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Election 1992 Results

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1992 presidential election in Iowa

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Iowa in 1992, 43.3% to 37.3%, a margin of 6.0 points and 81,462 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1988, when Michael Dukakis won.

Democrats led in 65 of the 99 counties and Republicans in 33 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Polk, cast 167,258 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.9 points. The closest was Calhoun, where 29 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
Bill Clinton won	Democratic	586,353	43.3%
George H. W. Bush	Republican	504,891	37.3%
Ross Perot	Independent	253,468	18.7%
All other candidates		9,895	0.7%
Total		1,354,607

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Polk	78,585 47.0%	63,708 38.1%	24,965	167,258	D+8.9
Linn	38,567 43.4%	30,215 34.0%	20,103	88,885	D+9.4
Scott	33,765 45.2%	28,844 38.6%	12,053	74,662	D+6.6
Black Hawk	29,584 48.1%	21,398 34.8%	10,568	61,550	D+13.3
Johnson	28,656 55.3%	14,041 27.1%	9,077	51,774	D+28.2
Dubuque	20,539 47.8%	14,007 32.6%	8,422	42,968	D+15.2
Woodbury	17,398 40.6%	18,148 42.3%	7,318	42,864	R+1.7
Pottawattamie	13,228 35.6%	15,671 42.2%	8,216	37,115	R+6.6
Story	17,118 47.1%	12,702 35.0%	6,491	36,311	D+12.2
Clinton	11,683 46.8%	8,746 35.0%	4,531	24,960	D+11.8
Cerro Gordo	11,415 47.0%	8,250 34.0%	4,628	24,293	D+13.0
Des Moines	11,309 53.4%	6,378 30.1%	3,503	21,190	D+23.3
Warren	8,612 45.0%	7,242 37.8%	3,303	19,157	D+7.2
Webster	8,562 45.3%	6,992 37.0%	3,367	18,921	D+8.3
Marshall	8,303 45.4%	6,784 37.1%	3,202	18,289	D+8.3
Jasper	8,120 45.1%	6,866 38.1%	3,026	18,012	D+7.0
Lee	9,366 54.6%	4,777 27.9%	3,009	17,152	D+26.8
Muscatine	7,089 42.0%	6,087 36.1%	3,688	16,864	D+5.9
Wapello	8,670 53.9%	4,852 30.2%	2,561	16,083	D+23.7
Dallas	6,554 44.1%	5,587 37.6%	2,720	14,861	D+6.5
Sioux	2,226 15.1%	10,637 72.2%	1,867	14,730	R+57.1
Marion	5,531 40.9%	6,062 44.8%	1,940	13,533	R+3.9
Boone	5,913 48.4%	4,148 33.9%	2,158	12,219	D+14.4
Bremer	4,774 40.8%	4,482 38.3%	2,458	11,714	D+2.5
Fayette	4,412 40.6%	3,879 35.7%	2,570	10,861	D+4.9
Plymouth	3,171 30.2%	5,196 49.6%	2,117	10,484	R+19.3
Benton	4,467 42.8%	3,469 33.2%	2,503	10,439	D+9.6
Mahaska	3,714 36.2%	4,953 48.3%	1,580	10,247	R+12.1
Buchanan	4,166 43.2%	3,313 34.3%	2,175	9,654	D+8.8
Winneshiek	3,791 39.4%	3,331 34.6%	2,502	9,624	D+4.8
Carroll	3,800 40.1%	3,439 36.3%	2,236	9,475	D+3.8
Jackson	4,421 47.5%	2,673 28.7%	2,211	9,305	D+18.8
Buena Vista	3,374 36.4%	3,863 41.7%	2,020	9,257	R+5.3
Clayton	3,742 40.7%	3,044 33.1%	2,404	9,190	D+7.6
Kossuth	3,660 40.4%	3,464 38.2%	1,935	9,059	D+2.2
Poweshiek	4,056 44.8%	3,245 35.9%	1,746	9,047	D+9.0
Washington	3,384 37.5%	3,576 39.7%	2,058	9,018	R+2.1
Hardin	3,792 42.2%	3,590 40.0%	1,597	8,979	D+2.2
Jones	3,508 39.4%	3,071 34.5%	2,321	8,900	D+4.9
Henry	3,544 41.1%	3,435 39.8%	1,649	8,628	D+1.3
Delaware	3,093 36.4%	3,195 37.6%	2,204	8,492	R+1.2
Clay	3,346 39.9%	3,011 35.9%	2,023	8,380	D+4.0
Jefferson	2,562 30.7%	2,541 30.5%	3,238	8,341	Others
Tama	3,573 42.9%	2,948 35.4%	1,809	8,330	D+7.5
Dickinson	3,106 37.4%	3,196 38.5%	2,002	8,304	R+1.1
Cedar	3,296 40.0%	2,965 36.0%	1,979	8,240	D+4.0
Floyd	3,688 47.6%	2,404 31.0%	1,658	7,750	D+16.6
Hamilton	3,262 42.5%	3,031 39.5%	1,388	7,681	D+3.0
Crawford	3,004 39.2%	2,693 35.1%	1,975	7,672	D+4.1
O'Brien	2,122 28.0%	3,869 51.1%	1,587	7,578	R+23.1
Page	1,951 26.7%	3,670 50.2%	1,689	7,310	R+23.5
Butler	2,548 35.7%	3,209 45.0%	1,380	7,137	R+9.3
Cass	2,231 31.6%	3,176 45.0%	1,651	7,058	R+13.4
Iowa	2,560 36.8%	2,656 38.1%	1,749	6,965	R+1.4
Cherokee	2,590 37.6%	2,768 40.2%	1,535	6,893	R+2.6
Harrison	2,349 34.2%	2,763 40.2%	1,756	6,868	R+6.0
Allamakee	2,362 35.4%	2,627 39.3%	1,690	6,679	R+4.0
Wright	2,776 41.7%	2,708 40.6%	1,181	6,665	D+1.0
Chickasaw	2,913 43.9%	2,129 32.1%	1,598	6,640	D+11.8
Shelby	2,094 32.0%	2,809 42.9%	1,641	6,544	R+10.9
Appanoose	2,810 44.1%	2,346 36.8%	1,217	6,373	D+7.3
Mills	1,798 29.2%	2,699 43.8%	1,669	6,166	R+14.6
Grundy	1,895 30.8%	3,160 51.3%	1,101	6,156	R+20.5
