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Election 1992 Results

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1992 presidential election in Washington

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Washington in 1992, 43.4% to 32.0%, a margin of 11.4 points and 261,804 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1988, when Michael Dukakis won.

Democrats led in 26 of the 39 counties and Republicans in 13. The largest, King, cast 778,593 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.9 points. The closest was Island, where 29 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bill Clinton won	Democratic	993,039	43.4%
George H. W. Bush	Republican	731,235	32.0%
Ross Perot	Independent	541,780	23.7%
All other candidates		22,174	1.0%
Total		2,288,228

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
King	391,050 50.2%	212,986 27.4%	174,557	778,593	D+22.9
Pierce	102,243 42.4%	77,410 32.1%	61,496	241,149	D+10.3
Snohomish	88,643 39.3%	69,137 30.7%	67,650	225,430	D+8.7
Spokane	69,526 41.1%	59,984 35.5%	39,622	169,132	D+5.6
Clark	42,648 40.0%	36,906 34.6%	26,982	106,536	D+5.4
Kitsap	34,442 38.9%	29,340 33.1%	24,786	88,568	D+5.8
Thurston	38,293 45.3%	25,643 30.3%	20,633	84,569	D+15.0
Whatcom	26,619 41.8%	23,801 37.4%	13,259	63,679	D+4.4
Yakima	21,026 36.3%	25,841 44.6%	11,102	57,969	R+8.3
Benton	16,459 31.3%	22,883 43.5%	13,260	52,602	R+12.2
Skagit	15,936 39.1%	13,388 32.9%	11,404	40,728	D+6.3
Cowlitz	15,052 43.6%	10,000 29.0%	9,477	34,529	D+14.6
Clallam	10,820 37.7%	9,765 34.1%	8,088	28,673	D+3.7
Grays Harbor	12,599 46.3%	6,904 25.3%	7,735	27,238	D+20.9
Island	9,555 35.2%	9,526 35.1%	8,087	27,168	D+0.1
Lewis	7,810 28.7%	12,316 45.3%	7,042	27,168	R+16.6
Chelan	7,860 33.5%	10,716 45.6%	4,900	23,476	R+12.2
Grant	7,278 33.2%	9,503 43.4%	5,140	21,921	R+10.2
Walla Walla	7,325 36.8%	7,894 39.7%	4,662	19,881	R+2.9
Mason	8,076 41.1%	5,776 29.4%	5,774	19,626	D+11.7
Whitman	7,637 43.7%	6,428 36.8%	3,413	17,478	D+6.9
Stevens	4,960 33.5%	5,706 38.6%	4,121	14,787	R+5.0
Okanogan	5,015 38.5%	4,265 32.7%	3,753	13,033	D+5.8
Jefferson	6,148 47.5%	3,467 26.8%	3,327	12,942	D+20.7
Kittitas	5,432 43.9%	4,078 32.9%	2,875	12,385	D+10.9
Douglas	3,731 33.8%	4,920 44.5%	2,397	11,048	R+10.8
Franklin	3,743 34.2%	4,486 41.0%	2,708	10,937	R+6.8
Pacific	4,587 49.6%	2,243 24.2%	2,422	9,252	D+25.3
Asotin	3,239 42.6%	2,425 31.9%	1,932	7,596	D+10.7
San Juan	3,353 47.1%	1,901 26.7%	1,863	7,117	D+20.4
Klickitat	2,758 40.3%	2,085 30.4%	2,006	6,849	D+9.8
Lincoln	1,653 33.5%	2,152 43.6%	1,132	4,937	R+10.1
Pend Oreille	1,798 38.1%	1,528 32.4%	1,390	4,716	D+5.7
Adams	1,449 31.6%	2,087 45.5%	1,049	4,585	R+13.9
Skamania	1,474 40.1%	1,102 29.9%	1,104	3,680	D+10.1
Ferry	963 37.7%	773 30.2%	821	2,557	D+7.4
Columbia	668 34.9%	761 39.8%	485	1,914	R+4.9
Wahkiakum	696 38.8%	488 27.2%	612	1,796	D+11.6
Garfield	473 35.8%	620 46.9%	228	1,321	R+11.1

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

Washington in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+18.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+19.2
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+15.7
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+14.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+17.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+7.2
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+5.6
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.5
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+1.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+13.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+3.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.3
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+2.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.6
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+2.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+8.5
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+9.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+14.6
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+17.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.5
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+35.7
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+42.1
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+34.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+4.2
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+25.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+50.6
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+11.7
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+15.1
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+7.6

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