United States presidential election in Hawaii, 1992

United States presidential election in Hawaii, 1992

November 3, 1992

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 4 0 0 Popular vote 179,310 136,822 53,003 Percentage 48.1% 36.7% 14.2%

County Results   Clinton—>70%   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Bush—40-50%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—60-70%   Bush—>70%   Perot—40-50%

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

The 1992 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Hawaii was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 48.09% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 36.70%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 14.22% of the popular vote.^[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Clinton comfortably won Hawaii by a margin of 11.39%. It has only voted Republican twice since its statehood (1972 for Richard Nixon, and 1984 for Ronald Reagan). These Republican wins were landslides for Presidents Nixon and Reagan who both carried 49 out of 50 states. Hawaii has remained reliably Democratic since.^[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Hawaii, 1992[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	179,310	48.09%	4
	Republican	George H.W. Bush (incumbent)	136,822	36.70%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	53,003	14.22%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz	1,452	0.39%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	1,119	0.30%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani	720	0.19%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	416	0.11%	0
Totals			372,842	100.0%	4

References

1. "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Hawaii". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
2. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.