Election 1992 Results
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1992 presidential election in Tennessee
Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Tennessee in 1992, 47.1% to 42.4%, a margin of 4.7 points and 92,221 votes.
Tennessee changed party: in 1988 it went Republican, for George H. W. Bush.
Democrats led in 66 of the 95 counties and Republicans in 29. The largest, Shelby, cast 366,110 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.4 points. The closest was Hardin, where 47 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 | 933,521 | 47.1% |
| George H. W. Bush | Republican | 841,300 | 42.4% |
| Ross Perot | Independent | 199,968 | 10.1% |
| All other candidates | 7,849 | 0.4% | |
| Total | 1,982,638 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby | 191,322 52.3% | 153,310 41.9% | 21,478 | 366,110 | D+10.4 |
| Davidson | 106,355 52.2% | 76,567 37.6% | 20,885 | 203,807 | D+14.6 |
| Knox | 59,702 41.9% | 66,607 46.7% | 16,167 | 142,476 | R+4.8 |
| Hamilton | 46,770 40.6% | 53,476 46.5% | 14,839 | 115,085 | R+5.8 |
| Sullivan | 20,935 36.7% | 28,801 50.5% | 7,244 | 56,980 | R+13.8 |
| Rutherford | 21,084 44.7% | 18,877 40.0% | 7,179 | 47,140 | D+4.7 |
| Sumner | 19,387 46.0% | 17,401 41.3% | 5,344 | 42,132 | D+4.7 |
| Williamson | 13,053 32.5% | 22,015 54.8% | 5,127 | 40,195 | R+22.3 |
| Blount | 14,655 38.9% | 18,415 48.9% | 4,581 | 37,651 | R+10.0 |
| Washington | 13,071 36.8% | 18,206 51.3% | 4,206 | 35,483 | R+14.5 |
| Montgomery | 14,507 46.3% | 13,011 41.5% | 3,823 | 31,341 | D+4.8 |
| Madison | 13,629 43.7% | 14,869 47.7% | 2,698 | 31,196 | R+4.0 |
| Wilson | 13,861 46.4% | 12,061 40.3% | 3,981 | 29,903 | D+6.0 |
| Bradley | 9,889 33.3% | 16,528 55.7% | 3,279 | 29,696 | R+22.4 |
| Anderson | 13,482 47.1% | 11,838 41.4% | 3,291 | 28,611 | D+5.7 |
| Putnam | 10,858 50.5% | 7,998 37.2% | 2,626 | 21,482 | D+13.3 |
| Sevier | 6,719 31.6% | 11,714 55.1% | 2,833 | 21,266 | R+23.5 |
| Roane | 9,812 46.7% | 8,719 41.5% | 2,468 | 20,999 | D+5.2 |
| Greene | 7,857 37.6% | 9,912 47.5% | 3,106 | 20,875 | R+9.8 |
| Maury | 9,997 48.9% | 7,440 36.4% | 3,022 | 20,459 | D+12.5 |
| Carter | 6,502 33.9% | 10,712 55.8% | 1,976 | 19,190 | R+21.9 |
| Gibson | 9,555 52.1% | 7,161 39.1% | 1,616 | 18,332 | D+13.1 |
| Hamblen | 7,114 39.8% | 8,898 49.8% | 1,842 | 17,854 | R+10.0 |
| Coffee | 8,534 50.1% | 6,047 35.5% | 2,463 | 17,044 | D+14.6 |
| Hawkins | 6,623 40.7% | 7,758 47.6% | 1,904 | 16,285 | R+7.0 |
| McMinn | 6,682 41.8% | 7,453 46.6% | 1,855 | 15,990 | R+4.8 |
| Cumberland | 6,393 40.5% | 7,116 45.1% | 2,283 | 15,792 | R+4.6 |
| Robertson | 8,498 53.9% | 5,271 33.4% | 2,010 | 15,779 | D+20.5 |
| Franklin | 7,773 54.8% | 4,507 31.8% | 1,896 | 14,176 | D+23.0 |
| Dickson | 7,863 55.8% | 4,450 31.6% | 1,780 | 14,093 | D+24.2 |
| Lawrence | 6,816 49.2% | 5,608 40.5% | 1,440 | 13,864 | D+8.7 |
| Tipton | 5,652 41.2% | 6,757 49.3% | 1,308 | 13,717 | R+8.1 |
| Loudon | 5,414 40.1% | 6,444 47.7% | 1,652 | 13,510 | R+7.6 |
| Campbell | 6,756 52.2% | 4,897 37.9% | 1,278 | 12,931 | D+14.4 |
