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General election in Mississippi
Date: November 8, 2016
2016 winner: Donald Trump
Electoral votes: 6
2012 winner: Mitt Romney (R)
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## Contents

* 1 General election candidates and results
* 1.1 Candidates
* 1.2 Presidential candidates on the ballot in Mississippi
* 1.3 Results
* 2 Pivot Counties
* 3 Historical election trends
* 3.1 Presidential election voting record in Mississippi, 1900-2016
* 3.2 Most and least accurate states, 1900-2016
* 3.3 Third-party candidate races
* 3.4 Presidential election voting record in Mississippi, 2000-2016
* 3.5 Election results
* 3.5.1 2012
* 3.5.2 2008
* 4 Electoral votes
* 4.1 Mississippi electors
* 4.2 "Faithless electors"
* 5 Down ballot races
* 6 Primary election
* 6.1 Quick facts
* 6.2 Democrats
* 6.3 Republicans
* 6.4 March 8 primaries
* 6.5 Results
* 6.5.1 Democrats
* 6.5.2 Republicans
* 6.6 Primary candidates
* 6.7 Polls
* 6.8 Democratic primary
* 6.9 Republican primary
* 7 Delegates
* 7.1 Delegate selection
* 7.1.1 Democratic Party
* 7.2 Mississippi superdelegates
* 7.2.1 Republican Party
* 7.2.2 Republican delegates
* 8 Presidential voting history
* 9 State profile
* 9.1 Presidential voting pattern
* 9.1.1 Pivot Counties (2016)
* 9.1.2 Pivot Counties (2020)
* 10 See also
* 11 Footnotes

Mississippi held an election for the president of the United States on November 8, 2016. Democratic and Republican primaries took place on March 8, 2016.

HIGHLIGHTS

* Donald Trump won Mississippi in the general election. In 2016, Mississippi had six electoral votes, which was 1.1 percent of the 538 electoral votes up for grabs and 2.2 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the general election.

* Between 1900 and 2016, Mississippi cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 46.67 percent of the time, the one of the lowest accuracy rates in the country. In that same time frame, Mississippi supported Democratic candidates more often than Republicans, 50 to 40 percent. The state, however, favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

* Presidential primary elections in Mississippi took place on March 8, 2016. Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary with 82.5 percent of the vote. Donald Trump won the Republican primary with 47.2 percent.

## General election candidates and results[edit]

### Candidates[edit]

See also: Ballot access for presidential candidates

The candidate list below is based on an official list on the Mississippi secretary of state website. The candidate names below appear in the order in which they were listed on the official list—not necessarily the order in which they appeared on the ballot in November. Write-in candidates were not included in the list below.

### Presidential candidates on the ballot in Mississippi[edit]

☐ Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine (Democratic)

☑ Donald Trump/Mike Pence (Republican)

☐ Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley (Constitution)

☐ Rocky De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg (American Delta)

☐ Jim Hedges/Bill Bayes (Prohibition)

☐ Gary Johnson/Bill Weld (Libertarian)

☐ Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka (Green)

### Results[edit]

U.S. presidential election, Mississippi, 2016

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes
| Democratic  |  Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 40.1% | 485,131 | 0
| Republican  | Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 57.9% | 700,714 | 6
| Libertarian  |  Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 1.2% | 14,435 | 0
| Green  |  Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 0.3% | 3,731 | 0
| Constitution  |  Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley | 0.3% | 3,987 | 0
| American Delta  |  Rocky De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg | 0.1% | 644 | 0
| Prohibition  |  Jim Hedges/Bill Bayes | 0.1% | 715 | 0
Total Votes | 1,209,357 | 6
Election results via: Mississippi Secretary of State

## Pivot Counties[edit]

See also: Pivot Counties: The counties that voted Obama-Obama-Trump from 2008-2016

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012, in 34 states.[1] Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes, and had an average margin of victory of 11.45 percent. The political shift in these counties could have a broad impact on elections at every level of government for the next four years.

