2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 United States presidential election 2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi Mississippi presidential no 2008 United States presidential election in Mississippi 2008 November 6, 2012 2016 United States presidential election in Mississippi 2016 x200px Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts Paul Ryan 6 710,746 55.29% President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 0 562,949 43.79% 190px County results 190px Congressional district results Romney #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Obama #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% President Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) 2001 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.2012 Presidential Election Results - Mississippi http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2012&fips=28&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 5 January 2013 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.2012 Exit Polls - Mississippi CNN http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/state/MS/president 5 January 2013 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.Kestenbaum Lawrence Lawrence Kestenbaum Warren County, Mississippi https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WR-votes.html 2022-12-29 The Political Graveyard 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.Mississippi Democratic Delegation 2012 http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/MS-D 2019-08-01 The Green Papers Republican primary Mississippi Republican primary, 2012 Flag of Mississippi (1996–2020).svg presidential no Mississippi Republican primary, 2008 2008 2012 03 13 Mississippi Republican primary, 2016 2016 Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore.jpg Rick Santorum Pennsylvania 13 96,258 32.73% 2012 Mississippi Republican Primaries Counties.svg 170px County results Santorum #a9e4aa 30–40% #7edc7f 40–50% Gingrich #f0dbeb 30–40% #e7c6e0 40–50% Romney #ffcca9 30–40% #ffc199 40–50% Tie #e0e0e0 30–40% Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg Newt Gingrich Georgia 12 91,612 31.15% 008000 800080 Mitt Romney ff6600 12 Massachusetts Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg 30.66% 90,161 x125px 37 Republican National Convention delegatesThe number of delegates received is determined by the popular vote HI AS The Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, the same day as the Alabama Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses.Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/calendar.html January 11, 2012Presidential Primary Dates Federal Election Commission http://www.FEC.gov/pubrec/fe2012/2012pdates.pdf January 23, 2012 After the open election, 37 bound delegates and three unbound delegates will go to the Republican National Convention.Mississippi Republican Delegation 2012 http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P12/MS-R www.thegreenpapers.com Mississippi Republican primary, 2012Republican%20Certification_2012%20Primary.pdf http://www.sos.ms.gov/elections/electionresults/Republican%20Certification_2012%20Primary.pdfMississippi Republican Primary - Election Results - Election 2012 The New York Times http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/states/mississippi Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates 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 SourceRankingAs ofHuffington PostHuffington Post Election Dashboard HuffPost http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map https://archive.today/20130813173708/http://web.archive.org/web/20120502191502/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map 2013-08-13Safe RNovember 6, 2012CNNAmerica's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map CNN http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator#?battleground dead https://archive.today/20130119130158/http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator%23?battleground 2013-01-19Safe RNovember 