Who won Mississippi in the 2008 presidential election?

McCain (Republican) carried Mississippi in 2008, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 2008?

Mississippi cast 6 electoral votes in the 2008 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 2008?

No. Mississippi backed McCain, while Barack Obama won the presidency nationally.

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2008

Mississippi: McCain carries 6 EV.

Mississippi cast its 6 electoral votes for McCain (Republican). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Mississippi voted against the national winner this cycle.

Mississippi in 2008

The 2008 contest saw Mississippi line up behind McCain, delivering 6 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Barack Obama (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Mississippi among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Mississippi backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1980. Mississippi did not move alone — neighboring Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama broke the same way in 2008. Across the 51 presidential elections Mississippi has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Barack Obama took 365 of the 538 electoral votes, against John McCain's 173. Barack Obama led the national popular vote with 52.93% of the ballots cast.

The 2008 national map

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