Mississippi 2008 Presidential Election

Barack Obama vs. John McCain

John McCain won the Mississippi 2008 presidential election with 724,597 votes (56.2%), a margin of R+13.2. Mississippi's 6 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

43.0%

56.2%

554,662

Barack Obama (43.0%)

724,597

John McCain (56.2%)

Total Votes: 1,289,865|Margin: R+13.2

County Results

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County Results (82 counties)

County	Margin	2008 Pres	2012 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Jefferson County	D+74.4	D+74.4	D+78.6	4,478	D+11.2%
Claiborne County	D+72.1	D+72.1	D+76.8	5,453	D+8.4%
Holmes County	D+63.4	D+63.4	D+68.7	9,543	D+10.9%
Noxubee County	D+53.2	D+53.2	D+57.4	6,589	D+10.2%
Tunica County	D+52.2	D+52.2	D+59.2	4,332	D+14.2%
Coahoma County	D+44.3	D+44.3	D+48.2	10,568	D+14.8%
Humphreys County	D+42.4	D+42.4	D+50.1	5,126	D+12.0%
Sunflower County	D+41.0	D+41.0	D+46.9	11,193	D+12.8%
Hinds County	D+39.0	D+39.0	D+43.6	108,902	D+19.7%
Wilkinson County	D+38.4	D+38.4	D+41.1	5,139	D+10.3%
Sharkey County	D+37.0	D+37.0	D+41.3	2,795	D+22.8%
Leflore County	D+36.8	D+36.8	D+43.3	13,081	D+13.2%
Bolivar County	D+35.4	D+35.4	D+38.1	15,381	D+8.6%
Quitman County	D+35.2	D+35.2	D+43.3	4,168	D+15.6%
Washington County	D+34.7	D+34.7	D+42.3	19,583	D+15.1%
Kemper County	D+25.3	D+25.3	D+28.7	5,223	D+17.6%
Issaquena County	D+22.6	D+22.6	D+22.5	950	D+14.7%
Jefferson Davis County	D+21.5	D+21.5	D+25.6	7,370	D+16.4%
Tallahatchie County	D+19.0	D+19.0	D+22.5	6,943	D+8.0%
Clay County	D+18.9	D+18.9	D+21.9	11,092	D+14.4%
Marshall County	D+18.2	D+18.2	D+19.6	16,478	D+0.4%
Adams County	D+15.6	D+15.6	D+17.9	15,696	D+6.4%
Jasper County	D+9.7	D+9.7	D+9.7	9,210	D+6.4%
Yazoo County	D+7.2	D+7.2	D+14.3	11,477	D+13.2%
Copiah County	D+7.0	D+7.0	D+10.4	14,502	D+19.4%
Panola County	D+6.5	D+6.5	D+8.6	16,416	D+7.7%
Pike County	D+3.5	D+3.5	D+8.2	18,055	D+8.1%
Chickasaw County	D+2.1	D+2.1	D+4.5	9,058	D+3.5%
Oktibbeha County	D+0.0	D+0.0	D+1.8	18,792	D+12.6%
Benton County	R+2.2	R+2.2	D+0.2	4,638	R+8.7%
Lowndes County	R+2.9	R+2.9	R+0.5	27,465	D+10.7%
Warren County	R+3.0	R+3.0	D+1.5	21,764	D+12.9%
Yalobusha County	R+7.0	R+7.0	R+3.9	6,826	D+3.4%
Montgomery County	R+8.1	R+8.1	R+4.8	5,712	D+1.5%
Winston County	R+8.3	R+8.3	R+5.7	10,221	D+6.7%
Walthall County	R+10.2	R+10.2	R+8.3	7,780	D+12.6%
Grenada County	R+10.6	R+10.6	R+6.2	11,321	D+6.1%
