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1992 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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Field	Value
election_name	1992 United States presidential election in Louisiana
country	Louisiana
flag_year	1912
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1988 United States presidential election in Louisiana
previous_year	1988
next_election	1996 United States presidential election in Louisiana
next_year	1996
election_date	November 3, 1992
image_size	x160px
image1	Bill Clinton.jpg
nominee1	Bill Clinton
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	Arkansas
running_mate1	Al Gore
electoral_vote1	9
popular_vote1	815,971
percentage1	45.58%
image2	George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg
nominee2	George H. W. Bush
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Texas
running_mate2	Dan Quayle
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	733,386
percentage2	40.97%
image3	RossPerotColor.jpg
nominee3	Ross Perot
party3	Independent
home_state3	Texas
running_mate3	James Stockdale
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	211,478
percentage3	11.81%
map_image	350px
map_size	350px
map_caption	Parish results
title	President
before_election	George H. W. Bush
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Bill Clinton
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1992 United States presidential election

Clinton Bush The 1992 United States presidential election in Louisiana 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.

Louisiana was won by Governor Bill Clinton, a major swing from the statewide results in 1988 when Republican nominee George H. W. Bush carried the state with 54% of the vote and with a double-digit margin of victory. Clinton performed strongly in both urban and rural areas of Louisiana and carried a majority of the state's parishes. Independent Ross Perot gathered 11.81% of the vote, a strong showing for a third-party candidate, but still his sixth-weakest state. Perot did best in the southwestern Acadian bayou parishes, reaching almost 23 percent in Cameron Parish.

Background

Louisiana lost one congressional district as a result of the 1990 Census.

The percentage of registered voters in Louisiana who were Republicans rose from 16.4% in 1988 to 19.1% in 1992, while the Democratic figure fell from 75.2% to 71.3%.

Primary

Democratic

Bill Clinton won 59 delegates, while Paul Tsongas won one delegate.

Statewide officials

Edwin Edwards, 50th governor of Louisiana (1972-1980; 1984-1988; 1992-1996)
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana State Treasurer (1988-1996)
Melinda Schwegmann, 49th lieutenant governor of Louisiana (1992-1996)

Local officials

Sidney Barthelemy, 58th mayor of New Orleans (1986–1994)

Republican

Billy Nungesser, the chair of the Republican Party of Louisiana, endorsed Pat Buchanan. He was the only state chair to not endorse George H. W. Bush and Nungesser survived an attempt to remove him as chair for endorsing Buchanan. Richard Baker, Jack Kemp, W. Fox McKeithen, Henson Moore, and Dave Treen campaigned for Bush.

Bush won Louisiana and all of its delegates, but it was his worst performance on Super Tuesday. David Duke, who ran in the Democratic presidential primary in 1988, received fewer votes than in his previous presidential campaign.

Party officials

Billy Nungesser, chair of the Republican Party of Louisiana

General

Clinton hosted an event in the Louisiana Superdome, where the 1988 Republican National Convention was held, on July 29. He was the first presidential candidate to campaign in Lake Charles, Louisiana since John F. Kennedy in 1960. Treasurer Mary Landrieu was the co-chair of Clinton's campaign in the state.

Ross Perot's campaign in the state started with a meeting of 50 volunteers in Alexandria, Louisiana. He had 150 full-time and 1,000 party-time volunteers. His campaign collected over 70,000 signatures, far greater than the 5,000 required to appear on the ballot. He appeared on the ballot as the nominee of the Prudence, Action, Results Party.

78.5% of registered voters and 60.1% of the voting age population participated in the election. 81.5% of white voters and 71% of black voters participated.

Results

1992 United States presidential election in Louisiana	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic	Bill Clinton	815,971	45.58%	9
Republican	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	733,386	40.97%	0
Prudence, Action, Results	Ross Perot	211,478	11.81%	0
America First	James "Bo" Gritz	18,545	1.04%	0
Libertarian	Andre Marrou	3,155	0.18%	0
Equal Justice and Opportunity	Ron Daniels	1,663	0.09%	0
Taxpayers’	Howard Phillips	1,663	0.09%	0
More Perfect Democracy	Lenora Fulani	1,434	0.08%	0
Justice, Industry, Agriculture	Lyndon LaRouche	1,136	0.06%	0
Natural Law	Dr. John Hagelin	889	0.05%	0
Independent	John Yiamouyiannis	808	0.05%	0
Totals	1,790,017	100.00%	9
Voter turnout (Voting age population)

Results by congressional district

Clinton won four of seven congressional districts.

