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2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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Field	Value
election_name	2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi
country	Mississippi
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi
previous_year	2008
election_date	November 6, 2012
next_election	2016 United States presidential election in Mississippi
next_year	2016
image_size	x200px
image1	Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg
nominee1	Mitt Romney
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Massachusetts
running_mate1	Paul Ryan
electoral_vote1	6
popular_vote1	710,746
percentage1	55.29%
image2	President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg
nominee2	Barack Obama
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Illinois
running_mate2	Joe Biden
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	562,949
percentage2	43.79%
map_image
map_caption
title	President
before_election	Barack Obama
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Barack Obama
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)
flag_year	2001

Main article: 2012 United States presidential election

Romney Obama 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. Mitt Romney's 47% gaffe also likely contributed to his worse performance.

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

Santorum Gingrich Romney Tie The number of delegates received is determined by the popular vote

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.

Mississippi Republican primary, 2012	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
[[File:America_Symbol.svg	14px]] 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

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Huffington Post		November 6, 2012
CNN		November 6, 2012
New York Times		November 6, 2012
Washington Post		November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics		November 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight		November 6, 2012

Results

2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi	Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	Mitt Romney	Paul Ryan	710,746	55.29%	6
Democratic	Barack Obama (incumbent)	Joe Biden (incumbent)	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

County	Mitt Romney
Republican	Barack Obama
Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	710,746	55.29%	562,949	43.79%	11,889	0.92%	147,797	11.50%	1,285,584
	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

County Flips: {{col-begin}}

Democratic Republican ]]

;Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Benton (largest town: Hickory Flat)
Warren (largest city: Vicksburg)

By congressional district

Romney won three of four congressional districts.

District	Romney	Representative
61.87%	37%	Alan Nunnelee
33%	66.4%	Bennie Thompson
60%	39.1%	Gregg Harper
67.6%	31.24%	Steven Palazzo

References

"2012 Presidential Election Results - Mississippi".
"2012 Exit Polls - Mississippi".
Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Warren County, Mississippi".
"Mississippi Democratic Delegation 2012".
"Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". [[CNN]].
"Presidential Primary Dates". [[Federal Election Commission]].
"Mississippi Republican Delegation 2012".
"Republican%20Certification_2012%20Primary.pdf".
"Mississippi Republican Primary - Election Results - Election 2012". The New York Times.
"Huffington Post Election Dashboard". [[HuffPost]].
"America's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map". [[CNN]].
"Election 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory". [[The New York Times]].
"2012 Presidential Election Results". The Washington Post.
"RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White House".
"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".

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