1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

The 1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts was won by Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 47.54% of the popular vote over incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush of Texas with 29.03%. Independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas finished in third, with 22.80% of the popular vote.^[1] Clinton thus defeated Bush in the state with a margin of 18.51%.^[2]

Massachusetts weighed in as a solid 13% more Democratic than the national average in 1992.

Bush failed to carry a single county in the state, and his 29.03% of the vote was the smallest vote share a Republican presidential candidate had received in Massachusetts since 1964.

Clinton's decisive win in Massachusetts solidified the state's status in the modern era as a solid blue state. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960. In 1972, Massachusetts was the only state in the nation to vote for Democrat George McGovern over Republican Richard Nixon in his 49-state landslide. However the state had trended Republican in the 1980s, with Ronald Reagan narrowly winning the state and George H. W. Bush taking a solid 45% and winning 3 counties in 1988. In 1992, Clinton not only carried the state by a double-digit margin, leaving Bush with less than 30% of the vote, but Clinton also swept every county in the state, as secular liberal New England rejected an increasingly Southern and conservative Republican Party dominated by Evangelical Christians. Since then, every Democratic presidential candidate that followed has carried the state by double-digit margins and won all 14 counties in Massachusetts.

As of 2023, this is the last time that the town of Berlin voted Republican and the last time that the towns of Erving, Peru, and Savoy did not vote Democratic in a presidential election.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	1,318,662	47.54%	12
	Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	805,049	29.03%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	632,312	22.80%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	7,458	0.27%	0
	New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	3,172	0.11%	0
	Independent Voters (a)	Howard Phillips	2,217	0.08%	0
	Independent	Others (Write-In)	1,870	0.07%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	1,812	0.07%	0
	Democrats for Economic Recovery	Lyndon LaRouche	1,007	0.04%	0
	Socialist	J. Quinn Brisben (Write-In)	13	<0.01%	0
	Prohibition	Earl Dodge (Write-In)	2	<0.01%	0
Totals			2,773,574	100.0%	12

(a) Howard Phillips was the candidate of the U.S. Taxpayers' Party nationally.

Results by Congressional district

Clinton won all 11 Congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.

District^[3]	Bush	Clinton	Perot	Representative
1st	27%	48%	25%	John Olver
2nd	29%	46%	25%	Richard Neal
3rd	31%	45%	23%	Joseph D. Early
3rd	31%	45%	23%	Peter I. Blute
4th	26%	51%	22%	Barney Frank
5th	32%	42%	26%	Chester G. Atkins
5th	32%	42%	26%	Marty Meehan
6th	31%	44%	25%	Nicholas Mavroules
6th	31%	44%	25%	Peter G. Torkildsen
7th	29%	50%	21%	Ed Markey
8th	19%	67%	13%	Joseph P. Kennedy II
9th	31%	48%	21%	Joe Moakley
10th	32%	42%	25%	Gerry Studds

Results by county

County	Bill Clinton Democratic		George H.W. Bush Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Barnstable	46,641	42.79%	33,916	31.12%	28,440	26.09%	12,725	11.67%	108,997
Berkshire	36,857	54.40%	14,726	21.74%	16,163	23.86%	22,131	32.66%	67,746
Bristol	102,406	48.36%	52,370	24.73%	56,978	26.91%	50,036	23.63%	211,754
Dukes	4,292	54.41%	1,827	23.16%	1,769	22.43%	2,465	31.25%	7,888
Essex	140,593	43.62%	102,212	31.71%	79,523	24.67%	38,381	11.91%	322,328
Franklin	17,246	48.14%	8,691	24.26%	9,890	27.60%	8,555	23.88%	35,827
Hampden	86,026	45.69%	54,621	29.01%	47,618	25.30%	31,405	16.68%	188,265
Hampshire	37,879	54.06%	15,694	22.40%	16,498	23.54%	22,185	31.66%	70,071
Middlesex	343,994	49.89%	193,703	28.10%	151,756	22.01%	150,291	21.79%	689,453
Nantucket	2,037	48.32%	1,158	27.47%	1,021	24.21%	879	20.85%	4,216
Norfolk	150,488	46.41%	103,255	31.84%	70,521	21.75%	47,233	14.57%	324,264
Plymouth	79,160	38.11%	69,514	33.47%	59,036	28.42%	9,646	4.64%	207,710
Suffolk	132,921	60.62%	51,378	23.43%	34,974	15.95%	81,543	37.19%	219,273
Worcester	138,122	43.74%	101,984	32.30%	75,676	23.96%	36,138	11.44%	315,782
Totals	1,318,662	47.54%	805,049	29.03%	649,863	23.43%	513,613	18.51%	2,773,574

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

^ ^a ^b "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
^ Park-Egan, Kiernan. "1992 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District". U.S. Presidential Election Results by Congressional District, 1952 to 2020. Western Washington University. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

[results-1] "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.

[2] "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.

[3] Park-Egan, Kiernan. "1992 United States Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District". U.S. Presidential Election Results by Congressional District, 1952 to 2020. Western Washington University. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

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