Mississippi

Mississippi, created as part of the Mississippi Territory, gained statehood in December 1817. The state seceded from the Union during the Civil War and did not participate in the 1864 or 1868 presidential elections. Like many southern states, Mississippi voted almost exclusively with the Democratic Party from Reconstruction through the early 1960s, when civil rights legislation and a Republican tactic called the “Southern Strategy” helped turn the state “red.” Three times since World War II, Mississippi has voted all its electors for third-party candidates, more than any other state. Since 1972, the state has voted Republican, except for 1976 when it supported Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Unlike many other southern states, Mississippi has not experienced great population growth; the 2000 census led to the state being reduced from seven to six electoral votes, the lowest number since 1848. In 2020, Donald Trump easily won the state by 58% to Joe Biden's 41%.

ELECTORAL VOTES

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2024 ELECTION

Safe Republican

Recent Presidential Elections

2020
41.1% 57.6%
2016
40.1% 57.9%
2012
43.8% 55.3%
2008
43.0% 56.2%
2004
39.8% 59.5%
2000
40.7% 57.6%
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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

1976
D
1980
R
1984
R
1988
R
1992
R
1996
R
2000
R
2004
R
2008
R
2012
R
2016
R
2020
R

Electoral College Votes

Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Whig
Republican
States' Rights Democratic
American Independent

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

Gray indicates available electoral votes that were either not cast or cast for a candidate not on the ballot.

An empty column indicates the state did not participate in that election.

U.S. Senate Voting History

Class 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
R
R
R
R
R
R
2
R
R
R
R
R
R
3

Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
2
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
3
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
4
D
D
D
D
D
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
5
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
D

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

Governor Voting History

1975
D
1979
D
1983
D
1987
D
1991
R
1995
R
1999
D
2003
R
2007
R
2011
R
2015
R
2019
R

Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.