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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Mississippi

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in Mississippi in 1976, 49.6% to 47.7%, a margin of 1.9 points and 14,483 votes.

Mississippi voted 0.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

Mississippi changed party: in 1972 it went Republican, for Richard Nixon.

Democrats led in 60 of the 82 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 22. The largest, Hinds, cast 75,756 votes and went to the Republican by 22.5 points. The closest was Carroll, where 5 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
Jimmy Carter won	Democratic	381,329	49.6%
Gerald Ford	Republican	366,846	47.7%
All other candidates		20,215	2.6%
Total		768,390

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hinds	28,748 37.9%	45,803 60.5%	1,205	75,756	R+22.5
Harrison	16,569 44.6%	19,207 51.7%	1,363	37,139	R+7.1
Jackson	12,533 40.3%	17,177 55.3%	1,372	31,082	R+14.9
Lauderdale	9,813 40.1%	14,273 58.4%	360	24,446	R+18.2
Jones	10,139 47.0%	11,098 51.5%	315	21,552	R+4.4
Forrest	7,914 41.4%	10,770 56.3%	436	19,120	R+14.9
Rankin	6,937 36.7%	11,507 61.0%	434	18,878	R+24.2
Washington	9,650 53.2%	7,474 41.2%	1,025	18,149	D+12.0
Lee	8,504 52.1%	7,366 45.1%	463	16,333	D+7.0
Warren	6,299 40.1%	8,699 55.4%	707	15,705	R+15.3
Lowndes	6,181 42.0%	8,003 54.4%	516	14,700	R+12.4
De Soto	7,756 54.2%	6,240 43.6%	316	14,312	D+10.6
Adams	6,619 47.8%	6,431 46.4%	811	13,861	D+1.4
Bolivar	7,561 58.7%	5,136 39.9%	178	12,875	D+18.8
Leflore	6,135 48.7%	5,872 46.6%	582	12,589	D+2.1
Pike	5,749 48.9%	5,659 48.2%	343	11,751	D+0.8
Madison	6,240 55.1%	4,838 42.8%	238	11,316	D+12.4
Monroe	6,097 54.3%	4,737 42.2%	400	11,234	D+12.1
Coahoma	6,412 57.7%	4,269 38.4%	432	11,113	D+19.3
Alcorn	6,995 64.9%	3,430 31.8%	345	10,770	D+33.1
Marion	5,283 49.2%	5,300 49.4%	154	10,737	R+0.2
Lincoln	4,043 38.9%	6,084 58.5%	265	10,392	R+19.6
Oktibbeha	4,339 44.6%	5,194 53.4%	192	9,725	R+8.8
Pearl River	5,024 52.0%	4,332 44.8%	309	9,665	D+7.2
Marshall	6,769 73.4%	2,242 24.3%	215	9,226	D+49.1
Panola	5,517 60.8%	3,341 36.8%	209	9,067	D+24.0
Copiah	4,267 49.4%	4,108 47.5%	271	8,646	D+1.8
Yazoo	4,053 47.8%	4,255 50.2%	163	8,471	R+2.4
Lafayette	4,375 52.4%	3,735 44.7%	241	8,351	D+7.7
Sunflower	4,322 53.9%	3,456 43.1%	246	8,024	D+10.8
Simpson	3,600 45.2%	4,291 53.9%	69	7,960	R+8.7
Hancock	3,855 49.2%	3,765 48.0%	222	7,842	D+1.1
Neshoba	3,891 49.8%	3,859 49.4%	69	7,819	D+0.4
