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The1992 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Tennessee was won byGovernorBill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 47.08% of the popular vote over incumbent PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 42.43%. BusinessmanRoss Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 10.09% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot.[2]
Clinton, from neighboring Arkansas, benefited from having the state's junior U.S. SenatorAl Gore as his vice presidential running mate. As ofthe 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichRutherford County,Sumner County,Wilson County,Lincoln County,Claiborne County,Hardin County,Macon County,Bledsoe County, andPickett County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[3]
TheRepublican presidential nominee had won Tennessee in every presidential election since1968 except forDemocratic nomineeJimmy Carter's victory in1976.[4]
Paul Tsongas stated that he was only seeking a strong second-place result as he was campaigning withBill Clinton's region. Jeff Clark, the director ofBob Kerrey's campaign in the state, criticized Democratic officials in the state for almost entirely endorsing Clinton, but Clark later endorsed Clinton himself.[5]
Clinton selectedAl Gore, one of Tennessee's two U.S. Senators, as his running mate.[6]
Pat Buchanan only visited Tennessee once during the primary whileGeorge H. W. Bush andDan Quayle conducted a combined five visits.[7]
The Democrats won their biggest majority since 1976 in the concurrentTennessee House of Representatives elections.[8]
| 1992 United States presidential election in Tennessee[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 933,521 | 47.08% | 11 | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 841,300 | 42.43% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | 199,968 | 10.09% | 0 | |
| Independent | Andre Marrou | 1,847 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Independent | J. Quinn Brisben | 1,356 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Independent | James "Bo" Gritz | 756 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent | Lenora Fulani | 727 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent | Dr. John Hagelin | 599 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent | Howard Phillips | 579 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ron Daniels | 511 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent | Lyndon LaRouche | 460 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent | Earl Dodge | 343 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent | James Warren | 277 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent | John Yiamouyiannis | 233 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | 161 | 0.01% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1,982,638 | 100.0% | 11 | ||
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic | George H.W. Bush Republican | Ross Perot Independent | Various candidates Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anderson | 13,482 | 47.12% | 11,838 | 41.38% | 3,149 | 11.01% | 142 | 0.50% | 1,644 | 5.74% | 28,611 |
