1992 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election

The 1992 United States presidential election was a three-way race in which Democratic nominee Bill Clinton defeated incumbent President George H. W. Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot.

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1992 United States presidential campaign of Ross Perot 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
campaignSlogan It's the economy, stupid ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1992-11-03 ⓘ
defeatedCandidate George H. W. Bush ⓘ
Ross Perot ⓘ
electionDate November 3, 1992 ⓘ
electoralVoteCandidate Bill Clinton ⓘ
George H. W. Bush ⓘ
Ross Perot ⓘ
electoralVotes 0 for Ross Perot ⓘ
168 for George H. W. Bush ⓘ
370 for Bill Clinton ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner Bill Clinton ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection George H. W. Bush ⓘ
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
location United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
majorCandidate Bill Clinton ⓘ
George H. W. Bush ⓘ
Ross Perot ⓘ
nextElection 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
notableFeature Ross Perot ⓘ
surface form: featured a strong independent candidacy by Ross Perot

resulted in the defeat of an incumbent president ⓘ
notableIssue economy ⓘ
federal budget deficit ⓘ
health care ⓘ
taxes ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
partOf 1992 United States elections ⓘ
party Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

Independent ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
partyOfPresidentAfterElection Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
popularVoteCandidate Bill Clinton ⓘ
George H. W. Bush ⓘ
Ross Perot ⓘ
popularVotePercentage 18.9% for Ross Perot ⓘ
37.4% for George H. W. Bush ⓘ
43.0% for Bill Clinton ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Bill Clinton ⓘ
presidentAfterElection Bill Clinton ⓘ
previousElection 1988 United States presidential election ⓘ
runningMate Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Al Gore

Dan Quayle ⓘ
James Stockdale ⓘ
voterTurnout 55.2% ⓘ
winner Bill Clinton ⓘ
winningParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

My Life → coversEvent → 1992 United States presidential election ⓘ
George H. W. Bush → defeatedInElection → 1992 United States presidential election ⓘ
1988 United States presidential election → followedBy → 1992 United States presidential election ⓘ
Reform Party of the United States of America → foundedAfter → 1992 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1992 United States presidential campaign of Ross Perot
1996 United States presidential election → previousElection → 1992 United States presidential election ⓘ