MISSISSIPPI 7 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Total Population, April 1, 2000                   2,844,658
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000              2,047,000   +4.4
Mississippi has: 82 counties 
Five largest counties: Hinds, Harrison, Jackson, Rankin, De Soto. 
Five largest cities: Jackson, Gulfport, Biloxi, Hattiesburg, Greenville.

Government
Governor: Ronnie Musgrove (D) elected in 1999.
State Legislature: Mississippi Legislature   House: 86D, 33R, 3I  Senate: 34D, 18R
Local: Cities and Counties or Counties   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 3D, 2R - 1. R.Wicker (R) | 2. B.Thompson (D) | 3. C.Pickering (R) | 4. R.Shows (D) | 5. G.Taylor (D).
U.S. Senate: Trent Lott (R) up for re-election in 2000, Thad Cochran (R) up for re-election in 2002.
Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: No seats were up; elections in 2001.
U.S. House: All members re-elected.
U.S. Senate: Trent Lott re-elected.

The Magnolia State
 

 State of Mississippi
Secretary of State

Libertarian Party of MS
MS Democratic Party
MS Green Party
MS Republican Party
Natural Law Party of MS
Reform Party of MS
Constitution Party of MS

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Media (TV)

Politics1-MS

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Dole (Rep.).............439,838
(49.21)
Clinton (Dem.)........394,022
(44.08)
Perot (Ind.)..............52,222 
(5.84)
Others (4)..................7,775
(0.87)
Total........893,857

1992
Bush (Rep.)...........487,793 
(49.68)
Clinton (Dem.)........400,258
(40.77)
Perot (Ind.)..............85,626
(8.72)
Others (5)..................8,116
(0.83)
Total........981,793

Results
2000
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
2,009
(0.20)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
2,265
(0.23)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
572,844
(57.62)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
404,614
(40.70)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
450
(0.05)
Harris/Trowe (Ind.)
613
(0.06)
Nader/LaDuke (Ind.)
8,122
(0.82)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
3,267
 (0.33)
Total........994,184
Overview
Bush easily won Mississippi's 7 electoral votes, gaining a plurality of 168,230 votes (16.92 percentage points).  He carried 57 counties to 25 for Gore.  Bush gained more than 60% of the vote in four of the state's five most populous counties (Harrison, Jackson, Rankin, De Soto).  Gore fared best in western counties, along the Mississippi River.  The only major fall visit occurred on Aug. 29 when Dick and Lynne Cheney did an airport arrival rally and a fundraiser in Jackson. 

 
Presidential Preference Primary:   Tuesday, March 14, 2000
MS Code-Title 23, Chapter 15-Mississippi Election Code
Republican Primary
Total Vote Percent
Gary Bauer 475 0.41%
+George W. Bush 101,042 87.88%
Steve Forbes 588 0.51%
Orrin G. Hatch
133
0.12%
Alan Keyes 6,478 5.63%
John McCain
6,263
5.45%
Total 114,979

Total Delegates
33 of 2,066 (1.6%).
 
Democratic Primary
Total Vote Percent
Bill Bradley 7,621 8.60%
+Al Gore 79,408 89.62%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
1,573
1.78%
Total 88,602

Total Pledged Delegates
37 of 3,537 (1.0%).
Total Delegates
46 of 4,335 (1.1%).

Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.