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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Mississippi

Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in Mississippi in 1996, 49.2% to 44.1%, a margin of 5.1 points and 45,816 votes.

Mississippi voted 13.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1992, when George H. W. Bush won.

Republicans led in 47 of the 82 counties and Democrats in 35. The largest, Hinds, cast 84,509 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.5 points. The closest was Walthall, where 1 vote 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
Bob Dole won	Republican	439,838	49.2%
Bill Clinton	Democratic	394,022	44.1%
Ross Perot	Reform	52,222	5.8%
All other candidates		7,775	0.9%
Total		893,857

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hinds	45,410 53.7%	35,653 42.2%	3,446	84,509	D+11.5
Harrison	18,775 38.9%	25,486 52.8%	3,974	48,235	R+13.9
Jackson	13,598 32.7%	24,918 59.9%	3,109	41,625	R+27.2
Rankin	8,614 24.3%	24,585 69.4%	2,224	35,423	R+45.1
DeSoto	10,282 30.3%	18,135 53.5%	5,464	33,881	R+23.2
Lauderdale	8,668 34.9%	15,055 60.6%	1,111	24,834	R+25.7
Madison	9,354 37.9%	14,467 58.6%	867	24,688	R+20.7
Jones	7,360 33.7%	13,020 59.6%	1,457	21,837	R+25.9
Lee	8,438 38.9%	11,815 54.5%	1,433	21,686	R+15.6
Forrest	7,965 39.0%	11,278 55.2%	1,199	20,442	R+16.2
Warren	8,774 45.3%	9,261 47.8%	1,350	19,385	R+2.5
Washington	10,053 57.6%	6,762 38.8%	625	17,440	D+18.9
Lowndes	6,220 38.3%	9,169 56.4%	869	16,258	R+18.1
Adams	8,218 57.0%	5,378 37.3%	825	14,421	D+19.7
Pearl River	4,892 34.0%	8,212 57.1%	1,273	14,377	R+23.1
Bolivar	8,670 65.8%	4,027 30.6%	479	13,176	D+35.2
Lamar	3,169 24.8%	8,609 67.4%	996	12,774	R+42.6
Oktibbeha	5,923 47.3%	6,142 49.0%	459	12,524	R+1.7
Pike	6,302 50.7%	5,403 43.4%	730	12,435	D+7.2
Leflore	6,853 58.5%	4,456 38.0%	404	11,713	D+20.5
Hancock	4,303 37.8%	5,820 51.2%	1,254	11,377	R+13.3
Marshall	7,521 66.3%	3,272 28.9%	547	11,340	D+37.5
Monroe	5,184 45.8%	5,206 46.0%	934	11,324	R+0.2
Lincoln	4,294 38.8%	5,960 53.9%	813	11,067	R+15.1
Alcorn	4,964 45.3%	4,960 45.2%	1,038	10,962	level
Lafayette	4,646 46.1%	4,753 47.2%	675	10,074	R+1.1
Marion	4,334 43.5%	5,023 50.4%	611	9,968	R+6.9
Panola	5,408 56.0%	3,701 38.3%	543	9,652	D+17.7
Coahoma	5,776 60.1%	3,441 35.8%	394	9,611	D+24.3
Grenada	4,402 46.6%	4,527 47.9%	526	9,455	R+1.3
Yazoo	4,754 50.9%	4,152 44.5%	427	9,333	D+6.5
Copiah	4,415 49.3%	4,138 46.2%	397	8,950	D+3.1
Union	3,316 38.8%	4,375 51.1%	864	8,555	R+12.4