District	Bush	Clinton	Representative
56%	32%	12%	Bob Livingston
24%	69%	6%	William J. Jefferson
40%	44%	14%	Billy Tauzin
24%	67%	7%	Cleo Fields
48%	36%	14%	Jim McCrery
50%	34%	13%	Richard H. Baker
47%	37%	14%	Jimmy Hayes

Results by parish

Parish	Bill Clinton
Democratic	George H.W. Bush
Republican	Ross Perot
Independent	Bo Gritz
America First	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	815,971	45.58%	733,386	40.97%	211,478	11.81%	18,545	1.04%	10,637	0.59%	82,585	4.61%	1,790,017
	Acadia		12,276		49.97%		9,017		36.70%		3,145		12.80%		41		0.17%		89		0.36%		3,259		13.27%		24,568
	Allen		5,626		56.16%		3,069		30.64%		1,245		12.43%		37		0.37%		40		0.40%		2,557		25.52%		10,017
	Ascension		13,036		46.98%		10,275		37.03%		4,295		15.48%		38		0.14%		104		0.37%		2,761		9.95%		27,748
	Assumption		5,639		53.95%		2,928		28.01%		1,358		12.99%		408		3.90%		120		1.15%		2,711		25.94%		10,453
	Avoyelles		8,696		52.55%		4,851		29.31%		2,139		12.93%		652		3.94%		211		1.28%		3,845		23.24%		16,549
	Beauregard		5,037		40.13%		5,119		40.79%		2,103		16.76%		216		1.72%		76		0.61%		-82		-0.66%		12,551
	Bienville		3,899		52.46%		2,412		32.45%		832		11.19%		221		2.97%		68		0.91%		1,487		20.01%		7,432
	Bossier		11,313		34.49%		15,628		47.64%		4,863		14.83%		859		2.62%		138		0.42%		-4,315		-13.15%		32,801
	Caddo		47,733		46.49%		42,665		41.55%		11,830		11.52%		128		0.12%		322		0.31%		5,068		4.94%		102,678
	Calcasieu		33,570		48.05%		24,847		35.57%		10,980		15.72%		151		0.22%		314		0.45%		8,723		12.48%		69,862
	Caldwell		2,061		44.00%		1,752		37.40%		653		13.94%		164		3.50%		54		1.15%		309		6.60%		4,684
	Cameron		1,985		45.76%		1,329		30.64%		995		22.94%		13		0.30%		16		0.37%		656		15.12%		4,338
	Catahoula		2,570		46.97%		1,976		36.12%		773		14.13%		99		1.81%		53		0.97%		594		10.85%		5,471
	Claiborne		3,263		46.64%		2,599		37.15%		926		13.24%		156		2.23%		52		0.74%		664		9.49%		6,996
	Concordia		4,283		46.82%		3,223		35.23%		1,317		14.40%		242		2.65%		83		0.91%		1,060		11.59%		9,148
	DeSoto		5,671		51.46%		3,643		33.06%		1,358		12.32%		239		2.17%		110		1.00%		2,028		18.40%		11,021
	East Baton Rouge		68,622		41.17%		81,072		48.64%		16,102		9.66%		183		0.11%		712		0.43%		-12,450		-7.47%		166,691
	East Carroll		1,835		54.37%		1,142		33.84%		283		8.39%		59		1.75%		56		1.66%		693		20.53%		3,375
	East Feliciana		4,093		51.84%		2,813		35.63%		932		11.80%		14		0.18%		43		0.54%		1,280		16.21%		7,895
	Evangeline		8,564		52.30%		5,147		31.43%		2,124		12.97%		336		2.05%		205		1.25%		3,417		20.87%		16,376
	Franklin		4,127		42.75%		3,889		40.29%		1,311		13.58%		226		2.34%		100		1.04%		238		2.46%		9,653
	Grant		3,122		39.63%		3,214		40.80%		1,174		14.90%		286		3.63%		82		1.04%		-92		-1.17%		7,878
	Iberia		13,040		42.71%		11,905		38.99%		4,337		14.21%		1,011		3.31%		237		0.78%		1,135		3.72%		30,530
	Iberville		8,218		52.70%		5,211		33.42%		1,543		9.89%		326		2.09%		296		1.90%		3,007		19.28%		15,594
	Jackson		3,370		44.54%		3,072		40.60%		882		11.66%		169		2.23%		73		0.96%		298		3.94%		7,566
	Jefferson		64,302		34.38%		100,493		53.73%		21,278		11.38%		253		0.14%		712		0.38%		-36,191		-19.35%		187,038
	Jefferson Davis		7,022		50.74%		4,513		32.61%		2,221		16.05%		34		0.25%		48		0.35%		2,509		18.13%		13,838
	Lafayette		28,583		39.83%		32,406		45.16%		9,124		12.71%		1,217		1.70%		432		0.60%		-3,823		-5.33%		71,762
	Lafourche		16,182		45.40%		12,744		35.75%		5,077		14.24%		1,372		3.85%		270		0.76%		3,438		9.65%		35,645
	LaSalle		2,389		35.53%		3,068		45.63%		993		14.77%		221		3.29%		52		0.77%		-679		-10.10%		6,723
	Lincoln		7,205		43.51%		7,220		43.60%		1,751		10.57%		282		1.70%		103		0.62%		-15		-0.09%		16,561
	Livingston		11,499		36.60%		14,808		47.13%		4,971		15.82%		54		0.17%		89		0.28%		-3,309		-10.53%		31,421
	Madison		2,773		54.31%		1,702		33.33%		469		9.19%		105		2.06%		57		1.12%		1,071		20.98%		5,106
