The 1992 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts was won by Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas with 47.54% of the popular vote over incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush of Texas with 29.03%. Independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas finished in third, with 22.80% of the popular vote. Clinton thus defeated Bush in the state with a margin of 18.51%.

Massachusetts weighed in as a solid 13% more Democratic than the national average in 1992.

Bush failed to carry a single county in the state, the state where he was born, and his 29.03% of the vote was the smallest vote share a Republican presidential candidate had received in Massachusetts since 1964.

Clinton's decisive win in Massachusetts solidified the state's status in the modern era as a solid blue state. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960. In 1972, Massachusetts was the only state in the nation to vote for Democrat George McGovern over Republican Richard Nixon in his 49-state landslide. However the state had trended Republican in the 1980s, with Ronald Reagan narrowly winning the state and George H. W. Bush taking a solid 45% and winning 3 counties in 1988. In 1992, Clinton not only carried the state by a double-digit margin, leaving Bush with less than 30% of the vote, but Clinton also swept every county in the state, as secular liberal New England rejected an increasingly Southern and conservative Republican Party dominated by Evangelical Christians. Since then, every Democratic presidential candidate that followed has carried the state by double-digit margins and won all 14 counties in Massachusetts.

As of 2023, this is the last time that the town of Berlin voted Republican and the last time that the towns of Erving, Peru, and Savoy did not vote Democratic in a presidential election.

Results 1992 United States presidential election in MassachusettsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Bill Clinton 1,318,662 47.54% 12 Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 805,049 29.03% 0 Independent Ross Perot 632,312 22.80% 0 Libertarian Andre Marrou 7,458 0.27% 0 New Alliance Lenora Fulani 3,172 0.11% 0 Independent Voters (a) Howard Phillips 2,217 0.08% 0 Independent Others (Write-In) 1,870 0.07% 0 Natural Law Dr. John Hagelin 1,812 0.07% 0 Democrats forEconomic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 1,007 0.04% 0 Socialist J. Quinn Brisben (Write-In) 13 <0.01% 0 Prohibition Earl Dodge (Write-In) 2 <0.01% 0 Totals 2,773,574 100.0% 12 (a) Howard Phillips was the candidate of the U.S. Taxpayers' Party nationally.

Results by county County Bill ClintonDemocratic George H.W. BushRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Barnstable 46,641 42.79% 33,916 31.12% 28,440 26.09% 12,725 11.67% 108,997 Berkshire 36,857 54.40% 14,726 21.74% 16,163 23.86% 22,131 32.66% 67,746 Bristol 102,406 48.36% 52,370 24.73% 56,978 26.91% 50,036 23.63% 211,754 Dukes 4,292 54.41% 1,827 23.16% 1,769 22.43% 2,465 31.25% 7,888 Essex 140,593 43.62% 102,212 31.71% 79,523 24.67% 38,381 11.91% 322,328 Franklin 17,246 48.14% 8,691 24.26% 9,890 27.60% 8,555 23.88% 35,827 Hampden 86,026 45.69% 54,621 29.01% 47,618 25.30% 31,405 16.68% 188,265 Hampshire 37,879 54.06% 15,694 22.40% 16,498 23.54% 22,185 31.66% 70,071 Middlesex 343,994 49.89% 193,703 28.10% 151,756 22.01% 150,291 21.79% 689,453 Nantucket 2,037 48.32% 1,158 27.47% 1,021 24.21% 879 20.85% 4,216 Norfolk 150,488 46.41% 103,255 31.84% 70,521 21.75% 47,233 14.57% 324,264 Plymouth 79,160 38.11% 69,514 33.47% 59,036 28.42% 9,646 4.64% 207,710 Suffolk 132,921 60.62% 51,378 23.43% 34,974 15.95% 81,543 37.19% 219,273 Worcester 138,122 43.74% 101,984 32.30% 75,676 23.96% 36,138 11.44% 315,782Totals1,318,66247.54%805,04929.03%649,86323.43%513,61318.51%2,773,574 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Barnstable Plymouth Worcester

Results by congressional district Clinton won all 10 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans. District Bush Clinton Perot Representative 27% 48% 25%John Olver 29% 46% 25%Richard Neal31%45%23%Joseph D. EarlyPeter I. Blute 26% 51% 22%Barney Frank32%42%26%Chester G. AtkinsMarty Meehan31%44%25%Nicholas MavroulesPeter G. Torkildsen 29% 50% 21%Ed Markey 19% 67% 13%Joseph P. Kennedy II 31% 48% 21%Joe Moakley 32% 42% 25%Gerry Studds

See also United States presidential elections in Massachusetts

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