1992 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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The 1992 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election . Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
North Carolina was very narrowly won by incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush of Texas over his Democratic challenger, Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas . Bush took 43.44% of the vote to Clinton's 42.65%, a margin of 0.79%. North Carolina was the second-closest state in this election behind neighboring Georgia . [1] This was also the first time since 1956 when North Carolina did not support the winning candidate. It has since gone on to back losing Republicans Bob Dole in 1996 , Mitt Romney in 2012 , and Donald Trump in 2020 .
Billionaire businessman Ross Perot , running as an Independent , finished in third, with 13.70% of the vote, a relatively strong showing for a third party candidate, and his second highest showing in the Southeast , behind only Florida .
Despite being from the South, Bill Clinton became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying the state of North Carolina since James K. Polk in 1844 , and Bush became the first ever Republican to carry the state while losing nationally. As of the 2020 presidential election [ update ] , the 1992 election constitutes the last occasion the following counties have supported a Democratic presidential nominee: Alleghany , Brunswick , Greene , Pamlico , Pender , Rockingham , Sampson and Yancey . [2] This would also be the last election in which North Carolina would vote to the left of neighboring Virginia . Additionally, with Bush and Clinton each winning 50 of North Carolina's 100 counties, this remains the last time that a Republican presidential nominee has failed to win a majority of the state's counties.
Results
1992 United States presidential election in North Carolina [3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | George H. W. Bush ( incumbent ) | 1,134,661 | 43.44% | 14 | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton | 1,114,042 | 42.65% | 0 | |
Independent | Ross Perot | 357,864 | 13.70% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 5,171 | 0.20% | 0 | |
New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani (write-in) | 59 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin (write-in) | 41 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers Party | James Warren (write-in) | 12 | 0.00% | 0 | |
Totals | 2,611,850 | 100.0% | 14 | ||
Voter turnout | 54.52% | — |
Results by county
County |
George H. W. Bush
Republican |
Bill Clinton
Democratic |
Ross Perot
Independent |
Various candidates
Other parties |
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% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Mitchell | 62.79% | 4,405 | 24.62% | 1,727 | 12.50% | 877 | 0.09% | 6 | 38.18% | 2,678 |
Avery | 57.39% | 3,895 | 25.86% | 1,755 | 16.55% | 1,123 | 0.21% | 14 | 31.53% | 2,140 |
Yadkin | 56.34% | 7,311 | 30.15% | 3,913 | 13.29% | 1,725 | 0.22% | 28 | 26.18% | 3,398 |
