The 1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the
1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president
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and
vice president
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.
Wisconsin
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was won by
Governor
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Bill Clinton
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(
D-
Arkansas
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) with 41.13 percent of the popular vote over incumbent President
George H. W. Bush (
R-
Texas
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) with 36.78 percent. Businessman
Ross Perot (
I-Texas) finished in third, with 21.51 percent of the popular vote.
[ Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.]
, this is the last election in which Florence County Florence County is the name of two counties in the United States:
*Florence County, South Carolina
*Florence County, Wisconsin
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voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the last time that Door County backed a losing 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 Despite Clinton's decently solid victory in Wisconsin, it marks his narrowest one in a state that Michael Dukakis
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won in 1988
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. This marks the first time the state voted Democratic in consecutive elections since 1940.
Results
Results by county
See also
* United States presidential elections in Wisconsin
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Wisconsin, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1848, Wisconsin has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
Winners of the state are in bold. The shading r ...
Notes
References
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
1992
1992 Wisconsin elections