The 1992 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for

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Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...

was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush ( R-

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) with 38.88% of the popular vote over

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( D-

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) with 33.74%. Businessman Ross Perot ( I-Texas) finished in third, with 26.99% of the popular vote. Kansas was surprisingly close, likely because Ross Perot 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,

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Leavenworth County Leavenworth County (county code LV) is located in the U.S. state of Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 81,881. Its county seat and most populous city is Leavenworth. Histo ...

Labette County Labette County (county code LB) is a county located in Southeast Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 20,184. Its county seat is Oswego, and its most populous city is Parsons. The county was named after LaBette creek, the ...

, and Miami County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate,Sullivan, Robert David
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''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

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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

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* Labette * Leavenworth *

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Shawnee The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky a ...

Counties that flipped from Republican to Independent

Anderson Anderson or Andersson may refer to: Companies * Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910 * Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car * Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer * Anderson ...

* Jefferson *

Morris Morris may refer to: Places Australia *St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manitob ...

(Tied) * Wabaunsee

References

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1992 1992 Kansas elections

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Republican to Independent

See also

References