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| Turnout | 71.50% (of registered voters) 50.64% (of voting age population)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1992 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
West Virginia was won byGovernorBill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 48.41% of the popular vote over incumbent PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.39%. BusinessmanRoss Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 15.92% of the popular vote.[2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[3]
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichWirt County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.
| 1992 United States presidential election in West Virginia[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 331,001 | 48.41% | 5 | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 241,974 | 35.39% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | 108,829 | 15.92% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 1,873 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Totals | 683,677 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| District | Clinton | Bush | Perot | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 46% | 35% | 19% | Alan Mollohan |
| 2nd | 45% | 39% | 16% | Bob Wise |
| 3rd | 55% | 32% | 13% | Nick Rahall |
Clinton won 42 of West Virginia's 55 counties.[4]
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic | George H.W. Bush Republican | Ross Perot Independent | Andre Marrou Libertarian | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 3,467 | 49.86% | 2,322 | 33.39% | 1,153 | 16.58% | 12 | 0.17% | 1,145 | 16.47% | 6,954 |
| Berkeley | 7,159 | 35.74% | 9,134 | 45.60% | 3,645 | 18.20% | 91 | 0.45% | -1,975 | -9.86% | 20,029 |
| Boone | 6,576 | 68.09% | 2,021 | 20.93% | 1,037 | 10.74% | 24 | 0.25% | 4,555 | 47.16% | 9,658 |
| Braxton | 3,396 | 58.91% | 1,535 | 26.63% | 823 | 14.28% | 11 | 0.19% | 1,861 | 32.28% | 5,765 |
| Brooke | 5,693 | 54.66% | 2,582 | 24.79% | 2,103 | 20.19% | 37 | 0.36% | 3,111 | 29.87% | 10,415 |
| Cabell | 15,111 | 44.82% | 13,203 | 39.16% | 5,311 | 15.75% | 90 | 0.27% | 1,908 | 5.66% | 33,715 |
| Calhoun | 1,627 | 49.79% | 1,095 | 33.51% | 537 | 16.43% | 9 | 0.28% | 532 | 16.28% | 3,268 |
| Clay | 1,928 | 52.72% | 1,255 | 34.32% | 462 | 12.63% | 12 | 0.33% | 673 | 18.40% | 3,657 |
| Doddridge | 968 | 32.35% | 1,500 | 50.13% | 515 | 17.21% | 9 | 0.30% | -532 | -17.78% | 2,992 |
| Fayette | 9,574 | 61.34% | 3,991 | 25.57% | 2,002 | 12.83% | 41 | 0.26% | 5,583 | 35.77% | 15,608 |
| Gilmer | 1,576 | 49.97% | 1,085 | 34.40% | 484 | 15.35% | 9 | 0.29% | 491 | 15.57% | 3,154 |
| Grant | 1,011 | 23.52% | 2,762 | 64.26% | 519 | 12.08% | 6 | 0.14% | -1,751 | -40.74% | 4,298 |
| Greenbrier | 5,784 | 47.46% | 4,442 | 36.45% | 1,898 | 15.57% | 63 | 0.52% | 1,342 | 11.01% | 12,187 |
| Hampshire | 2,365 | 38.32% | 2,767 | 44.84% | 1,022 | 16.56% | 17 | 0.28% | -402 | -6.52% | 6,171 |
| Hancock | 7,830 | 52.08% | 3,897 | 25.92% | 3,267 | 21.73% | 42 | 0.28% | 3,933 | 26.16% | 15,036 |
| Hardy | 1,917 | 41.04% | 2,144 | 45.90% | 602 | 12.89% | 8 | 0.17% | -227 | -4.86% | 4,671 |
| Harrison | 15,480 | 51.02% | 9,687 | 31.93% | 5,131 | 16.91% | 43 | 0.14% | 5,793 | 19.09% | 30,341 |
| Jackson | 5,102 | 45.44% | 4,192 | 37.33% | 1,908 | 16.99% | 27 | 0.24% | 910 | 8.11% | 11,229 |
| Jefferson | 5,363 | 44.01% | 4,656 | 38.21% | 2,114 | 17.35% | 52 | 0.43% | 707 | 5.80% | 12,185 |
| Kanawha | 38,315 | 46.91% | 31,358 | 38.40% | 11,778 | 14.42% | 220 | 0.27% | 6,957 | 8.51% | 81,671 |
