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1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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Field	Value
election_name	1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi
country	Mississippi
flag_image	Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1988 United States presidential election in Mississippi
previous_year	1988
next_election	1996 United States presidential election in Mississippi
next_year	1996
election_date	November 3, 1992
flag_year	1894
image_size	x160px
image1	George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg
nominee1	George H. W. Bush
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Texas
running_mate1	Dan Quayle
electoral_vote1	7
popular_vote1	487,793
percentage1	49.68%
image2	Bill Clinton.jpg
nominee2	Bill Clinton
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Arkansas
running_mate2	Al Gore
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	400,258
percentage2	40.77%
image3	RossPerotColor.jpg
nominee3	Ross Perot
party3	Independent
home_state3	Texas
running_mate3	James Stockdale
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	85,626
percentage3	8.72%
map_image	190px
map_size	190px
map_caption	County results
title	President
before_election	George H. W. Bush
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Bill Clinton
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1992 United States presidential election

Bush Clinton

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.

Background

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

Primary

Democratic

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

U.S. Congress

Mike Espy, member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi's 2nd congressional district (1987–1993)

Statewide officials

Marshall Bennett, 51st Mississippi State Treasurer (1988–2003)
Dick Molpus, 33rd Secretary of State of Mississippi (1984–1996)
Mike Moore, 38th Attorney General of Mississippi (1988–2004)
Steve Patterson, 39th State Auditor of Mississippi (1992–1996)
William F. Winter, 58th Governor of Mississippi (1980–1984)

State legislature

Tim Ford, 59th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1988–2004)

Republican

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

General

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

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. (However, it was only his sixth-best state in margin of victory.) , 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.

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. The Democrats retained all five U.S. House seats in those concurrent elections.

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

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
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	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	487,793	49.68%	400,258	40.77%	85,626	8.72%	8,116	0.83%	87,535	8.91%	981,793
	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

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Adams
Alcorn
Amite
Chickasaw
Jasper
Kemper
Leflore
Panola
Pike
Tishomingo
Washington
Yalobusha

References

Works cited

References

"1992 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
(March 3, 1992). "Molpus: Block voter ID". [[The Clarion-Ledger]].
"1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘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.

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