2016 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary

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2016 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary
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  2012 March 8, 2016 (2016-03-08) 2020  
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Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count315
Popular vote187,33437,748
Percentage82.47%16.62%

2016 Mississippi Democratic Presidential Primary election by county.svg
Results by county
Clinton:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%     >90%

The 2016 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary took place on March 8 in the U.S. state of Mississippi as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Contents

On the same day, the Democratic Party held a second primary in Michigan, while the Republican Party held primaries in four states, including their own Mississippi primary.

Opinion polling

Poll sourceDate1st2ndOther
Official Primary results March 8, 2016Hillary Clinton
82.5%
Bernie Sanders
16.6%
Others / Uncommitted
0.9%
Magellan Strategies [1]

Margin of error: ±4.5%
Sample size: 471

February 29, 2016Hillary Clinton
65%
Bernie Sanders
11%
Others / Undecided
24%
Public Policy Polling [2]

Margin of error: ± 4.3
Sample size: 514

February 14–16, 2016Hillary Clinton
60%
Bernie Sanders
26%

Results

Mississippi Democratic primary, March 8, 2016
CandidatePopular voteEstimated delegates
CountPercentagePledgedUnpledgedTotal
Hillary Clinton 187,33482.47%31334
Bernie Sanders 37,74816.62%527
Willie Wilson 9190.40%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)6720.30%
Rocky De La Fuente 4810.21%
Write-in100.00%
Total227,164100%36541
Source: The Green Papers , Mississippi Secretary of State

Results by county

County [3] ClintonVotesSandersVotes
Adams 86.7%3,01312.6%438
Alcorn 70.8%80926.4%302
Amite 89.0%1,2129.3%127
Attala 87.7%1,51911.3%195
Benton 85.2%55714.2%93
Bolivar 85.4%3,02913.9%493
Calhoun 84.9%74813.6%120
Carroll 90.0%8288.9%82
Chickasaw 83.1%1,39815.6%263
Choctaw 83.9%51715.1%93
Claiborne 90.3%1,4119.0%141
Clarke 86.3%1,04412.5%151
Clay 86.0%2,37212.7%351
Coahoma 82.3%2,30115.8%442
Copiah 88.2%3,37310.7%411
Covington 88.2%1,35610.7%164
DeSoto 73.3%5,42026.3%1,940
Forrest 73.1%3,70826.1%1,323
Franklin 84.1%70114.4%120
George 72.1%34925.2%122
Greene 84.0%37413.7%61
Grenada 86.0%1,63412.9%245
Hancock 62.0%89336.8%531
Harrison 74.3%6,88625.0%2,313
Hinds 84.1%31,38615.3%5,723
Holmes 92.9%3,3016.5%231
Humphreys 94.2%2,8944.4%134
Issaquena 88.4%17510.1%20
Itawamba 69.2%37727.7%151
Jackson 76.1%4,81122.9%1,448
Jasper 89.6%1,9769.2%203
Jefferson 89.0%1,55010.1%175
Jefferson Davis 89.2%1,8069.4%190
Jones 83.5%2,68115.9%510
Kemper 89.2%1,0089.4%106
Lafayette 64.3%2,45135.0%1,336
Lamar 72.5%1,46427.5%544
Lauderdale 83.5%3,30615.6%619
Lawrence 85.0%1,11213.7%179
Leake 85.4%1,61413.8%260
Lee 76.9%3,02022.5%884
LeFlore 90.4%2,0949.5%219
Lincoln 85.1%1,81714.5%309
Lowndes 82.4%4,03017.3%846
Madison 83.4%7,41416.1%1,434
Marion 87.5%1,53911.5%202
Marshall 88.7%3,36110.2%386
Monroe 84.9%1,91313.8%311
Montgomery 89.0%95310.2%109
Neshoba 78.1%92920.9%248
Newton 83.5%1,00015.2%182
Noxubee 90.5%1,3978.7%134
Oktibbeha 75.8%2,38923.5%739
Panola 85.8%3,06113.4%479
Pearl River 72.4%97426.2%352
Perry 82.7%40115.9%77
Pike 86.5%2,87012.8%425
Pontotoc 71.2%73326.3%271
Prentiss 71.0%68126.2%251
Quitman 85.3%98612.3%142
Rankin 77.1%4,68922.3%1,356
Scott 85.5%2,01313.1%309
Sharkey 91.4%6458.1%57
Simpson 85.3%1,85513.5%294
Smith 81.4%71216.8%147
Stone 77.5%54420.5%144
Sunflower 87.8%2,33211.3%299
Tallahatchie 87.4%1,34110.8%166
Tate 85.1%1,43514.4%242
Tippah 74.9%57522.4%172
Tishomingo 61.3%36133.4%197
Tunica 77.4%90418.8%220
Union 71.3%59326.8%223
Walthall 88.5%1,11110.5%132
Warren 84.4%3,46314.9%612
Washington 87.7%2,98212.0%409
Wayne 83.8%1,44114.6%251
Webster 81.9%39716.3%79
Wilkinson 93.4%1,2695.1%69
Winston 86.3%1,44212.1%202
Yalobusha 84.2%1,21414.9%215
Yazoo 90.8%2,2038.4%203
Total82.5%187,33416.6%37,748

Analysis

After losing badly in Mississippi to Barack Obama eight years earlier, Hillary Clinton managed a 66-point routing against Bernie Sanders in the state in 2016. She carried all counties and won across all demographics, income levels and educational attainment levels. The key to Clinton's success, however, was an 89-11 showing among African American voters, who made up 71% of the Democratic electorate in the state. [4]

Mississippi gave Clinton her largest win in any state during the 2016 primaries. [5]

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References

  1. "MISSISSIPPI 2016 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY SURVEY TOPLINES" (PDF). Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. "Subject: Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support" (PDF).
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  5. Jeff Simon, Vanessa Yurkevich and Contessa Gayles. "Southern liberals have a fondness for Hillary Clinton". CNN. Retrieved September 24, 2016.