United States presidential elections in Mississippi

Presidential elections in Mississippi
Map of the United States with Mississippi highlighted
No. of elections 48
Voted Democrat 29
Voted Republican 14
Voted Whig 1
Voted Democratic-Republican 1
Voted other 3[lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate 28
Voted for losing candidate 20

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Mississippi, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1817, Mississippi has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the election of 1868, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.

Winners of the state are in bold.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 2]
Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
Notes
2016Donald Trump700,71457.86Hillary Clinton485,13140.06-6
2012Barack Obama562,94943.79Mitt Romney710,74655.29-6
2008Barack Obama554,66243.00John McCain724,59756.18-6
2004George W. Bush684,98159.45John Kerry458,09439.76-6
2000George W. Bush572,84457.62Al Gore404,61440.7-7
1996Bill Clinton394,02244.08Bob Dole439,83849.21Ross Perot52,2225.847
1992Bill Clinton400,25840.77George H. W. Bush487,79349.68Ross Perot85,6268.727
1988George H. W. Bush557,89059.89Michael Dukakis363,92139.07-7
1984Ronald Reagan581,47761.85Walter Mondale352,19237.46-7
1980Ronald Reagan441,08949.42Jimmy Carter429,28148.09John B. Anderson12,0361.357
1976Jimmy Carter381,30949.56Gerald Ford366,84647.68-7
1972Richard Nixon505,12578.20George McGovern126,78219.63-7
1968Richard Nixon88,51613.52Hubert Humphrey150,64423.02George Wallace415,34963.467
1964Lyndon B. Johnson52,61812.86Barry Goldwater356,52887.14-7
1960John F. Kennedy108,36236.34Richard Nixon73,56124.67Harry F. Byrd116,24838.998Unpledged electors won, voting for Byrd.[1]
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower60,68524.46Adlai Stevenson II144,49858.23T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[lower-alpha 3]
42,96617.318
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower112,96639.56Adlai Stevenson II172,56660.44-8
1948Harry S. Truman19,38410.09Thomas E. Dewey5,0432.62Strom Thurmond167,53887.179
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt168,47993.56Thomas E. Dewey11,6016.44-9
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt168,26795.70Wendell Willkie7,3644.19-9
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt157,31897.06Alf Landon4,4432.74-9
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt140,16895.98Herbert Hoover5,1803.55-9
1928Herbert Hoover27,15317.90Al Smith124,53982.10-10
1924Calvin Coolidge8,4947.55John W. Davis100,47489.34Robert M. La Follette Sr.3,4943.1110
1920Warren G. Harding11,57614.03James M. Cox69,27783.98-10
1916Woodrow Wilson80,42292.78Charles E. Hughes4,2534.91-10
1912Woodrow Wilson57,32488.90Theodore Roosevelt3,5495.50William H. Taft1,5602.4210
1908William H. Taft4,3636.52William Jennings Bryan60,28790.11-10
1904Theodore Roosevelt3,2805.59Alton B. Parker53,48091.07-10
1900William McKinley5,7079.66William Jennings Bryan51,70687.56-9
1896William McKinley4,8196.92William Jennings Bryan63,35591.04-9
1892Grover Cleveland40,03076.22Benjamin Harrison1,3982.66James B. Weaver10,11819.279
1888Benjamin Harrison30,09525.99Grover Cleveland85,45173.8-9
1884Grover Cleveland77,65364.34James G. Blaine43,03535.66-9
1880James A. Garfield34,84429.76Winfield S. Hancock75,75064.71James B. Weaver5,7974.958
1876Rutherford B. Hayes52,60331.92Samuel J. Tilden 112,17368.08-8
1872Ulysses S. Grant82,17563.48Horace Greeley47,28236.52-8
1868Ulysses S. GrantNo vote due to status of Reconstruction.Horatio Seymour-
1864Abraham LincolnNo vote due to secession.George B. McClellan-

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln no ballots Stephen A. Douglas 3,282 4.7 John C. Breckinridge 40,768 59.0 John Bell 25,045 36.2 7

Elections from 1828 to 1856

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 2]
Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
Notes
1856James Buchanan35,45659.44John C. Frémontno ballots-Millard Fillmore24,19140.567
1852Franklin Pierce26,89660.5Winfield Scott17,55839.5John P. Haleno ballots7
1848Zachary Taylor25,91149.4Lewis Cass26,54550.6Martin Van Burenno ballots6
1844James K. Polk25,84657.43Henry Clay19,15842.57-6
1840William Henry Harrison19,51553.43Martin Van Buren17,01046.57-4
1836Martin Van Buren10,29751.28Hugh Lawson White9,78248.72various[lower-alpha 4]4
1832Andrew Jackson5,750100Henry Clayno ballotsWilliam Wirtno ballots4
1828Andrew Jackson6,76381.05John Quincy Adams1,58118.95-3

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Loser (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1824Andrew Jackson3,12163.77John Quincy Adams1,65433.80Henry Clayno ballots-William H. Crawford1192.433

Election of 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all electoral votes (including Mississippi’s three electoral votes) except one vote in New Hampshire. The popular vote was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

Notes

  1. George Wallace, 1968; Harry F. Byrd, 1960; Strom Thurmond, 1948.
  2. 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  3. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  4. Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were William Henry Harrison, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Mississippi.

References

  1. Trende, Sean. "Did JFK Lose the Popular Vote?". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
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