- Lead
- 13,318
- Total
- 18,271
- vs nation
- D+74.4
Mississippi 28th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,292
- Total
- 21,783
- vs nation
- D+70.3
- Lead
- 15,692
- Total
- 21,539
- vs nation
- D+70.8
- Lead
- 17,583
- Total
- 24,004
- vs nation
- D+69.4
- Lead
- 17,031
- Total
- 24,175
- vs nation
- D+63.2
- Lead
- 10,979
- Total
- 18,991
- vs nation
- D+60.3
- Lead
- 8,594
- Total
- 17,505
- vs nation
- D+48.6
- Lead
- 8,600
- Total
- 16,768
- vs nation
- D+42.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+72.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 57,2472024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,041 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 55 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $40,6202024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 11.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 83.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.8 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 48, OK · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Mississippi 28th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
98.9%
2,362 votes · D+97.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 98.3%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
73.9%
3,949 votes · R+47.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 59.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
20,770votes
86.5% of the vote · D+73.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 20,582 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
6,149votes
34.5% of the vote · D+30.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 5,688 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
+122.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+96.1 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +120.2 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+70.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −1.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 90.6%15,231 | 9.4%1,574 | 16,805 |
Mississippi 28th State Senate District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 47.8 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.9 points.
A population of 57,247, a 12% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $40,620 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 48 and State Senate District 12.
The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Mississippi 28th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/28028/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.