	Morehouse		6,013		44.66%		5,364		39.84%		1,727		12.83%		255		1.89%		104		0.77%		649		4.82%		13,463
	Natchitoches		6,974		47.19%		5,694		38.53%		1,606		10.87%		369		2.50%		136		0.92%		1,280		8.66%		14,779
	Orleans		133,261		67.53%		52,019		26.36%		10,889		5.52%		211		0.11%		969		0.49%		81,242		41.17%		197,349
	Ouachita		20,835		36.87%		27,600		48.85%		6,612		11.70%		1,117		1.98%		338		0.60%		-6,765		-11.98%		56,502
	Plaquemines		4,467		39.68%		5,018		44.58%		1,729		15.36%		16		0.14%		27		0.24%		-551		-4.90%		11,257
	Pointe Coupee		6,512		57.52%		3,563		31.47%		1,157		10.22%		34		0.30%		56		0.49%		2,949		26.05%		11,322
	Rapides		20,873		40.23%		22,783		43.91%		6,599		12.72%		1,169		2.25%		458		0.88%		-1,910		-3.68%		51,882
	Red River		2,360		50.43%		1,649		35.24%		566		12.09%		67		1.43%		38		0.81%		711		15.19%		4,680
	Richland		3,706		41.63%		3,808		42.77%		1,054		11.84%		247		2.77%		88		0.99%		-102		-1.14%		8,903
	Sabine		4,173		44.64%		3,586		38.36%		1,219		13.04%		283		3.03%		87		0.93%		587		6.28%		9,348
	St. Bernard		12,305		37.36%		16,131		48.97%		4,308		13.08%		55		0.17%		139		0.42%		-3,826		-11.61%		32,938
	St. Charles		8,810		42.20%		9,158		43.87%		2,593		12.42%		118		0.57%		198		0.95%		-348		-1.67%		20,877
	St. Helena		3,416		60.80%		1,515		26.97%		589		10.48%		36		0.64%		62		1.10%		1,901		33.83%		5,618
	St. James		6,609		59.08%		3,339		29.85%		993		8.88%		73		0.65%		172		1.54%		3,270		29.23%		11,186
	St. John the Baptist		8,977		50.29%		6,730		37.70%		1,922		10.77%		83		0.46%		139		0.78%		2,247		12.59%		17,851
	St. Landry		20,383		55.37%		11,882		32.27%		4,266		11.59%		67		0.18%		217		0.59%		8,501		23.10%		36,815
	St. Martin		11,252		55.09%		5,909		28.93%		2,573		12.60%		453		2.22%		239		1.17%		5,343		26.16%		20,426
	St. Mary		10,648		45.43%		8,792		37.51%		3,257		13.90%		501		2.14%		242		1.03%		1,856		7.92%		23,440
	St. Tammany		19,735		29.49%		37,839		56.54%		9,005		13.46%		96		0.14%		246		0.37%		-18,104		-27.05%		66,921
	Tangipahoa		15,194		44.37%		14,128		41.26%		4,612		13.47%		73		0.21%		238		0.69%		1,066		3.11%		34,245
	Tensas		1,666		51.01%		1,153		35.30%		353		10.81%		47		1.44%		47		1.44%		513		15.71%		3,266
	Terrebonne		13,325		38.44%		14,662		42.30%		5,505		15.88%		951		2.74%		221		0.64%		-1,337		-3.86%		34,664
	Union		4,005		39.78%		4,434		44.04%		1,209		12.01%		348		3.46%		73		0.72%		-429		-4.26%		10,069
	Vermilion		12,324		52.57%		7,062		30.12%		3,127		13.34%		786		3.35%		145		0.62%		5,262		22.45%		23,444
	Vernon		6,005		40.66%		5,912		40.04%		2,313		15.66%		413		2.80%		124		0.84%		93		0.62%		14,767
	Washington		9,095		48.50%		7,227		38.54%		2,303		12.28%		43		0.23%		85		0.45%		1,868		9.96%		18,753
	Webster		8,380		45.88%		6,640		36.36%		2,629		14.39%		478		2.62%		137		0.75%		1,740		9.52%		18,264
	West Baton Rouge		5,131		51.43%		3,522		35.30%		1,249		12.52%		15		0.15%		59		0.59%		1,609		16.13%		9,976
	West Carroll		2,068		40.39%		2,082		40.66%		771		15.06%		145		2.83%		54		1.05%		-14		-0.27%		5,120
	West Feliciana		2,328		53.22%		1,501		34.32%		516		11.80%		11		0.25%		18		0.41%		827		18.90%		4,374
	Winn		3,537		46.85%		2,932		38.84%		843		11.17%		173		2.29%		64		0.85%		605		8.01%		7,549

Parishes that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Avoyelles
Caddo
Caldwell
Catahoula
Claiborne
Concordia
Franklin
Iberia
Jackson
Lafourche
Morehouse
Natchitoches
Red River
Sabine
St. Mary
Tangipahoa
Tensas
Vernon
Washington
Webster
Winn

References

Works cited

References

Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; [https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1992&fips=22&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1992 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana]
"LA US President Race, November 03, 1992". Our Campaigns.

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