The 1992 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the United States Electoral College, Electoral College, who voted for President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president.
Wyoming was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (Republican Party (United States), R-Texas) with 39.70 percent of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (Democratic Party (United States), D-Arkansas) with 34.10 percent. Businessman Ross Perot (Independent politician, I-Texas) finished in third, with 25.65 percent of the popular vote.
[ Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. This election was the closest result Wyoming had in its electoral history since 1948 United States presidential election in Wyoming, 1948, when it narrowly voted for Harry S. Truman over Thomas E. Dewey. In fact, this would become the first election since 1948 that the state was decided by single digits, and the last as of 2020 United States presidential election in Wyoming, 2020.
, this is the last election in which Natrona County, Wyoming, Natrona County and Carbon County, Wyoming, Carbon County voted for the Democratic 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 It was also the first time any Wyoming county had voted for a Democrat since Jimmy Carter won Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Sweetwater County in 1976 United States presidential election in Wyoming, 1976, and the first time Teton County, Wyoming, Teton County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since it voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Wendell Willkie in 1940 United States presidential election in Wyoming, 1940.[Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 342-343 ]
Results
Results by county
See also
* United States presidential elections in Wyoming
* Presidency of Bill Clinton
Notes
References
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