March 8, 2016 (2016-03-08) 2020 → 187,334 37,748 | 31 5 82.47% 16.62% | |
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The 2016 Mississippi Democratic primary took place on March 8 in the U.S. state of Mississippi as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
On the same day, the Democratic Party held a second primary in Michigan, while the Republican Party held primaries in four states, including their own Mississippi primary.
Analysis
After losing badly in Mississippi to Barack Obama eight years earlier, Hillary Clinton managed a 66-point routing against Bernie Sanders in the state in 2016. She carried all counties and won across all demographics, income levels and educational attainment levels. The key to Clinton's success, however, was an 89-11 showing among African American voters, who made up 71% of the Democratic electorate in the state.
Mississippi gave Clinton her largest win in any state during the 2016 primaries.
After his landslide defeat, the Sanders campaign reported that Hillary Clinton had notched wins in southern states including Mississippi because Bernie Sanders did not compete with her, although this claim was widely debunked.