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The 1976 United States presidential election in Mississippi was held on November 2, 1976. The Democratic Party candidate Jimmy Carter won the state of Mississippi. He narrowly won the state with 49.56% of the vote, and all seven of the state's electors were pledged to Carter.[1]
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last time a Democrat won the state of Mississippi, as well as Hancock County, Neshoba County, DeSoto County, Carroll County, Covington County, Pearl River County, George County, Wayne County, Stone County, Greene County, Perry County, and Webster County.[2]
60% of white voters supported Ford while 36% supported Carter.[3][4]
Source | Rating | As of |
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The Atlanta Constitution[5] | Likely D (Flip) | September 13, 1976 |
Kansas City Times[6] | Lean R | October 26, 1976 |
Daily News[7] | Tossup | October 27, 1976 |
Sun Herald[8] | Lean R | October 31, 1976 |
Austin American-Statesman[9] | Lean R | October 31, 1976 |
1976 United States presidential election in Mississippi[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 381,309 | 49.56% | 7 | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | 366,845 | 47.68% | 0 | |
Mississippi American | Thomas J. Anderson | 6,678 | 0.87% | 0 | |
Independent | Lester Maddox | 4,861 | 0.63% | 0 | |
Independent | Eugene McCarthy | 4,074 | 0.53% | 0 | |
Independent | Peter Camejo | 2,805 | 0.36% | 0 | |
Independent | Roger MacBride | 2,787 | 0.36% | 0 | |
Totals | 769,363 | 100.0% | 7 |
County[10] | Jimmy Carter Democratic |
Gerald Ford Republican |
Thomas Anderson Mississippi American |
Lester Maddox Independent |
Eugene McCarthy Independent |
Peter Camejo Independent |
Roger MacBride Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 6,619 | 47.75% | 6,431 | 46.40% | 80 | 0.58% | 153 | 1.10% | 56 | 0.40% | 227 | 1.64% | 295 | 2.13% | 188 | 1.35% | 13,861 |
Alcorn | 6,995 | 64.95% | 3,430 | 31.85% | 96 | 0.89% | 121 | 1.12% | 59 | 0.55% | 36 | 0.33% | 33 | 0.31% | 3,565 | 33.10% | 10,770 |
Amite | 2,574 | 51.49% | 2,256 | 45.13% | 61 | 1.22% | 45 | 0.90% | 20 | 0.40% | 24 | 0.48% | 19 | 0.38% | 318 | 6.36% | 4,999 |
Attala | 4,068 | 54.80% | 3,146 | 42.38% | 64 | 0.86% | 64 | 0.86% | 35 | 0.47% | 23 | 0.31% | 23 | 0.31% | 922 | 12.42% | 7,423 |
Benton | 2,375 | 74.01% | 790 | 24.62% | 25 | 0.78% | 19 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,585 | 49.39% | 3,209 |
Bolivar | 7,561 | 58.73% | 5,136 | 39.89% | 102 | 0.79% | 20 | 0.16% | 31 | 0.24% | 12 | 0.09% | 13 | 0.10% | 2,425 | 18.84% | 12,875 |
Calhoun | 2,724 | 56.89% | 1,892 | 39.52% | 70 | 1.46% | 34 | 0.71% | 24 | 0.50% | 26 | 0.54% | 18 | 0.38% | 832 | 17.37% | 4,788 |
Carroll | 1,566 | 49.45% | 1,561 | 49.29% | 15 | 0.47% | 13 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.16% | 3,167 |
Chickasaw | 2,891 | 50.52% | 2,581 | 45.10% | 66 | 1.15% | 54 | 0.94% | 47 | 0.82% | 45 | 0.79% | 39 | 0.68% | 310 | 5.42% | 5,723 |
Choctaw | 1,520 | 47.93% | 1,561 | 49.23% | 36 | 1.14% | 18 | 0.57% | 17 | 0.54% | 7 | 0.22% | 12 | 0.38% | -41 | -1.30% | 3,171 |
Claiborne | 2,657 | 68.98% | 1,078 | 27.99% | 36 | 0.93% | 11 | 0.29% | 23 | 0.60% | 13 | 0.34% | 34 | 0.88% | 1,579 | 40.99% | 3,852 |
