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Election 1992 Results

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1992 presidential election in West Virginia

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in West Virginia in 1992, 48.4% to 35.4%, a margin of 13.0 points and 89,027 votes.

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

Democrats led in 42 of the 55 counties and Republicans in 13. The largest, Kanawha, cast 81,671 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.5 points. The closest was Tyler, where 6 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 331,001 48.4%
George H. W. Bush Republican 241,974 35.4%
Ross Perot Independent 108,829 15.9%
All other candidates 1,873 0.3%
Total683,677

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 38,315 46.9% 31,358 38.4% 11,998 81,671 D+8.5
Wood 13,529 37.5% 15,441 42.8% 7,084 36,054 R+5.3
Cabell 15,111 44.8% 13,203 39.2% 5,401 33,715 D+5.7
Harrison 15,480 51.0% 9,687 31.9% 5,174 30,341 D+19.1
Monongalia 14,142 49.4% 9,831 34.3% 4,650 28,623 D+15.1
Raleigh 13,171 52.2% 8,700 34.5% 3,343 25,214 D+17.7
Marion 14,042 55.7% 6,380 25.3% 4,772 25,194 D+30.4
Ohio 9,522 46.1% 7,421 36.0% 3,690 20,633 D+10.2
Mercer 9,511 46.9% 7,888 38.9% 2,876 20,275 D+8.0
Berkeley 7,159 35.7% 9,134 45.6% 3,736 20,029 R+9.9
Putnam 6,817 39.1% 7,653 43.9% 2,958 17,428 R+4.8
Wayne 8,392 51.3% 5,729 35.1% 2,223 16,344 D+16.3
Logan 11,095 68.1% 3,336 20.5% 1,866 16,297 D+47.6
Fayette 9,574 61.3% 3,991 25.6% 2,043 15,608 D+35.8
Marshall 7,298 48.0% 4,463 29.3% 3,458 15,219 D+18.6
Hancock 7,830 52.1% 3,897 25.9% 3,309 15,036 D+26.2
Greenbrier 5,784 47.5% 4,442 36.4% 1,961 12,187 D+11.0
Jefferson 5,363 44.0% 4,656 38.2% 2,166 12,185 D+5.8
Jackson 5,102 45.4% 4,192 37.3% 1,935 11,229 D+8.1
Mason 5,331 47.6% 3,808 34.0% 2,061 11,200 D+13.6
Mingo 7,342 67.5% 2,584 23.8% 947 10,873 D+43.8
Mineral 3,992 37.2% 4,837 45.1% 1,899 10,728 R+7.9
Preston 3,933 37.5% 4,429 42.2% 2,133 10,495 R+4.7
Brooke 5,693 54.7% 2,582 24.8% 2,140 10,415 D+29.9
Randolph 5,097 49.9% 3,496 34.2% 1,629 10,222 D+15.7
McDowell 7,019 71.8% 1,941 19.8% 821 9,781 D+51.9
Boone 6,576 68.1% 2,021 20.9% 1,061 9,658 D+47.2
Wyoming 5,782 60.2% 2,821 29.4% 1,004 9,607 D+30.8
Nicholas 5,042 52.9% 2,959 31.1% 1,528 9,529 D+21.9
Upshur 3,161 38.3% 3,505 42.5% 1,587 8,253 R+4.2
Lincoln 4,502 56.4% 2,637 33.0% 845 7,984 D+23.4
Wetzel 3,753 49.4% 2,271 29.9% 1,573 7,597 D+19.5
Barbour 3,467 49.9% 2,322 33.4% 1,165 6,954 D+16.5
Lewis 2,931 44.7% 2,413 36.8% 1,219 6,563 D+7.9
Hampshire 2,365 38.3% 2,767 44.8% 1,039 6,171 R+6.5
Taylor 2,843 46.5% 2,022 33.1% 1,250 6,115 D+13.4
Roane 2,607 44.5% 2,207 37.7% 1,043 5,857 D+6.8
Braxton 3,396 58.9% 1,535 26.6% 834 5,765 D+32.3
Monroe 2,418 44.6% 2,311 42.6% 691 5,420 D+2.0
Morgan 1,854 34.7% 2,585 48.4% 905 5,344 R+13.7
Summers 2,650 54.3% 1,652 33.8% 580 4,882 D+20.4
Hardy 1,917 41.0% 2,144 45.9% 610 4,671 R+4.9
Ritchie 1,474 33.4% 2,184 49.5% 758 4,416 R+16.1
Grant 1,011 23.5% 2,762 64.3% 525 4,298 R+40.7
Tyler 1,587 37.8% 1,593 37.9% 1,023 4,203 R+0.1
Pocahontas 1,741 46.0% 1,401 37.1% 639 3,781 D+9.0
Clay 1,928 52.7% 1,255 34.3% 474 3,657 D+18.4
Tucker 1,805 49.8% 1,261 34.8% 559 3,625 D+15.0
Pendleton 1,626 45.4% 1,589 44.3% 368 3,583 D+1.0
Webster 2,320 64.9% 811 22.7% 445 3,576 D+42.2
Pleasants 1,387 41.1% 1,248 37.0% 741 3,376 D+4.1
Calhoun 1,627 49.8% 1,095 33.5% 546 3,268 D+16.3
Gilmer 1,576 50.0% 1,085 34.4% 493 3,154 D+15.6
Doddridge 968 32.4% 1,500 50.1% 524 2,992 R+17.8
Wirt 1,043 43.8% 939 39.4% 400 2,382 D+4.4

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

West Virginia in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+41.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+38.9
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+42.1
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+26.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+13.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+12.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+6.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+14.7
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.0
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+4.7
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.5
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+4.5
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+16.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+27.2
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+8.8
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+35.9
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+5.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+8.2
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+3.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+15.1
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+14.2
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.4
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+10.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+5.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+12.0
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+0.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+21.0
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+10.3
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+13.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+9.5
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+2.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+0.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+14.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+4.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+17.6