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Election 1880 Results

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1880 presidential election in Mississippi

Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) beat James A. Garfield (Republican) in Mississippi in 1880, 65.1% to 29.9%, a margin of 35.1 points and 40,896 votes.

Mississippi voted 35.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 1876, when Samuel J. Tilden won.

Democrats led in 66 of the 74 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Marshall, cast 5,170 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.1 points. The closest was Panola, where 10 votes separated the top two.

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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
Winfield Scott Hancock won	Democratic	75,750	65.1%
James A. Garfield	Republican	34,854	29.9%
All other candidates		5,797	5.0%
Total		116,401

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marshall	2,510 48.5%	2,454 47.5%	206	5,170	D+1.1
Panola	1,744 40.9%	1,754 41.1%	768	4,266	R+0.2
Lafayette	2,132 58.9%	1,215 33.5%	275	3,622	D+25.3
Monroe	2,066 59.2%	660 18.9%	761	3,487	D+40.3
Hinds	2,398 68.9%	1,017 29.2%	66	3,481	D+39.7
Copiah	2,021 58.6%	1,419 41.2%	6	3,446	D+17.5
De Soto	1,970 57.9%	1,355 39.8%	80	3,405	D+18.1
Tate	1,626 49.9%	1,435 44.0%	200	3,261	D+5.9
Holmes	1,770 58.9%	1,171 38.9%	66	3,007	D+19.9
Wilkinson	1,438 57.3%	1,072 42.7%		2,510	D+14.6
Yalobusha	1,173 47.3%	94 3.8%	1,215	2,482	Others
Washington	1,125 47.3%	1,220 51.3%	34	2,379	R+4.0
Chickasaw	1,505 65.3%	667 29.0%	131	2,303	D+36.4
Yazoo	2,133 93.2%	155 6.8%		2,288	D+86.5
Adams	1,319 57.7%	965 42.3%		2,284	D+15.5
Attala	1,324 59.9%	874 39.5%	14	2,212	D+20.3
Madison	1,248 57.4%	928 42.6%		2,176	D+14.7
Lauderdale	1,460 74.3%	465 23.7%	39	1,964	D+50.7
Union	1,486 76.7%	388 20.0%	63	1,937	D+56.7
Lee	1,644 86.4%	89 4.7%	169	1,902	D+81.8
Pontotoc	1,227 66.7%	541 29.4%	72	1,840	D+37.3
Tippah	1,326 74.0%	407 22.7%	60	1,793	D+51.3
Alcorn	1,111 62.6%	558 31.4%	107	1,776	D+31.1
Rankin	1,208 68.3%	561 31.7%		1,769	D+36.6
Benton	774 44.7%	759 43.8%	200	1,733	D+0.9
Prentiss	1,493 87.9%	120 7.1%	85	1,698	D+80.9
Kemper	1,104 65.2%	579 34.2%	11	1,694	D+31.0
Leake	1,283 75.8%	299 17.7%	110	1,692	D+58.2
Noxubee	1,234 74.3%	427 25.7%		1,661	D+48.6
Clay	1,198 72.4%	284 17.2%	172	1,654	D+55.3
Oktibbeha	1,210 75.2%	366 22.7%	33	1,609	D+52.5
Calhoun	1,052 66.9%	76 4.8%	445	1,573	D+62.0
Carroll	1,286 82.8%	267 17.2%		1,553	D+65.6
Pike	914 59.0%	635 41.0%	1	1,550	D+18.0
Lincoln	636 41.3%	706 45.9%	197	1,539	R+4.5
Lowndes	1,203 78.5%	330 21.5%		1,533	D+56.9
Montgomery	1,372 90.2%	143 9.4%	6	1,521	D+80.8
Clarke	1,070 75.6%	345 24.4%	1	1,416	D+51.2
Claiborne	1,057 78.4%	292 21.6%		1,349	D+56.7
Itawamba	1,235 95.0%	37 2.8%	28	1,300	D+92.2
Jasper	961 73.9%	339 26.1%		1,300	D+47.8
Bolivar	259 19.9%	1,016 78.2%	24	1,299	R+58.3
Winston	841 67.8%	241 19.4%	159	1,241	D+48.3
Lawrence	606 50.6%	567 47.3%	25	1,198	D+3.3
Tallahatchie	764 64.3%	415 34.9%	9	1,188	D+29.4
Warren	1,034 93.3%	74 6.7%		1,108	D+86.6
Jefferson	948 87.1%	140 12.9%		1,088	D+74.3
Sumner	627 57.7%	105 9.7%	354	1,086	D+48.1
Grenada	739 71.3%	276 26.6%	21	1,036	D+44.7
Newton	1,026 100.0%	0 0.0%		1,026	D+100.0
Tishomingo	796 80.0%	51 5.1%	148	995	D+74.9
Wayne	545 55.8%	432 44.2%		977	D+11.6
Smith	966 100.0%	0 0.0%		966	D+100.0
Leflore	642 69.9%	276 30.1%		918	D+39.9
Neshoba	736 83.4%	84 9.5%	62	882	D+73.9
Amite	566 65.1%	304 34.9%		870	D+30.1
Jackson	560 65.3%	298 34.7%		858	D+30.5
Scott	793 100.0%	0 0.0%		793	D+100.0
Harrison	499 66.5%	251 33.5%		750	D+33.1
Simpson	519 69.7%	226 30.3%		745	D+39.3
Tunica	193 26.7%	531 73.3%		724	R+46.7
Franklin	449 63.1%	263 36.9%		712	D+26.1
Choctaw	616 89.5%	23 3.3%	49	688	D+86.2
Sharkey	482 73.0%	178 27.0%		660	D+46.1
Covington	446 70.1%	189 29.7%	1	636	D+40.4
Hancock	433 68.7%	197 31.3%		630	D+37.5
Coahoma	209 36.5%	364 63.5%		573	R+27.1
Marion	317 61.2%	201 38.8%		518	D+22.4
Issaquena	57 14.5%	335 85.5%		392	R+70.9
Sunflower	166 52.5%	150 47.5%		316	D+5.1
Jones	295 100.0%	0 0.0%		295	D+100.0
Perry	222 79.9%	56 20.1%		278	D+59.7
Greene	200 79.7%	50 19.9%	1	251	D+59.8
Quitman	153 64.8%	83 35.2%		236	D+29.7

Counties as they stood in 1880; 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

1880 presidential election in Mississippi

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