Clarke | 2,816 | 46.97% | 2,935 | 48.96% | 45 | 0.75% | 66 | 1.10% | 51 | 0.85% | 41 | 0.68% | 41 | 0.68% | -119 | -1.99% | 5,995 |
Clay | 3,514 | 51.40% | 3,017 | 44.13% | 64 | 0.94% | 79 | 1.16% | 61 | 0.89% | 55 | 0.80% | 47 | 0.69% | 497 | 7.27% | 6,837 |
Coahoma | 6,412 | 57.70% | 4,269 | 38.41% | 104 | 0.94% | 109 | 0.98% | 106 | 0.95% | 63 | 0.57% | 50 | 0.45% | 2,143 | 19.29% | 11,113 |
Copiah | 4,267 | 49.35% | 4,108 | 47.51% | 68 | 0.79% | 64 | 0.74% | 43 | 0.50% | 51 | 0.59% | 45 | 0.52% | 159 | 1.84% | 8,646 |
Covington | 2,862 | 51.40% | 2,591 | 46.53% | 33 | 0.59% | 21 | 0.38% | 23 | 0.41% | 19 | 0.34% | 19 | 0.34% | 271 | 4.87% | 5,568 |
DeSoto | 7,756 | 54.19% | 6,240 | 43.60% | 78 | 0.54% | 69 | 0.48% | 88 | 0.61% | 46 | 0.32% | 35 | 0.24% | 1,516 | 10.59% | 14,312 |
Forrest | 7,914 | 41.39% | 10,770 | 56.33% | 167 | 0.87% | 93 | 0.49% | 95 | 0.50% | 42 | 0.22% | 39 | 0.20% | -2,856 | -14.94% | 19,120 |
Franklin | 1,578 | 46.48% | 1,719 | 50.63% | 29 | 0.85% | 31 | 0.91% | 17 | 0.50% | 12 | 0.35% | 9 | 0.27% | -141 | -4.15% | 3,395 |
George | 3,072 | 58.75% | 1,957 | 37.43% | 56 | 1.07% | 39 | 0.75% | 44 | 0.84% | 34 | 0.65% | 27 | 0.52% | 1,115 | 21.32% | 5,229 |
Greene | 2,127 | 56.42% | 1,538 | 40.80% | 16 | 0.42% | 34 | 0.90% | 17 | 0.45% | 15 | 0.40% | 23 | 0.61% | 589 | 15.62% | 3,770 |
Grenada | 3,263 | 46.48% | 3,569 | 50.84% | 72 | 1.03% | 25 | 0.36% | 45 | 0.64% | 29 | 0.41% | 17 | 0.24% | -306 | -4.36% | 7,020 |
Hancock | 3,855 | 49.16% | 3,765 | 48.01% | 47 | 0.60% | 68 | 0.87% | 44 | 0.56% | 35 | 0.45% | 28 | 0.36% | 90 | 1.15% | 7,842 |
Harrison | 16,569 | 44.61% | 19,207 | 51.72% | 361 | 0.97% | 328 | 0.88% | 301 | 0.81% | 207 | 0.56% | 166 | 0.45% | -2,638 | -7.11% | 37,139 |
Hinds | 28,748 | 37.95% | 45,803 | 60.46% | 415 | 0.55% | 261 | 0.34% | 270 | 0.36% | 114 | 0.15% | 145 | 0.19% | -17,055 | -22.51% | 75,756 |
Holmes | 4,616 | 64.08% | 2,438 | 33.85% | 54 | 0.75% | 37 | 0.51% | 23 | 0.32% | 15 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.28% | 2,178 | 30.23% | 7,203 |
Humphreys | 2,172 | 57.55% | 1,445 | 38.29% | 39 | 1.03% | 37 | 0.98% | 40 | 1.06% | 20 | 0.53% | 21 | 0.56% | 727 | 19.26% | 3,774 |
Issaquena | 567 | 59.43% | 325 | 34.07% | 19 | 1.99% | 17 | 1.78% | 16 | 1.68% | 8 | 0.84% | 2 | 0.21% | 242 | 25.36% | 954 |
Itawamba | 4,480 | 66.82% | 2,153 | 32.11% | 25 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.15% | 23 | 0.34% | 6 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.12% | 2,327 | 34.71% | 6,705 |
Jackson | 12,533 | 40.32% | 17,177 | 55.26% | 332 | 1.07% | 394 | 1.27% | 248 | 0.80% | 201 | 0.65% | 197 | 0.63% | -4,644 | -14.94% | 31,082 |
Jasper | 3,109 | 56.39% | 2,356 | 42.74% | 28 | 0.51% | 12 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | 753 | 13.65% | 5,513 |
Jefferson | 2,562 | 74.78% | 782 | 22.83% | 21 | 0.61% | 18 | 0.53% | 19 | 0.55% | 11 | 0.32% | 13 | 0.38% | 1,780 | 51.95% | 3,426 |
Jefferson Davis | 2,747 | 58.47% | 1,868 | 39.76% | 25 | 0.53% | 13 | 0.28% | 13 | 0.28% | 15 | 0.32% | 17 | 0.36% | 879 | 18.71% | 4,698 |
Jones | 10,139 | 47.04% | 11,098 | 51.49% | 102 | 0.47% | 81 | 0.38% | 63 | 0.29% | 28 | 0.13% | 41 | 0.19% | -959 | -4.45% | 21,552 |
Kemper | 2,436 | 58.56% | 1,680 | 40.38% | 23 | 0.55% | 14 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 756 | 18.18% | 4,160 |
