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Office | President |
Honorific | President - Abbr: President |
Type | General Election |
Filing Deadline | June 01, 1992 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | November 03, 1992 - 06:00am Central |
Polls Close | November 03, 1992 - 08:00pm Central |
Term Start | January 20, 1993 - 12:00pm |
Term End | January 20, 1997 - 12:00pm |
Contributor | Thomas Walker |
Last Modified | RBH March 11, 2018 03:51pm |
Data Sources | Federal Election Commission |
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President George Bush wanted to follow in the footsteps of his popular predecessor with the proviso that he wanted to make the nation kindler and gentler. In his first year in office, the Savings and Loan institutions were headed for insolvency, and Bush persuaded Congress to provide some relief to the investors. In late 1989, American military forces kidnapped the dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega, and opened the way for the creation of a free government. Bush also sent military forces to Kuwait in 1991 to liberate that country after it had been occupied by Iraq.
Economic troubles deepened during Bush’s administration. During his four years, the federal budget defecit blossomed; it rose more during these four years than during Reagan’s whole presidency. Bush vetoed Congressional bills to raise the minimum wage and increase jobless benefits. As unemployment rose, Bush seemed unable to propose action to encourage economic growth. His high popularity following the Gulf War dispppeared just as the campaign season of 1992 began.
The Democrats were not optimistic at the beginning of 1992, and none of their recognized leaders wanted to face Bush. In the Iowa Caucus, Sen. Harkin won his home state overwhelmingly. The race then swung to New Hampshire, where former Sen. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts won the primary with 33% of the vote, followed by Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 25%. None of the other candidates broke the 10% mark. On 3/3, three states voted; Clinton wo [More...]
President George Bush wanted to follow in the footsteps of his popular predecessor with the proviso that he wanted to make the nation kindler and gentler. In his first year in office, the Savings and Loan institutions were headed for insolvency, and Bush persuaded Congress to provide some relief to the investors. In late 1989, American military forces kidnapped the dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega, and opened the way for the creation of a free government. Bush also sent military forces to Kuwait in 1991 to liberate that country after it had been occupied by Iraq.
Economic troubles deepened during Bush’s administration. During his four years, the federal budget defecit blossomed; it rose more during these four years than during Reagan’s whole presidency. Bush vetoed Congressional bills to raise the minimum wage and increase jobless benefits. As unemployment rose, Bush seemed unable to propose action to encourage economic growth. His high popularity following the Gulf War dispppeared just as the campaign season of 1992 began.
The Democrats were not optimistic at the beginning of 1992, and none of their recognized leaders wanted to face Bush. In the Iowa Caucus, Sen. Harkin won his home state overwhelmingly. The race then swung to New Hampshire, where former Sen. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts won the primary with 33% of the vote, followed by Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 25%. None of the other candidates broke the 10% mark. On 3/3, three states voted; Clinton won Georgia, Tsongas won Maryland, and former Gov. Jerry Brown of California won Colorado. These three contenders each won some of the other states which voted before Super Tuesday; on that day, Clinton won eight states, Tsongas three. For the first time in the race, one of the Democratic candidates had momentum; Clinton won a streak of primaries in the north. Tsongas withdrew from the race, but he briefly re-entered after New York voters gave him 29% of their votes (he placed second). By that time, Clinton was too far ahead to catch.
President Bush was faced with a challenge by the conservative commentator, Pat Buchanan. Buchanan called on the voters of New Hampshire to send Bush a message in their primary; Bush still carried the state by a 53–37 margin. Buchanan continued his efforts throughout the primaries, but he was too conservative. Bush swept the primaries, receiving 72% of the vote.
The entry of Ross Perot into the presidential race complicated matters. He initially led both Bush and Clinton in the polls, but he withdrew after the Democratic Convention. By the time he re-entered the race, half of his original supporters had shifted to the major parties.
Bill Clinton won the Presidency in the 1992 by the comfortable Electoral College margin of 370–168. Perot received 19 percent of the popular vote but carried no states. [Less...]
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Certified Votes | 44,909,889 (43.01%) |
39,104,545 (37.45%) |
19,742,267 (18.91%) |
291,628 (0.28%) |
107,002 (0.10%) |
73,708 (0.07%) |
43,398 (0.04%) |
Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-5,805,344 (-5.56%) |
-25,167,622 (-24.10%) |
-44,618,261 (-42.73%) |
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Adj Poll Avg | 42.38%-- |
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Harris Interactive 11/01/92-11/01/92 |
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New York Times - CBS News 10/27/92-10/30/92 |
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Gallup 10/01/92-10/01/92 |
40.00% 15.0 |
38.00% 7.0 |
17.00% 22.0 |
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Gallup 06/04/92-06/08/92 |
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Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. |
James "Mac" Warren |
Drew Bradford |
Jack Herer |
J. Quinn Brisben |
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Certified Votes | 39,163 (0.04%) |
27,969 (0.03%) |
26,334 (0.03%) |
23,091 (0.02%) |
4,749 (0.01%) |
3,875 (0.00%) |
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Margin | -44,870,726 (-42.97%) |
-44,881,920 (-42.99%) |
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