Mississippi 1976 Presidential Election

Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter won the Mississippi 1976 presidential election with 381,309 votes (49.6%), a margin of D+1.9. Mississippi's 6 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

49.6%

47.7%

381,309

Jimmy Carter (49.6%)

366,845

Gerald Ford (47.7%)

Total Votes: 769,363|Margin: D+1.9

County Results

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County Results (82 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Jefferson County	D+52.0	D+56.9	D+56.1	3,426	D+39.5%
Benton County	D+49.4	D+24.5	R+0.6	3,209	D+84.4%
Marshall County	D+49.1	D+34.1	D+14.2	9,226	D+76.2%
Claiborne County	D+41.0	D+45.0	D+42.0	3,852	D+25.8%
Tippah County	D+37.8	D+7.3	R+29.3	6,274	D+111.3%
Itawamba County	D+34.7	D+24.8	R+26.3	6,705	D+113.6%
Alcorn County	D+33.1	D+8.3	R+19.1	10,770	D+102.1%
Quitman County	D+33.0	D+25.7	D+3.2	4,045	D+84.1%
Union County	D+32.8	D+16.7	R+35.6	7,659	D+110.2%
Wilkinson County	D+32.3	D+34.2	D+20.6	3,845	D+38.8%
Holmes County	D+30.2	D+33.2	D+29.0	7,203	D+25.7%
Tishomingo County	D+30.2	D+29.2	R+10.1	5,839	D+110.0%
Prentiss County	D+29.7	D+19.2	R+24.9	6,977	D+112.9%
Pontotoc County	D+28.1	D+16.7	R+36.0	6,491	D+107.8%
Tunica County	D+27.0	D+38.8	D+18.3	2,756	D+52.3%
Issaquena County	D+25.4	D+25.7	R+1.1	954	D+51.9%
Panola County	D+24.0	D+18.3	R+3.4	9,067	D+66.7%
George County	D+21.3	R+5.0	R+44.6	5,229	D+107.9%
Tate County	D+19.4	D+7.5	R+24.2	6,436	D+73.2%
Coahoma County	D+19.3	D+20.3	D+8.4	11,113	D+46.3%
Humphreys County	D+19.3	D+22.5	D+5.8	3,774	D+61.9%
Bolivar County	D+18.8	D+25.5	D+11.6	12,875	D+52.6%
Jefferson Davis County	D+18.7	D+25.1	R+4.3	4,698	D+65.7%
Kemper County	D+18.2	D+17.5	R+5.9	4,160	D+70.5%
Yalobusha County	D+17.7	D+20.9	R+11.3	4,503	D+74.2%
Calhoun County	D+17.4	D+11.9	R+34.3	4,788	D+100.4%
Tallahatchie County	D+16.1	D+22.2	R+3.1	5,252	D+74.7%
Greene County	D+15.6	R+0.9	R+35.6	3,770	D+84.3%
Jasper County	D+13.7	D+15.5	R+9.0	5,513	D+71.7%
Attala County	D+12.4	D+1.7	R+18.8	7,423	D+73.4%
Madison County	D+12.4	D+11.4	R+7.4	11,316	D+30.3%
Monroe County	D+12.1	D+18.0	R+24.9	11,234	D+81.4%
Washington County	D+12.0	D+8.7	R+7.8	18,149	D+45.2%
Perry County	D+11.8	R+7.0	R+35.5	3,725	D+81.9%
Walthall County	D+11.0	D+4.5	R+19.6	4,927	D+71.5%
Sunflower County	D+10.8	D+14.6	R+2.6	8,024	D+58.6%
DeSoto County	D+10.6	R+20.2	R+48.2	14,312	D+75.6%
Sharkey County	D+10.6	D+31.8	D+6.9	2,449	D+47.3%
Lafayette County	D+7.7	D+5.4	R+24.4	8,351	D+62.5%
Clay County	D+7.3	D+10.5	R+0.8	6,837	D+53.7%
Pearl River County	D+7.2	R+14.8	R+52.6	9,665	D+84.6%
Leake County	D+7.1	D+5.3	R+24.2	6,508	D+66.5%
Lee County	D+7.0	D+9.1	R+36.0	16,333	D+77.0%
Webster County	D+6.4	R+4.4	R+41.6	4,281	D+85.7%
Amite County	D+6.4	D+9.6	R+14.8	4,999	D+46.6%
Noxubee County	D+6.3	D+26.4	D+15.6	4,136	D+41.4%
Chickasaw County	D+5.4	D+17.1	R+21.4	5,723	D+77.0%
Covington County	D+4.9	R+7.9	R+30.3	5,568	D+74.9%
Wayne County	D+4.4	R+4.7	R+27.8	6,422	D+69.3%
Winston County	D+3.8	D+4.9	R+18.9	7,792	D+61.8%
Lawrence County	D+3.0	R+1.6	R+27.1	4,436	D+67.6%
Montgomery County	D+2.7	D+4.7	R+24.3	4,827	D+57.1%
Stone County	D+2.2	R+1.7	R+42.8	3,278	D+80.2%
Leflore County	D+2.1	D+12.4	R+0.7	12,589	D+54.9%
Copiah County	D+1.8	D+10.4	R+11.7	8,646	D+51.0%
Adams County	D+1.4	R+1.9	R+9.2	13,861	D+39.3%
Hancock County	D+1.1	R+17.3	R+48.6	7,842	D+74.9%
Pike County	D+0.8	D+0.2	R+14.7	11,751	D+47.2%
Neshoba County	D+0.4	R+14.1	R+43.6	7,819	D+78.1%
Carroll County	D+0.2	R+2.7	R+31.7	3,167	D+49.5%
Scott County	R+0.1	R+6.8	R+27.5	7,468	D+61.4%
Marion County	R+0.2	D+1.4	R+32.3	10,737	D+59.5%
Choctaw County	R+1.3	R+5.4	R+36.2	3,171	D+73.0%
Clarke County	R+2.0	Even	R+33.5	5,995	D+62.5%
Yazoo County	R+2.4	D+6.2	R+10.8	8,471	D+44.0%
Franklin County	R+4.2	D+0.3	R+26.2	3,395	D+55.9%
Grenada County	R+4.4	D+2.3	R+21.8	7,020	D+47.7%
Jones County	R+4.5	R+7.3	R+41.2	21,552	D+65.2%
Harrison County	R+7.1	R+20.7	R+46.1	37,139	D+63.1%
Simpson County	R+8.7	R+12.6	R+34.6	7,960	D+64.0%
Oktibbeha County	R+8.8	R+2.1	R+19.5	9,725	D+43.7%
Lowndes County	R+12.4	R+23.1	R+32.8	14,700	D+47.6%
Smith County	R+12.4	R+20.5	R+52.8	5,748	D+73.1%
Lamar County	R+12.8	R+28.0	R+60.1	7,414	D+66.9%
Forrest County	R+14.9	R+20.5	R+39.6	19,120	D+49.2%
Jackson County	R+14.9	R+28.6	R+53.9	31,082	D+63.6%
Warren County	R+15.3	R+14.7	R+23.1	15,705	D+32.7%
Newton County	R+16.0	R+10.9	R+46.9	6,690	D+62.6%
Lauderdale County	R+18.2	R+18.4	R+41.4	24,446	D+48.1%
Lincoln County	R+19.6	R+16.4	R+33.2	10,392	D+54.3%
Hinds County	R+22.5	R+9.7	R+14.5	75,756	D+35.5%
Rankin County	R+24.2	R+34.2	R+58.4	18,878	D+47.6%

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County Results (82 counties)

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