George H. W. Bush carried Mississippi R+8.9.

Bill Clinton (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in Mississippi, 1992. The state ran 14.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+5.6 nationally).

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · George H. W. Bush (R) · Ross Perot (Independent)

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Mississippi result

981,793 votes counted

Clinton (D)

400,258

40.8%

Bush (R)

487,793

49.7%

Perot (I)

85,626

8.7%

All others

8,116

0.8%

Margin

R+8.9

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1992 presidential election

Mississippi, 1992

BushR+8.9

How it voted

Share of the 1992 vote

George H. W. Bush ✓Republican	49.7%	487,793
Bill ClintonDemocratic	40.8%	400,258
OtherAll other candidates	0.8%	8,116

D+60

R+60

82 counties, each filled by 1992 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Mississippi's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1992 contest in context

Mississippi's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+73.3%
1896	+84.1%
1900	+77.6%
1912	+86.5%
1916	+88.4%
1920	+69.9%
1924	+81.8%
1928	+64.3%
1932	+92.4%
1936	+94.3%
1940	+91.5%
1944	+87.1%
1948	+7.5%
1952	+20.9%
1956	+33.8%
1960	+11.7%
1964	−74.3%
1968	+9.5%
1972	−58.6%
1976	+1.9%
1980	−1.3%
1984	−24.5%
1988	−20.8%
1992	−8.9%
1996	−5.1%
2000	−16.9%
2004	−19.7%
2008	−13.2%
2012	−11.5%
2016	−17.8%
2020	−16.5%
2024	−22.9%

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County results — 1992

82 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Adams County	D	+15.3%	8,255	5,831	1,753	15,877
Alcorn County	D	+0.9%	6,373	6,249	1,349	14,136
Amite County	D	+0.8%	2,608	2,561	498	5,681
Attala County	R	−7.1%	3,015	3,520	529	7,087
Benton County	D	+29.1%	2,402	1,253	293	3,955
Bolivar County	D	+28.5%	8,801	4,752	593	14,226
Calhoun County	R	−11.6%	2,462	3,191	607	6,273
Carroll County	R	−16.6%	1,182	1,695	200	3,084
Chickasaw County	D	+1.0%	3,220	3,150	629	7,007
Choctaw County	R	−15.7%	1,435	2,026	298	3,768
Claiborne County	D	+53.6%	3,302	935	161	4,412
Clarke County	R	−28.1%	2,259	4,207	450	6,934
Clay County	D	+15.5%	4,620	3,297	626	8,563
Coahoma County	D	+20.5%	6,409	4,120	518	11,180
Copiah County	R	−2.1%	4,397	4,600	409	9,449
Covington County	R	−10.7%	2,775	3,525	654	6,996
DeSoto County	R	−26.4%	8,833	16,104	2,569	27,575
Forrest County	R	−18.0%	8,333	12,432	1,909	22,753
Franklin County	R	−9.0%	1,587	1,942	393	3,938
George County	R	−15.7%	2,650	4,141	1,335	9,509
Greene County	R	−16.0%	1,664	2,406	559	4,636
Grenada County	R	−5.4%	4,203	4,721	609	9,568
Hancock County	R	−13.2%	4,651	6,422	2,302	13,440
Harrison County	R	−20.6%	15,268	25,049	6,855	47,407
Hinds County	R	−1.7%	43,434	45,031	5,341	96,024
Holmes County	D	+39.9%	4,092	1,694	203	6,014
Humphreys County	D	+20.8%	2,696	1,721	258	4,683
Issaquena County	D	+25.5%	550	298	79	990
Itawamba County	R	−5.8%	3,635	4,142	918	8,713
Jackson County	R	−27.4%	13,017	25,321	6,484	44,930
Jasper County	D	+4.2%	3,059	2,789	568	6,428
Jefferson County	D	+63.4%	2,796	562	156	3,522
Jefferson Davis County	D	+13.5%	2,991	2,228	382	5,633
Jones County	R	−23.7%	8,035	13,824	2,523	24,430
Kemper County	D	+9.5%	2,243	1,830	278	4,361
Lafayette County	R	−0.2%	5,224	5,251	861	11,397
Lamar County	R	−38.8%	3,208	8,259	1,543	13,032
Lauderdale County	R	−31.3%	8,489	17,098	1,659	27,466
Lawrence County	R	−1.8%	2,582	2,689	765	6,095
Leake County	R	−7.8%	3,333	3,943	497	7,786
Lee County	R	−20.1%	7,710	12,231	2,041	22,501
Leflore County	D	+8.6%	6,374	5,298	611	12,498
Lincoln County	R	−17.5%	4,744	7,040	1,281	13,091
Lowndes County	R	−21.0%	6,552	10,509	1,716	18,835
Madison County	R	−14.4%	9,386	12,810	1,478	23,721
Marion County	R	−9.7%	4,654	5,776	1,162	11,613
Marshall County	D	+32.5%	7,913	3,847	689	12,512
Monroe County	R	−8.7%	4,933	5,994	1,255	12,224
Montgomery County	R	−5.2%	2,076	2,324	370	4,776
Neshoba County	R	−30.3%	3,090	6,135	794	10,042
Newton County	R	−38.2%	2,146	5,128	494	7,806
Noxubee County	D	+31.1%	3,188	1,623	203	5,037
Oktibbeha County	R	−5.0%	5,726	6,381	984	13,156
Panola County	D	+12.4%	6,066	4,644	729	11,460
Pearl River County	R	−20.6%	4,683	7,726	2,352	14,797
Perry County	R	−23.3%	1,490	2,538	462	4,501
Pike County	D	+2.0%	6,279	6,005	1,380	13,679
Pontotoc County	R	−19.5%	2,965	4,595	777	8,366
Prentiss County	R	−10.9%	3,385	4,317	781	8,526
Quitman County	D	+23.7%	2,422	1,451	210	4,093
Rankin County	R	−45.2%	8,155	24,537	3,454	36,210
Scott County	R	−20.6%	3,349	5,268	691	9,329
Sharkey County	D	+18.8%	1,526	1,008	145	2,752
Simpson County	R	−23.0%	3,213	5,358	726	9,326
Smith County	R	−31.5%	1,968	4,106	680	6,788
Stone County	R	−20.1%	1,447	2,295	447	4,209
Sunflower County	D	+14.1%	5,050	3,726	600	9,391
Tallahatchie County	D	+12.5%	2,902	2,213	380	5,518
Tate County	R	−8.1%	3,519	4,196	634	8,371
Tippah County	R	−11.1%	3,475	4,444	802	8,739
Tishomingo County	D	+6.4%	3,910	3,393	751	8,072
Tunica County	D	+33.8%	1,451	693	96	2,243
Union County	R	−15.0%	3,714	5,173	816	9,742
Walthall County	R	−4.2%	2,476	2,728	711	5,967
Warren County	R	−9.9%	8,175	10,209	2,146	20,578
Washington County	D	+15.2%	10,588	7,598	795	19,689
Wayne County	R	−10.4%	3,064	3,874	824	7,783
Webster County	R	−21.0%	1,746	2,791	444	4,988
Wilkinson County	D	+36.6%	3,210	1,399	307	4,945
Winston County	R	−4.0%	3,953	4,311	688	8,968
Yalobusha County	D	+8.3%	2,617	2,179	438	5,248
Yazoo County	R	−2.2%	4,880	5,113	669	10,745