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Election 1992 Results

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1992 presidential election in Ohio

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Ohio in 1992, 40.2% to 38.3%, a margin of 1.8 points and 90,632 votes.

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

Republicans led in 57 of the 88 counties and Democrats in 31. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 640,241 votes and went to the Democrat by 23.5 points. The closest was Noble, where 22 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 1,984,942 40.2%
George H. W. Bush Republican 1,894,310 38.3%
Ross Perot Independent 1,036,426 21.0%
All other candidates 24,286 0.5%
Total4,939,964

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 337,548 52.7% 187,186 29.2% 115,507 640,241 D+23.5
Franklin 176,656 39.7% 186,324 41.9% 81,821 444,801 R+2.2
Hamilton 148,409 36.8% 192,447 47.7% 62,564 403,420 R+10.9
Montgomery 108,017 41.3% 104,751 40.0% 48,952 261,720 D+1.2
Summit 107,881 44.7% 77,530 32.1% 56,081 241,492 D+12.6
Lucas 99,989 49.3% 63,297 31.2% 39,733 203,019 D+18.1
Stark 70,064 40.0% 61,863 35.3% 43,165 175,092 D+4.7
Butler 39,682 30.3% 63,375 48.3% 28,055 131,112 R+18.1
Mahoning 64,731 51.5% 31,191 24.8% 29,728 125,650 D+26.7
Lorain 50,962 43.0% 36,803 31.0% 30,840 118,605 D+11.9
Trumbull 54,591 50.7% 25,831 24.0% 27,184 107,606 D+26.7
Lake 37,682 35.6% 40,766 38.5% 27,542 105,990 R+2.9
Clermont 17,558 27.4% 32,065 50.0% 14,519 64,142 R+22.6
Clark 26,692 42.0% 24,011 37.8% 12,835 63,538 D+4.2
Portage 26,325 42.4% 18,447 29.7% 17,363 62,135 D+12.7
Medina 18,995 31.3% 24,090 39.8% 17,516 60,601 R+8.4
Licking 18,898 31.3% 26,918 44.5% 14,618 60,434 R+13.3
Greene 20,139 33.8% 27,651 46.5% 11,712 59,502 R+12.6
Richland 19,606 34.6% 23,532 41.5% 13,559 56,697 R+6.9
Wood 20,754 39.0% 20,579 38.7% 11,870 53,203 D+0.3
Warren 13,542 25.6% 27,998 53.0% 11,262 52,802 R+27.4
Fairfield 14,249 28.1% 24,125 47.5% 12,415 50,789 R+19.4
Columbiana 19,765 41.6% 15,016 31.6% 12,773 47,554 D+10.0
Allen 13,777 29.1% 25,322 53.5% 8,251 47,350 R+24.4
Ashtabula 18,843 43.8% 13,254 30.8% 10,931 43,028 D+13.0
Miami 12,547 29.2% 19,741 45.9% 10,718 43,006 R+16.7
Wayne 13,953 33.2% 18,350 43.7% 9,679 41,982 R+10.5
Geauga 11,466 28.3% 18,200 44.9% 10,852 40,518 R+16.6
Jefferson 20,978 54.1% 10,764 27.7% 7,056 38,798 D+26.3
Tuscarawas 14,787 40.1% 13,179 35.7% 8,928 36,894 D+4.4
Delaware 9,263 25.1% 18,225 49.4% 9,385 36,873 R+24.3
Erie 14,531 40.6% 12,459 34.8% 8,838 35,828 D+5.8
Muskingum 11,670 33.6% 14,168 40.8% 8,882 34,720 R+7.2
Scioto 14,715 43.8% 11,931 35.5% 6,978 33,624 D+8.3
Belmont 18,527 55.4% 8,614 25.8% 6,280 33,421 D+29.7
Hancock 7,944 24.9% 16,821 52.6% 7,198 31,963 R+27.8
