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Election 2004 Results

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2004 presidential election in Mississippi

George W. Bush (Republican) beat John Kerry (Democrat) in Mississippi in 2004, 59.5% to 39.8%, a margin of 19.7 points and 226,887 votes.

Mississippi voted 17.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+2.5.

The Republican hold continued from 2000, when George W. Bush also won.

Republicans led in 58 of the 82 counties and Democrats in 24. The largest, Hinds, cast 86,265 votes and went to the Democrat by 19.8 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 73 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
George W. Bush won	Republican	684,981	59.5%
John Kerry	Democratic	458,094	39.8%
All other candidates		9,070	0.8%
Total		1,152,145

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hinds	51,370 59.5%	34,269 39.7%	626	86,265	D+19.8
Harrison	22,555 36.5%	38,781 62.7%	474	61,810	R+26.3
Rankin	10,738 20.1%	41,971 78.6%	656	53,365	R+58.5
Jackson	15,046 30.4%	34,035 68.9%	333	49,414	R+38.4
DeSoto	13,247 27.0%	35,437 72.3%	297	48,981	R+45.3
Madison	12,942 34.8%	24,015 64.6%	191	37,148	R+29.8
Lee	9,895 33.0%	19,878 66.2%	237	30,010	R+33.3
Lauderdale	10,026 33.9%	19,395 65.6%	134	29,555	R+31.7
Jones	7,344 27.7%	19,032 71.8%	142	26,518	R+44.1
Forrest	9,781 37.7%	15,966 61.6%	189	25,936	R+23.8
Lowndes	7,904 38.1%	12,642 60.9%	202	20,748	R+22.8
Lamar	3,876 19.1%	16,288 80.3%	130	20,294	R+61.2
Warren	8,244 41.0%	11,773 58.5%	100	20,117	R+17.5
Pearl River	4,392 23.0%	14,612 76.4%	117	19,121	R+53.4
Washington	10,562 59.1%	7,031 39.3%	282	17,875	D+19.8
Hancock	5,023 28.6%	12,332 70.3%	195	17,550	R+41.6
Pike	7,578 46.7%	8,547 52.7%	90	16,215	R+6.0
Monroe	6,149 39.8%	9,223 59.7%	87	15,459	R+19.9
Lafayette	6,218 40.4%	9,004 58.5%	166	15,388	R+18.1
Marshall	8,472 58.5%	5,932 40.9%	82	14,486	D+17.5
Adams	7,844 54.6%	6,487 45.1%	45	14,376	D+9.4
Lincoln	4,372 30.5%	9,889 69.0%	65	14,326	R+38.5
Alcorn	5,425 38.3%	8,605 60.7%	151	14,181	R+22.4
Bolivar	8,560 63.8%	4,722 35.2%	145	13,427	D+28.6
Panola	6,540 49.1%	6,734 50.5%	56	13,330	R+1.5
Marion	3,828 32.6%	7,845 66.9%	59	11,732	R+34.2
Leflore	7,240 62.0%	4,427 37.9%	17	11,684	D+24.1
Copiah	4,902 43.5%	6,316 56.0%	54	11,272	R+12.5
Pontotoc	2,591 23.4%	8,375 75.7%	95	11,061	R+52.3
Tate	4,279 38.9%	6,663 60.6%	59	11,001	R+21.7
Yazoo	4,798 44.9%	5,595 52.3%	301	10,694	R+7.5
Coahoma	6,741 64.1%	3,643 34.6%	132	10,516	D+29.5
