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Election 1992 Results

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1992 presidential election in Wisconsin

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat George H. W. Bush (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1992, 41.1% to 36.8%, a margin of 4.4 points and 110,211 votes.

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

Democrats led in 50 of the 72 counties and Republicans in 22. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 465,496 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.1 points. The closest was Florence, where 36 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 1,041,066 41.1%
George H. W. Bush Republican 930,855 36.8%
Ross Perot Independent 544,479 21.5%
All other candidates 14,714 0.6%
Total2,531,114

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 235,521 50.6% 151,314 32.5% 78,661 465,496 D+18.1
Dane 114,724 54.6% 61,957 29.5% 33,441 210,122 D+25.1
Waukesha 50,270 28.1% 91,461 51.0% 37,451 179,182 R+23.0
Brown 37,513 36.5% 42,352 41.2% 22,836 102,701 R+4.7
Racine 34,875 39.7% 32,310 36.8% 20,634 87,819 D+2.9
Winnebago 27,234 35.2% 33,709 43.6% 16,443 77,386 R+8.4
Outagamie 23,735 32.6% 30,370 41.7% 18,806 72,911 R+9.1
Rock 31,154 45.1% 21,942 31.8% 15,929 69,025 D+13.3
Kenosha 27,341 44.2% 19,854 32.1% 14,642 61,837 D+12.1
Marathon 21,482 37.4% 20,948 36.5% 14,948 57,378 D+0.9
Sheboygan 20,568 37.7% 22,526 41.3% 11,465 54,559 R+3.6
La Crosse 22,838 43.7% 18,891 36.1% 10,544 52,273 D+7.6
Washington 13,339 26.6% 22,739 45.4% 13,995 50,073 R+18.8
Eau Claire 21,221 45.1% 15,915 33.8% 9,940 47,076 D+11.3
Fond du Lac 13,757 30.9% 19,785 44.5% 10,964 44,506 R+13.5
Ozaukee 11,879 27.7% 22,805 53.1% 8,226 42,910 R+25.5
Manitowoc 15,903 38.5% 14,008 33.9% 11,357 41,268 D+4.6
Walworth 11,825 32.1% 15,727 42.7% 9,244 36,796 R+10.6
Wood 13,208 36.2% 13,843 38.0% 9,385 36,436 R+1.7
Dodge 11,438 32.0% 14,971 41.9% 9,300 35,709 R+9.9
Portage 15,553 46.1% 10,914 32.4% 7,249 33,716 D+13.8
Jefferson 11,593 35.3% 13,072 39.9% 8,137 32,802 R+4.5
St. Croix 10,281 40.0% 8,114 31.6% 7,281 25,676 D+8.4
Chippewa 10,487 41.6% 8,215 32.6% 6,528 25,230 D+9.0
Columbia 9,348 39.0% 9,099 37.9% 5,537 23,984 D+1.0
Sauk 9,128 39.0% 8,886 37.9% 5,408 23,422 D+1.0
Waupaca 6,666 28.8% 10,252 44.3% 6,241 23,159 R+15.5
Grant 8,914 38.5% 7,678 33.2% 6,565 23,157 D+5.3
Douglas 12,319 55.4% 5,679 25.5% 4,255 22,253 D+29.8
Marinette 7,626 36.2% 7,984 37.9% 5,483 21,093 R+1.7
Barron 8,063 39.9% 6,572 32.5% 5,595 20,230 D+7.4
Oneida 7,160 38.3% 6,725 35.9% 4,829 18,714 D+2.3
Calumet 5,701 31.0% 7,541 41.0% 5,159 18,401 R+10.0
Dunn 7,965 43.7% 5,283 29.0% 4,970 18,218 D+14.7
Polk 7,746 42.9% 5,446 30.1% 4,879 18,071 D+12.7
Shawano 6,062 33.8% 7,253 40.4% 4,637 17,952 R+6.6
Pierce 7,824 45.3% 4,844 28.0% 4,604 17,272 D+17.3
Monroe 6,427 38.2% 6,118 36.4% 4,260 16,805 D+1.8
Oconto 5,898 36.7% 5,720 35.6% 4,455 16,073 D+1.1
Clark 5,540 37.2% 4,977 33.4% 4,368 14,885 D+3.8
Green 5,467 38.5% 4,887 34.5% 3,829 14,183 D+4.1
Door 4,735 34.4% 5,468 39.7% 3,574 13,777 R+5.3
Lincoln 5,297 39.8% 4,321 32.5% 3,686 13,304 D+7.3
Trempealeau 6,218 47.8% 3,577 27.5% 3,217 13,012 D+20.3
Vernon 5,673 44.6% 4,072 32.0% 2,971 12,716 D+12.6
Vilas 3,764 33.4% 4,616 41.0% 2,882 11,262 R+7.6
Juneau 4,177 38.0% 4,051 36.9% 2,765 10,993 D+1.1
Kewaunee 4,050 39.0% 3,570 34.4% 2,757 10,377 D+4.6
Waushara 3,402 32.9% 4,045 39.2% 2,882 10,329 R+6.2
Iowa 4,467 44.0% 3,288 32.4% 2,396 10,151 D+11.6
Langlade 3,630 36.1% 3,890 38.7% 2,522 10,042 R+2.6
Green Lake 2,772 29.1% 3,897 40.8% 2,871 9,540 R+11.8
Taylor 3,305 35.3% 3,415 36.5% 2,639 9,359 R+1.2
Price 3,575 41.8% 2,654 31.0% 2,321 8,550 D+10.8
Richland 3,458 40.5% 3,144 36.8% 1,938 8,540 D+3.7
Jackson 3,681 43.7% 2,644 31.4% 2,093 8,418 D+12.3
Ashland 4,213 50.2% 2,372 28.3% 1,808 8,393 D+21.9
Bayfield 3,873 47.7% 2,393 29.5% 1,846 8,112 D+18.2
Adams 3,539 44.0% 2,465 30.6% 2,044 8,048 D+13.3
Rusk 3,376 42.4% 2,430 30.5% 2,161 7,967 D+11.9
Lafayette 3,143 40.0% 2,582 32.9% 2,134 7,859 D+7.1
Crawford 3,540 45.3% 2,390 30.6% 1,882 7,812 D+14.7
Washburn 3,080 40.1% 2,586 33.6% 2,020 7,686 D+6.4
Burnett 3,172 42.7% 2,340 31.5% 1,924 7,436 D+11.2
Sawyer 2,796 38.0% 2,658 36.1% 1,911 7,365 D+1.9
Buffalo 2,996 43.1% 2,029 29.2% 1,925 6,950 D+13.9
Marquette 2,533 37.7% 2,322 34.6% 1,865 6,720 D+3.1
Forest 1,904 43.6% 1,393 31.9% 1,071 4,368 D+11.7
Iron 1,762 45.3% 1,273 32.7% 856 3,891 D+12.6
Pepin 1,673 46.8% 1,098 30.7% 801 3,572 D+16.1
Florence 978 37.0% 942 35.6% 726 2,646 D+1.4
Menominee 691 59.6% 244 21.0% 225 1,160 D+38.5

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

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5