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United States presidential election, 1992

← 1988 November 3, 1992 1996 →
  44 Bill Clinton 3x4.jpg 43 George H.W. Bush 3x4.jpg Ross Perot.jpg
Nominee Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush Ross Perot
Party Democrat Republican Independent
Home state Arkansas Texas Texas
Running mate Al Gore Dan Quayle James Stockdale
Electoral vote 370 168 0
States carried 32 + DC 18 0
Popular vote 44,909,806 39,104,550 19,743,821
Percentage 43.0% 37.4% 18.9%

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Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Quayle, Blue denotes those won by Clinton/Gore.

President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democrat

The United States presidential election of 1992 was on November 3, 1992 in the United States. The three main people running were: George H. W. Bush, a Republican from Texas and the President; Bill Clinton, who was a Democrat and Governor of Arkansas; and Ross Perot an Independent candidate.

Bill Clinton was the winner of the election. Clinton got 370 Electoral votes, Bush got 168, and Perot got 0. A person running for president will need to get 270 to win.

George H.W. Bush could have lost the election for several reasons. He broke his promise of "Read my lips: no new taxes" by increasing taxes during his term. Some of his most well-known accomplishments during his presidency came from his foreign policy, and because of the Cold War and Gulf War being over, foreign policy became a smaller issue, as the economy became a bigger issues, since the economy was bad.

Candidates

Republican Party

Republican candidates

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Democratic Party

Democratic candidates

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos de 1992 para niños

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