1992 United States presidential election in Maine

The 1992 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maine was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 38.77% of the popular vote over businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) with 30.44%. Incumbent president George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) finished in third, close behind Perot, with 30.39% of the popular vote. Despite the Bush family having strong ties to Maine, most notably owning a home in the town of Kennebunkport, Perot beat Bush for second place in the state by a margin of 316 votes. Maine was one of two states where Perot finished in second place (along with Utah, where Clinton finished in third place), though Maine was the only state of the two where Perot won any counties. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both Bush and Perot.

Perot's 30.44% in Maine would make it his strongest state in the nation. Perot came within 4.55% of winning an electoral vote from Maine's 2nd congressional district, making it the closest he came to winning an electoral vote. In Maine's 1st congressional district, Bush finished in second place.

Clinton was the first Democrat to carry Maine since 1968, when then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey chose Maine Senator Edmund Muskie as his running mate. Maine has not voted Republican in any subsequent presidential elections, though Donald Trump would win the electoral vote from the second congressional district in 2016, 2020, and 2024.

As of 2026, this is the last time that a major party candidate finished in third place in a state or that a non-major party candidate would come in second place or better. It is also the only time since 1968 that a Republican candidate failed to come in second place or better in a state.