1992 United States presidential election in Florida
Introduction '''Florida''' held an election for president of the United States on November 3, 1992.The race was extremely close – so close in fact that some news networks mistakenly reported that Democratic challenger Bill Clinton had won in the state, although incumbent President George H. W. Bush was eventually declared the winner. Bush received 40.89% of the vote to Clinton's 39.00%. The final result in Florida reflected the reluctance of many Southern states to back fellow Southerner Clinton, although Clinton was polling well in other parts of the country.Bush won by about 100,000 votes, marking the first time Florida had backed the losing candidate since 1960, when it voted for Richard Nixon over John F. Kennedy. This was also the last time until the 2020 election that Florida would back the loser of the presidential election as well only the second time since 1924.Despite Bush's narrow victory, this election marked the start of Florida's transition from a strong GOP state into a closely divided swing state for future presidential elections; just four years earlier Bush had carried Florida by 22 points, making it his second-best state in the South. This is also the only election since 1944 that Florida did not vote the same way as Ohio, a state with a similar voting history. Florida was one of 5 states that gave Perot more than 1 million votes, including California, Texas, New York, and Ohio.Clinton flipped the heavily populated South Florida counties of Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami -Dade, which had all voted for Bush in 1988, into the Democratic column, and they have remained reliable Democratic bastions in the state ever since, buoying Democratic base support in the state. Clinton's victory in Palm Beach County was noteworthy in as much as that county had not previously backed a Democratic presidential nominee since Florida's "Solid South" days when Franklin D. Roosevelt swept all sixty-seven counties in 1944.This was the last time St. Lucie County voted for a Republican presidential candidate until 2016.
Results  United States presidential election in Florida, 1992PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes '''Republican''' '''George H. W. Bush (incumbent)''' '''2,173,310'''	 '''40.89%''' ''25'' Democratic Bill Clinton 2,072,698 39.00% 0 Independent Ross Perot 1,053,067	 19.82% 0 Libertarian Andre Marrou 15,079 	 	 0.28% 0 Write-Ins 238 >0.01% 0 '''Totals''' '''5,314,392''' '''100.0%''' '''25'''Perot performance by county===Results by county=== County George Herbert Walker BushRepublican William Jefferson ClintonDemocratic Henry Ross PerotIndependent Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Alachua 22,813 29.87% '''37,888''' '''49.61%''' 15,296 20.03% 375 0.49% -15,075 -19.74% 76,372 Baker '''3,418''' '''50.59%''' 1,976 29.25% 1,315 19.46% 47 0.70% 1,442 21.34% 6,756 Bay '''22,842''' '''49.99%''' 12,846 28.12% 9,712 21.26% 289 0.63% 9,996 21.88% 45,689 Bradford '''3,672''' '''44.02%''' 