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Election 2016 Results

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2016 presidential election in Mississippi

Donald Trump (Republican) beat Hillary Clinton (Democrat) in Mississippi in 2016, 57.9% to 40.1%, a margin of 17.8 points and 215,583 votes.

Mississippi voted 19.9 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Republican hold continued from 2012, when Mitt Romney won.

Republicans led in 55 of the 82 counties and Democrats in 27. The largest, Hinds, cast 94,681 votes and went to the Democrat by 44.7 points. The closest was Panola, where 18 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
Donald Trump won Republican 700,714 57.9%
Hillary Clinton Democratic 485,131 40.1%
All other candidates 23,512 1.9%
Total1,209,357

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hinds 67,594 71.4% 25,275 26.7% 1,812 94,681 D+44.7
DeSoto 20,591 31.3% 43,089 65.6% 2,015 65,695 R+34.2
Harrison 21,169 33.4% 40,354 63.7% 1,790 63,313 R+30.3
Rankin 14,110 22.5% 47,178 75.2% 1,480 62,768 R+52.7
Madison 20,343 40.8% 28,265 56.8% 1,194 49,802 R+15.9
Jackson 14,657 29.6% 33,629 67.8% 1,281 49,567 R+38.3
Lee 10,029 30.5% 22,220 67.5% 664 32,913 R+37.0
Lauderdale 11,269 38.2% 17,741 60.1% 496 29,506 R+21.9
Jones 7,791 27.5% 20,133 71.0% 428 28,352 R+43.5
Forrest 11,716 41.7% 15,461 55.1% 887 28,064 R+13.3
Lowndes 11,819 46.2% 13,271 51.9% 485 25,575 R+5.7
Lamar 5,190 21.1% 18,751 76.2% 651 24,592 R+55.1
Pearl River 3,604 16.5% 17,782 81.3% 497 21,883 R+64.8
Lafayette 7,969 40.6% 10,872 55.3% 802 19,643 R+14.8
Warren 9,284 47.8% 9,767 50.3% 365 19,416 R+2.5
Oktibbeha 8,859 48.9% 8,576 47.3% 689 18,124 D+1.6
Hancock 3,344 19.0% 13,811 78.3% 482 17,637 R+59.3
Washington 11,380 67.6% 5,244 31.2% 201 16,825 D+36.5
Pike 8,043 49.3% 8,009 49.1% 258 16,310 D+0.2
Monroe 5,524 34.8% 10,167 64.0% 193 15,884 R+29.2
Lincoln 4,458 29.3% 10,550 69.4% 185 15,193 R+40.1
Panola 7,431 49.3% 7,449 49.4% 184 15,064 R+0.1
Marshall 8,023 54.1% 6,587 44.4% 229 14,839 D+9.7
Alcorn 2,684 18.2% 11,819 79.9% 280 14,783 R+61.8
Adams 7,757 56.1% 5,874 42.5% 205 13,836 D+13.6
Bolivar 9,046 65.4% 4,590 33.2% 188 13,824 D+32.2
Pontotoc 2,386 18.4% 10,336 79.6% 262 12,984 R+61.2
Copiah 6,741 51.9% 6,103 47.0% 138 12,982 D+4.9
Marion 3,677 31.4% 7,836 67.0% 180 11,693 R+35.6
Tate 3,926 33.8% 7,495 64.5% 206 11,627 R+30.7
Union 2,012 17.5% 9,235 80.3% 249 11,496 R+62.8
Simpson 3,874 33.9% 7,393 64.7% 152 11,419 R+30.8
