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2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi
County Results
Romney
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Obama
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
The 2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Mississippi voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden , against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan .
Romney and Ryan won Mississippi with 55.29% of the popular vote to Obama and Biden's 43.79%, thus winning the state's six electoral votes by an 11.50% margin. Mississippi was one of just six states where Obama improved on his 2008 performance. According to exit polls, the black vote share in Mississippi increased from 33% in 2008 to 36% in 2012, likely explaining Obama's gains. This was the strongest showing for a Democratic presidential candidate in Mississippi since native Southerner Bill Clinton 's 44.08% in 1996 . Obama carried Warren County , becoming the first Democrat to do so since John F. Kennedy in 1960 . He also managed to flip Benton County and improved his margins in Democratic counties throughout the state. As of the 2024 presidential election , this was the last time a Democratic presidential candidate has carried Benton, Chickasaw , and Panola counties. Obama's 562,949 votes is the highest total received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history.
Primary elections
Democratic primary
Incumbent President Obama ran unopposed in the Mississippi primary and therefore received 100% of the vote.
Republican primary
Mississippi Republican primary, 2012
← 2008
March 13, 2012 (2012-03-13)
2016 →
← HI AS → 37 Republican National Convention delegates The number of delegates received is determined by the popular vote
Santorum
30–40%
40–50%
Gingrich
30–40%
40–50%
Romney
30–40%
40–50%
Tie
30–40%
The Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, the same day as the Alabama Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses . After the open election, 37 bound delegates and three unbound delegates will go to the Republican National Convention.
General election
Predictions
Results
By county
County
Mitt Romney Republican
Barack Obama Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
6,293
40.74%
9,061
58.66%
93
0.60%
-2,768
-17.92%
15,447
Alcorn
11,111
74.92%
3,511
23.67%
208
1.41%
7,600
51.25%
14,830
Amite
4,414
57.28%
3,242
42.07%
50
0.65%
1,172
15.21%
7,706
Attala
5,126
56.38%
3,927
43.19%
39
0.43%
1,199
13.19%
9,092
Benton
2,041
49.59%
2,051
49.83%
24
0.58%
-10
-0.24%
4,116
Bolivar
4,701
30.47%
10,582
68.59%
145
0.94%
-5,881
-38.12%
15,428
Calhoun
4,412
62.42%
2,586
36.59%
70
0.99%
1,826
25.83%
7,068
Carroll
3,960
66.09%
2,007
33.49%
25
0.42%
1,953
32.60%
5,992
Chickasaw
3,994
46.97%
4,378
51.49%
131
1.54%
-384
-4.52%
8,503
Choctaw
2,812
65.81%
1,428
33.42%
33
0.77%
1,384
32.39%
4,273
Claiborne
625
11.40%
4,838
88.22%
21
0.38%
-4,213
-76.82%
5,484
Clarke
5,049
61.18%
3,111
37.70%
93
1.12%
1,938
23.48%
8,253
Clay
4,291
38.76%
6,712
60.62%
69
0.62%
-2,421
-21.86%
11,072
Coahoma
2,712
25.71%
