1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska
The 1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Nebraska was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 46.58% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 29.40%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.63% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national election, defeating Bush and Perot in by a large margin in the popular vote and electoral college.[2]
With 46.58% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Bush's fourth strongest state in the 1992 election after Mississippi, South Carolina and Alabama.[3] It was also Bush's best performance by margin of victory, defeating Clinton by 17.18%.
Perot came within 5.8% of Clinton's vote share in the state, and exceeded his share in 70 of Nebraska's 93 counties,[4] as well as in the state's heavily conservative 3rd congressional district.
This was the first election in which Nebraska allocated its electoral votes, awarding 2 EV's to the overall winner of the state and 1 EV to the winner of each congressional district.
While Bush came in a strong first, the race for second place between Perot and Clinton was much more competitive. In the rural areas of the state, Perot generally ran ahead of Clinton, placing second behind Bush in 68 of Nebraska's 93 counties. In some counties in the western part of the state, Clinton was reduced to third party status, such as in Arthur county, where he polled a measly 7% of the vote to Perot's 37% and Bush's 56%. However, Clinton was able to counter this and poll second statewide by running a strong second in most of the eastern part of the state, including, critically, heavily populated Douglas and Lancaster counties. In these two counties alone, he received 108,499 votes, almost exactly half of his statewide total. Without these two counties, Perot would have beat Clinton for second with 114,039 votes to Clinton's 108,845 (Bush would still be far ahead with 209,244).[5]
Results
1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | George H.W. Bush (incumbent) | 344,346 | 46.58% | 5 | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton | 217,344 | 29.40% | 0 | |
Independent | Ross Perot | 174,687 | 23.63% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 1,344 | 0.18% | 0 | |
Independent | Lenora Fulani | 848 | 0.11% | 0 | |
Independent | Dr. John Hagelin | 714 | 0.10% | 0 | |
Totals | 739,283 | 100.0% | 5 |
Results by county
County[6] | George H.W. Bush Republican |
Bill Clinton Democratic |
H. Ross Perot Independent |
Andre Marrou Libertarian |
Leonora Fulani Independent |
Dr. John Hagelin Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 6,365 | 48.36% | 3,460 | 26.29% | 3,292 | 25.01% | 22 | 0.17% | 11 | 0.08% | 13 | 0.10% | 2,905 | 22.07% | 13,163 |
Antelope | 1,979 | 52.41% | 650 | 17.21% | 1,134 | 30.03% | 6 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.11% | 845[lower-alpha 1] | 22.38% | 3,776 |
Arthur | 148 | 56.06% | 18 | 6.82% | 98 | 37.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 50[lower-alpha 1] | 18.94% | 264 |
Banner | 284 | 59.17% | 68 | 14.17% | 128 | 26.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 156[lower-alpha 1] | 32.50% | 480 |
Blaine | 256 | 56.51% | 64 | 14.13% | 130 | 28.70% | 2 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 126[lower-alpha 1] | 27.81% | 453 |
Boone | 1,589 | 50.21% | 604 | 19.08% | 958 | 30.27% | 4 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.22% | 631[lower-alpha 1] | 19.94% | 3,165 |
Box Butte | 2,203 | 38.74% | 1,942 | 34.15% | 1,513 | 26.60% | 10 | 0.18% | 12 | 0.21% | 7 | 0.12% | 261 | 4.59% | 5,687 |
Boyd | 744 | 47.36% | 353 | 22.47% | 468 | 29.79% | 2 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.19% | 276[lower-alpha 1] | 17.57% | 1,571 |
Brown | 999 | 54.12% | 311 | 16.85% | 525 | 28.44% | 5 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.11% | 474[lower-alpha 1] | 25.68% | 1,846 |
Buffalo | 9,726 | 55.11% | 3,747 | 21.23% | 4,092 | 23.19% | 43 | 0.24% | 25 | 0.14% | 16 | 0.09% | 5,634[lower-alpha 1] | 31.92% | 17,649 |
Burt | 1,667 | 42.61% | 1,224 | 31.29% | 1,009 | 25.79% | 8 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | 443 | 11.32% | 3,912 |
