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| 1992 United States Presidential Election | ||||
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| November 3, 1992 | ||||
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| Nominee | George H. W. Bush | Michael Dukakis | Ross Perot | |
| Party | Republican | Democratic | Reform | |
| Home state | Texas | Massachusetts | Texas | |
| Running mate | Dan Quayle | Al Gore | James Stockdale | |
| Electoral vote | 422 | 74 | 42 | |
| States carried | 35 | 8+DC | 8 | |
| Popular vote | 44,909,889 | 39,104,550 | 19,743,821 | |
| Percentage | 43.0% | 37.4% | 18.9% | |
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President before election
Michael Dukakis Democratic
Elected President
George H. W. Bush Republican | ||||
The 1992 Presidential Election was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election, held on November 3, 1992.
Democratic Candidate Michael Dukakis, who had been serving as the Incumbent President since 1989, was defeated by Republican Candidate George H. W. Bush, who served as the 46th Vice-President from 1981-1989 under President Ronald Reagan and as the Republican Candidate in the 1988 Presidential Election.
Bush won the Electoral Vote with a EV Count of 493-45-0 and won the Popular Vote Margin with Bush having secured 44.9 Million Votes while Dukakis secured 39.1 Million Votes and Reform Candidate Ross Perot secured 19.7 Million Votes.
| 1992 Republican Party ticket | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George H. W. Bush | Dan Quayle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vice-President of the United States
(1981-1989) |
Senator from Kansas
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| 1992 Democratic Party ticket | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Dukakis | Al Gore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| President of the United States
(1989-1993) |
Senator from Tennessee
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| 1992 Reform Party ticket | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ross Perot | James Stockdale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| for President | for Vice President | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| President and CEO of
Perot Systems (1988–2009) |
President of the Naval War College
(1977–1979) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Candidate | Image | Party | Home State | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote | Running Mate | ||||
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| Count | Percentage | Vice-Presidential Candidate | Image | Home State | Electoral Vote | |||||
| George Herbert Walker Bush |
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GOP | Texas | 44,909,889 | 43.0% | 422 | James Danforth Quayle |
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Indiana | 422 |
| Micheal Stanley Dukakis |
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DEM | Massachusetts | 39,104,550 | 37.4% | 74 | Albert Arnold Gore Jr. | 
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Tennessee | 74 |
| Henry Ross Perot | 
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RPUSA | Texas | 19,743,821 | 18,9% | 42 | James Bond Stockdale |
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California | 42 |