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Election 1992 Results

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1992 presidential election in Michigan

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Michigan in 1992, 43.8% to 36.4%, a margin of 7.4 points and 316,242 votes.

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

Democrats led in 50 of the 83 counties and Republicans in 33. The largest, Wayne, cast 841,965 votes and went to the Democrat by 33.4 points. The closest was Luce, where 14 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 1,871,182 43.8%
George H. W. Bush Republican 1,554,940 36.4%
Ross Perot Independent 824,813 19.3%
All other candidates 23,738 0.6%
Total4,274,673

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 508,464 60.4% 227,002 27.0% 106,499 841,965 D+33.4
Oakland 214,733 38.6% 242,160 43.6% 98,867 555,760 R+4.9
Macomb 130,732 37.4% 147,795 42.3% 70,711 349,238 R+4.9
Kent 82,305 33.9% 115,285 47.5% 44,963 242,553 R+13.6
Genesee 105,156 52.6% 47,834 23.9% 47,008 199,998 D+28.7
Washtenaw 73,325 53.3% 41,386 30.1% 22,755 137,466 D+23.2
Ingham 61,596 46.0% 43,926 32.8% 28,270 133,792 D+13.2
Kalamazoo 43,568 41.9% 38,035 36.6% 22,255 103,858 D+5.3
Saginaw 43,819 45.2% 32,103 33.1% 20,983 96,905 D+12.1
Ottawa 22,180 23.1% 56,862 59.1% 17,169 96,211 R+36.0
Muskegon 32,515 45.2% 23,769 33.0% 15,664 71,948 D+12.2
Berrien 25,840 37.1% 29,252 42.0% 14,523 69,615 R+4.9
St. Clair 23,385 35.0% 24,508 36.7% 18,939 66,832 R+1.7
Jackson 23,686 36.6% 25,424 39.3% 15,534 64,644 R+2.7
Livingston 17,851 28.9% 27,539 44.6% 16,345 61,735 R+15.7
Monroe 24,957 42.3% 20,250 34.3% 13,824 59,031 D+8.0
Calhoun 25,542 43.5% 19,791 33.7% 13,369 58,702 D+9.8
Bay 26,492 48.7% 16,383 30.1% 11,480 54,355 D+18.6
Eaton 16,752 35.0% 18,669 39.0% 12,462 47,883 R+4.0
Allegan 12,823 31.4% 19,077 46.7% 8,935 40,835 R+15.3
Lenawee 15,399 39.1% 14,297 36.3% 9,669 39,365 D+2.8
Midland 13,382 34.6% 16,149 41.8% 9,093 38,624 R+7.2
Lapeer 11,982 34.2% 12,326 35.1% 10,776 35,084 R+1.0
Grand Traverse 11,148 32.3% 13,629 39.5% 9,684 34,461 R+7.2
Shiawassee 12,629 39.0% 10,930 33.8% 8,801 32,360 D+5.3
Marquette 16,038 50.7% 9,665 30.6% 5,926 31,629 D+20.1
Clinton 10,116 33.3% 12,216 40.3% 8,007 30,339 R+6.9
Van Buren 12,466 41.2% 10,357 34.3% 7,414 30,237 D+7.0
Tuscola 9,138 37.0% 8,636 35.0% 6,892 24,666 D+2.0
Barry 8,652 35.2% 9,489 38.6% 6,458 24,599 R+3.4
St. Joseph 7,817 32.6% 9,836 41.0% 6,318 23,971 R+8.4
Ionia 8,370 35.1% 9,135 38.3% 6,317 23,822 R+3.2
Montcalm 8,730 38.3% 8,420 37.0% 5,630 22,780 D+1.4
Isabella 8,784 39.9% 7,706 35.0% 5,547 22,037 D+4.9