## Historical election trends[edit]

See also: Presidential election accuracy

Below is an analysis of Mississippi's voting record in presidential elections. The state's accuracy is based on the number of times a state has voted for a winning presidential candidate. The majority of statistical data is from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and was compiled, here, by Ballotpedia, unless otherwise noted.

### Presidential election voting record in Mississippi, 1900-2016[edit]

Between 1900 and 2016:

* Mississippi participated in 30 presidential elections.
* Mississippi voted for the winning presidential candidate 46,67 percent of the time. The average accuracy of voting for winning presidential candidates for all 50 states in this time frame was 72.31 percent.[2]
* Mississippi voted Democratic 50 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time.

### Most and least accurate states, 1900-2016[edit]

Below is the list of the most accurate states and the least accurate states when it comes to voting for the winning presidential candidate.

Most accurate states, 1900-2016

State  | Percentage of accuracy
Ohio | 93.33% (28 out of 30 elections)
New Mexico | 88.89% (24 out of 27 elections)
Nevada | 86.67% (26 out of 30 elections)
Missouri | 86.67% (26 out of 30 elections)
Illinois | 83.33% (25 out of 30 elections)
Least accurate states, 1900-2016

State  | Percentage of accuracy
Washington, D.C. | 42.86% (6 out of 14 elections)
Mississippi | 46.67% (14 out of 30 elections)
Alabama | 51.72% (15 out of 29 elections)
Georgia | 53.33% (16 out of 30 elections)
South Carolina | 53.33% (16 out of 30 elections)

### Third-party candidate races[edit]

In 1948, Harry S. Truman ran as a Democrat, Thomas E. Dewey ran as a Republican, and J. Strom Thurmond ran under the States' Rights Democratic Party, also known as the Dixiecrats. Thurmond won Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina.[3] In 1960, Harry F. Byrd (D), running against Richard Nixon (R) and John F. Kennedy (D), took six unpledged electoral votes in Alabama and one in Oklahoma. He did win Mississippi with eight electoral votes.[4][5] In 1968, Richard Nixon ran as the Republican, Hubert H. Humphrey ran as the Democrat, and George Wallace ran under the American Independent Party and won Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.[6]

### Presidential election voting record in Mississippi, 2000-2016[edit]

* Accuracy: 60 percent[7]
* 2000 state winner: George W. Bush (R)*
* 2004 state winner: George W. Bush (R)*
* 2008 state winner: John McCain (R)
* 2012 state winner: Mitt Romney (R)
* 2016 state winner: Donald Trump (R)*

*An asterisk indicates that that candidate also won the national electoral vote in that election.

### Election results[edit]

#### 2012[edit]

U.S. presidential election, Mississippi, 2012

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes
| Democratic  |  Barack Obama/Joe Biden Incumbent | 43.8% | 562,949 | 0
| Republican  | Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan | 55.3% | 710,746 | 6
| Libertarian  |  Gary Johnson/James Gray  | 0.5% | 6,676 | 0
| Green  |  Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala  | 0.1% | 1,588 | 0
| Constitution  |  Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer  | 0.2% | 2,609 | 0
| Reform  |  Barbara Dale Washer/ Cathy L. Toole  | 0.1% | 1,016 | 0
Total Votes | 1,285,584 | 6
Election results via: Mississippi Secretary of State

#### 2008[edit]

U.S. presidential election, Mississippi, 2008

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes
| Democratic  |  Barack Obama/Joe Biden | 43% | 554,662 | 0
| Republican  | John McCain/Sarah Palin | 56.2% | 724,597 | 6
| Independent  |  Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez  | 0.3% | 4,011 | 0
| Libertarian  |  Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root  | 0.2% | 2,529 | 0
| Green  |  Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente  | 0.1% | 1,034 | 0
| Constitution  |  Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle  | 0.2% | 2,551 | 0
| Reform  |  Ted C. Weill/Frank McEnulty  | 0% | 481 | 0
Total Votes | 1,289,865 | 6
Election results via: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

## Electoral votes[edit]

See also: Electoral College

The president of the United States is not elected by popular vote but rather by electors in the Electoral College. In fact, when Americans vote for president, they are actually voting for a slate of electors selected by members of Democratic and Republican state parties or nominated in some other fashion. Under this system, which is laid out in Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution, each state is allocated one electoral vote for every member of their congressional delegation, meaning one for each member of the U.S. House and one for each of their two Senators.