| Lewis | 2,931 | 44.66% | 2,413 | 36.77% | 1,197 | 18.24% | 22 | 0.34% | 518 | 7.89% | 6,563 |
| Lincoln | 4,502 | 56.39% | 2,637 | 33.03% | 787 | 9.86% | 58 | 0.73% | 1,865 | 23.36% | 7,984 |
| Logan | 11,095 | 68.08% | 3,336 | 20.47% | 1,835 | 11.26% | 31 | 0.19% | 7,759 | 47.61% | 16,297 |
| Marion | 14,042 | 55.74% | 6,380 | 25.32% | 4,736 | 18.80% | 36 | 0.14% | 7,662 | 30.42% | 25,194 |
| Marshall | 7,298 | 47.95% | 4,463 | 29.33% | 3,402 | 22.35% | 56 | 0.37% | 2,835 | 18.62% | 15,219 |
| Mason | 5,331 | 47.60% | 3,808 | 34.00% | 2,045 | 18.26% | 16 | 0.14% | 1,523 | 13.60% | 11,200 |
| McDowell | 7,019 | 71.76% | 1,941 | 19.84% | 803 | 8.21% | 18 | 0.18% | 5,078 | 51.92% | 9,781 |
| Mercer | 9,511 | 46.91% | 7,888 | 38.91% | 2,817 | 13.89% | 59 | 0.29% | 1,623 | 8.00% | 20,275 |
| Mineral | 3,992 | 37.21% | 4,837 | 45.09% | 1,884 | 17.56% | 15 | 0.14% | -845 | -7.88% | 10,728 |
| Mingo | 7,342 | 67.53% | 2,584 | 23.77% | 915 | 8.42% | 32 | 0.29% | 4,758 | 43.76% | 10,873 |
| Monongalia | 14,142 | 49.41% | 9,831 | 34.35% | 4,576 | 15.99% | 74 | 0.26% | 4,311 | 15.06% | 28,623 |
| Monroe | 2,418 | 44.61% | 2,311 | 42.64% | 685 | 12.64% | 6 | 0.11% | 107 | 1.97% | 5,420 |
| Morgan | 1,854 | 34.69% | 2,585 | 48.37% | 886 | 16.58% | 19 | 0.36% | -731 | -13.68% | 5,344 |
| Nicholas | 5,042 | 52.91% | 2,959 | 31.05% | 1,495 | 15.69% | 33 | 0.35% | 2,083 | 21.86% | 9,529 |
| Ohio | 9,522 | 46.15% | 7,421 | 35.97% | 3,632 | 17.60% | 58 | 0.28% | 2,101 | 10.18% | 20,633 |
| Pendleton | 1,626 | 45.38% | 1,589 | 44.35% | 362 | 10.10% | 6 | 0.17% | 37 | 1.03% | 3,583 |
| Pleasants | 1,387 | 41.08% | 1,248 | 36.97% | 731 | 21.65% | 10 | 0.30% | 139 | 4.11% | 3,376 |
| Pocahontas | 1,741 | 46.05% | 1,401 | 37.05% | 627 | 16.58% | 12 | 0.32% | 340 | 9.00% | 3,781 |
| Preston | 3,933 | 37.47% | 4,429 | 42.20% | 2,109 | 20.10% | 24 | 0.23% | -496 | -4.73% | 10,495 |
| Putnam | 6,817 | 39.12% | 7,653 | 43.91% | 2,910 | 16.70% | 48 | 0.28% | -836 | -4.79% | 17,428 |
| Raleigh | 13,171 | 52.24% | 8,700 | 34.50% | 3,247 | 12.88% | 96 | 0.38% | 4,471 | 17.74% | 25,214 |
| Randolph | 5,097 | 49.86% | 3,496 | 34.20% | 1,582 | 15.48% | 47 | 0.46% | 1,601 | 15.66% | 10,222 |
| Ritchie | 1,474 | 33.38% | 2,184 | 49.46% | 745 | 16.87% | 13 | 0.29% | -710 | -16.08% | 4,416 |
| Roane | 2,607 | 44.51% | 2,207 | 37.68% | 1,009 | 17.23% | 34 | 0.58% | 400 | 6.83% | 5,857 |
| Summers | 2,650 | 54.28% | 1,652 | 33.84% | 565 | 11.57% | 15 | 0.31% | 998 | 20.44% | 4,882 |
| Taylor | 2,843 | 46.49% | 2,022 | 33.07% | 1,242 | 20.31% | 8 | 0.13% | 821 | 13.42% | 6,115 |
| Tucker | 1,805 | 49.79% | 1,261 | 34.79% | 550 | 15.17% | 9 | 0.25% | 544 | 15.00% | 3,625 |
| Tyler | 1,587 | 37.76% | 1,593 | 37.90% | 1,013 | 24.10% | 10 | 0.24% | -6 | -0.14% | 4,203 |
| Upshur | 3,161 | 38.30% | 3,505 | 42.47% | 1,558 | 18.88% | 29 | 0.35% | -344 | -4.17% | 8,253 |
| Wayne | 8,392 | 51.35% | 5,729 | 35.05% | 2,199 | 13.45% | 24 | 0.15% | 2,663 | 16.30% | 16,344 |
| Webster | 2,320 | 64.88% | 811 | 22.68% | 436 | 12.19% | 9 | 0.25% | 1,509 | 42.20% | 3,576 |
| Wetzel | 3,753 | 49.40% | 2,271 | 29.89% | 1,550 | 20.40% | 23 | 0.30% | 1,482 | 19.51% | 7,597 |
| Wirt | 1,043 | 43.79% | 939 | 39.42% | 394 | 16.54% | 6 | 0.25% | 104 | 4.37% | 2,382 |
| Wood | 13,529 | 37.52% | 15,441 | 42.83% | 6,998 | 19.41% | 86 | 0.24% | -1,912 | -5.31% | 36,054 |
| Wyoming | 5,782 | 60.19% | 2,821 | 29.36% | 996 | 10.37% | 8 | 0.08% | 2,961 | 30.83% | 9,607 |
| Totals | 331,001 | 48.41% | 241,974 | 35.39% | 108,829 | 15.92% | 1,873 | 0.27% | 89,027 | 13.02% | 683,711 |
State and district results of the1992 U.S. presidential election | ||
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