Gaston | 56.51% | 34,714 | 31.12% | 19,121 | 12.19% | 7,490 | 0.18% | 110 | 25.38% | 15,593 |
Davie | 54.86% | 6,796 | 29.67% | 3,675 | 15.36% | 1,903 | 0.10% | 13 | 25.20% | 3,121 |
Randolph | 53.20% | 20,697 | 28.98% | 11,274 | 17.66% | 6,870 | 0.16% | 61 | 24.22% | 9,423 |
Wilkes | 52.57% | 12,547 | 33.48% | 7,991 | 13.86% | 3,307 | 0.10% | 23 | 19.09% | 4,556 |
Henderson | 51.43% | 17,010 | 32.50% | 10,747 | 15.90% | 5,260 | 0.17% | 55 | 18.94% | 6,263 |
Cabarrus | 51.75% | 21,281 | 32.86% | 13,513 | 15.20% | 6,251 | 0.19% | 78 | 18.89% | 7,768 |
Catawba | 51.54% | 25,466 | 33.06% | 16,334 | 15.23% | 7,523 | 0.17% | 86 | 18.48% | 9,132 |
Union | 51.71% | 16,542 | 33.72% | 10,789 | 14.38% | 4,601 | 0.19% | 60 | 17.98% | 5,753 |
Davidson | 50.01% | 24,869 | 33.11% | 16,462 | 16.74% | 8,324 | 0.14% | 70 | 16.91% | 8,407 |
Rowan | 49.84% | 21,297 | 33.48% | 14,308 | 16.51% | 7,053 | 0.17% | 74 | 16.36% | 6,989 |
Iredell | 49.80% | 19,411 | 34.03% | 13,263 | 15.92% | 6,204 | 0.26% | 102 | 15.77% | 6,148 |
Onslow | 48.70% | 11,842 | 33.08% | 8,045 | 18.04% | 4,387 | 0.18% | 44 | 15.61% | 3,797 |
Stanly | 50.91% | 11,030 | 35.70% | 7,735 | 13.18% | 2,855 | 0.20% | 44 | 15.21% | 3,295 |
Wayne | 52.29% | 14,397 | 37.44% | 10,307 | 10.16% | 2,798 | 0.11% | 30 | 14.86% | 4,090 |
Alexander | 49.64% | 6,764 | 35.59% | 4,849 | 14.69% | 2,002 | 0.08% | 11 | 14.05% | 1,915 |
Caldwell | 49.04% | 12,543 | 35.32% | 9,033 | 15.50% | 3,965 | 0.14% | 35 | 13.72% | 3,510 |
Johnston | 48.67% | 15,418 | 35.62% | 11,284 | 15.59% | 4,939 | 0.12% | 38 | 13.05% | 4,134 |
Lincoln | 49.29% | 11,018 | 36.46% | 8,150 | 14.06% | 3,142 | 0.20% | 45 | 12.83% | 2,868 |
Nash | 48.34% | 14,446 | 36.17% | 10,809 | 15.20% | 4,544 | 0.29% | 87 | 12.17% | 3,637 |
Alamance | 48.33% | 20,637 | 36.35% | 15,521 | 15.09% | 6,444 | 0.23% | 99 | 11.98% | 5,116 |
Carteret | 47.36% | 10,334 | 36.79% | 8,028 | 15.59% | 3,401 | 0.26% | 56 | 10.57% | 2,306 |
Moore | 46.81% | 12,448 | 36.29% | 9,649 | 16.73% | 4,448 | 0.17% | 46 | 10.53% | 2,799 |
Graham | 49.51% | 1,919 | 40.02% | 1,551 | 10.40% | 403 | 0.08% | 3 | 9.49% | 368 |
Rutherford | 47.95% | 9,748 | 38.64% | 7,855 | 13.26% | 2,695 | 0.15% | 31 | 9.31% | 1,893 |
Stokes | 47.90% | 7,979 | 38.80% | 6,463 | 13.11% | 2,183 | 0.19% | 32 | 9.10% | 1,516 |
New Hanover | 46.67% | 24,338 | 38.91% | 20,291 | 14.19% | 7,401 | 0.24% | 124 | 7.76% | 4,047 |
Clay | 47.73% | 1,890 | 40.40% | 1,600 | 11.74% | 465 | 0.13% | 5 | 7.32% | 290 |
Polk | 45.77% | 3,448 | 39.02% | 2,939 | 15.05% | 1,134 | 0.16% | 12 | 6.76% | 509 |
Transylvania | 45.55% | 5,984 | 38.97% | 5,120 | 15.27% | 2,006 | 0.21% | 27 | 6.58% | 864 |
Surry | 46.33% | 10,866 | 40.05% | 9,392 | 13.49% | 3,164 | 0.13% | 31 | 6.28% | 1,474 |
Craven | 45.77% | 11,575 | 39.54% | 9,998 | 14.55% | 3,679 | 0.14% | 35 | 6.24% | 1,577 |
Harnett | 46.58% | 9,751 | 40.48% | 8,473 | 12.82% | 2,684 | 0.11% | 24 | 6.11% | 1,278 |
McDowell | 45.81% | 6,090 | 39.93% | 5,309 | 14.15% | 1,881 | 0.11% | 15 | 5.87% | 781 |
Beaufort | 45.91% | 7,337 | 40.33% | 6,445 | 13.60% | 2,174 | 0.15% | 24 | 5.58% | 892 |
