What did Donald Trump claim about elections on 26 Oct 2026? "And it was a long trip, but it was an honor, and I love…"
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
And it was a long trip, but it was an honor, and I love Mississippi. Won it every time by a record margin.
None of his three Mississippi wins was a record. Richard Nixon carried the state by 378,343 votes, nearly 59 points, in 1972; Trump's margins were 215,583 votes in 2016, 217,366 in 2020 and 281,076 in 2024.
In 1972 Mississippi gave the Republican presidential electors 505,125 votes and the Democratic electors 126,782, of 645,963 cast, a margin of 378,343 (Clerk of the House, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972). Trump's electors received 700,714 votes to 485,131 in 2016, 756,764 to 539,398 in 2020, and 747,744 to 466,668 in 2024 (Mississippi certificates of ascertainment, National Archives).
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- Remarks to reporters after Air Force One arrived at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, returning from a rally in Corinth, Mississippi.
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