| Obion | 6,497 50.5% | 4,812 37.4% | 1,555 | 12,864 | D+13.1 |
| Dyer | 5,845 45.7% | 5,668 44.3% | 1,274 | 12,787 | D+1.4 |
| Monroe | 5,384 43.4% | 6,025 48.5% | 1,002 | 12,411 | R+5.2 |
| Jefferson | 4,740 38.3% | 6,184 50.0% | 1,438 | 12,362 | R+11.7 |
| Warren | 7,189 58.2% | 3,704 30.0% | 1,462 | 12,355 | D+28.2 |
| Henry | 6,797 56.2% | 3,661 30.3% | 1,637 | 12,095 | D+25.9 |
| Weakley | 5,691 47.9% | 4,800 40.4% | 1,378 | 11,869 | D+7.5 |
| Carroll | 5,741 48.7% | 4,842 41.0% | 1,216 | 11,799 | D+7.6 |
| Bedford | 5,978 52.3% | 3,836 33.6% | 1,607 | 11,421 | D+18.8 |
| Rhea | 4,289 41.4% | 4,860 47.0% | 1,199 | 10,348 | R+5.5 |
| Lincoln | 5,063 49.1% | 3,814 37.0% | 1,425 | 10,302 | D+12.1 |
| Marion | 5,589 55.5% | 3,262 32.4% | 1,217 | 10,068 | D+23.1 |
| Cocke | 3,495 35.0% | 5,298 53.0% | 1,207 | 10,000 | R+18.0 |
| Cheatham | 4,817 49.2% | 3,496 35.7% | 1,475 | 9,788 | D+13.5 |
| Giles | 5,601 57.3% | 2,827 28.9% | 1,353 | 9,781 | D+28.4 |
| McNairy | 4,691 48.9% | 4,093 42.7% | 811 | 9,595 | D+6.2 |
| Claiborne | 4,509 47.5% | 4,065 42.9% | 911 | 9,485 | D+4.7 |
| Henderson | 3,502 38.8% | 4,719 52.3% | 803 | 9,024 | R+13.5 |
| Hardeman | 4,832 56.0% | 3,122 36.2% | 673 | 8,627 | D+19.8 |
| Fayette | 4,211 48.9% | 3,713 43.1% | 685 | 8,609 | D+5.8 |
| Hardin | 3,922 45.6% | 3,875 45.1% | 795 | 8,592 | D+0.5 |
| Marshall | 4,491 55.5% | 2,516 31.1% | 1,091 | 8,098 | D+24.4 |
| Lauderdale | 4,452 55.9% | 2,928 36.8% | 578 | 7,958 | D+19.2 |
| White | 4,102 58.0% | 2,118 29.9% | 854 | 7,074 | D+28.0 |
| Smith | 5,061 71.8% | 1,482 21.0% | 501 | 7,044 | D+50.8 |
| Hickman | 4,093 60.8% | 1,820 27.1% | 814 | 6,727 | D+33.8 |
| DeKalb | 4,382 65.2% | 1,714 25.5% | 626 | 6,722 | D+39.7 |
| Overton | 4,489 67.5% | 1,657 24.9% | 505 | 6,651 | D+42.6 |
| Unicoi | 2,375 36.8% | 3,344 51.9% | 728 | 6,447 | R+15.0 |
| Scott | 2,730 42.5% | 3,011 46.9% | 677 | 6,418 | R+4.4 |
| Haywood | 3,511 55.1% | 2,518 39.5% | 347 | 6,376 | D+15.6 |
| Morgan | 3,190 51.6% | 2,306 37.3% | 688 | 6,184 | D+14.3 |
| Humphreys | 3,875 63.2% | 1,641 26.7% | 619 | 6,135 | D+36.4 |
| Benton | 3,896 63.7% | 1,625 26.6% | 593 | 6,114 | D+37.1 |
| Fentress | 2,730 47.4% | 2,391 41.5% | 638 | 5,759 | D+5.9 |
| Macon | 2,961 51.7% | 2,299 40.2% | 466 | 5,726 | D+11.6 |
| Chester | 2,317 41.4% | 2,834 50.6% | 445 | 5,596 | R+9.2 |
| Johnson | 1,781 32.0% | 3,170 57.0% | 612 | 5,563 | R+25.0 |
| Grainger | 2,242 40.4% | 2,772 49.9% | 539 | 5,553 | R+9.5 |
| Crockett | 2,657 49.6% | 2,180 40.7% | 520 | 5,357 | D+8.9 |
| Union | 2,478 46.3% | 2,274 42.5% | 602 | 5,354 | D+3.8 |
| Wayne | 1,868 35.5% | 2,955 56.1% | 443 | 5,266 | R+20.6 |
| Decatur | 2,633 56.5% | 1,667 35.8% | 361 | 4,661 | D+20.7 |
| Polk | 2,583 56.0% | 1,584 34.4% | 443 | 4,610 | D+21.7 |
| Grundy | 2,997 68.3% | 1,004 22.9% | 385 | 4,386 | D+45.4 |
| Cannon | 2,593 59.9% | 1,229 28.4% | 509 | 4,331 | D+31.5 |
| Stewart | 2,779 64.3% | 1,046 24.2% | 498 | 4,323 | D+40.1 |
| Jackson | 3,208 75.3% | 708 16.6% | 342 | 4,258 | D+58.7 |
| Lewis | 2,491 60.0% | 1,218 29.3% | 443 | 4,152 | D+30.7 |