Cass 8,047 39.7% 7,391 36.4% 4,845 20,283 D+3.2
Sanilac 5,868 31.3% 7,891 42.1% 4,999 18,758 R+10.8
Delta 8,387 46.7% 6,027 33.6% 3,548 17,962 D+13.1
Newaygo 6,455 36.0% 7,333 40.9% 4,128 17,916 R+4.9
Hillsdale 5,244 29.3% 7,579 42.4% 5,068 17,891 R+13.1
Huron 6,023 36.2% 6,491 39.0% 4,118 16,632 R+2.8
Branch 5,850 35.3% 5,976 36.0% 4,767 16,593 R+0.8
Gratiot 5,678 35.8% 6,280 39.5% 3,921 15,879 R+3.8
Mecosta 6,097 38.5% 6,047 38.2% 3,691 15,835 D+0.3
Houghton 6,558 43.2% 5,575 36.7% 3,040 15,173 D+6.5
Alpena 6,894 45.7% 4,878 32.4% 3,297 15,069 D+13.4
Chippewa 5,434 39.8% 5,462 40.0% 2,751 13,647 R+0.2
Iosco 5,369 39.8% 4,912 36.4% 3,211 13,492 D+3.4
Emmet 4,245 32.1% 5,312 40.1% 3,675 13,232 R+8.1
Mason 4,829 36.9% 5,102 39.0% 3,151 13,082 R+2.1
Dickinson 5,689 43.7% 4,273 32.8% 3,069 13,031 D+10.9
Wexford 4,894 38.9% 4,696 37.3% 2,985 12,575 D+1.6
Clare 5,346 44.0% 3,916 32.2% 2,901 12,163 D+11.8
Roscommon 5,243 43.7% 4,170 34.7% 2,594 12,007 D+8.9
Manistee 5,193 44.6% 3,491 30.0% 2,967 11,651 D+14.6
Charlevoix 4,063 35.3% 4,017 34.9% 3,445 11,525 D+0.4
Menominee 4,559 41.1% 3,995 36.0% 2,528 11,082 D+5.1
Cheboygan 4,459 41.0% 3,864 35.6% 2,541 10,864 D+5.5
Gladwin 4,457 41.4% 3,616 33.6% 2,703 10,776 D+7.8
Oceana 3,846 36.4% 3,944 37.4% 2,767 10,557 R+0.9
Leelanau 3,445 33.8% 3,993 39.2% 2,749 10,187 R+5.4
Antrim 3,431 34.3% 3,984 39.9% 2,576 9,991 R+5.5
Osceola 3,529 37.6% 3,606 38.5% 2,241 9,376 R+0.8
Gogebic 4,792 51.9% 2,838 30.8% 1,595 9,225 D+21.2
Otsego 3,129 34.0% 3,393 36.9% 2,685 9,207 R+2.9
Ogemaw 4,016 44.0% 2,936 32.2% 2,174 9,126 D+11.8
Presque Isle 3,308 45.0% 2,398 32.6% 1,639 7,345 D+12.4
Arenac 3,244 45.0% 2,330 32.3% 1,632 7,206 D+12.7
Iron 3,648 52.1% 1,971 28.2% 1,381 7,000 D+24.0
Benzie 2,715 39.6% 2,438 35.6% 1,699 6,852 D+4.0
Kalkaska 2,297 35.7% 2,173 33.8% 1,956 6,426 D+1.9
Missaukee 1,893 31.2% 2,829 46.7% 1,336 6,058 R+15.5
Mackinac 2,293 38.4% 2,278 38.1% 1,406 5,977 D+0.3
Crawford 2,252 38.0% 2,193 37.0% 1,480 5,925 D+1.0
Alcona 2,383 41.2% 2,247 38.9% 1,149 5,779 D+2.4
Montmorency 1,903 39.7% 1,794 37.4% 1,094 4,791 D+2.3
Ontonagon 2,451 51.7% 1,463 30.8% 831 4,745 D+20.8
Alger 2,144 46.9% 1,471 32.2% 955 4,570 D+14.7
Lake 2,351 51.7% 1,194 26.3% 1,001 4,546 D+25.5
Schoolcraft 2,139 51.8% 1,253 30.3% 737 4,129 D+21.5
Oscoda 1,471 38.4% 1,583 41.3% 777 3,831 R+2.9
Baraga 1,695 46.7% 1,160 32.0% 775 3,630 D+14.7
Luce 972 37.3% 958 36.8% 673 2,603 D+0.5
Keweenaw 582 49.6% 378 32.2% 213 1,173 D+17.4

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

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0