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1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska

← 1988 November 3, 1992 1996 →
 
Nominee George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Home state Texas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore James Stockdale
Electoral vote 5 0 0
Popular vote 344,346 217,344 174,687
Percentage 46.58% 29.40% 23.63%

County Results

President before election

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska 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.

Nebraska was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) in a landslide, with 46.58% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 29.40%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.63% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national election, defeating Bush and Perot in by a large margin in the popular vote and electoral college.[2]

Background

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This was the first election in which Nebraska allocated its electoral votes, awarding two votes to the overall winner of the state and one vote to the winner of each congressional district.[3] As Bush won all three districts as well as the statewide popular vote, he was awarded all five electoral votes. It would not be until 2008 that there would be a split in the state's electoral votes, with Barack Obama winning one electoral vote from the 2nd district and John McCain winning the rest.

Campaign

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While Bush came in a strong first, the race for second place between Perot and Clinton was much more competitive. In the rural areas of the state, Perot generally ran ahead of Clinton, placing second behind Bush in 68 of Nebraska's 93 counties. In some counties in the western part of the state, Clinton was reduced to third party status, such as in Arthur county, where he polled a measly 7% of the vote to Perot's 37% and Bush's 56%. However, Clinton was able to counter this and poll second statewide by running a strong second in most of the eastern part of the state, including, critically, heavily populated Douglas and Lancaster counties. In these two counties alone, he received 108,499 votes, almost exactly half of his statewide total. Without these two counties, Perot would have beat Clinton for second with 114,039 votes to Clinton's 108,845 (Bush would still be far ahead with 209,244).[4]

With 46.58% of the popular vote, Nebraska would give Bush his fourth-highest vote percentage in the nation after Mississippi, South Carolina and Alabama.[5] Perot came within 5.8% of Clinton's vote share in the state, and exceeded his share in 70 of Nebraska's 93 counties,[6] as well as in the state's heavily conservative 3rd congressional district.

Clinton became the first Democrat to win the presidency without carrying Sherman County since Grover Cleveland 100 years prior.

Results

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1992 United States presidential election in Nebraska[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 344,346 46.58% 5
Democratic Bill Clinton 217,344 29.40% 0
Independent Ross Perot 174,687 23.63% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 1,344 0.18% 0
Independent Lenora Fulani 848 0.11% 0
Independent Dr. John Hagelin 714 0.10% 0
Totals 739,283 100.0% 5

Congressional district

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Bush won all three congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.[7]

district Bush Clinton Perot Representative
1st 43.2% 32.6% 24.2% Doug Bereuter
2nd 47.5% 32.4% 20.1% Peter Hoagland
3rd 49.7% 23.5% 26.8% Bill Barrett

