Who won Montana in the 1992 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Montana in 1992, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Montana have in 1992?

Montana cast 3 electoral votes in the 1992 presidential election.

Did Montana vote for the national winner in 1992?

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

Modern PolarizationMT · 3 EV

1992

Montana: Bush carries 3 EV.

Montana cast its 3 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Montana voted against the national winner this cycle.

Montana in 1992

The 1992 contest saw Montana line up behind Bush, delivering 3 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Montana among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Montana backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Montana did not move alone — neighboring Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, and North Dakota broke the same way in 1992. Across the 34 presidential elections Montana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (22 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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