Who won Idaho in the 1992 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Idaho in 1992, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 1992?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in the 1992 presidential election.

Did Idaho vote for the national winner in 1992?

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

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1992

Idaho: Bush carries 4 EV.

Idaho cast its 4 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Idaho voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1992 result in Idaho

Idaho backed Bush (Republican) in the 1992 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Idaho among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Idaho backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — Utah, Wyoming, and Montana joined Idaho for the Republican ticket, while Washington, Oregon, and Nevada did not. Across the 34 presidential elections Idaho has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 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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