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Election 1992 Results

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1992 presidential election in Idaho

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in Idaho in 1992, 42.0% to 28.4%, a margin of 13.6 points and 65,632 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1988, when George H. W. Bush also won.

Republicans led in 35 of the 44 counties and Democrats in 7 and other candidates in 2. The largest, Ada, cast 110,166 votes and went to the Republican by 15.5 points. The closest was Caribou, where 26 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
George H. W. Bush won	Republican	202,645	42.0%
Bill Clinton	Democratic	137,013	28.4%
Ross Perot	Independent	130,395	27.0%
All other candidates		12,089	2.5%
Total		482,142

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	31,941 29.0%	49,000 44.5%	29,225	110,166	R+15.5
Canyon	9,095 24.0%	19,220 50.8%	9,534	37,849	R+26.8
Kootenai	11,553 31.8%	13,065 36.0%	11,710	36,328	R+4.2
Bonneville	7,014 19.8%	16,557 46.8%	11,805	35,376	R+27.0
Bannock	11,091 34.4%	12,016 37.3%	9,104	32,211	R+2.9
Twin Falls	6,593 28.1%	10,335 44.0%	6,575	23,503	R+15.9
Nez Perce	7,069 41.6%	5,431 32.0%	4,474	16,974	D+9.7
Latah	7,233 44.3%	5,353 32.8%	3,744	16,330	D+11.5
Bingham	3,565 22.3%	7,333 45.9%	5,093	15,991	R+23.6
Bonner	4,995 36.1%	3,937 28.5%	4,889	13,821	D+7.7
Blaine	2,865 35.7%	2,243 28.0%	2,914	8,022	Others
Madison	741 9.5%	4,591 59.1%	2,431	7,763	R+49.6
Cassia	1,351 17.7%	4,052 53.2%	2,219	7,622	R+35.4
Minidoka	1,815 24.5%	3,304 44.5%	2,298	7,417	R+20.1
Jefferson	978 13.7%	3,471 48.8%	2,667	7,116	R+35.0
Elmore	1,858 27.0%	3,087 44.8%	1,945	6,890	R+17.8
Payette	1,656 24.6%	2,895 42.9%	2,194	6,745	R+18.4
Idaho	1,974 29.3%	2,709 40.2%	2,051	6,734	R+10.9
Jerome	1,739 25.9%	2,972 44.2%	2,009	6,720	R+18.3
Shoshone	3,182 48.6%	1,441 22.0%	1,925	6,548	D+26.6
Gem	1,609 28.1%	2,455 42.9%	1,659	5,723	R+14.8
Gooding	1,530 27.5%	2,178 39.1%	1,856	5,564	R+11.6
Fremont	903 18.2%	2,333 47.1%	1,718	4,954	R+28.9
Washington	1,122 26.2%	1,802 42.1%	1,357	4,281	R+15.9
Valley	1,259 30.3%	1,548 37.3%	1,346	4,153	R+7.0
Franklin	524 12.9%	2,115 52.2%	1,411	4,050	R+39.3
Lemhi	996 26.1%	1,540 40.3%	1,285	3,821	R+14.2
Boundary	1,095 29.0%	1,479 39.2%	1,200	3,774	R+10.2
Clearwater	1,433 38.4%	1,152 30.9%	1,147	3,732	D+7.5
Benewah	1,270 34.3%	1,223 33.0%	1,210	3,703	D+1.3
Caribou	562 17.4%	1,350 41.7%	1,324	3,236	R+24.4
Owyhee	686 22.3%	1,469 47.8%	917	3,072	R+25.5
Power	837 28.1%	1,352 45.4%	788	2,977	R+17.3
Bear Lake	562 19.7%	1,419 49.7%	873	2,854	R+30.0
Boise	623 26.9%	912 39.3%	785	2,320	R+12.5
Custer	564 26.1%	829 38.3%	771	2,164	R+12.2
Adams	457 23.6%	754 38.9%	726	1,937	R+15.3
Teton	472 24.6%	762 39.7%	684	1,918	R+15.1
Oneida	351 18.8%	713 38.2%	802	1,866	Others
Lewis	674 37.9%	593 33.4%	511	1,778	D+4.6
Lincoln	514 30.3%	656 38.6%	529	1,699	R+8.4
Butte	433 28.8%	602 40.1%	468	1,503	R+11.2
Camas	134 27.6%	202 41.6%	150	486	R+14.0
Clark	95 22.5%	195 46.1%	133	423	R+23.6

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.8
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+31.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+31.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+25.4
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+38.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+39.5
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+18.5
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+13.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+26.1
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+46.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+41.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+22.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.2
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+26.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+1.8
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.6
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+31.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+2.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+29.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+20.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+29.3
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+30.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+31.3
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+10.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+1.1
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+16.9
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+40.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+3.9
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+56.8
1892	James B. Weaver (other)

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