Louisiana was won by GovernorBill 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. IndependentRoss 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 Acadianbayou parishes, reaching almost 23 percent in Cameron Parish.