1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi

none June 2025 September 2023 1992 United States presidential election 1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg presidential no 1988 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1988 1996 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1996 November 3, 1992 1894 x160px George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 7 487,793 49.68% Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Arkansas Al Gore 0 400,258 40.77% RossPerotColor.jpg Ross Perot Independent Texas James Stockdale 0 85,626 8.72% 190px 190px County results Bush #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Clinton #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% President George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) 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%, making this state Bush's strongest in terms of vote percentage during this election. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 8.72% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both incumbent President Bush and Perot.1992 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1992&fips=28&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 8 June 2012 Background The Republican presidential nominee won Mississippi in the 1980, 1984, and 1988 presidential elections.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 67 Trent Lott's victory in the 1988 U.S. Senate election resulted in Mississippi having two Republican senators for the first time since Reconstruction.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 96 Kirk Fordice's election to governor in 1991 made him the first Republican to hold that office since Reconstruction.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 67 Primary Democratic U.S. Representative Mike Espy and former Governor William F. Winter co-chaired Bill Clinton's campaign in the state.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 68 Bill Clinton 60em U.S. Congress Mike Espy, member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi's 2nd congressional district (1987–1993)Steed Moreland Baker 1994 68 Statewide officials Marshall Bennett, 51st Mississippi State Treasurer (1988–2003)Steed Moreland Baker 1994 68 Dick Molpus, 33rd Secretary of State of Mississippi (1984–1996)Steed Moreland Baker 1994 68 Mike Moore, 38th Attorney General of Mississippi (1988–2004)Steed Moreland Baker 1994 68 Steve Patterson, 39th State Auditor of Mississippi (1992–1996)Steed Moreland Baker 1994 68 William F. Winter, 58th Governor of Mississippi (1980–1984)Steed Moreland Baker 1994 68 State legislature Tim Ford, 59th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1988–2004)Steed Moreland Baker 1994 68 Republican The Mississippi Republican Party's executive committee voted to use a winner-take-all method for its primary, which benefited Bush.March 3, 1992 Molpus: Block voter ID 12 The Clarion-Ledger https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-clarksdale-press-register/104175544/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240724024333/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-clarksdale-press-register/104175544/ July 24, 2024 Newspapers.com 45% of Mississippians who voted in a presidential primary did so in the Republican primary. This was an increase from 31% in 1988.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 68 General Lisa Walker was the director of Clinton's campaign in the stateSteed Moreland Baker 1994 69 and James Smith was the chief of Ross Perot's campaign.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 73 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.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1992&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1992 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 (However, it was only his sixth-best state in margin of victory.) 2020 11 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.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 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.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 75 The Democrats retained all five U.S. House seats in those concurrent elections.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 78 67% of white voters supported Bush, while 22% supported Clinton. 11% supported Perot.1992 Mississippi Exit Poll Results CNN December 13, 2023 https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/MS/polls/MS92PH.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110128204306/edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/MS/polls/MS92PH.html January 28, 2011 dead Results 1992 United States presidential election in MississippiPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral 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. BushRepublican Bill ClintonDemocratic Ross PerotIndependent Various candidatesOther 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% 10,745Totals487,79349.68%400,25840.77%85,6268.72%8,1160.83%87,5358.91%981,793 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Adams Alcorn Amite Chickasaw Jasper Kemper Leflore Panola Pike Tishomingo Washington Yalobusha References Works cited Moreland Laurence Steed Robert Baker Tod The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics Praeger Publishers 1991 https://archive.org/details/1988presidential0000unse 0275931455 Steed Robert Moreland Laurence Baker Tod The 1992 Presidential Election in the South: Current Patterns of Southern Party and Electoral Politics Praeger Publishers 1994 0275945340 Mississippi 1992 Category:1992 Mississippi elections