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1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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Field	Value
election_name	1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
country	Massachusetts
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1988 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
previous_year	1988
next_election	1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
next_year	1996
election_date	November 3, 1992
turnout	84.22% ( 2.09%)
image_size	x160px
image1	Bill Clinton.jpg
nominee1	Bill Clinton
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Arkansas
running_mate1	Al Gore
electoral_vote1	12
popular_vote1	1,318,662
percentage1	47.54%
image2	George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg
nominee2	George H. W. Bush
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Texas
running_mate2	Dan Quayle
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	805,049
percentage2	29.03%
image3	File:RossPerotColor.jpg
nominee3	Ross Perot
party3	Independent
home_state3	Texas
running_mate3	James Stockdale
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	632,312
percentage3	22.80%
map_image	{{switcher
default	1
map_size	401px
title	President
before_election	George H. W. Bush
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Bill Clinton
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1992 United States presidential election

|[[File:Massachusetts Presidential Election Results 1992.svg|350px]] |County results |[[File:1992 Presidential Election in Massachusetts By Municipality.svg|350px|]] |Municipality results Clinton Bush Perot

The 1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts was won by Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 47.54% of the popular vote over incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush of Texas with 29.03%. Independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas finished in third, with 22.80% of the popular vote.

Massachusetts weighed in as a solid 13% more Democratic than the national average in 1992.

Bush failed to carry a single county in the state, the state where he was born, and his 29.03% of the vote was the smallest vote share a Republican presidential candidate had received in Massachusetts since 1964.

Clinton's decisive win in Massachusetts solidified the state's status in the modern era as a solid blue state. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960. In 1972, Massachusetts was the only state in the nation to vote for Democrat George McGovern over Republican Richard Nixon in his 49-state landslide. However the state had trended Republican in the 1980s, with Ronald Reagan narrowly winning the state and George H. W. Bush taking a solid 45% and winning 3 counties in 1988. In 1992, Clinton not only carried the state by a double-digit margin, leaving Bush with less than 30% of the vote, but Clinton also swept every county in the state, as secular liberal New England rejected an increasingly Southern and conservative Republican Party dominated by Evangelical Christians. Since then, every Democratic presidential candidate that followed has carried the state by double-digit margins and won all 14 counties in Massachusetts.

As of 2023, this is the last time that the town of Berlin voted Republican and the last time that the towns of Erving, Peru, and Savoy did not vote Democratic in a presidential election.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic	Bill Clinton	1,318,662	47.54%	12
Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	805,049	29.03%	0
Independent	Ross Perot	632,312	22.80%	0
Libertarian	Andre Marrou	7,458	0.27%	0
New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	3,172	0.11%	0
Independent Voters (a)	Howard Phillips	2,217	0.08%	0
Independent	Others (Write-In)	1,870	0.07%	0
Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	1,812	0.07%	0
Democrats for
Economic Recovery	Lyndon LaRouche	1,007	0.04%	0
Socialist	J. Quinn Brisben (Write-In)	13		0
Prohibition	Earl Dodge (Write-In)	2		0
Totals	2,773,574	100.0%	12

(a) Howard Phillips was the candidate of the U.S. Taxpayers' Party nationally.

Results by congressional district

Clinton won all 11 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.

District	Bush	Clinton	Representative
27%	48%	25%	John Olver
29%	46%	25%	Richard Neal
31%	45%	23%	Joseph D. Early
	Peter I. Blute
26%	51%	22%	Barney Frank
32%	42%	26%	Chester G. Atkins
	Marty Meehan
31%	44%	25%	Nicholas Mavroules
	Peter G. Torkildsen
29%	50%	21%	Ed Markey
19%	67%	13%	Joseph P. Kennedy II
31%	48%	21%	Joe Moakley
32%	42%	25%	Gerry Studds

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton
Democratic	George H.W. Bush
Republican	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	1,318,662	47.54%	805,049	29.03%	649,863	23.43%	513,613	18.51%	2,773,574
	Barnstable		46,641		42.79%		33,916		31.12%		28,440		26.09%		12,725		11.67%		108,997
	Berkshire		36,857		54.40%		14,726		21.74%		16,163		23.86%		22,131		32.66%		67,746
	Bristol		102,406		48.36%		52,370		24.73%		56,978		26.91%		50,036		23.63%		211,754
	Dukes		4,292		54.41%		1,827		23.16%		1,769		22.43%		2,465		31.25%		7,888
	Essex		140,593		43.62%		102,212		31.71%		79,523		24.67%		38,381		11.91%		322,328
	Franklin		17,246		48.14%		8,691		24.26%		9,890		27.60%		8,555		23.88%		35,827
	Hampden		86,026		45.69%		54,621		29.01%		47,618		25.30%		31,405		16.68%		188,265
	Hampshire		37,879		54.06%		15,694		22.40%		16,498		23.54%		22,185		31.66%		70,071
	Middlesex		343,994		49.89%		193,703		28.10%		151,756		22.01%		150,291		21.79%		689,453
	Nantucket		2,037		48.32%		1,158		27.47%		1,021		24.21%		879		20.85%		4,216
	Norfolk		150,488		46.41%		103,255		31.84%		70,521		21.75%		47,233		14.57%		324,264
	Plymouth		79,160		38.11%		69,514		33.47%		59,036		28.42%		9,646		4.64%		207,710
	Suffolk		132,921		60.62%		51,378		23.43%		34,974		15.95%		81,543		37.19%		219,273
	Worcester		138,122		43.74%		101,984		32.30%		75,676		23.96%		36,138		11.44%		315,782

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Barnstable
Plymouth
Worcester

References

"Voter Turnout Statistics".
"1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas.
"1992 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas.
Park-Egan, Kiernan. "1992 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District". Western Washington University.
"1992 President General Election".
"MA US President Race - Nov 03, 1992".

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