2018 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 A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor CFO - Chief Financial Officer CHA - Council Chairman COC - Corporation Commissioner COM - Comptroller CON - State Controller COU - City Council Member CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court 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 - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LAN - Commissioner of General Land Office LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor MAY - Mayor MNI - State Mine Inspector PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SBE - State Board of Education SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth SOS - Secretary of State SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands SSC - State Supreme Court TAX - Tax Commissioner TRE - Treasurer UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors 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 G18USSRWIC - Roger F. Wicker (Republican Party) G18USSDBAR - David Baria (Democratic Party) G18USSLBED - Danny Bedwell (Libertarian Party) G18USSOOHA - Shawn O'Hara (Reform Party) S18USSRHYD - Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican Party) S18USSRMCD - Chris McDaniel (Republican Party) S18USSDESP - Mike Espy (Democratic Party) S18USSDBAR - Tobey Bernard Bartee (Democratic Party) R18USSRHYD - Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican Party) R18USSDESP - Mike Espy (Democratic 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 2018 general election. Voting districts in nearly all counties were edited accordingly to align with reporting units in the 2018 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 2018 canvass results. In Kemper County an alphabetic name split of Scooba precinct was reported as separate line items. These were merged in the shapefile. The following splits and merges were made to align voting district boundaries with reporting units in the 2018 election results. Attala: Merge Northwest/Aponaug Claiborne: Split 2A/2B, 4A/4B Covington: Split Seminary/West Collins Grenada: Merge Mt. Nebo/Pleasant Grove 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 Jefferson Davis: Split South Prentiss 12/13 Jones: Merge George Harrison/County Barn Lauderdale: Merge 10/15, 17/18/19, Alamucha/Mt Gilead, Center Hill/Obadiah, Center Ridge/E Lauderdale, Clarkdale/Culpepper, Marion/E Marion, Russell/S Russell, Pickard/Sageville/Valley Leflore: Split Morgan City/Swiftown by zip code Lowndes: Split Hunt/Propst Park Community Hut Panola: Split Blackjack/Coles Point Pearl River: Merge Poplarville 2/Spring Hill 2 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 Wilkinson: Merge Woodville 5/5A Yalobusha: Merge Two NE/SE as Water Valley Yazoo: Merge Carter/Lake City, Deasonville/Harttown, Dover/Robinette as Little Yazoo, Fairview/Holly Bluff, Midway E/W, Tinsley into Mechanicsburg/Valley