1992 United States presidential election in North Dakota
The 1992 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election . Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
North Dakota was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R -Texas ) with 44.22% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D -Arkansas ) with 32.18%. Businessman Ross Perot (I -Texas) finished in third, with 23.07% of the popular vote.[ 1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot.[ 2]
Results
Results by county
County[ 3]
George H.W. Bush Republican
Bill Clinton Democratic-NPL
Ross Perot Independent
Lyndon LaRouche Independent
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
647
39.79%
469
28.84%
499
30.69%
5
0.31%
6
0.37%
148[ a]
9.10%
1,626
Barnes
2,728
42.30%
2,124
32.94%
1,568
24.31%
8
0.12%
21
0.33%
604
9.36%
6,449
Benson
874
33.30%
1,126
42.90%
610
23.24%
13
0.50%
2
0.08%
-252
-9.60%
2,625
Billings
279
41.15%
123
18.14%
270
39.82%
4
0.59%
2
0.29%
9[ a]
1.33%
678
Bottineau
1,787
43.54%
1,266
30.85%
1,036
25.24%
4
0.10%
11
0.27%
521
12.69%
4,104
Bowman
712
37.34%
506
26.53%
678
35.55%
8
0.42%
3
0.16%
34[ a]
1.79%
1,907
Burke
551
36.15%
458
30.05%
506
33.20%
5
0.33%
4
0.26%
45[ a]
2.95%
1,524
Burleigh
16,484
50.90%
8,940
27.61%
6,780
20.94%
68
0.21%
112
0.35%
7,544
23.29%
32,384
Cass
25,312
47.65%
18,077
34.03%
9,513
17.91%
61
0.11%
153
0.29%
7,235
13.62%
53,116
Cavalier
1,527
48.85%
866
27.70%
723
23.13%
6
0.19%
4
0.13%
661
21.15%
3,126
Dickey
1,514
49.48%
918
30.00%
616
20.13%
3
0.10%
9
0.29%
596
19.48%
3,060
Divide
515
31.79%
634
39.14%
456
28.15%
7
0.43%
8
0.49%
-119
-7.35%
1,620
Dunn
784
37.24%
667
31.69%
637
30.26%
8
0.38%
9
0.43%
117
5.55%
2,105
Eddy
591
36.59%
575
35.60%
432
26.75%
8
0.50%
9
0.56%
16
0.99%
1,615
Emmons
1,047
43.09%
595
24.49%
774
31.85%
8
0.33%
6
0.25%
273[ a]
11.24%
2,430
Foster
803
41.39%
565
29.12%
556
28.66%
8
0.41%
8
0.41%
238
12.27%
1,940
Golden Valley
503
45.15%
255
22.89%
352
31.60%
2
0.18%
2
0.18%
151[ a]
13.55%
1,114
Grand Forks
13,705
44.06%
10,930
35.14%
6,349
20.41%
26
0.08%
94
0.30%
2,775
8.92%
31,104
Grant
900
45.94%
415
21.18%
629
32.11%
9
0.46%
6
0.31%
271[ a]
13.83%
1,959
Griggs
773
44.02%
647
36.85%
330
18.79%
3
0.17%
3
0.17%
126
7.17%
1,756
Hettinger
854
46.46%
465
25.30%
500
27.20%
16
0.87%
3
0.16%
354[ a]
19.26%
1,838
Kidder
739
43.19%
468
27.35%
489
28.58%
10
0.58%
5
0.29%
250[ a]
14.61%
1,711
LaMoure
1,270
45.96%
797
28.85%
679
24.57%
8
0.29%
9
0.33%
473
17.11%
2,763
Logan
703
47.31%
383
25.77%
390
26.24%
8
0.54%
2
0.13%
313[ a]
21.07%
1,486
McHenry
1,321
38.90%
1,173
34.54%
886
26.09%
8
