Election in Mississippi
Main article: 2016 United States presidential election
2016 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Nominee
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
New York
New York
Running mate
Mike Pence
Tim Kaine
Electoral vote
6
0
Popular vote
700,714
485,131
Percentage
57.86%
40.06%
County Results
Trump
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Clinton
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
President before election
Barack Obama
Democratic
Elected President
Donald Trump
Republican
Treemap of the popular vote by county.
The 2016 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Mississippi voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party 's nominee, businessman Donald Trump , and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine . Mississippi has six electoral votes in the Electoral College.[1]
Mississippi has not voted Democratic since 1976 . Since that time, Republicans have dominated the state's political elections, and so Trump was widely expected to win the state. Indeed, Trump carried it with 57.86% of the vote, while Clinton received 40.06%.[2] Trump's 17.80% margin of victory was a 6.30% increase over the 11.50% margin of victory by which Republican nominee Mitt Romney won the state over Barack Obama in 2012 . This also marked the first time since 1988 that Madison County voted more Democratic than the state as a whole.
Primary elections [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
2016 Mississippi primary
Candidate
Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders
Home state
New York
Vermont
Delegate count
31
5
Popular vote
187,334
37,748
Percentage
82.47%
16.62%
Mississippi results by county
Hillary Clinton
Main article: 2016 Mississippi Democratic primary
Mississippi Democratic primary, March 8, 2016
Candidate
Popular vote
Estimated delegates
Count
Percentage
Pledged
Unpledged
Total
Hillary Clinton
187,334
82.47%
31
3
34
Bernie Sanders
37,748
16.62%
5
2
7
Willie Wilson
919
0.40%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)
672
0.30%
Rocky De La Fuente
481
0.21%
Write-in
10
0.00%
Total
227,164
100%
36
5
41
Source: The Green Papers , Mississippi Secretary of State
Republican primary [ ]
Main article: 2016 Mississippi Republican primary
Republican primary results by county.
Trump
Cruz
Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[3]
Donald Trump
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)
Ben Carson (withdrawn)
Chris Christie (withdrawn)
Ted Cruz
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)
John Kasich
Rand Paul (withdrawn)
Marco Rubio
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn)
George Pataki (withdrawn)
Mississippi Republican primary, March 8, 2016
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Actual delegate count
Bound
Unbound
Total
Donald Trump
196,659
47.24%
25
0
25
Ted Cruz
150,364
36.12%
15
0
15
John Kasich
36,795
8.84%
0
0
0
Marco Rubio
21,885
5.26%
0
0
0
Ben Carson (withdrawn)
5,626
1.35%
0
0
0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)
1,697
0.41%
0
0
0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)
1,067
0.26%
0
0
0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)
643
0.15%
0
0
0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
510
0.12%
0
0
0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)
493
0.12%
0
0
0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)
224
0.05%
0
0
0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn)
172
0.04%
0
0
0
George Pataki (withdrawn)
135
0.03%
0
0
0
Unprojected delegates:
0
0
0
Total:
416,270
100.00%
40
0
40
Source: The Green Papers
Polling [ ]
See also: Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2016 § Mississippi
General election [ ]
Predictions [ ]
The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Mississippi as of Election Day.