Butler | 1,884 | 45.35% | 1,089 | 26.22% | 1,159 | 27.90% | 4 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.19% | 10 | 0.24% | 725[lower-alpha 1] | 17.45% | 4,154 |
Cass | 4,314 | 43.23% | 2,949 | 29.55% | 2,657 | 26.63% | 28 | 0.28% | 11 | 0.11% | 20 | 0.20% | 1,365 | 13.68% | 9,979 |
Cedar | 1,981 | 43.85% | 1,007 | 22.29% | 1,507 | 33.36% | 8 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 14 | 0.31% | 474[lower-alpha 1] | 10.49% | 4,518 |
Chase | 1,000 | 48.01% | 398 | 19.11% | 675 | 32.41% | 6 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.05% | 325[lower-alpha 1] | 15.60% | 2,083 |
Cherry | 1,707 | 56.75% | 563 | 18.72% | 730 | 24.27% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.17% | 977[lower-alpha 1] | 32.48% | 3,008 |
Cheyenne | 2,197 | 51.80% | 967 | 22.80% | 1,061 | 25.02% | 12 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,136[lower-alpha 1] | 26.79% | 4,241 |
Clay | 1,824 | 50.84% | 802 | 22.35% | 953 | 26.56% | 5 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.08% | 871[lower-alpha 1] | 24.28% | 3,588 |
Colfax | 1,915 | 46.21% | 1,011 | 24.40% | 1,197 | 28.89% | 6 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.22% | 718[lower-alpha 1] | 17.33% | 4,144 |
Cuming | 2,713 | 57.10% | 836 | 17.60% | 1,194 | 25.13% | 5 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,519[lower-alpha 1] | 31.97% | 4,751 |
Custer | 3,180 | 54.64% | 1,126 | 19.35% | 1,492 | 25.64% | 15 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.09% | 1,688[lower-alpha 1] | 29.00% | 5,820 |
Dakota | 2,793 | 43.21% | 2,335 | 36.12% | 1,321 | 20.44% | 9 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.06% | 458 | 7.09% | 6,464 |
Dawes | 1,961 | 48.21% | 987 | 24.26% | 1,103 | 27.11% | 9 | 0.22% | 5 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.07% | 858[lower-alpha 1] | 21.09% | 4,068 |
Dawson | 4,714 | 53.64% | 1,741 | 19.81% | 2,307 | 26.25% | 12 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.11% | 2,407[lower-alpha 1] | 27.39% | 8,789 |
Deuel | 558 | 49.82% | 232 | 20.71% | 327 | 29.20% | 2 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 231[lower-alpha 1] | 20.63% | 1,120 |
Dixon | 1,484 | 48.59% | 830 | 27.18% | 726 | 23.77% | 9 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.07% | 654 | 21.41% | 3,054 |
Dodge | 7,271 | 44.30% | 4,667 | 28.44% | 4,432 | 27.00% | 20 | 0.12% | 12 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.06% | 2,604 | 15.87% | 16,412 |
Douglas | 93,512 | 46.73% | 67,097 | 33.53% | 38,697 | 19.34% | 416 | 0.21% | 235 | 0.12% | 164 | 0.08% | 26,415 | 13.20% | 200,121 |
Dundy | 664 | 52.99% | 245 | 19.55% | 332 | 26.50% | 8 | 0.64% | 2 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.16% | 332[lower-alpha 1] | 26.50% | 1,253 |
Fillmore | 1,501 | 42.93% | 990 | 28.32% | 998 | 28.55% | 2 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.09% | 503[lower-alpha 1] | 14.39% | 3,496 |
Franklin | 969 | 48.87% | 477 | 24.05% | 528 | 26.63% | 3 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.15% | 441[lower-alpha 1] | 22.24% | 1,983 |
Frontier | 785 | 49.97% | 302 | 19.22% | 479 | 30.49% | 1 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.06% | 306[lower-alpha 1] | 19.48% | 1,571 |
Furnas | 1,365 | 48.73% | 624 | 22.28% | 804 | 28.70% | 8 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 561[lower-alpha 1] | 20.03% | 2,801 |
Gage | 4,006 | 39.65% | 3,315 | 32.81% | 2,740 | 27.12% | 16 | 0.16% | 17 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.10% | 691 | 6.84% | 10,104 |
Garden | 697 | 53.49% | 212 | 16.27% | 385 | 29.55% | 6 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.08% | 312[lower-alpha 1] | 23.94% | 1,303 |
Garfield | 595 | 54.74% | 221 | 20.33% | 270 | 24.84% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 325[lower-alpha 1] | 29.90% | 1,087 |
Gosper | 492 | 46.95% | 254 | 24.24% | 297 | 28.34% | 1 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.19% | 195[lower-alpha 1] | 18.61% | 1,048 |
Grant | 247 | 55.01% | 75 | 16.70% | 124 | 27.62% | 1 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 123[lower-alpha 1] | 27.39% | 449 |
Greeley | 588 | 41.44% | 435 | 30.66% | 395 | 27.84% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 153 | 10.78% | 1,419 |
