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Mississippi
Party timeline · 1820–2024
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Swing timeline · Mississippi
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 14 flips across 50 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Dem 28
Rep 15
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1
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Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rep Trump | Harris 466,668 38.0% | Trump 747,744 60.9% | None | 281,076 22.9 pts | R +6.3 since 2020 |
| 20201 | Rep Trump | Biden 539,398 41.1% | Trump 756,764 57.6% | None | 217,366 16.5 pts | D +1.3 since 2016 |
| 2016 | Rep Trump | Clinton 485,131 40.1% | Trump 700,714 57.9% | Gary Johnson 14,435 · 1.2% | 215,583 17.8 pts | R +6.3 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Rep Romney | Obama 562,949 43.8% | Romney 710,746 55.3% | None | 147,797 11.5 pts | D +1.7 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Rep McCain | Obama 554,662 43.0% | McCain 724,597 56.2% | None | 169,935 13.2 pts | D +6.5 since 2004 |
| 20042,3 | Rep Bush | Kerry 457,766 39.7% | Bush 684,9812 59.5% | None | 227,215 19.7 pts | R +2.8 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Rep Bush | Gore 404,614 40.7% | Bush 572,844 57.6% | None | 168,230 16.9 pts | R +11.8 since 1996 |
| 19964 | Rep Dole | Clinton 394,022 44.1% | Dole 439,838 49.2% | None | 45,816 5.1 pts | D +3.8 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Rep Bush | Clinton 400,258 40.8% | Bush 487,793 49.7% | Ross Perot 85,626 · 8.7% | 87,535 8.9 pts | D +11.9 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 363,921 39.1% | Bush 557,890 59.9% | None | 193,969 20.8 pts | D +3.6 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 352,192 37.4% | Reagan 582,377 61.9% | None | 230,185 24.5 pts | R +23.1 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 429,281 48.1% | Reagan 441,089 49.5% | John B. Anderson 12,036 · 1.3% | 11,808 1.3 pts | R +3.2 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 381,329 49.6% | Ford 366,846 47.7% | None | 14,483 1.9 pts | D +60.5 since 1972 |
| 1972 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 126,782 19.6% | Nixon 505,125 78.2% | John G. Schmitz 11,598 · 1.8% | 378,343 58.6 pts | R +68.1 since 1968 |
| 1968 | AI Wallace | Humphrey 150,644 23.0% | Nixon 88,516 13.5% | George Wallace 415,349 · 63.5% | 264,705 40.4 pts | D +83.8 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Rep Goldwater | Johnson 52,618 12.9% | Goldwater 356,528 87.1% | None | 303,910 74.3 pts | R +86.0 since 1960 |
| 19605,6 | Ind Byrd | Kennedy 108,3625 36.3% | Nixon 73,5615 24.7% | Unpledged electors (later voted for Harry F. Byrd) 116,248 · 39.0%5 | 7,886 2.6 pts | R +23.8 since 1956 |
| 19567 | Dem Stevenson | Stevenson 144,4987 58.2% | Eisenhower 56,3727 22.7% | None | 88,126 35.5 pts | D +14.6 since 1952 |
| 19528 | Dem Stevenson | Stevenson 172,5668 60.4% | Eisenhower 112,9668 39.6% | None | 59,600 20.9 pts | D +13.4 since 1948 |
| 1948 | Dixie Thurmond | Truman 19,384 10.1% | Dewey 5,043 2.6% | Strom Thurmond 167,538 · 87.2% | 148,154 77.1 pts | R +78.5 since 1944 |
| 19449 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 158,5159 88.0% | Dewey 3,7429 2.1% | None | 154,773 85.9 pts | R +8.2 since 1940 |
| 194010 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 168,26710 95.7% | Willkie 2,81410 1.6% | None | 165,453 94.1 pts | R +0.2 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 157,318 97.1% | Landon 4,443 2.7% | None | 152,875 94.3 pts | D +1.9 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 140,168 96.0% | Hoover 5,180 3.5% | None | 134,988 92.4 pts | D +28.2 since 1928 |
| 192811 | Dem Smith | Smith 124,53911 82.1% | Hoover 27,15311 17.9% | None | 97,386 64.2 pts | R +17.5 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Dem Davis | Davis 100,475 89.3% | Coolidge 8,546 7.6% | Robert M. La Follette 3,494 · 3.1% | 91,929 81.7 pts | D +11.8 since 1920 |
| 192012 | Dem Cox | Cox 69,27712 84.0% | Harding 11,57612 14.0% | Eugene V. Debs 1,639 · 2.0%12 | 57,701 69.9 pts | R +17.9 since 1916 |
| 191613 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 80,42213 92.8% | Hughes 4,25313 4.9% | Allan L. Benson 1,484 · 1.7%13 | 76,169 87.9 pts | D +1.3 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 57,164 88.9% | Taft 1,511 2.3% | Theodore Roosevelt 3,627 · 5.6% Eugene V. Debs 2,017 · 3.1% | 53,537 83.2 pts | D +2.9 since 1908 |
| 1908 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 60,287 90.1% | Taft 4,363 6.5% | Thomas E. Watson 1,276 · 1.9% Eugene V. Debs 978 · 1.5% | 55,924 83.6 pts | R +2.4 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Dem Parker | Parker 53,376 91.4% | Roosevelt 3,189 5.5% | Thomas E. Watson 1,425 · 2.4% | 50,187 86.0 pts | D +8.3 since 1900 |
| 190014 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 51,70614 87.4% | McKinley 5,75314 9.7% | Wharton Barker 1,644 · 2.8%14 | 45,953 77.7 pts | R +5.6 since 1896 |
| 189615 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 63,85915 90.5% | McKinley 5,13015 7.3% | John M. Palmer 1,071 · 1.5%15 | 58,729 83.3 pts | D +9.7 since 1892 |
| 189216 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 40,23716 76.2% | Harrison 1,40616 2.7% | James B. Weaver 10,256 · 19.4%16 John Bidwell 910 · 1.7%16 | 29,981 56.8 pts | D +25.7 since 1888 |
| 1888 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 85,471 73.8% | Harrison 30,096 26.0% | None | 55,375 47.8 pts | D +20.3 since 1884 |
| 188417 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 76,51017 63.7% | Blaine 43,50917 36.3% | None | 33,001 27.5 pts | R +7.6 since 1880 |