7,792
73.86%
45
0.43%
-5,080
-48.15%
10,549
Copiah
6,282
44.48%
7,749
54.87%
92
0.65%
-1,467
-10.39%
14,123
Covington
5,405
57.82%
3,878
41.48%
65
0.70%
1,527
16.34%
9,348
DeSoto
43,559
66.21%
21,575
32.79%
660
1.00%
21,984
33.42%
65,794
Forrest
16,574
54.82%
13,272
43.89%
390
1.29%
3,302
10.93%
30,236
Franklin
2,735
60.87%
1,726
38.42%
32
0.71%
1,009
22.45%
4,493
George
8,376
84.98%
1,359
13.79%
121
1.23%
7,017
71.19%
9,856
Greene
4,531
76.51%
1,325
22.37%
66
1.12%
3,206
54.14%
5,922
Grenada
5,986
52.81%
5,288
46.65%
61
0.54%
698
6.16%
11,335
Hancock
12,964
75.52%
3,917
22.82%
286
1.66%
9,047
52.70%
17,167
Harrison
39,470
62.33%
23,119
36.51%
739
1.16%
16,351
25.82%
63,328
Hinds
29,664
27.86%
76,112
71.47%
715
0.67%
-46,448
-43.61%
106,491
Holmes
1,435
15.45%
7,812
84.11%
41
0.44%
-6,377
-68.66%
9,288
Humphreys
1,293
24.81%
3,903
74.88%
16
0.31%
-2,610
-50.07%
5,212
Issaquena
302
38.37%
479
60.86%
6
0.77%
-177
-22.49%
787
Itawamba
7,393
79.34%
1,706
18.31%
219
2.35%
5,687
61.03%
9,318
Jackson
35,747
66.62%
17,299
32.24%
609
1.14%
18,448
34.38%
53,655
Jasper
4,193
44.89%
5,097
54.57%
50
0.54%
-904
-9.68%
9,340
Jefferson
468
10.56%
3,951
89.13%
14
0.31%
-3,483
-78.57%
4,433
Jefferson Davis
2,507
36.52%
4,267
62.16%
90
1.32%
-1,760
-25.64%
6,864
Jones
20,687
68.59%
9,211
30.54%
261
0.87%
11,476
38.05%
30,159
Kemper
1,789
35.41%
3,239
64.11%
24
0.48%
-1,450
-28.70%
5,052
Lafayette
11,075
56.78%
8,091
41.48%
339
1.74%
2,984
15.30%
19,505
Lamar
19,101
76.74%
5,494
22.07%
294
1.19%
13,607
54.67%
24,889
Lauderdale
18,700
57.05%
13,814
42.15%
263
0.80%
4,886
14.90%
32,777
Lawrence
4,192
62.59%
2,468
36.85%
38
0.56%
1,724
25.74%
6,698
Leake
4,863
54.14%
4,079
45.41%
41
0.45%
784
8.73%
8,983
Lee
22,415
63.49%
12,563
35.58%
328
0.93%
9,852
27.91%
35,306
Leflore
3,587
28.08%
9,119
71.39%
67
0.53%
-5,532
-43.31%
12,773
Lincoln
10,839
66.04%
5,471
33.33%
104
0.63%
5,368
32.71%
16,414
Lowndes
13,518
49.78%
13,388
49.30%
252
0.92%
130
0.48%
27,158
Madison
28,507
57.51%
20,722
41.80%
342
0.69%
7,785
15.71%
49,571
Marion
8,237
64.71%
4,393
34.51%
99
0.78%
3,844
30.20%
12,729
Marshall
6,473
39.86%
9,650
59.42%
117
0.72%
-3,177
-19.56%
16,240
Monroe
9,723
57.47%
7,056
41.71%
139
0.82%
2,667
15.76%
16,918
Montgomery
2,947
52.21%
2,675
47.39%
23
0.40%
272
4.82%
5,645
Neshoba
7,837
71.15%
3,089
28.04%
89
0.81%
4,748
43.11%
11,015
Newton
6,394
65.40%
3,319
33.95%
64
0.65%
3,075
31.45%
9,777
Noxubee
1,325
21.15%
4,920
78.54%
19
0.31%
-3,595
-57.39%
6,264
Oktibbeha
8,761
48.36%
9,095
50.20%
261
1.44%
-334
-1.84%
18,117
Panola
7,629
45.34%
9,079
53.96%
118
0.70%
-1,450
-8.62%
16,826
Pearl River
17,549
78.96%
4,366
19.65%
309
1.39%
13,183
59.31%
22,224
Perry
4,137
72.30%
1,527
26.69%
58
1.01%
2,610
45.61%
5,722
Pike
8,181
45.52%
9,650
53.69%
143
0.79%
-1,469
-8.17%
17,974
Pontotoc
9,448
76.13%
2,804
22.59%
159
1.28%
6,644
53.54%
12,411
Prentiss
7,075
70.52%
2,817
28.08%
141
1.40%
4,258
42.44%
10,033
Quitman
1,116
28.05%
2,837
71.30%
26
0.65%
-1,721
-43.25%
3,979
Rankin
48,444
75.52%
14,988
23.37%
713
1.11%
33,456
52.15%
64,145
Scott
6,089
54.36%
5,031
44.91%
82
0.73%
1,058
9.45%
11,202
