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See Mississippi primary election type, who can vote in primaries, and historical 2024 Democratic and Republican delegate allocation details.
Who Can Vote
Mississippi is listed with an Open primary classification for Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, Republican Presidential, and Republican State. Voters can generally choose a party primary under the listed rule, subject to state and party requirements.
Open: Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, Republican Presidential, and Republican State.
Primary rules can vary by party, office, and election cycle. Confirm your current ballot eligibility with state election officials, your local election office, or the relevant political party.
The delegate totals on this page are historical 2024 presidential cycle data. They help explain the last presidential allocation cycle but should not be treated as current-cycle delegate counts.
Primary Type
Mississippi does not register voters by party. A voter may participate in one party’s primary and cannot switch to the other party’s runoff. Eligible voters who did not vote in the first primary may participate in a runoff.
Delegates
2024 Democratic Delegates
Mississippi Democratic Party will send a total of 40 Delegate Votes and 3 Alternate delegates to the Democratic National Convention. 35 of the 40 delegates are pledeged and the remaining 5 are unpledged. The party will use a proportional representation system...
2024 Republican Delegates
The Republican party will send a total of 40 Delegate Votes and 37 Alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention. All 40 of Mississippi's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in Mississippi...
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Mississippi is listed with the following primary type classification: Open.
Mississippi is listed with an Open primary classification for Democratic State, Democratic Presidential, Republican Presidential, and Republican State. Voters can generally choose a party primary under the listed rule, subject to state and party requirements.
The model lists 40 Democratic delegate votes and 40 Republican delegate votes for the 2024 presidential cycle.
The delegate totals shown for Mississippi are historical 2024 presidential cycle data where listed. Confirm current-cycle delegate plans with official party materials or state election sources.
Use state election materials, party materials, and selected reference links where available. This page links to Official primary guidance and TheGreenPapers - 2024 Presidential Primary Delegates.