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2000 presidential election in Mississippi

George W. Bush (Republican) beat Al Gore (Democrat) in Mississippi in 2000, 57.6% to 40.7%, a margin of 16.9 points and 168,230 votes.

Mississippi voted 17.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1996, when Bob Dole won.

Republicans led in 57 of the 82 counties and Democrats in 25. The largest, Hinds, cast 87,770 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.3 points. The closest was Chickasaw, where 30 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George W. Bush won Republican 572,844 57.6%
Al Gore Democratic 404,614 40.7%
All other candidates 16,726 1.7%
Total994,184

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hinds 46,789 53.3% 37,753 43.0% 3,228 87,770 D+10.3
Harrison 19,142 36.4% 32,256 61.3% 1,218 52,616 R+24.9
Jackson 14,193 31.5% 30,068 66.7% 846 45,107 R+35.2
Rankin 8,050 19.4% 32,983 79.6% 402 41,435 R+60.2
DeSoto 9,586 27.4% 24,879 71.2% 471 34,936 R+43.8
Madison 10,416 34.9% 19,109 64.0% 334 29,859 R+29.1
Lauderdale 8,412 32.4% 17,315 66.7% 243 25,970 R+34.3
Lee 9,142 36.4% 15,551 62.0% 401 25,094 R+25.5
Jones 7,713 31.7% 16,341 67.1% 286 24,340 R+35.4
Forrest 8,500 38.2% 13,281 59.7% 470 22,251 R+21.5
Lowndes 7,537 39.2% 11,404 59.3% 289 19,230 R+20.1
Warren 7,485 40.2% 10,892 58.5% 246 18,623 R+18.3
Washington 10,405 56.8% 7,367 40.2% 556 18,328 D+16.6
Lamar 3,478 20.9% 12,795 77.1% 329 16,602 R+56.1
Pearl River 4,611 28.0% 11,575 70.2% 291 16,477 R+42.3
Adams 8,065 54.2% 6,691 45.0% 123 14,879 D+9.2
Oktibbeha 6,443 43.5% 7,959 53.8% 402 14,804 R+10.2
Hancock 4,801 33.0% 9,326 64.1% 421 14,548 R+31.1
Pike 6,544 46.2% 7,464 52.7% 158 14,166 R+6.5
Bolivar 8,436 62.3% 4,847 35.8% 255 13,538 D+26.5
Monroe 5,783 43.3% 7,397 55.4% 180 13,360 R+12.1
Lincoln 4,358 33.5% 8,540 65.7% 102 13,000 R+32.2
Lafayette 5,139 40.5% 7,081 55.9% 458 12,678 R+15.3
Alcorn 5,059 40.0% 7,254 57.4% 325 12,638 R+17.4
Marshall 7,735 61.4% 4,723 37.5% 134 12,592 D+23.9
Panola 5,880 51.6% 5,424 47.6% 85 11,389 D+4.0
Leflore 6,401 56.8% 4,626 41.0% 249 11,276 D+15.7
Marion 4,114 37.4% 6,796 61.8% 88 10,998 R+24.4
Copiah 4,845 45.8% 5,643 53.3% 99 10,587 R+7.5
Yazoo 4,997 47.5% 5,254 50.0% 265 10,516 R+2.4
Simpson 3,227 33.7% 6,254 65.3% 93 9,574 R+31.6
Coahoma 5,662 59.3% 3,695 38.7% 196 9,553 D+20.6
Pontotoc 2,771 29.1% 6,601 69.4% 138 9,510 R+40.3
Grenada 4,163 44.4% 5,129 54.7% 93 9,385 R+10.3
Union 3,094 33.2% 6,087 65.4% 130 9,311 R+32.1
Scott 3,548 38.5% 5,601 60.8% 57 9,206 R+22.3
Neshoba 2,563 28.3% 6,409 70.7% 94 9,066 R+42.4
Tate 3,441 39.6% 5,148 59.2% 104 8,693 R+19.6
Itawamba 2,994 35.0% 5,424 63.3% 146 8,564 R+28.4
Prentiss 3,287 38.8% 5,101 60.1% 94 8,482 R+21.4
Sunflower 4,981 59.2% 3,369 40.0% 65 8,415 D+19.2
Tippah 2,908 34.6% 5,381 64.0% 114 8,403 R+29.4
Winston 3,672 43.9% 4,645 55.5% 51 8,368 R+11.6
Clay 4,515 55.3% 3,570 43.7% 80 8,165 D+11.6
Newton 2,147 27.7% 5,540 71.6% 51 7,738 R+43.8
Wayne 2,981 38.7% 4,635 60.2% 89 7,705 R+21.5
Holmes 5,447 73.4% 1,937 26.1% 38 7,422 D+47.3
George 1,977 27.1% 5,143 70.6% 164 7,284 R+43.5
Chickasaw 3,519 49.0% 3,549 49.5% 107 7,175 R+0.4
Attala 2,922 40.7% 4,206 58.6% 45 7,173 R+17.9
Tishomingo 2,747 39.3% 4,122 59.0% 123 6,992 R+19.7
Leake 2,793 40.2% 4,114 59.2% 45 6,952 R+19.0