Leflore 7,787 69.9% 3,212 28.8% 141 11,140 D+41.1
Neshoba 2,715 25.7% 7,679 72.8% 159 10,553 R+47.0
Scott 4,268 40.6% 6,122 58.2% 132 10,522 R+17.6
Grenada 4,424 42.1% 5,970 56.8% 119 10,513 R+14.7
Yazoo 5,369 53.3% 4,598 45.7% 103 10,070 D+7.7
Clay 5,722 57.2% 4,150 41.5% 131 10,003 D+15.7
George 1,027 10.4% 8,696 87.9% 168 9,891 R+77.5
Prentiss 2,067 20.9% 7,648 77.5% 157 9,872 R+56.5
Itawamba 1,117 11.5% 8,470 87.0% 150 9,737 R+75.5
Wayne 3,524 36.7% 5,990 62.4% 85 9,599 R+25.7
Sunflower 6,725 70.1% 2,794 29.1% 79 9,598 D+41.0
Newton 2,756 29.2% 6,548 69.4% 134 9,438 R+40.2
Tippah 1,842 19.9% 7,240 78.4% 153 9,235 R+58.5
Coahoma 6,378 71.6% 2,426 27.2% 108 8,912 D+44.3
Winston 3,850 43.4% 4,910 55.3% 121 8,881 R+11.9
Covington 3,276 37.2% 5,435 61.7% 100 8,811 R+24.5
Jasper 4,368 51.5% 4,038 47.6% 69 8,475 D+3.9
Leake 3,584 42.4% 4,782 56.6% 83 8,449 R+14.2
Tishomingo 999 11.9% 7,166 85.6% 206 8,371 R+73.7
Attala 3,242 39.3% 4,897 59.3% 117 8,256 R+20.0
Holmes 6,689 82.8% 1,309 16.2% 78 8,076 D+66.6
Chickasaw 3,649 46.2% 4,127 52.3% 114 7,890 R+6.1
Clarke 2,585 33.2% 5,137 65.9% 69 7,791 R+32.8
Smith 1,617 21.2% 5,928 77.7% 82 7,627 R+56.5
Amite 2,697 38.3% 4,289 60.8% 64 7,050 R+22.6
Stone 1,573 22.3% 5,306 75.3% 166 7,045 R+53.0
Walthall 2,790 40.3% 4,056 58.6% 73 6,919 R+18.3
Calhoun 1,910 29.9% 4,390 68.6% 96 6,396 R+38.8
Lawrence 2,195 34.5% 4,091 64.3% 78 6,364 R+29.8
Jefferson Davis 3,720 59.6% 2,466 39.5% 51 6,237 D+20.1
Yalobusha 2,582 42.5% 3,376 55.6% 119 6,077 R+13.1
Tallahatchie 3,337 56.8% 2,462 41.9% 71 5,870 D+14.9
Noxubee 4,347 78.0% 1,200 21.5% 27 5,574 D+56.5
Carroll 1,680 30.4% 3,799 68.7% 49 5,528 R+38.3
Perry 1,220 22.5% 4,135 76.1% 77 5,432 R+53.7
Greene 974 18.1% 4,335 80.7% 60 5,369 R+62.6
Webster 1,019 20.1% 3,976 78.4% 74 5,069 R+58.3
Montgomery 2,115 42.3% 2,818 56.4% 63 4,996 R+14.1
Kemper 2,827 60.9% 1,778 38.3% 34 4,639 D+22.6
Franklin 1,502 35.0% 2,721 63.4% 67 4,290 R+28.4
Claiborne 3,708 86.8% 540 12.6% 24 4,272 D+74.2
Humphreys 3,071 72.2% 1,151 27.1% 31 4,253 D+45.1
Wilkinson 2,857 67.7% 1,318 31.2% 43 4,218 D+36.5
Choctaw 1,218 30.0% 2,788 68.6% 59 4,065 R+38.6
Benton 1,719 42.8% 2,251 56.1% 43 4,013 R+13.3
Jefferson 3,337 86.5% 490 12.7% 33 3,860 D+73.8
Tunica 2,667 74.8% 853 23.9% 47 3,567 D+50.9
Quitman 2,312 68.7% 1,001 29.7% 52 3,365 D+39.0
Sharkey 1,479 67.5% 692 31.6% 19 2,190 D+35.9
Issaquena 395 56.5% 298 42.6% 6 699 D+13.9

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