Mississippi 1996 Presidential Election

Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dole

Bob Dole won the Mississippi 1996 presidential election with 439,838 votes (49.2%), a margin of R+5.1. Mississippi's 6 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

44.1%

49.2%

394,022

Bill Clinton (44.1%)

439,838

Bob Dole (49.2%)

Total Votes: 893,857|Margin: R+5.1

County Results

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County Results (82 counties)

County	Margin	1996 Pres	2000 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Jefferson County	D+65.5	D+65.5	D+64.1	3,119	D+2.0%
Claiborne County	D+63.6	D+63.6	D+60.4	4,647	D+9.9%
Holmes County	D+49.7	D+49.7	D+47.3	6,411	D+9.8%
Wilkinson County	D+43.7	D+43.7	D+27.5	4,102	D+7.0%
Marshall County	D+37.5	D+37.5	D+23.9	11,340	D+5.0%
Tunica County	D+37.4	D+37.4	D+31.6	1,886	D+3.6%
Bolivar County	D+35.2	D+35.2	D+26.5	13,176	D+6.8%
Noxubee County	D+35.2	D+35.2	D+37.4	4,298	D+4.2%
Issaquena County	D+31.7	D+31.7	D+20.1	873	D+6.3%
Quitman County	D+30.9	D+30.9	D+24.1	3,445	D+7.2%
Benton County	D+30.0	D+30.0	D+9.3	3,166	D+1.0%
Tallahatchie County	D+26.7	D+26.7	D+11.1	4,930	D+14.2%
Sharkey County	D+25.2	D+25.2	D+21.8	2,619	D+6.4%
Sunflower County	D+24.7	D+24.7	D+19.2	8,225	D+10.6%
Coahoma County	D+24.3	D+24.3	D+20.6	9,611	D+3.8%
Humphreys County	D+24.2	D+24.2	D+16.7	3,813	D+3.4%
Leflore County	D+20.5	D+20.5	D+15.7	11,713	D+11.9%
Adams County	D+19.7	D+19.7	D+9.2	14,421	D+4.4%
Washington County	D+18.9	D+18.9	D+16.6	17,440	D+3.7%
Panola County	D+17.7	D+17.7	D+4.0	9,652	D+5.3%
Clay County	D+17.4	D+17.4	D+11.6	7,564	D+2.0%
Kemper County	D+16.5	D+16.5	D+9.3	3,696	D+7.0%
Yalobusha County	D+16.1	D+16.1	D+3.9	4,498	D+7.8%
Jefferson Davis County	D+15.9	D+15.9	D+7.5	4,866	D+2.3%
Hinds County	D+11.5	D+11.5	D+10.3	84,509	D+13.2%
Jasper County	D+9.0	D+9.0	R+2.9	6,153	D+4.8%
Chickasaw County	D+7.4	D+7.4	R+0.4	5,930	D+6.4%
Pike County	D+7.2	D+7.2	R+6.5	12,435	D+5.2%
Yazoo County	D+6.5	D+6.5	R+2.4	9,333	D+8.6%
Amite County	D+5.3	D+5.3	R+15.7	5,716	D+4.5%
Copiah County	D+3.1	D+3.1	R+7.5	8,950	D+5.2%
Lawrence County	D+1.7	D+1.7	R+12.6	5,371	D+3.4%
Montgomery County	D+0.7	D+0.7	R+9.1	4,121	D+5.8%
Alcorn County	D+0.0	D+0.0	R+17.4	10,962	R+0.8%
Walthall County	D+0.0	D+0.0	R+19.0	4,946	D+4.2%
Winston County	R+0.1	R+0.1	R+11.6	7,438	D+3.9%
Monroe County	R+0.2	R+0.2	R+12.1	11,324	D+8.5%
Attala County	R+0.6	R+0.6	R+17.9	6,612	D+6.6%
Tishomingo County	R+0.9	R+0.9	R+19.7	6,109	R+7.3%
Lafayette County	R+1.1	R+1.1	R+15.3	10,074	R+0.8%
Grenada County	R+1.3	R+1.3	R+10.3	9,455	D+4.1%
Oktibbeha County	R+1.7	R+1.7	R+10.2	12,524	D+3.2%
Leake County	R+1.8	R+1.8	R+19.0	6,338	D+6.0%
Warren County	R+2.5	R+2.5	R+18.3	19,385	D+7.4%
Tippah County	R+3.7	R+3.7	R+29.4	6,942	D+7.4%
Calhoun County	R+5.8	R+5.8	R+20.8	5,021	D+5.8%
Prentiss County	R+5.9	R+5.9	R+21.4	7,127	D+5.0%
Franklin County	R+6.1	R+6.1	R+23.8	3,339	D+2.9%
Tate County	R+6.8	R+6.8	R+19.6	7,330	D+1.3%
Marion County	R+6.9	R+6.9	R+24.4	9,968	D+2.8%
Itawamba County	R+7.0	R+7.0	R+28.4	7,237	R+1.1%
Wayne County	R+8.7	R+8.7	R+21.5	6,490	D+1.7%
Covington County	R+9.4	R+9.4	R+22.6	6,305	D+1.3%
Scott County	R+11.2	R+11.2	R+22.3	7,664	D+9.4%
Carroll County	R+11.9	R+11.9	R+29.2	4,934	D+4.7%
Union County	R+12.4	R+12.4	R+32.1	8,555	D+2.6%
Hancock County	R+13.3	R+13.3	R+31.1	11,377	R+0.2%
Harrison County	R+13.9	R+13.9	R+24.9	48,235	D+6.7%
Choctaw County	R+14.5	R+14.5	R+30.1	3,227	D+1.2%
Lincoln County	R+15.1	R+15.1	R+32.2	11,067	D+2.5%
Lee County	R+15.6	R+15.6	R+25.5	21,686	D+4.5%
Forrest County	R+16.2	R+16.2	R+21.5	20,442	D+1.8%
Greene County	R+16.6	R+16.6	R+39.8	3,625	R+0.5%
Stone County	R+17.2	R+17.2	R+36.7	4,281	D+2.9%
Lowndes County	R+18.1	R+18.1	R+20.1	16,258	D+2.9%
Clarke County	R+18.3	R+18.3	R+30.9	6,192	D+9.8%
Perry County	R+18.9	R+18.9	R+39.9	4,054	D+4.4%
Simpson County	R+20.4	R+20.4	R+31.6	7,877	D+2.6%
Madison County	R+20.7	R+20.7	R+29.1	24,688	R+6.3%
Pontotoc County	R+21.9	R+21.9	R+40.3	7,709	R+2.5%
Webster County	R+22.5	R+22.5	R+36.1	3,896	R+1.5%
Pearl River County	R+23.1	R+23.1	R+42.3	14,377	R+2.5%
DeSoto County	R+23.2	R+23.2	R+43.8	33,881	D+3.2%
George County	R+23.9	R+23.9	R+43.5	5,943	R+8.3%
Neshoba County	R+24.4	R+24.4	R+42.4	7,787	D+5.9%
Lauderdale County	R+25.7	R+25.7	R+34.3	24,834	D+5.6%
Jones County	R+25.9	R+25.9	R+35.4	21,837	R+2.2%
Smith County	R+26.2	R+26.2	R+49.3	5,765	D+5.3%
Jackson County	R+27.2	R+27.2	R+35.2	41,625	D+0.2%
Newton County	R+29.9	R+29.9	R+43.8	6,889	D+8.3%
Lamar County	R+42.6	R+42.6	R+56.1	12,774	R+3.8%
Rankin County	R+45.1	R+45.1	R+60.2	35,423	D+0.2%

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County Results (82 counties)

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