3,041 36.46% 1,574 18.87% 54 0.65% 631 7.57% 8,341 Brevard '''84,585''' '''43.19%''' 61,091 31.19% 49,509 25.28% 675 0.34% 23,494 12.00% 195,860 Broward 164,832 30.92% '''276,361''' '''51.85%''' 90,937 17.06% 920 0.17% -111,529 -20.92% 533,050 Calhoun '''1,721''' '''37.58%''' 1,665 36.36% 1,176 25.68% 17 0.37% 56 1.22% 4,579 Charlotte '''24,311''' '''39.17%''' 22,907 36.91% 14,720 23.72% 126 0.20% 1,404 2.26% 62,064 Citrus '''16,412''' '''36.68%''' 15,937 35.62% 12,314 27.52% 83 0.19% 475 1.06% 44,746 Clay '''26,360''' '''57.95%''' 10,610 23.33% 8,423 18.52% 92 0.20% 15,750 34.63% 45,485 Collier '''38,448''' '''53.44%''' 18,796 26.13% 14,518 20.18% 182 0.25% 19,652 27.32% 71,944 Columbia '''6,492''' '''43.41%''' 5,528 36.97% 2,906 19.43% 28 0.19% 964 6.45% 14,954 DeSoto '''3,070''' '''41.32%''' 2,646 35.62% 1,687 22.71% 26 0.35% 424 5.71% 7,429 Dixie 1,401 32.04% '''1,855''' '''42.42%''' 1,094 25.02% 23 0.53% -454 -10.38% 4,373 Duval '''123,631''' '''49.47%''' 92,098 36.85% 33,388 13.36% 809 0.32% 31,533 12.62% 249,926 Escambia '''52,868''' '''50.24%''' 32,045 30.45% 19,923 18.93% 385 0.37% 20,823 19.79% 105,221 Flagler 6,246 38.19% '''6,693''' '''40.92%''' 3,390 20.73% 26 0.16% -447 -2.73% 16,355 Franklin '''1,664''' '''37.99%''' 1,535 35.05% 1,144 26.12% 37 0.84% 129 2.95% 4,380 Gadsden 3,975 27.62% '''8,486''' '''58.96%''' 1,871 13.00% 62 0.43% -4,511 -31.34% 14,394 Gilchrist 1,395 34.73% '''1,511''' '''37.62%''' 1,090 27.13% 21 0.52% -116 -2.89% 4,017 Glades 1,185 35.12% '''1,305''' '''38.68%''' 878 26.02% 6 0.18% -120 -3.56% 3,374 Gulf '''2,651''' '''45.29%''' 1,938 33.11% 1,245 21.27% 20 0.34% 713 12.18% 5,854 Hamilton 1,402 37.64% '''1,622''' '''43.54%''' 695 18.66% 6 0.16% -220 -5.91% 3,725 Hardee '''2,900''' '''45.08%''' 2,018 31.37% 1,499 23.30% 16 0.25% 882 13.71% 6,433 Hendry '''3,279''' '''40.91%''' 2,691 33.57% 2,032 25.35% 14 0.17% 588 7.34% 8,016 Hernando 17,902 36.47% '''19,174''' '''39.06%''' 11,848 24.14% 162 0.33% -1,272 -2.59% 49,086 Highlands '''14,499''' '''44.76%''' 11,237 34.69% 6,593 20.35% 62 0.19% 3,262 10.07% 32,391 Hillsborough '''130,643''' '''42.07%''' 115,282 37.13% 63,054 20.31% 1,523 0.49% 15,361 4.95% 310,502 Holmes '''3,196''' '''48.96%''' 1,877 28.75% 1,427 21.86% 28 0.43% 1,319 20.21% 6,528 Indian River '''19,140''' '''43.54%''' 12,360 28.12% 12,375 28.15% 87 0.20% 6,765 15.39% 43,962 Jackson '''6,725''' '''45.82%''' 5,482 37.35% 2,450 16.69% 19 0.13% 1,243 8.47% 14,676 Jefferson 1,506 32.19% '''2,271''' '''48.55%''' 895 19.13% 6 0.13% -765 -16.35% 4,678 Lafayette '''1,039''' '''41.15%''' 867 34.34% 612 24.24% 7 0.28% 172 6.81% 2,525 Lake '''30,825''' '''44.17%''' 23,200 33.24% 15,614 22.37% 148 0.21% 7,625 10.93% 69,787 Lee '''73,436''' '''44.24%''' 53,660 32.32% 38,452 23.16% 454 0.27% 19,776 11.91% 166,002 Leon 31,983 32.87% '''47,791''' '''49.12%''' 17,212 17.69% 308 0.32% -15,808 -16.25% 97,294 Levy 3,796 34.71% '''4,330''' '''39.59%''' 2,784 25.46% 26 0.24% -534 -4.88% 10,936 Liberty '''1,126''' '''43.71%''' 820 31.83% 617 23.95% 13 