Mississippi

Mississippi became a state of the US in December 1817. The state withdrew from the Union during the Civil War and did not participate in the 1864 and 1868 elections.

Like other southern states, Mississippi was a stronghold of the Democrats from the Reconstruction Era to the early 1960s. This changed with civil rights legislation and the Republican Party’s Southern Strategy, which shifted Mississippi, along with other southern states, to Republican dominance. Donald Trump won the state in 2020 with 58% of the vote.

Mississippi has awarded all of its Electoral College votes to third-party candidates thrice since World War II.

The state has remained Republican since 1972, except in 1976 when it voted for Jimmy Carter. Unlike some other southern states, Mississippi has experienced slower population growth, and its electoral votes were reduced from seven to six after the 2000 Census. This is the lowest number of Electoral College votes for the state since 1848.