1992 United States presidential election in Georgia explained

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Election Name:1992 United States presidential election in Georgia
Country:Georgia (U.S. state)
Flag Year:1956
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1988 United States presidential election in Georgia
Previous Year:1988
Next Election:1996 United States presidential election in Georgia
Next Year:1996
Election Date:November 3, 1992
Image1:Bill Clinton.jpg
Nominee1:Bill Clinton
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:Arkansas
Running Mate1:Al Gore
Electoral Vote1:13
Popular Vote1:1,008,966
Percentage1:43.47%
Nominee2:George H. W. Bush
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Texas
Running Mate2:Dan Quayle
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:995,252
Percentage2:42.88%
Image3:Ross Perot in his office Allan Warren (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Nominee3:Ross Perot
Party3:Independent (United States)
Home State3:Texas
Running Mate3:James Stockdale
Electoral Vote3:0
Popular Vote3:309,657
Percentage3:13.34%
Map Size:290px
President
Before Election:George H. W. Bush
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Bill Clinton
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)
Turnout:47%

The 1992 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Georgia was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-AR). The presidential contest in Georgia was the closest of any state that year, with Clinton winning 43.47% to 42.88% over Incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-TX) by a thin margin of 0.59%. This made it the first time that Georgia had voted Democratic since 1980, when it voted for Jimmy Carter, who was the former Governor. The state flipped back into the Republican column in 1996 and stayed there until 2020. From the mid-1960s into the 1990s, Georgia was a swing state in presidential elections, but also a state where Democrats generally dominated at the state and local level. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (I-TX) finished in third, with a significant 13.34% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Democrats would carry Pickens, Franklin, Lumpkin, Morgan, Lincoln, Brantley, Bacon, Worth, Bleckley, Monroe, Jeff Davis, Jones, Candler, Haralson, and Laurens counties.[2] Ware County was tied, making this the last time it did not vote Republican, and the last time any county in the United States was tied between the Democratic and Republican parties.[2]

Despite Clinton's victory in Georgia, Republicans made significant gains during the coinciding congressional elections with former state Senator and Peace Corps Director Paul Coverdell's (R) victory over Incumbent U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler (D) in the Senate election runoff and gaining three of Georgia's U.S. House seats.

Georgia weighed in for this election as 5 points more Republican than the national average.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Georgia[3]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticBill ClintonAl Gore1,008,96643.47%13
RepublicanGeorge H. W. Bush (incumbent)Dan Quayle (incumbent)995,25242.88%0
IndependentRoss PerotJames Stockdale309,65713.34%0
LibertarianAndre MarrouNancy Lord7,1100.31%0
America FirstJames "Bo" Gritz (write-in)Cyril Minett780.00%0
New Alliance PartyLenora Fulani (write-in)Maria Elizabeth Muñoz440.00%0
Other write-ins100.00%0
Socialist WorkersJames Warren (write-in)Estelle DeBates90.00%0
TaxpayersHoward Phillips (write-in)Albion Knight, Jr.70.00%0
Totals2,321,133100.00%13
Voter turnout (Voting age)47%

