Massachusetts weighed in as a solid 13% more Democratic than the national average in 1992.
Bush failed to carry a single county in the state, and his 29.03% of the vote was the smallest vote share a Republican presidential candidate had received in Massachusetts since 1964.
Clinton's decisive win in Massachusetts solidified the state's status in the modern era as a solid blue state. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960. In 1972, Massachusetts was the only state in the nation to vote for Democrat George McGovern over Republican Richard Nixon in his 49-state landslide. However the state had trended Republican in the 1980s, with Ronald Reagan narrowly winning the state and George H. W. Bush taking a solid 45% and winning 3 counties in 1988. In 1992, Clinton not only carried the state by a double-digit margin, leaving Bush with less than 30% of the vote, but Clinton also swept every county in the state, as secularliberalNew England rejected an increasingly Southern and conservative Republican Party dominated by Evangelical Christians. Since then, every Democratic presidential candidate that followed has carried the state by double-digit margins and won all 14 counties in Massachusetts.
As of 2023, this is the last time that the town of Berlin voted Republican and the last time that the towns of Erving, Peru, and Savoy did not vote Democratic in a presidential election.
^ ab"1992 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
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Main article 1992 United States presidential election The 1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 3 1992 as part of the 1992 United States presidential election Voters chose 12 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1988 November 3 1992 1996 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 12 0 0 Popular vote 1 318 662 805 049 632 312 Percentage 47 54 29 03 22 80 County ResultsMunicipality ResultsClinton 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Bush 30 40 40 50 Perot 30 40 40 50 President before election George H W Bush Republican Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic Massachusetts was won by Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 47 54 of the popular vote over incumbent Republican President George H W Bush of Texas with 29 03 Independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas finished in third with 22 80 of the popular vote 1 Clinton thus defeated Bush in the state with a margin of 18 51 2 Massachusetts weighed in as a solid 13 more Democratic than the national average in 1992 Bush failed to carry a single county in the state and his 29 03 of the vote was the smallest vote share a Republican presidential candidate had received in Massachusetts since 1964 Clinton s decisive win in Massachusetts solidified the state s status in the modern era as a solid blue state Massachusetts had been a Democratic leaning state since 1928 and a Democratic stronghold since 1960 In 1972 Massachusetts was the only state in the nation to vote for Democrat George McGovern over Republican Richard Nixon in his 49 state landslide However the state had trended Republican in the 1980s with Ronald Reagan narrowly winning the state and George H W Bush taking a solid 45 and winning 3 counties in 1988 In 1992 Clinton not only carried the state by a double digit margin leaving Bush with less than 30 of the vote but Clinton also swept every county in the state as secular liberal New England rejected an increasingly Southern and conservative Republican Party dominated by Evangelical Christians Since then every Democratic presidential candidate that followed has carried the state by double digit margins and won all 14 counties in Massachusetts As of 2023 this is the last time that the town of Berlin voted Republican and the last time that the towns of Erving Peru and Savoy did not vote Democratic in a presidential election Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by Congressional district 1 2 Results by county 1 2 1 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults edit1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Democratic Bill Clinton 1 318 662 47 54 12 Republican George H W Bush incumbent 805 049 29 03 0 Independent Ross Perot 632 312 22 80 0 Libertarian Andre Marrou 7 458 0 27 0 New Alliance Lenora Fulani 3 172 0 11 0 Independent Voters a Howard Phillips 2 217 0 08 0 Independent Others Write In 1 870 0 07 0 Natural Law Dr John Hagelin 1 812 0 07 0 Democrats forEconomic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 1 007 0 04 0 Socialist J Quinn Brisben Write In 13 lt 0 01 0 Prohibition Earl Dodge Write In 2 lt 0 01 0 Totals 2 773 574 100 0 12 a Howard Phillips was the candidate of the U S Taxpayers Party nationally Results by Congressional district edit Clinton won all 11 Congressional districts including two that elected Republicans District Bush Clinton Perot Representative 1st 27 48 25 John Olver 2nd 29 46 25 Richard Neal 3rd 31 45 23 Joseph D Early Peter I Blute 4th 26 51 22 Barney Frank 5th 32 42 26 Chester G Atkins Marty Meehan 6th 31 44 25 Nicholas Mavroules Peter G Torkildsen 7th 29 50 21 Ed Markey 8th 19 67 13 Joseph P Kennedy II 9th 31 48 21 Joe Moakley 10th 32 42 25 Gerry Studds Results by county edit County Bill ClintonDemocratic George H W BushRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast Barnstable 46 641 42 79 33 916 31 12 28 440 26 09 12 725 11 67 108 997 Berkshire 36 857 54 40 14 726 21 74 16 163 23 86 22 131 32 66 67 746 Bristol 102 406 48 36 52 370 24 73 56 978 26 91 50 036 23 63 211 754 Dukes 4 292 54 41 1 827 23 16 1 769 22 43 2 465 31 25 7 888 Essex 140 593 43 62 102 212 31 71 79 523 24 67 38 381 11 91 322 328 Franklin 17 246 48 14 8 691 24 26 9 890 27 60 8 555 23 88 35 827 Hampden 86 026 45 69 54 621 29 01 47 618 25 30 31 405 16 68 188 265 Hampshire 37 879 54 06 15 694 22 40 16 498 23 54 22 185 31 66 70 071 Middlesex 343 994 49 89 193 703 28 10 151 756 22 01 150 291 21 79 689 453 Nantucket 2 037 48 32 1 158 27 47 1 021 24 21 879 20 85 4 216 Norfolk 150 488 46 41 103 255 31 84 70 521 21 75 47 233 14 57 324 264 Plymouth 79 160 38 11 69 514 33 47 59 036 28 42 9 646 4 64 207 710 Suffolk 132 921 60 62 51 378 23 43 34 974 15 95 81 543 37 19 219 273 Worcester 138 122 43 74 101 984 32 30 75 676 23 96 36 138 11 44 315 782 Totals 1 318 662 47 54 805 049 29 03 649 863 23 43 513 613 18 51 2 773 574 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit Barnstable Plymouth WorcesterSee also editUnited States presidential elections in MassachusettsReferences edit a b 1992 Presidential General Election Results Massachusetts U S Election Atlas Retrieved June 8 2012 1992 Presidential General Election Results U S Election Atlas Retrieved June 8 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts amp oldid 1208130699, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
