1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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The 1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Mississippi was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 49.68% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 40.77%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 8.72% of the popular vote.[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both incumbent President Bush and Perot.[1]
Primary
[edit]The Mississippi Republican Party's executive committee voted to use a winner-take-all method for its primary, which benefited Bush.[2]
General
[edit]Despite the fact that Clinton was from neighbouring Arkansas, the state remained reliably Republican as the party held two senate seats. While Clinton did manage to win a few other Southern States, Mississippi provided Bush with his highest vote percentage in the nation, which was the closest he came to winning an absolute majority in a state.[3] (However, it was only his sixth-best state in margin of victory.) It was Ross Perot's weakest state, and the only one where he failed to win more than 10% of the vote. He only did worse in the District of Columbia. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Hinds County voted for a Republican presidential candidate and the last election in which Tishomingo County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[4]
67% of white voters supported Bush, while 22% supported Clinton. 11% supported Perot.[5]
Results
[edit]| 1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 487,793 | 49.68% | 7 | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 400,258 | 40.77% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | 85,626 | 8.72% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | 2,625 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 2,154 | 0.22% | 0 | |
| Constitution Party | Howard Phillips | 1,652 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | 1,140 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Populist | James "Bo" Gritz | 545 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Totals | 981,793 | 100.0% | 7 | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | George H.W. Bush Republican |
Bill Clinton Democratic |
Ross Perot Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,831 | 36.73% | 8,255 | 51.99% | 1,753 | 11.04% | 38 | 0.24% | -2,424 | -15.26% | 15,877 |
| Alcorn | 6,249 | 44.21% | 6,373 | 45.08% | 1,349 | 9.54% | 165 | 1.17% | -124 | -0.87% | 14,136 |
| Amite | 2,561 | 45.08% | 2,608 | 45.91% | 498 | 8.77% | 14 | 0.25% | -47 | -0.83% | 5,681 |
| Attala | 3,520 | 49.67% | 3,015 | 42.54% | 529 | 7.46% | 23 | 0.32% | 505 | 7.13% | 7,087 |
