John McCain carried Mississippi R+13.2.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Mississippi, 2008. The state ran 20.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.3 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2008 ballot here.

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · John McCain (R)

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Mississippi result

1,289,865 votes counted

Obama (D)

554,662

43.0%

McCain (R)

724,597

56.2%

All others

10,606

0.8%

Margin

R+13.2

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2008 presidential election

Mississippi, 2008

McCainR+13.2

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

John McCain ✓Republican	56.2%	724,597
Barack ObamaDemocratic	43.0%	554,662
OtherAll other candidates	0.8%	10,606

D+60

R+60

82 counties, each filled by 2008 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Mississippi's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Mississippi's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+73.3%
1896	+84.1%
1900	+77.6%
1912	+86.5%
1916	+88.4%
1920	+69.9%
1924	+81.8%
1928	+64.3%
1932	+92.4%
1936	+94.3%
1940	+91.5%
1944	+87.1%
1948	+7.5%
1952	+20.9%
1956	+33.8%
1960	+11.7%
1964	−74.3%
1968	+9.5%
1972	−58.6%
1976	+1.9%
1980	−1.3%
1984	−24.5%
1988	−20.8%
1992	−8.9%
1996	−5.1%
2000	−16.9%
2004	−19.7%
2008	−13.2%
2012	−11.5%
2016	−17.8%
2020	−16.5%
2024	−22.9%

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County results — 2008

82 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+15.6%	9,021	6,566	15,696
Alcorn County	R	−44.0%	4,130	10,805	15,182
Amite County	R	−11.7%	3,348	4,245	7,650
Attala County	R	−15.5%	3,849	5,273	9,183
Benton County	R	−2.2%	2,227	2,329	4,638
Bolivar County	D	+35.4%	10,334	4,891	15,381
Calhoun County	R	−27.7%	2,522	4,467	7,034
Carroll County	R	−31.3%	2,037	3,902	5,965
Chickasaw County	D	+2.1%	4,588	4,395	9,058
Choctaw County	R	−28.2%	1,459	2,624	4,128
Claiborne County	D	+72.1%	4,682	748	5,453
Clarke County	R	−25.1%	3,121	5,229	8,397
Clay County	D	+18.9%	6,558	4,466	11,092
Coahoma County	D	+44.3%	7,597	2,917	10,568
Copiah County	D	+7.0%	7,710	6,701	14,502
Covington County	R	−17.7%	3,852	5,523	9,461
DeSoto County	R	−38.2%	19,627	44,222	64,323
Forrest County	R	−13.5%	11,622	15,296	27,184
Franklin County	R	−25.1%	1,733	2,909	4,685
George County	R	−66.1%	1,532	7,700	9,335
Greene County	R	−51.7%	1,366	4,361	5,789
Grenada County	R	−10.6%	5,029	6,234	11,321
Hancock County	R	−54.2%	3,768	13,020	17,056
Harrison County	R	−26.0%	22,673	38,757	61,957
Hinds County	D	+39.0%	75,401	32,949	108,902
Holmes County	D	+63.4%	7,765	1,714	9,543
Humphreys County	D	+42.4%	3,634	1,462	5,126
Issaquena County	D	+22.6%	579	364	950
Itawamba County	R	−56.1%	2,084	7,663	9,951
Jackson County	R	−33.5%	17,781	35,993	54,296
Jasper County	D	+9.7%	5,025	4,135	9,210
Jefferson County	D	+74.4%	3,883	551	4,478
Jefferson Davis County	D	+21.5%	4,454	2,871	7,370
Jones County	R	−38.6%	8,846	20,157	29,273
Kemper County	D	+25.3%	3,256	1,935	5,223
Lafayette County	R	−12.4%	7,997	10,278	18,460
Lamar County	R	−55.8%	5,159	18,497	23,910
Lauderdale County	R	−18.9%	13,332	19,582	33,114
Lawrence County	R	−25.4%	2,587	4,369	7,009
Leake County	R	−10.7%	4,151	5,148	9,359
Lee County	R	−30.5%	12,021	22,694	34,960
Leflore County	D	+36.8%	8,914	4,105	13,081
Lincoln County	R	−32.2%	5,505	10,781	16,402
Lowndes County	R	−2.9%	13,209	13,994	27,465
Madison County	R	−15.6%	19,831	27,203	47,269
Marion County	R	−31.4%	4,422	8,513	13,010
Marshall County	D	+18.2%	9,685	6,683	16,478
Monroe County	R	−17.2%	7,169	10,184	17,496
Montgomery County	R	−8.1%	2,609	3,071	5,712
Neshoba County	R	−44.7%	3,114	8,209	11,402
Newton County	R	−34.1%	3,218	6,579	9,855
Noxubee County	D	+53.2%	5,030	1,525	6,589
Oktibbeha County	D	+0.0%	9,326	9,320	18,792
Panola County	D	+6.5%	8,690	7,620	16,416
Pearl River County	R	−60.4%	4,320	17,881	22,443
Perry County	R	−44.7%	1,533	4,067	5,664
Pike County	D	+3.5%	9,276	8,651	18,055
Pontotoc County	R	−52.4%	2,982	9,727	12,868
Prentiss County	R	−42.8%	3,020	7,703	10,944
Quitman County	D	+35.2%	2,803	1,334	4,168
Rankin County	R	−53.5%	14,372	48,140	63,103
Scott County	R	−13.4%	5,025	6,584	11,671
Sharkey County	D	+37.0%	1,907	873	2,795
Simpson County	R	−22.4%	4,817	7,641	12,610
Smith County	R	−51.7%	1,968	6,265	8,305
Stone County	R	−43.5%	1,996	5,149	7,246
Sunflower County	D	+41.0%	7,838	3,245	11,193
Tallahatchie County	D	+19.0%	4,105	2,786	6,943
Tate County	R	−20.9%	5,003	7,678	12,778
Tippah County	R	−44.4%	2,623	6,937	9,725
Tishomingo County	R	−50.9%	1,962	6,249	8,419
Tunica County	D	+52.2%	3,279	1,017	4,332
Union County	R	−49.9%	2,985	9,072	12,195
Walthall County	R	−10.2%	3,456	4,253	7,780
Warren County	R	−3.0%	10,489	11,152	21,764
Washington County	D	+34.7%	13,148	6,347	19,583
Wayne County	R	−21.8%	3,890	6,070	10,022
Webster County	R	−49.9%	1,349	4,072	5,457
Wilkinson County	D	+38.4%	3,534	1,560	5,139
Winston County	R	−8.3%	4,653	5,497	10,221
Yalobusha County	R	−7.0%	3,151	3,628	6,826
Yazoo County	D	+7.2%	6,116	5,290	11,477