The 1992 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Alabama was won by President George H. W. Bush (R-TX). The presidential contest in Alabama was not a surprise, with Bush winning 47.65% to 40.88% over Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton (D), a margin of 6.77%. Despite the fact that Clinton was a Southern Democrat, Alabama remained a reliably Republican state. The last Democrat to carry Alabama was Jimmy Carter in 1976, who was also a Southern Democrat.[1] Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (I-TX) finished in third, with a disappointing 10.85%.[1]
Primary
editThe Alabama primary was regarded as unimportant as Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush had already won their party's nominations by the time it was held.[2]
General
editBlack Belt Macon County saw Perot receive his smallest vote share in the nation, and that same county also gave Bush his smallest vote share of any county.[3] By contrast, white suburban Shelby County saw Bush receive 67.97% of the vote, a Republican share exceeded in this three-way election only by the famous past and present bastions of Jackson County, Kentucky, Sioux County, Iowa, and the Texas Panhandle counties of Hansford and Ochiltree.[3]
As of the 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last time a Democratic candidate won Lauderdale County, and the last time a Republican won Montgomery County.[4]
Bush's 47.65% of the popular vote was his third-highest vote share in the nation, after Mississippi and South Carolina.[5] Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Shelby won reelection in the concurrent U.S. Senate election.[6]
Results
edit| 1992 United States presidential election in Alabama[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush (incumbent) | 804,283 | 47.65% | 9 | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 690,080 | 40.88% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ross Perot | 183,109 | 10.85% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Andre Marrou | 5,737 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Lenora Fulani | 2,161 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers Party | James Warren | 831 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Write-Ins | 723 | 0.04% | 0 | ||
| Democrats for Economic Recovery | Lyndon LaRouche | 641 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | 495 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,688,060 | 100.0% | 9 | ||
| Voter turnout | 54.52% | — | |||
Results by county
edit| County | George H.W. Bush Republican |
Bill Clinton Democratic |
Ross Perot Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Autauga | 8,715 | 55.92% | 4,819 | 30.92% | 1,916 | 12.29% | 135 | 0.87% | 3,896 | 25.00% | 15,585 |
| Baldwin | 26,270 | 56.52% | 12,195 | 26.24% | 7,656 | 16.47% | 355 | 0.76% | 14,075 | 30.28% | 46,476 |
| Barbour | 4,475 | 42.90% | 4,836 | 46.36% | 1,020 | 9.78% | 100 | 0.96% | -361 | -3.46% | 10,431 |
| Bibb | 3,124 | 46.49% | 2,900 | 43.15% | 686 | 10.21% | 10 | 0.15% | 224 | 3.34% | 6,720 |
| Blount | 8,882 | 53.81% | 5,433 | 32.92% | 1,949 | 11.81% | 241 | 1.46% | 3,449 | 20.89% | 16,505 |
| Bullock | 1,253 | 26.02% | 3,259 | 67.67% | 266 | 5.52% | 38 | 0.79% | -2,006 | -41.65% | 4,816 |
| Butler | 3,494 | 41.21% | 4,021 | 47.43% | 867 | 10.23% | 96 | 1.13% | -527 | -6.22% | 8,478 |