| Benton | 1,253 | 31.68% | 2,402 | 60.73% | 293 | 7.41% | 7 | 0.18% | -1,149 | -29.05% | 3,955 |
| Bolivar | 4,752 | 33.40% | 8,801 | 61.87% | 593 | 4.17% | 80 | 0.56% | -4,049 | -28.47% | 14,226 |
| Calhoun | 3,191 | 50.87% | 2,462 | 39.25% | 607 | 9.68% | 13 | 0.21% | 729 | 11.62% | 6,273 |
| Carroll | 1,695 | 54.96% | 1,182 | 38.33% | 200 | 6.49% | 7 | 0.23% | 513 | 16.63% | 3,084 |
| Chickasaw | 3,150 | 44.96% | 3,220 | 45.95% | 629 | 8.98% | 8 | 0.11% | -70 | -0.99% | 7,007 |
| Choctaw | 2,026 | 53.77% | 1,435 | 38.08% | 298 | 7.91% | 9 | 0.24% | 591 | 15.69% | 3,768 |
| Claiborne | 935 | 21.19% | 3,302 | 74.84% | 161 | 3.65% | 14 | 0.32% | -2,367 | -53.65% | 4,412 |
| Clarke | 4,207 | 60.67% | 2,259 | 32.58% | 450 | 6.49% | 18 | 0.26% | 1,948 | 28.09% | 6,934 |
| Clay | 3,297 | 38.50% | 4,620 | 53.95% | 626 | 7.31% | 20 | 0.23% | -1,323 | -15.45% | 8,563 |
| Coahoma | 4,120 | 36.85% | 6,409 | 57.33% | 518 | 4.63% | 133 | 1.19% | -2,289 | -20.48% | 11,180 |
| Copiah | 4,600 | 48.68% | 4,397 | 46.53% | 409 | 4.33% | 43 | 0.46% | 203 | 2.15% | 9,449 |
| Covington | 3,525 | 50.39% | 2,775 | 39.67% | 654 | 9.35% | 42 | 0.60% | 750 | 10.72% | 6,996 |
| DeSoto | 16,104 | 58.40% | 8,833 | 32.03% | 2,569 | 9.32% | 69 | 0.25% | 7,271 | 26.37% | 27,575 |
| Forrest | 12,432 | 54.64% | 8,333 | 36.62% | 1,909 | 8.39% | 79 | 0.35% | 4,099 | 18.02% | 22,753 |
| Franklin | 1,942 | 49.31% | 1,587 | 40.30% | 393 | 9.98% | 16 | 0.41% | 355 | 9.01% | 3,938 |
| George | 4,141 | 43.55% | 2,650 | 27.87% | 1,335 | 14.04% | 1,383 | 14.54% | 1,491 | 15.68% | 9,509 |
| Greene | 2,406 | 51.90% | 1,664 | 35.89% | 559 | 12.06% | 7 | 0.15% | 742 | 16.01% | 4,636 |
| Grenada | 4,721 | 49.34% | 4,203 | 43.93% | 609 | 6.36% | 35 | 0.37% | 518 | 5.41% | 9,568 |
| Hancock | 6,422 | 47.78% | 4,651 | 34.61% | 2,302 | 17.13% | 65 | 0.48% | 1,771 | 13.17% | 13,440 |
| Harrison | 25,049 | 52.84% | 15,268 | 32.21% | 6,855 | 14.46% | 235 | 0.50% | 9,781 | 20.63% | 47,407 |
| Hinds | 45,031 | 46.90% | 43,434 | 45.23% | 5,341 | 5.56% | 2,218 | 2.31% | 1,597 | 1.67% | 96,024 |
| Holmes | 1,694 | 28.17% | 4,092 | 68.04% | 203 | 3.38% | 25 | 0.42% | -2,398 | -39.87% | 6,014 |
| Humphreys | 1,721 | 36.75% | 2,696 | 57.57% | 258 | 5.51% | 8 | 0.17% | -975 | -20.82% | 4,683 |
| Issaquena | 298 | 30.10% | 550 | 55.56% | 79 | 7.98% | 63 | 6.36% | -252 | -25.46% | 990 |
| Itawamba | 4,142 | 47.54% | 3,635 | 41.72% | 918 | 10.54% | 18 | 0.21% | 507 | 5.82% | 8,713 |
| Jackson | 25,321 | 56.36% | 13,017 | 28.97% | 6,484 | 14.43% | 108 | 0.24% | 12,304 | 27.39% | 44,930 |
| Jasper | 2,789 | 43.39% | 3,059 | 47.59% | 568 | 8.84% | 12 | 0.19% | -270 | -4.20% | 6,428 |