Sharkey
737
29.11%
1,782
70.38%
13
0.51%
-1,045
-41.27%
2,532
Simpson
7,424
60.61%
4,723
38.56%
102
0.83%
2,701
22.05%
12,249
Smith
6,049
74.69%
1,979
24.44%
71
0.87%
4,070
50.25%
8,099
Stone
5,420
71.96%
2,003
26.59%
109
1.45%
3,417
45.37%
7,532
Sunflower
2,929
26.09%
8,199
73.02%
100
0.89%
-5,270
-46.93%
11,228
Tallahatchie
2,499
38.43%
3,959
60.88%
45
0.69%
-1,460
-22.45%
6,503
Tate
7,332
59.10%
4,933
39.76%
141
1.14%
2,399
19.34%
12,406
Tippah
6,717
73.30%
2,317
25.28%
130
1.42%
4,400
48.02%
9,164
Tishomingo
6,133
77.28%
1,643
20.70%
160
2.02%
4,490
56.58%
7,936
Tunica
883
20.15%
3,475
79.30%
24
0.55%
-2,592
-59.15%
4,382
Union
8,498
74.77%
2,742
24.13%
125
1.10%
5,756
50.64%
11,365
Walthall
4,051
53.65%
3,422
45.32%
78
1.03%
629
8.33%
7,551
Warren
10,457
48.89%
10,786
50.42%
148
0.69%
-329
-1.53%
21,391
Washington
5,651
28.66%
13,981
70.92%
83
0.42%
-8,330
-42.26%
19,715
Wayne
6,111
59.15%
4,148
40.15%
73
0.70%
1,963
19.00%
10,332
Webster
3,992
76.27%
1,190
22.74%
52
0.99%
2,802
53.53%
5,234
Wilkinson
1,415
29.16%
3,412
70.31%
26
0.53%
-1,997
-41.15%
4,853
Winston
5,168
52.58%
4,607
46.87%
54
0.55%
561
5.71%
9,829
Yalobusha
3,276
51.56%
3,030
47.69%
48
0.75%
246
3.87%
6,354
Yazoo
4,941
42.52%
6,603
56.82%
76
0.66%
-1,662
-14.30%
11,620
Totals
710,746
55.29%
562,949
43.79%
11,889
0.92%
147,797
11.50%
1,285,584
County Flips: Democratic Hold Gain from Republican Republican Hold
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
By congressional district
Romney won 3 of 4 congressional districts.
See also
References
"2012 Presidential Election Results - Mississippi" . Retrieved January 5, 2013.
"2012 Exit Polls - Mississippi" . CNN . Retrieved January 5, 2013.
Kestenbaum, Lawrence . "Warren County, Mississippi" . The Political Graveyard . Retrieved December 29, 2022.
"Mississippi Democratic Delegation 2012" . The Green Papers . Retrieved August 1, 2019.
"Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar" . CNN . Retrieved January 11, 2012.
"Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission . Retrieved January 23, 2012.
"Mississippi Republican Delegation 2012" . www.thegreenpapers.com .
"Republican%20Certification_2012%20Primary.pdf" (PDF).
"Mississippi Republican Primary - Election Results - Election 2012" . The New York Times .
"Huffington Post Election Dashboard" . HuffPost . Archived from the original on August 13, 2013.
"America's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map" . CNN . Archived from the original on January 19, 2013.
"Election 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on July 8, 2012.
"2012 Presidential Election Results" . The Washington Post . Archived from the original on July 26, 2012.
"RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White House" . Archived from the original on June 8, 2011.
"PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM" .
"Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome" .
"Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts" . Daily Kos . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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