| Bedford | 5,978 | 52.34% | 3,836 | 33.59% | 1,541 | 13.49% | 66 | 0.58% | 2,142 | 18.75% | 11,421 |
| Benton | 3,896 | 63.72% | 1,625 | 26.58% | 559 | 9.14% | 34 | 0.56% | 2,271 | 37.14% | 6,114 |
| Bledsoe | 1,884 | 46.89% | 1,776 | 44.20% | 352 | 8.76% | 6 | 0.15% | 108 | 2.69% | 4,018 |
| Blount | 14,655 | 38.92% | 18,415 | 48.91% | 4,468 | 11.87% | 113 | 0.30% | -3,760 | -9.99% | 37,651 |
| Bradley | 9,889 | 33.30% | 16,528 | 55.66% | 3,212 | 10.82% | 67 | 0.23% | -6,639 | -22.36% | 29,696 |
| Campbell | 6,756 | 52.25% | 4,897 | 37.87% | 1,240 | 9.59% | 38 | 0.29% | 1,859 | 14.38% | 12,931 |
| Cannon | 2,593 | 59.87% | 1,229 | 28.38% | 495 | 11.43% | 14 | 0.32% | 1,364 | 31.49% | 4,331 |
| Carroll | 5,741 | 48.66% | 4,842 | 41.04% | 1,139 | 9.65% | 77 | 0.65% | 899 | 7.62% | 11,799 |
| Carter | 6,502 | 33.88% | 10,712 | 55.82% | 1,898 | 9.89% | 78 | 0.41% | -4,210 | -21.94% | 19,190 |
| Cheatham | 4,817 | 49.21% | 3,496 | 35.72% | 1,433 | 14.64% | 42 | 0.43% | 1,321 | 13.49% | 9,788 |
| Chester | 2,317 | 41.40% | 2,834 | 50.64% | 439 | 7.84% | 6 | 0.11% | -517 | -9.24% | 5,596 |
| Claiborne | 4,509 | 47.54% | 4,065 | 42.86% | 860 | 9.07% | 51 | 0.54% | 444 | 4.68% | 9,485 |
| Clay | 1,922 | 59.58% | 1,072 | 33.23% | 223 | 6.91% | 9 | 0.28% | 850 | 26.35% | 3,226 |
| Cocke | 3,495 | 34.95% | 5,298 | 52.98% | 1,124 | 11.24% | 83 | 0.83% | -1,803 | -18.03% | 10,000 |
| Coffee | 8,534 | 50.07% | 6,047 | 35.48% | 2,420 | 14.20% | 43 | 0.25% | 2,487 | 14.59% | 17,044 |
| Crockett | 2,657 | 49.60% | 2,180 | 40.69% | 507 | 9.46% | 13 | 0.24% | 477 | 8.91% | 5,357 |
| Cumberland | 6,393 | 40.48% | 7,116 | 45.06% | 2,200 | 13.93% | 83 | 0.53% | -723 | -4.58% | 15,792 |
| Davidson | 106,355 | 52.18% | 76,567 | 37.57% | 20,184 | 9.90% | 701 | 0.34% | 29,788 | 14.61% | 203,807 |
| Decatur | 2,633 | 56.49% | 1,667 | 35.76% | 351 | 7.53% | 10 | 0.21% | 966 | 20.73% | 4,661 |
| DeKalb | 4,382 | 65.19% | 1,714 | 25.50% | 608 | 9.04% | 18 | 0.27% | 2,668 | 39.69% | 6,722 |
| Dickson | 7,863 | 55.79% | 4,450 | 31.58% | 1,730 | 12.28% | 50 | 0.35% | 3,413 | 24.21% | 14,093 |
| Dyer | 5,845 | 45.71% | 5,668 | 44.33% | 1,241 | 9.71% | 33 | 0.26% | 177 | 1.38% | 12,787 |
| Fayette | 4,211 | 48.91% | 3,713 | 43.13% | 657 | 7.63% | 28 | 0.33% | 498 | 5.78% | 8,609 |
| Fentress | 2,730 | 47.40% | 2,391 | 41.52% | 606 | 10.52% | 32 | 0.56% | 339 | 5.88% | 5,759 |
| Franklin | 7,773 | 54.83% | 4,507 | 31.79% | 1,837 | 12.96% | 59 | 0.42% | 3,266 | 23.04% | 14,176 |
| Gibson | 9,555 | 52.12% | 7,161 | 39.06% | 1,536 | 8.38% | 80 | 0.44% | 2,394 | 13.06% | 18,332 |
| Giles | 5,601 | 57.26% | 2,827 | 28.90% | 1,309 | 13.38% | 44 | 0.45% | 2,774 | 28.36% | 9,781 |
| Grainger | 2,242 | 40.37% | 2,772 | 49.92% | 513 | 9.24% | 26 | 0.47% | -530 | -9.55% | 5,553 |
| Greene | 7,857 | 37.64% | 9,912 | 47.48% | 2,930 | 14.04% | 176 | 0.84% | -2,055 | -9.84% | 20,875 |
| Grundy | 2,997 | 68.33% | 1,004 | 22.89% | 366 | 8.34% | 19 | 0.43% | 1,993 | 45.44% | 4,386 |
| Hamblen | 7,114 | 39.85% | 8,898 | 49.84% | 1,760 | 9.86% | 82 | 0.46% | -1,784 | -9.99% | 17,854 |
| Hamilton | 46,770 | 40.64% | 53,476 | 46.47% | 14,400 | 12.51% | 439 | 0.38% | -6,706 | -5.83% | 115,085 |