| Jefferson | 562 | 15.96% | 2,796 | 79.39% | 156 | 4.43% | 8 | 0.23% | -2,234 | -63.43% | 3,522 |
| Jefferson Davis | 2,228 | 39.55% | 2,991 | 53.10% | 382 | 6.78% | 32 | 0.57% | -763 | -13.55% | 5,633 |
| Jones | 13,824 | 56.59% | 8,035 | 32.89% | 2,523 | 10.33% | 48 | 0.20% | 5,789 | 23.70% | 24,430 |
| Kemper | 1,830 | 41.96% | 2,243 | 51.43% | 278 | 6.37% | 10 | 0.23% | -413 | -9.47% | 4,361 |
| Lafayette | 5,251 | 46.07% | 5,224 | 45.84% | 861 | 7.55% | 61 | 0.54% | 27 | 0.23% | 11,397 |
| Lamar | 8,259 | 63.37% | 3,208 | 24.62% | 1,543 | 11.84% | 22 | 0.17% | 5,051 | 38.75% | 13,032 |
| Lauderdale | 17,098 | 62.25% | 8,489 | 30.91% | 1,659 | 6.04% | 220 | 0.80% | 8,609 | 31.34% | 27,466 |
| Lawrence | 2,689 | 44.12% | 2,582 | 42.36% | 765 | 12.55% | 59 | 0.97% | 107 | 1.76% | 6,095 |
| Leake | 3,943 | 50.64% | 3,333 | 42.81% | 497 | 6.38% | 13 | 0.17% | 610 | 7.83% | 7,786 |
| Lee | 12,231 | 54.36% | 7,710 | 34.27% | 2,041 | 9.07% | 519 | 2.31% | 4,521 | 20.09% | 22,501 |
| Leflore | 5,298 | 42.39% | 6,374 | 51.00% | 611 | 4.89% | 215 | 1.72% | -1,076 | -8.61% | 12,498 |
| Lincoln | 7,040 | 53.78% | 4,744 | 36.24% | 1,281 | 9.79% | 26 | 0.20% | 2,296 | 17.54% | 13,091 |
| Lowndes | 10,509 | 55.80% | 6,552 | 34.79% | 1,716 | 9.11% | 58 | 0.31% | 3,957 | 21.01% | 18,835 |
| Madison | 12,810 | 54.00% | 9,386 | 39.57% | 1,478 | 6.23% | 47 | 0.20% | 3,424 | 14.43% | 23,721 |
| Marion | 5,776 | 49.74% | 4,654 | 40.08% | 1,162 | 10.01% | 21 | 0.18% | 1,122 | 9.66% | 11,613 |
| Marshall | 3,847 | 30.75% | 7,913 | 63.24% | 689 | 5.51% | 63 | 0.50% | -4,066 | -32.49% | 12,512 |
| Monroe | 5,994 | 49.03% | 4,933 | 40.36% | 1,255 | 10.27% | 42 | 0.34% | 1,061 | 8.67% | 12,224 |
| Montgomery | 2,324 | 48.66% | 2,076 | 43.47% | 370 | 7.75% | 6 | 0.13% | 248 | 5.19% | 4,776 |
| Neshoba | 6,135 | 61.09% | 3,090 | 30.77% | 794 | 7.91% | 23 | 0.23% | 3,045 | 30.32% | 10,042 |
| Newton | 5,128 | 65.69% | 2,146 | 27.49% | 494 | 6.33% | 38 | 0.49% | 2,982 | 38.20% | 7,806 |
| Noxubee | 1,623 | 32.22% | 3,188 | 63.29% | 203 | 4.03% | 23 | 0.46% | -1,565 | -31.07% | 5,037 |
| Oktibbeha | 6,381 | 48.50% | 5,726 | 43.52% | 984 | 7.48% | 65 | 0.49% | 655 | 4.98% | 13,156 |
| Panola | 4,644 | 40.52% | 6,066 | 52.93% | 729 | 6.36% | 21 | 0.18% | -1,422 | -12.41% | 11,460 |
| Pearl River | 7,726 | 52.21% | 4,683 | 31.65% | 2,352 | 15.90% | 36 | 0.24% | 3,043 | 20.56% | 14,797 |
| Perry | 2,538 | 56.39% | 1,490 | 33.10% | 462 | 10.26% | 11 | 0.24% | 1,048 | 23.29% | 4,501 |
| Pike | 6,005 | 43.90% | 6,279 | 45.90% | 1,380 | 10.09% | 15 | 0.11% | -274 | -2.00% | 13,679 |
| Pontotoc | 4,595 | 54.92% | 2,965 | 35.44% | 777 | 9.29% | 29 | 0.35% | 1,630 | 19.48% | 8,366 |
| Prentiss | 4,317 | 50.63% | 3,385 | 39.70% | 781 | 9.16% | 43 | 0.50% | 932 | 10.93% | 8,526 |
