United States presidential election in Texas, 1992

United States presidential election in Texas, 1992

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Nominee George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot Party Republican Democratic Independent Home state Texas Arkansas Texas Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore Electoral vote 32 0 0 Popular vote 2,496,071 2,281,815 1,354,781 Percentage 40.6% 37.1% 22.0%
County Results   Clinton—80-90%   Clinton—70-80%   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Clinton—<40%   Bush—<40%   Bush—40-50%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—60-70%   Perot—<40%   Perot—40-50%
President before election George H. W. Bush Republican Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

George H. W. Bush
Republican

Bill Clinton
Democratic

The 1992 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose thirty-two representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Texas was won by incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 40.56% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 37.08%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 22.01% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. He was the first Democrat to win a presidential election without Texas since its statehood. This was the closest in presidential history that Texas almost went Democratic, due to the impact that Perot had.