1992 United States presidential election in Alabama

Main article: 1992 United States presidential election
1992 United States presidential election in Alabama
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Nominee George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Home state Texas Arkansas Texas
Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore James Stockdale
Electoral vote 9 0 0
Popular vote 804,283 690,080 183,109
Percentage 47.65% 40.88% 10.85%
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The 1992 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Alabama was won by President George H. W. Bush (R-TX). The presidential contest in Alabama was not a surprise, with Bush winning 47.65% to 40.88% over Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton (D), a margin of 6.77%. Despite the fact that Clinton was a Southern Democrat, Alabama remained a reliably Republican state. The last Democrat to carry Alabama was Jimmy Carter in 1976, who was also a Southern Democrat.[1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (I-TX) finished in third, with a disappointing 10.85%.[1]

Primary

The Alabama primary was regarded as unimportant as Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush had already won their party's nominations by the time it was held.[2]

General

Black Belt Macon County saw Perot receive his smallest vote share in the nation, and that same county also gave Bush his smallest vote share of any county.[3] By contrast, white suburban Shelby County saw Bush receive 67.97% of the vote, a Republican share exceeded in this three-way election only by the famous past and present bastions of Jackson County, Kentucky, Sioux County, Iowa, and the Texas Panhandle counties of Hansford and Ochiltree.[3]

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time a Democratic candidate won Lauderdale County, and the last time a Republican won Montgomery County.[4]

Bush's 47.65% of the popular vote was his third-highest vote share in the nation, after Mississippi and South Carolina.[5] Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Shelby won reelection in the concurrent U.S. Senate election.[6]

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Alabama[7]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 804,283 47.65% 9
Democratic Bill Clinton 690,080 40.88% 0
Independent Ross Perot 183,109 10.85% 0
Libertarian Andre Marrou 5,737 0.34% 0
New Alliance Party Lenora Fulani 2,161 0.13% 0
Socialist Workers Party James Warren 831 0.05% 0
Write-Ins 723 0.04% 0
Democrats for Economic Recovery Lyndon LaRouche 641 0.04% 0
Natural Law John Hagelin 495 0.03% 0
Totals 1,688,060 100.0% 9
Voter turnout 54.52% —