| Hancock | 1,000 | 40.83% | 1,274 | 52.02% | 151 | 6.17% | 24 | 0.98% | -274 | -11.19% | 2,449 |
| Hardeman | 4,832 | 56.01% | 3,122 | 36.19% | 594 | 6.89% | 79 | 0.92% | 1,710 | 19.82% | 8,627 |
| Hardin | 3,922 | 45.65% | 3,875 | 45.10% | 734 | 8.54% | 61 | 0.71% | 47 | 0.55% | 8,592 |
| Hawkins | 6,623 | 40.67% | 7,758 | 47.64% | 1,847 | 11.34% | 57 | 0.35% | -1,135 | -6.97% | 16,285 |
| Haywood | 3,511 | 55.07% | 2,518 | 39.49% | 331 | 5.19% | 16 | 0.25% | 993 | 15.58% | 6,376 |
| Henderson | 3,502 | 38.81% | 4,719 | 52.29% | 785 | 8.70% | 18 | 0.20% | -1,217 | -13.48% | 9,024 |
| Henry | 6,797 | 56.20% | 3,661 | 30.27% | 1,588 | 13.13% | 49 | 0.41% | 3,136 | 25.93% | 12,095 |
| Hickman | 4,093 | 60.84% | 1,820 | 27.06% | 795 | 11.82% | 19 | 0.28% | 2,273 | 33.78% | 6,727 |
| Houston | 2,012 | 68.18% | 648 | 21.96% | 280 | 9.49% | 11 | 0.37% | 1,364 | 46.22% | 2,951 |
| Humphreys | 3,875 | 63.16% | 1,641 | 26.75% | 609 | 9.93% | 10 | 0.16% | 2,234 | 36.41% | 6,135 |
| Jackson | 3,208 | 75.34% | 708 | 16.63% | 332 | 7.80% | 10 | 0.23% | 2,500 | 58.71% | 4,258 |
| Jefferson | 4,740 | 38.34% | 6,184 | 50.02% | 1,385 | 11.20% | 53 | 0.43% | -1,444 | -11.68% | 12,362 |
| Johnson | 1,781 | 32.02% | 3,170 | 56.98% | 574 | 10.32% | 38 | 0.68% | -1,389 | -24.96% | 5,563 |
| Knox | 59,702 | 41.90% | 66,607 | 46.75% | 15,669 | 11.00% | 498 | 0.35% | -6,905 | -4.85% | 142,476 |
| Lake | 1,449 | 62.84% | 680 | 29.49% | 151 | 6.55% | 26 | 1.13% | 769 | 33.35% | 2,306 |
| Lauderdale | 4,452 | 55.94% | 2,928 | 36.79% | 561 | 7.05% | 17 | 0.21% | 1,524 | 19.15% | 7,958 |
| Lawrence | 6,816 | 49.16% | 5,608 | 40.45% | 1,403 | 10.12% | 37 | 0.27% | 1,208 | 8.71% | 13,864 |
| Lewis | 2,491 | 60.00% | 1,218 | 29.34% | 434 | 10.45% | 9 | 0.22% | 1,273 | 30.66% | 4,152 |
| Lincoln | 5,063 | 49.15% | 3,814 | 37.02% | 1,371 | 13.31% | 54 | 0.52% | 1,249 | 12.13% | 10,302 |
| Loudon | 5,414 | 40.07% | 6,444 | 47.70% | 1,602 | 11.86% | 50 | 0.37% | -1,030 | -7.63% | 13,510 |
| Macon | 2,961 | 51.71% | 2,299 | 40.15% | 443 | 7.74% | 23 | 0.40% | 662 | 11.56% | 5,726 |
| Madison | 13,629 | 43.69% | 14,869 | 47.66% | 2,634 | 8.44% | 64 | 0.21% | -1,240 | -3.97% | 31,196 |
| Marion | 5,589 | 55.51% | 3,262 | 32.40% | 1,186 | 11.78% | 31 | 0.31% | 2,327 | 23.11% | 10,068 |
| Marshall | 4,491 | 55.46% | 2,516 | 31.07% | 1,050 | 12.97% | 41 | 0.51% | 1,975 | 24.39% | 8,098 |
| Maury | 9,997 | 48.86% | 7,440 | 36.37% | 2,821 | 13.79% | 201 | 0.98% | 2,557 | 12.49% | 20,459 |
| McMinn | 6,682 | 41.79% | 7,453 | 46.61% | 1,812 | 11.33% | 43 | 0.27% | -771 | -4.82% | 15,990 |
| McNairy | 4,691 | 48.89% | 4,093 | 42.66% | 774 | 8.07% | 37 | 0.39% | 598 | 6.23% | 9,595 |
| Meigs | 1,673 | 48.02% | 1,355 | 38.89% | 453 | 13.00% | 3 | 0.09% | 318 | 9.13% | 3,484 |
| Monroe | 5,384 | 43.38% | 6,025 | 48.55% | 936 | 7.54% | 66 | 0.53% | -641 | -5.17% | 12,411 |
| Montgomery | 14,507 | 46.29% | 13,011 | 41.51% | 3,753 | 11.97% | 70 | 0.22% | 1,496 | 4.78% | 31,341 |
| Moore | 1,151 | 53.66% | 661 | 30.82% | 327 | 15.24% | 6 | 0.28% | 490 | 22.84% | 2,145 |
| Morgan | 3,190 | 51.58% | 2,306 | 37.29% | 658 | 10.64% | 30 | 0.49% | 884 | 14.29% | 6,184 |
