The 1992 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the
1992 United States presidential election
The 1992 United States presidential election was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992. Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeated incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush, independent ...
. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president
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and
vice president
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.
Kansas
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was won by incumbent President
George H. W. Bush
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(
R-
Texas
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) with 38.88% of the popular vote over
Governor
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Bill Clinton
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(
D-
Arkansas
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) with 33.74%. Businessman
Ross Perot
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(
I-Texas) finished in third, with 26.99% of the popular vote. Kansas was surprisingly close, likely because
Ross Perot
Henry Ross Perot (; June 27, 1930 – July 9, 2019) was an American business magnate, billionaire, politician and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an inde ...
split the vote. Had Clinton won in Kansas, it would have been a major upset victory.
[ Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot.] , this is the last election in which Kansas was decided by single digits and the last time that Ellis County, Cherokee County Cherokee County is the name of eight counties in the United States:
* Cherokee County, Alabama
* Cherokee County, Georgia
* Cherokee County, Iowa
* Cherokee County, Kansas
* Cherokee County, North Carolina
* Cherokee County, Oklahoma
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, Leavenworth County
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, Labette County
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, and Miami County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate,[Sullivan, Robert David]
‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’
''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016 as well as the last election in which Wabaunsee County, Anderson County, Jefferson County, and Morris County (the four counties Perot either won or tied in) did not support the Republican candidate.
With 26.99% of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Perot's fifth-strongest state after Maine
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, Alaska
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, Utah
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and Idaho
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. Perot took third in the state overall but defeated Clinton or Bush for second place in 63 of Kansas’s 105 counties.
Results
Results by county
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
* Atchison Atchison may refer to:
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* Cherokee
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* Douglas
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* Labette
* Leavenworth
* Miami
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* Shawnee
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Independent
* Anderson
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* Jefferson Jefferson may refer to:
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* Morris
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(Tied)
* Wabaunsee
See also
* United States presidential elections in Kansas
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Kansas, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1861, Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is ...
* Presidency of Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following a decisive election victory over Re ...
References
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Kansas
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1992
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1992 Kansas elections