2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Mississippi

2016 United States presidential election in Mississippi

2016 United States presidential election in Mississippi

Election in Mississippi


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]

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Treemap of the popular vote by county.

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

Democratic primary

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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]

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Republican primary

Republican primary results by county.
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Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[4]

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General Election

Polling

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Mississippi as of Election Day.

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Statewide results

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By congressional district

Trump won 3 of 4 congressional districts.[14]

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By county

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also


References

  1. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  2. "Mississippi Election Results 2016". August 1, 2017 via NYTimes.com.
  3. Rappeport, Alan (March 8, 2016). "Hillary Clinton Wins the Mississippi Democratic Primary". The New York Times Politics and Washington. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  4. Journal, Daily. "New Albany". Daily Journal.
  5. "Road to 270: CNN's general election map - CNNPolitics.com". Cnn.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  6. "Presidential Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  7. "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2016 President". Centerforpolitics.org. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  8. "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  9. "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.
  10. 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.

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