0.24%
8
0.24%
148
4.36%
3,396
McIntosh
1,134
55.21%
450
21.91%
454
22.10%
12
0.58%
4
0.19%
680[ a]
33.11%
2,054
McKenzie
1,324
42.85%
787
25.47%
969
31.36%
7
0.23%
3
0.10%
355[ a]
11.49%
3,090
McLean
2,124
40.05%
1,808
34.09%
1,330
25.08%
25
0.47%
16
0.30%
316
5.96%
5,303
Mercer
2,274
45.33%
1,323
26.37%
1,378
27.47%
23
0.46%
19
0.38%
896[ a]
17.86%
5,017
Morton
5,042
43.76%
3,594
31.19%
2,787
24.19%
31
0.27%
68
0.59%
1,448
12.57%
11,522
Mountrail
1,017
30.92%
1,393
42.35%
861
26.18%
6
0.18%
12
0.36%
-376
-11.43%
3,289
Nelson
864
39.17%
841
38.12%
486
22.03%
2
0.09%
13
0.59%
23
1.05%
2,206
Oliver
503
40.96%
306
24.92%
407
33.14%
9
0.73%
3
0.24%
96[ a]
7.82%
1,228
Pembina
1,917
46.45%
1,186
28.74%
991
24.01%
3
0.07%
30
0.73%
731
17.71%
4,127
Pierce
1,099
45.21%
761
31.30%
554
22.79%
13
0.53%
4
0.16%
338
13.91%
2,431
Ramsey
2,516
41.56%
2,008
33.17%
1,507
24.89%
9
0.15%
14
0.23%
508
8.39%
6,054
Ransom
1,102
37.96%
1,166
40.17%
625
21.53%
2
0.07%
8
0.28%
-64
-2.21%
2,903
Renville
655
39.22%
580
34.73%
429
25.69%
1
0.06%
5
0.30%
75
4.49%
1,670
Richland
3,873
46.66%
2,688
32.38%
1,698
20.46%
21
0.25%
21
0.25%
1,185
14.28%
8,301
Rolette
895
24.82%
2,002
55.52%
660
18.30%
18
0.50%
31
0.86%
-1,107
-30.70%
3,606
Sargent
816
36.20%
961
42.64%
463
20.54%
6
0.27%
8
0.35%
-145
-6.44%
2,254
Sheridan
589
50.13%
276
23.49%
304
25.87%
4
0.34%
2
0.17%
285[ a]
24.26%
1,175
Sioux
264
26.83%
463
47.05%
244
24.80%
8
0.81%
5
0.51%
-199
-20.22%
984
Slope
226
42.24%
145
27.10%
162
30.28%
1
0.19%
1
0.19%
64[ a]
11.96%
535
Stark
4,491
42.06%
3,003
28.12%
3,123
29.25%
36
0.34%
25
0.23%
1,368[ a]
12.81%
10,678
Steele
503
36.72%
598
43.65%
267
19.49%
1
0.07%
1
0.07%
-95
-6.93%
1,370
Stutsman
4,039
40.39%
3,313
33.13%
2,580
25.80%
23
0.23%
46
0.46%
726
7.26%
10,001
Towner
600
34.15%
748
42.57%
402
22.88%
3
0.17%
4
0.23%
-148
-8.42%
1,757
Traill
2,019
44.34%
1,638
35.98%
875
19.22%
7
0.15%
14
0.31%
381
8.36%
4,553
Walsh
2,544
43.09%
1,936
32.79%
1,384
23.44%
8
0.14%
32
0.54%
608
10.30%
5,904
Ward
12,056
46.63%
7,856
30.39%
5,856
22.65%
27
0.10%
57
0.22%
4,200
16.24%
25,852
Wells
1,171
40.16%
888
30.45%
850
29.15%
5
0.17%
2
0.07%
283
9.71%
2,916
Williams
3,664
36.95%
3,008
30.33%
3,180
32.07%
17
0.17%
48
0.48%
484[ a]
4.88%
9,917
Totals
136,244
44.22%
99,168
32.18%
71,084
23.07%
642
0.21%
995
0.32%
37,076
12.04%
308,133
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
Notes
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r In this county where Perot ran second ahead of Clinton, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Bush percentage minus Perot percentage.
References