Leake County	R+10.7	R+10.7	R+8.7	9,359	D+10.7%
Amite County	R+11.7	R+11.7	R+15.2	7,650	D+4.0%
Lafayette County	R+12.4	R+12.4	R+15.3	18,460	D+5.7%
Scott County	R+13.4	R+13.4	R+9.4	11,671	D+12.0%
Forrest County	R+13.5	R+13.5	R+10.9	27,184	D+9.3%
Attala County	R+15.5	R+15.5	R+13.2	9,183	D+7.3%
Madison County	R+15.6	R+15.6	R+15.7	47,269	D+13.5%
Monroe County	R+17.2	R+17.2	R+15.8	17,496	D+2.4%
Covington County	R+17.7	R+17.7	R+16.3	9,461	D+5.2%
Lauderdale County	R+18.9	R+18.9	R+14.9	33,114	D+12.4%
Tate County	R+20.9	R+20.9	R+19.3	12,778	D+0.7%
Wayne County	R+21.8	R+21.8	R+19.0	10,022	D+5.2%
Simpson County	R+22.4	R+22.4	R+22.1	12,610	D+14.5%
Franklin County	R+25.1	R+25.1	R+22.5	4,685	D+4.3%
Clarke County	R+25.1	R+25.1	R+23.5	8,397	D+10.4%
Lawrence County	R+25.4	R+25.4	R+25.7	7,009	D+0.7%
Harrison County	R+26.0	R+26.0	R+25.8	61,957	D+0.3%
Calhoun County	R+27.7	R+27.7	R+25.8	7,034	D+2.0%
Choctaw County	R+28.2	R+28.2	R+32.4	4,128	D+4.3%
Lee County	R+30.5	R+30.5	R+27.9	34,960	D+2.5%
Carroll County	R+31.3	R+31.3	R+32.6	5,965	D+0.3%
Marion County	R+31.4	R+31.4	R+30.2	13,010	D+3.0%
Lincoln County	R+32.2	R+32.2	R+32.7	16,402	D+6.4%
Jackson County	R+33.5	R+33.5	R+34.4	54,296	D+4.8%
Newton County	R+34.1	R+34.1	R+31.5	9,855	D+11.7%
DeSoto County	R+38.2	R+38.2	R+33.4	64,323	D+7.0%
Jones County	R+38.6	R+38.6	R+38.1	29,273	D+5.3%
Prentiss County	R+42.8	R+42.8	R+42.4	10,944	R+10.5%
Stone County	R+43.5	R+43.5	R+45.4	7,246	D+2.1%
Alcorn County	R+44.0	R+44.0	R+51.2	15,182	R+21.6%
Tippah County	R+44.4	R+44.4	R+48.0	9,725	R+10.3%
Neshoba County	R+44.7	R+44.7	R+43.1	11,402	D+5.0%
Perry County	R+44.7	R+44.7	R+45.6	5,664	D+4.7%
Webster County	R+49.9	R+49.9	R+53.5	5,457	R+3.2%
Union County	R+49.9	R+49.9	R+50.6	12,195	R+3.1%
Tishomingo County	R+50.9	R+50.9	R+56.6	8,419	R+20.5%
Greene County	R+51.7	R+51.7	R+54.1	5,789	R+5.9%
Smith County	R+51.7	R+51.7	R+50.3	8,305	D+5.6%
Pontotoc County	R+52.4	R+52.4	R+53.5	12,868	R+0.6%
Rankin County	R+53.5	R+53.5	R+52.2	63,103	D+5.0%
Hancock County	R+54.2	R+54.2	R+52.7	17,056	R+12.4%
Lamar County	R+55.8	R+55.8	R+54.7	23,910	D+5.2%
Itawamba County	R+56.1	R+56.1	R+61.0	9,951	R+14.6%
Pearl River County	R+60.4	R+60.4	R+59.3	22,443	R+6.9%
George County	R+66.1	R+66.1	R+71.2	9,335	R+9.8%

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County Results (82 counties)

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