| Quitman | 1,451 | 35.45% | 2,422 | 59.17% | 210 | 5.13% | 10 | 0.24% | -971 | -23.72% | 4,093 |
| Rankin | 24,537 | 67.76% | 8,155 | 22.52% | 3,454 | 9.54% | 64 | 0.18% | 16,382 | 45.24% | 36,210 |
| Scott | 5,268 | 56.47% | 3,349 | 35.90% | 691 | 7.41% | 21 | 0.23% | 1,919 | 20.57% | 9,329 |
| Sharkey | 1,008 | 36.63% | 1,526 | 55.45% | 145 | 5.27% | 73 | 2.65% | -518 | -18.82% | 2,752 |
| Simpson | 5,358 | 57.45% | 3,213 | 34.45% | 726 | 7.78% | 29 | 0.31% | 2,145 | 23.00% | 9,326 |
| Smith | 4,106 | 60.49% | 1,968 | 28.99% | 680 | 10.02% | 34 | 0.50% | 2,138 | 31.50% | 6,788 |
| Stone | 2,295 | 54.53% | 1,447 | 34.38% | 447 | 10.62% | 20 | 0.48% | 848 | 20.15% | 4,209 |
| Sunflower | 3,726 | 39.68% | 5,050 | 53.77% | 600 | 6.39% | 15 | 0.16% | -1,324 | -14.09% | 9,391 |
| Tallahatchie | 2,213 | 40.11% | 2,902 | 52.59% | 380 | 6.89% | 23 | 0.42% | -689 | -12.48% | 5,518 |
| Tate | 4,196 | 50.13% | 3,519 | 42.04% | 634 | 7.57% | 22 | 0.26% | 677 | 8.09% | 8,371 |
| Tippah | 4,444 | 50.85% | 3,475 | 39.76% | 802 | 9.18% | 18 | 0.21% | 969 | 11.09% | 8,739 |
| Tishomingo | 3,393 | 42.03% | 3,910 | 48.44% | 751 | 9.30% | 18 | 0.22% | -517 | -6.41% | 8,072 |
| Tunica | 693 | 30.90% | 1,451 | 64.69% | 96 | 4.28% | 3 | 0.13% | -758 | -33.79% | 2,243 |
| Union | 5,173 | 53.10% | 3,714 | 38.12% | 816 | 8.38% | 39 | 0.40% | 1,459 | 14.98% | 9,742 |
| Walthall | 2,728 | 45.72% | 2,476 | 41.49% | 711 | 11.92% | 52 | 0.87% | 252 | 4.23% | 5,967 |
| Warren | 10,209 | 49.61% | 8,175 | 39.73% | 2,146 | 10.43% | 48 | 0.23% | 2,034 | 9.88% | 20,578 |
| Washington | 7,598 | 38.59% | 10,588 | 53.78% | 795 | 4.04% | 708 | 3.60% | -2,990 | -15.19% | 19,689 |
| Wayne | 3,874 | 49.78% | 3,064 | 39.37% | 824 | 10.59% | 21 | 0.27% | 810 | 10.41% | 7,783 |
| Webster | 2,791 | 55.95% | 1,746 | 35.00% | 444 | 8.90% | 7 | 0.14% | 1,045 | 20.95% | 4,988 |
| Wilkinson | 1,399 | 28.29% | 3,210 | 64.91% | 307 | 6.21% | 29 | 0.59% | -1,811 | -36.62% | 4,945 |
| Winston | 4,311 | 48.07% | 3,953 | 44.08% | 688 | 7.67% | 16 | 0.18% | 358 | 3.99% | 8,968 |
| Yalobusha | 2,179 | 41.52% | 2,617 | 49.87% | 438 | 8.35% | 14 | 0.27% | -438 | -8.35% | 5,248 |
| Yazoo | 5,113 | 47.58% | 4,880 | 45.42% | 669 | 6.23% | 83 | 0.77% | 233 | 2.16% | 10,745 |
| Totals | 487,793 | 49.68% | 400,258 | 40.77% | 85,626 | 8.72% | 8,116 | 0.83% | 87,535 | 8.91% | 981,793 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ "Molpus: Block voter ID". The Clarion-Ledger. March 3, 1992. p. 12. Archived from the original on July 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "1992 Mississippi Exit Poll Results". CNN. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
