2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi

United States presidential election in Mississippi, 2012
Romney 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Obama 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
President before election; Barack Obama; Democratic	Elected President ; Barack Obama; Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Mississippi voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

Romney and Ryan won Mississippi with 55.3% of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 43.8%, thus winning the state's six electoral votes.^[1] Mississippi was one of just six states where Obama improved on his 2008 performance. According to exit polls, the black vote share in Mississippi increased from 33% in 2008 to 36% in 2012, likely explaining Obama's gains.^[2] This was the strongest showing for a Democratic presidential candidate in Mississippi since native Southerner Bill Clinton's 44.08% in 1996. Obama carried Warren County, becoming the first Democrat to do so since John F. Kennedy in 1960.^[3]

General Election

Results

United States presidential election in Mississippi, 2012
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	710,746	55.29%	6
	Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	562,949	43.79%	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	6,676	0.52%	0
	Constitution	Virgil Goode	Jim Clymer	2,609	0.20%	0
	Green	Jill Stein	Cheri Honkala	1,588	0.12%	0
	Reform	Barbara Dale Washer	Cathy L. Toole	1,016	0.08%	0
Totals				1,285,584	100.00%	6

By county

County	Obama%	Obama#	Romney%	Romney#	Others%	Others#	Total
Adams County	58.66%	9,061	40.74%	6,293	0.60%	93	15,447
Alcorn County	23.67%	3,511	74.92%	11,111	1.40%	208	14,830
Amite County	42.07%	3,242	57.28%	4,414	0.65%	50	7,706
Attala County	43.19%	3,927	56.38%	5,126	0.43%	39	9,092
Benton County	49.83%	2,051	49.59%	2,041	0.58%	24	4,116
Bolivar County	68.59%	10,582	30.47%	4,701	0.94%	145	15,428
Calhoun County	36.59%	2,586	62.42%	4,412	0.99%	70	7,068
Carroll County	33.49%	2,007	66.09%	3,960	0.42%	25	5,992
Chickasaw County	51.49%	4,378	46.97%	3,994	1.54%	131	8,503
Choctaw County	33.42%	1,428	65.81%	2,812	0.77%	33	4,273
Claiborne County	88.22%	4,838	11.40%	625	0.38%	21	5,484
Clarke County	37.70%	3,111	61.18%	5,049	1.13%	93	8,253
Clay County	60.62%	6,712	38.76%	4,291	0.62%	69	11,072
Coahoma County	73.86%	7,792	25.71%	2,712	0.43%	45	10,549
Copiah County	54.87%	7,749	44.48%	6,282	0.65%	92	14,123
Covington County	41.48%	3,878	57.82%	5,405	0.70%	65	9,348
DeSoto County	32.79%	21,575	66.21%	43,559	1.00%	660	65,794
Forrest County	43.89%	13,272	54.82%	16,574	1.29%	390	30,236
Franklin County	38.42%	1,726	60.87%	2,735	0.71%	32	4,493
George County	13.79%	1,359	84.98%	8,376	1.23%	121	9,856
Greene County	22.37%	1,325	76.51%	4,531	1.11%	66	5,922
Grenada County	46.65%	5,288	52.81%	5,986	0.54%	61	11,335
Hancock County	22.82%	3,917	75.52%	12,964	1.67%	286	17,167
Harrison County	36.51%	23,119	62.33%	39,470	1.17%	739	63,328
Hinds County	71.47%	76,112	27.86%	29,664	0.67%	715	106,491
Holmes County	84.11%	7,812	15.45%	1,435	0.44%	41	9,288
Humphreys County	74.88%	3,903	24.81%	1,293	0.31%	16	5,212
Issaquena County	60.86%	479	38.37%	302	0.76%	6	787
Itawamba County	18.31%	1,706	79.34%	7,393	2.35%	219	9,318
Jackson County	32.24%	17,299	66.62%	35,747	1.14%	609	53,655
Jasper County	54.57%	5,097	44.89%	4,193	0.54%	50	9,340
Jefferson County	89.13%	3,951	10.56%	468	0.32%	14	4,433
Jefferson Davis County	62.16%	4,267	36.52%	2,507	1.31%	90	6,864
Jones County	30.54%	9,211	68.59%	20,687	0.87%	261	30,159
Kemper County	64.11%	3,239	35.41%	1,789	0.48%	24	5,052
Lafayette County	41.48%	8,091	56.78%	11,075	1.74%	339	19,505
Lamar County	22.07%	5,494	76.74%	19,101	1.18%	294	24,889
Lauderdale County	42.15%	13,814	57.05%	18,700	0.80%	263	32,777
Lawrence County	36.85%	2,468	62.59%	4,192	0.57%	38	6,698
Leake County	45.41%	4,079	54.14%	4,863	0.46%	41	8,983
Lee County	35.58%	12,563	63.49%	22,415	0.93%	328	35,306
Leflore County	71.39%	9,119	28.08%	3,587	0.52%	67	12,773
Lincoln County	33.33%	5,471	66.04%	10,839	0.63%	104	16,414
Lowndes County	49.30%	13,388	49.78%	13,518	0.93%	252	27,158
Madison County	41.80%	20,722	57.51%	28,507	0.69%	342	49,571
Marion County	34.51%	4,393	64.71%	8,237	0.78%	99	12,729
Marshall County	59.42%	9,650	39.86%	6,473	0.72%	117	16,240
Monroe County	41.71%	7,056	57.47%	9,723	0.82%	139	16,918
Montgomery County	47.39%	2,675	52.21%	2,947	0.41%	23	5,645
Neshoba County	28.04%	3,089	71.15%	7,837	0.81%	89	11,015
Newton County	33.95%	3,319	65.40%	6,394	0.65%	64	9,777
Noxubee County	78.54%	4,920	21.15%	1,325	0.30%	19	6,264
Oktibbeha County	50.20%	9,095	48.36%	8,761	1.44%	261	18,117
Panola County	53.96%	9,079	45.34%	7,629	0.70%	118	16,826
Pearl River County	19.65%	4,366	78.96%	17,549	1.39%	309	22,224
Perry County	26.69%	1,527	72.30%	4,137	1.01%	58	5,722
Pike County	53.69%	9,650	45.52%	8,181	0.80%	143	17,974
Pontotoc County	22.59%	2,804	76.13%	9,448	1.28%	159	12,411
Prentiss County	28.08%	2,817	70.52%	7,075	1.41%	141	10,033
Quitman County	71.30%	2,837	28.05%	1,116	0.65%	26	3,979
Rankin County	23.37%	14,988	75.52%	48,444	1.11%	713	64,145
Scott County	44.91%	5,031	54.36%	6,089	0.73%	82	11,202
Sharkey County	70.38%	1,782	29.11%	737	0.51%	13	2,532
Simpson County	38.56%	4,723	60.61%	7,424	0.83%	102	12,249
Smith County	24.44%	1,979	74.69%	6,049	0.88%	71	8,099
Stone County	26.59%	2,003	71.96%	5,420	1.45%	109	7,532
Sunflower County	73.02%	8,199	26.09%	2,929	0.89%	100	11,228
Tallahatchie County	60.88%	3,959	38.43%	2,499	0.69%	45	6,503
Tate County	39.76%	4,933	59.10%	7,332	1.14%	141	12,406
Tippah County	25.28%	2,317	73.30%	6,717	1.42%	130	9,164
Tishomingo County	20.70%	1,643	77.28%	6,133	2.02%	160	7,936
Tunica County	79.30%	3,475	20.15%	883	0.55%	24	4,382
Union County	24.13%	2,742	74.77%	8,498	1.10%	125	11,365
Walthall County	45.32%	3,422	53.65%	4,051	1.03%	78	7,551
Warren County	50.42%	10,786	48.89%	10,457	0.69%	148	21,391
Washington County	70.92%	13,981	28.66%	5,651	0.42%	83	19,715
Wayne County	40.15%	4,148	59.15%	6,111	0.71%	73	10,332
Webster County	22.74%	1,190	76.27%	3,992	0.99%	52	5,234
Wilkinson County	70.31%	3,412	29.16%	1,415	0.54%	26	4,853
Winston County	46.87%	4,607	52.58%	5,168	0.55%	54	9,829
Yalobusha County	47.69%	3,030	51.56%	3,276	0.76%	48	6,354
Yazoo County	56.82%	6,603	42.52%	4,941	0.65%	76	11,620

