Election 1992 Results
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1992 presidential election in Pennsylvania
Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Pennsylvania in 1992, 45.1% to 36.1%, a margin of 9.0 points and 447,323 votes.
Pennsylvania changed party: in 1988 it went Republican, for George H. W. Bush.
Republicans led in 40 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 27. The largest, Philadelphia, cast 638,058 votes and went to the Democrat by 47.3 points. The closest was Forest, where 89 votes separated the two parties.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Clinton won | Democratic | 2,239,164 | 45.1% |
| George H. W. Bush | Republican | 1,791,841 | 36.1% |
| Ross Perot | Independent | 902,667 | 18.2% |
| All other candidates | 26,138 | 0.5% | |
| Total | 4,959,810 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 434,904 68.2% | 133,328 20.9% | 69,826 | 638,058 | D+47.3 |
| Allegheny | 324,004 52.8% | 183,035 29.8% | 107,148 | 614,187 | D+23.0 |
| Montgomery | 136,572 42.9% | 125,704 39.5% | 56,300 | 318,576 | D+3.4 |
| Delaware | 111,210 41.8% | 108,587 40.8% | 46,277 | 266,074 | D+1.0 |
| Bucks | 97,902 39.4% | 94,584 38.1% | 56,021 | 248,507 | D+1.3 |
| Chester | 59,643 35.2% | 74,002 43.7% | 35,563 | 169,208 | R+8.5 |
| Lancaster | 44,255 27.6% | 88,447 55.2% | 27,478 | 160,180 | R+27.6 |
| Westmoreland | 69,817 45.2% | 47,315 30.6% | 37,319 | 154,451 | D+14.6 |
| York | 46,113 34.3% | 60,130 44.8% | 28,002 | 134,245 | R+10.4 |
| Berks | 46,031 35.0% | 52,939 40.3% | 32,437 | 131,407 | R+5.3 |
| Luzerne | 56,623 44.5% | 49,285 38.8% | 21,238 | 127,146 | D+5.8 |
| Erie | 56,381 47.9% | 39,283 33.3% | 22,140 | 117,804 | D+14.5 |
| Lehigh | 46,711 40.7% | 42,631 37.1% | 25,494 | 114,836 | D+3.6 |
| Dauphin | 36,990 37.4% | 45,479 46.0% | 16,441 | 98,910 | R+8.6 |
| Northampton | 42,203 43.3% | 34,429 35.3% | 20,893 | 97,525 | D+8.0 |
| Lackawanna | 45,054 47.4% | 33,443 35.2% | 16,471 | 94,968 | D+12.2 |
| Cumberland | 26,635 31.5% | 43,447 51.4% | 14,491 | 84,573 | R+19.9 |
| Washington | 46,143 54.7% | 21,977 26.1% | 16,244 | 84,364 | D+28.6 |
| Beaver | 44,877 54.5% | 21,361 25.9% | 16,102 | 82,340 | D+28.6 |
| Cambria | 34,334 51.7% | 20,770 31.3% | 11,245 | 66,349 | D+20.4 |
| Schuylkill | 23,679 37.6% | 25,780 40.9% | 13,570 | 63,029 | R+3.3 |
| Butler | 22,303 36.5% | 23,656 38.7% | 15,171 | 61,130 | R+2.2 |
| Fayette | 30,577 56.8% | 12,820 23.8% | 10,464 | 53,861 | D+33.0 |
| Centre | 21,177 41.3% | 20,478 40.0% | 9,570 | 51,225 | D+1.4 |
| Mercer | 23,264 46.7% | 16,081 32.3% | 10,491 | 49,836 | D+14.4 |
| Blair | 14,857 33.2% | 21,447 47.9% | 8,454 | 44,758 | R+14.7 |
| Franklin | 13,440 30.7% | 23,387 53.4% | 7,007 | 43,834 | R+22.7 |
| Lycoming | 13,315 30.8% | 20,536 47.6% | 9,321 | 43,172 | R+16.7 |
| Lebanon | 12,350 28.7% | 21,512 50.0% | 9,159 | 43,021 | R+21.3 |
| Lawrence | 20,830 50.6% | 12,359 30.0% | 8,014 | 41,203 | D+20.6 |
| Monroe | 13,468 35.9% | 14,557 38.8% | 9,475 | 37,500 | R+2.9 |
| Northumberland | 12,814 35.8% | 15,057 42.1% | 7,921 | 35,792 | R+6.3 |
| Crawford | 12,813 37.0% | 14,112 40.8% | 7,703 | 34,628 | R+3.8 |
| Indiana | 15,194 45.6% | 10,966 32.9% | 7,154 | 33,314 | D+12.7 |
| Somerset | 12,493 38.1% | 13,858 42.3% | 6,408 | 32,759 | R+4.2 |
| Clearfield | 12,247 39.7% | 11,553 37.5% | 7,047 | 30,847 | D+2.2 |
| Adams | 9,576 32.5% | 13,552 45.9% | 6,373 | 29,501 | R+13.5 |
| Armstrong | 12,995 45.9% | 9,122 32.2% | 6,216 | 28,333 | D+13.7 |
| Columbia | 8,261 34.8% | 9,742 41.0% | 5,736 | 23,739 | R+6.2 |
| Bradford | 6,903 30.5% | 10,221 45.2% | 5,504 | 22,628 | R+14.7 |
| Carbon | 9,072 41.9% | 7,243 33.4% | 5,344 | 21,659 | D+8.4 |
| Venango | 8,230 38.2% | 8,545 39.6% | 4,779 | 21,554 | R+1.5 |
| Bedford | 5,840 31.0% | 9,216 49.0% | 3,761 | 18,817 | R+17.9 |
