United States presidential election in Mississippi, 2012

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Main article: United States presidential election, 2012

Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 271: malformed pattern (missing ']'). 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 55.3% of the popular vote to Obama's and Biden's 43.8%, thus winning the state's six electoral votes.[1] 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.[2] This was the strongest showing for a Democratic presidential candidate in Mississippi since native Southerner Bill Clinton's 44.08% in 1996.

General Election

Results

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

Democratic primary

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Republican primary

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Elections in Mississippi
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The Republican primary took place on March 13, 2012, the same day as the Alabama Republican primary and the Hawaii Republican caucuses.[3][4] After the open election, 37 bound delegates and three unbound delegates will go to the Republican National Convention.[5]

Mississippi Republican primary, 2012[6][7]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
America Symbol.svg 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

See also

References

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External links

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  5. ↑ Mississippi Republican – The Green Papers
  6. ↑ http://www.sos.ms.gov/elections/electionresults/Republican%20Certification_2012%20Primary.pdf
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