Results by county

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County[8] George H.W. Bush
Republican
Bill Clinton
Democratic
Ross Perot
Independent
Andre Marrou
Libertarian
Leonora Fulani
Independent
John Hagelin
Independent
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 6,365 48.36% 3,460 26.29% 3,292 25.01% 22 0.17% 11 0.08% 13 0.10% 2,905 22.07% 13,163
Antelope 1,979 52.41% 650 17.21% 1,134 30.03% 6 0.16% 3 0.08% 4 0.11% 845[a] 22.38% 3,776
Arthur 148 56.06% 18 6.82% 98 37.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 50[a] 18.94% 264
Banner 284 59.17% 68 14.17% 128 26.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 156[a] 32.50% 480
Blaine 256 56.51% 64 14.13% 130 28.70% 2 0.44% 1 0.22% 0 0.00% 126[a] 27.81% 453
Boone 1,589 50.21% 604 19.08% 958 30.27% 4 0.13% 3 0.09% 7 0.22% 631[a] 19.94% 3,165
Box Butte 2,203 38.74% 1,942 34.15% 1,513 26.60% 10 0.18% 12 0.21% 7 0.12% 261 4.59% 5,687
Boyd 744 47.36% 353 22.47% 468 29.79% 2 0.13% 1 0.06% 3 0.19% 276[a] 17.57% 1,571
Brown 999 54.12% 311 16.85% 525 28.44% 5 0.27% 4 0.22% 2 0.11% 474[a] 25.68% 1,846
Buffalo 9,726 55.11% 3,747 21.23% 4,092 23.19% 43 0.24% 25 0.14% 16 0.09% 5,634[a] 31.92% 17,649
Burt 1,667 42.61% 1,224 31.29% 1,009 25.79% 8 0.20% 2 0.05% 2 0.05% 443 11.32% 3,912
Butler 1,884 45.35% 1,089 26.22% 1,159 27.90% 4 0.10% 8 0.19% 10 0.24% 725[a] 17.45% 4,154
Cass 4,314 43.23% 2,949 29.55% 2,657 26.63% 28 0.28% 11 0.11% 20 0.20% 1,365 13.68% 9,979
Cedar 1,981 43.85% 1,007 22.29% 1,507 33.36% 8 0.18% 1 0.02% 14 0.31% 474[a] 10.49% 4,518
Chase 1,000 48.01% 398 19.11% 675 32.41% 6 0.29% 3 0.14% 1 0.05% 325[a] 15.60% 2,083
Cherry 1,707 56.75% 563 18.72% 730 24.27% 1 0.03% 2 0.07% 5 0.17% 977[a] 32.48% 3,008
Cheyenne 2,197 51.80% 967 22.80% 1,061 25.02% 12 0.28% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 1,136[a] 26.78% 4,241
Clay 1,824 50.84% 802 22.35% 953 26.56% 5 0.14% 1 0.03% 3 0.08% 871[a] 24.28% 3,588
Colfax 1,915 46.21% 1,011 24.40% 1,197 28.89% 6 0.14% 6 0.14% 9 0.22% 718[a] 17.32% 4,144
Cuming 2,713 57.10% 836 17.60% 1,194 25.13% 5 0.11% 1 0.02% 2 0.04% 1,519[a] 31.97% 4,751
Custer 3,180 54.64% 1,126 19.35% 1,492 25.64% 15 0.26% 2 0.03% 5 0.09% 1,688[a] 29.00% 5,820
Dakota 2,793 43.21% 2,335 36.12% 1,321 20.44% 9 0.14% 2 0.03% 4 0.06% 458 7.09% 6,464
Dawes 1,961 48.21% 987 24.26% 1,103 27.11% 9 0.22% 5 0.12% 3 0.07% 858[a] 21.10% 4,068
Dawson 4,714 53.64% 1,741 19.81% 2,307 26.25% 12 0.14% 5 0.06% 10 0.11% 2,407[a] 27.39% 8,789
Deuel 558 49.82% 232 20.71% 327 29.20% 2 0.18% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 231[a] 20.62% 1,120
Dixon 1,484 48.59% 830 27.18% 726 23.77% 9 0.29% 3 0.10% 2 0.07% 654 21.41% 3,054
Dodge 7,271 44.30% 4,667 28.44% 4,432 27.00% 20 0.12% 12 0.07% 10 0.06% 2,604 15.86% 16,412
Douglas 93,512 46.73% 67,097 33.53% 38,697 19.34% 416 0.21% 235 0.12% 164 0.08% 26,415 13.20% 200,121
Dundy 664 52.99% 245 19.55% 332 26.50% 8 0.64% 2 0.16% 2 0.16% 332[a] 26.49% 1,253
Fillmore 1,501 42.93% 990 28.32% 998 28.55% 2 0.06% 2 0.06% 3 0.09% 503[a] 14.38% 3,496
Franklin 969 48.87% 477 24.05% 528 26.63% 3 0.15% 3 0.15% 3 0.15% 441[a] 22.24% 1,983
Frontier 785 49.97% 302 19.22% 479 30.49% 1 0.06% 3 0.19% 1 0.06% 306[a] 19.48% 1,571
