15 0 1,436,206 1,356,865 42.95% 40.58% Start date November 3, 1992 | 0 0 1,356,865 521,829 40.58% 15.6% | |
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The 1992 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose fifteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
New Jersey was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 42.95% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H.W. Bush (R-Texas) with 40.58%, a 2.37% margin of victory. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third with 15.61% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.
At the time still considered a Republican-leaning state, Clinton very narrowly won New Jersey over President Bush. Clinton's win marked both the first time a Democrat won New Jersey since Lyndon Johnson's landslide win in 1964 as well as the beginning of a long-term shift in New Jersey's politics toward the Democratic Party. New Jersey has voted Democratic in every presidential election since.
This was the third time New Jersey voted Democratic since the end of World War II. After this election, despite the very slim margin for this year, the Democrat would always win New Jersey by more than 15 points, except in 2004, when John Kerry couldn't even win it by at least 10 points (he still managed to carry the Garden State).