1992 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1992 United States presidential election in Alabama

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Nominee George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot Party Republican Democratic Independent Home state Texas Arkansas Texas Running mate Dan Quayle Al Gore James Stockdale Electoral vote 9 0 0 Popular vote 804,283 690,080 183,109 Percentage 47.65% 40.88% 10.85%

County Results Bush   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Clinton   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

President before election George H. W. Bush Republican Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

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.

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

The 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

Black 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

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

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

• Barbour
• Butler
• Chambers
• Choctaw
• Conecuh
• Coosa
• Crenshaw
• Etowah
• Fayette
• Franklin
• Lauderdale
• Marion
• Pickens
• Washington

By congressional district

Bush won six of seven congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat. ^[8]

District	Bush	Clinton	Representative
1st	52%	37%	Sonny Callahan
2nd	53%	35%	Terry Everett
3rd	48%	42%	Glen Browder
4th	45%	44%	Tom Bevill
5th	44%	41%	Bud Cramer
6th	64%	27%	Spencer Bachus
7th	27%	67%	Earl Hilliard

See also

• United States presidential elections in Alabama

References

1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
2. Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 26.
3. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1992 Presidential Election Statistics
4. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
5. "1992 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
6. Steed, Moreland & Baker 1994, p. 35.
7. "sos.state.al.us". Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
8. 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Alabama US Election Atlas

Works cited

• 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.