Who won Virginia in the 1992 presidential election?

Bush (Republican) carried Virginia in 1992, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Virginia have in 1992?

Virginia cast 13 electoral votes in the 1992 presidential election.

Did Virginia vote for the national winner in 1992?

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

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1992

Virginia: Bush carries 13 EV.

Virginia cast its 13 electoral votes for Bush (Republican). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Virginia voted against the national winner this cycle.

Virginia in 1992

The 1992 contest saw Virginia line up behind Bush, delivering 13 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Virginia among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Virginia backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. It stood apart from its neighbors: North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and District of Columbia went the other way that year. Across the 58 presidential elections Virginia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (33 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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