| Calhoun | 20,623 | 48.18% | 16,453 | 38.44% | 4,717 | 11.02% | 1,007 | 2.35% | 4,170 | 9.74% | 42,800 |
| Chambers | 5,682 | 43.40% | 5,938 | 45.36% | 1,427 | 10.90% | 44 | 0.34% | -256 | -1.96% | 13,091 |
| Cherokee | 2,745 | 34.85% | 4,222 | 53.61% | 846 | 10.74% | 63 | 0.80% | -1,477 | -18.76% | 7,876 |
| Chilton | 8,126 | 56.17% | 4,946 | 34.19% | 1,363 | 9.42% | 33 | 0.23% | 3,180 | 21.98% | 14,468 |
| Choctaw | 3,069 | 40.60% | 3,941 | 52.13% | 489 | 6.47% | 61 | 0.81% | -872 | -11.53% | 7,560 |
| Clarke | 5,495 | 46.90% | 5,023 | 42.87% | 872 | 7.44% | 327 | 2.79% | 472 | 4.03% | 11,717 |
| Clay | 2,859 | 49.68% | 2,073 | 36.02% | 652 | 11.33% | 171 | 2.97% | 786 | 13.66% | 5,755 |
| Cleburne | 2,425 | 46.31% | 2,144 | 40.94% | 630 | 12.03% | 38 | 0.73% | 281 | 5.37% | 5,237 |
| Coffee | 7,591 | 48.87% | 5,776 | 37.19% | 2,021 | 13.01% | 145 | 0.93% | 1,815 | 11.68% | 15,533 |
| Colbert | 8,073 | 35.98% | 12,206 | 54.40% | 2,098 | 9.35% | 62 | 0.28% | -4,133 | -18.42% | 22,439 |
| Conecuh | 2,463 | 39.05% | 3,155 | 50.02% | 552 | 8.75% | 137 | 2.17% | -692 | -10.97% | 6,307 |
| Coosa | 1,973 | 41.12% | 2,330 | 48.56% | 476 | 9.92% | 19 | 0.40% | -357 | -7.44% | 4,798 |
| Covington | 6,840 | 48.99% | 5,004 | 35.84% | 1,880 | 13.47% | 238 | 1.70% | 1,836 | 13.15% | 13,962 |
| Crenshaw | 2,339 | 44.22% | 2,404 | 45.44% | 485 | 9.17% | 62 | 1.17% | -65 | -1.22% | 5,290 |
| Cullman | 14,411 | 49.62% | 10,451 | 35.98% | 4,113 | 14.16% | 68 | 0.23% | 3,960 | 13.64% | 29,043 |
| Dale | 8,123 | 51.45% | 5,098 | 32.29% | 2,423 | 15.35% | 143 | 0.91% | 3,025 | 19.16% | 15,787 |
| Dallas | 7,394 | 37.72% | 11,053 | 56.38% | 1,110 | 5.66% | 47 | 0.24% | -3,659 | -18.66% | 19,604 |
| DeKalb | 10,519 | 48.73% | 8,245 | 38.20% | 2,741 | 12.70% | 80 | 0.37% | 2,274 | 10.53% | 21,585 |
| Elmore | 11,356 | 55.70% | 6,223 | 30.52% | 2,765 | 13.56% | 44 | 0.22% | 5,133 | 25.18% | 20,388 |
| Escambia | 5,955 | 46.44% | 4,809 | 37.50% | 1,616 | 12.60% | 444 | 3.46% | 1,146 | 8.94% | 12,824 |
| Etowah | 17,467 | 41.15% | 20,558 | 48.43% | 4,277 | 10.08% | 149 | 0.35% | -3,091 | -7.28% | 42,451 |
| Fayette | 3,604 | 42.55% | 3,830 | 45.22% | 1,012 | 11.95% | 24 | 0.28% | -226 | -2.67% | 8,470 |
| Franklin | 4,794 | 40.43% | 5,953 | 50.20% | 1,075 | 9.07% | 36 | 0.30% | -1,159 | -9.77% | 11,858 |
| Geneva | 4,843 | 49.08% | 3,622 | 36.71% | 1,323 | 13.41% | 79 | 0.80% | 1,221 | 12.37% | 9,867 |
| Greene | 805 | 16.49% | 3,865 | 79.18% | 194 | 3.97% | 17 | 0.35% | -3,060 | -62.69% | 4,881 |
| Hale | 2,001 | 33.22% | 3,481 | 57.80% | 486 | 8.07% | 55 | 0.91% | -1,480 | -24.58% | 6,023 |
| Henry | 2,970 | 45.70% | 2,804 | 43.15% | 667 | 10.26% | 58 | 0.89% | 166 | 2.55% | 6,499 |
| Houston | 17,360 | 58.33% | 8,857 | 29.76% | 3,492 | 11.73% | 51 | 0.17% | 8,503 | 28.57% | 29,760 |
| Jackson | 5,711 | 30.19% | 10,628 | 56.19% | 2,462 | 13.02% | 115 | 0.61% | -4,917 | -26.00% | 18,916 |
| Jefferson | 149,832 | 50.13% | 125,889 | 42.12% | 22,191 | 7.42% | 972 | 0.33% | 23,943 | 8.01% | 298,884 |
| Lamar | 3,262 | 47.29% | 2,849 | 41.30% | 763 | 11.06% | 24 | 0.35% | 413 | 5.99% | 6,898 |
| Lauderdale | 13,728 | 40.67% | 15,936 | 47.21% | 4,009 | 11.88% | 83 | 0.25% | -2,208 | -6.54% | 33,756 |
| Lawrence | 3,576 | 30.86% | 6,364 | 54.91% | 1,624 | 14.01% | 25 | 0.22% | -2,788 | -24.05% | 11,589 |
