1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi

Main article: 1992 United States presidential election
1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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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 7 0 0
Popular vote 487,793 400,258 85,626
Percentage 49.68% 40.77% 8.72%
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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]

Background

The Republican presidential nominee won Mississippi in the 1980, 1984, and 1988 presidential elections.[2] Trent Lott's victory in the 1988 U.S. Senate election resulted in Mississippi having two Republican senators for the first time since Reconstruction.[3] Kirk Fordice's election to governor in 1991 made him the first Republican to hold that office since Reconstruction.[2]

Primary

Democratic

U.S. Representative Mike Espy and former Governor William F. Winter co-chaired Bill Clinton's campaign in the state.[4]

Bill Clinton

U.S. Congress

Statewide officials

State legislature

Republican

The Mississippi Republican Party's executive committee voted to use a winner-take-all method for its primary, which benefited Bush.[5] 45% of Mississippians who voted in a presidential primary did so in the Republican primary. This was an increase from 31% in 1988.[4]

General

Lisa Walker was the director of Clinton's campaign in the state[6] and James Smith was the chief of Ross Perot's campaign.[7]

Despite the fact that Clinton was from neighboring Arkansas, the state remained reliably Republican as the party had recently gained a seat in 1988 elections 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.[8] (However, it was only his sixth-best state in margin of victory.) As of the 2024 presidential election, 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.[9]

Clinton placed first in 30 counties, 12 more than Michael Dukakis had, and in 21 of the state's 24 majority black counties. Mississippi was Perot's second-worst performance, only ahead of the District of Columbia.[10] The Democrats retained all five U.S. House seats in those concurrent elections.[11]

67% of white voters supported Bush, while 22% supported Clinton. 11% supported Perot.[12]

Results

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 67.
  3. ^ Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 96.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 68.
  5. ^ "Molpus: Block voter ID". The Clarion-Ledger. March 3, 1992. p. 12. Archived from the original on July 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 69.
  7. ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 73.
  8. ^ "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  9. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  10. ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 75.
  11. ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 78.
  12. ^ "1992 Mississippi Exit Poll Results". CNN. Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

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