Source
Ranking
As of
Los Angeles Times [4]
Safe R
November 6, 2016
CNN [5]
Safe R
November 8, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report [6]
Safe R
November 7, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7]
Safe R
November 7, 2016
NBC [8]
Likely R
November 7, 2016
RealClearPolitics [9]
Safe R
November 8, 2016
Fox News [10]
Safe R
November 7, 2016
ABC [11]
Safe R
November 7, 2016
Statewide results [ ]
By congressional district [ ]
Trump won 3 of 4 congressional districts.[13]
District
Trump
Clinton
Representative
1st
65%
32%
Trent Kelly
2nd
35%
64%
Bennie Thompson
3rd
61%
37%
Gregg Harper
4th
69%
28%
Steven Palazzo
By county [ ]
County
Clinton%
Clinton#
Trump%
Trump#
Others%
Others#
Total
Adams
56.06%
7,757
42.45%
5,874
1.48%
205
13,836
Alcorn
18.16%
2,684
79.95%
11,819
1.89%
280
14,783
Amite
38.26%
2,697
60.84%
4,289
0.91%
64
7,050
Attala
39.27%
3,242
59.31%
4,897
1.42%
117
8,256
Benton
42.84%
1,719
56.09%
2,251
1.07%
43
4,013
Bolivar
65.44%
9,046
33.20%
4,590
1.36%
188
13,824
Calhoun
29.86%
1,910
68.64%
4,390
1.50%
96
6,396
Carroll
30.39%
1,680
68.72%
3,799
0.89%
49
5,528
Chickasaw
46.25%
3,649
52.31%
4,127
1.44%
114
7,890
Choctaw
29.96%
1,218
68.59%
2,788
1.45%
59
4,065
Claiborne
86.80%
3,708
12.64%
540
0.56%
24
4,272
Clarke
33.18%
2,585
65.94%
5,137
0.89%
69
7,791
Clay
57.20%
5,722
41.49%
4,150
1.31%
131
10,003
Coahoma
71.57%
6,378
27.22%
2,426
1.21%
108
8,912
Copiah
51.93%
6,741
47.01%
6,103
1.06%
138
12,982
Covington
37.18%
3,276
61.68%
5,435
1.13%
100
8,811
DeSoto
31.34%
20,591
65.59%
43,089
3.07%
2,015
65,695
Forrest
41.75%
11,716
55.09%
15,461
3.16%
887
28,064
Franklin
35.01%
1,502
63.43%
2,721
1.56%
67
4,290
George
10.38%
1,027
87.92%
8,696
1.70%
168
9,891
Greene
18.14%
974
80.74%
4,335
1.12%
60
5,369
Grenada
42.08%
4,424
56.79%
5,970
1.13%
119
10,513
Hancock
18.96%
3,344
78.31%
13,811
2.73%
482
17,637
Harrison
33.44%
21,169
63.74%
40,354
2.83%
1,790
63,313
Hinds
71.39%
67,594
26.69%
25,275
1.91%
1,812
94,681
Holmes
82.83%
6,689
16.21%
1,309
0.97%
78
8,076
Humphreys
72.21%
3,071
27.06%
1,151
0.73%
31
4,253
Issaquena
56.51%
395
42.63%
298
0.86%
6
699
Itawamba
11.47%
1,117
86.99%
8,470
1.54%
150
9,737
Jackson
29.57%
14,657
67.85%
33,629
2.58%
1,281
49,567
Jasper
51.54%
4,368
47.65%
4,038
0.81%
69
8,475
Jefferson
86.45%
3,337
12.69%
490
0.85%
33
3,860
Jefferson Davis
59.64%
3,720
39.54%
2,466
0.82%
51
6,237
Jones
27.48%
7,791
71.01%
20,133
1.51%
428
28,352
Kemper
60.94%
2,827
38.33%
1,778
0.73%
34
4,639
Lafayette
40.57%
7,969
55.35%
10,872
4.08%
802
19,643
Lamar
21.10%
5,190
76.25%
18,751
2.65%
651
24,592
Lauderdale
38.19%
11,269
60.13%
17,741
1.68%
496
29,506
Lawrence
34.49%
2,195
64.28%
4,091
1.23%
78
6,364
Leake
42.42%
3,584
56.60%
4,782
0.98%
83
8,449
Lee
30.47%
10,029
67.51%
22,220
2.02%
664
32,913
Leflore
69.90%
7,787
28.83%
3,212
1.27%
141
11,140
Lincoln
29.34%
4,458
69.44%
10,550
1.22%
185
15,193
Lowndes
46.21%
11,819
51.89%
13,271
1.90%
485
25,575
Madison
40.85%
20,343
56.75%
28,265
2.40%
1,194
49,802
Marion
31.45%
3,677
67.01%
7,836
1.54%
180
11,693
Marshall
54.07%
8,023
44.39%
6,587
1.54%
229
14,839
Monroe
34.78%
5,524
64.01%
10,167
1.22%
193
15,884
Montgomery
42.33%
2,115
56.41%
2,818
1.26%
63
4,996
Neshoba
25.73%
2,715
72.77%
7,679
1.51%
159
10,553
Newton
29.20%
2,756
69.38%
6,548
1.42%
134
9,438
Noxubee
77.99%
4,347
21.53%
1,200
0.48%
27
5,574
Oktibbeha
