1992 United States presidential election in Montana
The 1992 United States presidential election in Montana was held on November 3, 1992 as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Montana was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with a 37.63% of the popular vote plurality over incumbent President George H. W. Bush's (R-Texas) 35.12%, and businessman Ross Perot's (I-Texas) 26.12%.[3][4] To date, this is the most recent presidential election in which Montana was won by the Democratic candidate.
Results
| 1992 United States presidential election in Montana[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 154,507 | 37.63% | 3 | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 144,207 | 35.12% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | 107,225 | 26.12% | 0 | |
| America First | James "Bo" Gritz | 3,658 | 0.89% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 986 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Totals | 410,583 | 100.00% | 3 | ||
By county
Official results by county from the Montana Secretary of State.[2]
| County | Candidate | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | Bush | Perot | (other) | |||
| Beaverhead | votes | 1,098 | 1,746 | 1,202 | 114 | 4,160 |
| percent | 26.39% | 41.97% | 28.89% | 2.74% | 100.00% | |
| Big Horn | votes | 2,154 | 1,377 | 840 | 23 | 4,394 |
| percent | 49.02% | 31.34% | 19.12% | 0.52% | 100.00% | |
| Blaine | votes | 1,355 | 971 | 699 | 21 | 3,046 |
| percent | 44.48% | 31.88% | 22.95% | 0.69% | 100.00% | |
| Broadwater | votes | 491 | 830 | 505 | 16 | 1,842 |
| percent | 26.66% | 45.06% | 27.42% | 0.87% | 100.00% | |
| Carbon | votes | 1,549 | 1,562 | 1,482 | 27 | 4,620 |
| percent | 33.53% | 33.81% | 32.08% | 0.58% | 100.00% | |
| Carter | votes | 154 | 497 | 220 | 3 | 874 |
| percent | 17.62% | 56.86% | 25.17% | 0.34% | 100.00% | |
| Cascade | votes | 14,719 | 12,494 | 9,151 | 214 | 36,578 |
| percent | 40.24% | 34.16% | 25.02% | 0.59% | 100.00% | |
| Chouteau | votes | 959 | 1,380 | 870 | 27 | 3,236 |
| percent | 29.64% | 42.65% | 26.89% | 0.83% | 100.00% | |
| Custer | votes | 1,968 | 2,105 | 1,505 | 33 | 5,611 |
| percent | 35.07% | 37.52% | 26.82% | 0.59% | 100.00% | |
| Daniels | votes | 457 | 496 | 402 | 8 | 1,363 |
| percent | 33.53% | 36.39% | 29.49% | 0.59% | 100.00% | |
| Dawson | votes | 1,785 | 1,679 | 1,370 | 16 | 4,850 |
| percent | 36.80% | 34.62% | 28.25% | 0.33% | 100.00% | |
| Deer Lodge | votes | 3,174 | 832 | 1,207 | 56 | 5,269 |
| percent | 60.24% | 15.79% | 22.91% | 1.06% | 100.00% | |
| Fallon | votes | 446 | 731 | 427 | 4 | 1,608 |
| percent | 27.74% | 45.46% | 26.55% | 0.25% | 100.00% | |
| Fergus | votes | 1,615 | 2,736 | 1,934 | 205 | 6,490 |
| percent | 24.88% | 42.16% | 29.80% | 3.16% | 100.00% | |
| Flathead | votes | 9,746 | 11,699 | 9,109 | 862 | 31,416 |
| percent | 31.02% | 37.24% | 28.99% | 2.74% | 100.00% | |
| Gallatin | votes | 9,535 | 11,109 | 7,711 | 424 | 28,779 |
| percent | 33.13% | 38.60% | 26.79% | 1.47% | 100.00% | |
| Garfield | votes | 125 | 403 | 281 | 10 | 819 |
| percent | 15.26% | 49.21% | 34.31% | 1.22% | 100.00% | |
| Glacier | votes | 2,076 | 1,222 | 997 | 28 | 4,323 |
| percent | 48.02% | 28.27% | 23.06% | 0.65% | 100.00% | |
| Golden Valley | votes | 142 | 192 | 157 | 5 | 496 |
| percent | 28.63% | 38.71% | 31.65% | 1.01% | 100.00% | |
| Granite | votes | 358 | 556 | 386 | 22 | 1,322 |
| percent | 27.08% | 42.06% | 29.20% | 1.66% | 100.00% | |
| Hill | votes | 3,618 | 2,408 | 2,017 | 39 | 8,082 |
| percent | 44.77% | 29.79% | 24.96% | 0.48% | 100.00% | |
| Jefferson | votes | 1,415 | 1,541 | 1,172 | 97 | 4,225 |
| percent | 33.49% | 36.47% | 27.74% | 2.30% | 100.00% | |
| Judith Basin | votes | 409 | 610 | 415 | 13 | 1,447 |
| percent | 28.27% | 42.16% | 28.68% | 0.90% | 100.00% | |
| Lake | votes | 3,938 | 3,596 | 2,878 | 140 | 10,552 |
| percent | 37.32% | 34.08% | 27.27% | 1.33% | 100.00% | |
| Lewis and Clark | votes | 11,117 | 9,351 | 5,560 | 151 | 26,179 |
| percent | 42.47% | 35.72% | 21.24% | 0.58% | 100.00% | |
| Liberty | votes | 321 | 512 | 363 | 15 | 1,211 |
| percent | 26.51% | 42.28% | 29.98% | 1.24% | 100.00% | |
| Lincoln | votes | 2,765 | 2,799 | 2,637 | 177 | 8,378 |
| percent | 33.00% | 33.41% | 31.48% | 2.11% | 100.00% | |
| Madison | votes | 779 | 1,415 | 1,043 | 62 | 3,299 |
