1992 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Democratic
[edit]U.S. Representative Mike Espy and former Governor William F. Winter co-chaired Bill Clinton's campaign in the state.[4]
U.S. Congress
- Mike Espy, member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi's 2nd congressional district (1987–1993)[4]
Statewide officials
- Marshall Bennett, 51st Mississippi State Treasurer (1988–2003)[4]
- Dick Molpus, 33rd Secretary of State of Mississippi (1984–1996)[4]
- Mike Moore, 38th Attorney General of Mississippi (1988–2004)[4]
- Steve Patterson, 39th State Auditor of Mississippi (1992–1996)[4]
- William F. Winter, 58th Governor of Mississippi (1980–1984)[4]
State legislature
- Tim Ford, 59th Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1988–2004)[4]
Republican
[edit]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
[edit]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[update], 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "1992 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
- ^ a b Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 67.
- ^ Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 96.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 68.
- ^ "Molpus: Block voter ID". The Clarion-Ledger. March 3, 1992. p. 12. Archived from the original on July 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 69.
- ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 73.
- ^ "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 75.
- ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 78.
- ^ "1992 Mississippi Exit Poll Results". CNN. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
Works cited
[edit]- Moreland, Laurence; Steed, Robert; Baker, Tod, eds. (1991). The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0275931455.
- 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.
