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Election 1992 Results

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1992 presidential election in North Dakota

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1992, 44.2% to 32.2%, a margin of 12.0 points and 37,076 votes.

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

Republicans led in 44 of the 53 counties and Democrats in 9. The largest, Cass, cast 53,116 votes and went to the Republican by 13.6 points. The closest was Billings, where 3 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
George H. W. Bush won Republican 136,244 44.2%
Bill Clinton Democratic 99,168 32.2%
Ross Perot Independent 71,084 23.1%
All other candidates 1,637 0.5%
Total308,133

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 18,077 34.0% 25,312 47.7% 9,727 53,116 R+13.6
Burleigh 8,940 27.6% 16,484 50.9% 6,960 32,384 R+23.3
Grand Forks 10,930 35.1% 13,705 44.1% 6,469 31,104 R+8.9
Ward 7,856 30.4% 12,056 46.6% 5,940 25,852 R+16.2
Morton 3,594 31.2% 5,042 43.8% 2,886 11,522 R+12.6
Stark 3,003 28.1% 4,491 42.1% 3,184 10,678 R+13.9
Stutsman 3,313 33.1% 4,039 40.4% 2,649 10,001 R+7.3
Williams 3,008 30.3% 3,664 36.9% 3,245 9,917 R+6.6
Richland 2,688 32.4% 3,873 46.7% 1,740 8,301 R+14.3
Barnes 2,124 32.9% 2,728 42.3% 1,597 6,449 R+9.4
Ramsey 2,008 33.2% 2,516 41.6% 1,530 6,054 R+8.4
Walsh 1,936 32.8% 2,544 43.1% 1,424 5,904 R+10.3
McLean 1,808 34.1% 2,124 40.1% 1,371 5,303 R+6.0
Mercer 1,323 26.4% 2,274 45.3% 1,420 5,017 R+19.0
Traill 1,638 36.0% 2,019 44.3% 896 4,553 R+8.4
Pembina 1,186 28.7% 1,917 46.5% 1,024 4,127 R+17.7
Bottineau 1,266 30.8% 1,787 43.5% 1,051 4,104 R+12.7
Rolette 2,002 55.5% 895 24.8% 709 3,606 D+30.7
McHenry 1,173 34.5% 1,321 38.9% 902 3,396 R+4.4
Mountrail 1,393 42.4% 1,017 30.9% 879 3,289 D+11.4
Cavalier 866 27.7% 1,527 48.8% 733 3,126 R+21.1
McKenzie 787 25.5% 1,324 42.8% 979 3,090 R+17.4
Dickey 918 30.0% 1,514 49.5% 628 3,060 R+19.5
Wells 888 30.5% 1,171 40.2% 857 2,916 R+9.7
Ransom 1,166 40.2% 1,102 38.0% 635 2,903 D+2.2
LaMoure 797 28.8% 1,270 46.0% 696 2,763 R+17.1
Benson 1,126 42.9% 874 33.3% 625 2,625 D+9.6
Pierce 761 31.3% 1,099 45.2% 571 2,431 R+13.9
Emmons 595 24.5% 1,047 43.1% 788 2,430 R+18.6
Sargent 961 42.6% 816 36.2% 477 2,254 D+6.4
Nelson 841 38.1% 864 39.2% 501 2,206 R+1.0
Dunn 667 31.7% 784 37.2% 654 2,105 R+5.6
McIntosh 450 21.9% 1,134 55.2% 470 2,054 R+33.3
Grant 415 21.2% 900 45.9% 644 1,959 R+24.8
Foster 565 29.1% 803 41.4% 572 1,940 R+12.3
Bowman 506 26.5% 712 37.3% 689 1,907 R+10.8
Hettinger 465 25.3% 854 46.5% 519 1,838 R+21.2
Towner 748 42.6% 600 34.1% 409 1,757 D+8.4
Griggs 647 36.8% 773 44.0% 336 1,756 R+7.2
Kidder 468 27.4% 739 43.2% 504 1,711 R+15.8
Renville 580 34.7% 655 39.2% 435 1,670 R+4.5
Adams 469 28.8% 647 39.8% 510 1,626 R+10.9
Divide 634 39.1% 515 31.8% 471 1,620 D+7.3
Eddy 575 35.6% 591 36.6% 449 1,615 R+1.0
Burke 458 30.1% 551 36.2% 515 1,524 R+6.1
Logan 383 25.8% 703 47.3% 400 1,486 R+21.5
Steele 598 43.6% 503 36.7% 269 1,370 D+6.9
Oliver 306 24.9% 503 41.0% 419 1,228 R+16.0
Sheridan 276 23.5% 589 50.1% 310 1,175 R+26.6
Golden Valley 255 22.9% 503 45.2% 356 1,114 R+22.3
Sioux 463 47.1% 264 26.8% 257 984 D+20.2
Billings 123 18.1% 279 41.2% 276 678 R+23.0
Slope 145 27.1% 226 42.2% 164 535 R+15.1

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

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)