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The1992 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Illinois was won byGovernorBill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 48.58% of the popular vote over incumbent PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 34.34%. BusinessmanRoss Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 16.64% of the popular vote.[1] In1988, Democratic nomineeMichael Dukakis also received 48.6% of the vote, albeit in a losing effort to Bush, who received 50.7%.
Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[2] Clinton became the firstDemocrat to win Illinois on a presidential level since1964, and only the third to do so since1948. Clinton notably won seven of 21 Illinois counties that had backedBarry Goldwater in 1964.[3] He remains the only Democrat to winJohnson County andPope County[note 1] — Southern and anti-Yankee in culture but converted toUnionism by war[4] — sinceStephen A. Douglas in1860.[5] In Northern Illinois Clinton became the first Democrat to ever winWhiteside County which had voted in presidential elections since1840,[5] the first to winDeKalb County sinceFranklin Pierce in1852, and the first to winBureau,McDonough andWarren Counties sinceFranklin D. Roosevelt in1932.[3]
This represented arealigning election for Illinois in regards to presidential politics. It ended a streak of six consecutive elections in which the state had voted for theRepublican ticket. It also began a streak in which the state has voted by double digits for the Democratic ticket in nine consecutive presidential elections.
As of the2024 presidential election, this is also the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate:Brown,Clark,Crawford,Cumberland,Douglas,Edgar,Jasper,Monroe,Richland, andTazewell.[6]
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal elections (Senate andHouse), as well as those forstate offices.[7][8]
For the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 39.82%, with 2,335,270 votes cast.[7] For the general election, turnout was 76.51%, with 5,050,157 votes cast.[8]
State-run primaries were held for the Democratic, Republican, parties on March 17.[7]
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The1992 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 17, 1992, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theDemocratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1992 presidential election.
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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| Bill Clinton | 776,829 | 51.65 | |
| Paul E. Tsongas | 387,891 | 25.79 | |
| Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. | 220,346 | 14.65 | |
| Uncommitted | 67,612 | 4.50 | |
| Tom Harkinwithdrew | 30,710 | 2.04 | |
| Bob Kerreywithdrew | 10,916 | 0.73 | |
| Lyndon H. LaRouche | 6,599 | 0.44 | |
| Lawrence A. Agran | 3,227 | 0.22 | |
| Total | 1,504,130 | 100 |