Union	2,710 26.6%	7,422 72.8%	67	10,199	R+46.2
Scott	3,780 37.1%	6,364 62.5%	31	10,175	R+25.4
Neshoba	2,515 24.8%	7,581 74.8%	37	10,133	R+50.0
Simpson	3,262 32.4%	6,810 67.6%	5	10,077	R+35.2
Grenada	4,154 41.3%	5,844 58.1%	52	10,050	R+16.8
Prentiss	3,306 33.5%	6,503 65.8%	67	9,876	R+32.4
Oktibbeha	4,178 42.9%	5,485 56.3%	79	9,742	R+13.4
Sunflower	6,057 62.7%	3,492 36.1%	114	9,663	D+26.5
Itawamba	2,771 28.9%	6,751 70.4%	74	9,596	R+41.5
Winston	3,960 42.2%	5,375 57.3%	47	9,382	R+15.1
Tippah	2,983 32.7%	6,048 66.4%	82	9,113	R+33.6
Clay	4,732 51.9%	4,333 47.6%	46	9,111	D+4.4
Wayne	3,155 37.0%	5,333 62.5%	39	8,527	R+25.5
Newton	2,274 26.8%	6,156 72.7%	42	8,472	R+45.8
Chickasaw	4,078 48.9%	4,193 50.3%	72	8,343	R+1.4
Covington	3,135 38.3%	5,010 61.1%	49	8,194	R+22.9
Leake	3,212 39.3%	4,926 60.3%	35	8,173	R+21.0
Tishomingo	2,775 34.0%	5,288 64.8%	102	8,165	R+30.8
Holmes	6,170 75.8%	1,925 23.6%	49	8,144	D+52.1
George	1,715 21.6%	6,182 77.8%	53	7,950	R+56.2
Attala	3,014 37.9%	4,882 61.4%	49	7,945	R+23.5
Jasper	4,081 51.5%	3,808 48.0%	37	7,926	D+3.4
Clarke	2,377 32.0%	5,027 67.6%	34	7,438	R+35.6
Amite	2,973 41.8%	4,106 57.7%	38	7,117	R+15.9
Smith	1,493 21.0%	5,566 78.3%	47	7,106	R+57.3
Lawrence	2,355 36.1%	4,119 63.2%	48	6,522	R+27.0
Walthall	2,550 39.5%	3,873 60.0%	36	6,459	R+20.5
Calhoun	2,211 34.9%	4,096 64.7%	24	6,331	R+29.8
Tallahatchie	3,377 54.8%	2,725 44.2%	59	6,161	D+10.6
Noxubee	4,293 71.3%	1,698 28.2%	29	6,020	D+43.1
Yalobusha	2,656 44.5%	3,278 54.9%	37	5,971	R+10.4
Jefferson Davis	2,955 51.3%	2,667 46.3%	138	5,760	D+5.0
Stone	1,502 26.7%	4,072 72.3%	56	5,630	R+45.6
Carroll	1,897 34.0%	3,652 65.5%	28	5,577	R+31.5
Montgomery	2,422 44.9%	2,953 54.7%	21	5,396	R+9.8
Claiborne	4,338 81.5%	941 17.7%	42	5,321	D+63.8
Greene	1,419 26.9%	3,827 72.5%	29	5,275	R+45.6
Perry	1,259 25.1%	3,729 74.4%	22	5,010	R+49.3
Webster	1,318 26.3%	3,668 73.3%	16	5,002	R+47.0
Humphreys	2,975 64.0%	1,626 35.0%	50	4,651	D+29.0
Kemper	2,454 53.5%	2,107 45.9%	28	4,589	D+7.6
Franklin	1,566 35.0%	2,883 64.5%	24	4,473	R+29.4
Wilkinson	2,794 63.7%	1,563 35.6%	31	4,388	D+28.1
Benton	2,234 52.8%	1,962 46.4%	33	4,229	D+6.4
Choctaw	1,290 33.0%	2,598 66.5%	20	3,908	R+33.5
Jefferson	2,798 81.3%	627 18.2%	15	3,440	D+63.1
Quitman	2,032 59.5%	1,360 39.8%	24	3,416	D+19.7
Sharkey	1,553 50.4%	1,115 36.2%	413	3,081	D+14.2
Tunica	1,934 68.7%	845 30.0%	36	2,815	D+38.7
Issaquena	510 53.0%	437 45.4%	15	962	D+7.6

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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