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1992 presidential election in Maine

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Ross Perot (independent) in Maine in 1992, 38.8% to 30.4%, a margin of 8.3 points and 56,600 votes.

Maine changed party: in 1988 it went Republican, for George H. W. Bush.

Democrats led in 13 of the 16 counties and other candidates in 3. The largest, Cumberland, cast 141,522 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.6 points. The closest was Hancock, where 104 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill Clinton won Democratic 263,420 38.8%
Ross Perot Independent 206,820 30.4%
George H. W. Bush Republican 206,504 30.4%
All other candidates 2,755 0.4%
Total679,499

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cumberland 60,781 42.9% 45,752 32.3% 34,989 141,522 D+10.6
York 35,507 37.5% 32,241 34.1% 26,815 94,563 D+3.5
Penobscot 29,485 36.7% 24,218 30.1% 26,741 80,444 D+6.5
Kennebec 25,125 39.3% 17,135 26.8% 21,661 63,921 D+12.5
Androscoggin 22,247 40.3% 14,174 25.7% 18,723 55,144 D+14.6
Aroostook 15,682 40.6% 12,409 32.2% 10,494 38,585 D+8.5
Oxford 11,202 38.2% 8,194 27.9% 9,960 29,356 D+10.2
Hancock 10,126 35.2% 8,657 30.1% 10,022 28,805 D+5.1
Somerset 9,274 35.1% 6,780 25.7% 10,370 26,424 Others
Knox 7,631 37.5% 6,310 31.0% 6,397 20,338 D+6.5
Lincoln 6,714 35.3% 6,405 33.6% 5,917 19,036 D+1.6
Waldo 6,472 34.9% 5,241 28.3% 6,816 18,529 Others
Sagadahoc 6,828 36.9% 5,917 32.0% 5,768 18,513 D+4.9
Washington 6,284 35.4% 5,493 30.9% 5,988 17,765 D+4.5
Franklin 6,739 40.8% 4,608 27.9% 5,176 16,523 D+12.9
Piscataquis 3,323 33.1% 2,970 29.6% 3,738 10,031 Others

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

Maine in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+6.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+9.1
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+3.0
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+15.3
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+17.3
2004 John Kerry (D) D+9.0
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+20.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+8.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+11.5
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.1
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+3.4
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+0.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+23.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+12.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+37.7
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+41.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+32.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+14.5
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+5.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+2.3
1936 Alf Landon (R) R+14.0
1932 Herbert Hoover (R) R+12.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+37.7
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+50.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+39.1
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+4.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+19.0
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.7
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+38.9
1900 William McKinley (R) R+27.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+38.7
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+12.8
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+18.1
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+15.4
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+6.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+14.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+35.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+24.8