United States presidential election in Georgia, 1992

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1992

November 3, 1992

Nominee Bill Clinton George H. W. Bush Ross Perot Party Democratic Republican Independent Home state Arkansas Texas Texas Running mate Al Gore Dan Quayle James Stockdale Electoral vote 13 0 0 Popular vote 1,008,966 995,252 309,657 Percentage 43.5% 42.9% 13.3%

County Results   Clinton—70-80%   Clinton—60-70%   Clinton—50-60%   Clinton—40-50%   Clinton—<40%   Tie Clinton/Bush—<50%   Bush—<40%   Bush—40-50%   Bush—50-60%

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

The 1992 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1992 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which 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 the Peach state was the closest of any state that year with Clinton winning 43.47% to 42.88% over Incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R) by a razor 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 has remained Republican since this election.^[1] From the mid-1960s until about the early 1990s, Georgia was a swing state in presidential elections, but also a state in which Democrats generally dominated congressional and state and local elections. Billionaire Businessman Ross Perot (I-TX) finished in third with a significant 13.34% of the popular vote in the Peach state.^[2] This is the last time that Democrats would carry Georgia's electoral votes in a presidential election. Following this election Georgia would gradually become a 'red state' following the Republican Revolution of 1994.

However, despite Clinton's victory in the Peach state, Republicans made significant gains during coincidal 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.

The Peach state and the state of Vermont almost never voted for the same party. Georgia never voted Republican until 1964, it's a traditionally Republican state today. Coincidentally, Vermont never voted Democratic until 1964, it's a traditionally Democratic state today. The 1992 election is the only election where Georgia and Vermont vote for a Democrat together. (They voted Republican together in 1972, 1984, and 1988)

Results

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1992[3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Bill Clinton	Al Gore	1,008,966	43.47%	13
	Republican	George H. W. Bush	Dan Quayle	995,252	42.88%	0
	Independent	Ross Perot	James Stockdale	309,657	13.34%	0
	Libertarian	Andre Marrou	Nancy Lord	7,110	0.31%	0
	America First	James "Bo" Gritz (write-in)	Cyril Minett	78	0.0%	0
	New Alliance Party	Lenora Fulani (write-in)	Maria Elizabeth Muñoz	44	0.0%	0
	Other write-ins			10	0.0%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Warren (write-in)	Estelle DeBates	9	0.0%	0
	Taxpayers	Howard Phillips (write-in)	Albion Knight, Jr.	7	0.0%	0
Totals				2,321,133	100.00%	13
Voter turnout (Voting age)					47%

References

1. http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/1992/pres.htm
2. http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/1992/pres.htm
3. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1992&fips=13&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0