1992 United States presidential election

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52nd presidential election
3rd November 1992
			Democratic Party
			Bill Clinton / Al Gore
			electors					370
			be right				44.909.806
									43.0%
			Republican Party
			George Bush / Dan Quayle
			electors					168
			be right				39.104.550
									37.5%
			Non-party
			Ross Perot / James Stockdale
			electors					0
			be right				19,743,821
									18.9%
Election results by state
32 states + DC   Clinton / Gore						18 states   Bush / Quayle
0   Perot / Stockdale
President of the United States
Pre-election George Bush Republican Party						Elected Bill Clinton Democratic Party

The 52nd election of the President of the United States of America took place on November 3, 1992 . The governor of Arkansas William Jefferson ("Bill") Clinton was elected , who became the 42nd President of the United States.

Candidates

Although the incumbent George HW Bush received only 33 percent approval for his policies as president in the polls, he was able to prevail against the former White House communications director Patrick Buchanan in the primary elections and at the Republican nomination convention. The sometimes surprisingly good pre-election results for Buchanan (e.g. more than 30 percent in New Hampshire ) indicated, however, that enthusiasm for Bush within the party was also limited and that he was given the breach of his election promise from 1988 (“Read my Lips - no new taxes! ") Resented.

For the Democratic Party , Bill Clinton, along with Senator Al Gore ( Tennessee ) as a candidate for the office of Vice President , entered the race. He was able to assert himself clearly in the democratic primary elections, although his election campaign initially got into a serious crisis because of a number of allegations (marital infidelity, pre-military service, drug use). However, a second place in the first primary in New Hampshire saved his campaign, whereupon Clinton declared himself the "Comeback Kid" on election night. Subsequently, with the (unofficial) campaign motto: “It's the economy, stupid!” (“It's about the economy, stupid !”), He was increasingly able to focus attention on economic policy issues and thus celebrate successes. Most of the other candidates like Senators Bob Kerrey ( Nebraska ) and Tom Harkin ( Iowa ) and former Senator Paul Tsongas ( Massachusetts ), the winner of New Hampshire, gave up after a series of defeats code gradually. Only California's ex-governor Jerry Brown kept his candidacy up until the end, but had no chance at the party congress that took place in New York .

Ross Perot , a billionaire from Texas , ran as an independent candidate for president.

Election campaign

When Clinton's lead in the polls threatened the fourth consecutive term of Republican president, George Bush turned to James Baker , who from then on led Bush's campaign. While Clinton and Gore were traveling the country by bus, Perot ran long TV commercials calling for a tax hike for the middle class to balance the budget deficit and opposed the establishment of the North American Free Trade Area ( NAFTA ). At the end of June Perot announced his exit from the race and at the beginning of October his re-entry.

Result

As predicted by the polls, Clinton won the election. It received 44,909,806 (42.95 percent) of the total of 104,423,923 votes. Bush got 39,104,550 (37.40 percent) of the vote. In the electoral college , Clinton received 370 votes, while Bush received only 168 votes. Perot, who had received 19,743,821 (18.86 percent) votes in the election, could not achieve a majority in any state and did not get an electoral vote.

Thus, after three lost elections since 1976 , a Democrat was re-elected President.

candidate	Political party	be right		electors
		number	percent
Bill Clinton	democrat	44.909.806	42.95%	370
George Bush	republican	39.104.550	37.40%	168
Ross Perot	independently	19,743,821	18.86%	0
Others		665.746	0.63%	-
total		104.423.923	100%	538

Movies

• Bill Clinton vs. George HW Bush . USA 2016, 41-minute documentary (CNN) by Kim Flitcroft for the series Race for the White House .

literature

• Donald Richard Deskins, Hanes Walton, Sherman C. Puckett: Presidential Elections, 1789-2008: County, State, and National Mapping of Election Data. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2010, ISBN 978-0-472-11697-3 , pp. 498-507 (= Chapter 54: William J. Clinton's Initial Election. ).

Web links

Commons : 1992 US presidential election  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ The fight for the conservatives , article from February 28, 1992 by Ulrich Schiller on Zeit Online
2. ^ Spiegel-Online, Winner and Defeated , January 2008.