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.
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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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] He also managed to flip Benton County and improved his margins in Democratic counties throughout the state. As of the 2020 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
editDemocratic primary
editIncumbent President Obama ran unopposed in the Mississippi primary and therefore received 100% of the vote.[4]
Republican primary
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The Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, the same day as the Alabama Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses.[5][6] After the open election, 37 bound delegates and three unbound delegates will go to the Republican National Convention.[7]
| Mississippi Republican primary, 2012[8][9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
 Rick Santorum | 96,258 | 32.73% | 13 |
| Newt Gingrich | 91,612 | 31.15% | 12 |
| Mitt Romney | 90,161 | 30.66% | 14 |
| Ron Paul | 12,955 | 4.40% | 0 |
| Rick Perry | 1,350 | 0.46% | 0 |
| Michele Bachmann | 971 | 0.33% | 0 |
| Jon Huntsman, Jr. | 413 | 0.14% | 0 |
| Gary Johnson | 392 | 0.13% | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 3 | ||
| Total: | 294,112 | 100% | 40 |
General election
editResults
edit| 2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 710,746 | 55.29% | 6 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 562,949 | 43.79% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 6,676 | 0.52% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 2,609 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein | Cheri Honkala | 1,588 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Reform | Barbara Dale Washer | Cathy L. Toole | 1,016 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,285,584 | 100.00% | 6 | |||
By county
edit| 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 |
| Democratic Hold Gain from Republican | Republican Hold |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
edit- Benton (largest town: Hickory Flat)
- Warren (largest city: Vicksburg)
By congressional district
editRomney won 3 of 4 congressional districts.[10]
| District | Romney | Obama | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 61.87% | 37% | Alan Nunnelee |
| 2nd | 33% | 66.4% | Bennie Thompson |
| 3rd | 60% | 39.1% | Gregg Harper |
| 4th | 67.6% | 31.24% | Steven Palazzo |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
External links
edit- The Green Papers: for Mississippi
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order
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