Results by county

CountyBill Clinton
Democratic
George H.W. Bush
Republican
Ross Perot
Independent
Andre Marrou
Libertarian
MarginTotal votes cast
%%%%%
Appling2,45540.73%2,51441.71%1,04717.37%110.18%-59-0.98%6,027
Atkinson1,05648.33%77935.65%34215.65%80.37%27712.68%2,185
Bacon1,42342.67%1,30139.01%60418.11%70.21%1223.66%3,335
Baker86458.86%39126.63%21014.31%30.20%47332.23%1,468
Baldwin5,81349.31%4,26236.16%1,67914.24%340.29%1,55113.15%11,788
Banks1,53041.68%1,55142.25%58315.88%70.19%-21-0.57%3,671
Barrow3,99139.98%4,32843.36%1,63316.36%300.30%-337-3.38%9,982
Bartow6,67539.29%7,74245.57%2,50014.71%730.43%-1,067-6.28%16,990
Ben Hill2,34852.60%1,47633.06%61913.87%210.47%87219.54%4,464
Berrien2,10346.29%1,63736.03%79617.52%70.15%46610.26%4,543
Bibb28,07051.93%19,84736.72%6,02111.14%1110.21%8,22315.21%54,049
Bleckley1,71043.23%1,57039.69%66216.73%140.35%1403.54%3,956
Brantley1,88344.06%1,54136.06%84019.65%100.23%3428.00%4,274
Brooks1,89543.92%1,77941.23%63014.60%110.25%1162.69%4,315
Bryan2,03134.26%2,78947.05%1,09518.47%130.22%-758-12.79%5,928
Bulloch4,90338.78%5,69045.00%2,02015.98%310.25%-787-6.22%12,644
Burke3,64753.17%2,39034.84%80711.77%150.22%1,25718.33%6,859
Butts2,44850.46%1,76836.45%61912.76%160.33%68014.01%4,851
Calhoun1,30164.47%46422.99%24812.29%50.25%83741.48%2,018
Camden2,95238.99%3,51746.45%1,07714.22%260.34%-565-7.46%7,572
Candler1,19243.27%1,01436.81%54119.64%80.29%1786.46%2,755
Carroll8,40437.21%10,75047.60%3,35814.87%740.33%-2,346-10.39%22,586
Catoosa4,81732.70%7,59951.59%2,29015.55%250.17%-2,782-18.89%14,731
Charlton1,12738.97%1,33346.09%42714.76%50.17%-206-7.12%2,892
Chatham31,53343.75%31,92544.30%8,26911.47%3420.47%-392-0.55%72,069
Chattahoochee60450.42%41334.47%17714.77%40.33%19115.95%1,198
Chattooga2,97646.47%2,43938.09%96515.07%240.37%5378.38%6,404
Cherokee8,11327.77%16,05454.95%4,95016.94%970.33%-7,941-27.18%29,214
Clarke15,40353.12%10,45936.07%2,98710.30%1490.51%4,94417.05%28,998
Clay77865.00%26422.06%15512.95%00.00%51442.94%1,197
Clayton25,89044.65%23,96541.33%7,94213.70%1920.33%1,9253.32%57,989
Clinch75941.32%79043.00%28615.57%20.11%-31-1.68%1,837
Cobb63,96032.45%103,73452.62%28,74714.58%6900.35%-39,774-20.17%197,131
Coffee3,27539.27%3,77845.31%1,25615.06%300.36%-503-6.04%8,339
Colquitt3,89137.86%4,68045.54%1,68216.37%230.22%-789-7.68%10,276
Columbia7,11525.23%16,65759.07%4,37915.53%490.17%-9,542-33.84%28,200
Cook1,73148.02%1,31836.56%53714.90%190.53%41311.46%3,605
Coweta7,09334.51%9,81447.75%3,58717.45%590.29%-2,721-13.24%20,553
Crawford1,64851.78%97430.60%54917.25%120.38%67421.18%3,183
Crisp2,61045.72%2,25339.46%82314.42%230.40%3576.26%5,709
Dade1,78237.09%2,19145.61%82317.13%80.17%-409-8.52%4,804
Dawson1,39935.95%1,69643.58%79020.30%70.18%-297-7.63%3,892
Decatur3,19843.11%3,14242.35%1,06814.40%110.15%560.76%7,419
DeKalb124,55957.82%70,28232.62%19,7419.16%8530.40%54,27725.20%215,435
Dodge3,00247.82%2,28736.43%97815.58%110.18%71511.39%6,278
Dooly1,99358.84%1,03430.53%35010.33%100.30%95928.31%3,387
Dougherty15,23649.26%12,45540.27%3,17810.27%620.20%2,7818.99%30,931
Douglas8,86933.27%13,34950.08%4,36216.36%770.29%-4,480-16.81%26,657
Early1,97047.55%1,45735.17%65215.74%641.54%51312.38%4,143
Echols31234.25%36139.63%23826.13%00.00%-49-5.38%911
Effingham2,69033.78%3,81447.90%1,44318.12%160.20%-1,124-14.12%7,963
Elbert3,02549.05%2,37238.46%75712.28%130.21%65310.59%6,167
Emanuel2,95145.93%2,66241.43%75511.75%570.89%2894.50%6,425
