Connecticut was won by
GovernorBill Clinton (
D-
Arkansas) with 42.21% of the popular vote over incumbent President
George H. W. Bush (
R-
Texas) with 35.78%. Businessman
Ross Perot (
I-Texas) finished in third, with 21.58% of the popular vote. Clinton won Connecticut by a margin of 6.43%, marking the first time the state voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since
1968. It would be the last time Connecticut was regarded as a swing state, as it has voted Democratic by double digits in every election since.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush.[2] As of the
2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which
Fairfield County voted for the Republican candidate.
Results
1992 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]