Madison	2,525 41.1%	2,421 39.4%	1,203	6,149	D+1.7
Union	2,565 42.0%	2,224 36.4%	1,313	6,102	D+5.6
Winnebago	2,322 38.2%	2,407 39.6%	1,349	6,078	R+1.4
Hancock	2,175 37.5%	2,428 41.8%	1,203	5,806	R+4.4
Lyon	1,331 23.2%	3,272 57.1%	1,123	5,726	R+33.9
Keokuk	2,329 41.8%	1,981 35.5%	1,267	5,577	D+6.2
Guthrie	2,234 41.0%	1,962 36.0%	1,257	5,453	D+5.0
Palo Alto	2,374 44.1%	1,789 33.3%	1,216	5,379	D+10.9
Montgomery	1,599 29.8%	2,404 44.8%	1,366	5,369	R+15.0
Greene	2,422 45.2%	1,952 36.5%	979	5,353	D+8.8
Mitchell	2,177 40.7%	1,933 36.2%	1,237	5,347	D+4.6
Calhoun	2,140 40.6%	2,169 41.1%	965	5,274	R+0.5
Franklin	2,049 38.9%	2,137 40.6%	1,080	5,266	R+1.7
Sac	1,896 36.4%	2,138 41.0%	1,181	5,215	R+4.6
Humboldt	1,765 34.0%	2,299 44.3%	1,121	5,185	R+10.3
Emmet	2,239 44.5%	1,749 34.8%	1,044	5,032	D+9.7
Howard	2,099 43.2%	1,516 31.2%	1,247	4,862	D+12.0
Monona	1,939 40.0%	1,660 34.2%	1,250	4,849	D+5.8
Louisa	2,091 43.2%	1,691 34.9%	1,062	4,844	D+8.3
Lucas	2,072 44.3%	1,734 37.1%	868	4,674	D+7.2
Pocahontas	1,919 41.1%	1,743 37.3%	1,007	4,669	D+3.8
Worth	2,009 45.2%	1,382 31.1%	1,057	4,448	D+14.1
Clarke	1,921 45.1%	1,417 33.3%	922	4,260	D+11.8
Ida	1,449 34.2%	1,714 40.4%	1,076	4,239	R+6.3
Adair	1,655 39.5%	1,713 40.8%	826	4,194	R+1.4
Davis	1,962 48.6%	1,344 33.3%	735	4,041	D+15.3
Decatur	1,866 46.8%	1,316 33.0%	804	3,986	D+13.8
Fremont	1,422 36.4%	1,459 37.3%	1,030	3,911	R+0.9
Audubon	1,589 41.0%	1,373 35.5%	911	3,873	D+5.6
Monroe	1,829 48.4%	1,323 35.0%	630	3,782	D+13.4
Van Buren	1,464 39.5%	1,418 38.2%	828	3,710	D+1.2
Osceola	990 27.5%	1,756 48.8%	854	3,600	R+21.3
Wayne	1,632 45.5%	1,299 36.2%	653	3,584	D+9.3
Taylor	1,430 40.3%	1,200 33.8%	921	3,551	D+6.5
Ringgold	1,341 46.7%	967 33.7%	561	2,869	D+13.0
Adams	1,034 39.8%	863 33.2%	699	2,596	D+6.6

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

Iowa in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+13.2
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+8.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+9.4
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+5.8
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+9.5
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+0.7
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+0.3
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+6.0
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+10.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+7.4
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.0
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+17.1
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+12.2
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.0
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+13.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+18.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+28.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+2.7
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+4.5
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+4.4
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+11.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+17.7
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+24.2
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+38.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+45.4
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+12.0
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+13.3
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+15.0
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+32.7
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+18.6
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+12.6
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+5.3
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+7.8
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+5.2
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+24.1
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+20.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+23.1
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+23.8

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