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.

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.

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 LouisianaDave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1992 Presidential General Election Results – LouisianaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Bill Clinton 815,971 45.58% 9 Republican George H. W. Bush (incumbent) 733,386 40.97% 0 Ross Perot 211,478 11.81% 0 James "Bo" Gritz 18,545 1.04% 0 Libertarian Andre Marrou 3,155 0.18% 0 Ron Daniels 1,663 0.09% 0 Taxpayers’ Howard Phillips 1,663 0.09% 0 Lenora Fulani 1,434 0.08% 0 Lyndon LaRouche 1,136 0.06% 0 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 Perot 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 ParishBill ClintonDemocraticGeorge H.W. BushRepublicanRoss PerotIndependentBo GritzAmerica FirstVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%#%Acadia 12,276 49.97% 9,017 36.70% 3,145 12.80% 41 0.17% 89 0.36% 3,259 13.27% 24,568Allen 5,626 56.16% 3,069 30.64% 1,245 12.43% 37 0.37% 40 0.40% 2,557 25.52% 10,017Ascension 13,036 46.98% 10,275 37.03% 4,295 15.48% 38 0.14% 104 0.37% 2,761 9.95% 27,748Assumption 5,639 53.95% 2,928 28.01% 1,358 12.99% 408 3.90% 120 1.15% 2,711 25.94% 10,453Avoyelles 8,696 52.55% 4,851 29.31% 2,139 12.93% 652 3.94% 211 1.28% 3,845 23.24% 16,549Beauregard 5,037 40.13% 5,119 40.79% 2,103 16.76% 216 1.72% 76 0.61% -82 -0.66% 12,551Bienville 3,899 52.46% 2,412 32.45% 832 11.19% 221 2.97% 68 0.91% 1,487 20.01% 7,432Bossier 11,313 34.49% 15,628 47.64% 4,863 14.83% 859 2.62% 138 0.42% -4,315 -13.15% 32,801Caddo 47,733 46.49% 42,665 41.55% 11,830 11.52% 128 0.12% 322 0.31% 5,068 4.94% 102,678Calcasieu 33,570 48.05% 24,847 35.57% 10,980 15.72% 151 0.22% 314 0.45% 8,723 12.48% 69,862Caldwell 2,061 44.00% 1,752 37.40% 653 13.94% 164 3.50% 54 1.15% 309 6.60% 4,684Cameron 1,985 45.76% 1,329 30.64% 995 22.94% 13 0.30% 16 0.37% 656 15.12% 4,338Catahoula 2,570 46.97% 1,976 36.12% 773 14.13% 99 1.81% 53 0.97% 594 10.85% 5,471Claiborne 3,263 46.64% 2,599 37.15% 926 13.24% 156 2.23% 52 0.74% 664 9.49% 6,996Concordia 4,283 46.82% 3,223 35.23% 1,317 14.40% 242 2.65% 83 0.91% 1,060 11.59% 9,148DeSoto 5,671 51.46% 3,643 33.06% 1,358 12.32% 239 2.17% 110 1.00% 2,028 18.40% 11,021East Baton Rouge 68,622 41.17% 81,072 48.64% 16,102 9.66% 183 0.11% 712 0.43% -12,450 -7.47% 166,691East Carroll 1,835 54.37% 1,142 33.84% 283 8.39% 59 1.75% 56 1.66% 693 20.53% 3,375East Feliciana 4,093 51.84% 2,813 35.63% 932 11.80% 14 0.18% 43 0.54% 1,280 16.21% 7,895Evangeline 8,564 52.30% 5,147 31.43% 2,124 12.97% 336 2.05% 205 1.25% 3,417 20.87% 16,376Franklin 4,127 42.75% 3,889 40.29% 1,311 13.58% 226 2.34% 100 1.04% 238 2.46% 9,653Grant 3,122 39.63% 3,214 40.80% 1,174 14.90% 286 3.63% 82 1.04% -92 -1.17% 7,878Iberia 13,040 42.71% 11,905 38.99% 4,337 14.21% 1,011 3.31% 237 0.78% 1,135 3.72% 30,530Iberville 8,218 52.70% 5,211 33.42% 1,543 9.89% 326 2.09% 296 1.90% 3,007 19.28% 15,594Jackson 3,370 44.54% 3,072 40.60% 882 11.66% 169 2.23% 73 0.96% 298 3.94% 7,566Jefferson 64,302 34.38% 100,493 53.73% 21,278 11.38% 253 0.14% 712 0.38% -36,191 -19.35% 187,038Jefferson Davis 7,022 50.74% 4,513 32.61% 2,221 16.05% 34 0.25% 48 0.35% 2,509 18.13% 13,838Lafayette 28,583 39.83% 32,406 45.16% 9,124 12.71% 1,217 1.70% 432 0.60% -3,823 -5.33% 71,762Lafourche 16,182 45.40% 