1992 United States presidential election in California

1992 United States presidential election in California
Turnout	75.32% (of registered voters) 2.51 pp ; 54.52% (of eligible voters) 1.01 pp
President before election; George H. W. Bush; Republican	Elected President ; Bill Clinton; Democratic

Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush campaigning in California

The 1992 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 54 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

California voted for Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. His victory was the first time that the Golden State had voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 landslide, and only the second time since 1948. Clinton's win in this state reflected the change in its status from reliably Republican to decisively Democratic. California maintains the largest number of electoral votes in the Electoral College.

It was the first occasion that San Diego County had voted for a Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, and the last time that any of the following counties have given a plurality to the Democratic nominee: Del Norte, Siskiyou, Tehama, Plumas, Tuolumne and Mariposa.^[2] Ross Perot gained a plurality in Trinity County, the only time a third-party candidate has carried any county in the state since Progressive Party candidate Robert La Follette Sr. in 1924.

California had been voting increasingly Democratic despite Ronald Reagan’s decisive wins in his home state during the 1980 and 1984 elections. Changing demographics may have played a part in Michael Dukakis only narrowly falling short of winning California in 1988. The early 1990s recession was blamed on George H. W. Bush, causing a rise in unemployment in construction and real estate. This ultimately gave Bill Clinton a double digit victory in California, despite Bush’s victory just four years earlier. It would vote Democratic by comfortable margins in every election since.

Results[]

1992 United States presidential election in California^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	William Jefferson Clinton	5,121,325	46.01%	54
	Republican	George Herbert Walker Bush (Incumbent)	3,630,574	32.61%	0
	Independent	Henry Ross Perot	2,296,006	20.63%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	48,139	0.43%	0
	Peace and Freedom	Ron Daniels	18,597	0.17%	0
	Taxpayers’	Howard Phillips	12,711	0.11%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz (write-in)	3,077	0.03%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin (write-in)	836	0.01%	0
	Democrats for Economic Recovery	Lyndon LaRouche (write-in)	180	>0.01%	0
	Other write-ins		149	>0.01%	0
	Independent	(write-in)	131	>0.01%	0
	Socialist Workers Party	James Warren (write-in)	115	>0.01%	0
	Independent	(write-in)	18	>0.01%	0
	Independent	Isabell Masters (write-in)	12	>0.01%	0
Invalid or blank votes			242,844	2.13%	—
Totals			11,374,565	100.0%	54
Voter turnout			54.52%		—

Results Breakdown[]

By county[]