| Lee | 16,885 | 47.58% | 13,770 | 38.80% | 4,572 | 12.88% | 263 | 0.74% | 3,115 | 8.78% | 35,490 |
| Limestone | 9,862 | 45.66% | 8,087 | 37.45% | 3,584 | 16.59% | 64 | 0.30% | 1,775 | 8.21% | 21,597 |
| Lowndes | 1,328 | 25.80% | 3,500 | 67.99% | 284 | 5.52% | 36 | 0.70% | -2,172 | -42.19% | 5,148 |
| Macon | 1,134 | 12.94% | 7,253 | 82.78% | 283 | 3.23% | 92 | 1.05% | -6,119 | -69.84% | 8,762 |
| Madison | 51,444 | 47.71% | 38,974 | 36.14% | 16,989 | 15.75% | 427 | 0.40% | 12,470 | 11.57% | 107,834 |
| Marengo | 4,470 | 39.75% | 5,632 | 50.09% | 919 | 8.17% | 223 | 1.98% | -1,162 | -10.34% | 11,244 |
| Marion | 5,692 | 42.89% | 6,167 | 46.47% | 1,389 | 10.47% | 22 | 0.17% | -475 | -3.58% | 13,270 |
| Marshall | 12,249 | 45.85% | 10,421 | 39.01% | 3,795 | 14.20% | 252 | 0.94% | 1,828 | 6.84% | 26,717 |
| Mobile | 72,935 | 50.72% | 54,962 | 38.22% | 15,105 | 10.51% | 786 | 0.55% | 17,973 | 12.50% | 143,788 |
| Monroe | 4,919 | 50.48% | 3,872 | 39.73% | 759 | 7.79% | 195 | 2.00% | 1,047 | 10.75% | 9,745 |
| Montgomery | 40,742 | 47.29% | 37,342 | 43.34% | 7,647 | 8.88% | 421 | 0.49% | 3,400 | 3.95% | 86,152 |
| Morgan | 21,073 | 47.92% | 15,091 | 34.31% | 7,683 | 17.47% | 131 | 0.30% | 5,982 | 13.61% | 43,978 |
| Perry | 1,829 | 31.46% | 3,712 | 63.86% | 213 | 3.66% | 59 | 1.01% | -1,883 | -32.40% | 5,813 |
| Pickens | 3,634 | 44.63% | 3,783 | 46.46% | 690 | 8.47% | 35 | 0.43% | -149 | -1.83% | 8,142 |
| Pike | 5,423 | 48.45% | 4,688 | 41.88% | 1,024 | 9.15% | 58 | 0.52% | 735 | 6.57% | 11,193 |
| Randolph | 3,813 | 46.77% | 3,318 | 40.70% | 919 | 11.27% | 102 | 1.25% | 495 | 6.07% | 8,152 |
| Russell | 5,587 | 35.61% | 8,647 | 55.12% | 1,360 | 8.67% | 95 | 0.61% | -3,060 | -19.51% | 15,689 |
| St. Clair | 12,447 | 57.56% | 6,517 | 30.14% | 2,614 | 12.09% | 46 | 0.21% | 5,930 | 27.42% | 21,624 |
| Shelby | 32,736 | 67.97% | 10,317 | 21.42% | 5,022 | 10.43% | 90 | 0.19% | 22,419 | 46.55% | 48,165 |
| Sumter | 1,807 | 25.72% | 4,810 | 68.47% | 388 | 5.52% | 20 | 0.28% | -3,003 | -42.75% | 7,025 |
| Talladega | 12,661 | 48.21% | 10,695 | 40.72% | 2,629 | 10.01% | 279 | 1.06% | 1,966 | 7.49% | 26,264 |
| Tallapoosa | 8,140 | 52.67% | 5,703 | 36.90% | 1,562 | 10.11% | 51 | 0.33% | 2,437 | 15.77% | 15,456 |
| Tuscaloosa | 27,454 | 47.27% | 23,495 | 40.46% | 7,011 | 12.07% | 113 | 0.19% | 3,959 | 6.81% | 58,073 |
| Walker | 11,301 | 38.26% | 14,831 | 50.22% | 3,344 | 11.32% | 58 | 0.20% | -3,530 | -11.96% | 29,534 |
| Washington | 3,270 | 40.06% | 4,046 | 49.57% | 829 | 10.16% | 17 | 0.21% | -776 | -9.51% | 8,162 |
| Wilcox | 1,671 | 31.50% | 3,439 | 64.84% | 174 | 3.28% | 20 | 0.38% | -1,768 | -33.34% | 5,304 |
| Winston | 5,550 | 55.01% | 3,415 | 33.85% | 1,110 | 11.00% | 14 | 0.14% | 2,135 | 21.16% | 10,089 |
| Totals | 804,283 | 47.65% | 690,080 | 40.88% | 183,109 | 10.85% | 10,588 | 0.63% | 114,203 | 6.77% | 1,688,060 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
- ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 26.
- ^ a b Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1992 Presidential Election Statistics
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 35.
- ^ "sos.state.al.us". Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
Works cited
edit- 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.