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The 1992 United States presidential election was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992. Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeated incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush, independent Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, political activist Ralph Nader and a number of minor candidates. This election marked the end of a period of Republican dominance that began in 1968. Clinton's victory was considered to be the most lopsided since Franklin D. Roosevelt's win over Herbert Hoover in 1936. It also represented the first time an African-American had been elected president
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. In his acceptance speech for the presidency, Clinton thanked "the American people" and said he would work hard to make their lives better. He also promised to put an end to the violence in inner cities. Many hoped and expected that running mate Al Gore, a former Congressman and the son of former Senator Albert Gore, Sr. would help Clinton win easily. The two ran on the ticket of the Democratic Party. Clinton's election was the last time until the election of 2008 that the Democrats won the White elections, although they lost the following election in 1996.
The election of 1992 was also a stimulus for identity politics, as well as the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party's dominance over American politics. In the following election of 1994, the Republican Party would retake the White House and both chambers of Congress. Between the 1992 and 2008 elections, no Democratic candidate would win the presidency without also winning Texas.
One of the most memorable lines from the 1992 election is from a bumper sticker that urged voters to "Put Bill and Hillary's Baby in the Coffin." The sticker was in reference to then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton's remarks that he would not respond with force if a baby were to be thrown from an apartment window by a sniper. The remarks angered many voters and the anger was directed towards him during his re-election campaign. Republican candidate George H.W. Bush also made some memorable lines during the campaign. When asked if he would raise taxes, he responded "I'm not going to do it," in what the media dubbed the "victory dance" line. He would also famously proclaim that he was "jealous of the power of moms" in reference to Bill Clinton's campaign that year. Bush defeated Clinton in a highly bipartisan victory. Although he swept all of the traditionally Republican bastions in the South, he also did well in some highly Democratic areas, such as New York City.
Polls taken shortly before the election had shown Bush as narrowly defeating Clinton or even a tie. By the end of the election, he was winning by as much as a twenty-point margin or more. Despite the size of his victory, the race was much closer than most pundits predicted. This was mainly due to third-party candidates doing well. In most races, Bush and Clinton had a slight advantage. However, this was not true of all. In a few cases, the third-party candidates held a slight lead. Many political experts believe that the candidates, their campaigns, or voter suppression played a role in these close races. Regardless of the reasons, the closeness of the election was an indicator of future elections, as well as the strength of third-party movements. In the years to come, the latter would prove to be true, as in the 1998 mid-term elections, the National Alliance Party of Arkansas won ten percent of the vote and elected one member to the U.S. House of Representatives, though they failed to win a single statewide elected position. In the years following the 1992 election, both major parties began to polarize further, especially the Republicans. This polarization would continue until the 2006 elections, when the Republicans would finally break through and take over the House of Representatives for the first time in history.