1992 ELECTION

Governor Bill Clinton campaigning for President in Michigan in August 1992. (Robert McNeely / Clinton Library)
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ELECTION RESULTS:

DEMOCRATS:
WILLIAM J. CLINTON (PRESIDENT)
ALBERT GORE, JR. (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 370 (68.8%)
Popular Vote: 44,909,326 (43.0%)

REPUBLICANS:
GEORGE H.W. BUSH (PRESIDENT)
DAN QUAYLE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 168 (31.2%)
Popular Vote: 39,103,882 (37.4%)

INDEPENDENT:
H. ROSS PEROT (PRESIDENT)
JAMES STOCKDALE  (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0.0%)
Popular Vote: 19,741,657 (18.9%)

ADDITIONAL MAPS/ DATA:
American Presidency Project
Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
National Archives (Map)
Polling Archive (Roper Center)

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES: 

Bill Clinton
BILL CLINTON (PRESIDENT)
Al Gore (D-TN)
AL GORE (VICE PRESIDENT)

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES:

George H.W. Bush
GEORGE H.W. BUSH (PRESIDENT)
Dan Quayle (R-IN)
DAN QUAYLE (VICE PRESIDENT)

INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES:

H. ROSS PEROT (PRESIDENT)
James B. Stockdale
JAMES B. STOCKDALE (VICE PRESIDENT)

 

RESOURCES:

The Livingroom Candidate
Miller Center

SPEECHES:

Gore Convention, 7/15/1992 (Video)
Clinton Convention, 7/16/1992 (Transcript, Video)
Quayle Convention, 8/19/1992 (Transcript, Video)
Bush Convention, 8/20/1992  (Transcript, Video)
Bush Concession, 11/3/1992 (Transcript, Video)
Clinton Victory, 11/4/1992 (Excerpts, Video)

DEBATES:

Gov. Bill Clinton (left), President George H.W. Bush (center), and independent candidate Ross Perot on stage at 1992 debate. (Washington University Libraries photo)

10/11/1992 (Transcript, Video)
10/13/1992  VP (Transcript, Video)
10/15/1992 (Transcript, Video)
10/19/1992  (Transcript, Video)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Front Pages, 11/4/1992 (NYT, WP, StLP-D)
Entire NYT (11/4/1992, 11/5/1992)
NYT, 11/4/1992 (Overview, Analysis, Analysis)
NYT, 11/4/1992 (Clinton, Gore, Democrats, GOP)
NYT, 11/5/1992 (Overview, Perot, Clinton, Bush)
NYT Convention Coverage
LAT Archives