Who won Indiana in the 1992 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Indiana in 1992, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Indiana have in 1992?

Indiana cast 12 electoral votes in the 1992 presidential election.

Did Indiana vote for the national winner in 1992?

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

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Indiana: Bush carries 12 EV.

Indiana cast its 12 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Indiana voted against the national winner this cycle.

Indiana in 1992

The 1992 contest saw Indiana line up behind Bush, delivering 12 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Indiana among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Indiana backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. It stood apart from its neighbors: Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan went the other way that year. Across the 53 presidential elections Indiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (32 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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