Washington 10,380 37.0% 12,204 43.5% 5,489 28,073 R+6.5
Marion 9,444 34.1% 11,675 42.1% 6,596 27,715 R+8.0
Sandusky 9,878 36.0% 10,772 39.2% 6,822 27,472 R+3.3
Ross 10,452 38.5% 10,825 39.8% 5,896 27,173 R+1.4
Lawrence 12,325 45.6% 10,044 37.2% 4,652 27,021 D+8.4
Seneca 9,280 35.5% 9,763 37.3% 7,107 26,150 R+1.8
Athens 13,423 52.0% 7,184 27.9% 5,186 25,793 D+24.2
Huron 7,930 32.4% 9,480 38.7% 7,061 24,471 R+6.3
Darke 7,016 28.7% 11,098 45.4% 6,312 24,426 R+16.7
Knox 7,259 33.4% 9,044 41.6% 5,442 21,745 R+8.2
Ashland 5,985 28.7% 9,864 47.3% 5,006 20,855 R+18.6
Crawford 6,351 30.5% 8,618 41.4% 5,866 20,835 R+10.9
Auglaize 4,960 24.4% 10,455 51.5% 4,891 20,306 R+27.1
Shelby 5,262 26.3% 8,854 44.2% 5,895 20,011 R+18.0
Ottawa 8,128 41.1% 6,782 34.3% 4,885 19,795 D+6.8
Pickaway 5,765 30.5% 8,690 45.9% 4,475 18,930 R+15.5
Fulton 5,576 29.7% 8,358 44.4% 4,870 18,804 R+14.8
Logan 4,889 26.0% 9,364 49.8% 4,534 18,787 R+23.8
Mercer 4,883 26.3% 8,683 46.8% 4,979 18,545 R+20.5
Preble 5,557 30.7% 8,023 44.3% 4,518 18,098 R+13.6
Williams 4,862 27.8% 7,614 43.6% 4,988 17,464 R+15.8
Defiance 5,735 33.3% 7,195 41.8% 4,281 17,211 R+8.5
Putnam 3,962 23.3% 9,338 54.9% 3,704 17,004 R+31.6
Guernsey 6,428 39.3% 5,749 35.2% 4,171 16,348 D+4.2
Champaign 5,201 32.0% 7,004 43.1% 4,047 16,252 R+11.1
Coshocton 6,212 38.4% 5,705 35.3% 4,256 16,173 D+3.1
Clinton 4,638 30.1% 7,290 47.4% 3,463 15,391 R+17.2
Highland 4,866 31.9% 7,020 46.1% 3,356 15,242 R+14.1
Brown 5,540 36.5% 5,912 38.9% 3,734 15,186 R+2.4
Union 3,465 23.4% 7,818 52.9% 3,494 14,777 R+29.5
Van Wert 3,822 26.9% 7,227 50.8% 3,168 14,217 R+24.0
Madison 3,998 28.4% 6,865 48.8% 3,208 14,071 R+20.4
Gallia 5,350 38.9% 5,776 42.0% 2,612 13,738 R+3.1
Perry 4,972 36.7% 4,712 34.8% 3,863 13,547 D+1.9
Henry 3,933 29.4% 6,196 46.4% 3,230 13,359 R+16.9
Hardin 4,364 33.0% 5,851 44.3% 3,000 13,215 R+11.3
Jackson 5,016 38.9% 5,422 42.1% 2,445 12,883 R+3.2
Morrow 3,907 30.5% 5,208 40.7% 3,676 12,791 R+10.2
Carroll 4,731 38.0% 4,224 33.9% 3,508 12,463 D+4.1
Pike 5,057 44.4% 4,094 35.9% 2,242 11,393 D+8.5
Adams 3,998 37.2% 4,722 43.9% 2,038 10,758 R+6.7
Hocking 3,935 37.2% 3,761 35.6% 2,878 10,574 D+1.6
Wyandot 3,031 29.0% 4,411 42.2% 3,001 10,443 R+13.2
Meigs 4,226 41.1% 3,916 38.1% 2,144 10,286 D+3.0
Fayette 2,976 29.5% 4,916 48.7% 2,194 10,086 R+19.2
Paulding 3,293 34.6% 3,652 38.4% 2,565 9,510 R+3.8
Holmes 1,969 21.7% 5,079 56.1% 2,008 9,056 R+34.3
Harrison 3,830 48.9% 2,289 29.2% 1,708 7,827 D+19.7
Monroe 4,235 55.8% 1,823 24.0% 1,533 7,591 D+31.8
Morgan 2,402 35.8% 2,719 40.5% 1,586 6,707 R+4.7
Noble 2,201 37.4% 2,223 37.8% 1,459 5,883 R+0.4
Vinton 2,308 43.0% 1,975 36.8% 1,080 5,363 D+6.2

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

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0