1992 United States presidential election in Iowa

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

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1992 United States presidential election in Iowa
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 7 0 0
Popular vote 586,353 504,891 253,468
Percentage 43.29% 37.27% 18.71%
County Results
President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

 Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elections in Iowa

Iowa was won by Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 43.29% of the popular vote over incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush's 37.27%, a victory margin of 6.01%. Independent businessman Ross Perot finished in third, with 18.71% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot.[2]

Results
1992 United States presidential election in Iowa[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Bill Clinton 586,353 43.29% 7
Republican George H. W. Bush 504,891 37.27% 0
Independent Ross Perot 253,468 18.71% 0
Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 3,079 0.23% 0
Write-ins 2,102 0.13% 0
America First James "Bo" Gritz 1,177 0.09% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 1,076 0.08% 0
Grassroots Jack Herer 669 0.05% 0
Independent John Yiamouyiannis 604 0.04% 0
Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 480 0.04% 0
Socialist Workers Party James Warren 273 0.02% 0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 238 0.02% 0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 197 0.01% 0
Totals 1,354,607 100.0% 7
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) 65%/80%

By county
County Clinton Votes Bush Votes Others Votes
Adair 39.5% 1,655 40.8% 1,713 19.7% 826
Adams 39.8% 1,034 33.2% 863 26.9% 699
Allamakee 35.4% 2,362 39.3% 2,627 25.3% 1,690
Appanoose 44.1% 2,810 36.8% 2,346 19.1% 1,217
Audubon 41.0% 1,589 35.5% 1,373 23.5% 911
Benton 42.8% 4,467 33.2% 3,469 24.0% 2,503
Black Hawk 48.1% 29,584 34.8% 21,398 17.2% 10,568
Boone 48.4% 5,913 34.0% 4,148 17.7% 2,158
Bremer 40.8% 4,774 38.3% 4,482 21.0% 2,458
Buchanan 43.2% 4,166 34.3% 3,313 22.5% 2,175
Buena Vista 36.5% 3,374 41.7% 3,863 21.8% 2,020
Butler 35.7% 2,548 45.0% 3,209 19.3% 1,380
Calhoun 40.6% 2,140 41.1% 2,169 18.3% 965
Carroll 40.1% 3,800 36.3% 3,439 23.6% 2,236
Cass 31.6% 2,231 45.0% 3,176 23.4% 1,651
Cedar 40.0% 3,296 36.0% 2,965 24.0% 1,979
Cerro Gordo 47.0% 11,415 34.0% 8,250 19.1% 4,628
Cherokee 37.6% 2,590 40.2% 2,768 22.3% 1,535
Chickasaw 43.9% 2,913 32.1% 2,129 24.1% 1,598
Clarke 45.1% 1,921 33.3% 1,417 21.6% 922
Clay 39.9% 3,346 35.9% 3,011 24.1% 2,023
Clayton 40.7% 3,742 33.1% 3,044 26.2% 2,404
Clinton 46.8% 11,683 35.0% 8,746 18.2% 4,531
Crawford 39.2% 3,004 35.1% 2,693 25.7% 1,975
Dallas 44.1% 6,554 37.6% 5,587 18.3% 2,720
Davis 48.6% 1,962 33.3% 1,344 18.2% 735
Decatur 46.8% 1,866 33.0% 1,316 20.2% 804
Delaware 36.4% 3,093 37.6% 3,195 26.0% 2,204
Des Moines 53.4% 11,309 30.1% 6,378 16.5% 3,503
Dickinson 37.4% 3,106 38.5% 3,196 24.1% 2,002
Dubuque 47.8% 20,539 32.6% 14,007 19.6% 8,422
Emmet 44.5% 2,239 34.8% 1,749 20.8% 1,044
Fayette 40.6% 4,412 35.7% 3,879 23.7% 2,570
Floyd 47.6% 3,688 31.0% 2,404 21.4% 1,658
Franklin 38.9% 2,049 40.6% 2,137 20.5% 1,080
Fremont 36.4% 1,422 37.3% 1,459 26.3% 1,030
Greene 45.3% 2,422 36.5% 1,952 18.3% 979
Grundy 30.8% 1,895 51.3% 3,160 17.9% 1,101
Guthrie 41.0% 2,234 36.0% 1,962 23.1% 1,257
Hamilton 42.5% 3,262 39.5% 3,031 18.1% 1,388
Hancock 37.5% 2,175 41.8% 2,428 20.7% 1,203
Hardin 42.2% 3,792 40.0% 3,590 17.8% 1,597
Harrison 34.2% 2,349 40.2% 2,763 25.6% 1,756
Henry 41.1% 3,544 39.8% 3,435 19.1% 1,649
Howard 43.2% 2,099 31.2% 1,516 25.7% 1,247
Humboldt 34.0% 1,765 44.3% 2,299 21.6% 1,121
Ida 34.2% 1,449 40.4% 1,714 25.4% 1,076
Iowa 36.8% 2,560 38.1% 2,656 25.1% 1,749
Jackson 47.5% 4,421 28.7% 2,673 23.8% 2,211
Jasper 45.1% 8,120 38.1% 6,866 16.8% 3,026
Jefferson 30.7% 2,562 30.5% 2,541 38.8% 3,238
Johnson 55.4% 28,656 27.1% 14,041 17.5% 9,077
Jones 39.4% 3,508 34.5% 3,071 26.1% 2,321
Keokuk 41.8% 2,329 35.5% 1,981 22.7% 1,267
Kossuth 40.4% 3,660 38.2% 3,464 21.4% 1,935
Lee 54.6% 9,366 27.9% 4,777 17.5% 3,009
Linn 43.4% 38,567 34.0% 30,215 22.6% 20,103
Louisa 43.2% 2,091 34.9% 1,691 21.9% 1,062
Lucas 44.3% 2,072 37.1% 1,734 18.6% 868
Lyon 23.2% 1,331 57.1% 3,272 19.6% 1,123
Madison 41.1% 2,525 39.4% 2,421 19.6% 1,203
Mahaska 36.2% 3,714 48.3% 4,953 15.4% 1,580
Marion 40.9% 5,531 44.8% 6,062 14.3% 1,940
Marshall 45.4% 8,303 37.1% 6,784 17.5% 3,202
Mills 29.2% 1,798 43.8% 2,699 27.1% 1,669
Mitchell 40.7% 2,177 36.2% 1,933 23.1% 1,237
Monona 40.0% 1,939 34.2% 1,660 25.8% 1,250
Monroe 48.4% 1,829 35.0% 1,323 16.7% 630
Montgomery 29.8% 1,599 44.8% 2,404 25.5% 1,366
Muscatine 42.0% 7,089 36.1% 6,087 21.9% 3,688
O'Brien 28.0% 2,122 51.1% 3,869 21.0% 1,587
Osceola 27.5% 990 48.8% 1,756 23.7% 854
Page 26.7% 1,951 50.2% 3,670 23.1% 1,689
Palo Alto 44.1% 2,374 33.3% 1,789 22.6% 1,216
Plymouth 30.3% 3,171 49.6% 5,196 20.2% 2,117
Pocahontas 41.1% 1,919 37.3% 1,743 21.6% 1,007
Polk 47.0% 78,585 38.1% 63,708 14.9% 24,965
Pottawattamie 35.6% 13,228 42.2% 15,671 22.1% 8,216
Poweshiek 44.8% 4,056 35.9% 3,245 19.3% 1,746
Ringgold 46.7% 1,341 33.7% 967 19.6% 561
Sac 36.4% 1,896 41.0% 2,138 22.7% 1,181
Scott 45.2% 33,765 38.6% 28,844 16.1% 12,053
Shelby 32.0% 2,094 42.9% 2,809 25.1% 1,641
Sioux 15.1% 2,226 72.2% 10,637 12.7% 1,867
Story 47.1% 17,118 35.0% 12,702 17.9% 6,491
Tama 42.9% 3,573 35.4% 2,948 21.7% 1,809
Taylor 40.3% 1,430 33.8% 1,200 25.9% 921
Union 42.0% 2,565 36.5% 2,224 21.5% 1,313
Van Buren 39.5% 1,464 38.2% 1,418 22.3% 828
Wapello 53.9% 8,670 30.2% 4,852 15.9% 2,561
Warren 45.0% 8,612 37.8% 7,242 17.2% 3,303
Washington 37.5% 3,384 39.7% 3,576 22.8% 2,058
Wayne 45.5% 1,632 36.2% 1,299 18.2% 653
Webster 45.3% 8,562 37.0% 6,992 17.8% 3,367
Winnebago 38.2% 2,322 39.6% 2,407 22.2% 1,349
Winneshiek 39.4% 3,791 34.6% 3,331 26.0% 2,502
Woodbury 40.6% 17,398 42.3% 18,148 17.1% 7,318
Worth 45.2% 2,009 31.1% 1,382 23.8% 1,057
Wright 41.7% 2,776 40.6% 2,708 17.7% 1,181

