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Election 2012 Results

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2012 presidential election in Mississippi

Mitt Romney (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Mississippi in 2012, 55.3% to 43.8%, a margin of 11.5 points and 147,797 votes.

Mississippi voted 15.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.9.

The Republican hold continued from 2008, when John McCain won.

Republicans led in 51 of the 82 counties and Democrats in 31. The largest, Hinds, cast 106,491 votes and went to the Democrat by 43.6 points. The closest was Benton, where 10 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
Mitt Romney won Republican 710,746 55.3%
Barack Obama Democratic 562,949 43.8%
All other candidates 11,889 0.9%
Total1,285,584

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hinds 76,112 71.5% 29,664 27.9% 715 106,491 D+43.6
DeSoto 21,575 32.8% 43,559 66.2% 660 65,794 R+33.4
Rankin 14,988 23.4% 48,444 75.5% 713 64,145 R+52.2
Harrison 23,119 36.5% 39,470 62.3% 739 63,328 R+25.8
Jackson 17,299 32.2% 35,747 66.6% 609 53,655 R+34.4
Madison 20,722 41.8% 28,507 57.5% 342 49,571 R+15.7
Lee 12,563 35.6% 22,415 63.5% 328 35,306 R+27.9
Lauderdale 13,814 42.1% 18,700 57.1% 263 32,777 R+14.9
Forrest 13,272 43.9% 16,574 54.8% 390 30,236 R+10.9
Jones 9,211 30.5% 20,687 68.6% 261 30,159 R+38.1
Lowndes 13,388 49.3% 13,518 49.8% 252 27,158 R+0.5
Lamar 5,494 22.1% 19,101 76.7% 294 24,889 R+54.7
Pearl River 4,366 19.6% 17,549 79.0% 309 22,224 R+59.3
Warren 10,786 50.4% 10,457 48.9% 148 21,391 D+1.5
Washington 13,981 70.9% 5,651 28.7% 83 19,715 D+42.3
Lafayette 8,091 41.5% 11,075 56.8% 339 19,505 R+15.3
Oktibbeha 9,095 50.2% 8,761 48.4% 261 18,117 D+1.8
Pike 9,650 53.7% 8,181 45.5% 143 17,974 D+8.2
Hancock 3,917 22.8% 12,964 75.5% 286 17,167 R+52.7
Monroe 7,056 41.7% 9,723 57.5% 139 16,918 R+15.8
Panola 9,079 54.0% 7,629 45.3% 118 16,826 D+8.6
Lincoln 5,471 33.3% 10,839 66.0% 104 16,414 R+32.7
Marshall 9,650 59.4% 6,473 39.9% 117 16,240 D+19.6
Adams 9,061 58.7% 6,293 40.7% 93 15,447 D+17.9
Bolivar 10,582 68.6% 4,701 30.5% 145 15,428 D+38.1
Alcorn 3,511 23.7% 11,111 74.9% 208 14,830 R+51.2
Copiah 7,749 54.9% 6,282 44.5% 92 14,123 D+10.4
Leflore 9,119 71.4% 3,587 28.1% 67 12,773 D+43.3
Marion 4,393 34.5% 8,237 64.7% 99 12,729 R+30.2
Pontotoc 2,804 22.6% 9,448 76.1% 159 12,411 R+53.5
Tate 4,933 39.8% 7,332 59.1% 141 12,406 R+19.3
Simpson 4,723 38.6% 7,424 60.6% 102 12,249 R+22.1
