How Mississippi has voted since 1960
Mississippi has 6 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic once, Republican 14 times and for a third-party candidate twice. It has backed the national winner in 9 of 17 elections. Donald Trump carried it in 2024 by 22.9 points, 21.4 points more Republican than the nation. In 2024, 57.8% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 46th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Republican in every election since 1980. Its closest result was in 1980, when Ronald Reagan won it by 1.3 points.
- 1960Byrd+2.7
- 1964Goldwater+74.3
- 1968Wallace+40.4
- 1972Nixon+58.6
- 1976Carter+1.9
- 1980Reagan+1.3
- 1984Reagan+24.5
- 1988Bush+20.8
- 1992Bush+8.9
- 1996Dole+5.1
- 2000Bush+16.9
- 2004Bush+18.9
- 2008McCain+13.2
- 2012Romney+11.5
- 2016Trump+17.8
- 2020Trump+16.5
- 2024Trump+22.9
Each box is one election: the winner in Mississippi and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.
Election night
8 p.m. ET
Polls close at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. Central).
Also closing at 8 p.m. ET: AL, CT, DE, DC, IL, KS, ME, MD, MA, MI, MO, NH, NJ, ND, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX.
Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.
2028 ratings
- Safe R Electoral Vote Map Sept. 27, 2026
In Congress
Senate
- Roger F. Wicker (R) since 2007
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) since 2018
House: 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
All 4 members
- 1 Trent Kelly (R)
- 2 Bennie G. Thompson (D)
- 3 Michael Guest (R)
- 4 Mike Ezell (R)
From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.
Margin by election
Mississippi margin National popular vote
By county
Donald Trump won 62 of Mississippi's 82 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 20.
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Largest counties, 2024
| County | Votes | Margin | Shift from 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinds County | 86,830 | D+46.1 | →R 2.3 |
| DeSoto County | 79,082 | R+24.1 | →R 0.2 |
| Harrison County | 75,923 | R+28.9 | →R 3.7 |
| Rankin County | 69,678 | R+47.1 | →R 1.8 |
| Madison County | 55,710 | R+17.3 | →R 5.5 |
| Jackson County | 52,410 | R+39.9 | →R 5.2 |
| Lee County | 35,338 | R+38.8 | →R 6.3 |
| Forrest County | 28,466 | R+17.9 | →R 6.8 |
| Lamar County | 28,171 | R+48.8 | →R 1.8 |
| Jones County | 27,755 | R+46.8 | →R 4.6 |
Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Panola County (10.6), Benton County (10.6), Marshall County (10.4); toward the Democrat, Sharkey County (1.2), DeSoto County (0.2), Lamar County (1.8) — in points of margin.
County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast. In 2004 (98%) the county figures add up to a different total from the certified statewide count (shown as a share of it).
Results by year
| Year | Winner | Democrat | Republican | Other | Margin | Nation | Turnout | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald TrumpTrump | Harris 38.0%466,668 | Trump 60.9%747,744 | 1.1% | R+22.9 | R+1.5 | 57.8% | 6 |
| 2020 | Donald TrumpTrump lost | Biden 41.1%539,398 | Trump 57.6%756,764 | 1.3% | R+16.5 | D+4.5 | 60.6% | 6 |
| 2016 | Donald TrumpTrump | Clinton 40.1%485,131 | Trump 57.9%700,714 | 2.0% | R+17.8 | D+2.1 | 55.2% | 6 |
| 2012 | Mitt RomneyRomney lost | Obama 43.8%562,949 | Romney 55.3%710,746 | 0.9% | R+11.5 | D+3.9 | 59.3% | 6 |
| 2008 | John McCainMcCain lost | Obama 43.0%554,662 | McCain 56.2%724,597 | 0.8% | R+13.2 | D+7.3 | 61.0% | 6 |
| 2004 | George W. BushBush | Kerry 40.2%457,766 | Bush 59.0%672,660 | 0.8% | R+18.9 | R+2.5 | 55.5% | 6 |
| 2000 | George W. BushBush | Gore 40.7%404,614 | Bush 57.6%572,844 | 1.7% | R+16.9 | D+0.5 | 49.1% | 7 |
| 1996 | Bob DoleDole lost | Clinton 44.1%394,022 | Dole 49.2%439,838 | Perot 5.8% | R+5.1 | D+8.5 | 45.8% | 7 |
| 1992 | George H.W. BushBush lost | Clinton 40.8%400,258 | Bush 49.7%487,793 | Perot 8.7% | R+8.9 | D+5.6 | 54.3% | 7 |
| 1988 | George H.W. BushBush | Dukakis 39.1%363,921 | Bush 59.9%557,890 | 1.0% | R+20.8 | R+7.7 | 52.0% | 7 |
| 1984 | Ronald ReaganReagan | Mondale 37.4%352,192 | Reagan 61.9%582,377 | 0.7% | R+24.5 | R+18.2 | 53.3% | 7 |
| 1980 | Ronald ReaganReagan | Carter 48.1%429,281 | Reagan 49.5%441,089 | 2.4% | R+1.3 | R+9.7 | 52.4% | 7 |
| 1976 | Jimmy CarterCarter | Carter 49.6%381,309 | Ford 47.7%366,846 | 2.8% | D+1.9 | D+2.1 | — | 7 |
| 1972 | Richard NixonNixon | McGovern 19.6% | Nixon 78.2% | 2.2% | R+58.6 | R+23.2 | — | 7 |
| 1968 | George WallaceWallace lost | Humphrey 23.0% | Nixon 13.5% | Wallace 63.5% | D+9.5 | R+0.7 | — | 7 |
| 1964 | Barry GoldwaterGoldwater lost | Johnson 12.9% | Goldwater 87.1% | 0.0% | R+74.3 | D+22.6 | — | 7 |
| 1960 | Harry F. ByrdByrd lost | Kennedy 36.3% | Nixon 24.7% | Byrd 39.0% | D+11.7 | D+0.2 | — | 8 |
Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).
- 1960: A slate of unpledged Democratic electors won the state and cast its 8 votes for Sen. Harry F. Byrd.
Electoral votes
Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.
- 819601950 census
- 71964–19681960 census
- 71972–19801970 census
- 71984–19881980 census
- 71992–20001990 census
- 62004–20082000 census
- 62012–20202010 census
- 62024–20282020 census
- 62032–2040projected
Projected: Mississippi's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 6. An estimate, not a forecast.