Sunflower	4,960 60.3%	2,926 35.6%	339	8,225	D+24.7
Simpson	2,851 36.2%	4,455 56.6%	571	7,877	R+20.4
Neshoba	2,646 34.0%	4,545 58.4%	596	7,787	R+24.4
Pontotoc	2,597 33.7%	4,289 55.6%	823	7,709	R+21.9
Scott	3,163 41.3%	4,018 52.4%	483	7,664	R+11.2
Clay	4,267 56.4%	2,948 39.0%	349	7,564	D+17.4
Winston	3,488 46.9%	3,498 47.0%	452	7,438	R+0.1
Tate	3,195 43.6%	3,694 50.4%	441	7,330	R+6.8
Itawamba	2,987 41.3%	3,490 48.2%	760	7,237	R+7.0
Prentiss	3,053 42.8%	3,473 48.7%	601	7,127	R+5.9
Tippah	2,992 43.1%	3,249 46.8%	701	6,942	R+3.7
Newton	2,163 31.4%	4,223 61.3%	503	6,889	R+29.9
Attala	3,092 46.8%	3,130 47.3%	390	6,612	R+0.6
Wayne	2,652 40.9%	3,219 49.6%	619	6,490	R+8.7
Holmes	4,720 73.6%	1,536 24.0%	155	6,411	D+49.7
Leake	2,902 45.8%	3,017 47.6%	419	6,338	R+1.8
Covington	2,628 41.7%	3,219 51.1%	458	6,305	R+9.4
Clarke	2,337 37.7%	3,470 56.0%	385	6,192	R+18.3
Jasper	3,170 51.5%	2,615 42.5%	368	6,153	D+9.0
Tishomingo	2,709 44.3%	2,766 45.3%	634	6,109	R+0.9
George	1,888 31.8%	3,311 55.7%	744	5,943	R+23.9
Chickasaw	2,971 50.1%	2,535 42.7%	424	5,930	D+7.4
Smith	1,858 32.2%	3,371 58.5%	536	5,765	R+26.2
Amite	2,824 49.4%	2,521 44.1%	371	5,716	D+5.3
Lawrence	2,481 46.2%	2,392 44.5%	498	5,371	D+1.7
Calhoun	2,178 43.4%	2,470 49.2%	373	5,021	R+5.8
Walthall	2,240 45.3%	2,239 45.3%	467	4,946	level
Carroll	2,041 41.4%	2,629 53.3%	264	4,934	R+11.9
Tallahatchie	2,990 60.6%	1,676 34.0%	264	4,930	D+26.7
Jefferson Davis	2,663 54.7%	1,890 38.8%	313	4,866	D+15.9
Claiborne	3,739 80.5%	784 16.9%	124	4,647	D+63.6
Yalobusha	2,437 54.2%	1,711 38.0%	350	4,498	D+16.1
Noxubee	2,801 65.2%	1,287 29.9%	210	4,298	D+35.2
Stone	1,551 36.2%	2,288 53.4%	442	4,281	R+17.2
Montgomery	1,970 47.8%	1,943 47.1%	208	4,121	D+0.7
Wilkinson	2,807 68.4%	1,016 24.8%	279	4,102	D+43.7
Perry	1,413 34.9%	2,178 53.7%	463	4,054	R+18.9
Webster	1,379 35.4%	2,254 57.9%	263	3,896	R+22.5
Humphreys	2,305 60.5%	1,382 36.2%	126	3,813	D+24.2
Kemper	2,048 55.4%	1,439 38.9%	209	3,696	D+16.5
Greene	1,347 37.2%	1,947 53.7%	331	3,625	R+16.6
Quitman	2,186 63.5%	1,121 32.5%	138	3,445	D+30.9
Franklin	1,381 41.4%	1,586 47.5%	372	3,339	R+6.1
Choctaw	1,247 38.6%	1,715 53.1%	265	3,227	R+14.5
Benton	1,944 61.4%	993 31.4%	229	3,166	D+30.0
Jefferson	2,531 81.1%	489 15.7%	99	3,119	D+65.5
Sharkey	1,566 59.8%	906 34.6%	147	2,619	D+25.2
Tunica	1,263 67.0%	557 29.5%	66	1,886	D+37.4
Issaquena	546 62.5%	269 30.8%	58	873	D+31.7

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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