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The1992 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 17, 1992, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theRepublican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1992 presidential election.
Incumbent presidentGeorge H. W. Bush won the primary by a large margin.
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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| George Bush(incumbent) | 634,588 | 76.35 | |
| Patrick J. Buchannan | 186,915 | 22.49 | |
| Maurice Horton | 9,637 | 1.16 | |
| Total | 831,140 | 100 |
| 1992 United States presidential election in Illinois[1][8] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 2,453,350 | 48.58% | 22 | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 1,734,096 | 34.34% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | 840,515 | 16.64% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 9,218 | 0.18% | 0 | |
| New Alliance | Lenora Fulani | 5,267 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| America First | James "Bo" Gritz | 3,577 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | 2,751 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers Party | James Warren | 1,361 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | 22 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 5,050,157 | 100.0% | 22 | ||
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic | George H.W. Bush Republican | Ross Perot Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 11,748 | 37.20% | 13,529 | 42.84% | 6,157 | 19.50% | 145 | 0.46% | -1,781 | -5.64% | 31,579 |
| Alexander | 2,566 | 58.83% | 1,301 | 29.83% | 474 | 10.87% | 21 | 0.48% | 1,265 | 29.00% | 4,362 |
| Bond | 3,428 | 45.42% | 2,715 | 35.97% | 1,373 | 18.19% | 32 | 0.42% | 713 | 9.45% | 7,548 |
| Boone | 5,114 | 37.53% | 5,589 | 41.01% | 2,880 | 21.13% | 44 | 0.32% | -475 | -3.48% | 13,627 |
| Brown | 1,146 | 42.62% | 1,029 | 38.27% | 504 | 18.74% | 10 | 0.37% | 117 | 4.35% | 2,689 |
| Bureau | 7,551 | 42.17% | 6,836 | 38.18% | 3,465 | 19.35% | 55 | 0.31% | 715 | 3.99% | 17,907 |
| Calhoun | 1,519 | 54.19% | 745 | 26.58% | 532 | 18.98% | 7 | 0.25% | 774 | 27.61% | 2,803 |
| Carroll | 2,854 | 37.17% | 3,297 | 42.94% | 1,502 | 19.56% | 26 | 0.34% | -443 | -5.77% | 7,679 |
| Cass | 3,200 | 49.64% | 2,162 | 33.53% | 1,072 | 16.63% | 13 | 0.20% | 1,038 | 16.11% | 6,447 |
| Champaign | 35,003 | 46.00% | 27,096 | 35.61% | 13,571 | 17.83% | 422 | 0.55% | 7,907 | 10.39% | 76,092 |
| Christian | 9,042 | 51.40% | 5,087 | 28.92% | 3,401 | 19.33% | 60 | 0.34% | 3,955 | 22.48% | 17,590 |
| Clark | 3,338 | 41.83% | 3,175 | 39.79% | 1,450 | 18.17% | 16 | 0.20% | 163 | 2.04% | 7,979 |
| Clay | 2,962 | 44.53% | 2,471 | 37.15% | 1,193 | 17.93% | 26 | 0.39% | 491 | 7.38% | 6,652 |
| Clinton | 6,686 | 42.26% | 5,771 | 36.47% | 3,315 | 20.95% | 50 | 0.32% | 915 | 5.79% | 15,822 |
| Coles | 9,402 | 42.16% | 8,098 | 36.31% | 4,707 | 21.11% | 93 | 0.42% | 1,304 | 5.85% | 22,300 |