0.50% 306 11.88% 2,576 Madison 2,007 34.38% '''2,648''' '''45.36%''' 1,174 20.11% 9 0.15% -641 -10.98% 5,838 Manatee '''42,725''' '''42.63%''' 33,841 33.77% 23,290 23.24% 364 0.36% 8,884 8.86% 100,220 Marion '''35,442''' '''40.74%''' 30,829 35.44% 20,529 23.60% 189 0.22% 4,613 5.30% 86,989 Martin '''24,800''' '''46.63%''' 14,802 27.83% 13,442 25.27% 140 0.26% 9,998 18.80% 53,184 Miami-Dade 235,313 43.19% '''254,609''' '''46.73%''' 54,003 9.91% 918 0.17% -19,296 -3.54% 544,843 Monroe 9,898 34.38% '''10,450''' '''36.30%''' 8,314 28.88% 127 0.44% -552 -1.92% 28,789 Nassau '''9,367''' '''51.54%''' 5,503 30.28% 3,255 17.91% 49 0.27% 3,864 21.26% 18,174 Okaloosa '''32,818''' '''53.13%''' 12,038 19.49% 16,671 26.99% 242 0.39% 16,147 26.14% 61,769 Okeechobee 3,298 35.20% '''3,418''' '''36.48%''' 2,647 28.25% 7 0.07% -120 -1.28% 9,370 Orange '''108,788''' '''45.90%''' 82,683 34.89% 44,844 18.92% 696 0.29% 26,105 11.01% 237,011 Osceola '''19,143''' '''42.29%''' 15,010 33.16% 11,021 24.35% 93 0.21% 4,133 9.13% 45,267 Palm Beach 140,350 34.63% '''187,869''' '''46.36%''' 76,243 18.81% 789 0.19% -47,519 -11.73% 405,251 Pasco 47,735 35.11% '''53,130''' '''39.08%''' 34,654 25.49% 443 0.33% -5,395 -3.97% 135,962 Pinellas 159,121 37.63% '''160,528''' '''37.96%''' 101,257 23.95% 1,945 0.46% -1,407 -0.33% 422,851 Polk '''65,963''' '''45.21%''' 51,450 35.26% 28,204 19.33% 283 0.19% 14,513 9.95% 145,900 Putnam 8,910 34.72% '''10,709''' '''41.73%''' 5,979 23.30% 63 0.25% -1,799 -7.01% 25,661 St. Johns '''20,188''' '''50.49%''' 12,291 30.74% 7,400 18.51% 107 0.27% 7,897 19.75% 39,986 St. Lucie '''24,400''' '''35.76%''' 23,876 34.99% 19,817 29.04% 140 0.21% 524 0.77% 68,233 Santa Rosa '''17,339''' '''52.90%''' 6,556 20.00% 8,788 26.81% 94 0.29% 8,551 26.09% 32,777 Sarasota '''66,855''' '''42.76%''' 54,552 34.89% 34,289 21.93% 656 0.42% 12,303 7.87% 156,352 Seminole '''57,101''' '''48.57%''' 35,660 30.33% 24,487 20.83% 312 0.27% 21,441 18.24% 117,560 Sumter 4,366 35.41% '''5,027''' '''40.77%''' 2,901 23.53% 35 0.28% -661 -5.36% 12,329 Suwannee '''4,576''' '''40.23%''' 3,988 35.06% 2,791 24.54% 19 0.17% 588 5.17% 11,374 Taylor '''2,693''' '''37.34%''' 2,568 35.60% 1,929 26.74% 23 0.32% 125 1.73% 7,213 Union '''1,546''' '''43.29%''' 1,248 34.95% 770 21.56% 7 0.20% 298 8.35% 3,571 Volusia 59,172 38.05% '''65,223''' '''41.94%''' 30,823 19.82% 281 0.18% -6,051 -3.89% 155,499 Wakulla '''2,586''' '''38.52%''' 2,320 34.55% 1,790 26.66% 18 0.27% 266 3.96% 6,714 Walton '''5,726''' '''42.25%''' 3,888 28.69% 3,890 28.70% 50 0.37% 1,836 13.55% 13,554 Washington '''3,695''' '''46.94%''' 2,544 32.32% 1,596 20.28% 36 0.46% 1,151 14.62% 7,871Totals2,173,31040.89%2,072,69839.00%1,053,06719.82%15,3170.29%100,6121.89%5,314,392==== Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic ====* Alachua* Broward* Dixie* Flagler* Gilchrist* Glades* Hamilton* Hernando* Jefferson* Leon* Levy* Madison* Miami-Dade* Monroe* Okeechobee* Palm Beach* Pasco* Pinellas* Putnam* Sumter* Volusia
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