The 1992 United States presidential election in Ohio 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 21 representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
Ohio was won by
Governor Bill Clinton (
D-
Arkansas) with 40.18% of the popular vote over incumbent President
George H. W. Bush
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(
R-
Texas) with 38.35%. 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 20.98% of the popular vote.
[ Governor Clinton thus defeated President Bush for Ohio’s 21 Electoral Votes, by a statewide vote margin of 1.83%]Coshocton County
Coshocton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,612. Its county seat is Coshocton. The county lies within the Appalachian region of the state. The county was formed on January 31, 18 ...
voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, the last in which Franklin County voted for a Republican presidential candidate and the last until 2020 in which Sandusky County voted for a losing candidate.[Sullivan, Robert David]
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States just as close as Ohio that were called for Clinton as soon as their polls closed, such as Georgia, New Jersey, and Colorado, was why Ohio was the state that put Clinton over the top according to news networks, albeit Tennessee was the tipping point state. This was also the only time since 1944
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that Ohio did not vote the same way as Florida, a bellwether state just like Ohio.
Clinton's strongest performance was in the southeast of the state near the border with West Virginia. He also gained solid majorities in the industrial regions focused on Youngstown
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the largest city and county seat of Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, Youngstown had a city population of 60,068. It is a principal city of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area, which ...
, Akron, and Cleveland. Bush performed best in the rural western agricultural counties as did Perot. Perot received the second-highest share of the vote in three of these counties (Mercer
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, Shelby, and Williams) and he beat Bush in one county won by Clinton (Trumbull Trumbull may refer to:
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* Trumbull County, Ohio
** Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
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).
Results
Results by county
See also
* United States presidential elections in Ohio
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Ohio, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1803, Ohio has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
Ohio is considered a swing state, being won by either the ...
* 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 ...
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References
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