 "US Election 2020 Missouri profile: How state voted in 2016, demographics and more")
Year of entry into union: 1821
Capital: Jefferson City
Total electors: Ten.
In 2016, Missouri’s electors pledged to vote for Donald Trump for president and Mike Pence for vice-president.
How Missouri votes: Red. Missouri has voted Republican in the last five presidential elections.
Demographic breakdown: 84 percent White and 11.7 percent African-American.
Fun fact: In the 100 years between 1904 and 2004, Missouri backed the winning presidential candidate in every election other than the one in 1956.
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