1992 United States presidential election
The 1992 U.S. presidential election was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election. Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeated incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush, independent businessman Ross Perot, and a number of minor candidates. Clinton won a plurality in the popular vote and a majority of the electoral vote.
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The 1992 U.S. presidential election was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election. Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeated incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush, independent businessman Ross Perot, and a number of minor candidates. Clinton won a plurality in the popular vote and a majority of the electoral vote, breaking a streak of three straight Republican victories. This was the last time a candidate won an election without winning the battleground state of Florida until 2020. Clinton swept the Northeast and the West Coast, marking the start of Democratic dominance in both regions in both presidential and statewide elections. Along with Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Donald Trump, Bush is one of four incumbent presidents since World War II to be defeated in the general election. The election marked the end of a period of Republican dominance that began in 1968, and the beginning of a new era in the United States of political and economic opportunity. The 1992 election was also the last election in which Montana voted Democratic in a presidential election, as it did not vote in the 1980s or 1990s. It was the first time that the state of Montana had voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in a general election since the 1960s. The vote was followed by a series of high-profile debates between Clinton and Bush, including a debate between the two former governors of Arkansas and California, Jerry Brown and Paul Tsongas. Clinton was still relatively unknown nationally before a woman named Gennifer Flowers appeared in the press to reveal allegations of an affair with his wife, Hillary Clinton, on 60 Minutes on February 18, 1992.
Clinton rebutted the story by appearing on 60 minutes with an appearance on his wife Hillary, Hillary, and Kid Kidback, Kidback’s daughter. The campaign was dominated by the debate between Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton on February 19, 1992, on “This Is My Life” on CNN. The debate also featured Clinton’s former Governor of Arkansas, Tom Harkin, and former U. S. Senator Paul Tsongsas. The final presidential debate was held on February 20, 1992 on CNN, with Clinton finishing second to Bush in the race. The race was decided by a vote of 3.5 million people, with Bush winning the most votes and Clinton taking the second place spot. The winner of the election was declared the winner on November 3, 1992; Clinton went on to win reelection in 1996. Clinton’s home state of Arkansas was the lone state to give a majorityof its vote to any candidate, and he chose Senator Al Gore as his running mate. Bush’s popularity after his success in the Gulf War dissuaded high- profile Democratic candidates like Mario Cuomo from entering the 1992 Democratic primaries. The economy was in recession and Bush’s greatest strength, foreign policy, was regarded as much less important following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Bush campaign criticized Clinton’s character and emphasized Bush’s foreign policy successes, while Clinton focused on the economy. Perot led in several polls taken in June 1992 but severely damaged his candidacy by temporarily dropping out of the race in July. Although he failed to win any electoral votes, Perot found support in every state.
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