obama performed extremely well throughout the state of mississippi and won over half of its counties. he performed best in the more rural parts of the state, especially in the mississippi river delta counties that are majority-black as well as hinds county, which contains the state capital and largest city of jackson and its suburbs which went largely for obama. he also performed extremely well in central mississippi and southern mississippi, although the latter to a lesser extent. clinton performed extremely well in rural counties that are predominantly white and politically conservative, especially in northern mississippi and southern mississippi along the gulf coast with the exceptions of the larger cities of biloxi and hattiesburg.