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 nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic 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]
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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. Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Oktibbeha County since Richard Nixon in 1968, as well as the first to do so without carrying Copiah, Pike, or Yazoo Counties since Ronald Reagan in 1980.
Primary elections
editDemocratic primary
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 Democratic primary results by county
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Fueled by robust support from black voters, Clinton overwhelmed Mr. Sanders in Southern states. The Vermont senator barely competed in Mississippi and was still struggling to broaden his appeal beyond white, liberal voters[3]
This section should include a summary of, or be summarized in, another article. (September 2023) |
| 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| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 672 | 0.30% | |||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: [4][5] | |||||
Republican primary
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Trump
Cruz
Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[6]
- 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)
| 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 | |||||
General election
editPolling
editPredictions
editThe following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Mississippi as of Election Day.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Times[7] | Safe R | November 6, 2016 |
| CNN[8] | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[9] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| NBC[11] | Likely R | November 7, 2016 |
| RealClearPolitics[12] | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Fox News[13] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| ABC[14] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Donald Trump | 700,714 | 57.86% | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 485,131 | 40.06% | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | 14,435 | 1.19% | |
| Constitution | Darrell L. 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
editTrump won 3 of 4 congressional districts.[16]
| 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
edit| County | Donald Trump Republican |
Hillary Clinton Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,874 | 42.45% | 7,757 | 56.06% | 205 | 1.49% | -1,883 | -13.61% | 13,836 |
| Alcorn | 11,819 | 79.95% | 2,684 | 18.16% | 280 | 1.89% | 9,135 | 61.79% | 14,783 |
| Amite | 4,289 | 60.84% | 2,697 | 38.26% | 64 | 0.90% | 1,592 | 22.58% | 7,050 |
| Attala | 4,897 | 59.31% | 3,242 | 39.27% | 117 | 1.42% | 1,655 | 20.04% | 8,256 |
| Benton | 2,251 | 55.97% | 1,719 | 42.74% | 52 | 1.29% | 532 | 13.23% | 4,022 |
| Bolivar | 4,590 | 33.20% | 9,046 | 65.44% | 188 | 1.36% | -4,456 | -32.24% | 13,824 |
| Calhoun | 4,390 | 68.64% | 1,910 | 29.86% | 96 | 1.50% | 2,480 | 38.78% | 6,396 |
| Carroll | 3,799 | 68.72% | 1,680 | 30.39% | 49 | 0.89% | 2,119 | 38.33% | 5,528 |
| Chickasaw | 4,127 | 52.31% | 3,649 | 46.25% | 114 | 1.44% | 478 | 6.06% | 7,890 |
| Choctaw | 2,788 | 68.59% | 1,218 | 29.96% | 59 | 1.45% | 1,570 | 38.63% | 4,065 |
| Claiborne | 540 | 12.64% | 3,708 | 86.80% | 24 | 0.56% | -3,168 | -74.16% | 4,272 |
| Clarke | 5,137 | 65.94% | 2,585 | 33.18% | 69 | 0.88% | 2,552 | 32.76% | 7,791 |
| Clay | 4,150 | 41.49% | 5,722 | 57.20% | 131 | 1.31% | -1,572 | -15.71% | 10,003 |
| Coahoma | 2,426 | 27.22% | 6,378 | 71.57% | 108 | 1.21% | -3,952 | -44.35% | 8,912 |