County	Clinton	Votes	Bush	Votes	Perot	Votes	Others	Votes
San Francisco	72.40%	233,263	17.80%	57,352	9.01%	29,018	0.80%	2,574
Alameda	63.04%	334,224	20.62%	109,292	15.40%	81,643	0.94%	4,986
Marin	58.27%	76,158	23.32%	30,479	17.59%	22,986	0.83%	1,084
Santa Cruz	58.06%	66,183	21.86%	24,916	18.96%	21,615	1.12%	1,278
San Mateo	53.97%	149,232	27.15%	75,080	18.25%	50,465	0.63%	1,731
Yolo	53.33%	33,297	28.15%	17,574	17.73%	11,073	0.79%	492
Sonoma	52.78%	104,334	24.09%	47,619	22.19%	43,859	0.95%	1,879
Los Angeles	52.54%	1,446,529	29.04%	799,607	17.75%	488,624	0.68%	18,643
Contra Costa	50.93%	194,960	29.51%	112,965	18.94%	72,518	0.62%	2,380
Mendocino	50.21%	18,344	21.78%	7,958	26.69%	9,753	1.32%	483
Santa Clara	49.21%	296,265	28.38%	170,870	21.41%	128,895	1.00%	6,025
Solano	48.69%	64,320	29.43%	38,883	21.08%	27,851	0.80%	1,057
Humboldt	48.07%	28,854	30.49%	18,299	20.56%	12,340	0.88%	528
Monterey	47.01%	54,861	31.25%	36,461	20.97%	24,472	0.77%	895
Lake	45.44%	10,548	28.77%	6,678	24.97%	5,797	0.82%	190
Napa	45.30%	24,215	29.30%	15,662	24.60%	13,150	0.80%	428
Imperial	43.88%	11,109	38.55%	9,759	16.77%	4,247	0.80%	203
Sacramento	43.56%	197,540	35.36%	160,366	20.16%	91,412	0.92%	4,194
Santa Barbara	42.53%	69,215	35.25%	57,375	21.57%	35,105	0.65%	1,061
Fresno	42.17%	92,418	40.67%	89,137	16.56%	36,299	0.60%	1,307
San Benito	42.03%	5,354	32.28%	4,112	24.98%	3,182	0.71%	91
San Joaquin	41.28%	63,655	37.84%	58,355	20.24%	31,205	0.65%	995
Stanislaus	40.95%	52,415	36.93%	47,275	21.60%	27,651	0.52%	664
Merced	40.85%	20,133	36.48%	17,981	22.15%	10,914	0.52%	256
Siskiyou	39.91%	8,254	32.21%	6,660	26.92%	5,567	0.96%	198
Del Norte	38.91%	3,639	32.96%	3,083	27.53%	2,575	0.60%	56
Kings	38.91%	9,982	41.61%	10,673	19.10%	4,899	0.38%	97
San Bernardino	38.74%	183,634	37.24%	176,563	23.03%	109,183	0.99%	4,690
Riverside	38.64%	166,241	37.06%	159,457	23.76%	102,233	0.54%	2,344
San Luis Obispo	38.36%	40,136	34.78%	36,384	26.11%	27,314	0.75%	785
Butte	38.22%	32,489	37.18%	31,608	23.80%	20,231	0.81%	686
Tuolumne	38.12%	9,216	35.26%	8,525	26.03%	6,294	0.59%	143
Plumas	37.61%	3,742	36.17%	3,599	25.64%	2,551	0.57%	57
San Diego	37.24%	367,397	35.69%	352,125	26.28%	259,249	0.80%	7,875
Ventura	36.99%	99,011	35.46%	94,911	26.84%	71,844	0.70%	1,881
Mariposa	36.48%	3,023	35.98%	2,982	26.68%	2,211	0.86%	71
Madera	35.92%	10,863	43.20%	13,066	20.35%	6,156	0.53%	160
Tehama	35.79%	7,508	35.36%	7,419	28.05%	5,884	0.80%	168
Calaveras	35.25%	5,989	35.35%	6,006	28.53%	4,848	0.87%	148
Tulare	35.22%	31,188	45.71%	40,482	18.55%	16,430	0.51%	453
Nevada	34.92%	15,433	39.24%	17,343	25.05%	11,072	0.80%	353
Sierra	34.83%	653	36.85%	691	27.68%	519	0.64%	12
Amador	34.25%	5,286	35.49%	5,477	29.50%	4,553	0.76%	118
Yuba	34.24%	5,785	43.40%	7,333	21.53%	3,637	0.83%	140
Mono	34.19%	1,489	36.05%	1,570	28.66%	1,248	1.10%	48
Alpine	34.07%	215	35.18%	222	29.48%	186	1.27%	8
Kern	33.75%	60,510	45.05%	80,762	20.58%	36,891	0.61%	1,100
Placer	33.69%	30,783	41.92%	38,298	23.80%	21,741	0.60%	544
Lassen	32.70%	3,388	37.02%	3,836	28.99%	3,004	1.29%	134
Trinity	32.63%	1,967	31.28%	1,886	34.70%	2,092	1.39%	84
El Dorado	32.38%	21,012	39.92%	25,906	26.97%	17,503	0.72%	466
Modoc	32.19%	1,489	38.98%	1,803	27.44%	1,269	1.38%	64
Colusa	31.91%	1,798	45.94%	2,589	21.40%	1,206	0.75%	42
Inyo	31.84%	2,695	43.58%	3,689	23.62%	1,999	0.96%	81
Shasta	31.61%	21,605	41.24%	28,190	26.32%	17,990	0.84%	574
Orange	31.56%	306,930	43.87%	426,613	23.90%	232,394	0.68%	6,612
Sutter	30.48%	7,883	50.10%	12,956	18.87%	4,881	0.54%	140
Glenn	30.24%	2,666	43.24%	3,812	25.84%	2,278	0.68%	60

References[]

^ https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ "President" (PDF). California Secretary of State. 1992-12-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

[1] ttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf

[How-2] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[3] "President" (PDF). California Secretary of State. 1992-12-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

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