| 188018 | Dem Hancock | Hancock 75,75018 65.1% | Garfield 34,85418 29.9% | James B. Weaver 5,797 · 5.0%18 | 40,896 35.1 pts | R +1.0 since 1876 |
| 187619 | Dem Tilden | Tilden 112,17319 68.1% | Hayes 52,60519 31.9% | None | 59,568 36.2 pts | D +63.0 since 1872 |
| 187220,21 | Rep Grant | Greeley 47,19120 36.6% | Grant 81,91620 63.4% | None | 34,725 26.9 pts | First sourced year |
| 186022 | S-Dem Breckinridge | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185623 | Dem Buchanan | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185224 | Dem Pierce | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184825 | Dem Cass | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184426 | Dem Polk | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184027 | Whig Harrison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183628 | Dem Van Buren | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183229 | Dem Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182830 | Dem Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182431 | D-R Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182032 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2020 'Other candidates' includes 1,279 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2004 The MIT Election Lab file gives George W. Bush 672,660 votes; the FEC's official results give 684,981. This site shows the FEC figure.
- 2004 The state total (1,152,145) is the FEC's official total; the MIT file's total is 1,139,824. 'Other candidates' is that total minus the figures shown.
- 1996 The source reports 53,427 votes under the label 'Independent' on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
- 1960 Mississippi chose a slate of unpledged Democratic electors, who later voted for Harry F. Byrd.
- 1960 The official table notes: The Others column, 116,248, is the 'Unpledged Democratic elector vote, who later agreed to support Senator Byrd' (footnote 4). Stored in its own column 'Unpledged' (printedIn Others).
- 1956 The official table notes: Others: Mississippi Black and Tan Grand Old Party votes (footnote 7).
- 1952 The official table notes: Eisenhower figure is the vote 'For Independent electors pledged to Republican candidates' (footnote 10).
- 1944 The official table notes: Others: Regular Democrats 9,964 votes and Independent Republicans 7,859 votes (footnote 9).
- 1940 The official table notes: Other: Independent Republicans, 4,550.
- 1928 The official table notes: Footnote 13 on the Hoover figure: 'Includes 809 votes for electors headed by Ligon and Rogers.'
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1916 The official table's state total (86,679) is 520 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1900 The official table's state total (59,150) is 47 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
- 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1828 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1824 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2004: presidential results ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
Results · oldest → newest
Era of Good Feelings
1820
Monroe
National: James Monroe · D-R
Era of Good Feelings1824
Jackson
National: John Quincy Adams · D-R
Second Party System1828
Jackson
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1832
Jackson
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1836
Van Buren
National: Martin Van Buren · Dem
Second Party System1840
Harrison
National: William Henry Harrison · Whig
Second Party System1844
Polk
National: James K. Polk · Dem
Second Party System1848
Cass
National: Zachary Taylor · Whig
Second Party System1852
Pierce
National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
Antebellum Crisis1856
Buchanan
National: James Buchanan · Dem
Civil War1860
Breckinridge
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction1872
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
Tilden
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
Hancock
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age1884
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age1888
Cleveland
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age1892
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era1896
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1900
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1904
Parker
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era1908
Bryan
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era1912
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era1916
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties1920
Cox
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties1924
Davis
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties1928
Smith
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition1932
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1944
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Thurmond
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1956
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1960
Byrd
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition1964
Goldwater
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Wallace
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Carter
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Bush
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Bush
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Dole
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
McCain
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
Romney
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
Trump
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization2024
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
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