| Obion | 6,497 | 50.51% | 4,812 | 37.41% | 1,494 | 11.61% | 61 | 0.47% | 1,685 | 13.10% | 12,864 |
| Overton | 4,489 | 67.49% | 1,657 | 24.91% | 468 | 7.04% | 37 | 0.56% | 2,832 | 42.58% | 6,651 |
| Perry | 1,889 | 64.71% | 708 | 24.25% | 317 | 10.86% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,181 | 40.46% | 2,919 |
| Pickett | 1,144 | 48.31% | 1,094 | 46.20% | 121 | 5.11% | 9 | 0.38% | 50 | 2.11% | 2,368 |
| Polk | 2,583 | 56.03% | 1,584 | 34.36% | 419 | 9.09% | 24 | 0.52% | 999 | 21.67% | 4,610 |
| Putnam | 10,858 | 50.54% | 7,998 | 37.23% | 2,473 | 11.51% | 153 | 0.71% | 2,860 | 13.31% | 21,482 |
| Rhea | 4,289 | 41.45% | 4,860 | 46.97% | 1,163 | 11.24% | 36 | 0.35% | -571 | -5.52% | 10,348 |
| Roane | 9,812 | 46.73% | 8,719 | 41.52% | 2,396 | 11.41% | 72 | 0.34% | 1,093 | 5.21% | 20,999 |
| Robertson | 8,498 | 53.86% | 5,271 | 33.41% | 1,978 | 12.54% | 32 | 0.20% | 3,227 | 20.45% | 15,779 |
| Rutherford | 21,084 | 44.73% | 18,877 | 40.04% | 7,005 | 14.86% | 174 | 0.37% | 2,207 | 4.69% | 47,140 |
| Scott | 2,730 | 42.54% | 3,011 | 46.91% | 643 | 10.02% | 34 | 0.53% | -281 | -4.37% | 6,418 |
| Sequatchie | 1,754 | 49.28% | 1,381 | 38.80% | 405 | 11.38% | 19 | 0.53% | 373 | 10.48% | 3,559 |
| Sevier | 6,719 | 31.60% | 11,714 | 55.08% | 2,760 | 12.98% | 73 | 0.34% | -4,995 | -23.48% | 21,266 |
| Shelby | 191,322 | 52.26% | 153,310 | 41.88% | 20,223 | 5.52% | 1,255 | 0.34% | 38,012 | 10.38% | 366,110 |
| Smith | 5,061 | 71.85% | 1,482 | 21.04% | 486 | 6.90% | 15 | 0.21% | 3,579 | 50.81% | 7,044 |
| Stewart | 2,779 | 64.28% | 1,046 | 24.20% | 487 | 11.27% | 11 | 0.25% | 1,733 | 40.08% | 4,323 |
| Sullivan | 20,935 | 36.74% | 28,801 | 50.55% | 6,730 | 11.81% | 514 | 0.90% | -7,866 | -13.81% | 56,980 |
| Sumner | 19,387 | 46.01% | 17,401 | 41.30% | 5,177 | 12.29% | 167 | 0.40% | 1,986 | 4.71% | 42,132 |
| Tipton | 5,652 | 41.20% | 6,757 | 49.26% | 1,279 | 9.32% | 29 | 0.21% | -1,105 | -8.06% | 13,717 |
| Trousdale | 1,846 | 69.29% | 565 | 21.21% | 243 | 9.12% | 10 | 0.38% | 1,281 | 48.08% | 2,664 |
| Unicoi | 2,375 | 36.84% | 3,344 | 51.87% | 709 | 11.00% | 19 | 0.29% | -969 | -15.03% | 6,447 |
| Union | 2,478 | 46.28% | 2,274 | 42.47% | 580 | 10.83% | 22 | 0.41% | 204 | 3.81% | 5,354 |
| Van Buren | 1,329 | 63.89% | 555 | 26.68% | 191 | 9.18% | 5 | 0.24% | 774 | 37.21% | 2,080 |
| Warren | 7,189 | 58.19% | 3,704 | 29.98% | 1,415 | 11.45% | 47 | 0.38% | 3,485 | 28.21% | 12,355 |
| Washington | 13,071 | 36.84% | 18,206 | 51.31% | 4,002 | 11.28% | 204 | 0.57% | -5,135 | -14.47% | 35,483 |
| Wayne | 1,868 | 35.47% | 2,955 | 56.11% | 424 | 8.05% | 19 | 0.36% | -1,087 | -20.64% | 5,266 |
| Weakley | 5,691 | 47.95% | 4,800 | 40.44% | 1,355 | 11.42% | 23 | 0.19% | 891 | 7.51% | 11,869 |
| White | 4,102 | 57.99% | 2,118 | 29.94% | 821 | 11.61% | 33 | 0.47% | 1,984 | 28.05% | 7,074 |
| Williamson | 13,053 | 32.47% | 22,015 | 54.77% | 5,026 | 12.50% | 101 | 0.25% | -8,962 | -22.30% | 40,195 |
| Wilson | 13,861 | 46.35% | 12,061 | 40.33% | 3,848 | 12.87% | 133 | 0.44% | 1,800 | 6.02% | 29,903 |
| Totals | 933,521 | 47.08% | 841,300 | 42.43% | 199,968 | 10.09% | 7,849 | 0.40% | 92,221 | 4.65% | 1,982,638 |
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