Lee | 45.42% | 6,658 | 39.92% | 5,852 | 14.50% | 2,125 | 0.16% | 24 | 5.50% | 806 |
Ashe | 46.97% | 5,200 | 41.77% | 4,624 | 11.02% | 1,220 | 0.23% | 26 | 5.20% | 576 |
Currituck | 41.31% | 2,188 | 36.53% | 1,935 | 21.96% | 1,163 | 0.21% | 11 | 4.78% | 253 |
Dare | 40.73% | 4,357 | 36.70% | 3,925 | 22.33% | 2,388 | 0.24% | 26 | 4.04% | 432 |
Cherokee | 45.91% | 4,021 | 42.09% | 3,686 | 11.87% | 1,040 | 0.13% | 11 | 3.83% | 335 |
Forsyth | 45.40% | 52,787 | 42.15% | 49,006 | 12.27% | 14,262 | 0.19% | 219 | 3.25% | 3,781 |
Burke | 44.48% | 13,397 | 41.71% | 12,565 | 13.69% | 4,124 | 0.12% | 36 | 2.76% | 832 |
Cleveland | 44.72% | 13,650 | 42.71% | 13,037 | 12.40% | 3,784 | 0.17% | 51 | 2.01% | 613 |
Macon | 42.53% | 4,797 | 41.00% | 4,624 | 16.22% | 1,829 | 0.26% | 29 | 1.53% | 173 |
Person | 43.60% | 4,460 | 42.26% | 4,323 | 13.99% | 1,431 | 0.16% | 16 | 1.34% | 137 |
Mecklenburg | 43.57% | 99,496 | 42.50% | 97,065 | 13.70% | 31,283 | 0.23% | 531 | 1.06% | 2,431 |
Lenoir | 45.02% | 8,932 | 44.32% | 8,793 | 10.62% | 2,107 | 0.05% | 10 | 0.70% | 139 |
Wilson | 44.36% | 10,176 | 44.06% | 10,105 | 11.47% | 2,630 | 0.11% | 26 | 0.31% | 71 |
Wake | 41.84% | 86,798 | 42.89% | 88,979 | 15.01% | 31,140 | 0.27% | 550 | -1.05% | -2,181 |
Watauga | 41.09% | 7,899 | 42.98% | 8,262 | 15.64% | 3,007 | 0.30% | 57 | -1.89% | -363 |
Buncombe | 40.92% | 30,892 | 43.65% | 32,955 | 15.21% | 11,481 | 0.22% | 164 | -2.73% | -2,063 |
Yancey | 43.38% | 3,994 | 46.54% | 4,285 | 9.96% | 917 | 0.13% | 12 | -3.16% | -291 |
Pitt | 41.63% | 16,609 | 45.02% | 17,959 | 13.19% | 5,262 | 0.16% | 65 | -3.38% | -1,350 |
Sampson | 43.12% | 8,007 | 46.84% | 8,698 | 9.97% | 1,852 | 0.06% | 11 | -3.72% | -691 |
Rockingham | 40.54% | 12,678 | 44.39% | 13,880 | 14.94% | 4,671 | 0.13% | 40 | -3.84% | -1,202 |
Guilford | 41.08% | 60,140 | 45.30% | 66,319 | 13.39% | 19,601 | 0.23% | 339 | -4.22% | -6,179 |
Camden | 38.84% | 1,039 | 43.10% | 1,153 | 17.91% | 479 | 0.15% | 4 | -4.26% | -114 |
Cumberland | 42.10% | 27,139 | 46.98% | 30,291 | 10.54% | 6,792 | 0.38% | 248 | -4.89% | -3,152 |
Pamlico | 38.77% | 1,929 | 44.80% | 2,229 | 16.26% | 809 | 0.16% | 8 | -6.03% | -300 |
Pender | 39.07% | 4,857 | 46.86% | 5,825 | 13.88% | 1,725 | 0.19% | 23 | -7.79% | -968 |
Brunswick | 38.40% | 8,833 | 46.86% | 10,777 | 14.56% | 3,349 | 0.18% | 41 | -8.45% | -1,944 |
Alleghany | 39.18% | 1,853 | 48.01% | 2,271 | 12.68% | 600 | 0.13% | 6 | -8.84% | -418 |
Montgomery | 38.67% | 3,543 | 48.27% | 4,422 | 12.94% | 1,185 | 0.12% | 11 | -9.60% | -879 |
Perquimans | 36.85% | 1,429 | 46.88% | 1,818 | 16.09% | 624 | 0.18% | 7 | -10.03% | -389 |
Greene | 38.03% | 2,180 | 48.29% | 2,768 | 13.61% | 780 | 0.07% | 4 | -10.26% | -588 |
Chowan | 36.86% | 1,661 | 47.40% | 2,136 | 15.53% | 700 | 0.20% | 9 | -10.54% | -475 |
Madison | 39.07% | 3,121 | 49.82% | 3,980 | 10.73% | 857 | 0.39% | 31 | -10.75% | -859 |
Duplin | 38.45% | 5,286 | 49.58% | 6,816 | 11.90% | 1,636 | 0.07% | 9 | -11.13% | -1,530 |
Swain | 37.36% | 1,640 | 49.59% | 2,177 | 12.94% | 568 | 0.11% | 5 | -12.23% | -537 |
Jackson | 36.99% | 4,275 | 49.78% | 5,753 | 13.12% | 1,516 | 0.12% | 14 | -12.79% | -1,478 |