Evans1,23041.55%1,24442.03%48016.22%60.20%-14-0.48%2,960
Fannin2,90240.33%3,25545.24%1,02814.29%100.14%-353-4.91%7,195
Fayette8,43026.60%17,57655.47%5,59817.67%830.26%-9,146-28.87%31,687
Floyd11,61441.69%12,37844.43%3,77913.56%890.32%-764-2.74%27,860
Forsyth4,93628.89%8,65250.64%3,45320.21%450.26%-3,716-21.75%17,086
Franklin2,50542.29%2,39140.37%1,01417.12%130.22%1141.92%5,923
Fulton147,45957.29%85,45133.20%23,5789.16%9210.36%62,00824.09%257,409
Gilmer2,31139.25%2,66145.19%87914.93%370.63%-350-5.94%5,888
Glascock31631.19%51650.94%18017.77%10.10%-200-19.75%1,013
Glynn8,58137.42%11,24249.02%3,05313.31%560.24%-2,661-11.60%22,932
Gordon4,10336.59%5,26546.95%1,81816.21%270.24%-1,162-10.36%11,213
Grady2,52041.77%2,37039.28%1,12618.66%170.28%1502.49%6,033
Greene2,25955.67%1,30732.21%48311.90%90.22%95223.46%4,058
Gwinnett44,25329.39%81,82254.34%23,92615.89%5750.38%-37,569-24.95%150,576
Habersham3,09833.92%4,56950.02%1,44415.81%230.25%-1,471-16.10%9,134
Hall11,21434.58%16,10849.67%5,04315.55%680.21%-4,894-15.09%32,433
Hancock2,46177.95%50616.03%1895.99%10.03%1,95561.92%3,157
Haralson3,28143.05%3,14241.23%1,16715.31%310.41%1391.82%7,621
Harris2,67938.49%3,31647.64%95413.71%110.16%-637-9.15%6,960
Hart3,61447.50%2,60734.26%1,37618.08%120.16%1,00713.24%7,609
Heard1,45644.49%1,19036.36%61718.85%100.31%2668.13%3,273
Henry7,81732.19%12,63452.03%3,76915.52%640.26%-4,817-19.84%24,284
Houston12,27037.47%14,11943.11%6,26319.12%960.29%-1,849-5.64%32,748
Irwin1,36648.44%97334.50%46516.49%160.57%39313.94%2,820
Jackson3,79241.37%3,97643.38%1,38115.07%160.17%-184-2.01%9,165
Jasper1,48549.12%1,15338.14%37312.34%120.40%33210.98%3,023
Jeff Davis2,03141.01%1,94739.32%95819.35%160.32%841.69%4,952
Jefferson3,22053.77%2,07734.68%68511.44%70.12%1,14319.09%5,989
Jenkins1,40151.36%92934.05%39414.44%40.15%47217.31%2,728
Johnson1,47344.70%1,31439.88%50215.24%60.18%1594.82%3,295
Jones3,33845.86%2,77038.05%1,15915.92%120.16%5687.81%7,279
Lamar2,06546.83%1,70738.71%60013.61%380.86%3588.12%4,410
Lanier81147.34%60035.03%29817.40%40.23%21112.31%1,713
Laurens6,18443.99%6,14643.72%1,60211.39%1270.90%380.27%14,059
Lee1,81130.65%3,06151.81%1,02417.33%120.20%-1,250-21.16%5,908
Liberty3,85348.80%2,83235.87%1,17614.90%340.43%1,02112.93%7,895
Lincoln1,32744.86%1,14938.84%47916.19%30.10%1786.02%2,958
Long87444.66%71936.74%35518.14%90.46%1557.92%1,957
Lowndes9,01940.64%10,27646.30%2,86412.91%330.15%-1,257-5.66%22,192
Lumpkin2,01039.91%1,97239.16%1,03520.55%190.38%380.75%5,036
McDuffie2,64040.82%2,95545.69%86013.30%130.20%-315-4.87%6,468
McIntosh1,92554.73%1,02729.20%55015.64%150.43%89825.53%3,517
Macon2,49165.45%94424.80%3639.54%80.21%1,54740.65%3,806
Madison2,39334.72%3,35148.61%1,12916.38%200.29%-958-13.89%6,893
Marion1,14555.69%71134.58%1989.63%20.10%43421.11%2,056
Meriwether4,00254.67%2,36432.30%94212.87%120.16%1,63822.37%7,320
Miller93442.13%82637.26%45520.52%20.09%1084.87%2,217
Mitchell3,05252.67%1,91733.08%81814.12%80.14%1,13519.59%5,795
Monroe2,77444.97%2,42339.28%94915.39%220.36%3515.69%6,168
Montgomery1,18545.28%1,00938.56%41615.90%70.27%1766.72%2,617
Morgan2,05746.17%1,79740.34%59613.38%50.11%2605.83%4,455
Murray2,76438.31%3,25645.13%1,18616.44%80.11%-492-6.82%7,214
Muscogee25,47649.68%21,38641.70%4,3278.44%910.18%4,0907.98%51,280
Newton5,81142.54%5,80442.49%1,99814.63%460.34%70.05%13,659
Oconee2,74533.99%4,12551.08%1,18214.64%240.30%-1,380-17.09%8,076