Clarke 2,368 34.2% 4,503 65.1% 48 6,919 R+30.9
Covington 2,623 38.1% 4,180 60.7% 78 6,881 R+22.6
Lawrence 2,841 43.1% 3,674 55.8% 72 6,587 R+12.6
Smith 1,620 24.8% 4,838 74.1% 70 6,528 R+49.3
Jasper 3,104 48.1% 3,294 51.1% 49 6,447 R+2.9
Amite 2,673 41.7% 3,677 57.4% 58 6,408 R+15.7
Walthall 2,356 40.0% 3,476 59.0% 63 5,895 R+19.0
Calhoun 2,251 39.1% 3,448 59.9% 59 5,758 R+20.8
Stone 1,677 30.4% 3,702 67.0% 144 5,523 R+36.7
Tallahatchie 3,041 55.1% 2,428 44.0% 54 5,523 D+11.1
Jefferson Davis 2,835 53.3% 2,437 45.8% 45 5,317 D+7.5
Yalobusha 2,674 51.1% 2,470 47.2% 84 5,228 D+3.9
Noxubee 3,383 68.3% 1,530 30.9% 41 4,954 D+37.4
Carroll 1,726 35.1% 3,165 64.3% 33 4,924 R+29.2
Montgomery 2,187 45.1% 2,630 54.2% 32 4,849 R+9.1
Claiborne 3,670 79.5% 883 19.1% 62 4,615 D+60.4
Webster 1,426 31.4% 3,069 67.5% 50 4,545 R+36.1
Greene 1,317 29.7% 3,082 69.5% 37 4,436 R+39.8
Perry 1,285 29.5% 3,026 69.4% 48 4,359 R+39.9
Kemper 2,311 54.2% 1,915 44.9% 35 4,261 D+9.3
Wilkinson 2,551 62.2% 1,423 34.7% 124 4,098 D+27.5
Franklin 1,486 37.6% 2,427 61.4% 40 3,953 R+23.8
Humphreys 2,288 58.0% 1,628 41.3% 28 3,944 D+16.7
Choctaw 1,278 34.4% 2,398 64.5% 43 3,719 R+30.1
Benton 1,886 54.2% 1,561 44.8% 34 3,481 D+9.3
Quitman 2,103 61.6% 1,280 37.5% 30 3,413 D+24.1
Jefferson 2,786 81.7% 600 17.6% 22 3,408 D+64.1
Sharkey 1,706 58.8% 1,074 37.0% 123 2,903 D+21.8
Tunica 1,539 65.0% 792 33.5% 35 2,366 D+31.6
Issaquena 555 59.0% 366 38.9% 20 941 D+20.1

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+22.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+16.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+17.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+11.5
2008 John McCain (R) R+13.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+19.7
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+16.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+5.1
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+8.9
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.8
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+58.6
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+74.3
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+33.8
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+20.9
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+87.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+91.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+94.3
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+92.4
1928 Al Smith (D) D+64.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+81.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+70.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+87.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+86.5
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+83.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+85.5
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+77.8
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+84.1
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+73.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+47.8
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+28.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+35.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+36.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.0