| percent | 23.61% | 42.89% | 31.62% | 1.88% | 100.00% | |
| McCone | votes | 424 | 528 | 395 | 7 | 1,354 |
| percent | 31.31% | 39.00% | 29.17% | 0.52% | 100.00% | |
| Meagher | votes | 260 | 422 | 310 | 10 | 1,002 |
| percent | 25.95% | 42.12% | 30.94% | 1.00% | 100.00% | |
| Mineral | votes | 664 | 403 | 543 | 25 | 1,635 |
| percent | 40.61% | 24.65% | 33.21% | 1.53% | 100.00% | |
| Missoula | votes | 20,347 | 12,898 | 9,735 | 319 | 43,299 |
| percent | 46.99% | 29.79% | 22.48% | 0.74% | 100.00% | |
| Musselshell | votes | 648 | 876 | 691 | 13 | 2,228 |
| percent | 29.08% | 39.32% | 31.01% | 0.58% | 100.00% | |
| Park | votes | 2,258 | 2,846 | 2,182 | 196 | 7,482 |
| percent | 30.18% | 38.04% | 29.16% | 2.62% | 100.00% | |
| Petroleum | votes | 61 | 135 | 95 | 5 | 296 |
| percent | 20.61% | 45.61% | 32.09% | 1.69% | 100.00% | |
| Phillips | votes | 634 | 1,026 | 949 | 16 | 2,625 |
| percent | 24.15% | 39.09% | 36.15% | 0.61% | 100.00% | |
| Pondera | votes | 1,046 | 1,252 | 855 | 12 | 3,165 |
| percent | 33.05% | 39.56% | 27.01% | 0.38% | 100.00% | |
| Powder River | votes | 258 | 547 | 340 | 11 | 1,156 |
| percent | 22.32% | 47.32% | 29.41% | 0.95% | 100.00% | |
| Powell | votes | 989 | 1,058 | 872 | 19 | 2,938 |
| percent | 33.66% | 36.01% | 29.68% | 0.65% | 100.00% | |
| Prairie | votes | 260 | 412 | 179 | 5 | 856 |
| percent | 30.37% | 48.13% | 20.91% | 0.58% | 100.00% | |
| Ravalli | votes | 4,644 | 5,392 | 4,573 | 410 | 15,019 |
| percent | 30.92% | 35.90% | 30.45% | 2.73% | 100.00% | |
| Richland | votes | 1,440 | 1,760 | 1,525 | 23 | 4,748 |
| percent | 30.33% | 37.07% | 32.12% | 0.48% | 100.00% | |
| Roosevelt | votes | 1,827 | 1,212 | 1,089 | 65 | 4,193 |
| percent | 43.57% | 28.91% | 25.97% | 1.55% | 100.00% | |
| Rosebud | votes | 1,669 | 1,130 | 1,099 | 20 | 3,918 |
| percent | 42.60% | 28.84% | 28.05% | 0.51% | 100.00% | |
| Sanders | votes | 1,689 | 1,361 | 1,378 | 78 | 4,506 |
| percent | 37.48% | 30.20% | 30.58% | 1.73% | 100.00% | |
| Sheridan | votes | 1,077 | 795 | 782 | 9 | 2,663 |
| percent | 40.44% | 29.85% | 29.37% | 0.34% | 100.00% | |
| Silver Bow | votes | 9,960 | 3,491 | 4,570 | 125 | 18,146 |
| percent | 54.89% | 19.24% | 25.18% | 0.69% | 100.00% | |
| Stillwater | votes | 1,178 | 1,390 | 1,056 | 16 | 3,640 |
| percent | 32.36% | 38.19% | 29.01% | 0.44% | 100.00% | |
| Sweet Grass | votes | 395 | 880 | 507 | 19 | 1,801 |
| percent | 21.93% | 48.86% | 28.15% | 1.05% | 100.00% | |
| Teton | votes | 1,043 | 1,364 | 969 | 29 | 3,405 |
| percent | 30.63% | 40.06% | 28.46% | 0.85% | 100.00% | |
| Toole | votes | 854 | 943 | 903 | 17 | 2,717 |
| percent | 31.43% | 34.71% | 33.24% | 0.63% | 100.00% | |
| Treasure | votes | 157 | 206 | 178 | 6 | 547 |
| percent | 28.70% | 37.66% | 32.54% | 1.10% | 100.00% | |
| Valley | votes | 1,715 | 1,497 | 1,320 | 36 | 4,568 |
| percent | 37.54% | 32.77% | 28.90% | 0.79% | 100.00% | |
| Wheatland | votes | 384 | 478 | 284 | 4 | 1,150 |
| percent | 33.39% | 41.57% | 24.70% | 0.35% | 100.00% | |
| Wibaux | votes | 195 | 234 | 173 | 5 | 607 |
| percent | 32.13% | 38.55% | 28.50% | 0.82% | 100.00% | |
| Yellowstone | votes | 20,163 | 22,822 | 13,133 | 332 | 56,450 |
| percent | 35.72% | 40.43% | 23.26% | 0.59% | 100.00% | |
| Total | votes | 154,507 | 144,207 | 107,225 | 4,644 | 410,583 |
| percent | 37.63% | 35.12% | 26.12% | 1.13% | 100.00% | |
Analysis
Montana was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 37.63% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.12%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 26.12% of the popular vote.[3] It was the first time the state voted for a Democrat since it was won by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. It is also the last time that the state voted Democratic (as of the 2016 presidential election), as well as the last time that Sanders County and Valley County voted Democratic.
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References
- http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/
- Cooney, Mike (1992), Official 1992 General Election Canvass, Secretary of State of Montana, archived at Montana State Library
- "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Montana". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
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