Furnas 1,365 48.73% 624 22.28% 804 28.70% 8 0.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 561[a] 20.03% 2,801
Gage 4,006 39.65% 3,315 32.81% 2,740 27.12% 16 0.16% 17 0.17% 10 0.10% 691 6.84% 10,104
Garden 697 53.49% 212 16.27% 385 29.55% 6 0.46% 2 0.15% 1 0.08% 312[a] 23.94% 1,303
Garfield 595 54.74% 221 20.33% 270 24.84% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 325[a] 29.90% 1,087
Gosper 492 46.95% 254 24.24% 297 28.34% 1 0.10% 2 0.19% 2 0.19% 195[a] 18.61% 1,048
Grant 247 55.01% 75 16.70% 124 27.62% 1 0.22% 2 0.45% 0 0.00% 123[a] 27.39% 449
Greeley 588 41.44% 435 30.66% 395 27.84% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 153 10.78% 1,419
Hall 9,341 44.67% 5,558 26.58% 5,926 28.34% 42 0.20% 32 0.15% 14 0.07% 3,415[a] 16.33% 20,913
Hamilton 2,388 51.72% 994 21.53% 1,220 26.42% 5 0.11% 7 0.15% 3 0.06% 1,168[a] 25.30% 4,617
Harlan 992 46.88% 488 23.06% 626 29.58% 3 0.14% 3 0.14% 4 0.19% 366[a] 17.30% 2,116
Hayes 362 55.35% 85 13.00% 207 31.65% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 155[a] 23.70% 654
Hitchcock 824 47.60% 359 20.74% 540 31.20% 4 0.23% 2 0.12% 2 0.12% 284[a] 16.40% 1,731
Holt 3,131 54.90% 835 14.64% 1,714 30.05% 6 0.11% 9 0.16% 8 0.14% 1,417[a] 24.85% 5,703
Hooker 283 62.20% 70 15.38% 102 22.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 181[a] 39.78% 455
Howard 1,138 39.65% 778 27.11% 942 32.82% 4 0.14% 4 0.14% 4 0.14% 196[a] 6.83% 2,870
Jefferson 1,783 39.70% 1,506 33.53% 1,177 26.21% 7 0.16% 9 0.20% 9 0.20% 277 6.17% 4,491
Johnson 885 37.50% 822 34.83% 642 27.20% 1 0.04% 6 0.25% 4 0.17% 63 2.67% 2,360
Kearney 1,756 53.72% 645 19.73% 853 26.09% 7 0.21% 5 0.15% 3 0.09% 903[a] 27.63% 3,269
Keith 2,050 51.65% 740 18.64% 1,162 29.28% 9 0.23% 4 0.10% 4 0.10% 888[a] 22.37% 3,969
Keya Paha 368 58.32% 105 16.64% 158 25.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 210[a] 33.28% 631
Kimball 931 52.04% 408 22.81% 441 24.65% 3 0.17% 6 0.34% 0 0.00% 490[a] 27.39% 1,789
Knox 2,113 49.55% 968 22.70% 1,166 27.35% 9 0.21% 3 0.07% 5 0.12% 947[a] 22.20% 4,264
Lancaster 41,590 39.46% 41,402 39.28% 21,951 20.83% 204 0.19% 161 0.15% 91 0.09% 188 0.18% 105,399
Lincoln 7,054 45.04% 5,158 32.94% 3,406 21.75% 13 0.08% 18 0.11% 12 0.08% 1,896 12.10% 15,661
Logan 271 60.09% 80 17.74% 98 21.73% 1 0.22% 1 0.22% 0 0.00% 173[a] 38.36% 451
Loup 234 59.69% 59 15.05% 97 24.74% 1 0.26% 1 0.26% 0 0.00% 137[a] 34.95% 392
Madison 7,877 57.10% 2,364 17.14% 3,508 25.43% 22 0.16% 11 0.08% 14 0.10% 4,369[a] 31.67% 13,796
McPherson 217 65.96% 49 14.89% 62 18.84% 1 0.30% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 155[a] 47.12% 329
Merrick 1,854 48.65% 864 22.67% 1,072 28.13% 3 0.08% 6 0.16% 12 0.31% 782[a] 20.52% 3,811
Morrill 1,185 46.89% 577 22.83% 753 29.80% 6 0.24% 5 0.20% 1 0.04% 432[a] 17.09% 2,527
Nance 851 42.83% 559 28.13% 569 28.64% 3 0.15% 1 0.05% 4 0.20% 282[a] 14.19% 1,987
Nemaha 1,696 44.01% 1,110 28.80% 1,020 26.47% 13 0.34% 7 0.18% 8 0.21% 586 15.21% 3,854
Nuckolls 1,277 43.16% 834 28.19% 828 27.98% 9 0.30% 3 0.10% 8 0.27% 443 14.97% 2,959
Otoe 2,960 43.29% 2,038 29.80% 1,800 26.32% 21 0.31% 11 0.16% 8 0.12% 922 13.49% 6,838