| Cook | 1,249,533 | 58.21% | 605,300 | 28.20% | 281,999 | 13.14% | 9,823 | 0.46% | 644,233 | 30.01% | 2,146,655 |
| Crawford | 3,964 | 40.99% | 3,606 | 37.29% | 2,062 | 21.32% | 39 | 0.40% | 358 | 3.70% | 9,671 |
| Cumberland | 2,111 | 40.58% | 1,860 | 35.76% | 1,209 | 23.24% | 22 | 0.42% | 251 | 4.82% | 5,202 |
| DeKalb | 13,744 | 40.15% | 12,655 | 36.97% | 7,680 | 22.44% | 153 | 0.45% | 1,089 | 3.18% | 34,232 |
| DeWitt | 3,009 | 38.78% | 3,164 | 40.78% | 1,543 | 19.89% | 43 | 0.55% | -155 | -2.00% | 7,759 |
| Douglas | 3,341 | 40.37% | 3,309 | 39.98% | 1,600 | 19.33% | 26 | 0.31% | 32 | 0.39% | 8,276 |
| DuPage | 114,564 | 30.88% | 178,271 | 48.05% | 76,839 | 20.71% | 1,313 | 0.35% | -63,707 | -17.17% | 370,987 |
| Edgar | 4,014 | 41.06% | 3,790 | 38.77% | 1,930 | 19.74% | 42 | 0.43% | 224 | 2.29% | 9,776 |
| Edwards | 1,299 | 36.57% | 1,601 | 45.07% | 634 | 17.85% | 18 | 0.51% | -302 | -8.50% | 3,552 |
| Effingham | 5,221 | 34.85% | 6,329 | 42.25% | 3,354 | 22.39% | 77 | 0.51% | -1,108 | -7.40% | 14,981 |
| Fayette | 4,833 | 47.77% | 3,508 | 34.67% | 1,730 | 17.10% | 47 | 0.46% | 1,325 | 13.10% | 10,118 |
| Ford | 2,175 | 33.56% | 3,046 | 47.00% | 1,222 | 18.86% | 38 | 0.59% | -871 | -13.44% | 6,481 |
| Franklin | 12,744 | 59.33% | 5,504 | 25.62% | 3,180 | 14.80% | 53 | 0.25% | 7,240 | 33.71% | 21,481 |
| Fulton | 9,725 | 54.94% | 5,062 | 28.60% | 2,874 | 16.24% | 40 | 0.23% | 4,663 | 26.34% | 17,701 |
| Gallatin | 2,371 | 60.12% | 990 | 25.10% | 568 | 14.40% | 15 | 0.38% | 1,381 | 35.02% | 3,944 |
| Greene | 3,164 | 44.99% | 2,391 | 34.00% | 1,461 | 20.78% | 16 | 0.23% | 773 | 10.99% | 7,032 |
| Grundy | 6,122 | 37.64% | 6,346 | 39.02% | 3,724 | 22.90% | 73 | 0.45% | -224 | -1.38% | 16,265 |
| Hamilton | 2,582 | 51.91% | 1,521 | 30.58% | 862 | 17.33% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,061 | 21.33% | 4,974 |
| Hancock | 4,213 | 41.84% | 3,714 | 36.89% | 2,091 | 20.77% | 51 | 0.51% | 499 | 4.95% | 10,069 |
| Hardin | 1,665 | 52.47% | 985 | 31.04% | 515 | 16.23% | 8 | 0.25% | 680 | 21.43% | 3,173 |
| Henderson | 2,013 | 49.73% | 1,310 | 32.36% | 715 | 17.66% | 10 | 0.25% | 703 | 17.37% | 4,048 |
| Henry | 11,077 | 45.45% | 8,989 | 36.88% | 4,231 | 17.36% | 74 | 0.30% | 2,088 | 8.57% | 24,371 |
| Iroquois | 4,440 | 30.56% | 6,948 | 47.82% | 3,073 | 21.15% | 69 | 0.47% | -2,508 | -17.26% | 14,530 |
| Jackson | 13,373 | 54.73% | 6,899 | 28.24% | 3,995 | 16.35% | 167 | 0.68% | 6,474 | 26.49% | 24,434 |
| Jasper | 2,284 | 41.68% | 1,996 | 36.42% | 1,160 | 21.17% | 40 | 0.73% | 288 | 5.26% | 5,480 |
| Jefferson | 8,665 | 49.24% | 5,497 | 31.24% | 3,403 | 19.34% | 32 | 0.18% | 3,168 | 18.00% | 17,597 |
| Jersey | 4,749 | 47.05% | 2,933 | 29.06% | 2,363 | 23.41% | 48 | 0.48% | 1,816 | 17.99% | 10,093 |
| Jo Daviess | 4,044 | 38.68% | 4,249 | 40.64% | 2,102 | 20.11% | 59 | 0.56% | -205 | -1.96% | 10,454 |
| Johnson | 2,299 | 42.65% | 2,124 | 39.40% | 944 | 17.51% | 24 | 0.45% | 175 | 3.25% | 5,391 |
| Kane | 44,568 | 34.84% | 55,684 | 43.52% | 27,179 | 21.24% | 507 | 0.40% | -11,116 | -8.68% | 127,938 |
