0 0 Popular vote 572,086 543,050 353,741 Percentage 38.47% 36.52% 23.79%

County Results Bush   30–40%   40–50% Clinton   30–40%   40–50%   60–70%

President before election George H. W. Bush Republican Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

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

Arizona was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 38.5% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 36.5%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.8% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Bush very narrowly won in Arizona by a margin of 2.0%, and Clinton went on to win the state four years later narrowly over Bob Dole.

In achieving the best performance by a Democrat in Arizona since Lyndon Johnson's landslide in 1964 – when Barry Goldwater held the state by five thousand votes due to a "favorite son" vote in the Phoenix metropolitan area – Clinton broke some notable county droughts. He placed Cochise County in the Democratic camp for the first time since 1964 and last to date, Pima County and Santa Cruz County also voted Democratic for the first time since 1964, whilst Flagstaff's Coconino County voted Democratic for the first time since Harry S. Truman carried it in 1948. These three counties have since stayed reliably Democratic in presidential elections.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Arizona
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	572,086	38.47%	8
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	543,050	36.52%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	353,741	23.79%	0
	Independent	James "Bo" Gritz	8,141	0.55%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	6,759	0.45%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	2,267	0.15%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani	923	0.06%	0
	Independent	Lyndon LaRouche (write-in)	8	0.00%	0
Totals			1,486,975	100.00%	8

Results by county

County	George H.W. Bush Republican		Bill Clinton Democratic		Ross Perot Independent		Andre Marrou Libertarian		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Apache	4,588	25.13%	11,218	61.44%	1,979	10.84%	94	0.51%	379	2.08%	-6,630	-36.31%	18,258
Cochise	12,202	36.81%	12,701	38.31%	7,857	23.70%	149	0.45%	241	0.73%	-499	-1.50%	33,150
Coconino	13,769	32.31%	18,888	44.32%	9,363	21.97%	273	0.64%	325	0.77%	-5,119	-12.01%	42,618
Gila	5,781	31.29%	7,571	40.97%	4,694	25.40%	98	0.53%	334	1.81%	-1,790	-9.68%	18,478
Graham	4,169	42.98%	3,391	34.96%	1,860	19.18%	29	0.30%	250	2.58%	778	8.02%	9,699
Greenlee	1,451	36.34%	1,695	42.45%	794	19.88%	4	0.10%	49	1.23%	-244	-6.11%	3,993
La Paz	1,599	32.23%	1,808	36.44%	1,488	29.99%	31	0.62%	35	0.70%	-209	-4.21%	4,961
Maricopa	360,049	41.06%	285,457	32.56%	221,475	25.26%	3,742	0.43%	6,109	0.70%	74,592	8.50%	876,832
Mohave	13,684	33.69%	13,255	32.63%	12,706	31.28%	280	0.69%	691	1.70%	429	1.06%	40,616
Navajo	7,994	32.45%	10,882	44.17%	4,787	19.43%	139	0.56%	836	3.39%	-2,888	-11.72%	24,638
Pima	97,036	34.47%	128,569	45.68%	53,925	19.16%	1,268	0.45%	686	0.24%	-31,533	-11.21%	281,484
Pinal	11,669	31.76%	15,468	42.10%	9,231	25.13%	136	0.37%	235	0.63%	-3,799	-10.34%	36,739
Santa Cruz	3,024	37.43%	3,512	43.47%	1,447	17.91%	46	0.57%	51	0.63%	-488	-6.04%	8,080
Yavapai	23,419	39.42%	18,268	30.75%	16,409	27.62%	322	0.54%	997	1.67%	5,151	8.67%	59,415
Yuma	11,652	41.55%	10,367	36.97%	5,726	20.42%	148	0.53%	152	0.55%	1,285	4.58%	28,045
Totals	572,086	38.47%	543,050	36.52%	353,741	23.79%	6,759	0.55%	11,370	0.67%	29,036	1.95%	1,487,006

County flips from 1988:

Democratic

  Hold

  Gain from Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Cochise
• Coconino
• Gila
• La Paz
• Navajo
• Pima
• Pinal
• Santa Cruz

Electors

Bill Clinton & Al Gore Democratic Party	George H. W. Bush & Dan Quayle Republican Party	Ross Perot & James Stockdale Independent
Heather L. LaMear Daniel R. Ortega Jr. Steve Owens Lois E. Pfau Christine Rhodes Robert A. Strauss Cyvia J. Wohlman Peterson Zah	Doris H. Berry Roger M. Esplin Bettye Henze Michael E. Morales Frances Rigo Patricia A. Roberson Vernon L. Springer III Judy Summers	Eleanor Hanes Steven C. Johnson Edward John Kimmerie Franklin F. Mackenzie John Robert Miller Walter C. Peters Jr. Richard E. Rose Mary Louise Stanley

James "Bo" Gritz & Cyril Minett Independent	Andre Marrou & Nancy Lord Libertarian Party	John Hagelin & Mike Tompkins Natural Law Party	Lenora Fulani & Maria Elizabeth Muñoz New Alliance Party	Lyndon LaRouche & James L. Bevel Independent
Maria-Cristina Chadwick Douglas G. Dever Michael A. Duane Mary G. Gillespie Clare L. Reading James L. Reading Richard Hank Rogers Yvonne A. Turley	June Pearce Boudette Robert R. Bulechek Lloyd Lawson Clucas Eric J. Ewing Gay Lynn Goetzke Kathy L. Harrer Lawrence W. Jerome Don Markowski	Janet F. Cohn William C. Fisher II Deborah J. Goldstein Ted J. Goldstein Thomas J. Growney Darleen M. Kasian Evelyn Romaine Karen Shapiro	C. Joseph Betancourt Thomas Elliott Charlene Elizabeth Johnson Carolyn T. Lowery Marie Mogen Gene Pahnke Thomasita E. Taylor Fonz West	Duane A. Brasch John W. Cartwright William R. DesAutel Francis E. Foster L. Ardis Hamer John B. Kunkel Marian Kriebel Mercado L. Earline Weddle