| Copiah | 6,103 | 47.01% | 6,741 | 51.93% | 138 | 1.06% | -638 | -4.92% | 12,982 |
| Covington | 5,435 | 61.68% | 3,276 | 37.18% | 100 | 1.14% | 2,159 | 24.50% | 8,811 |
| DeSoto | 43,089 | 65.13% | 20,591 | 31.13% | 2,475 | 3.74% | 22,498 | 34.00% | 66,155 |
| Forrest | 15,461 | 55.09% | 11,716 | 41.75% | 887 | 3.16% | 3,745 | 13.34% | 28,064 |
| Franklin | 2,721 | 63.43% | 1,502 | 35.01% | 67 | 1.56% | 1,219 | 28.42% | 4,290 |
| George | 8,696 | 87.92% | 1,027 | 10.38% | 168 | 1.70% | 7,669 | 77.54% | 9,891 |
| Greene | 4,335 | 80.74% | 974 | 18.14% | 60 | 1.12% | 3,361 | 62.60% | 5,369 |
| Grenada | 5,970 | 56.79% | 4,424 | 42.08% | 119 | 1.13% | 1,546 | 14.71% | 10,513 |
| Hancock | 13,811 | 78.31% | 3,344 | 18.96% | 482 | 2.73% | 10,467 | 59.35% | 17,637 |
| Harrison | 40,354 | 63.74% | 21,169 | 33.44% | 1,790 | 2.82% | 19,185 | 30.30% | 63,313 |
| Hinds | 25,275 | 26.58% | 67,594 | 71.09% | 2,208 | 2.33% | -42,319 | -44.51% | 95,077 |
| Holmes | 1,309 | 16.21% | 6,689 | 82.83% | 78 | 0.96% | -5,380 | -66.62% | 8,076 |
| Humphreys | 1,151 | 27.06% | 3,071 | 72.21% | 31 | 0.73% | -1,920 | -45.15% | 4,253 |
| Issaquena | 298 | 42.63% | 395 | 56.51% | 6 | 0.86% | -97 | -13.88% | 699 |
| Itawamba | 8,470 | 86.99% | 1,117 | 11.47% | 150 | 1.54% | 7,353 | 75.52% | 9,737 |
| Jackson | 33,629 | 67.85% | 14,657 | 29.57% | 1,281 | 2.58% | 18,972 | 38.28% | 49,567 |
| Jasper | 4,038 | 47.65% | 4,368 | 51.54% | 69 | 0.81% | -330 | -3.89% | 8,475 |
| Jefferson | 490 | 12.69% | 3,337 | 86.45% | 33 | 0.86% | -2,847 | -73.76% | 3,860 |
| Jefferson Davis | 2,466 | 39.54% | 3,720 | 59.64% | 51 | 0.82% | -1,254 | -20.10% | 6,237 |
| Jones | 20,133 | 71.01% | 7,791 | 27.48% | 428 | 1.51% | 12,342 | 43.53% | 28,352 |
| Kemper | 1,778 | 38.33% | 2,827 | 60.94% | 34 | 0.73% | -1,049 | -22.61% | 4,639 |
| Lafayette | 10,872 | 55.35% | 7,969 | 40.57% | 802 | 4.08% | 2,903 | 14.78% | 19,643 |
| Lamar | 18,751 | 76.25% | 5,190 | 21.10% | 651 | 2.65% | 13,561 | 55.15% | 24,592 |
| Lauderdale | 17,741 | 60.13% | 11,269 | 38.19% | 496 | 1.68% | 6,472 | 21.94% | 29,506 |
| Lawrence | 4,091 | 64.28% | 2,195 | 34.49% | 78 | 1.23% | 1,896 | 29.79% | 6,364 |
| Leake | 4,782 | 56.60% | 3,584 | 42.42% | 83 | 0.98% | 1,198 | 14.18% | 8,449 |
| Lee | 22,220 | 67.51% | 10,029 | 30.47% | 664 | 2.02% | 12,191 | 37.04% | 32,913 |
| Leflore | 3,212 | 28.83% | 7,787 | 69.90% | 141 | 1.27% | -4,575 | -41.07% | 11,140 |
| Lincoln | 10,550 | 69.44% | 4,458 | 29.34% | 185 | 1.22% | 6,092 | 40.10% | 15,193 |
| Lowndes | 13,271 | 51.65% | 11,819 | 46.00% | 605 | 2.35% | 1,452 | 5.65% | 25,695 |
| Madison | 28,265 | 56.38% | 20,343 | 40.58% | 1,523 | 3.04% | 7,922 | 15.80% | 50,131 |
| Marion | 7,836 | 67.01% | 3,677 | 31.45% | 180 | 1.54% | 4,159 | 35.56% | 11,693 |
| Marshall | 6,587 | 44.39% | 8,023 | 54.07% | 229 | 1.54% | -1,436 | -9.68% | 14,839 |
| Monroe | 10,167 | 64.01% | 5,524 | 34.78% | 193 | 1.21% | 4,643 | 29.23% | 15,884 |
| Montgomery | 2,818 | 56.41% | 2,115 | 42.33% | 63 | 1.26% | 703 | 14.08% | 4,996 |
| Neshoba | 7,679 | 72.77% | 2,715 | 25.73% | 159 | 1.50% | 4,964 | 47.04% | 10,553 |
| Newton | 6,548 | 69.38% | 2,756 | 29.20% | 134 | 1.42% | 3,792 | 40.18% | 9,438 |
| Noxubee | 1,200 | 21.53% | 4,347 | 77.99% | 27 | 0.48% | -3,147 | -56.46% | 5,574 |
| Oktibbeha | 8,576 | 47.32% | 8,859 | 48.88% | 689 | 3.80% | -283 | -1.56% | 18,124 |
| Panola | 7,449 | 49.45% | 7,431 | 49.33% | 184 | 1.22% | 18 | 0.12% | 15,064 |
| Pearl River | 17,782 | 81.26% | 3,604 | 16.47% | 497 | 2.27% | 14,178 | 64.79% | 21,883 |
| Perry | 4,135 | 76.12% | 1,220 | 22.46% | 77 | 1.42% | 2,915 | 53.66% | 5,432 |
