United States presidential election in Mississippi, 2016

The 2016 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the

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in which all 50 states plus the

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participated.

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voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the

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's nominee, businessman

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, and running mate Indiana Governor

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against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State

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, and her running mate Virginia

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. Mississippi has six electoral votes in the Electoral College. 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%. Trump's 17.80% margin of victory was a 6.30% increase over the 11.50% margin of victory by which Republican nominee

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won the state over

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. 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

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, as well as the first to do so without carrying Copiah, Pike, or Yazoo Counties since

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Primary elections

Democratic primary

Fueled by robust support from black voters, Mrs. 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

Republican primary

Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot: *

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(withdrawn) * Ben Carson (withdrawn) *

Chris Christie Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician, lawyer, political commentator, lobbyist, and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. Christie, who was born in N ...

(withdrawn) *

Ted Cruz Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (; born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas fro ...

Carly Fiorina Cara Carleton "Carly" Fiorina (''née'' Sneed; born September 6, 1954) is an American businesswoman and politician, known primarily for her tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP). As chief executive officer of HP from 1999 to 2005, Fiorina was ...

(withdrawn) *

Mike Huckabee Michael Dale Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is an American politician, Baptist minister, and political commentator who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nominati ...

(withdrawn) * John Kasich *

Rand Paul Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American physician and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, U.S. senator from Kentucky since 2011. A member of the Republican Party (Un ...

(withdrawn) *

Marco Rubio Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Florida, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the ...

* Rick Santorum (withdrawn) * Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) * George Pataki (withdrawn)

General Election

Polling

Predictions

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

Statewide results

By congressional district

Trump won 3 of 4 congressional districts.

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Benton (largest town: Hickory Flat) *

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(largest city:

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) * Panola (largest city: Batesville) * Warren (largest city: Vicksburg)

References

External links

RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process

Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions

Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Mississippi
{{U.S. presidential primaries Missi 2016 Presidential

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Republican primary

General Election

Polling

Predictions

Statewide results

By congressional district

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

External links