United States presidential election in Iowa, 1992

United States presidential election in Iowa, 1992

November 3, 1992

Nominee Bill Clinton George H.W. Bush Ross Perot Party Democratic Republican Independent Home state Arkansas Texas Texas Running mate Al Gore Dan Quayle James Stockdale Electoral vote 7 0 0 Popular vote 586,353 504,891 253,468 Percentage 43.3% 37.3% 18.7%

County Results   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Clinton—<40%   Bush—<40%   Bush—40-50%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—70-80%

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

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

Iowa was won by Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 43.29% of the popular vote over incumbent Republican President George H.W. Bush's 37.27%, a victory margin of 6.01%. Independent businessman Ross Perot finished in third with 18.71% of the popular vote.^[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot.^[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Iowa, 1992[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	586,353	43.29%	7
	Republican	George H.W. Bush	504,891	37.27%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	253,468	18.71%	0
	Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	3,079	0.23%	0
	Write-ins		2,102	0.13%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz	1,177	0.09%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	1,076	0.08%	0
	Grassroots	Jack Herer	669	0.05%	0
	Independent	John Yiamouyiannis	604	0.04%	0
	Taxpayers’	Howard Phillips	480	0.04%	0
	Socialist Workers Party	James Warren	273	0.02%	0
	Democrats for Economic Recovery	Lyndon LaRouche	238	0.02%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani	197	0.01%	0
Totals			1,354,607	100.0%	7
Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)					65%/80%

Democratic caucuses

In the 1992 Iowa Democratic caucuses, most candidates for the Democratic nomination did not campaign in Iowa because of the presence of Tom Harkin, a longtime Senator representing Iowa.^[3]

Harkin was running for President in 1992 as a populist with labor union support who criticized George H.W. Bush for being out of touch with working class Americans.^[4] Harkin was an early favorite in a small field of five candidates. Harkin easily won the caucus with 76% of the vote, uncommited got second place with 11%, Senator Paul Tsongas came in third with 4%, and Governor Bill Clinton finished fourth with 2%.

Because the race was not contested, these results had little effect on the remaining primaries, and the New Hampshire primary took on added importance.^[3]

Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucus Results – 1992 [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
	Democratic	Tom Harkin	2,314	77.24%	26
	Democratic	Uncommitted	355	11.85%	15
	Democratic	Paul Tsongas	128	4.27%	0
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	76	2.54%	7
	Democratic	Robert Kerrey	72	2.40%	0
	Democratic	Jerry Brown	51	1.70%	1

Tom Harkin won every county by large margins. The delegate totals reflect their final distribution, not their projected allocation immediately following the caucus.

By congressional district

District	Bush	Clinton	Representative
1st	34%	46%	Jim Leach
2nd	35%	44%	Jim Nussle
3rd	36%	45%	Jim Ross Lightfoot
4th	39%	43%	Neal Smith
5th	42%	38%	Fred Grandy

References

1. "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
2. "1992 Presidential General Election Results". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
3. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/16/the_comeback_kid/
4. Miller, Judith: "Tom Harkin's Old-Time Religion" , New York Times Magazine, February 9, 1992
5. Dave Leip's US Election Atlas