1992 United States presidential election in Maine

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

1992 United States presidential election in Maine

November 3, 1992

Nominee Bill Clinton Ross Perot George H. W. Bush Party Democratic Independent Republican Home state Arkansas Texas Texas Running mate Al Gore James Stockdale Dan Quayle Electoral vote 4 0 0 Popular vote 263,420 206,820 206,504 Percentage 38.77% 30.44% 30.39%

County Results Clinton   30-40%   40-50% Perot   30-40%

President before election George H. W. Bush Republican Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

Maine was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 38.77% of the popular vote over businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) with 30.44%. Incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) finished in third, close behind Perot, with 30.39% of the popular vote.[1] Despite the Bush family having ties to Maine, with Bush owning a house in Kennebunkport, Maine, Perot beat Bush for second place in the state by a slim margin of 316 votes, making Maine one of two states where Perot finished better than third place, the other being Utah,[2] though Maine was the only state of the two where Perot won any counties. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both incumbent President Bush and Perot.[3]Perot's 30.44% would prove Maine as his strongest state in the 1992 election.[4] Ross Perot came within five percent of winning one electoral vote from Maine’s second congressional district, the closest he came to winning an electoral vote in 1992.

Clinton was the first Democrat to win any county in Maine since Jimmy Carter in 1980, the first to win Kennebec County and York County since Carter in 1976, the first to carry the counties of Franklin, Oxford, Penobscot, Sagadahoc and Washington since Hubert Humphrey and Maine favorite son Edmund Muskie did so in 1968, and the first to carry Hancock, Knox and Lincoln Counties since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.[5]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Maine[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	263,420	38.77%	4
	Independent	Ross Perot	206,820	30.44%	0
	Republican	George H. W. Bush	206,504	30.39%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	1,681	0.25%	0
	New Alliance	Lenora Fulani	519	0.08%	0
	U.S. Taxpayers'	Howard Phillips	464	0.07%	0
	Write-ins		91	0.01%	0
Totals			679,499	100.0%	4
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)					72%/70%

Results by county

County	William Jefferson Clinton[6] Democratic		George Herbert Walker Bush[6] Republican		Henry Ross Perot[6] Independent		Andre Verne Marrou[6] Libertarian		Various candidates[6] Other parties		Margin[lower-alpha 1]		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Androscoggin	22,247	40.34%	14,174	25.70%	18,518	33.58%	114	0.21%	91	0.17%	3,729	6.76%	55,144
Aroostook	15,682	40.64%	12,409	32.16%	10,376	26.89%	46	0.12%	72	0.19%	3,273[lower-alpha 2]	8.48%	38,585
Cumberland	60,781	42.95%	45,752	32.33%	34,443	24.34%	373	0.26%	173	0.12%	15,029[lower-alpha 2]	10.62%	141,522
Franklin	6,739	40.79%	4,608	27.89%	5,115	30.96%	37	0.22%	24	0.15%	1,624	9.83%	16,523
Hancock	10,126	35.15%	8,657	30.05%	9,865	34.25%	75	0.26%	82	0.28%	261	0.91%	28,805
Kennebec	25,125	39.31%	17,135	26.81%	21,436	33.54%	126	0.20%	99	0.15%	3,689	5.77%	63,921
Knox	7,631	37.52%	6,310	31.03%	6,303	30.99%	62	0.30%	32	0.16%	1,321[lower-alpha 2]	6.50%	20,338
Lincoln	6,714	35.27%	6,405	33.65%	5,808	30.51%	78	0.49%	31	0.19%	309[lower-alpha 2]	1.62%	19,036
Oxford	11,202	38.16%	8,194	27.91%	9,815	33.43%	89	0.30%	56	0.19%	1,387	4.72%	29,356
Penobscot	29,485	36.65%	24,218	30.11%	26,437	32.86%	175	0.22%	129	0.16%	3,048	3.79%	80,444
Piscataquis	3,323	33.13%	2,970	29.61%	3,688	36.77%	38	0.38%	12	0.12%	-365	-3.64%	10,031
Sagadahoc	6,828	36.88%	5,917	31.96%	5,705	30.82%	41	0.22%	22	0.12%	911[lower-alpha 2]	4.92%	18,513
Somerset	9,274	35.10%	6,780	25.66%	10,293	38.95%	45	0.17%	32	0.12%	-1,019	-3.86%	26,424
Waldo	6,472	34.93%	5,241	28.29%	6,702	36.17%	77	0.42%	37	0.20%	-230	-1.24%	18,529
Washington	6,284	35.37%	5,493	30.92%	5,894	33.18%	60	0.34%	34	0.19%	390	2.20%	17,765
York	35,507	37.55%	32,241	34.09%	26,422	27.94%	245	0.26%	148	0.16%	3,266[lower-alpha 2]	3.45%	94,563
Totals	263,420	38.77%	206,504	30.39%	206,820	30.44%	1,681	0.25%	1,074	0.16%	56,600	8.33%	679,499

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maine
• Presidency of Bill Clinton

Notes

1. Because Perot finished ahead of Bush in Maine as a whole, all margins given are Clinton minus Perot unless stated in the total for the county in question.
2. In this county where Bush did run second ahead of Perot, the margin given is that between Clinton and Bush.

References

1. "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
2. "Final Vote Returns Put Perot 2d in Maine, Ahead of Bush". The New York Times. 24 November 1992. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
3. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
4. "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
5. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 217-218 ISBN 0786422173
6. Our Campaigns; ME US Presidential Race, November 03, 1992