Hall | 9,341 | 44.67% | 5,558 | 26.58% | 5,926 | 28.34% | 42 | 0.20% | 32 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.07% | 3,415[lower-alpha 1] | 16.33% | 20,913 |
Hamilton | 2,388 | 51.72% | 994 | 21.53% | 1,220 | 26.42% | 5 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,168[lower-alpha 1] | 25.30% | 4,617 |
Harlan | 992 | 46.88% | 488 | 23.06% | 626 | 29.58% | 3 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.19% | 366[lower-alpha 1] | 17.30% | 2,116 |
Hayes | 362 | 55.35% | 85 | 13.00% | 207 | 31.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 155[lower-alpha 1] | 23.70% | 654 |
Hitchcock | 824 | 47.60% | 359 | 20.74% | 540 | 31.20% | 4 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.12% | 284[lower-alpha 1] | 16.41% | 1,731 |
Holt | 3,131 | 54.90% | 835 | 14.64% | 1,714 | 30.05% | 6 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.14% | 1,417[lower-alpha 1] | 24.85% | 5,703 |
Hooker | 283 | 62.20% | 70 | 15.38% | 102 | 22.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 181[lower-alpha 1] | 39.78% | 455 |
Howard | 1,138 | 40.07% | 748 | 26.34% | 942 | 33.17% | 4 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.14% | 196[lower-alpha 1] | 6.90% | 2,840 |
Jefferson | 1,783 | 39.70% | 1,506 | 33.53% | 1,177 | 26.21% | 7 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.20% | 277 | 6.17% | 4,491 |
Johnson | 885 | 37.50% | 822 | 34.83% | 642 | 27.20% | 1 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.17% | 63 | 2.67% | 2,360 |
Kearney | 1,756 | 53.72% | 645 | 19.73% | 853 | 26.09% | 7 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.09% | 903[lower-alpha 1] | 27.62% | 3,269 |
Keith | 2,050 | 51.65% | 740 | 18.64% | 1,162 | 29.28% | 9 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.10% | 888[lower-alpha 1] | 22.37% | 3,969 |
Keya Paha | 368 | 58.32% | 105 | 16.64% | 158 | 25.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 210[lower-alpha 1] | 33.28% | 631 |
Kimball | 931 | 52.04% | 408 | 22.81% | 441 | 24.65% | 3 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 490[lower-alpha 1] | 27.39% | 1,789 |
Knox | 2,113 | 49.55% | 968 | 22.70% | 1,166 | 27.35% | 9 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.12% | 947[lower-alpha 1] | 22.21% | 4,264 |
Lancaster | 41,590 | 39.46% | 41,402 | 39.28% | 21,951 | 20.83% | 204 | 0.19% | 161 | 0.15% | 91 | 0.09% | 188 | 0.18% | 105,399 |
Lincoln | 7,054 | 45.04% | 5,158 | 32.94% | 3,406 | 21.75% | 13 | 0.08% | 18 | 0.11% | 12 | 0.08% | 1,896 | 12.11% | 15,661 |
Logan | 271 | 60.09% | 80 | 17.74% | 98 | 21.73% | 1 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 173[lower-alpha 1] | 38.36% | 451 |
Loup | 234 | 59.69% | 59 | 15.05% | 97 | 24.74% | 1 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 137[lower-alpha 1] | 34.95% | 392 |
Madison | 7,877 | 56.00% | 2,634 | 18.73% | 3,508 | 24.94% | 22 | 0.16% | 11 | 0.08% | 14 | 0.10% | 4,369[lower-alpha 1] | 31.06% | 14,066 |
McPherson | 217 | 65.96% | 49 | 14.89% | 62 | 18.84% | 1 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 155[lower-alpha 1] | 47.11% | 329 |
Merrick | 1,854 | 48.65% | 864 | 22.67% | 1,072 | 28.13% | 3 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.31% | 782[lower-alpha 1] | 20.52% | 3,811 |
Morrill | 1,185 | 46.89% | 577 | 22.83% | 753 | 29.80% | 6 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.04% | 432[lower-alpha 1] | 17.10% | 2,527 |
Nance | 851 | 42.83% | 559 | 28.13% | 569 | 28.64% | 3 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.20% | 282[lower-alpha 1] | 14.19% | 1,987 |
Nemaha | 1,696 | 44.01% | 1,110 | 28.80% | 1,020 | 26.47% | 13 | 0.34% | 7 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.21% | 586 | 15.20% | 3,854 |
Nuckolls | 1,277 | 43.16% | 834 | 28.19% | 828 | 27.98% | 9 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.27% | 443 | 14.97% | 2,959 |
Otoe | 2,960 | 43.29% | 2,038 | 29.80% | 1,800 | 26.32% | 21 | 0.31% | 11 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.12% | 922 | 13.48% | 6,838 |
Pawnee | 670 | 37.06% | 566 | 31.31% | 565 | 31.25% | 4 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.11% | 104 | 5.75% | 1,808 |
