Mississippi — 1976 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1976 presidential electionMississippi · PresidentCarterD+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 |
1976presidential margin
D+60R+60
82 counties, each filled by 1976 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Mississippi cast 7 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (82 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, MS | Democratic | D+1.4 |
| Alcorn County, MS | Democratic | D+33.1 |
| Amite County, MS | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Attala County, MS | Democratic | D+12.4 |
| Benton County, MS | Democratic | D+49.4 |
| Bolivar County, MS | Democratic | D+18.8 |
| Calhoun County, MS | Democratic | D+17.4 |
| Carroll County, MS | Democratic | D+0.2 |
| Chickasaw County, MS | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Choctaw County, MS | Republican | R+1.3 |
| Claiborne County, MS | Democratic | D+41.0 |
| Clarke County, MS | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Clay County, MS | Democratic | D+7.3 |
| Coahoma County, MS | Democratic | D+19.3 |
| Copiah County, MS | Democratic | D+1.8 |
| Covington County, MS | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| DeSoto County, MS | Democratic | D+10.6 |
| Forrest County, MS | Republican | R+14.9 |
| Franklin County, MS | Republican | R+4.2 |
| George County, MS | Democratic | D+21.3 |
| Greene County, MS | Democratic | D+15.6 |
| Grenada County, MS | Republican | R+4.4 |
| Hancock County, MS | Democratic | D+1.1 |
| Harrison County, MS | Republican | R+7.1 |
| Hinds County, MS | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Holmes County, MS | Democratic | D+30.2 |
| Humphreys County, MS | Democratic | D+19.3 |
| Issaquena County, MS | Democratic | D+25.4 |
| Itawamba County, MS | Democratic | D+34.7 |
| Jackson County, MS | Republican | R+14.9 |
| Jasper County, MS | Democratic | D+13.7 |
| Jefferson County, MS | Democratic | D+52.0 |
| Jefferson Davis County, MS | Democratic | D+18.7 |
| Jones County, MS | Republican | R+4.4 |
| Kemper County, MS | Democratic | D+18.2 |
| Lafayette County, MS | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Lamar County, MS | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Lauderdale County, MS | Republican | R+18.2 |
| Lawrence County, MS | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Leake County, MS | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Lee County, MS | Democratic | D+7.0 |
| Leflore County, MS | Democratic | D+2.1 |
| Lincoln County, MS | Republican | R+19.6 |
| Lowndes County, MS | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Madison County, MS | Democratic | D+12.4 |
| Marion County, MS | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Marshall County, MS | Democratic | D+49.1 |
| Monroe County, MS | Democratic | D+12.1 |
| Montgomery County, MS | Democratic | D+2.7 |
| Neshoba County, MS | Democratic | D+0.4 |
| Newton County, MS | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Noxubee County, MS | Democratic | D+6.3 |
| Oktibbeha County, MS | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Panola County, MS | Democratic | D+24.0 |
| Pearl River County, MS | Democratic | D+7.2 |
| Perry County, MS | Democratic | D+11.8 |
| Pike County, MS | Democratic | D+0.8 |
| Pontotoc County, MS | Democratic | D+28.1 |
| Prentiss County, MS | Democratic | D+29.7 |
| Quitman County, MS | Democratic | D+33.0 |
| Rankin County, MS | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Scott County, MS | Republican | R+0.1 |
| Sharkey County, MS | Democratic | D+10.6 |
| Simpson County, MS | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Smith County, MS | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Stone County, MS | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Sunflower County, MS | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Tallahatchie County, MS | Democratic | D+16.1 |