### Mississippi electors[edit]

In 2016, Mississippi had six electoral votes. Mississippi's share of electoral votes represented 1.1 percent of the 538 electoral votes up for grabs in the general election and 2.2 percent of the 270 votes needed to be elected president.

### "Faithless electors"[edit]

The U.S. Constitution does not dictate how presidential electors are to cast their votes, but, in general, electors are expected to vote for the winner of the popular vote in their state or the candidates of the party that nominated them to serve as electors. Electors who choose not to vote for the winner of the popular vote or the candidates of the party that nominated them are known as "faithless electors." Faithless electors are rare. Between 1900 and 2012, there were only eight known instances of faithless electors.

Several states have passed laws against faithless electors and require electors to vote for the winner of the popular vote in their state, for the candidate of the party that nominated them to serve as electors, or in accordance with any pledge they may have been required to make at the time of their nomination. In states with these types of laws, faithless electors can be fined or replaced, or their votes can be nullified.[8][9]

Mississippi was one of 31 states in 2016—including the District of Columbia—with a law seeking to bind the votes of presidential electors.

## Down ballot races[edit]

See also: Mississippi elections, 2016

Below is a list of down ballot races in Mississippi covered by Ballotpedia in 2016.

* U.S. House
* Mississippi judicial elections
* Mississippi local judicial elections
* School boards

## Primary election[edit]

### Quick facts[edit]

Democrats:

* 2016 Democratic winner: Hillary Clinton
* Poll leader: Hillary Clinton
* 2008 Democratic winner: Barack Obama
* Type: Open Primary
* Delegate allocation: Proportional
* Pledged delegates at stake: 36
* Total delegates at stake: 41

| Republicans

* 2016 Republican winner: Donald Trump
* Poll leader: Donald Trump
* 2012 Republican winner: Rick Santorum
* Type: Open Primary
* Delegate allocation: Proportional
* Pledged delegates at stake: 40
* Total delegates at stake: 40

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### Democrats[edit]

Hillary Clinton won the Mississippi Democratic primary, beating Bernie Sanders 83 to 17 percent. Clinton won every county in the state. She won Hinds County, Mississippi's most populous county, 84 to 15 percent.[10] Exit polls, a representative sampling of voters as they left their precinct polling stations, show that Clinton performed well with nearly every major demographic in the state. Some groups backed her by large margins. More than 80 percent of female voters, who made up an estimated 61 percent of the Democratic primary electorate in Mississippi, supported Clinton. Eighty-nine percent of African-American voters, who made up roughly 71 percent of the Democratic primary electorate, supported her.[11] In polling from February, Clinton led Sanders by upwards of 40 points, and she received endorsements from more than 50 Mississippi mayors and eleven-term Rep. Bennie Thompson (D), whose district includes the state capital of Jackson.[12] Clinton lost the state in 2008 to Barack Obama 37 to 61 percent.[13]

### Republicans[edit]

Donald Trump won the Mississippi Republican primary with 47 percent of the vote.[10] Ted Cruz came in second place with 36 percent, followed by John Kasich and Marco Rubio in third and fourth place, respectively. Trump carried all but seven of Mississippi's 82 counties. He carried Hinds County 40 to 33 percent over Cruz. Trump won most of Mississippi's major voting groups, including men, women and voters of all educational backgrounds and personal incomes. Cruz, who received an endorsement from Mississippi governor Phil Bryant (R), outperformed Trump with voters between the ages of 30 and 39 and voters who viewed themselves as "very conservative." Sixty percent of Republican primary voters in Mississippi felt that the next president should be "outside the establishment," and 87 percent said they were "angry" or "dissatisfied" with the federal government. Trump won pluralities with both of those groups.[11] Rick Santorum won the Mississippi Republican primary in 2012.[14]

See also: Trump has another Super Tuesday

### March 8 primaries[edit]

Three other states also held primaries or caucuses on March 8: Hawaii, Idaho and Michigan.