48.88%
8,859
47.32%
8,576
3.80%
689
18,124
Panola
49.33%
7,431
49.45%
7,449
1.22%
184
15,064
Pearl River
16.47%
3,604
81.26%
17,782
2.27%
497
21,883
Perry
22.46%
1,220
76.12%
4,135
1.42%
77
5,432
Pike
49.31%
8,043
49.10%
8,009
1.58%
258
16,310
Pontotoc
18.38%
2,386
79.61%
10,336
2.02%
262
12,984
Prentiss
20.94%
2,067
77.47%
7,648
1.59%
157
9,872
Quitman
68.71%
2,312
29.75%
1,001
1.55%
52
3,365
Rankin
22.48%
14,110
75.16%
47,178
2.36%
1,480
62,768
Scott
40.56%
4,268
58.18%
6,122
1.25%
132
10,522
Sharkey
67.53%
1,479
31.60%
692
0.87%
19
2,190
Simpson
33.93%
3,874
64.74%
7,393
1.33%
152
11,419
Smith
21.20%
1,617
77.72%
5,928
1.08%
82
7,627
Stone
22.33%
1,573
75.32%
5,306
2.36%
166
7,045
Sunflower
70.07%
6,725
29.11%
2,794
0.82%
79
9,598
Tallahatchie
56.85%
3,337
41.94%
2,462
1.21%
71
5,870
Tate
33.77%
3,926
64.46%
7,495
1.77%
206
11,627
Tippah
19.95%
1,842
78.40%
7,240
1.66%
153
9,235
Tishomingo
11.93%
999
85.61%
7,166
2.46%
206
8,371
Tunica
74.77%
2,667
23.91%
853
1.32%
47
3,567
Union
17.50%
2,012
80.33%
9,235
2.17%
249
11,496
Walthall
40.32%
2,790
58.62%
4,056
1.06%
73
6,919
Warren
47.82%
9,284
50.30%
9,767
1.88%
365
19,416
Washington
67.64%
11,380
31.17%
5,244
1.19%
201
16,825
Wayne
36.71%
3,524
62.40%
5,990
0.89%
85
9,599
Webster
20.10%
1,019
78.44%
3,976
1.46%
74
5,069
Wilkinson
67.73%
2,857
31.25%
1,318
1.02%
43
4,218
Winston
43.35%
3,850
55.29%
4,910
1.36%
121
8,881
Yalobusha
42.49%
2,582
55.55%
3,376
1.96%
119
6,077
Yazoo
53.32%
5,369
45.66%
4,598
1.02%
103
10,070
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ ]
Benton (largest town: Hickory Flat )
Chickasaw (largest city: Houston )
Panola (largest city: Batesville )
Warren (largest city: Vicksburg )
See also [ ]
Democratic Party presidential debates, 2016
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
References [ ]
^ "Distribution of Electoral Votes" . National Archives and Records Administration . Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ a b "Mississippi Election Results 2016" . August 1, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
^ Journal, Daily. "New Albany" . Daily Journal .
^ "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours" . Los Angeles Times . 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "Road to 270: CNN's general election map - CNNPolitics.com" . Cnn.com . 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "Presidential Ratings" . The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved August 16, 2021 .
^ "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2016 President" . Centerforpolitics.org . 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ Todd, Chuck. "NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead" . NBC News . Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House" . RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge" . Fox News . 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "The Final 15: The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election" . Abcnews.go.com . 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13 .
^ "2016 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi" .
^ Walter, Amy; Wasserman, David; Cook, Charlie; Walter, Amy (2017-04-07). "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index" . The Cook Political Report . Retrieved 2020-06-26 .
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