6, 2012 New York TimesElection 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/electoral-map.html https://archive.today/20120708093751/http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/electoral-map July 8, 2012 Safe R November 6, 2012Washington Post2012 Presidential Election Results The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/ limited live https://web.archive.org/web/20120726195644/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/ 2012-07-26Safe RNovember 6, 2012RealClearPolitics http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110608112207/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html 2011-06-08 RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White HouseSolid RNovember 6, 2012Sabato's Crystal Ball https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/projection-obama-will-likely-win-second-term/ PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERMSolid RNovember 5, 2012FiveThirtyEight https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/11/nate_silvers_political_calcula.html Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcomeSolid RNovember 6, 2012 Results 2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi Republican Party (United States) Mitt RomneyPaul Ryan 710,746 55.29% −0.89% Democratic Party (United States) Barack ObamaJoe Biden 562,949 43.79% +0.79% Libertarian Party (United States) Gary JohnsonJim Gray 6,676 0.52% +0.32% Constitution Party (United States) Virgil GoodeJim Clymer 2,609 0.20% − Green Party (United States) Jill SteinCheri Honkala 1,588 0.12% +0.04% Reform Party of the United States of America Barbara Dale WasherCathy L. Toole 1,016 0.08% +0.04% 1,285,584 100.00% N/A By county Countyhttps://sos.ms.gov/elections/electionresults/2012General/certified%20results/President%20and%20Vice%20President.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20250823010052/https://sos.ms.gov/elections/electionresults/2012General/certified%20results/President%20and%20Vice%20President.pdf August 23, 2025 live President and Vice President Hosemann Delbert Delbert Hosemann December 3, 2012 Secretary of State of Mississippi February 9, 2026Mitt RomneyRepublicanBarack ObamaDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Adams6,29340.74%9,06158.66%930.60%-2,768-17.92%15,447Alcorn11,11174.92%3,51123.67%2081.40%7,60051.25%14,830Amite4,41457.28%3,24242.07%500.65%1,17215.21%7,706Attala5,12656.38%3,92743.19%390.43%1,19913.19%9,092Benton2,04149.59%2,05149.83%240.58%-10-0.24%4,116Bolivar4,70130.47%10,58268.59%1450.94%-5,881-38.12%15,428Calhoun4,41262.42%2,58636.59%700.99%1,82625.83%7,068Carroll3,96066.09%2,00733.49%250.42%1,95332.59%5,992Chickasaw3,99446.97%4,37851.49%1311.54%-384-4.52%8,503Choctaw2,81265.81%1,42833.42%330.77%1,38432.39%4,273Claiborne62511.40%4,83888.22%210.38%-4,213-76.82%5,484Clarke5,04961.18%3,11137.70%931.13%1,93823.48%8,253Clay4,29138.76%6,71260.62%690.62%-2,421-21.87%11,072Coahoma2,71225.71%7,79273.86%450.43%-5,080-48.16%10,549Copiah6,28244.48%7,74954.87%920.65%-1,467-10.39%14,123Covington5,40557.82%3,87841.48%650.70%1,52716.34%9,348DeSoto43,55966.21%21,57532.79%6601.00%21,98433.41%65,794Forrest16,57454.82%13,27243.89%3901.29%3,30210.92%30,236Franklin2,73560.87%1,72638.42%320.71%1,00922.46%4,493George8,37684.98%1,35913.79%1211.23%7,01771.20%9,856Greene4,53176.51%1,32522.37%661.11%3,20654.14%5,922Grenada5,98652.81%5,28846.65%610.54%6986.16%11,335Hancock12,96475.52%3,91722.82%2861.67%9,04752.70%17,167Harrison39,47062.33%23,11936.51%7391.17%16,35125.82%63,328Hinds29,66427.86%76,11271.47%7150.67%-46,448-43.62%106,491Holmes1,43515.45%7,81284.11%410.44%-6,377-68.66%9,288Humphreys1,29324.81%3,90374.88%160.31%-2,610-50.08%5,212Issaquena30238.37%47960.86%60.76%-177-22.49%787Itawamba7,39379.34%1,70618.31%2192.35%5,68761.03%9,318Jackson35,74766.62%17,29932.24%6091.14%18,44834.38%53,655Jasper4,19344.89%5,09754.57%500.54%-904-9.68%9,340Jefferson46810.56%3,95189.13%140.32%-3,483-78.57%4,433Jefferson