United States presidential election in Alaska, 1992
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County Results
Clinton—60-70%
Clinton—50-60%
Clinton—40-50%
Bush—40-50%
Bush—50-60%
Bush—60-70%
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The 1992 United States presidential election in Alaska took place 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.
Alaska was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 39.4% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 30.2%. Bush won Alaska by a margin of 9.2%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 28.4% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Alaska has only voted Democratic once, and that was in the 1964 election for Lyndon B. Johnson. [2] It was also the last time a republican only won the state of Alaska by a single digit margin of victory.
Results
United States presidential election in Alaska, 1992[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | George H.W. Bush (incumbent) | 102,000 | 39.46% | 3 | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton | 78,294 | 30.29% | 0 | |
Independent | Ross Perot | 73,481 | 28.43% | 0 | |
America First | James "Bo" Gritz | 1,379 | 0.53% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 1,378 | 0.53% | 0 | |
Democrats for Economic Recovery | Lyndon LaRouche | 469 | 0.18% | 0 | |
Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | 433 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Taxpayers’ | Howard Phillips | 377 | 0.15% | 0 | |
Write-Ins | 365 | 0.14% | 0 | ||
New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | 330 | 0.13% | 0 | |
Totals | 258,506 | 100.0% | 3 |
References
- 1 2 "State of Alaska Official Returns November 3, 1992 General Election" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ↑ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.