Mississippi was won by incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush, running with U.S.

Notably, however, George County, in Mississippi's Pine Belt, gave former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke his largest vote share of any county in the country (about 4%).

[3] The racial composition of the Democratic primary was 55% white and 45% black.

[6] Dukakis was the first presidential candidate to visit the Neshoba County Fair since Ronald Reagan during the 1980 election.

[10] Harry Allen, Rhesa Barksdale, Robbie Hughes, Henry Paris, Fred Reeder, Michael Allred, and Ed Weeks were the Republican electors that cast their ballots for Bush and Quayle.