Pawnee 670 37.06% 566 31.31% 565 31.25% 4 0.22% 1 0.06% 2 0.11% 104 5.75% 1,808
Perkins 842 50.54% 300 18.01% 522 31.33% 2 0.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 320[a] 19.21% 1,666
Phelps 2,752 56.13% 830 16.93% 1,302 26.56% 13 0.27% 3 0.06% 3 0.06% 1,450[a] 29.57% 4,903
Pierce 1,853 52.02% 611 17.15% 1,084 30.43% 3 0.08% 3 0.08% 8 0.22% 769[a] 21.59% 3,562
Platte 7,736 55.76% 2,421 17.45% 3,671 26.46% 24 0.17% 12 0.09% 10 0.07% 4,065[a] 29.30% 13,874
Polk 1,437 49.25% 661 22.65% 812 27.83% 4 0.14% 1 0.03% 3 0.10% 625[a] 21.42% 2,918
Red Willow 2,500 46.80% 1,166 21.83% 1,665 31.17% 6 0.11% 3 0.06% 2 0.04% 835[a] 15.63% 5,342
Richardson 2,050 41.47% 1,513 30.61% 1,359 27.49% 3 0.06% 8 0.16% 10 0.20% 537 10.86% 4,943
Rock 588 59.57% 162 16.41% 233 23.61% 1 0.10% 1 0.10% 2 0.20% 355[a] 35.96% 987
Saline 1,740 30.18% 2,425 42.06% 1,576 27.34% 7 0.12% 11 0.19% 6 0.10% -685 -11.88% 5,765
Sarpy 20,516 50.44% 10,741 26.41% 9,284 22.83% 70 0.17% 43 0.11% 19 0.05% 9,775 24.03% 40,673
Saunders 4,037 44.11% 2,509 27.41% 2,567 28.05% 19 0.21% 8 0.09% 12 0.13% 1,470[a] 16.06% 9,152
Scotts Bluff 7,213 48.24% 4,175 27.92% 3,516 23.52% 20 0.13% 15 0.10% 12 0.08% 3,038 20.32% 14,951
Seward 3,060 44.12% 2,121 30.58% 1,731 24.96% 9 0.13% 10 0.14% 5 0.07% 939 13.54% 6,936
Sheridan 1,698 56.68% 535 17.86% 751 25.07% 8 0.27% 4 0.13% 0 0.00% 947[a] 31.61% 2,996
Sherman 736 38.74% 568 29.89% 583 30.68% 7 0.37% 1 0.05% 5 0.26% 153[a] 8.06% 1,900
Sioux 445 55.49% 148 18.45% 206 25.69% 1 0.12% 2 0.25% 0 0.00% 239[a] 29.80% 802
Stanton 1,274 49.71% 496 19.35% 786 30.67% 4 0.16% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% 488[a] 19.04% 2,563
Thayer 1,391 40.79% 924 27.10% 1,079 31.64% 5 0.15% 3 0.09% 8 0.23% 312[a] 9.15% 3,410
Thomas 283 60.34% 70 14.93% 115 24.52% 1 0.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 168[a] 35.82% 469
Thurston 898 39.79% 865 38.33% 487 21.58% 2 0.09% 1 0.04% 4 0.18% 33 1.46% 2,257
Valley 1,173 45.29% 716 27.64% 693 26.76% 3 0.12% 5 0.19% 0 0.00% 457 17.65% 2,590
Washington 4,042 48.47% 2,116 25.37% 2,166 25.97% 10 0.12% 3 0.04% 3 0.04% 1,876[a] 22.50% 8,340
Wayne 2,122 51.73% 921 22.45% 1,047 25.52% 7 0.17% 3 0.07% 2 0.05% 1,075[a] 26.21% 4,102
Webster 973 42.98% 625 27.61% 657 29.02% 3 0.13% 4 0.18% 2 0.09% 316[a] 13.96% 2,264
Wheeler 246 53.02% 88 18.97% 127 27.37% 1 0.22% 1 0.22% 1 0.22% 119[a] 25.65% 464
York 3,783 53.94% 1,385 19.75% 1,826 26.04% 3 0.04% 7 0.10% 9 0.13% 1,957[a] 27.90% 7,013
Totals 344,346 46.58% 217,344 29.40% 174,687 23.63% 1,344 0.18% 848 0.11% 714 0.10% 127,002 17.18% 739,283

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  3. ^ Abramson, Aldrich & Rohde 1995, p. 46.
  4. ^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  6. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "1992 Presidential General Election Data – National". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "NE US President Race, November 03, 1992". Our Campaigns.

Works cited

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  • Abramson, Paul; Aldrich, John; Rohde, David (1995). Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections. CQ Press. ISBN 0871878399.