1992 United States presidential election in California

1992 United States presidential election in California

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Turnout75.32% (of registered voters) Increase 2.51 pp
54.52% (of eligible voters) Increase 1.01 pp[1]
 
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 54 0 0
Popular vote 5,121,325 3,630,574 2,296,006
Percentage 46.01% 32.61% 20.63%

County Results

President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush campaigning in California

The 1992 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 54 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

California voted for Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. His victory marked the first time California had voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 landslide, and only the second time since 1948. This would also be the first time since 1932 that a non-incumbent Democrat won California. Clinton's win in this state reflected the change in its status from a Republican-leaning swing state to a Democratic stronghold. California maintains the largest number of electoral votes in the Electoral College.

It was the first occasion that San Diego County had voted for a Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that any of the following counties were won by the Democratic nominee: Del Norte, Mariposa, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Tuolumne.[2] Ross Perot gained a plurality in Trinity County, the only time a non-major party candidate has carried any county in the state since Progressive Party candidate Robert La Follette Sr. in 1924. Perot also won the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, with 323 votes to George H.W. Bush's 315.[3]

  1. ^ "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Supplement to the Statement of Vote" (PDF). Elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov. 1992. Retrieved August 28, 2019.