| Tate County, MS | Democratic | D+19.4 |
| Tippah County, MS | Democratic | D+37.8 |
| Tishomingo County, MS | Democratic | D+30.2 |
| Tunica County, MS | Democratic | D+27.0 |
| Union County, MS | Democratic | D+32.8 |
| Walthall County, MS | Democratic | D+11.0 |
| Warren County, MS | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Washington County, MS | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Wayne County, MS | Democratic | D+4.4 |
| Webster County, MS | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Wilkinson County, MS | Democratic | D+32.3 |
| Winston County, MS | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Yalobusha County, MS | Democratic | D+17.7 |
| Yazoo County, MS | Republican | R+2.4 |
Mississippi results by county
82 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Jimmy Carter+188 | 6,61947.8% | 6,43146.4% | 8115.9% | 13,861 |
| Alcorn County | Jimmy Carter+3,565 | 6,99564.9% | 3,43031.8% | 3453.2% | 10,770 |
| Amite County | Jimmy Carter+318 | 2,57451.5% | 2,25645.1% | 1693.4% | 4,999 |
| Attala County | Jimmy Carter+922 | 4,06854.8% | 3,14642.4% | 2092.8% | 7,423 |
| Benton County | Jimmy Carter+1,585 | 2,37574.0% | 79024.6% | 441.4% | 3,209 |
| Bolivar County | Jimmy Carter+2,425 | 7,56158.7% | 5,13639.9% | 1781.4% | 12,875 |
| Calhoun County | Jimmy Carter+832 | 2,72456.9% | 1,89239.5% | 1723.6% | 4,788 |
| Carroll County | Jimmy Carter+5 | 1,56649.4% | 1,56149.3% | 401.3% | 3,167 |
| Chickasaw County | Jimmy Carter+310 | 2,89150.5% | 2,58145.1% | 2514.4% | 5,723 |
| Choctaw County | Gerald Ford+41 | 1,52047.9% | 1,56149.2% | 902.8% | 3,171 |
| Claiborne County | Jimmy Carter+1,579 | 2,65769.0% | 1,07828.0% | 1173.0% | 3,852 |
| Clarke County | Gerald Ford+119 | 2,81647.0% | 2,93549.0% | 2444.1% | 5,995 |
| Clay County | Jimmy Carter+497 | 3,51451.4% | 3,01744.1% | 3064.5% | 6,837 |
| Coahoma County | Jimmy Carter+2,143 | 6,41257.7% | 4,26938.4% | 4323.9% | 11,113 |
| Copiah County | Jimmy Carter+159 | 4,26749.4% | 4,10847.5% | 2713.1% | 8,646 |
| Covington County | Jimmy Carter+271 | 2,86251.4% | 2,59146.5% | 1152.1% | 5,568 |
| DeSoto County | Jimmy Carter+1,516 | 7,75654.2% | 6,24043.6% | 3162.2% | 14,312 |
| Forrest County | Gerald Ford+2,856 | 7,91441.4% | 10,77056.3% | 4362.3% | 19,120 |
| Franklin County | Gerald Ford+141 | 1,57846.5% | 1,71950.6% | 982.9% | 3,395 |
| George County | Jimmy Carter+1,115 | 3,07258.7% | 1,95737.4% | 2003.8% | 5,229 |
| Greene County | Jimmy Carter+589 | 2,12756.4% | 1,53840.8% | 1052.8% | 3,770 |
| Grenada County | Gerald Ford+306 | 3,26346.5% | 3,56950.8% | 1882.7% | 7,020 |
| Hancock County | Jimmy Carter+90 | 3,85549.2% | 3,76548.0% | 2222.8% | 7,842 |
| Harrison County | Gerald Ford+2,638 | 16,56944.6% | 19,20751.7% | 1,3633.7% | 37,139 |
| Hinds County | Gerald Ford+17,055 | 28,74837.9% | 45,80360.5% | 1,2051.6% | 75,756 |
| Holmes County | Jimmy Carter+2,178 | 4,61664.1% | 2,43833.8% | 1492.1% | 7,203 |
| Humphreys County | Jimmy Carter+727 | 2,17257.6% | 1,44538.3% | 1574.2% | 3,774 |
| Issaquena County | Jimmy Carter+242 | 56759.4% | 32534.1% | 626.5% | 954 |
| Itawamba County | Jimmy Carter+2,327 | 4,48066.8% | 2,15332.1% | 721.1% | 6,705 |
| Jackson County | Gerald Ford+4,644 | 12,53340.3% | 17,17755.3% | 1,3724.4% | 31,082 |
| Jasper County | Jimmy Carter+753 | 3,10956.4% | 2,35642.7% | 480.9% | 5,513 |
| Jefferson County | Jimmy Carter+1,780 | 2,56274.8% | 78222.8% | 822.4% | 3,426 |
| Jefferson Davis County | Jimmy Carter+879 | 2,74758.5% | 1,86839.8% | 831.8% | 4,698 |
| Jones County | Gerald Ford+959 | 10,13947.0% | 11,09851.5% | 3151.5% | 21,552 |
| Kemper County | Jimmy Carter+756 | 2,43658.6% | 1,68040.4% | 441.1% | 4,160 |
| Lafayette County | Jimmy Carter+640 | 4,37552.4% | 3,73544.7% | 2412.9% | 8,351 |
| Lamar County | Gerald Ford+947 | 3,10941.9% | 4,05654.7% | 2493.4% | 7,414 |
| Lauderdale County | Gerald Ford+4,460 | 9,81340.1% | 14,27358.4% | 3601.5% | 24,446 |
| Lawrence County | Jimmy Carter+133 | 2,24250.5% | 2,10947.5% | 851.9% | 4,436 |
