1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey
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The 1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
New Jersey was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 42.95% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 40.58%, a 2.37% margin of victory. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 15.61% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.
At the time New Jersey was still considered a Republican-leaning swing state, and Clinton won very narrowly over President Bush. Clinton's win marked both the first time a Democrat won New Jersey since Lyndon Johnson's landslide win in 1964.[2] Indeed, this was the last time New Jersey voted to the right of its swing state neighbor Pennsylvania.
This was the third time New Jersey voted Democratic since the end of World War II. After this election, despite the very slim margin for this year, the Democrat would always win New Jersey by more than 10 points, except in 2004, when John Kerry's margin was just under 7 points, and 2024, when Kamala Harris's margin was just under 6 points.
As of 2024, this is the last election in which Bergen County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. Until 2024, Passaic County would not vote Republican, and was also the most recent presidential election up until that year when the Republican candidate would win a majority of state's counties. In addition, this was also the last presidential election in New Jersey voted to the right of the country as a whole.[3]
Results
| 1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 1,436,206 | 42.95% | 15 | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 1,356,865 | 40.58% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | 521,829 | 15.61% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 6,822 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Independent | Drew Bradford | 4,749 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| New Alliance | Lenora Fulani | 3,513 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers' | Howard Phillips | 2,670 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Six Million Jobs | Lyndon LaRouche | 2,095 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | James Warren | 2,011 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Ron Daniels | 1,996 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| America First | James "Bo" Gritz | 1,867 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Socialist Equality | Helen Halyard | 1,618 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | 1,353 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,343,594 | 100.0% | 15 | ||
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 56%/82% | ||||
Results by county
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic |
George H.W. Bush Republican |
Ross Perot Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Atlantic | 39,633 | 43.89% | 34,279 | 37.96% | 15,890 | 17.60% | 496 | 0.55% | 5,354 | 5.93% | 90,298 |
| Bergen | 171,104 | 42.44% | 178,223 | 44.21% | 52,082 | 12.92% | 1,728 | 0.43% | -7,119 | -1.77% | 403,137 |
| Burlington | 72,845 | 42.02% | 63,709 | 36.75% | 35,322 | 20.38% | 1,481 | 0.85% | 9,136 | 5.27% | 173,357 |
| Camden | 104,915 | 49.75% | 67,205 | 31.87% | 37,144 | 17.61% | 1,622 | 0.77% | 37,710 | 17.88% | 210,886 |
| Cape May | 17,324 | 35.46% | 21,502 | 44.01% | 9,798 | 20.05% | 232 | 0.47% | -4,178 | -8.55% | 48,856 |
| Cumberland | 22,220 | 42.64% | 19,253 | 36.94% | 9,901 | 19.00% | 742 | 1.42% | 2,967 | 5.70% | 52,116 |
| Essex | 158,130 | 57.12% | 89,146 | 32.20% | 26,961 | 9.74% | 2,621 | 0.95% | 68,984 | 24.92% | 276,858 |
| Gloucester | 42,425 | 40.55% | 37,335 | 35.69% | 24,132 | 23.07% | 727 | 0.69% | 5,090 | 4.86% | 104,619 |
| Hudson | 99,799 | 53.93% | 66,505 | 35.94% | 14,569 | 7.87% | 4,184 | 2.26% | 33,294 | 17.99% | 185,057 |
| Hunterdon | 15,423 | 28.57% | 25,130 | 46.56% | 12,736 | 23.60% | 685 | 1.27% | -9,707 | -17.99% | 53,974 |
| Mercer | 71,383 | 49.14% | 50,473 | 34.75% | 22,503 | 15.49% | 901 | 0.62% | 20,910 | 14.39% | 145,260 |
| Middlesex | 128,824 | 45.16% | 108,701 | 38.10% | 45,055 | 15.79% | 2,691 | 0.94% | 20,123 | 7.06% | 285,271 |
| Monmouth | 101,750 | 38.24% | 117,715 | 44.23% | 45,445 | 17.08% | 1,206 | 0.45% | -15,965 | -5.99% | 266,116 |
| Morris | 67,593 | 32.31% | 108,431 | 51.82% | 32,447 | 15.51% | 761 | 0.36% | -40,838 | -19.51% | 209,232 |
| Ocean | 75,431 | 34.88% | 95,984 | 44.39% | 41,668 | 19.27% | 3,160 | 1.46% | -20,553 | -9.51% | 216,243 |
| Passaic | 70,030 | 42.47% | 71,147 | 43.15% | 21,494 | 13.04% | 2,217 | 1.34% | -1,117 | -0.68% | 164,888 |
| Salem | 10,062 | 36.02% | 10,363 | 37.10% | 7,274 | 26.04% | 236 | 0.84% | -301 | -1.08% | 27,935 |
| Somerset | 42,867 | 35.48% | 56,044 | 46.39% | 21,014 | 17.39% | 888 | 0.74% | -13,177 | -10.91% | 120,813 |
| Sussex | 14,775 | 25.89% | 29,510 | 51.71% | 12,537 | 21.97% | 242 | 0.42% | -14,735 | -25.82% | 57,064 |
| Union | 96,671 | 46.01% | 87,742 | 41.76% | 23,991 | 11.42% | 1,708 | 0.81% | 8,929 | 4.25% | 210,112 |
| Warren | 13,002 | 31.33% | 18,468 | 44.50% | 9,866 | 23.77% | 166 | 0.40% | -5,466 | -13.17% | 41,502 |
| Totals | 1,436,206 | 42.95% | 1,356,865 | 40.58% | 521,829 | 15.61% | 28,694 | 0.86% | 79,341 | 2.37% | 3,343,594 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results - New Jersey". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
