Mississippi Primary 2012 Results MAP (REAL-TIME DATA)

This is where you'll find the results for the 2012 Mississippi Republican primary.

There was no clear frontrunner going into the Magnolia State contest. As The Huffington Post's Mark Blumenthal reported, two polls showed Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, ahead of Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts. Both of these polls showed former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) trailing far behind. A third Rasmussen poll, however, showed Romney leading with 35 percent of the vote and Santorum and Gingrich tied with 27 percent going into Tuesday's contest.

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Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) finished third in Mississippi in 2008 with 3.8 percent of the vote, while Romney finished fourth, winning only 1.5 percent of the vote, according to The New York Times.

Mississippi has 40 delegates, but only 37 are up for grabs on primary day. The three remaining delegates are party leaders who are not pledged to any candidate at the national level.

The map below, which is updated automatically every five seconds, features county-by-county data from The Associated Press. To see the returns for a specific county, simply click that area of the map.

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Alabama Primary

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Mississippi Primary

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Comments

[CASSIE60]

03:27 PM on 03/14/2012

It's the delegates that counts the most. Romney has almost twice as many as Sanrectorum and Gingrich.

Romney may have lost the people's vote, but he won more delegates than Sanrectorum and Gingrich.

[Dukey007]

01:36 PM on 03/14/2012

Gingrich and his personality, he is one of those special people you just love-to-hate.

[esseff44]

11:48 AM on 03/14/2012

Looks like a three-way tie to me. No body got a majority or even close. Also, the turn out was small. A lot of people did not vote. Many of those counties had turn outs of less than a thousand.

[dawgspiel]

11:21 AM on 03/14/2012

Something not many are talking about — the collapse of the Ron Paul movement on the right. Remember when these forums were filled with "Ron Paul is the answer" and "Paul will win" posts for months and months? You don't see those any more. The Paulistas have fallen silent because 4% in the deep south is nothing to brag about. I'm enjoying the silence. Just something I noticed.

[WilliamWalton]

11:14 AM on 03/14/2012

Sure, Santorum was the highest delegate winner, but I hardly count it as a win when in both Alabama and Mississippi three candidates each received pretty much 30% of the vote. It was more like a tie between three people which only shows the degree that these States lean more conservative.

[realsurfin]

11:04 AM on 03/14/2012

they make a big stink about the election numbers... one town where i live has more people than all that voted in Alabama, Most towns here have populations greater than all the numbers that voted in all three elections.

these small numbers are shaping the nation and bullying the masses.

[ultrarunner24]

11:03 AM on 03/14/2012

Obama is a cool dude, but I haven't agreed with his policies as president. The extreme liberalistic ideology that continues to flourish is ultimately the very core of the breakdown of the America we see today. We are attacking ourselves from within over issues that only foster greater division despite cries for a near streamlined population. The more you empower everyone and everything, you lose not only the very system of family upon which our founding fathers rooted the country but the framework of democracy (yes, democracy, even in Roman times, had social structure and certain policies). The exponential rise of family brokenness, increased drug and drop out rates, and the failing economic system only bear truth to the fundamental issues of America today. Sometimes, traditional aspects are best observed, while some liberalism is required, just not in the influx we have today. As I said earlier, Obama is a nice, cool dude, but I feel we need a change in the White House for 2012.

[bejayech]

10:02 AM on 03/14/2012

So net/net, Santorum gained 3 delegates on Romeny? Crushing defeat...or something.

[kwoodgr]

09:47 AM on 03/14/2012

All of these candidates would live millions without health insurance...they care only about the rich. I think Jesus would say, "I will spew you out of my mouth."

[ksgkts]

09:45 AM on 03/14/2012

I lived in AL. for 12 years and one of the things I learned was, " they ain't voten for no Mormon" maybe they won't come out in mixed company and say those words but it's true, and Rick is pretending to be a "GOOD Christian" and that's all that counts, Right? Rommey is the only logical choice to run against Obama, not only that but Rick and Newt are crazy as heck.

[Oregonlib]

09:44 AM on 03/14/2012

News flash: Ron Paul wallops Others, even picks up a delegate.

[DARK STAR]

09:13 AM on 03/14/2012

Sorry folks, but a smattering of voters for these guys tells me everything I need to know, Newt is done, Santorum gets the whacko vote and Mitt can't get a turnout to favor him if he paid everyone personally for the one day to do so.

[profmsf]

09:07 AM on 03/14/2012

What disturbs me most about these results is the poor showing of Ron Paul. In no region of the country do people proclaim that they are "conservative" more loudly than they do in AL and MS, but these voters are not conservative with respect to civil liberties or to foreign relations. They want a big military and an interventionist foreign policy as long as people in other states pay for it. They want a government that will regulate individual behavior according to their values. What they do not seem to want is real freedom that respects the rights of others to be different from them, and that frees them from the financial responsibilities of a government-sanctioned military-industrial complex.

[Skyler McLane]

08:37 AM on 03/14/2012

Ricky musta prayed real hard! And Jeebus answered! Oh yes he did!

/sarcasm.

[pixeloid]

08:33 AM on 03/14/2012

I really thought Gingrich would take Mississippi and Alabama. Sure, he's number 2, but isn't he always?