MISSISSIPPI 6 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.                  2,984,926
Mississippi has: 82 counties 
Largest counties: Hinds, Harrison, De Soto, Rankin, Jackson. >
Largest cities: Jackson, Gulfport. >

Government
Governor: Phil Bryant (R) elected 2011.
State Legislature: Mississippi Legislature   House: 122 seats  Senate: 52 seats
Local: Local Governments   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 3R, 1D - 1. A.Nunnelee (R) | 2. B.Thompson (D) | 3. G.Harper (R) | 4. S.Palazzo (R).
U.S. Senate: Thad Cochran (R) re-elected in 2008, Roger Wicker (R) sworn in Dec. 31, 2007; elected Nov. 2008; re-elected in 2012. 
2012
 U.S. Senate: Sen. Roger Wicker (R) won a full six-year term, defeating octogenarian, veteran, and Oktibbeha County Democratic Party Chairman Albert N. Gore Jr. (D) by 57.16% to 40.55% and a bit more than 1-percent each to Thomas Cramer (Const.) and Shawn O'Hara (Ref.).
U.S. House: The four incumbents were all re-elected with more than 60-percent of the vote.

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The Magnolia State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 1,289,856.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.0%.

Voter Registration Deadline: October 6, 2012.
Official Results >
 
Obama/Biden (Dem.)
 562,949
(43.79)
+Romney/Ryan (Rep.) 710,746
 (55.29)
Goode/Clymer (Const.)
 2,609
 (0.20)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
 6,676
 (0.52)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)
 1,588
 (0.12)
Washer/Toole (Ref.)
 1,016
 (0.08)
Total........1,285,584

Overview: As expected, Romney-Ryan  won Mississippi's six electoral votes without difficulty, gaining a plurality of 147,797 votes (11.50 percentage points).  The only visit by a principal during the fall campaign was Mitt Romney's fundraiser in Jackson on July 16.
Obama  |  (Romney)
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Presidential Primary -- Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Democrats
Delegates

President Barack Obama received 97,304 votes in the primary.



Republicans
40 Delegates: 3 RNC; 25 at-large; 12 by CD (3 x 4 CDs).
1.75% of the 2,286 Delegates.

Official Results
Michele Bachmann
 969
0.33%
Newt Gingrich
 91,499
31.14%
Jon Huntsman
 412
0.14%
Gary Johnson
 391
0.13%
Ron Paul
 12,941
4.40%
Rick Perry
 1,350
0.46%
Mitt Romney 90,069
30.66%
+Rick Santorum
 96,156
32.73%
Total
293,787
Details

In the pre-campaign period Gov. Haley Barbour (R) was widely seen as a potential candidate; he appeared likely to run before ruling it out on April 25, 2011.

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 2,114,108.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.0%.
                           Official Results >

+McCain-Palin (Rep.)
 724,597
(56.18)
Obama-Biden (DFL)
554,662
(43.00)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.)
2,551
 (0.20)
Barr/Root (Lib.) 2,529
(0.20)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)
 1,034
 (0.08)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
4,011
(0.31)
Weill/McEnulty (Ref.)
 481
 		(0.04)
Total........1,289,865


2008 Overview
McCain-Palin won Mississippi with a plurality of 169,935 votes (13.18 percentage points), carrying 53 counties to 29 for Obama.  The highlight of the campaign was the first presidential debate on Sept. 26 in the Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population: 2,068,766.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.7%.
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)
1,759
(0.15)
Nader/Camejo (Ref.)
3,177
(0.28)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.) 458,094 (39.67)
Harris/Trowe (Indep.) 1,268
(0.11)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn)
1,073
(0.09)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
684,981
(59.45)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
1,793
(0.16)
Total........1,152,145
 
2004 Overview
President Bush carried Mississippi with a solid plurality of 226,887 votes (19.78 percentage points), prevailing in 58 counties to 24 for Senator Kerry.  There was a smattering of campaigning.  Kerry made a stop on March 7, a couple of days before the primary.  Elizabeth Edwards attended a fundraiser at Schimmel's in Jackson on Sept. 27.  For the Republicans, Sen. Zell Miller (D-GA) did a fundraiser in Jackson on Oct. 11. 
General Election Details

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population: 2,024,650.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 49.1%.
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
2,009
(0.20)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
2,265
(0.23)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
572,844
(57.62)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
404,614
(40.70)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
450
(0.05)
Harris/Trowe (Ind.)
613
(0.06)
Nader/LaDuke (Ind.)
8,122
(0.82)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
3,267
 (0.33)
Total........994,184

Overview
Bush easily won Mississippi's 7 electoral votes, gaining a plurality of 168,230 votes (16.92 percentage points).  He carried 57 counties to 25 for Gore.  Bush gained more than 60% of the vote in four of the state's five most populous counties (Harrison, Jackson, Rankin, De Soto).  Gore fared best in western counties, along the Mississippi River.  The only major fall visit occurred on Aug. 29 when Dick and Lynne Cheney did an airport arrival rally and a fundraiser in Jackson. 

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992
Bush (Rep.)...........487,793 
(49.68)
Clinton (Dem.)........400,258
(40.77)
Perot (Ind.)..............85,626
(8.72)
Others (5)..................8,116
(0.83)
Total........981,793
1996
Dole (Rep.).............439,838
(49.21)
Clinton (Dem.)........394,022
(44.08)
Perot (Ind.)..............52,222 
(5.84)
Others (4)..................7,775
(0.87)
Total........893,857
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