Bob Dole carried Mississippi R+5.1.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Mississippi, 1996. The state ran 13.6 points more Republican than the nation (D+8.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1996 ballot here.

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)

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Mississippi result

893,857 votes counted

Clinton (D)

394,022

44.1%

Dole (R)

439,838

49.2%

Perot (I)

52,222

5.8%

All others

7,775

0.9%

Margin

R+5.1

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1996 presidential election

Mississippi, 1996

DoleR+5.1

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bob Dole ✓Republican	49.2%	439,838
Bill ClintonDemocratic	44.1%	394,022
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	7,775

D+60

R+60

82 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Mississippi's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 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 — 1996

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Adams County	D	+19.7%	8,218	5,378	779	14,421
Alcorn County	D	+0.0%	4,964	4,960	929	10,962
Amite County	D	+5.3%	2,824	2,521	351	5,716
Attala County	R	−0.6%	3,092	3,130	383	6,612
Benton County	D	+30.0%	1,944	993	209	3,166
Bolivar County	D	+35.2%	8,670	4,027	320	13,176
Calhoun County	R	−5.8%	2,178	2,470	351	5,021
Carroll County	R	−11.9%	2,041	2,629	245	4,934
Chickasaw County	D	+7.4%	2,971	2,535	401	5,930
Choctaw County	R	−14.5%	1,247	1,715	247	3,227
Claiborne County	D	+63.6%	3,739	784	103	4,647
Clarke County	R	−18.3%	2,337	3,470	366	6,192
Clay County	D	+17.4%	4,267	2,948	337	7,564
Coahoma County	D	+24.3%	5,776	3,441	256	9,611
Copiah County	D	+3.1%	4,415	4,138	375	8,950
Covington County	R	−9.4%	2,628	3,219	417	6,305
DeSoto County	R	−23.2%	10,282	18,135	2,399	33,881
Forrest County	R	−16.2%	7,965	11,278	1,094	20,442
Franklin County	R	−6.1%	1,381	1,586	329	3,339
George County	R	−23.9%	1,888	3,311	710	5,943
Greene County	R	−16.6%	1,347	1,947	322	3,625
Grenada County	R	−1.3%	4,402	4,527	470	9,455
Hancock County	R	−13.3%	4,303	5,820	1,143	11,377
Harrison County	R	−13.9%	18,775	25,486	3,726	48,235
Hinds County	D	+11.5%	45,410	35,653	2,929	84,509
Holmes County	D	+49.7%	4,720	1,536	140	6,411
Humphreys County	D	+24.2%	2,305	1,382	110	3,813
Issaquena County	D	+31.7%	546	269	42	873
Itawamba County	R	−7.0%	2,987	3,490	732	7,237
Jackson County	R	−27.2%	13,598	24,918	2,947	41,625
Jasper County	D	+9.0%	3,170	2,615	353	6,153
Jefferson County	D	+65.5%	2,531	489	89	3,119
Jefferson Davis County	D	+15.9%	2,663	1,890	264	4,866
Jones County	R	−25.9%	7,360	13,020	1,362	21,837
Kemper County	D	+16.5%	2,048	1,439	188	3,696
Lafayette County	R	−1.1%	4,646	4,753	580	10,074
Lamar County	R	−42.6%	3,169	8,609	925	12,774
Lauderdale County	R	−25.7%	8,668	15,055	1,036	24,834
Lawrence County	D	+1.7%	2,481	2,392	471	5,371
Leake County	R	−1.8%	2,902	3,017	406	6,338
Lee County	R	−15.6%	8,438	11,815	1,361	21,686
Leflore County	D	+20.5%	6,853	4,456	240	11,713
Lincoln County	R	−15.1%	4,294	5,960	778	11,067
Lowndes County	R	−18.1%	6,220	9,169	750	16,258
Madison County	R	−20.7%	9,354	14,467	759	24,688
Marion County	R	−6.9%	4,334	5,023	585	9,968
Marshall County	D	+37.5%	7,521	3,272	482	11,340
Monroe County	R	−0.2%	5,184	5,206	889	11,324
Montgomery County	D	+0.7%	1,970	1,943	197	4,121
Neshoba County	R	−24.4%	2,646	4,545	560	7,787
Newton County	R	−29.9%	2,163	4,223	464	6,889
Noxubee County	D	+35.2%	2,801	1,287	119	4,298
Oktibbeha County	R	−1.7%	5,923	6,142	395	12,524
Panola County	D	+17.7%	5,408	3,701	513	9,652
Pearl River County	R	−23.1%	4,892	8,212	1,190	14,377
Perry County	R	−18.9%	1,413	2,178	450	4,054
Pike County	D	+7.2%	6,302	5,403	683	12,435
Pontotoc County	R	−21.9%	2,597	4,289	774	7,709
Prentiss County	R	−5.9%	3,053	3,473	574	7,127
Quitman County	D	+30.9%	2,186	1,121	126	3,445
Rankin County	R	−45.1%	8,614	24,585	2,093	35,423
Scott County	R	−11.2%	3,163	4,018	466	7,664
Sharkey County	D	+25.2%	1,566	906	70	2,619
Simpson County	R	−20.4%	2,851	4,455	525	7,877
Smith County	R	−26.2%	1,858	3,371	522	5,765
Stone County	R	−17.2%	1,551	2,288	417	4,281
Sunflower County	D	+24.7%	4,960	2,926	290	8,225
Tallahatchie County	D	+26.7%	2,990	1,676	251	4,930
Tate County	R	−6.8%	3,195	3,694	406	7,330
Tippah County	R	−3.7%	2,992	3,249	661	6,942
Tishomingo County	R	−0.9%	2,709	2,766	609	6,109
Tunica County	D	+37.4%	1,263	557	55	1,886
Union County	R	−12.4%	3,316	4,375	788	8,555
Walthall County	D	+0.0%	2,240	2,239	444	4,946
Warren County	R	−2.5%	8,774	9,261	1,259	19,385
Washington County	D	+18.9%	10,053	6,762	437	17,440
Wayne County	R	−8.7%	2,652	3,219	595	6,490
Webster County	R	−22.5%	1,379	2,254	255	3,896
Wilkinson County	D	+43.7%	2,807	1,016	226	4,102
Winston County	R	−0.1%	3,488	3,498	434	7,438
Yalobusha County	D	+16.1%	2,437	1,711	332	4,498
Yazoo County	D	+6.5%	4,754	4,152	362	9,333