| Kankakee | 17,229 | 43.00% | 15,411 | 38.46% | 7,264 | 18.13% | 167 | 0.42% | 1,818 | 4.54% | 40,071 |
| Kendall | 5,423 | 29.46% | 8,521 | 46.29% | 4,394 | 23.87% | 68 | 0.37% | -3,098 | -16.83% | 18,406 |
| Knox | 12,524 | 49.51% | 8,331 | 32.93% | 4,357 | 17.22% | 84 | 0.33% | 4,193 | 16.58% | 25,296 |
| Lake | 81,693 | 36.47% | 99,000 | 44.20% | 42,384 | 18.92% | 910 | 0.41% | -17,307 | -7.73% | 223,987 |
| LaSalle | 23,276 | 46.62% | 16,078 | 32.20% | 10,434 | 20.90% | 143 | 0.29% | 7,198 | 14.42% | 49,931 |
| Lawrence | 3,270 | 43.67% | 2,681 | 35.80% | 1,498 | 20.01% | 39 | 0.52% | 589 | 7.87% | 7,488 |
| Lee | 5,530 | 35.87% | 6,652 | 43.15% | 3,191 | 20.70% | 44 | 0.29% | -1,122 | -7.28% | 15,417 |
| Livingston | 6,007 | 35.13% | 8,004 | 46.81% | 3,029 | 17.72% | 58 | 0.34% | -1,997 | -11.68% | 17,098 |
| Logan | 5,169 | 36.41% | 6,567 | 46.26% | 2,420 | 17.05% | 39 | 0.27% | -1,398 | -9.85% | 14,195 |
| Macon | 27,449 | 49.39% | 18,684 | 33.62% | 9,236 | 16.62% | 211 | 0.38% | 8,765 | 15.77% | 55,580 |
| Macoupin | 12,050 | 50.93% | 6,518 | 27.55% | 5,018 | 21.21% | 75 | 0.32% | 5,532 | 23.38% | 23,661 |
| Madison | 58,484 | 51.26% | 32,167 | 28.19% | 23,110 | 20.26% | 334 | 0.29% | 26,317 | 23.07% | 114,095 |
| Marion | 9,669 | 51.20% | 5,764 | 30.52% | 3,407 | 18.04% | 43 | 0.23% | 3,905 | 20.68% | 18,883 |
| Marshall | 2,819 | 43.40% | 2,491 | 38.35% | 1,169 | 18.00% | 17 | 0.26% | 328 | 5.05% | 6,496 |
| Mason | 3,969 | 51.53% | 2,473 | 32.11% | 1,245 | 16.16% | 15 | 0.19% | 1,496 | 19.42% | 7,702 |
| Massac | 3,347 | 47.43% | 2,754 | 39.03% | 892 | 12.64% | 63 | 0.89% | 593 | 8.40% | 7,056 |
| McDonough | 5,814 | 41.76% | 5,297 | 38.05% | 2,770 | 19.90% | 41 | 0.29% | 517 | 3.71% | 13,922 |
| McHenry | 24,783 | 28.07% | 41,356 | 46.84% | 21,817 | 24.71% | 338 | 0.38% | -16,573 | -18.77% | 88,294 |
| McLean | 23,090 | 38.95% | 25,726 | 43.39% | 10,282 | 17.34% | 187 | 0.32% | -2,636 | -4.44% | 59,285 |
| Menard | 2,264 | 35.94% | 2,834 | 44.99% | 1,179 | 18.72% | 22 | 0.35% | -570 | -9.05% | 6,299 |
| Mercer | 3,990 | 46.72% | 2,983 | 34.93% | 1,535 | 17.97% | 32 | 0.37% | 1,007 | 11.79% | 8,540 |
| Monroe | 4,894 | 39.02% | 4,807 | 38.33% | 2,813 | 22.43% | 28 | 0.22% | 87 | 0.69% | 12,542 |
| Montgomery | 7,424 | 50.04% | 4,407 | 29.70% | 2,956 | 19.92% | 50 | 0.34% | 3,017 | 20.34% | 14,837 |
| Morgan | 6,351 | 38.97% | 6,566 | 40.29% | 3,317 | 20.35% | 63 | 0.39% | -215 | -1.32% | 16,297 |
| Moultrie | 3,056 | 47.27% | 2,065 | 31.94% | 1,322 | 20.45% | 22 | 0.34% | 991 | 15.33% | 6,465 |
| Ogle | 6,512 | 32.38% | 9,008 | 44.80% | 4,455 | 22.15% | 134 | 0.67% | -2,496 | -12.42% | 20,109 |
| Peoria | 38,099 | 46.85% | 30,718 | 37.77% | 12,195 | 14.99% | 316 | 0.39% | 7,381 | 9.08% | 81,328 |
| Perry | 6,009 | 54.20% | 3,105 | 28.01% | 1,955 | 17.63% | 17 | 0.15% | 2,904 | 26.19% | 11,086 |
| Piatt | 3,520 | 41.67% | 3,076 | 36.42% | 1,822 | 21.57% | 29 | 0.34% | 444 | 5.25% | 8,447 |