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

The Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, the same day as the Alabama Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses.^[4]^[5] After the open election, 37 bound delegates and three unbound delegates will go to the Republican National Convention.^[6]

Mississippi Republican primary, 2012^[7]^[8]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
Rick Santorum	96,258	32.73%	13
Newt Gingrich	91,612	31.15%	12
Mitt Romney	90,161	30.66%	14
Ron Paul	12,955	4.40%	0
Rick Perry	1,350	0.46%	0
Michele Bachmann	971	0.33%	0
Jon Huntsman, Jr.	413	0.14%	0
Gary Johnson	392	0.13%	0
Unprojected delegates:			3
Total:	294,112	100%	40

References

^ "2012 Presidential Election Results - Mississippi". Retrieved 5 January 2013.
^ "2012 Exit Polls - Mississippi". Retrieved 5 January 2013.
^ The Political Graveyard; Warren County, Mississippi
^ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
^ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
^ Mississippi Republican – The Green Papers
^ http://www.sos.ms.gov/elections/electionresults/Republican%20Certification_2012%20Primary.pdf
^ "Mississippi Republican Primary - Election Results - Election 2012". The New York Times.

External links

The Green Papers: for Mississippi
The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order

[1] "2012 Presidential Election Results - Mississippi". Retrieved 5 January 2013.

[2] "2012 Exit Polls - Mississippi". Retrieved 5 January 2013.

[3] The Political Graveyard; Warren County, Mississippi

[4] "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.

[5] "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.

[TGP-6] Mississippi Republican – The Green Papers

[7] ttp://www.sos.ms.gov/elections/electionresults/Republican%20Certification_2012%20Primary.pdf

[8] "Mississippi Republican Primary - Election Results - Election 2012". The New York Times.

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