Davis2,50736.52%4,26762.16%901.31%-1,760-25.64%6,864Jones20,68768.59%9,21130.54%2610.87%11,47638.05%30,159Kemper1,78935.41%3,23964.11%240.48%-1,450-28.70%5,052Lafayette11,07556.78%8,09141.48%3391.74%2,98415.30%19,505Lamar19,10176.74%5,49422.07%2941.18%13,60754.67%24,889Lauderdale18,70057.05%13,81442.15%2630.80%4,88614.91%32,777Lawrence4,19262.59%2,46836.85%380.57%1,72425.74%6,698Leake4,86354.14%4,07945.41%410.46%7848.73%8,983Lee22,41563.49%12,56335.58%3280.93%9,85227.90%35,306Leflore3,58728.08%9,11971.39%670.52%-5,532-43.31%12,773Lincoln10,83966.04%5,47133.33%1040.63%5,36832.70%16,414Lowndes13,51849.78%13,38849.30%2520.93%1300.48%27,158Madison28,50757.51%20,72241.80%3420.69%7,78515.70%49,571Marion8,23764.71%4,39334.51%990.78%3,84430.20%12,729Marshall6,47339.86%9,65059.42%1170.72%-3,177-19.56%16,240Monroe9,72357.47%7,05641.71%1390.82%2,66715.76%16,918Montgomery2,94752.21%2,67547.39%230.41%2724.82%5,645Neshoba7,83771.15%3,08928.04%890.81%4,74843.10%11,015Newton6,39465.40%3,31933.95%640.65%3,07531.45%9,777Noxubee1,32521.15%4,92078.54%190.30%-3,595-57.39%6,264Oktibbeha8,76148.36%9,09550.20%2611.44%-334-1.84%18,117Panola7,62945.34%9,07953.96%1180.70%-1,450-8.62%16,826Pearl River17,54978.96%4,36619.65%3091.39%13,18359.32%22,224Perry4,13772.30%1,52726.69%581.01%2,61045.61%5,722Pike8,18145.52%9,65053.69%1430.80%-1,469-8.17%17,974Pontotoc9,44876.13%2,80422.59%1591.28%6,64453.53%12,411Prentiss7,07570.52%2,81728.08%1411.41%4,25842.44%10,033Quitman1,11628.05%2,83771.30%260.65%-1,721-43.25%3,979Rankin48,44475.52%14,98823.37%7131.11%33,45652.16%64,145Scott6,08954.36%5,03144.91%820.73%1,0589.44%11,202Sharkey73729.11%1,78270.38%130.51%-1,045-41.27%2,532Simpson7,42460.61%4,72338.56%1020.83%2,70122.05%12,249Smith6,04974.69%1,97924.44%710.88%4,07050.25%8,099Stone5,42071.96%2,00326.59%1091.45%3,41745.37%7,532Sunflower2,92926.09%8,19973.02%1000.89%-5,270-46.94%11,228Tallahatchie2,49938.43%3,95960.88%450.69%-1,460-22.45%6,503Tate7,33259.10%4,93339.76%1411.14%2,39919.34%12,406Tippah6,71773.30%2,31725.28%1301.42%4,40048.01%9,164Tishomingo6,13377.28%1,64320.70%1602.02%4,49056.58%7,936Tunica88320.15%3,47579.30%240.55%-2,592-59.15%4,382Union8,49874.77%2,74224.13%1251.10%5,75650.65%11,365Walthall4,05153.65%3,42245.32%781.03%6298.33%7,551Warren10,45748.89%10,78650.42%1480.69%-329-1.54%21,391Washington5,65128.66%13,98170.92%830.42%-8,330-42.25%19,715Wayne6,11159.15%4,14840.15%730.71%1,96319.00%10,332Webster3,99276.27%1,19022.74%520.99%2,80253.53%5,234Wilkinson1,41529.16%3,41270.31%260.54%-1,997-41.15%4,853Winston5,16852.58%4,60746.87%540.55%5615.71%9,829Yalobusha3,27651.56%3,03047.69%480.76%2463.87%6,354Yazoo4,94142.52%6,60356.82%760.65%-1,662-14.30%11,620Totals710,74655.29%562,94943.79%11,8890.92%147,79711.50%1,285,584 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Benton (largest town: Hickory Flat) Warren (largest city: Vicksburg) right 170px Swing by county Legend #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #FFAAAA Republican — +2.5-5% #FF8080 Republican — +5-7.5% 170px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #FFAAAA Republican — +2.5-5% #FF8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #FF5555 Republican — +7.5-10% 170px County flips Legend Democratic #92C5DE Hold #0671b0 Flip Republican #F48882 Hold By congressional district Romney won three of four congressional districts.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/07/09/1220127/-Daily-Kos-Elections-2012-election-results-by-congressional-and-legislative-districts Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts Daily Kos 11 August 2020 District Romney Obama RepresentativeMississippi 1 1st 61.87% 37%Alan NunneleeMississippi 2 2nd 33% 66.4%Bennie ThompsonMississippi 3 3rd 60% 39.1%Gregg HarperMississippi 4 4th 67.6% 31.24%Steven Palazzo See also Republican Party presidential debates, 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012 Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Mississippi Republican Party References External links The Green Papers: for Mississippi The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order expanded Mississippi United States president 2012