| Leake County | Jimmy Carter+463 | 3,41552.5% | 2,95245.4% | 1412.2% | 6,508 |
| Lee County | Jimmy Carter+1,138 | 8,50452.1% | 7,36645.1% | 4632.8% | 16,333 |
| Leflore County | Jimmy Carter+263 | 6,13548.7% | 5,87246.6% | 5824.6% | 12,589 |
| Lincoln County | Gerald Ford+2,041 | 4,04338.9% | 6,08458.5% | 2652.6% | 10,392 |
| Lowndes County | Gerald Ford+1,822 | 6,18142.0% | 8,00354.4% | 5163.5% | 14,700 |
| Madison County | Jimmy Carter+1,402 | 6,24055.1% | 4,83842.8% | 2382.1% | 11,316 |
| Marion County | Gerald Ford+17 | 5,28349.2% | 5,30049.4% | 1541.4% | 10,737 |
| Marshall County | Jimmy Carter+4,527 | 6,76973.4% | 2,24224.3% | 2152.3% | 9,226 |
| Monroe County | Jimmy Carter+1,360 | 6,09754.3% | 4,73742.2% | 4003.6% | 11,234 |
| Montgomery County | Jimmy Carter+132 | 2,41049.9% | 2,27847.2% | 1392.9% | 4,827 |
| Neshoba County | Jimmy Carter+32 | 3,89149.8% | 3,85949.4% | 690.9% | 7,819 |
| Newton County | Gerald Ford+1,072 | 2,74141.0% | 3,81357.0% | 1362.0% | 6,690 |
| Noxubee County | Jimmy Carter+261 | 2,12151.3% | 1,86045.0% | 1553.7% | 4,136 |
| Oktibbeha County | Gerald Ford+855 | 4,33944.6% | 5,19453.4% | 1922.0% | 9,725 |
| Panola County | Jimmy Carter+2,176 | 5,51760.8% | 3,34136.8% | 2092.3% | 9,067 |
| Pearl River County | Jimmy Carter+692 | 5,02452.0% | 4,33244.8% | 3093.2% | 9,665 |
| Perry County | Jimmy Carter+438 | 1,96552.8% | 1,52741.0% | 2336.3% | 3,725 |
| Pike County | Jimmy Carter+90 | 5,74948.9% | 5,65948.2% | 3432.9% | 11,751 |
| Pontotoc County | Jimmy Carter+1,821 | 4,06662.6% | 2,24534.6% | 1802.8% | 6,491 |
| Prentiss County | Jimmy Carter+2,069 | 4,43163.5% | 2,36233.9% | 1842.6% | 6,977 |
| Quitman County | Jimmy Carter+1,334 | 2,62164.8% | 1,28731.8% | 1373.4% | 4,045 |
| Rankin County | Gerald Ford+4,570 | 6,93736.7% | 11,50761.0% | 4342.3% | 18,878 |
| Scott County | Gerald Ford+6 | 3,64348.8% | 3,64948.9% | 1762.4% | 7,468 |
| Sharkey County | Jimmy Carter+259 | 1,28352.4% | 1,02441.8% | 1425.8% | 2,449 |
| Simpson County | Gerald Ford+691 | 3,60045.2% | 4,29153.9% | 690.9% | 7,960 |
| Smith County | Gerald Ford+713 | 2,43442.3% | 3,14754.7% | 1672.9% | 5,748 |
| Stone County | Jimmy Carter+73 | 1,64850.3% | 1,57548.0% | 551.7% | 3,278 |
| Sunflower County | Jimmy Carter+866 | 4,32253.9% | 3,45643.1% | 2463.1% | 8,024 |
| Tallahatchie County | Jimmy Carter+845 | 2,99156.9% | 2,14640.9% | 1152.2% | 5,252 |
| Tate County | Jimmy Carter+1,250 | 3,74758.2% | 2,49738.8% | 1923.0% | 6,436 |
| Tippah County | Jimmy Carter+2,373 | 4,26067.9% | 1,88730.1% | 1272.0% | 6,274 |
| Tishomingo County | Jimmy Carter+1,765 | 3,73463.9% | 1,96933.7% | 1362.3% | 5,839 |
| Tunica County | Jimmy Carter+744 | 1,69561.5% | 95134.5% | 1104.0% | 2,756 |
| Union County | Jimmy Carter+2,514 | 5,02165.6% | 2,50732.7% | 1311.7% | 7,659 |
| Walthall County | Jimmy Carter+540 | 2,65053.8% | 2,11042.8% | 1673.4% | 4,927 |
| Warren County | Gerald Ford+2,400 | 6,29940.1% | 8,69955.4% | 7074.5% | 15,705 |
| Washington County | Jimmy Carter+2,176 | 9,65053.2% | 7,47441.2% | 1,0255.6% | 18,149 |
| Wayne County | Jimmy Carter+284 | 3,30651.5% | 3,02247.1% | 941.5% | 6,422 |
| Webster County | Jimmy Carter+275 | 2,21851.8% | 1,94345.4% | 1202.8% | 4,281 |
| Wilkinson County | Jimmy Carter+1,241 | 2,51465.4% | 1,27333.1% | 581.5% | 3,845 |
| Winston County | Jimmy Carter+297 | 3,95650.8% | 3,65947.0% | 1772.3% | 7,792 |
| Yalobusha County | Jimmy Carter+795 | 2,60357.8% | 1,80840.2% | 922.0% | 4,503 |
| Yazoo County | Gerald Ford+202 | 4,05347.8% | 4,25550.2% | 1631.9% | 8,471 |
Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Gerald Ford (R)
Mississippi's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +73.3% |
| 1896 | +84.1% |
| 1900 | +77.6% |
| 1904 | +85.5% |
| 1908 | +83.6% |
| 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% |
Same ballot, 1976MS
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1976 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.