1992 United States presidential election in South Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1992 United States presidential election 1992 United States presidential election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1988 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1988 1996 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1996 November 3, 1992 x160px George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dan Quayle 8 577,507 48.02% Bill Clinton.jpg Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) Arkansas Al Gore 0 479,514 39.88% File:RossPerotColor.jpg Ross Perot Independent Texas James Stockdale 0 138,872 11.55% 1 300px County results 300px Congressional district results Bush #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Clinton #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) The 1992 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. South Carolina was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 48.02% of the popular vote over Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 39.88%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 11.55% of the popular vote. Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both incumbent President Bush and Perot.1992 Presidential General Election Results http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1992 U.S. Election Atlas 9 June 2012 This election was an example of South Carolina's transformation from one of the strongest Democratic states in the country to a reliably Republican one. South Carolina had voted for the Democratic nominee in every election from 1880 (the first election after Reconstruction) through 1944, always by wide margins and usually giving the Democrat over 90% of the vote.Presidential General Election Results Comparison – South Carolina Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=1992&fips=45&f=1&off=0&elect=0&type=state After it voted for Strom Thurmond in 1948, it returned to the Democratic fold to vote for Adlai Stevenson twice and for Kennedy in 1960, albeit narrowly. Background With the exception of Jimmy Carter in the 1976 election South Carolina had not supported the Democratic presidential nominee since the 1960 presidential election.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 119 Republicans accounted for around 75% of registered voters in the 1980s. Republican Governor Carroll A. Campbell Jr. won reelection in the 1990 election.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 83-85 Primary Tom Harkin withdrew after the South Carolina primary.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 13 General At the time of the election, Clinton was only the fifth Democrat to win without carrying South Carolina, after Andrew Jackson, Martin van Buren, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson. 2020 11 As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Edgefield 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 This is the first election in which any South Carolina county cast more than one hundred thousand votes, namely Greenville and Richland. 44.4% of the voting age population participated in the election, an increase from 38.9% in 1988, which was the second-lowest in the nation only ahead of Hawaii.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 88 With 48.02% of the popular vote, South Carolina would prove to be Bush's second strongest state in the 1992 election after Mississippi.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 South Carolina was the best state for Howard Phillips in terms of his percentage of the total vote.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 91 60% of white voters supported Bush, 26% supported Clinton, and 14% supported Perot. 91% of black voters supported Clinton, 7% supported Bush, and 1% supported Perot. 44% of male voters supported Bush, 40% supported Clinton, and 16% supported Perot. Bush, contrary to national trends where Clinton did better among women, received the support of 52% of female voters while Clinton received 40% and Perot received 8%.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 91-92 The Republicans gained six seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives and four seats in the South Carolina Senate. The Republicans gained one seat in the state's U.S. House delegation. