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The 1992 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
West Virginia was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 48.41% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.39%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 15.92% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.
As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Wirt County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.
Results
| 1992 United States presidential election in West Virginia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 331,001 | 48.41% | 5 | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 241,974 | 35.39% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | 108,829 | 15.92% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 1,873 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Totals | 683,677 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
By congressional district
| District | Clinton | Bush | Perot | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 46% | 35% | 19% | Alan Mollohan |
| 2nd | 45% | 39% | 16% | Bob Wise |
| 3rd | 55% | 32% | 13% | Nick Rahall |
Results by county
Clinton won 42 of West Virginia's 55 counties.
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic |
George H.W. Bush Republican |
Ross Perot Independent |
Andre Marrou Libertarian |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 3,467 | 49.86% | 2,322 | 33.39% | 1,153 | 16.58% | 12 | 0.17% | 1,145 | 16.47% | 6,954 |
| Berkeley | 7,159 | 35.74% | 9,134 | 45.60% | 3,645 | 18.20% | 91 | 0.45% | -1,975 | -9.86% | 20,029 |
| Boone | 6,576 | 68.09% | 2,021 | 20.93% | 1,037 | 10.74% | 24 | 0.25% | 4,555 | 47.16% | 9,658 |
| Braxton | 3,396 | 58.91% | 1,535 | 26.63% | 823 | 14.28% | 11 | 0.19% | 1,861 | 32.28% | 5,765 |
| Brooke | 5,693 | 54.66% | 2,582 | 24.79% | 2,103 | 20.19% | 37 | 0.36% | 3,111 | 29.87% | 10,415 |
| Cabell | 15,111 | 44.82% | 13,203 | 39.16% | 5,311 | 15.75% | 90 | 0.27% | 1,908 | 5.66% | 33,715 |
| Calhoun | 1,627 | 49.79% | 1,095 | 33.51% | 537 | 16.43% | 9 | 0.28% | 532 | 16.28% | 3,268 |
| Clay | 1,928 | 52.72% | 1,255 | 34.32% | 462 | 12.63% | 12 | 0.33% | 673 | 18.40% | 3,657 |
| Doddridge | 968 | 32.35% | 1,500 | 50.13% | 515 | 17.21% | 9 | 0.30% | -532 | -17.78% | 2,992 |
| Fayette | 9,574 | 61.34% | 3,991 | 25.57% | 2,002 | 12.83% | 41 | 0.26% | 5,583 | 35.77% | 15,608 |
| Gilmer | 1,576 | 49.97% | 1,085 | 34.40% | 484 | 15.35% | 9 | 0.29% | 491 | 15.57% | 3,154 |
| Grant | 1,011 | 23.52% | 2,762 | 64.26% | 519 | 12.08% | 6 | 0.14% | -1,751 | -40.74% | 4,298 |
| Greenbrier | 5,784 | 47.46% | 4,442 | 36.45% | 1,898 | 15.57% | 63 | 0.52% | 1,342 | 11.01% | 12,187 |
| Hampshire | 2,365 | 38.32% | 2,767 | 44.84% | 1,022 | 16.56% | 17 | 0.28% | -402 | -6.52% | 6,171 |
| Hancock | 7,830 | 52.08% | 3,897 | 25.92% | 3,267 | 21.73% | 42 | 0.28% | 3,933 | 26.16% | 15,036 |
| Hardy | 1,917 | 41.04% | 2,144 | 45.90% | 602 | 12.89% | 8 | 0.17% | -227 | -4.86% | 4,671 |
| Harrison | 15,480 | 51.02% | 9,687 | 31.93% | 5,131 | 16.91% | 43 | 0.14% | 5,793 | 19.09% | 30,341 |
| Jackson | 5,102 | 45.44% | 4,192 | 37.33% | 1,908 | 16.99% | 27 | 0.24% | 910 | 8.11% | 11,229 |
| Jefferson | 5,363 | 44.01% | 4,656 | 38.21% | 2,114 | 17.35% | 52 | 0.43% | 707 | 5.80% | 12,185 |
| Kanawha | 38,315 | 46.91% | 31,358 | 38.40% | 11,778 | 14.42% | 220 | 0.27% | 6,957 | 8.51% | 81,671 |
| Lewis | 2,931 | 44.66% | 2,413 | 36.77% | 1,197 | 18.24% | 22 | 0.34% | 518 | 7.89% | 6,563 |
| Lincoln | 4,502 | 56.39% | 2,637 | 33.03% | 787 | 9.86% | 58 | 0.73% | 1,865 | 23.36% | 7,984 |