| Pike | 4,016 | 44.44% | 3,342 | 36.98% | 1,643 | 18.18% | 36 | 0.40% | 674 | 7.46% | 9,037 |
| Pope | 1,063 | 44.09% | 951 | 39.44% | 391 | 16.22% | 6 | 0.25% | 112 | 4.65% | 2,411 |
| Pulaski | 1,987 | 55.99% | 1,169 | 32.94% | 379 | 10.68% | 14 | 0.39% | 818 | 23.05% | 3,549 |
| Putnam | 1,574 | 47.58% | 969 | 29.29% | 752 | 22.73% | 13 | 0.39% | 605 | 18.29% | 3,308 |
| Randolph | 8,529 | 51.49% | 4,899 | 29.57% | 3,092 | 18.67% | 45 | 0.27% | 3,630 | 21.92% | 16,565 |
| Richland | 3,286 | 40.76% | 3,053 | 37.87% | 1,689 | 20.95% | 33 | 0.41% | 233 | 2.89% | 8,061 |
| Rock Island | 37,412 | 51.93% | 23,212 | 32.22% | 10,416 | 14.46% | 999 | 1.39% | 14,200 | 19.71% | 72,039 |
| Saline | 7,258 | 54.76% | 3,667 | 27.67% | 2,302 | 17.37% | 27 | 0.20% | 3,591 | 27.09% | 13,254 |
| Sangamon | 40,052 | 41.35% | 39,641 | 40.93% | 16,861 | 17.41% | 306 | 0.32% | 411 | 0.42% | 96,860 |
| Schuyler | 1,650 | 41.30% | 1,512 | 37.85% | 815 | 20.40% | 18 | 0.45% | 138 | 3.45% | 3,995 |
| Scott | 1,057 | 37.98% | 1,132 | 40.68% | 588 | 21.13% | 6 | 0.22% | -75 | -2.70% | 2,783 |
| Shelby | 5,101 | 45.65% | 3,631 | 32.49% | 2,401 | 21.49% | 42 | 0.38% | 1,470 | 13.16% | 11,175 |
| St. Clair | 57,625 | 53.58% | 31,951 | 29.71% | 17,592 | 16.36% | 373 | 0.35% | 25,674 | 23.87% | 107,541 |
| Stark | 1,336 | 39.87% | 1,384 | 41.30% | 625 | 18.65% | 6 | 0.18% | -48 | -1.43% | 3,351 |
| Stephenson | 7,899 | 36.47% | 9,005 | 41.58% | 4,677 | 21.60% | 75 | 0.35% | -1,106 | -5.11% | 21,656 |
| Tazewell | 26,428 | 44.05% | 23,469 | 39.12% | 9,927 | 16.55% | 170 | 0.28% | 2,959 | 4.93% | 59,994 |
| Union | 4,681 | 51.54% | 3,003 | 33.06% | 1,373 | 15.12% | 26 | 0.29% | 1,678 | 18.48% | 9,083 |
| Vermilion | 18,383 | 47.80% | 11,703 | 30.43% | 8,162 | 21.22% | 213 | 0.55% | 6,680 | 17.37% | 38,461 |
| Wabash | 2,436 | 39.04% | 2,485 | 39.82% | 1,302 | 20.87% | 17 | 0.27% | -49 | -0.78% | 6,240 |
| Warren | 3,661 | 43.35% | 3,325 | 39.37% | 1,436 | 17.00% | 24 | 0.28% | 336 | 3.98% | 8,446 |
| Washington | 2,986 | 39.52% | 3,003 | 39.75% | 1,542 | 20.41% | 24 | 0.32% | -17 | -0.23% | 7,555 |
| Wayne | 3,332 | 37.56% | 3,809 | 42.93% | 1,702 | 19.18% | 29 | 0.33% | -477 | -5.37% | 8,872 |
| White | 4,308 | 48.89% | 3,057 | 34.70% | 1,428 | 16.21% | 18 | 0.20% | 1,251 | 14.19% | 8,811 |
| Whiteside | 12,329 | 45.41% | 10,146 | 37.37% | 4,589 | 16.90% | 89 | 0.33% | 2,183 | 8.04% | 27,153 |
| Will | 59,633 | 39.20% | 58,337 | 38.35% | 32,788 | 21.55% | 1,365 | 0.90% | 1,296 | 0.85% | 152,123 |
| Williamson | 14,361 | 49.93% | 9,462 | 32.90% | 4,779 | 16.62% | 158 | 0.55% | 4,899 | 17.03% | 28,760 |
| Winnebago | 48,298 | 43.04% | 42,221 | 37.63% | 21,227 | 18.92% | 469 | 0.42% | 6,077 | 5.41% | 112,215 |
| Woodford | 5,490 | 33.67% | 8,032 | 49.26% | 2,733 | 16.76% | 50 | 0.31% | -2,542 | -15.59% | 16,305 |
| Totals | 2,453,350 | 48.58% | 1,734,096 | 34.34% | 840,515 | 16.64% | 22,196 | 0.44% | 719,254 | 14.24% | 5,050,157 |
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