2016 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary

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.

2016 Mississippi Democratic presidential primary

March 8, 2016 (2016-03-08)
 
Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count 31 5
Popular vote 187,334 37,748
Percentage 82.47% 16.62%

Election results by county.
  Hillary Clinton

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 source Date 1st 2nd Other
Official Primary results March 8, 2016 Hillary Clinton
82.5%
Bernie Sanders
16.6%
Others / Uncommitted
0.9%
Magellan Strategies[1]

Margin of error: ±4.5%
Sample size: 471

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

Margin of error: ± 4.3
Sample size: 514

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

Results

Mississippi Democratic primary, March 8, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 187,334 82.47% 31 3 34
Bernie Sanders 37,748 16.62% 5 2 7
Willie Wilson 919 0.40%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) 672 0.30%
Rocky De La Fuente 481 0.21%
Write-in 10 0.00%
Total 227,164 100% 36 5 41
Source: The Green Papers, Mississippi Secretary of State

Results by county

County[3] Clinton Votes Sanders Votes
Adams86.7%3,01312.6%438
Alcorn70.8%80926.4%302
Amite89.0%1,2129.3%127
Attala87.7%1,51911.3%195
Benton85.2%55714.2%93
Bolivar85.4%3,02913.9%493
Calhoun84.9%74813.6%120
Carroll90.0%8288.9%82
Chickasaw83.1%1,39815.6%263
Choctaw83.9%51715.1%93
Claiborne90.3%1,4119.0%141
Clarke86.3%1,04412.5%151
Clay86.0%2,37212.7%351
Coahoma82.3%2,30115.8%442
Copiah88.2%3,37310.7%411
Covington88.2%1,35610.7%164
DeSoto73.3%5,42026.3%1,940
Forrest73.1%3,70826.1%1,323
Franklin84.1%70114.4%120
George72.1%34925.2%122
Greene84.0%37413.7%61
Grenada86.0%1,63412.9%245
Hancock62.0%89336.8%531
Harrison74.3%6,88625.0%2,313
Hinds84.1%31,38615.3%5,723
Holmes92.9%3,3016.5%231
Humphreys94.2%2,8944.4%134
Issaquena88.4%17510.1%20
Itawamba69.2%37727.7%151
Jackson76.1%4,81122.9%1,448
Jasper89.6%1,9769.2%203
Jefferson89.0%1,55010.1%175
Jefferson Davis89.2%1,8069.4%190
Jones83.5%2,68115.9%510
Kemper89.2%1,0089.4%106
Lafayette64.3%2,45135.0%1,336
Lamar72.5%1,46427.5%544
Lauderdale83.5%3,30615.6%619
Lawrence85.0%1,11213.7%179
Leake85.4%1,61413.8%260
Lee76.9%3,02022.5%884
LeFlore90.4%2,0949.5%219
Lincoln85.1%1,81714.5%309
Lowndes82.4%4,03017.3%846
Madison83.4%7,41416.1%1,434
Marion87.5%1,53911.5%202
Marshall88.7%3,36110.2%386
Monroe84.9%1,91313.8%311
Montgomery89.0%95310.2%109
Neshoba78.1%92920.9%248
Newton83.5%1,00015.2%182
Noxubee90.5%1,3978.7%134
Oktibbeha75.8%2,38923.5%739
Panola85.8%3,06113.4%479
Pearl River72.4%97426.2%352
Perry82.7%40115.9%77
Pike86.5%2,87012.8%425
Pontotoc71.2%73326.3%271
Prentiss71.0%68126.2%251
Quitman85.3%98612.3%142
Rankin77.1%4,68922.3%1,356
Scott85.5%2,01313.1%309
Sharkey91.4%6458.1%57
Simpson85.3%1,85513.5%294
Smith81.4%71216.8%147
Stone77.5%54420.5%144
Sunflower87.8%2,33211.3%299
Tallahatchie87.4%1,34110.8%166
Tate85.1%1,43514.4%242
Tippah74.9%57522.4%172
Tishomingo61.3%36133.4%197
Tunica77.4%90418.8%220
Union71.3%59326.8%223
Walthall88.5%1,11110.5%132
Warren84.4%3,46314.9%612
Washington87.7%2,98212.0%409
Wayne83.8%1,44114.6%251
Webster81.9%39716.3%79
Wilkinson93.4%1,2695.1%69
Winston86.3%1,44212.1%202
Yalobusha84.2%1,21414.9%215
Yazoo90.8%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]

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).
  3. "2016 Democratic Primary". www.sos.ms.gov. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
  4. "2016 Election Center". CNN. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  5. Jeff Simon, Vanessa Yurkevich and Contessa Gayles. "Southern liberals have a fondness for Hillary Clinton". CNN. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
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