Winston	3,956 50.8%	3,659 47.0%	177	7,792	D+3.8
Union	5,021 65.6%	2,507 32.7%	131	7,659	D+32.8
Scott	3,643 48.8%	3,649 48.9%	176	7,468	R+0.1
Attala	4,068 54.8%	3,146 42.4%	209	7,423	D+12.4
Lamar	3,109 41.9%	4,056 54.7%	249	7,414	R+12.8
Holmes	4,616 64.1%	2,438 33.8%	149	7,203	D+30.2
Grenada	3,263 46.5%	3,569 50.8%	188	7,020	R+4.4
Prentiss	4,431 63.5%	2,362 33.9%	184	6,977	D+29.7
Clay	3,514 51.4%	3,017 44.1%	306	6,837	D+7.3
Itawamba	4,480 66.8%	2,153 32.1%	72	6,705	D+34.7
Newton	2,741 41.0%	3,813 57.0%	136	6,690	R+16.0
Leake	3,415 52.5%	2,952 45.4%	141	6,508	D+7.1
Pontotoc	4,066 62.6%	2,245 34.6%	180	6,491	D+28.1
Tate	3,747 58.2%	2,497 38.8%	192	6,436	D+19.4
Wayne	3,306 51.5%	3,022 47.1%	94	6,422	D+4.4
Tippah	4,260 67.9%	1,887 30.1%	127	6,274	D+37.8
Clarke	2,816 47.0%	2,935 49.0%	244	5,995	R+2.0
Tishomingo	3,734 63.9%	1,969 33.7%	136	5,839	D+30.2
Smith	2,434 42.3%	3,147 54.7%	167	5,748	R+12.4
Chickasaw	2,891 50.5%	2,581 45.1%	251	5,723	D+5.4
Covington	2,862 51.4%	2,591 46.5%	115	5,568	D+4.9
Jasper	3,109 56.4%	2,356 42.7%	48	5,513	D+13.7
Tallahatchie	2,991 56.9%	2,146 40.9%	115	5,252	D+16.1
George	3,072 58.7%	1,957 37.4%	200	5,229	D+21.3
Amite	2,574 51.5%	2,256 45.1%	169	4,999	D+6.4
Walthall	2,650 53.8%	2,110 42.8%	167	4,927	D+11.0
Montgomery	2,410 49.9%	2,278 47.2%	139	4,827	D+2.7
Calhoun	2,724 56.9%	1,892 39.5%	172	4,788	D+17.4
Jefferson Davis	2,747 58.5%	1,868 39.8%	83	4,698	D+18.7
Yalobusha	2,603 57.8%	1,808 40.2%	92	4,503	D+17.7
Lawrence	2,242 50.5%	2,109 47.5%	85	4,436	D+3.0
Webster	2,218 51.8%	1,943 45.4%	120	4,281	D+6.4
Kemper	2,436 58.6%	1,680 40.4%	44	4,160	D+18.2
Noxubee	2,121 51.3%	1,860 45.0%	155	4,136	D+6.3
Quitman	2,621 64.8%	1,287 31.8%	137	4,045	D+33.0
Claiborne	2,657 69.0%	1,078 28.0%	117	3,852	D+41.0
Wilkinson	2,514 65.4%	1,273 33.1%	58	3,845	D+32.3
Humphreys	2,172 57.6%	1,445 38.3%	157	3,774	D+19.3
Greene	2,127 56.4%	1,538 40.8%	105	3,770	D+15.6
Perry	1,965 52.8%	1,527 41.0%	233	3,725	D+11.8
Jefferson	2,562 74.8%	782 22.8%	82	3,426	D+52.0
Franklin	1,578 46.5%	1,719 50.6%	98	3,395	R+4.2
Stone	1,648 50.3%	1,575 48.0%	55	3,278	D+2.2
Benton	2,375 74.0%	790 24.6%	44	3,209	D+49.4
Choctaw	1,520 47.9%	1,561 49.2%	90	3,171	R+1.3
Carroll	1,566 49.4%	1,561 49.3%	40	3,167	D+0.2
Tunica	1,695 61.5%	951 34.5%	110	2,756	D+27.0
Sharkey	1,283 52.4%	1,024 41.8%	142	2,449	D+10.6
Issaquena	567 59.4%	325 34.1%	62	954	D+25.4

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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

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