| Logan | 11,095 | 68.08% | 3,336 | 20.47% | 1,835 | 11.26% | 31 | 0.19% | 7,759 | 47.61% | 16,297 |
| Marion | 14,042 | 55.74% | 6,380 | 25.32% | 4,736 | 18.80% | 36 | 0.14% | 7,662 | 30.42% | 25,194 |
| Marshall | 7,298 | 47.95% | 4,463 | 29.33% | 3,402 | 22.35% | 56 | 0.37% | 2,835 | 18.62% | 15,219 |
| Mason | 5,331 | 47.60% | 3,808 | 34.00% | 2,045 | 18.26% | 16 | 0.14% | 1,523 | 13.60% | 11,200 |
| McDowell | 7,019 | 71.76% | 1,941 | 19.84% | 803 | 8.21% | 18 | 0.18% | 5,078 | 51.92% | 9,781 |
| Mercer | 9,511 | 46.91% | 7,888 | 38.91% | 2,817 | 13.89% | 59 | 0.29% | 1,623 | 8.00% | 20,275 |
| Mineral | 3,992 | 37.21% | 4,837 | 45.09% | 1,884 | 17.56% | 15 | 0.14% | -845 | -7.88% | 10,728 |
| Mingo | 7,342 | 67.53% | 2,584 | 23.77% | 915 | 8.42% | 32 | 0.29% | 4,758 | 43.76% | 10,873 |
| Monongalia | 14,142 | 49.41% | 9,831 | 34.35% | 4,576 | 15.99% | 74 | 0.26% | 4,311 | 15.06% | 28,623 |
| Monroe | 2,418 | 44.61% | 2,311 | 42.64% | 685 | 12.64% | 6 | 0.11% | 107 | 1.97% | 5,420 |
| Morgan | 1,854 | 34.69% | 2,585 | 48.37% | 886 | 16.58% | 19 | 0.36% | -731 | -13.68% | 5,344 |
| Nicholas | 5,042 | 52.91% | 2,959 | 31.05% | 1,495 | 15.69% | 33 | 0.35% | 2,083 | 21.86% | 9,529 |
| Ohio | 9,522 | 46.15% | 7,421 | 35.97% | 3,632 | 17.60% | 58 | 0.28% | 2,101 | 10.18% | 20,633 |
| Pendleton | 1,626 | 45.38% | 1,589 | 44.35% | 362 | 10.10% | 6 | 0.17% | 37 | 1.03% | 3,583 |
| Pleasants | 1,387 | 41.08% | 1,248 | 36.97% | 731 | 21.65% | 10 | 0.30% | 139 | 4.11% | 3,376 |
| Pocahontas | 1,741 | 46.05% | 1,401 | 37.05% | 627 | 16.58% | 12 | 0.32% | 340 | 9.00% | 3,781 |
| Preston | 3,933 | 37.47% | 4,429 | 42.20% | 2,109 | 20.10% | 24 | 0.23% | -496 | -4.73% | 10,495 |
| Putnam | 6,817 | 39.12% | 7,653 | 43.91% | 2,910 | 16.70% | 48 | 0.28% | -836 | -4.79% | 17,428 |
| Raleigh | 13,171 | 52.24% | 8,700 | 34.50% | 3,247 | 12.88% | 96 | 0.38% | 4,471 | 17.74% | 25,214 |
| Randolph | 5,097 | 49.86% | 3,496 | 34.20% | 1,582 | 15.48% | 47 | 0.46% | 1,601 | 15.66% | 10,222 |
| Ritchie | 1,474 | 33.38% | 2,184 | 49.46% | 745 | 16.87% | 13 | 0.29% | -710 | -16.08% | 4,416 |
| Roane | 2,607 | 44.51% | 2,207 | 37.68% | 1,009 | 17.23% | 34 | 0.58% | 400 | 6.83% | 5,857 |
| Summers | 2,650 | 54.28% | 1,652 | 33.84% | 565 | 11.57% | 15 | 0.31% | 998 | 20.44% | 4,882 |
| Taylor | 2,843 | 46.49% | 2,022 | 33.07% | 1,242 | 20.31% | 8 | 0.13% | 821 | 13.42% | 6,115 |
| Tucker | 1,805 | 49.79% | 1,261 | 34.79% | 550 | 15.17% | 9 | 0.25% | 544 | 15.00% | 3,625 |
| Tyler | 1,587 | 37.76% | 1,593 | 37.90% | 1,013 | 24.10% | 10 | 0.24% | -6 | -0.14% | 4,203 |
| Upshur | 3,161 | 38.30% | 3,505 | 42.47% | 1,558 | 18.88% | 29 | 0.35% | -344 | -4.17% | 8,253 |
| Wayne | 8,392 | 51.35% | 5,729 | 35.05% | 2,199 | 13.45% | 24 | 0.15% | 2,663 | 16.30% | 16,344 |
| Webster | 2,320 | 64.88% | 811 | 22.68% | 436 | 12.19% | 9 | 0.25% | 1,509 | 42.20% | 3,576 |
| Wetzel | 3,753 | 49.40% | 2,271 | 29.89% | 1,550 | 20.40% | 23 | 0.30% | 1,482 | 19.51% | 7,597 |
| Wirt | 1,043 | 43.79% | 939 | 39.42% | 394 | 16.54% | 6 | 0.25% | 104 | 4.37% | 2,382 |
| Wood | 13,529 | 37.52% | 15,441 | 42.83% | 6,998 | 19.41% | 86 | 0.24% | -1,912 | -5.31% | 36,054 |
| Wyoming | 5,782 | 60.19% | 2,821 | 29.36% | 996 | 10.37% | 8 | 0.08% | 2,961 | 30.83% | 9,607 |
| Totals | 331,001 | 48.41% | 241,974 | 35.39% | 108,829 | 15.92% | 1,873 | 0.27% | 89,027 | 13.02% | 683,711 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
References
- ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- "WV US President 1992". Our Campaigns. Archived from the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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