Democratic caucuses
Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, 1992
February 10, 1992 (1992-02-10)
 
Candidate Tom Harkin Uncommitted Paul Tsongas
Home state Iowa n/a Massachusetts
Delegate count 26 15 0
Popular vote 2,314 355 128
Percentage 77.24% 11.85% 4.27%

In the 1992 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, most candidates for the Democratic nomination did not campaign in Iowa because of the presence of Tom Harkin, a longtime U.S. Senator representing Iowa.[3]

Harkin was running for president in 1992 as a populist with labor union support who criticized George H.W. Bush for being out of touch with working class Americans.[4] Harkin was an early favorite in a small field of five candidates. Harkin easily won the caucus with 76% of the vote, uncommitted got second place with 11%, Senator Paul Tsongas came in third, with 4%, and Governor Bill Clinton finished fourth, with 2%.

Because the race was not contested, these results had little effect on the remaining primaries, and the New Hampshire primary took on added importance.[3]

Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucus Results – 1992[5]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Democratic Tom Harkin 2,314 77.24% 26
Democratic Uncommitted 355 11.85% 15
Democratic Paul Tsongas 128 4.27% 0
Democratic Bill Clinton 76 2.54% 7
Democratic Robert Kerrey 72 2.40% 0
Democratic Jerry Brown 51 1.70% 1

Tom Harkin won every county by large margins. The delegate totals reflect their final distribution, not their projected allocation immediately following the caucus.

By congressional district
District Bush Clinton Representative
1st 34% 46% Jim Leach
2nd 35% 44% Jim Nussle
3rd 36% 45% Jim Ross Lightfoot
4th 39% 43% Neal Smith
5th 42% 38% Fred Grandy

References
  1. "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  2. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  3. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/16/the_comeback_kid/
  4. Miller, Judith: "Tom Harkin's Old-Time Religion", New York Times Magazine, February 9, 1992
  5. Dave Leip's US Election Atlas
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