Results by county

County George H.W. Bush
Republican 		Bill Clinton
Democratic 		Ross Perot
Independent 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Autauga 8,715 55.92% 4,819 30.92% 1,916 12.29% 135 0.87% 3,896 25.00% 15,585
Baldwin 26,270 56.52% 12,195 26.24% 7,656 16.47% 355 0.76% 14,075 30.28% 46,476
Barbour 4,475 42.90% 4,836 46.36% 1,020 9.78% 100 0.96% -361 -3.46% 10,431
Bibb 3,124 46.49% 2,900 43.15% 686 10.21% 10 0.15% 224 3.34% 6,720
Blount 8,882 53.81% 5,433 32.92% 1,949 11.81% 241 1.46% 3,449 20.89% 16,505
Bullock 1,253 26.02% 3,259 67.67% 266 5.52% 38 0.79% -2,006 -41.65% 4,816
Butler 3,494 41.21% 4,021 47.43% 867 10.23% 96 1.13% -527 -6.22% 8,478
Calhoun 20,623 48.18% 16,453 38.44% 4,717 11.02% 1,007 2.35% 4,170 9.74% 42,800
Chambers 5,682 43.40% 5,938 45.36% 1,427 10.90% 44 0.34% -256 -1.96% 13,091
Cherokee 2,745 34.85% 4,222 53.61% 846 10.74% 63 0.80% -1,477 -18.76% 7,876
Chilton 8,126 56.17% 4,946 34.19% 1,363 9.42% 33 0.23% 3,180 21.98% 14,468
Choctaw 3,069 40.60% 3,941 52.13% 489 6.47% 61 0.81% -872 -11.53% 7,560
Clarke 5,495 46.90% 5,023 42.87% 872 7.44% 327 2.79% 472 4.03% 11,717
Clay 2,859 49.68% 2,073 36.02% 652 11.33% 171 2.97% 786 13.66% 5,755
Cleburne 2,425 46.31% 2,144 40.94% 630 12.03% 38 0.73% 281 5.37% 5,237
Coffee 7,591 48.87% 5,776 37.19% 2,021 13.01% 145 0.93% 1,815 11.68% 15,533
Colbert 8,073 35.98% 12,206 54.40% 2,098 9.35% 62 0.28% -4,133 -18.42% 22,439
Conecuh 2,463 39.05% 3,155 50.02% 552 8.75% 137 2.17% -692 -10.97% 6,307
Coosa 1,973 41.12% 2,330 48.56% 476 9.92% 19 0.40% -357 -7.44% 4,798
Covington 6,840 48.99% 5,004 35.84% 1,880 13.47% 238 1.70% 1,836 13.15% 13,962
Crenshaw 2,339 44.22% 2,404 45.44% 485 9.17% 62 1.17% -65 -1.22% 5,290
Cullman 14,411 49.62% 10,451 35.98% 4,113 14.16% 68 0.23% 3,960 13.64% 29,043
Dale 8,123 51.45% 5,098 32.29% 2,423 15.35% 143 0.91% 3,025 19.16% 15,787
Dallas 7,394 37.72% 11,053 56.38% 1,110 5.66% 47 0.24% -3,659 -18.66% 19,604
DeKalb 10,519 48.73% 8,245 38.20% 2,741 12.70% 80 0.37% 2,274 10.53% 21,585
Elmore 11,356 55.70% 6,223 30.52% 2,765 13.56% 44 0.22% 5,133 25.18% 20,388
Escambia 5,955 46.44% 4,809 37.50% 1,616 12.60% 444 3.46% 1,146 8.94% 12,824
Etowah 17,467 41.15% 20,558 48.43% 4,277 10.08% 149 0.35% -3,091 -7.28% 42,451
Fayette 3,604 42.55% 3,830 45.22% 1,012 11.95% 24 0.28% -226 -2.67% 8,470
Franklin 4,794 40.43% 5,953 50.20% 1,075 9.07% 36 0.30% -1,159 -9.77% 11,858
Geneva 4,843 49.08% 3,622 36.71% 1,323 13.41% 79 0.80% 1,221 12.37% 9,867
Greene 805 16.49% 3,865 79.18% 194 3.97% 17 0.35% -3,060 -62.69% 4,881
Hale 2,001 33.22% 3,481 57.80% 486 8.07% 55 0.91% -1,480 -24.58% 6,023
Henry 2,970 45.70% 2,804 43.15% 667 10.26% 58 0.89% 166 2.55% 6,499
Houston 17,360 58.33% 8,857 29.76% 3,492 11.73% 51 0.17% 8,503 28.57% 29,760
Jackson 5,711 30.19% 10,628 56.19% 2,462 13.02% 115 0.61% -4,917 -26.00% 18,916
Jefferson 149,832 50.13% 125,889 42.12% 22,191 7.42% 972 0.33% 23,943 8.01% 298,884
Lamar 3,262 47.29% 2,849 41.30% 763 11.06% 24 0.35% 413 5.99% 6,898
Lauderdale 13,728 40.67% 15,936 47.21% 4,009 11.88% 83 0.25% -2,208 -6.54% 33,756
Lawrence 3,576 30.86% 6,364 54.91% 1,624 14.01% 25 0.22% -2,788 -24.05% 11,589
Lee 16,885 47.58% 13,770 38.80% 4,572 12.88% 263 0.74% 3,115 8.78% 35,490
Limestone 9,862 45.66% 8,087 37.45% 3,584 16.59% 64 0.30% 1,775 8.21% 21,597
Lowndes 1,328 25.80% 3,500 67.99% 284 5.52% 36 0.70% -2,172 -42.19% 5,148
Macon 1,134 12.94% 7,253 82.78% 283 3.23% 92 1.05% -6,119 -69.84% 8,762
Madison 51,444 47.71% 38,974 36.14% 16,989 15.75% 427 0.40% 12,470 11.57% 107,834
Marengo 4,470 39.75% 5,632 50.09% 919 8.17% 223 1.98% -1,162 -10.34% 11,244
Marion 5,692 42.89% 6,167 46.47% 1,389 10.47% 22 0.17% -475 -3.58% 13,270
Marshall 12,249 45.85% 10,421 39.01% 3,795 14.20% 252 0.94% 1,828 6.84% 26,717
Mobile 72,935 50.72% 54,962 38.22% 15,105 10.51% 786 0.55% 17,973 12.50% 143,788
Monroe 4,919 50.48% 3,872 39.73% 759 7.79% 195 2.00% 1,047 10.75% 9,745
Montgomery 40,742 47.29% 37,342 43.34% 7,647 8.88% 421 0.49% 3,400 3.95% 86,152
Morgan 21,073 47.92% 15,091 34.31% 7,683 17.47% 131 0.30% 5,982 13.61% 43,978
Perry 1,829 31.46% 3,712 63.86% 213 3.66% 59 1.01% -1,883 -32.40% 5,813
Pickens 3,634 44.63% 3,783 46.46% 690 8.47% 35 0.43% -149 -1.83% 8,142
Pike 5,423 48.45% 4,688 41.88% 1,024 9.15% 58 0.52% 735 6.57% 11,193
Randolph 3,813 46.77% 3,318 40.70% 919 11.27% 102 1.25% 495 6.07% 8,152
Russell 5,587 35.61% 8,647 55.12% 1,360 8.67% 95 0.61% -3,060 -19.51% 15,689
St. Clair 12,447 57.56% 6,517 30.14% 2,614 12.09% 46 0.21% 5,930 27.42% 21,624
Shelby 32,736 67.97% 10,317 21.42% 5,022 10.43% 90 0.19% 22,419 46.55% 48,165
Sumter 1,807 25.72% 4,810 68.47% 388 5.52% 20 0.28% -3,003 -42.75% 7,025
Talladega 12,661 48.21% 10,695 40.72% 2,629 10.01% 279 1.06% 1,966 7.49% 26,264
Tallapoosa 8,140 52.67% 5,703 36.90% 1,562 10.11% 51 0.33% 2,437 15.77% 15,456
Tuscaloosa 27,454 47.27% 23,495 40.46% 7,011 12.07% 113 0.19% 3,959 6.81% 58,073
Walker 11,301 38.26% 14,831 50.22% 3,344 11.32% 58 0.20% -3,530 -11.96% 29,534
Washington 3,270 40.06% 4,046 49.57% 829 10.16% 17 0.21% -776 -9.51% 8,162
Wilcox 1,671 31.50% 3,439 64.84% 174 3.28% 20 0.38% -1,768 -33.34% 5,304
Winston 5,550 55.01% 3,415 33.85% 1,110 11.00% 14 0.14% 2,135 21.16% 10,089
Totals 804,283 47.65% 690,080 40.88% 183,109 10.85% 10,588 0.63% 114,203 6.77% 1,688,060

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
  2. ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 26.
  3. ^ a b Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1992 Presidential Election Statistics
  4. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  5. ^ "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 35.
  7. ^ "sos.state.al.us". Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.

Works cited

  • Steed, Robert; Moreland, Laurence; Baker, Tod, eds. (1994). The 1992 Presidential Election in the South: Current Patterns of Southern Party and Electoral Politics. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0275945340.