2016 Mississippi precinct and election shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 01/03/2022 ## Sources Election results from the Mississippi Secretary of State (https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/election-results). Precinct shapefiles initially from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor COM - Comptroller COU - City Council Member DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Commissioner of Insurance LAB - Commissioner of Labor LTG - Lieutenant Governor LND - Commissioner of Public Lands PRE - President PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Court of Appeals SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOS - Secretary of State SOV - Senate of Virginia, accompanied by a SOV_DIST column indicating district number SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SSC - State Supreme Court TRE - Treasurer USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G16PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party) G16PREDCLI - Hillary Rodham Clinton (Democratic Party) G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) G16PREGSTE - Jill Stein (Green Party) G16PRECCAS - Darrell Castle (Constitution Party) G16PREOHED - James Hedges (Prohibition Party) G16PREOFUE - 'Rocky' Roque De La Fuente (American Delta Party) ## Processing Steps Precinct boundaries were adjusted as appropriate to align with county maps, supervisor districts, or prior versions of the Census VTDs. Precinct boundaries throughout the state were further reviewed with the voter registration file in effect for the November 2016 general election. Voting districts in nearly all counties were edited accordingly to align with reporting units in the 2016 election results. In some counties the resulting boundaries differ substantially from the 2020 Census VTDs. As these boundary revisions were so extensive only splits and merges are specified below by precinct. Some Mississippi counties name precincts after polling places and therefore change precinct names when polling places change regardless of whether this involves a change in boundaries. Precinct names were edited wherever necessary to match the November 2016 canvass results. In Kemper County an alphabetic name split of Scooba precinct was reported as separate line items. In Jefferson Davis County Bassfield 31/32 was an alphabetic name split of Bassfield Hwy 42. These were merged in the shapefile. The following splits and merges were made to align voting district boundaries with reporting units in the 2016 election results. Attala: Merge Northwest/Aponaug Claiborne: Split 2A/2B, 4A/4B; Merge 4A/4D Coahoma: Split Farrell/Sherard Covington: Split Gilmer/Yawn, Seminary/West Collins DeSoto: Merge Miller/Olive Branch East Forrest: Split Lillie Burney/Salvation Army Grenada: Merge Mt. Nebo/Pleasant Grove Harrison: Split Gulfport 7/W Mississippi City, Gulfport 11/12, Long Beach 1/4, Long Beach 2/3, Lyman E/W Hinds: Merge 12/13, 16/17, 26/87, 50/51/52, 67/89, 69/75, 94/95, 77/97 Itawamba: Split Friendship, Mantachie by supervisor district Jackson: Merge all A/B/C/D splits, Grace Baptist/OS Civic Center, St Martin/W Jackson; Split American Legion/Presbyterian Jefferson Davis: Split Good Hope/Melba, Gwinville/Hebron, Hathorn/Sons Academy, South Prentiss 12/13 Jones: Merge George Harrison/County Barn Lauderdale: Merge 10/15, 17/18/19, Center Hill/Obadiah, Center Ridge/E Lauderdale, Clarkdale/Culpepper, Marion/E Marion, Russell/S Russell, Pickard/Sageville Lawrence: Split Arm E/W, Silver Creek N/S Lee: Split Birmingham Ridge/Davis Box, Veteran's Park into East Heights/Oak Hill Leflore: Split Morgan City/Swiftown by zip code Lincoln: Split Brignal/Rogers Circle Lowndes: Split Hunt/Propst Park Community Hut Madison: Merge Gluckstadt/Vertical Church Oktibbeha: Split Hickory Grove/Northeast Starkville Panola: Split Coles Point/N Springport, Curtis/Macedonia-Concord, E Batesville 5/N Batesville A Pearl River: Reverse 2017 countywide precinct consolidation with 2012 VTDs aligned to 2014 BOS districts Perry: Split Richton City Hall/Holly Street Rankin: Split Antioch/Mayton, Brandon E/W Simpson: Merge all A/B splits Tallahatchie: Merge Sumner 2/Webb 2 Walthall: Merge E Tylertown A/B, W Tylertown A/B, S Knoxo/Tylertown 3 Warren: Split Oak Ridge/Redwood; Merge Culkin/Oakland, Lee Rd/Tingleville Wilkinson: Merge Woodville 5/5A Yalobusha: Merge Two NE/SE as Water Valley Yazoo: Merge Carter/Lake City, Fairview/Holly Bluff, Tinsley into Mechanicsburg/Valley