Mitt Romney carried Mississippi R+11.5.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Mississippi, 2012. The state ran 15.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.9 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2012 ballot here.

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)

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Mississippi result

1,285,584 votes counted

Obama (D)

562,949

43.8%

Romney (R)

710,746

55.3%

All others

11,889

0.9%

Margin

R+11.5

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2012 presidential election

Mississippi, 2012

RomneyR+11.5

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	55.3%	710,746
Barack ObamaDemocratic	43.8%	562,949
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	11,889

D+60

R+60

82 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Mississippi's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 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 — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+17.9%	9,061	6,293	15,447
Alcorn County	R	−51.2%	3,511	11,111	14,830
Amite County	R	−15.2%	3,242	4,414	7,706
Attala County	R	−13.2%	3,927	5,126	9,092
Benton County	D	+0.2%	2,051	2,041	4,116
Bolivar County	D	+38.1%	10,582	4,701	15,428
Calhoun County	R	−25.8%	2,586	4,412	7,068
Carroll County	R	−32.6%	2,007	3,960	5,992
Chickasaw County	D	+4.5%	4,378	3,994	8,503
Choctaw County	R	−32.4%	1,428	2,812	4,273
Claiborne County	D	+76.8%	4,838	625	5,484
Clarke County	R	−23.5%	3,111	5,049	8,253
Clay County	D	+21.9%	6,712	4,291	11,072
Coahoma County	D	+48.2%	7,792	2,712	10,549
Copiah County	D	+10.4%	7,749	6,282	14,123
Covington County	R	−16.3%	3,878	5,405	9,348
DeSoto County	R	−33.4%	21,575	43,559	65,794
Forrest County	R	−10.9%	13,272	16,574	30,236
Franklin County	R	−22.5%	1,726	2,735	4,493
George County	R	−71.2%	1,359	8,376	9,856
Greene County	R	−54.1%	1,325	4,531	5,922
Grenada County	R	−6.2%	5,288	5,986	11,335
Hancock County	R	−52.7%	3,917	12,964	17,167
Harrison County	R	−25.8%	23,119	39,470	63,328
Hinds County	D	+43.6%	76,112	29,664	106,491
Holmes County	D	+68.7%	7,812	1,435	9,288
Humphreys County	D	+50.1%	3,903	1,293	5,212
Issaquena County	D	+22.5%	479	302	787
Itawamba County	R	−61.0%	1,706	7,393	9,318
Jackson County	R	−34.4%	17,299	35,747	53,655
Jasper County	D	+9.7%	5,097	4,193	9,340
Jefferson County	D	+78.6%	3,951	468	4,433
Jefferson Davis County	D	+25.6%	4,267	2,507	6,864
Jones County	R	−38.1%	9,211	20,687	30,159
Kemper County	D	+28.7%	3,239	1,789	5,052
Lafayette County	R	−15.3%	8,091	11,075	19,505
Lamar County	R	−54.7%	5,494	19,101	24,889
Lauderdale County	R	−14.9%	13,814	18,700	32,777
Lawrence County	R	−25.7%	2,468	4,192	6,698
Leake County	R	−8.7%	4,079	4,863	8,983
Lee County	R	−27.9%	12,563	22,415	35,306
Leflore County	D	+43.3%	9,119	3,587	12,773
Lincoln County	R	−32.7%	5,471	10,839	16,414
Lowndes County	R	−0.5%	13,388	13,518	27,158
Madison County	R	−15.7%	20,722	28,507	49,571
Marion County	R	−30.2%	4,393	8,237	12,729
Marshall County	D	+19.6%	9,650	6,473	16,240
Monroe County	R	−15.8%	7,056	9,723	16,918
Montgomery County	R	−4.8%	2,675	2,947	5,645
Neshoba County	R	−43.1%	3,089	7,837	11,015
Newton County	R	−31.5%	3,319	6,394	9,777
Noxubee County	D	+57.4%	4,920	1,325	6,264
Oktibbeha County	D	+1.8%	9,095	8,761	18,117
Panola County	D	+8.6%	9,079	7,629	16,826
Pearl River County	R	−59.3%	4,366	17,549	22,224
Perry County	R	−45.6%	1,527	4,137	5,722
Pike County	D	+8.2%	9,650	8,181	17,974
Pontotoc County	R	−53.5%	2,804	9,448	12,411
Prentiss County	R	−42.4%	2,817	7,075	10,033
Quitman County	D	+43.3%	2,837	1,116	3,979
Rankin County	R	−52.2%	14,988	48,444	64,145
Scott County	R	−9.4%	5,031	6,089	11,202
Sharkey County	D	+41.3%	1,782	737	2,532
Simpson County	R	−22.1%	4,723	7,424	12,249
Smith County	R	−50.3%	1,979	6,049	8,099
Stone County	R	−45.4%	2,003	5,420	7,532
Sunflower County	D	+46.9%	8,199	2,929	11,228
Tallahatchie County	D	+22.5%	3,959	2,499	6,503
Tate County	R	−19.3%	4,933	7,332	12,406
Tippah County	R	−48.0%	2,317	6,717	9,164
Tishomingo County	R	−56.6%	1,643	6,133	7,936
Tunica County	D	+59.2%	3,475	883	4,382
Union County	R	−50.6%	2,742	8,498	11,365
Walthall County	R	−8.3%	3,422	4,051	7,551
Warren County	D	+1.5%	10,786	10,457	21,391
Washington County	D	+42.3%	13,981	5,651	19,715
Wayne County	R	−19.0%	4,148	6,111	10,332
Webster County	R	−53.5%	1,190	3,992	5,234
Wilkinson County	D	+41.1%	3,412	1,415	4,853
Winston County	R	−5.7%	4,607	5,168	9,829
Yalobusha County	R	−3.9%	3,030	3,276	6,354
Yazoo County	D	+14.3%	6,603	4,941	11,620