| Pike | 8,009 | 48.95% | 8,043 | 49.16% | 308 | 1.89% | -34 | -0.21% | 16,360 |
| Pontotoc | 10,336 | 79.61% | 2,386 | 18.38% | 262 | 2.01% | 7,950 | 61.23% | 12,984 |
| Prentiss | 7,648 | 77.47% | 2,067 | 20.94% | 157 | 1.59% | 5,581 | 56.53% | 9,872 |
| Quitman | 1,001 | 29.75% | 2,312 | 68.71% | 52 | 1.54% | -1,311 | -38.96% | 3,365 |
| Rankin | 47,178 | 74.76% | 14,110 | 22.36% | 1,822 | 2.88% | 33,068 | 52.40% | 63,110 |
| Scott | 6,122 | 58.18% | 4,268 | 40.56% | 132 | 1.26% | 1,854 | 17.62% | 10,522 |
| Sharkey | 692 | 31.60% | 1,479 | 67.53% | 19 | 0.87% | -787 | -35.93% | 2,190 |
| Simpson | 7,393 | 64.74% | 3,874 | 33.93% | 152 | 1.33% | 3,519 | 30.81% | 11,419 |
| Smith | 5,928 | 77.72% | 1,617 | 21.20% | 82 | 1.08% | 4,311 | 56.52% | 7,627 |
| Stone | 5,306 | 75.32% | 1,573 | 22.33% | 166 | 2.35% | 3,733 | 52.99% | 7,045 |
| Sunflower | 2,794 | 29.11% | 6,725 | 70.07% | 79 | 0.82% | -3,931 | -40.96% | 9,598 |
| Tallahatchie | 2,462 | 41.94% | 3,337 | 56.85% | 71 | 1.21% | -875 | -14.91% | 5,870 |
| Tate | 7,495 | 64.46% | 3,926 | 33.77% | 206 | 1.77% | 3,569 | 30.69% | 11,627 |
| Tippah | 7,240 | 78.19% | 1,842 | 19.89% | 178 | 1.92% | 5,398 | 58.30% | 9,260 |
| Tishomingo | 7,166 | 85.61% | 999 | 11.93% | 206 | 2.46% | 6,167 | 73.68% | 8,371 |
| Tunica | 853 | 23.91% | 2,667 | 74.77% | 47 | 1.32% | -1,814 | -50.86% | 3,567 |
| Union | 9,235 | 80.33% | 2,012 | 17.50% | 249 | 2.17% | 7,223 | 62.83% | 11,496 |
| Walthall | 4,056 | 58.62% | 2,790 | 40.32% | 73 | 1.06% | 1,266 | 18.30% | 6,919 |
| Warren | 9,767 | 50.30% | 9,284 | 47.82% | 365 | 1.88% | 483 | 2.48% | 19,416 |
| Washington | 5,244 | 31.17% | 11,380 | 67.64% | 201 | 1.19% | -6,136 | -36.47% | 16,825 |
| Wayne | 5,990 | 62.40% | 3,524 | 36.71% | 85 | 0.89% | 2,466 | 25.69% | 9,599 |
| Webster | 3,976 | 78.44% | 1,019 | 20.10% | 74 | 1.46% | 2,957 | 58.34% | 5,069 |
| Wilkinson | 1,318 | 31.25% | 2,857 | 67.73% | 43 | 1.02% | -1,539 | -36.48% | 4,218 |
| Winston | 4,910 | 55.29% | 3,850 | 43.35% | 121 | 1.36% | 1,060 | 11.94% | 8,881 |
| Yalobusha | 3,376 | 55.55% | 2,582 | 42.49% | 119 | 1.96% | 794 | 13.06% | 6,077 |
| Yazoo | 4,598 | 45.66% | 5,369 | 53.32% | 103 | 1.02% | -771 | -7.66% | 10,070 |
| Totals | 700,714 | 57.86% | 485,131 | 40.06% | 25,243 | 2.08% | 215,583 | 17.80% | 1,211,088 |
- 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
editReferences
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- ^ a b "Mississippi Election Results 2016". August 1, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Rappeport, Alan (March 8, 2016). "Hillary Clinton Wins the Mississippi Democratic Primary". The New York Times Politics and Washington. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ The Green Papers
- ^ Mississippi Secretary of State
- ^ Journal, Daily. "New Albany". Daily Journal.
- ^ "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours". Los Angeles Times. November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ "Road to 270: CNN's general election map - CNNPolitics.com". Cnn.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ "Presidential Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2016 President". Centerforpolitics.org. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ Todd, Chuck. "NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead". NBC News. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ "The Final 15: The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election". Abcnews.go.com. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi".
- ^ Walter, Amy; Wasserman, David; Cook, Charlie; Walter, Amy (April 7, 2017). "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved June 26, 2020.