Perkins | 842 | 50.54% | 300 | 18.01% | 522 | 31.33% | 2 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 320[lower-alpha 1] | 19.21% | 1,666 |
Phelps | 2,752 | 56.13% | 830 | 16.93% | 1,302 | 26.56% | 13 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,450[lower-alpha 1] | 29.57% | 4,903 |
Pierce | 1,853 | 52.02% | 611 | 17.15% | 1,084 | 30.43% | 3 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.22% | 769[lower-alpha 1] | 21.59% | 3,562 |
Platte | 7,736 | 55.76% | 2,421 | 17.45% | 3,671 | 26.46% | 24 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.09% | 10 | 0.07% | 4,065[lower-alpha 1] | 29.30% | 13,874 |
Polk | 1,437 | 49.25% | 661 | 22.65% | 812 | 27.83% | 4 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.10% | 625[lower-alpha 1] | 21.42% | 2,918 |
Red Willow | 2,500 | 46.80% | 1,166 | 21.83% | 1,665 | 31.17% | 6 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | 835[lower-alpha 1] | 15.63% | 5,342 |
Richardson | 2,050 | 41.47% | 1,513 | 30.61% | 1,359 | 27.49% | 3 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.20% | 537 | 10.86% | 4,943 |
Rock | 588 | 59.57% | 162 | 16.41% | 233 | 23.61% | 1 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.20% | 355[lower-alpha 1] | 35.97% | 987 |
Saline | 1,740 | 30.18% | 2,425 | 42.06% | 1,576 | 27.34% | 7 | 0.12% | 11 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.10% | -685 | -11.88% | 5,765 |
Sarpy | 20,516 | 50.44% | 10,741 | 26.41% | 9,284 | 22.83% | 70 | 0.17% | 43 | 0.11% | 19 | 0.05% | 9,775 | 24.03% | 40,673 |
Saunders | 4,037 | 44.11% | 2,509 | 27.41% | 2,567 | 28.05% | 19 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.13% | 1,470[lower-alpha 1] | 16.06% | 9,152 |
Scotts Bluff | 7,213 | 48.24% | 4,175 | 27.92% | 3,516 | 23.52% | 20 | 0.13% | 15 | 0.10% | 12 | 0.08% | 3,038 | 20.32% | 14,951 |
Seward | 3,060 | 44.12% | 2,121 | 30.58% | 1,731 | 24.96% | 9 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.07% | 939 | 13.54% | 6,936 |
Sheridan | 1,698 | 56.68% | 535 | 17.86% | 751 | 25.07% | 8 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 947[lower-alpha 1] | 31.61% | 2,996 |
Sherman | 736 | 38.74% | 568 | 29.89% | 583 | 30.68% | 7 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.26% | 153[lower-alpha 1] | 8.05% | 1,900 |
Sioux | 445 | 55.49% | 148 | 18.45% | 206 | 25.69% | 1 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 239[lower-alpha 1] | 29.80% | 802 |
Stanton | 1,274 | 49.71% | 496 | 19.35% | 786 | 30.67% | 4 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 488[lower-alpha 1] | 19.04% | 2,563 |
Thayer | 1,391 | 40.79% | 924 | 27.10% | 1,079 | 31.64% | 5 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.23% | 312[lower-alpha 1] | 9.15% | 3,410 |
Thomas | 283 | 60.34% | 70 | 14.93% | 115 | 24.52% | 1 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 168[lower-alpha 1] | 35.82% | 469 |
Thurston | 898 | 39.79% | 865 | 38.33% | 487 | 21.58% | 2 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.18% | 33 | 1.46% | 2,257 |
Valley | 1,173 | 45.29% | 716 | 27.64% | 693 | 26.76% | 3 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 457 | 17.64% | 2,590 |
Washington | 4,042 | 48.47% | 2,116 | 25.37% | 2,166 | 25.97% | 10 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,876[lower-alpha 1] | 22.49% | 8,340 |
Wayne | 2,122 | 51.73% | 921 | 22.45% | 1,047 | 25.52% | 7 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,075[lower-alpha 1] | 26.21% | 4,102 |
Webster | 973 | 42.98% | 625 | 27.61% | 657 | 29.02% | 3 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.09% | 316[lower-alpha 1] | 13.96% | 2,264 |
Wheeler | 246 | 53.02% | 88 | 18.97% | 127 | 27.37% | 1 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.22% | 119[lower-alpha 1] | 25.65% | 464 |
York | 3,783 | 53.94% | 1,385 | 19.75% | 1,826 | 26.04% | 3 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.10% | 9 | 0.13% | 1,957[lower-alpha 1] | 27.91% | 7,013 |
Totals | 344,346 | 46.58% | 217,344 | 29.40% | 174,687 | 23.63% | 1,344 | 0.18% | 848 | 0.11% | 714 | 0.10% | 127,002 | 17.18% | 739,283 |
Notes
- In this county where Perot ran second ahead of Clinton, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Bush percentage minus Perot percentage.
References
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