United States presidential election in Illinois, 1992

United States presidential election in Illinois, 1992
Illinois
November 3, 1992
 
Nominee Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush Ross Perot
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Home state Arkansas Texas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Dan Quayle James Stockdale
Electoral vote 22 0 0
Popular vote 2,453,350 1,734,096 840,515
Percentage 48.7% 34.3% 16.6%

County Results
  Clinton—>70%
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—50-60%
  Clinton—40-50%
  Bush—40-50%
  Bush—50-60%
  Bush—60-70%
  Bush—>70%
  Perot—40-50%
President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

 Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose twenty-two representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Illinois was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 48.58% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 34.34%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 16.64% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Illinois, 1992[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 2,453,350 48.58% 22
Republican George H.W. Bush 1,734,096 34.34% 0
Independent Ross Perot 840,515 16.64% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 9,218 0.18% 0
New Alliance Lenora Fulani 5,267 0.10% 0
America First James "Bo" Gritz 3,577 0.07% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 2,751 0.05% 0
Socialist Workers Party James Warren 1,361 0.03% 0
Write-ins 22 0.00% 0
Totals 5,050,157 100.0% 22

By congressional district

District Bush Clinton Representative
1st 12% 81% Bobby Rush
2nd 13% 80% Jesse Jackson, Jr.
3rd 39% 41% William Lipinski
4th 23% 65% Luis Gutierrez
5th 33% 51% Dan Rostenkowski
6th 47% 23% Henry Hyde
7th 15% 78% Cardiss Collins
8th 47% 31% Phil Crane

References

  1. 1 2 "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
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