### Results[edit]

#### Democrats[edit]

Mississippi Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates
Hillary Clinton | 82.5% | 187,334 | 31
Bernie Sanders  | 16.6% | 37,748 | 5
Martin O'Malley  | 0.3% | 672 | 0
Roque De La Fuente  | 0.2% | 481 | 0
Willie Wilson  | 0.4% | 919 | 0
Other  | 0% | 10 | 0
Totals | 227,164 | 36
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State and The New York Times

#### Republicans[edit]

Mississippi Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates
Jeb Bush  | 0.4% | 1,697 | 0
Ben Carson  | 1.4% | 5,626 | 0
Chris Christie  | 0.1% | 493 | 0
Ted Cruz  | 36.1% | 150,364 | 15
Carly Fiorina  | 0.1% | 224 | 0
Lindsey Graham  | 0% | 172 | 0
Mike Huckabee  | 0.3% | 1,067 | 0
John Kasich  | 8.8% | 36,795 | 0
George Pataki  | 0% | 135 | 0
Rand Paul  | 0.2% | 643 | 0
Marco Rubio  | 5.3% | 21,885 | 0
Rick Santorum  | 0.1% | 510 | 0
Donald Trump | 47.2% | 196,659 | 25
Totals | 416,270 | 40
Source: Mississippi Secretary of State and The New York Times

### Primary candidates[edit]

Democrats[15]

Hillary Clinton
Roque De La Fuente

Martin O'Malley

Bernie Sanders

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Republicans[16]

Jeb Bush
Ben Carson
Chris Christie
Ted Cruz

Carly Fiorina
Mike Huckabee
John Kasich
Rand Paul

Marco Rubio
Rick Santorum
Donald Trump

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### Polls[edit]

### Democratic primary[edit]

Democratic Party presidential primary polling (Mississippi)

Poll | Hillary Clinton | Bernie Sanders| Unsure or Other| Margin of Error| Sample Size
Magellan Strategies
February 29-29, 2016| 65%| 11%| 24%| +/-4.5| 471
Public Policy Polling
February 14-16, 2016| 60%| 26%| 14%| +/-4.3| 514
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

### Republican primary[edit]

Republican Party presidential primary polling (Nevada)

Poll | Donald Trump | Ted Cruz| Marco Rubio| John Kasich| Ben Carson| Unsure or Other| Margin of Error| Sample Size
Magellan Strategies
February 29-29, 2016| 41%| 17%| 16%| 8%| 5%| 13%| +/-3.1| 995
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

## Delegates[edit]

### Delegate selection[edit]

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

#### Democratic Party[edit]

Mississippi had 41 delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 36 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results.[17][18]

Five party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus.[17][19]

### Mississippi superdelegates[edit]

See also: Superdelegates from Mississippi, 2016 and Superdelegates and the 2016 Democratic National Convention

* Bennie Thompson
* Johnnie Patton
* Keelan Sanders
* Rickey L. Cole
* Vallena Greer

#### Republican Party[edit]

Mississippi had 40 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). Mississippi's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis. The first place finisher in a district won two of that district's delegates while the second place finisher received one.[20][21]

Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[20][21]

#### Republican delegates[edit]

See also: Republican delegates from Mississippi, 2016 and RNC delegate guidelines from Mississippi, 2016

* Jeanne Luckey
* Henry Barbour
* Nell Frisbie
* Ellen Jernigan
* Roger Wicker
* Trent Kelly
* Keith Heard (Mississippi)
* Phil Bryant
* Philip Gunn
* Gregg Harper
* Lynn Fitch
* Delbert Hosemann
* Becky Currie
* Joe Nosef
* Quinton Dickerson
* Charles Porter (Mississippi)
* Steven Palazzo
* Joey Fillingane
* Brian Sanderson (Mississippi)
* Mark Formby
* Cindy Moore (Mississippi)
* Alex Monsour
* Lucien Smith
* Tyler Norman
* Donna Ruth Roberts
* Doc Holiday
* Jim Herring
* Tim Timbs
* Megan Mullen
* Rita Wray
* Gary Harkins
* J.L. Holloway
* Spence Flatgard
* Wally Carter
* Don Halle
* Wayne Tisdale
* Dane Maxwell
* Jason Dees
* Curt Hebert
* June Geddie