Pasquotank | 35.69% | 3,419 | 49.15% | 4,709 | 14.97% | 1,434 | 0.20% | 19 | -13.46% | -1,290 |
Granville | 37.42% | 4,538 | 50.94% | 6,178 | 10.89% | 1,321 | 0.75% | 91 | -13.52% | -1,640 |
Jones | 37.39% | 1,438 | 51.01% | 1,962 | 11.54% | 444 | 0.05% | 2 | -13.62% | -524 |
Martin | 36.90% | 2,958 | 50.76% | 4,069 | 12.24% | 981 | 0.10% | 8 | -13.86% | -1,111 |
Franklin | 35.20% | 4,669 | 49.13% | 6,517 | 15.54% | 2,062 | 0.14% | 18 | -13.93% | -1,848 |
Vance | 37.09% | 4,747 | 51.55% | 6,598 | 11.28% | 1,444 | 0.09% | 11 | -14.46% | -1,851 |
Haywood | 34.71% | 7,292 | 49.43% | 10,385 | 15.72% | 3,303 | 0.14% | 29 | -14.72% | -3,093 |
Chatham | 35.36% | 6,568 | 51.25% | 9,520 | 13.05% | 2,425 | 0.34% | 64 | -15.89% | -2,952 |
Hyde | 32.34% | 740 | 52.71% | 1,206 | 14.86% | 340 | 0.09% | 2 | -20.37% | -466 |
Washington | 33.89% | 1,780 | 55.24% | 2,902 | 10.72% | 563 | 0.15% | 8 | -21.36% | -1,122 |
Tyrrell | 33.03% | 553 | 55.44% | 928 | 11.29% | 189 | 0.24% | 4 | -22.40% | -375 |
Caswell | 33.40% | 2,793 | 56.50% | 4,725 | 9.89% | 827 | 0.22% | 18 | -23.10% | -1,932 |
Scotland | 31.84% | 2,980 | 55.29% | 5,175 | 12.78% | 1,196 | 0.10% | 9 | -23.45% | -2,195 |
Halifax | 32.40% | 5,769 | 55.94% | 9,960 | 11.50% | 2,047 | 0.16% | 28 | -23.54% | -4,191 |
Durham | 33.36% | 27,581 | 57.24% | 47,331 | 9.08% | 7,504 | 0.32% | 268 | -23.89% | -19,750 |
Bladen | 31.58% | 3,214 | 56.01% | 5,700 | 12.26% | 1,248 | 0.15% | 15 | -24.43% | -2,486 |
Edgecombe | 31.92% | 6,275 | 56.84% | 11,174 | 11.06% | 2,175 | 0.17% | 33 | -24.92% | -4,899 |
Gates | 30.20% | 1,158 | 57.54% | 2,206 | 12.15% | 466 | 0.10% | 4 | -27.33% | -1,048 |
Richmond | 28.01% | 4,356 | 58.91% | 9,163 | 12.96% | 2,015 | 0.12% | 19 | -30.91% | -4,807 |
Hertford | 28.78% | 2,208 | 60.08% | 4,609 | 11.03% | 846 | 0.12% | 9 | -31.30% | -2,401 |
Columbus | 28.88% | 5,462 | 60.63% | 11,469 | 10.38% | 1,963 | 0.12% | 22 | -31.76% | -6,007 |
Hoke | 27.00% | 1,711 | 58.86% | 3,730 | 14.00% | 887 | 0.14% | 9 | -31.86% | -2,019 |
Orange | 27.50% | 13,009 | 60.45% | 28,595 | 11.70% | 5,535 | 0.34% | 161 | -32.95% | -15,586 |
Anson | 27.33% | 2,334 | 61.71% | 5,269 | 10.79% | 921 | 0.18% | 15 | -34.37% | -2,935 |
Robeson | 25.52% | 7,777 | 63.59% | 19,378 | 10.75% | 3,277 | 0.14% | 42 | -38.07% | -11,601 |
Bertie | 26.04% | 1,756 | 64.99% | 4,382 | 8.90% | 600 | 0.07% | 5 | -38.94% | -2,626 |
Warren | 24.80% | 1,767 | 65.35% | 4,656 | 9.73% | 693 | 0.13% | 9 | -40.55% | -2,889 |
Northampton | 23.16% | 1,845 | 65.21% | 5,195 | 11.50% | 916 | 0.14% | 11 | -42.05% | -3,350 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
References
- ↑ "1992 Presidential Election Statistics" . Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ↑ Sullivan, Robert David (June 29, 2016). "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century" . The National Catholic Review (America Magazine ed.).
- ↑ "1992 Presidential General Election Data Graphs — North Carolina by County" . Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ↑ "NC US President Race, November 03, 1992" . Our Campaigns.
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