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Mississippi voted 58%-41% for George W. Bush in 2000--almost the same as the 60%-39% margin by which his father carried the state in 1988. There is no way of avoiding the conclusion that this is a racially polarized electorate: Whites voted 82%-17% for Bush, blacks 96%-3% for Gore. Yet it should also be said that few Mississippi whites yearn for a return of racial segregation; they line up with Republicans on a whole raft of other issues--defense, crime, cultural attitudes, taxes--just as most blacks line up with Democrats on the same issues. Mississippi holds a presidential primary on Southern Super Tuesday; in 2000 both parties' contests were effectively over.

2000 Presidential Vote
Bush (R)	572,844	(58%)
Gore (D)	404,614	(41%)
Nader (Green)	8,122	(1%)
Other	8,604	(1%)

2000 Republican Primary
Bush (R)	101,042	(88%)
Keyes (R)	6,478	(6%)
McCain (R)	6,263	(5%)

2000 Democratic Primary
Gore (D)	79,408	(90%)
Bradley (D)	7,621	(9%)

1996 Presidential Vote
Dole (R)	439,833	(49%)
Clinton (D)	394,020	(44%)
Perot (I)	52,221	(6%)

For 1992 and 1996 presidential results in Mississippi, please see the Almanac 2000 online.