1992 United States presidential election in California

Main article: 1992 United States presidential election
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
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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]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in California[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic William Jefferson Clinton 5,121,325 46.01% 54
Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (Incumbent) 3,630,574 32.61% 0
Independent Henry Ross Perot 2,296,006 20.63% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 48,139 0.43% 0
Peace and Freedom Ron Daniels 18,597 0.17% 0
Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 12,711 0.11% 0
America First James "Bo" Gritz (write-in) 3,077 0.03% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin (write-in) 836 0.01% 0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche (write-in) 180 >0.01% 0
Other write-ins 149 >0.01% 0
Independent Willie Carter (write-in) 131 >0.01% 0
Socialist Workers Party James Warren (write-in) 115 >0.01% 0
Independent Gene Smith (write-in) 18 >0.01% 0
Independent Isabell Masters (write-in) 12 >0.01% 0
Invalid or blank votes 242,844 2.13% —
Totals 11,374,565 100.0% 54
Voter turnout 54.52% —

By county

County[5] Bill Clinton
Democratic 		George H.W. Bush
Republican 		Ross Perot
Independent 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Alameda 334,224 63.04% 109,292 20.62% 81,643 15.40% 4,986 0.94% 224,932 42.42% 530,145
Alpine 215 34.07% 222 35.18% 186 29.48% 8 1.27% -7 -1.11% 631
Amador 5,286 34.25% 5,477 35.49% 4,553 29.50% 118 0.76% -191 -1.24% 15,434
Butte 32,489 38.22% 31,608 37.18% 20,231 23.80% 686 0.81% 881 1.04% 85,014
Calaveras 5,989 35.25% 6,006 35.35% 4,848 28.53% 148 0.87% -17 -0.10% 16,991
Colusa 1,798 31.91% 2,589 45.94% 1,206 21.40% 42 0.75% -791 -14.03% 5,635
Contra Costa 194,960 50.93% 112,965 29.51% 72,518 18.94% 2,380 0.62% 81,995 21.42% 382,823
Del Norte 3,639 38.91% 3,083 32.96% 2,575 27.53% 56 0.60% 556 5.95% 9,353
El Dorado 21,012 32.38% 25,906 39.92% 17,503 26.97% 466 0.72% -4,894 -7.54% 64,887
Fresno 92,418 42.17% 89,137 40.67% 36,299 16.56% 1,307 0.60% 3,281 1.50% 219,161
Glenn 2,666 30.24% 3,812 43.24% 2,278 25.84% 60 0.68% -1,146 -13.00% 8,816
Humboldt 28,854 48.07% 18,299 30.49% 12,340 20.56% 528 0.88% 10,555 17.58% 60,021
Imperial 11,109 43.88% 9,759 38.55% 4,247 16.77% 203 0.80% 1,350 5.33% 25,318
Inyo 2,695 31.84% 3,689 43.58% 1,999 23.62% 81 0.96% -994 -11.74% 8,464
Kern 60,510 33.75% 80,762 45.05% 36,891 20.58% 1,100 0.61% -20,252 -11.30% 179,263
Kings 9,982 38.91% 10,673 41.61% 4,899 19.10% 97 0.38% -691 -2.70% 25,651
Lake 10,548 45.44% 6,678 28.77% 5,797 24.97% 190 0.82% 3,870 16.67% 23,213
Lassen 3,388 32.70% 3,836 37.02% 3,004 28.99% 134 1.29% -448 -4.32% 10,362
Los Angeles 1,446,529 52.54% 799,607 29.04% 488,624 17.75% 18,643 0.68% 646,922 23.50% 2,753,403
Madera 10,863 35.92% 13,066 43.20% 6,156 20.35% 160 0.53% -2,203 -7.28% 30,245
Marin 76,158 58.27% 30,479 23.32% 22,986 17.59% 1,084 0.83% 45,679 34.95% 130,707
Mariposa 3,023 36.48% 2,982 35.98% 2,211 26.68% 71 0.86% 41 0.50% 8,287
Mendocino 18,344 50.21% 7,958 21.78% 9,753 26.69% 483 1.32% 8,591 23.52% 36,538
Merced 20,133 40.85% 17,981 36.48% 10,914 22.15% 256 0.52% 2,152 4.37% 49,284
