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1992 presidential election in Massachusetts

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Massachusetts in 1992, 47.5% to 29.0%, a margin of 18.5 points and 513,600 votes.

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

Democrats led in 14 of the 14 counties. The largest, Middlesex, cast 689,453 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.8 points. The closest was Nantucket, where 879 votes separated the two parties.

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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 1,318,639 47.5%
George H. W. Bush Republican 805,039 29.0%
Ross Perot Independent 630,731 22.7%
All other candidates 19,255 0.7%
Total2,773,664

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Middlesex 343,994 49.9% 193,703 28.1% 151,756 689,453 D+21.8
Norfolk 150,488 46.4% 103,255 31.8% 70,521 324,264 D+14.6
Essex 140,593 43.6% 102,212 31.7% 79,523 322,328 D+11.9
Worcester 138,122 43.7% 101,984 32.3% 75,676 315,782 D+11.4
Suffolk 132,921 60.6% 51,378 23.4% 34,974 219,273 D+37.2
Bristol 102,406 48.4% 52,370 24.7% 56,978 211,754 D+23.6
Plymouth 79,160 38.1% 69,514 33.5% 59,036 207,710 D+4.6
Hampden 86,026 45.7% 54,621 29.0% 47,618 188,265 D+16.7
Barnstable 46,641 42.8% 33,916 31.1% 28,440 108,997 D+11.7
Hampshire 37,879 54.1% 15,694 22.4% 16,498 70,071 D+31.7
Berkshire 36,857 54.4% 14,726 21.7% 16,163 67,746 D+32.7
Franklin 17,246 48.1% 8,691 24.3% 9,890 35,827 D+23.9
Dukes 4,292 54.4% 1,827 23.2% 1,769 7,888 D+31.3
Nantucket 2,037 48.3% 1,158 27.5% 1,021 4,216 D+20.8

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

Massachusetts in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+25.2
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+33.5
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+27.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+23.1
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+25.8
2004 John Kerry (D) D+25.2
2000 Al Gore (D) D+27.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+33.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+18.5
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+2.8
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.2
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+15.7
1972 George McGovern (D) D+9.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+30.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+52.7
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+20.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+18.9
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+8.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+11.5
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+5.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+6.7
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.0
1928 Al Smith (D) D+1.1
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+37.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+40.7
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+3.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+3.6
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+24.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+20.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.7
1896 William McKinley (R) R+43.1
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.6
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+9.4
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+8.0
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+18.8
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+16.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+38.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+39.5