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Bill Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas, in 1946. [2] After graduating from the Georgetown University, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford. [2] After receiving his Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School in 1973, he decided to compete in the 1974 congressional election in Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. [3]
After Bill Clinton secured the Democratic Party's nomination in the spring of 1992, polls showed Ross Perot leading the race, followed by President Bush and Clinton in third place after a grueling nomination process. Two-way trial heats between Bush and Clinton in early 1992 showed Bush in the lead.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1996. [2] Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton and his running mate, incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore were re-elected to a second and final term, defeating the Republican ticket of former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp and the Reform ticket of ...
From February 10 to June 9, 1992, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1992 United States presidential election.Despite scandals and questions about his character, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won the nomination through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1992 Democratic National Convention held from July 13 to July 16, 1992, in New ...
Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. [2] This was the best result the New England-born Bush would record in that region for the 1992 election. Clinton's win marked the beginning of a dramatic shift in New Hampshire politics toward the Democratic Party.
The 1992 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 54 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton.
The 1992 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. The race was extremely close – so close in fact that some news networks mistakenly reported that Democratic challenger Bill Clinton had won in the state, although incumbent President George H. W. Bush was eventually declared the winner.
Maryland was one of only three states, along with New York and Clinton's native Arkansas (and Washington DC), where Clinton exceeded Bush and Perot's combined vote total, albeit by an extremely slim margin of 63 votes. This is also the most recent election when the Democratic candidate failed to win a majority of the state's popular vote.