Yazoo 6,603 56.8% 4,941 42.5% 76 11,620 D+14.3
Union 2,742 24.1% 8,498 74.8% 125 11,365 R+50.6
Grenada 5,288 46.7% 5,986 52.8% 61 11,335 R+6.2
Sunflower 8,199 73.0% 2,929 26.1% 100 11,228 D+46.9
Scott 5,031 44.9% 6,089 54.4% 82 11,202 R+9.4
Clay 6,712 60.6% 4,291 38.8% 69 11,072 D+21.9
Neshoba 3,089 28.0% 7,837 71.1% 89 11,015 R+43.1
Coahoma 7,792 73.9% 2,712 25.7% 45 10,549 D+48.2
Wayne 4,148 40.1% 6,111 59.1% 73 10,332 R+19.0
Prentiss 2,817 28.1% 7,075 70.5% 141 10,033 R+42.4
George 1,359 13.8% 8,376 85.0% 121 9,856 R+71.2
Winston 4,607 46.9% 5,168 52.6% 54 9,829 R+5.7
Newton 3,319 33.9% 6,394 65.4% 64 9,777 R+31.5
Covington 3,878 41.5% 5,405 57.8% 65 9,348 R+16.3
Jasper 5,097 54.6% 4,193 44.9% 50 9,340 D+9.7
Itawamba 1,706 18.3% 7,393 79.3% 219 9,318 R+61.0
Holmes 7,812 84.1% 1,435 15.5% 41 9,288 D+68.7
Tippah 2,317 25.3% 6,717 73.3% 130 9,164 R+48.0
Attala 3,927 43.2% 5,126 56.4% 39 9,092 R+13.2
Leake 4,079 45.4% 4,863 54.1% 41 8,983 R+8.7
Chickasaw 4,378 51.5% 3,994 47.0% 131 8,503 D+4.5
Clarke 3,111 37.7% 5,049 61.2% 93 8,253 R+23.5
Smith 1,979 24.4% 6,049 74.7% 71 8,099 R+50.3
Tishomingo 1,643 20.7% 6,133 77.3% 160 7,936 R+56.6
Amite 3,242 42.1% 4,414 57.3% 50 7,706 R+15.2
Walthall 3,422 45.3% 4,051 53.6% 78 7,551 R+8.3
Stone 2,003 26.6% 5,420 72.0% 109 7,532 R+45.4
Calhoun 2,586 36.6% 4,412 62.4% 70 7,068 R+25.8
Jefferson Davis 4,267 62.2% 2,507 36.5% 90 6,864 D+25.6
Lawrence 2,468 36.8% 4,192 62.6% 38 6,698 R+25.7
Tallahatchie 3,959 60.9% 2,499 38.4% 45 6,503 D+22.5
Yalobusha 3,030 47.7% 3,276 51.6% 48 6,354 R+3.9
Noxubee 4,920 78.5% 1,325 21.2% 19 6,264 D+57.4
Carroll 2,007 33.5% 3,960 66.1% 25 5,992 R+32.6
Greene 1,325 22.4% 4,531 76.5% 66 5,922 R+54.1
Perry 1,527 26.7% 4,137 72.3% 58 5,722 R+45.6
Montgomery 2,675 47.4% 2,947 52.2% 23 5,645 R+4.8
Claiborne 4,838 88.2% 625 11.4% 21 5,484 D+76.8
Webster 1,190 22.7% 3,992 76.3% 52 5,234 R+53.5
Humphreys 3,903 74.9% 1,293 24.8% 16 5,212 D+50.1
Kemper 3,239 64.1% 1,789 35.4% 24 5,052 D+28.7
Wilkinson 3,412 70.3% 1,415 29.2% 26 4,853 D+41.1
Franklin 1,726 38.4% 2,735 60.9% 32 4,493 R+22.5
Jefferson 3,951 89.1% 468 10.6% 14 4,433 D+78.6
Tunica 3,475 79.3% 883 20.2% 24 4,382 D+59.2
Choctaw 1,428 33.4% 2,812 65.8% 33 4,273 R+32.4
Benton 2,051 49.8% 2,041 49.6% 24 4,116 D+0.2
Quitman 2,837 71.3% 1,116 28.0% 26 3,979 D+43.3
Sharkey 1,782 70.4% 737 29.1% 13 2,532 D+41.3
Issaquena 479 60.9% 302 38.4% 6 787 D+22.5

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