Oglethorpe1,49140.26%1,59042.94%62016.74%20.05%-99-2.68%3,703
Paulding5,21234.54%7,18047.59%2,65417.59%420.28%-1,968-13.05%15,088
Peach3,67752.73%2,32733.37%94713.58%220.32%1,35019.36%6,973
Pickens2,35941.04%2,33240.57%1,03718.04%200.35%270.47%5,748
Pierce1,85241.41%1,89942.46%70815.83%130.29%-47-1.05%4,472
Pike1,65140.23%1,82244.40%62315.18%80.19%-171-4.17%4,104
Polk4,87245.67%4,15838.98%1,59814.98%400.37%7146.69%10,668
Pulaski1,75650.88%1,07531.15%61417.79%60.17%68119.73%3,451
Putnam2,14945.78%1,75637.41%77516.51%140.30%3938.37%4,694
Quitman52356.72%28430.80%11312.26%20.22%23925.92%922
Rabun1,87840.63%1,90241.15%82517.85%170.37%-24-0.52%4,622
Randolph1,75659.34%88729.98%31510.65%10.03%86929.36%2,959
Richmond28,91048.57%24,22740.70%6,29010.57%960.16%4,6837.87%59,523
Rockdale7,00330.86%11,94552.64%3,66416.15%780.34%-4,942-21.78%22,690
Schley60146.37%51139.43%18013.89%40.31%906.94%1,296
Screven1,94044.43%1,70539.05%70916.24%120.27%2355.38%4,366
Seminole1,19347.36%85033.74%46818.58%80.32%34313.62%2,519
Spalding6,39240.63%7,26246.15%2,04412.99%360.23%-870-5.52%15,734
Stephens2,97635.04%4,04747.65%1,44817.05%220.26%-1,071-12.61%8,493
Stewart1,54052.94%1,18640.77%1756.02%80.28%35412.17%2,909
Sumter4,48948.96%3,61639.44%1,04611.41%170.19%8739.52%9,168
Talbot1,76865.92%67125.02%2388.87%50.19%1,09740.90%2,682
Taliaferro75568.26%26924.32%807.23%20.18%48643.94%1,106
Tattnall2,36039.72%2,56643.18%99616.76%200.34%-206-3.46%5,942
Taylor1,50852.51%1,07837.53%2819.78%50.17%43014.98%2,872
Telfair2,23853.39%1,32431.58%61314.62%170.41%91421.81%4,192
Terrell1,94255.90%1,14332.90%38411.05%50.14%79923.00%3,474
Thomas4,84140.52%5,50046.03%1,59113.32%160.13%-659-5.51%11,948
Tift3,93041.07%4,48546.87%1,13911.90%150.16%-555-5.80%9,569
Toombs2,64835.35%3,60948.18%1,21016.15%230.31%-961-12.83%7,490
Towns1,48740.15%1,67445.19%53714.50%60.16%-187-5.04%3,704
Treutlen1,11647.61%89838.31%31813.57%120.51%2189.30%2,344
Troup6,41237.63%8,11847.64%2,48814.60%210.12%-1,706-10.01%17,039
Turner1,66955.19%93630.95%37012.24%491.62%73324.24%3,024
Twiggs2,09761.82%85325.15%43212.74%100.29%1,24436.67%3,392
Union2,30440.74%2,53344.78%80414.21%150.27%-229-4.04%5,656
Upson3,74041.55%4,05345.03%1,18613.18%220.24%-313-3.48%9,001
Walker6,21735.55%8,48948.54%2,74815.71%340.19%-2,272-12.99%17,488
Walton4,82138.91%5,61945.35%1,92315.52%280.23%-798-6.44%12,391
Ware4,57343.87%4,57343.87%1,26312.12%150.14%00.00%10,424
Warren1,23956.97%75134.53%1808.28%50.23%48822.44%2,175
Washington3,50852.16%2,38435.45%82012.19%130.19%1,12416.71%6,725
Wayne3,05240.41%3,38144.77%1,10714.66%120.16%-329-4.36%7,552
Webster60065.86%20822.83%10311.31%00.00%39243.03%911
Wheeler88051.80%60135.37%21412.60%40.24%27916.43%1,699
White1,75633.58%2,47747.37%98118.76%150.29%-721-13.79%5,229
Whitfield7,33532.98%12,00353.97%2,86612.89%350.16%-4,668-20.99%22,239
Wilcox1,36550.13%91633.64%43315.90%90.33%44916.49%2,723
Wilkes1,95549.34%1,53538.74%46411.71%80.20%42010.60%3,962
Wilkinson2,28656.14%1,23230.26%52012.77%340.83%1,05425.88%4,072
Worth2,57844.17%2,34440.16%90515.50%100.17%2344.01%5,837
Totals1,008,96643.47%995,25242.88%309,65713.34%7,2580.31%13,7140.59%2,321,133

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1992 Presidential Election results . sos.Georgia.gov.
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. Web site: 1992 Presidential General Election Results — Georgia. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.