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 United States Electoral College, Electoral College, who voted for President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president.
United States presidential elections in Mississippi, Mississippi was won by incumbent President George H. W. Bush (Republican Party (United States), R-Texas) with 49.68% of the popular vote over List of governors of Arkansas, Governor Bill Clinton (Democratic Party (United States), D-Arkansas) with 40.77%. Businessman Ross Perot (Independent politician, 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.
Despite the fact that Clinton was a Southern Democrat, the state remained reliably Republican as the party held two senate seats. 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.) It was Ross Perot's weakest state, and the only one where he failed to win more than 10% of the vote. He only did worse in the 1992 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, District of Columbia. , this is the last election in which Hinds County, Mississippi, Hinds County voted for a Republican presidential candidate and the last election in which Tishomingo County, Mississippi, 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
Results
Results by county
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
* Adams County, Mississippi, Adams
* Alcorn County, Mississippi, Alcorn
* Amite County, Mississippi, Amite
* Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Chickasaw
* Jasper County, Mississippi, Jasper
* Kemper County, Mississippi, Kemper
* Leflore County, Mississippi, Leflore
* Panola County, Mississippi, Panola
* Pike County, Mississippi, Pike
* Tishomingo County, Mississippi, Tishomingo
* Washington County, Mississippi, Washington
* Yalobusha County, Mississippi, Yalobusha
References
{{United States elections, 1992
1992 United States presidential election by state, Mississippi
United States presidential elections in Mississippi, 1992
1992 Mississippi elections