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United States presidential election, 1992 | ||||
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November 3, 1992 | ||||
Nominee | Lowell Weicker | Richard McCormack | ||
Party | Republican | Democratic | ||
Home state | Connecticut | New York | ||
Running mate | Edward Bonior | Edgar Horvath | ||
Electoral vote | 357 | 181 | ||
States carried | 33 | 17 + D.C. | ||
Popular vote | 52,463,304 | 46,776,089 | ||
Percentage | 52.1% | 46.5% | ||
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by McCormack/Horvath, Blue denotes states won by Weicker/Bonior. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. | ||||
President before election
Richard McCormack Democratic
Elected President
Lowell Weicker Republican |
The United States presidential election of 1992 was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992. The election, set as a backdrop to the ongoing Colombian War, was won by the Republican nominee Lowell Weicker, who was also the party's candidate in 1984, against incumbent President Richard McCormack.