2016 Mississippi Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2016 Mississippi Republican presidential primary Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1996–2020).svg presidential no 2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi#Republican primary 2012 2016 03 08 2020 Mississippi Republican presidential primary 2020 Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore 10 (cropped).jpg Donald Trump New York 25 196,659 47.24% 2016 MS GOP presidential primary.svg 170px County results #283681 Donald Trump #9ea8e1 30–40%#7786d5 40–50%#5063c9 50–60%#3649af 60–70% #D4AA00 Ted Cruz #ffe680 30–40% #ffdc4d 40–50% 283681 Ted Cruz by Gage Skidmore 10 (cropped).jpg Ted Cruz d4aa00 Texas 150,364 36.12% 15 Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore 8 (cropped).jpg Marco Rubio C60E3B Florida 36,795 8.84% 0 John Kasich (24618295175) (cropped).jpg John Kasich 00B487 x160px 21,885 5.26% 0 Ohio MI VI The 2016 Mississippi Republican presidential primary took place in Mississippi on March 8, 2016, ahead of the presidential election that November. The Democrats held their Mississippi primary on the same day. Mississippi's 40 Republican delegates were contested. Donald Trump won the primary, receiving 47.24% of the vote, while Ted Cruz came in second, with 36.12% of the vote. Trump received 25 of the state's delegates, while Cruz received the remaining 15.http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/MS-R Mississippi Republican Delegation 2016 The Green Papers 2018-09-10 The state of the campaign Trump had already become the Republican front-runner before the Mississippi primary. He was favored to win Mississippi partly because he had already done well in Southern states' primaries, including Alabama's, which he won with 43.4% of the vote on Super Tuesday.https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/03/05/republican-presidential-candidates-focus-mississippi/81396582/ GOP presidential hopefuls shift focus to Mississippi Berry Deborah Barfield 2016-03-05 Hattiesburg American 2018-09-10 en Opinion polling Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016 A poll of 995 likely Republican Mississippi voters, conducted on February 29, 2016, by Magellan Strategies, gave Trump 41% of the vote, 24% more than second-place Cruz.https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ms/mississippi_republican_presidential_primary-4210.html Mississippi Republican Presidential Primary RealClearPolitics 2018-09-10 Results Results of the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016 Analysis Trump's double-digit victory in Mississippi was seen as solidifying his status as the Republican front-runner, shortly after his disappointing performance in the Louisiana primary. Another unusual aspect of the Mississippi primary results was Marco Rubio's exceptionally poor showing: Rubio came in fourth despite having finished second in several other primaries in the South.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/08/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-win-mississippi-primary Trump's victories in Mississippi and Michigan put him back on course Jacobs Ben Ben Jacobs (journalist) 2016-03-09 The Guardian 2018-09-10 Gambino Lauren en Roberts Dan Overall, Trump's victory was part of his generally strong performance in the South, where, as a whole, he performed better than either John McCain in 2008 or Mitt Romney in 2012. Exit polls showed that Trump beat Cruz in virtually every demographic group.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-donald-trump-won-the-michigan-and-mississippi-republican-primaries/ How Donald Trump won the Michigan and Mississippi Republican primaries Feldman Stanley 2016-03-09 CBS News 2018-09-10 en They also showed that Trump got an especially large share of the vote among Mississippi voters looking for a candidate who "tells it like it is".https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/08/mississippi-holding-presidential-and-house-primaries/81473924/ Trump, Clinton win in Mississippi 2016-03-08 The Clarion Ledger 2018-09-10 en Trump also won among white evangelicals, the voters who Cruz had hoped would form his coalition.https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/03/09/analysis-primaries-sanders-clinton-michigan-trump-mississippi/81513974/ Analysis: Trump rolls, as Sanders surprises Clinton in Michigan Page Susan 2016-03-09 USA Today 2018-09-10 en Susan Page However, Trump came in second (behind Cruz) among Republican voters who decided whom to vote for in the primary within the previous week.http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-gop-primaries-20160308-story.html Trump rolls on, winning 3 of 4 states; Cruz takes Idaho Barabak Mark Z. 2016-03-08 Los Angeles Times 2018-09-10 References 30em External links Exit poll results from CNN Mississippi Republican primary 2016