| Bledsoe | 1,884 46.9% | 1,776 44.2% | 358 | 4,018 | D+2.7 |
| Sequatchie | 1,754 49.3% | 1,381 38.8% | 424 | 3,559 | D+10.5 |
| Meigs | 1,673 48.0% | 1,355 38.9% | 456 | 3,484 | D+9.1 |
| Clay | 1,922 59.6% | 1,072 33.2% | 232 | 3,226 | D+26.3 |
| Houston | 2,012 68.2% | 648 22.0% | 291 | 2,951 | D+46.2 |
| Perry | 1,889 64.7% | 708 24.3% | 322 | 2,919 | D+40.5 |
| Trousdale | 1,846 69.3% | 565 21.2% | 253 | 2,664 | D+48.1 |
| Hancock | 1,000 40.8% | 1,274 52.0% | 175 | 2,449 | R+11.2 |
| Pickett | 1,144 48.3% | 1,094 46.2% | 130 | 2,368 | D+2.1 |
| Lake | 1,449 62.8% | 680 29.5% | 177 | 2,306 | D+33.3 |
| Moore | 1,151 53.7% | 661 30.8% | 333 | 2,145 | D+22.8 |
| Van Buren | 1,329 63.9% | 555 26.7% | 196 | 2,080 | D+37.2 |
Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Tennessee in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+29.7 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+23.2 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+26.0 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+20.4 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+15.1 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+14.3 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+3.9 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+2.4 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+4.7 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+16.3 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+16.3 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+0.3 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+13.0 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+38.0 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+9.7 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+11.0 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+7.1 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+0.6 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+0.3 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+12.3 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+21.2 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+34.9 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+38.1 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+34.0 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+7.7 |
| 1924 | John W. Davis (D) | D+9.2 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+3.0 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+13.6 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+28.8 |
| 1908 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+7.0 |
| 1904 | Alton B. Parker (D) | D+11.0 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+8.2 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+5.8 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+13.5 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+6.5 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.7 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+9.1 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+19.7 |
| 1872 | Third party (other) | |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+36.9 |