Jimmy Carter carried Mississippi D+1.9.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Mississippi, 1976. The state ran 0.2 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1976 ballot here.

Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Gerald Ford (R)

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Mississippi result

769,363 votes counted

Carter (D)

381,309

49.6%

Ford (R)

366,845

47.7%

All others

21,209

2.8%

Margin

D+1.9

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1976 presidential election

Mississippi, 1976

CarterD+1.9

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic	49.6%	381,309
Gerald FordRepublican	47.7%	366,845
OtherAll other candidates	2.8%	21,209

D+60

R+60

82 counties, each filled by 1976 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Mississippi's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Mississippi's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+73.3%
1896	+84.1%
1900	+77.6%
1912	+86.5%
1916	+88.4%
1920	+69.9%
1924	+81.8%
1928	+64.3%
1932	+92.4%
1936	+94.3%
1940	+91.5%
1944	+87.1%
1948	+7.5%
1952	+20.9%
1956	+33.8%
1960	+11.7%
1964	−74.3%
1968	+9.5%
1972	−58.6%
1976	+1.9%
1980	−1.3%
1984	−24.5%
1988	−20.8%
1992	−8.9%
1996	−5.1%
2000	−16.9%
2004	−19.7%
2008	−13.2%
2012	−11.5%
2016	−17.8%
2020	−16.5%
2024	−22.9%

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County results — 1976

82 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+1.4%	6,619	6,431	13,861
Alcorn County	D	+33.1%	6,995	3,430	10,770
Amite County	D	+6.4%	2,574	2,256	4,999
Attala County	D	+12.4%	4,068	3,146	7,423
Benton County	D	+49.4%	2,375	790	3,209
Bolivar County	D	+18.8%	7,561	5,136	12,875
Calhoun County	D	+17.4%	2,724	1,892	4,788
Carroll County	D	+0.2%	1,566	1,561	3,167
Chickasaw County	D	+5.4%	2,891	2,581	5,723
Choctaw County	R	−1.3%	1,520	1,561	3,171
Claiborne County	D	+41.0%	2,657	1,078	3,852
Clarke County	R	−2.0%	2,816	2,935	5,995
Clay County	D	+7.3%	3,514	3,017	6,837
Coahoma County	D	+19.3%	6,412	4,269	11,113
Copiah County	D	+1.8%	4,267	4,108	8,646
Covington County	D	+4.9%	2,862	2,591	5,568
DeSoto County	D	+10.6%	7,756	6,240	14,312
Forrest County	R	−14.9%	7,914	10,770	19,120
Franklin County	R	−4.2%	1,578	1,719	3,395
George County	D	+21.3%	3,072	1,957	5,229
Greene County	D	+15.6%	2,127	1,538	3,770
Grenada County	R	−4.4%	3,263	3,569	7,020
Hancock County	D	+1.1%	3,855	3,765	7,842
Harrison County	R	−7.1%	16,569	19,207	37,139
Hinds County	R	−22.5%	28,748	45,803	75,756
Holmes County	D	+30.2%	4,616	2,438	7,203
Humphreys County	D	+19.3%	2,172	1,445	3,774
Issaquena County	D	+25.4%	567	325	954
Itawamba County	D	+34.7%	4,480	2,153	6,705
Jackson County	R	−14.9%	12,533	17,177	31,082
Jasper County	D	+13.7%	3,109	2,356	5,513
Jefferson County	D	+52.0%	2,562	782	3,426
Jefferson Davis County	D	+18.7%	2,747	1,868	4,698
Jones County	R	−4.4%	10,139	11,098	21,552
Kemper County	D	+18.2%	2,436	1,680	4,160
Lafayette County	D	+7.7%	4,375	3,735	8,351
Lamar County	R	−12.8%	3,109	4,056	7,414
Lauderdale County	R	−18.2%	9,813	14,273	24,446
Lawrence County	D	+3.0%	2,242	2,109	4,436
Leake County	D	+7.1%	3,415	2,952	6,508
Lee County	D	+7.0%	8,504	7,366	16,333
Leflore County	D	+2.1%	6,135	5,872	12,589
Lincoln County	R	−19.6%	4,043	6,084	10,392
Lowndes County	R	−12.4%	6,181	8,003	14,700
Madison County	D	+12.4%	6,240	4,838	11,316
Marion County	R	−0.2%	5,283	5,300	10,737
Marshall County	D	+49.1%	6,769	2,242	9,226
Monroe County	D	+12.1%	6,097	4,737	11,234
Montgomery County	D	+2.7%	2,410	2,278	4,827
Neshoba County	D	+0.4%	3,891	3,859	7,819
Newton County	R	−16.0%	2,741	3,813	6,690
Noxubee County	D	+6.3%	2,121	1,860	4,136
Oktibbeha County	R	−8.8%	4,339	5,194	9,725
Panola County	D	+24.0%	5,517	3,341	9,067
Pearl River County	D	+7.2%	5,024	4,332	9,665
Perry County	D	+11.8%	1,965	1,527	3,725
Pike County	D	+0.8%	5,749	5,659	11,751
Pontotoc County	D	+28.1%	4,066	2,245	6,491
Prentiss County	D	+29.7%	4,431	2,362	6,977
Quitman County	D	+33.0%	2,621	1,287	4,045
Rankin County	R	−24.2%	6,937	11,507	18,878
Scott County	R	−0.1%	3,643	3,649	7,468
Sharkey County	D	+10.6%	1,283	1,024	2,449
Simpson County	R	−8.7%	3,600	4,291	7,960
Smith County	R	−12.4%	2,434	3,147	5,748
Stone County	D	+2.2%	1,648	1,575	3,278
Sunflower County	D	+10.8%	4,322	3,456	8,024
Tallahatchie County	D	+16.1%	2,991	2,146	5,252
Tate County	D	+19.4%	3,747	2,497	6,436
Tippah County	D	+37.8%	4,260	1,887	6,274
Tishomingo County	D	+30.2%	3,734	1,969	5,839
Tunica County	D	+27.0%	1,695	951	2,756
Union County	D	+32.8%	5,021	2,507	7,659
Walthall County	D	+11.0%	2,650	2,110	4,927
Warren County	R	−15.3%	6,299	8,699	15,705
Washington County	D	+12.0%	9,650	7,474	18,149
Wayne County	D	+4.4%	3,306	3,022	6,422
Webster County	D	+6.4%	2,218	1,943	4,281
Wilkinson County	D	+32.3%	2,514	1,273	3,845
Winston County	D	+3.8%	3,956	3,659	7,792
Yalobusha County	D	+17.7%	2,603	1,808	4,503
Yazoo County	R	−2.4%	4,053	4,255	8,471