| Warren | 6,972 37.8% | 6,585 35.7% | 4,869 | 18,426 | D+2.1 |
| Jefferson | 5,998 33.9% | 7,271 41.1% | 4,442 | 17,711 | R+7.2 |
| Wayne | 4,817 28.6% | 8,184 48.7% | 3,821 | 16,822 | R+20.0 |
| Susquehanna | 5,368 32.1% | 7,356 44.0% | 3,985 | 16,709 | R+11.9 |
| Tioga | 4,868 29.4% | 7,823 47.3% | 3,852 | 16,543 | R+17.9 |
| McKean | 5,331 32.5% | 6,965 42.5% | 4,104 | 16,400 | R+10.0 |
| Clarion | 5,584 35.5% | 6,477 41.2% | 3,657 | 15,718 | R+5.7 |
| Huntingdon | 5,153 32.8% | 7,249 46.2% | 3,298 | 15,700 | R+13.4 |
| Perry | 4,086 26.7% | 7,871 51.4% | 3,370 | 15,327 | R+24.7 |
| Greene | 8,438 55.8% | 3,482 23.0% | 3,215 | 15,135 | D+32.7 |
| Mifflin | 4,946 33.7% | 6,300 42.9% | 3,442 | 14,688 | R+9.2 |
| Elk | 5,016 36.3% | 4,908 35.5% | 3,908 | 13,832 | D+0.8 |
| Pike | 4,382 32.2% | 6,084 44.7% | 3,137 | 13,603 | R+12.5 |
| Snyder | 2,952 23.4% | 6,934 55.0% | 2,710 | 12,596 | R+31.6 |
| Clinton | 5,397 42.9% | 4,471 35.6% | 2,701 | 12,569 | D+7.4 |
| Union | 3,623 29.5% | 6,362 51.9% | 2,280 | 12,265 | R+22.3 |
| Wyoming | 3,158 29.1% | 5,143 47.4% | 2,549 | 10,850 | R+18.3 |
| Juniata | 2,601 30.9% | 3,980 47.3% | 1,839 | 8,420 | R+16.4 |
| Potter | 1,892 26.9% | 3,452 49.0% | 1,700 | 7,044 | R+22.1 |
| Montour | 2,150 32.4% | 3,096 46.6% | 1,400 | 6,646 | R+14.2 |
| Fulton | 1,588 31.6% | 2,558 50.9% | 877 | 5,023 | R+19.3 |
| Sullivan | 1,030 33.1% | 1,340 43.0% | 743 | 3,113 | R+10.0 |
| Cameron | 824 30.8% | 1,173 43.8% | 681 | 2,678 | R+13.0 |
| Forest | 890 41.5% | 801 37.4% | 453 | 2,144 | D+4.2 |
Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Pennsylvania in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+1.7 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+1.2 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+0.7 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+5.4 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+10.3 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+2.5 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+4.2 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+9.2 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+9.0 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+2.3 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+7.4 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+7.1 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+2.7 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+20.0 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+30.2 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+2.3 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+13.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+5.9 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+4.0 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+2.8 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+6.9 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+16.0 |
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+5.5 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+31.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+46.3 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+38.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+14.0 |
| 1912 | Theodore Roosevelt (other) | |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+23.4 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+40.9 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+24.6 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+24.7 |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+6.4 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+8.0 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+9.5 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+4.3 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+2.4 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+24.5 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+4.4 |