1992 United States presidential election in Utah
Introduction The '''1992 United States presidential election in Utah''' took place on November 7, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.Utah was won by President George H. W. Bush (R-TX) by a 16.0 percent margin of victory. This was one of only two states, the other one being Maine, to have Ross Perot (I-TX) come in second place. Unlike Maine, Perot did not win any counties, though he placed second in nineteen of twenty-nine to overcome Bill Clinton (D-AR) in the popular vote. Likewise it was the only time Bill Clinton finished third in a state, in either the 1992 or 1996 election, despite winning two counties. Utah and Maine (the latter of which where Bush finished third behind Perot) in 1992 constitute the last time () that any major party candidate has finished third in a state, and the only time in a non-Confederate state since Robert M. La Follette finished ahead of John W. Davis in twelve states in 1924.Utah was Perot’s third-highest vote percentage behind Maine and Alaska.
Results  1992 United States presidential election in UtahPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes '''Republican''' '''George H. W. Bush (incumbent)''' '''322,332''' '''43.36%''' '''5''' Independent Ross Perot 203,400 27.34% 0 Democratic Bill Clinton 183,429 24.65% 0 Populist James "Bo" Gritz 28,602 3.84% 0 Libertarian Andre Marrou 1,900 0.26% 0 Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 1,319 0.18% 0 Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 1,089 0.15% 0 New Alliance Lenora Fulani 414 0.06% 0 Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 393 0.05% 0 American Feimer Smith 292 0.04% 0 Socialist Workers James Warren 270 0.04% 0 Independent/Peace and Freedom Party Ron Daniels 177 0.02% 0 Socialist J. Quinn Brisben 151 0.02% 0 '''Totals''' - '''100.00%''' '''5''' Voter turnout (Voting age population) ===Results by county=== County George Herbert Walker BushRepublican William Jefferson ClintonDemocratic Henry Ross PerotIndependent James “Bo” GritzPopulist Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Beaver 1,040 49.27% 668 31.64% 330 15.63% 52 2.46% 21 0.99% 372 17.62% 2,111 Box Elder 7,712 49.58% 2,186 14.05% 4,507 28.97% 1,013 6.51% 137 0.88% 3,205 20.60% 15,555 Cache 15,971 51.98% 4,973 16.19% 8,032 26.14% 1,511 4.92% 238 0.77% 7,939 25.84% 30,725 Carbon 2,038 23.11% 4,480 50.81% 2,002 22.71% 235 2.67% 62 0.70% -2,442 -27.70% 8,817 Daggett 172 38.91% 122 27.60% 117 26.47% 30 6.79% 1 0.23% 50 11.31% 442 Davis 39,087 48.05% 14,924 18.35% 24,105 29.63% 2,723 3.35% 510 0.63% 14,982 18.42% 81,350 Duchesne 1,983 43.44% 772 16.91% 1,229 26.92% 537 11.76% 44 0.96% 754 16.52% 4,565 Emery 1,643 36.43% 1,349 29.91% 1,138 25.23% 364 8.07% 16 0.35% 294 6.52% 4,510 Garfield 1,235 62.28% 309 15.58% 355 17.90% 79 3.98% 5 0.25% 880 44.38% 1,983 Grand 1,100 32.91% 1,160 34.71% 991 29.65% 44 1.32% 47 1.41% -60 -1.80% 3,342 Iron 5,616 59.88% 1,537 16.39% 1,693 18.05% 440 4.69% 92 0.98% 3,923 41.83% 9,378 Juab 1,237 42.73% 823 28.43% 616 21.28% 209 7.22% 10 0.35% 414 14.30% 2,895 Kane 1,241 57.14% 295 13.58% 534 24.59% 85 3.91% 17 0.78% 707 32.55% 2,172 Millard 2,496 52.33% 742 15.56% 1,064 22.31% 417 8.74% 51 1.07% 1,432 30.02% 4,770 Morgan 1,339 45.54% 520 17.69% 851 28.95% 225 7.65% 5 0.17% 488 16.60% 2,940 Piute 429 56.97% 169 22.44% 146 19.39% 9 1.20% 0 0.00% 260 34.53% 753 Rich 525 59.93% 154 17.58% 187 21.35% 10 1.14% 0 0.00% 338 38.58% 876 Salt Lake 117,247 36.79% 100,082 31.40% 91,968 28.85% 6,444 2.02% 2,920 0.92% 17,165 5.39% 318,731 San Juan 2,004 46.23% 1,639 37.81% 576 13.29% 111 2.56% 5 0.12% 365 8.42% 4,335 Sanpete 2,995 44.80% 1,302 19.48% 1,742 26.06% 575 8.60% 71 1.06% 1,253 18.74% 6,685 Sevier 3,160 50.50% 1,039 16.60% 1,671 26.70% 329 5.26% 59 0.94% 1,489 23.79% 6,258 Summit 3,133 33.33% 3,013 32.06% 3,060 32.56% 128 1.36% 65 0.69% 73 0.78% 9,399 Tooele 3,676 35.79% 3,270 31.84% 3,011 29.32% 224 2.18% 90 0.88% 406 3.95% 10,271 Uintah 3,505 45.09% 1,374 17.67% 2,250 28.94% 589 7.58% 56 0.72% 1,255 16.14% 7,774 Utah 61,398 56.76% 14,090 13.02% 24,558 22.70% 7,410 6.85% 722 0.67% 36,840 34.05% 108,178 Wasatch 1,822 42.02% 1,042 24.03% 1,234 28.46% 178 4.11% 60 1.38% 588 13.56% 4,336 Washington 11,310 52.66% 3,364 15.66% 4,623 21.53% 2,037 9.49% 142 0.66% 6,687 31.14% 21,476 Wayne 706 57.63% 236 19.27% 251 20.49% 30 2.45% 2 0.16% 455 37.14% 1,225 Weber 26,812 39.30% 17,795 26.09% 20,559 30.14% 2,564 3.76% 486 0.71% 6,253 9.17% 68,216Totals322,63243.36%183,42924.65%203,40027.34%28,6023.84%5,9350.80%119,23216.02%744,068==== Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic ====* Grand
Electors Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated five electors because it has three congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of five electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins a plurality of votes in the state is awarded all five electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met in December 1992 to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.All electors from Utah were pledged to and voted for George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle.
See also * United States presidential elections in Utah* Presidency of Bill Clinton
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