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings won reelection in a concurrent election.Steed Moreland Baker 1994 94-95 Results United States presidential election in South Carolina, 19921992 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1992&fips=45&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 9 June 2012PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 577,507 48.02% 8 Democratic Bill Clinton 479,514 39.88% 0 Independent Ross Perot 138,872 11.55% 0 Libertarian Andre Marrou 2,719 0.23% 0 U.S. Taxpayers' Howard Phillips 2,680 0.22% 0 New Alliance Lenora Fulani 1,235 0.10% 0 Totals 1,202,527 100.00% 8 Results by county County George H.W. BushRepublican Bill ClintonDemocratic Ross PerotIndependent Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Abbeville 3,317 39.76% 3,968 47.56% 1,036 12.42% 22 0.26% -651 -7.80% 8,343 Aiken 25,731 55.01% 14,802 31.64% 6,056 12.95% 189 0.40% 10,929 23.37% 46,778 Allendale 1,049 30.36% 2,159 62.49% 212 6.14% 35 1.01% -1,110 -32.13% 3,455 Anderson 24,793 51.68% 16,072 33.50% 6,966 14.52% 140 0.29% 8,721 18.18% 47,971 Bamberg 1,906 33.28% 3,426 59.82% 360 6.29% 35 0.61% -1,520 -26.54% 5,727 Barnwell 4,026 49.24% 3,344 40.90% 752 9.20% 55 0.67% 682 8.34% 8,177 Beaufort 14,735 47.10% 11,466 36.65% 4,966 15.87% 120 0.38% 3,269 10.45% 31,287 Berkeley 18,048 50.87% 12,533 35.33% 4,632 13.06% 266 0.75% 5,515 15.54% 35,479 Calhoun 2,418 41.85% 2,770 47.94% 564 9.76% 26 0.45% -352 -6.09% 5,778 Charleston 47,403 48.00% 40,095 40.60% 10,354 10.49% 897 0.91% 7,308 7.40% 98,749 Cherokee 6,887 47.31% 5,453 37.46% 2,186 15.02% 31 0.21% 1,434 9.85% 14,557 Chester 3,451 33.54% 5,458 53.05% 1,350 13.12% 29 0.28% -2,007 -19.51% 10,288 Chesterfield 4,183 37.31% 5,691 50.76% 1,315 11.73% 23 0.21% -1,508 -13.45% 11,212 Clarendon 4,147 37.89% 6,033 55.12% 744 6.80% 21 0.19% -1,886 -17.23% 10,945 Colleton 4,545 40.17% 5,455 48.21% 1,245 11.00% 69 0.61% -910 -8.04% 11,314 Darlington 8,912 44.00% 9,090 44.88% 1,863 9.20% 388 1.92% -178 -0.88% 20,253 Dillon 3,575 38.07% 4,953 52.75% 831 8.85% 31 0.33% -1,378 -14.68% 9,390 Dorchester 15,004 53.53% 9,160 32.68% 3,648 13.02% 217 0.77% 5,844 20.85% 28,029 Edgefield 3,339 45.15% 3,433 46.42% 596 8.06% 28 0.38% -94 -1.27% 7,396 Fairfield 2,518 31.12% 4,867 60.15% 652 8.06% 54 0.67% -2,349 -29.03% 8,091 Florence 19,802 50.77% 15,569 39.92% 3,499 8.97% 133 0.34% 4,233 10.85% 39,003 Georgetown 6,870 42.22% 7,494 46.05% 1,840 11.31% 68 0.42% -624 -3.83% 16,272 Greenville 65,066 57.12% 34,651 30.42% 13,699 12.03% 491 0.43% 30,415 26.70% 113,907 Greenwood 9,079 47.98% 7,621 40.27% 2,101 11.10% 122 0.64% 1,458 7.71% 18,923 Hampton 2,402 32.63% 4,332 58.85% 564 7.66% 63 0.86% -1,930 -26.22% 7,361 Horry 23,489 45.87% 18,896 36.90% 8,472 16.55% 347 0.68% 4,593 8.97% 51,204 Jasper 1,725 29.93% 3,453 59.92% 549 9.53% 36 0.62% -1,728 -29.99% 5,763 Kershaw 8,499 49.12% 6,585 38.06% 2,150 12.43% 67 0.39% 1,914 11.06% 17,301 Lancaster 7,757 41.58% 8,307 44.53% 2,563 13.74% 28 0.15% -550 -2.95% 18,655 Laurens 8,347 48.53% 6,638 38.59% 2,157 12.54% 58 0.34% 1,709 9.94% 17,200 Lee 2,730 34.90% 4,454 56.94% 611 7.81% 27 0.35% -1,724 -22.04% 7,822 Lexington 41,759 60.50% 18,312 26.53% 8,652 12.54% 299 0.43% 23,447 33.97% 69,022 McCormick 899 29.46% 1,846 60.48% 295 9.67% 12 0.39% -947 -31.02% 3,052 Marion 3,647 35.15% 5,843 56.31% 822 7.92% 64 0.62% -2,196 -21.16% 10,376 Marlboro 2,526 29.47% 5,111 59.64% 895 10.44% 38 0.44% -2,585 -30.17% 8,570 Newberry 5,980 48.50% 4,896 39.71% 1,393 11.30% 60 0.49% 1,084 8.79% 12,329 Oconee 10,379 50.68% 6,617 32.31% 3,405 16.63% 78 0.38% 3,762 18.37% 20,479 Orangeburg 11,328 35.14% 18,440 57.21% 2,383 7.39% 83 0.26% -7,112 -22.07% 32,234 Pickens 17,008 57.67% 8,275 28.06% 4,128 14.00% 83 0.28% 8,733 29.61% 29,494 Richland 43,744 41.17% 53,648 50.49% 7,918 7.45% 940 0.88% -9,904 -9.32% 106,250 Saluda 2,968 47.80% 2,393 38.54% 833 13.42% 15 0.24% 575 9.26% 6,209 Spartanburg 37,707 51.91% 25,488 35.09% 8,900 12.25% 540 0.74% 12,219 16.82% 72,635 Sumter 12,576 47.29% 11,852 44.56% 2,062 7.75% 106 0.40% 724 2.73% 26,596 Union 4,647 43.51% 4,644 43.48% 1,371 12.84% 18 0.17% 3 0.03% 10,680 Williamsburg 5,289 37.05% 8,077 56.57% 864 6.05% 47 0.33% -2,788 -19.52% 14,277 York 21,297 48.74% 15,844 36.26% 6,418 14.69% 135 0.31% 5,453 12.48% 43,694Totals577,50748.02%479,51439.88%138,87211.55%6,6340.55%97,9938.14%1,202,527 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Abbeville Calhoun Chester Chesterfield Colleton Darlington Dillon Edgefield Georgetown Lancaster Richland Results by congressional district Bush won 5 of South Carolina's 6 congressional districts, including two districts held by Democrats. District Bush Clinton RepresentativeSouth Carolina 1 1st 53% 33%Arthur Ravenel, Jr.South Carolina 2 2nd 52% 36%Floyd SpenceSouth Carolina 3 3rd 51% 35%Butler DerrickSouth Carolina 4 4th 54% 33%Bob InglisSouth Carolina 5 5th 45% 42%John SprattSouth Carolina 6 6th 31% 62%Jim Clyburn 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 South Carolina 1992 Category:1992 South Carolina elections