2020 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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2020 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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Turnout60.4% Increase
 
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Florida Delaware
Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 756,764 539,398
Percentage 57.60% 41.06%


President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

Elected President

Joe Biden
Democratic

The 2020 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 3, just like the national election. In this election, incumbent Republican president Donald Trump of New York and Vice-President Mike Pence of Indiana, ran against the Democratic candidates: former Vice-President Joe Biden of Delaware, and running mate Senator Kamala Harris of California. Harris was both the first Asian-American and African-American nominated for vice president by one of the major parties. Mississippi has a total of 6 electoral votes in the Electoral College (there are 538 altogether). Although Biden and Harris won nationally with 306 electoral votes, Mississippi went Republican, giving Donald Trump 57.6% of the vote (756, 764 raw votes) compared to 41.1% of the vote for Joe Biden (539,398 raw votes).[1] This means Trump got all 6 electoral votes. Although Biden improved on Hillary Clinton's performance four years previously, he still lost the state. Mississippi has not supported a Democrat for president since 1976.[2]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Mississippi Election Results 2020". Politico. Politico. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. "Mississippi Presidential Election Voting History". 270 To Win. Archived from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-12.