2016 United States presidential election in Mississippi
The 2016 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General 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.
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On March 8, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Mississippi voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, and Republican, parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote.
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. Trump won the election in Mississippi with 57.86% of the vote, while Hillary Clinton received 40.06% of the vote.[1] Trump's 17.80% margin of victory proved to be a 6.80% increase over the 11.50% margin of victory by which Republican nominee Mitt Romney won the state over Barack Obama in 2012.
Primary elections
Democratic primary
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Mississippi results by county
Hillary Clinton |
Mississippi Democratic primary, March 8, 2016 | |||||
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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Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 672 | 0.30% | |||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
Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[2]
- 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- Jeb Bush (withdrawn)
- Ben Carson (withdrawn)
- Chris Christie (withdrawn)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- Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)
- Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)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- Rand Paul (withdrawn)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- Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
- Lindsey Graham (withdrawn)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 | |||||
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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
General elections
Predictions
The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Mississippi as of Election Day.
- Los Angeles Times: Strongly Trump[3]
- CNN: Solid Trump[4]
- Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Trump[5]
- NBC: Likely Trump[6]
- RealClearPolitics: Solid Trump[7]
- Fox News: Solid Republican[8]
- ABC: Solid Trump[9]
Statewide results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Donald Trump | 700,714 | 57.86% | |
Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 485,131 | 40.06% | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson | 14,435 | 1.19% | |
Constitution | Darrell Castle | 3,987 | 0.33% | |
Green | Jill Stein | 3,731 | 0.31% | |
Prohibition | James Hedges | 715 | 0.06% | |
American Delta | Rocky De La Fuente | 644 | 0.05% | |
Write-in | Other write-ins | 1,731 | 0.14% | |
Total votes | 1,211,088 | 100.00% |
By congressional district
Trump won 3 of 4 congressional districts.[11]
District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
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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 |
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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 swung from Democratic to Republican
- Benton (largest town: Hickory Flat)
- Chickasaw (largest city: Houston)
- Panola (largest city: Batesville)
- Warren (largest city: Vicksburg)
See also
References
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- Journal, Daily. "New Albany". Daily Journal.
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- Todd, Chuck. "NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
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