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Election 1876 Results

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1876 presidential election in Mississippi

Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) beat Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) in Mississippi in 1876, 68.0% to 32.0%, a margin of 36.1 points and 59,399 votes.

Mississippi voted 33.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

Mississippi changed party: in 1872 it went Republican, for Ulysses S. Grant.

Democrats led in 68 of the 74 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 6. The largest, Marshall, cast 6,328 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.6 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 121 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Samuel J. Tilden won	Democratic	111,991	68.0%
Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican	52,592	32.0%
Total		164,583

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Marshall	3,278 51.8%	3,050 48.2%	6,328	D+3.6
Hinds	4,503 75.3%	1,474 24.7%	5,977	D+50.7
Panola	2,790 52.6%	2,517 47.4%	5,307	D+5.1
Monroe	2,791 59.5%	1,897 40.5%	4,688	D+19.1
Washington	2,901 64.5%	1,598 35.5%	4,499	D+29.0
Copiah	2,614 61.5%	1,639 38.5%	4,253	D+22.9
De Soto	2,544 60.4%	1,668 39.6%	4,212	D+20.8
Lafayette	2,474 61.8%	1,532 38.2%	4,006	D+23.5
Adams	1,627 41.1%	2,328 58.9%	3,955	R+17.7
Holmes	2,614 69.4%	1,151 30.6%	3,765	D+38.9
Yazoo	3,672 99.9%	2 0.1%	3,674	D+99.9
Tate	1,947 56.3%	1,509 43.7%	3,456	D+12.7
Bolivar	1,296 38.3%	2,089 61.7%	3,385	R+23.4
Noxubee	1,630 53.3%	1,429 46.7%	3,059	D+6.6
Attala	1,971 64.8%	1,072 35.2%	3,043	D+29.5
Carroll	1,993 66.2%	1,017 33.8%	3,010	D+32.4
Lee	2,731 93.0%	206 7.0%	2,937	D+86.0
Chickasaw	1,891 65.3%	1,006 34.7%	2,897	D+30.5
Coahoma	1,952 70.4%	819 29.6%	2,771	D+40.9
Yalobusha	1,904 68.9%	861 31.1%	2,765	D+37.7
Wilkinson	1,262 47.0%	1,425 53.0%	2,687	R+6.1
Warren	2,036 76.6%	623 23.4%	2,659	D+53.1
Lauderdale	2,030 77.3%	597 22.7%	2,627	D+54.5
Rankin	1,790 69.5%	787 30.5%	2,577	D+38.9
Kemper	1,579 63.6%	904 36.4%	2,483	D+27.2
Pike	1,524 63.6%	874 36.4%	2,398	D+27.1
Oktibbeha	1,373 57.3%	1,023 42.7%	2,396	D+14.6
Alcorn	1,606 70.8%	663 29.2%	2,269	D+41.6
Clarke	1,451 64.5%	797 35.5%	2,248	D+29.1
Clay	789 35.3%	1,446 64.7%	2,235	R+29.4
Pontotoc	1,635 74.5%	559 25.5%	2,194	D+49.0
Lincoln	1,275 59.3%	875 40.7%	2,150	D+18.6
Lowndes	2,073 99.9%	2 0.1%	2,075	D+99.8
Leflore	1,360 66.1%	698 33.9%	2,058	D+32.2
Prentiss	1,881 92.0%	163 8.0%	2,044	D+84.1
Jasper	1,321 65.4%	699 34.6%	2,020	D+30.8
Union	1,611 80.2%	398 19.8%	2,009	D+60.4
Jefferson	1,547 78.7%	419 21.3%	1,966	D+57.4
Montgomery	1,514 77.0%	451 23.0%	1,965	D+54.1
Calhoun	1,796 91.5%	166 8.5%	1,962	D+83.1
Newton	1,642 84.5%	301 15.5%	1,943	D+69.0
Claiborne	1,504 78.0%	423 22.0%	1,927	D+56.1
Grenada	1,291 67.0%	636 33.0%	1,927	D+34.0
Leake	1,474 76.9%	442 23.1%	1,916	D+53.9
Benton	1,150 60.4%	754 39.6%	1,904	D+20.8
Tippah	1,558 82.7%	327 17.3%	1,885	D+65.3
Issaquena	788 46.4%	909 53.6%	1,697	R+7.1
Tunica	229 14.1%	1,397 85.9%	1,626	R+71.8
Amite	1,471 95.3%	73 4.7%	1,544	D+90.5
Madison	1,473 99.1%	13 0.9%	1,486	D+98.3
Winston	1,173 79.5%	303 20.5%	1,476	D+58.9
Lawrence	847 57.4%	628 42.6%	1,475	D+14.8
Itawamba	1,410 97.2%	41 2.8%	1,451	D+94.3
Scott	1,383 96.6%	49 3.4%	1,432	D+93.2
Sumner	989 70.8%	408 29.2%	1,397	D+41.6
Franklin	919 67.7%	439 32.3%	1,358	D+35.3
Neshoba	1,116 90.4%	119 9.6%	1,235	D+80.7
Jackson	887 72.1%	343 27.9%	1,230	D+44.2
Tallahatchie	1,144 99.9%	1 0.1%	1,145	D+99.8
Simpson	788 69.8%	341 30.2%	1,129	D+39.6
Smith	1,115 99.1%	10 0.9%	1,125	D+98.2
Choctaw	968 86.4%	153 13.6%	1,121	D+72.7
Wayne	622 57.3%	464 42.7%	1,086	D+14.5
Harrison	758 71.8%	297 28.2%	1,055	D+43.7
Tishomingo	924 97.5%	24 2.5%	948	D+94.9
Covington	620 68.7%	283 31.3%	903	D+37.3
Hancock	547 63.9%	309 36.1%	856	D+27.8
Sunflower	521 68.6%	239 31.4%	760	D+37.1
Marion	458 65.6%	240 34.4%	698	D+31.2
Sharkey	591 86.5%	92 13.5%	683	D+73.1
Greene	381 87.2%	56 12.8%	437	D+74.4
Perry	332 91.5%	31 8.5%	363	D+82.9
Jones	342 96.1%	14 3.9%	356	D+92.1
Ms Nca 14	182 94.3%	11 5.7%	193	D+88.6

Counties as they stood in 1876; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

1876 presidential election in Mississippi

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