Modoc 1,489 32.19% 1,803 38.98% 1,269 27.44% 64 1.38% -314 -6.79% 4,625
Mono 1,489 34.19% 1,570 36.05% 1,248 28.66% 48 1.10% -81 -1.86% 4,355
Monterey 54,861 47.01% 36,461 31.25% 24,472 20.97% 895 0.77% 18,400 15.76% 116,689
Napa 24,215 45.30% 15,662 29.30% 13,150 24.60% 428 0.80% 8,553 16.00% 53,455
Nevada 15,433 34.92% 17,343 39.24% 11,072 25.05% 353 0.80% -1,910 -4.32% 44,201
Orange 306,930 31.56% 426,613 43.87% 232,394 23.90% 6,612 0.68% -119,683 -12.31% 972,549
Placer 30,783 33.69% 38,298 41.92% 21,741 23.80% 544 0.60% -7,515 -8.23% 91,366
Plumas 3,742 37.61% 3,599 36.17% 2,551 25.64% 57 0.57% 143 1.44% 9,949
Riverside 166,241 38.64% 159,457 37.06% 102,233 23.76% 2,344 0.54% 6,784 1.58% 430,275
Sacramento 197,540 43.56% 160,366 35.36% 91,412 20.16% 4,194 0.92% 37,174 8.20% 453,512
San Benito 5,354 42.03% 4,112 32.28% 3,182 24.98% 91 0.71% 1,242 9.75% 12,739
San Bernardino 183,634 38.74% 176,563 37.24% 109,183 23.03% 4,690 0.99% 7,071 1.50% 474,070
San Diego 367,397 37.24% 352,125 35.69% 259,249 26.28% 7,875 0.80% 15,272 1.55% 986,646
San Francisco 233,263 72.40% 57,352 17.80% 29,018 9.01% 2,574 0.80% 175,911 54.60% 322,207
San Joaquin 63,655 41.28% 58,355 37.84% 31,205 20.24% 995 0.65% 5,300 3.44% 154,210
San Luis Obispo 40,136 38.36% 36,384 34.78% 27,314 26.11% 785 0.75% 3,752 3.58% 104,619
San Mateo 149,232 53.97% 75,080 27.15% 50,465 18.25% 1,731 0.63% 74,152 26.82% 276,508
Santa Barbara 69,215 42.53% 57,375 35.25% 35,105 21.57% 1,061 0.65% 11,840 7.28% 162,756
Santa Clara 296,265 49.21% 170,870 28.38% 128,895 21.41% 6,025 1.00% 125,395 20.83% 602,055
Santa Cruz 66,183 58.06% 24,916 21.86% 21,615 18.96% 1,278 1.12% 41,267 36.20% 113,992
Shasta 21,605 31.61% 28,190 41.24% 17,990 26.32% 574 0.84% -6,585 -9.63% 68,359
Sierra 653 34.83% 691 36.85% 519 27.68% 12 0.64% -38 -2.02% 1,875
Siskiyou 8,254 39.91% 6,660 32.21% 5,567 26.92% 198 0.96% 1,594 7.70% 20,679
Solano 64,320 48.69% 38,883 29.43% 27,851 21.08% 1,057 0.80% 25,437 19.26% 132,111
Sonoma 104,334 52.78% 47,619 24.09% 43,859 22.19% 1,879 0.95% 56,715 28.69% 197,691
Stanislaus 52,415 40.95% 47,275 36.93% 27,651 21.60% 664 0.52% 5,140 4.02% 128,005
Sutter 7,883 30.48% 12,956 50.10% 4,881 18.87% 140 0.54% -5,073 -19.62% 25,860
Tehama 7,508 35.79% 7,419 35.36% 5,884 28.05% 168 0.80% 89 0.43% 20,979
Trinity 1,967 32.63% 1,886 31.28% 2,092 34.70% 84 1.39% -125 -2.07% 6,029
Tulare 31,188 35.22% 40,482 45.71% 16,430 18.55% 453 0.51% -9,294 -10.49% 88,553
Tuolumne 9,216 38.12% 8,525 35.26% 6,294 26.03% 143 0.59% 691 2.86% 24,178
Ventura 99,011 36.99% 94,911 35.46% 71,844 26.84% 1,881 0.70% 4,100 1.53% 267,647
Yolo 33,297 53.33% 17,574 28.15% 11,073 17.73% 492 0.79% 15,723 25.18% 62,436
Yuba 5,785 34.24% 7,333 43.40% 3,637 21.53% 140 0.83% -1,548 -9.16% 16,895
Total 5,121,325 46.01% 3,630,574 32.61% 2,296,006 20.63% 83,816 0.75% 1,490,751 13.40% 11,131,721

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Republican to Independent

References

  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.
  4. ^ "President" (PDF). California Secretary of State. December 12, 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
  5. ^ "Supplement to the Statement of Vote" (PDF). Elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov. 1992. Retrieved July 24, 2024.