The 1992 United States presidential election in Alaska 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 three representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
Alaska was won by incumbent President
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
(
R-
Texas) with 39.4% of the popular vote over Governor
Bill Clinton (
D-
Arkansas) with 30.2%. Bush won Alaska by a margin of 9.2%. Businessman
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 ...
(
I-Texas) finished in third, with 28.4% of the popular vote.
[ Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Alaska has only voted Democratic once, and that was in ]1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
for Lyndon B. Johnson. As of 2020, this is the only time the Republican margin of victory in Alaska has been in single digits since 1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
, and the most recent time that the state was won with a plurality.
With 28.43% of the popular vote, Alaska would prove to be Perot's second strongest state after Maine. Alaska was also one of seven states to give a county to Perot, the others being California, Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Nevada and Texas. Alaska awarded Perot Denali Borough
The Denali Borough is a borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census the population of the borough was 1,619, down from 1,826 in 2010.
The borough seat and most populated community is Healy, and its only incorporated p ...
, making it the last time it did not vote for the Republican candidate.
Results
See also
*United States presidential elections in Alaska
Since Alaska's admission to the Union in January 1959, it has participated in 16 United States presidential elections, always having 3 electoral votes. In the 1960 presidential election, Alaska was narrowly won by the Republican Party's candi ...
References
1992 Alaska elections
Alaska
1992
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