## Presidential voting history[edit]

Mississippi presidential election results (1900-2024)

* 16 Democratic wins
* 15 Republican wins
* 2 other wins

Year  | 1900  | 1904  | 1908  | 1912  | 1916  | 1920  | 1924  | 1928  | 1932  | 1936  | 1940  | 1944  | 1948  | 1952  | 1956  | 1960[22] | 1964  | 1968  | 1972  | 1976  | 1980  | 1984  | 1988  | 1992  | 1996  | 2000  | 2004  | 2008  | 2012  | 2016  | 2020  | 2024

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## State profile[edit]

Demographic data for Mississippi

| Mississippi| U.S.
Total population:| 2,989,390| 316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):| 46,923| 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:| 59.2%| 73.6%
Black/African American:| 37.4%| 12.6%
Asian:| 1%| 5.1%
Native American:| 0.4%| 0.8%
Pacific Islander:| 0%| 0.2%
Two or more:| 1.2%| 3%
Hispanic/Latino:| 2.9%| 17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:| 82.3%| 86.7%
College graduation rate:| 20.7%| 29.8%
Income
Median household income:| $39,665| $53,889
Persons below poverty level:| 27%| 11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Mississippi.

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**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

### Presidential voting pattern[edit]

See also: Presidential voting trends in Mississippi

Mississippi voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

#### Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, two are located in Mississippi, accounting for 0.97 percent of the total pivot counties.[25]

#### Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Mississippi had two Retained Pivot Counties, 1.10 of all Retained Pivot Counties.

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## See also[edit]

* Presidential election, 2016
* Presidential candidates, 2016

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
2. ↑ This average includes states like Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, which did not participate in all 30 presidential elections between 1900 and 2016. It does not include Washington, D.C., which cast votes for president for the first time in 1964, or Alaska and Hawaii, which cast votes for president for the first time in 1960.
3. ↑ U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, "Electoral Votes, 1940-1948," accessed June 21, 2016
4. ↑ U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, "Electoral Votes, 1960," accessed June 21, 2016
5. ↑ University of California Santa Barbara, "The American Presidency Project, Election of 1960," accessed June 22, 2016
6. ↑ U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, "Electoral Votes, 1964-1972," accessed June 21, 2016
7. ↑ This number refers to the number of times that the state voted for the winning presidential candidate between 2000 and 2016.
8. ↑ Archives.gov, "About the Electors," accessed July 28, 2016
9. ↑ Congressional Research Service, "The Electoral College: How it works in contemporary presidential elections," April 13, 2016
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN, "Mississippi," March 8, 2016
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 CNN, "Mississippi exit polls," March 8, 2016
12. ↑ Politico, "Clinton crushes Sanders in Mississippi," March 8, 2016
13. ↑ CNN, "Mississippi," accessed March 8, 2016
14. ↑ CNN, "Mississippi," accessed March 8, 2016
15. ↑ Ballot Access News, "Mississippi Democratic Presidential Primary Will List Four Candidates," January 20, 2016
16. ↑ The Green Papers, "Mississippi Republican," accessed January 21, 2016
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Democratic National Committee, "2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate/Alternate Allocation," updated February 19, 2016
18. ↑ The Green Papers, "2016 Democratic Convention," accessed May 7, 2021
19. ↑ Democratic National Committee's Office of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection, "Unpledged Delegates -- By State," May 27, 2016
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "rollcallvote" defined multiple times with different content
22. ↑ Although he was not on the ballot, Harry F. Byrd (D) won Mississippi's eight unpledged electoral votes in the 1960 election against Richard Nixon (R) and Democratic Party nominee John F. Kennedy.
23. ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party
24. ↑ American Independent Party
25. ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.

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