12,744 35.75% 5,077 14.24% 1,372 3.85% 270 0.76% 3,438 9.65% 35,645LaSalle 2,389 35.53% 3,068 45.63% 993 14.77% 221 3.29% 52 0.77% -679 -10.10% 6,723Lincoln 7,205 43.51% 7,220 43.60% 1,751 10.57% 282 1.70% 103 0.62% -15 -0.09% 16,561Livingston 11,499 36.60% 14,808 47.13% 4,971 15.82% 54 0.17% 89 0.28% -3,309 -10.53% 31,421Madison 2,773 54.31% 1,702 33.33% 469 9.19% 105 2.06% 57 1.12% 1,071 20.98% 5,106Morehouse 6,013 44.66% 5,364 39.84% 1,727 12.83% 255 1.89% 104 0.77% 649 4.82% 13,463Natchitoches 6,974 47.19% 5,694 38.53% 1,606 10.87% 369 2.50% 136 0.92% 1,280 8.66% 14,779Orleans 133,261 67.53% 52,019 26.36% 10,889 5.52% 211 0.11% 969 0.49% 81,242 41.17% 197,349Ouachita 20,835 36.87% 27,600 48.85% 6,612 11.70% 1,117 1.98% 338 0.60% -6,765 -11.98% 56,502Plaquemines 4,467 39.68% 5,018 44.58% 1,729 15.36% 16 0.14% 27 0.24% -551 -4.90% 11,257Pointe Coupee 6,512 57.52% 3,563 31.47% 1,157 10.22% 34 0.30% 56 0.49% 2,949 26.05% 11,322Rapides 20,873 40.23% 22,783 43.91% 6,599 12.72% 1,169 2.25% 458 0.88% -1,910 -3.68% 51,882Red River 2,360 50.43% 1,649 35.24% 566 12.09% 67 1.43% 38 0.81% 711 15.19% 4,680Richland 3,706 41.63% 3,808 42.77% 1,054 11.84% 247 2.77% 88 0.99% -102 -1.14% 8,903Sabine 4,173 44.64% 3,586 38.36% 1,219 13.04% 283 3.03% 87 0.93% 587 6.28% 9,348St. Bernard 12,305 37.36% 16,131 48.97% 4,308 13.08% 55 0.17% 139 0.42% -3,826 -11.61% 32,938St. Charles 8,810 42.20% 9,158 43.87% 2,593 12.42% 118 0.57% 198 0.95% -348 -1.67% 20,877St. Helena 3,416 60.80% 1,515 26.97% 589 10.48% 36 0.64% 62 1.10% 1,901 33.83% 5,618St. James 6,609 59.08% 3,339 29.85% 993 8.88% 73 0.65% 172 1.54% 3,270 29.23% 11,186St. 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% 17,851St. Landry 20,383 55.37% 11,882 32.27% 4,266 11.59% 67 0.18% 217 0.59% 8,501 23.10% 36,815St. Martin 11,252 55.09% 5,909 28.93% 2,573 12.60% 453 2.22% 239 1.17% 5,343 26.16% 20,426St. Mary 10,648 45.43% 8,792 37.51% 3,257 13.90% 501 2.14% 242 1.03% 1,856 7.92% 23,440St. Tammany 19,735 29.49% 37,839 56.54% 9,005 13.46% 96 0.14% 246 0.37% -18,104 -27.05% 66,921Tangipahoa 15,194 44.37% 14,128 41.26% 4,612 13.47% 73 0.21% 238 0.69% 1,066 3.11% 34,245Tensas 1,666 51.01% 1,153 35.30% 353 10.81% 47 1.44% 47 1.44% 513 15.71% 3,266Terrebonne 13,325 38.44% 14,662 42.30% 5,505 15.88% 951 2.74% 221 0.64% -1,337 -3.86% 34,664Union 4,005 39.78% 4,434 44.04% 1,209 12.01% 348 3.46% 73 0.72% -429 -4.26% 10,069Vermilion 12,324 52.57% 7,062 30.12% 3,127 13.34% 786 3.35% 145 0.62% 5,262 22.45% 23,444Vernon 6,005 40.66% 5,912 40.04% 2,313 15.66% 413 2.80% 124 0.84% 93 0.62% 14,767Washington 9,095 48.50% 7,227 38.54% 2,303 12.28% 43 0.23% 85 0.45% 1,868 9.96% 18,753Webster 8,380 45.88% 6,640 36.36% 2,629 14.39% 478 2.62% 137 0.75% 1,740 9.52% 18,264West Baton Rouge 5,131 51.43% 3,522 35.30% 1,249 12.52% 15 0.15% 59 0.59% 1,609 16.13% 9,976West Carroll 2,068 40.39% 2,082 40.66% 771 15.06% 145 2.83% 54 1.05% -14 -0.27% 5,120West Feliciana 2,328 53.22% 1,501 34.32% 516 11.80% 11 0.25% 18 0.41% 827 18.90% 4,374Winn 3,537 46.85% 2,932 38.84% 843 11.17% 173 2.29% 64 0.85% 605 8.01% 7,549Totals815,97145.58%733,38640.97%211,47811.81%18,5451.04%10,6370.59%82,5854.61%1,790,017

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

See also United States presidential elections in Louisiana Presidency of Bill Clinton

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