Who won Arizona in the 1992 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Arizona in 1992, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Arizona have in 1992?

Arizona cast 8 electoral votes in the 1992 presidential election.

Did Arizona vote for the national winner in 1992?

No. Arizona backed Bush, while Bill Clinton won the presidency nationally.

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1992

Arizona: Bush carries 8 EV.

Arizona cast its 8 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Arizona voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1992 result in Arizona

Arizona backed Bush (Republican) in the 1992 presidential election, casting 8 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Arizona among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 11th consecutive election in which Arizona backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1952. The region divided — Utah joined Arizona for the Republican ticket, while California, Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico did not. Across the 29 presidential elections Arizona has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (18 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Bill Clinton took 370 of the 538 electoral votes, against George H. W. Bush's 168. Bill Clinton led the national popular vote with 43.01% of the ballots cast.

The 1992 national map

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