Lafayette | 4,375 | 52.39% | 3,735 | 44.73% | 57 | 0.68% | 58 | 0.69% | 64 | 0.77% | 40 | 0.48% | 22 | 0.26% | 640 | 7.66% | 8,351 |
Lamar | 3,109 | 41.93% | 4,056 | 54.71% | 97 | 1.31% | 89 | 1.20% | 35 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.09% | 21 | 0.28% | -947 | -12.78% | 7,414 |
Lauderdale | 9,813 | 40.14% | 14,273 | 58.39% | 131 | 0.54% | 134 | 0.55% | 45 | 0.18% | 17 | 0.07% | 33 | 0.13% | -4,460 | -18.25% | 24,446 |
Lawrence | 2,242 | 50.54% | 2,109 | 47.54% | 33 | 0.74% | 19 | 0.43% | 16 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.23% | 133 | 3.00% | 4,436 |
Leake | 3,415 | 52.47% | 2,952 | 45.36% | 39 | 0.60% | 33 | 0.51% | 27 | 0.41% | 29 | 0.45% | 13 | 0.20% | 463 | 7.11% | 6,508 |
Lee | 8,504 | 52.07% | 7,366 | 45.10% | 229 | 1.40% | 49 | 0.30% | 109 | 0.67% | 52 | 0.32% | 24 | 0.15% | 1,138 | 6.97% | 16,333 |
Leflore | 6,135 | 48.73% | 5,872 | 46.64% | 255 | 2.03% | 74 | 0.59% | 129 | 1.02% | 85 | 0.68% | 39 | 0.31% | 263 | 2.09% | 12,589 |
Lincoln | 4,043 | 38.90% | 6,084 | 58.55% | 72 | 0.69% | 85 | 0.82% | 47 | 0.45% | 37 | 0.36% | 24 | 0.23% | -2,041 | -19.65% | 10,392 |
Lowndes | 6,181 | 42.05% | 8,003 | 54.44% | 275 | 1.87% | 68 | 0.46% | 63 | 0.43% | 55 | 0.37% | 55 | 0.37% | -1,822 | -12.39% | 14,700 |
Madison | 6,240 | 55.14% | 4,838 | 42.75% | 120 | 1.06% | 50 | 0.44% | 31 | 0.27% | 9 | 0.08% | 28 | 0.25% | 1,402 | 12.39% | 11,316 |
Marion | 5,283 | 49.20% | 5,300 | 49.36% | 66 | 0.61% | 28 | 0.26% | 23 | 0.21% | 17 | 0.16% | 20 | 0.19% | -17 | -0.16% | 10,737 |
Marshall | 6,769 | 73.37% | 2,242 | 24.30% | 49 | 0.53% | 47 | 0.51% | 50 | 0.54% | 31 | 0.34% | 38 | 0.41% | 4,527 | 49.07% | 9,226 |
Monroe | 6,097 | 54.27% | 4,737 | 42.17% | 100 | 0.89% | 75 | 0.67% | 91 | 0.81% | 68 | 0.61% | 66 | 0.59% | 1,360 | 12.10% | 11,234 |
Montgomery | 2,410 | 49.93% | 2,278 | 47.19% | 42 | 0.87% | 32 | 0.66% | 33 | 0.68% | 17 | 0.35% | 15 | 0.31% | 132 | 2.74% | 4,827 |
Neshoba | 3,891 | 49.76% | 3,859 | 49.35% | 25 | 0.32% | 23 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.10% | 32 | 0.41% | 7,819 |
Newton | 2,741 | 40.97% | 3,813 | 57.00% | 114 | 1.70% | 8 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.04% | -1,072 | -16.03% | 6,690 |
Noxubee | 2,121 | 51.28% | 1,860 | 44.97% | 45 | 1.09% | 39 | 0.94% | 36 | 0.87% | 26 | 0.63% | 9 | 0.22% | 261 | 6.31% | 4,136 |
Oktibbeha | 4,339 | 44.62% | 5,194 | 53.41% | 61 | 0.63% | 27 | 0.28% | 46 | 0.47% | 20 | 0.21% | 38 | 0.39% | -855 | -8.79% | 9,725 |
Panola | 5,517 | 60.85% | 3,341 | 36.85% | 70 | 0.77% | 35 | 0.39% | 45 | 0.50% | 31 | 0.34% | 28 | 0.31% | 2,176 | 24.00% | 9,067 |
Pearl River | 5,024 | 51.98% | 4,332 | 44.82% | 56 | 0.58% | 105 | 1.09% | 74 | 0.77% | 32 | 0.33% | 42 | 0.43% | 692 | 7.16% | 9,665 |
Perry | 1,965 | 52.75% | 1,527 | 40.99% | 112 | 3.01% | 39 | 1.05% | 38 | 1.02% | 24 | 0.64% | 20 | 0.54% | 438 | 11.76% | 3,725 |
Pike | 5,749 | 48.92% | 5,659 | 48.16% | 109 | 0.93% | 103 | 0.88% | 54 | 0.46% | 28 | 0.24% | 49 | 0.42% | 90 | 0.76% | 11,751 |
Pontotoc | 4,066 | 62.64% | 2,245 | 34.59% | 77 | 1.19% | 31 | 0.48% | 26 | 0.40% | 18 | 0.28% | 28 | 0.43% | 1,821 | 28.05% | 6,491 |
Prentiss | 4,431 | 63.51% | 2,362 | 33.85% | 44 | 0.63% | 42 | 0.60% | 46 | 0.66% | 29 | 0.42% | 23 | 0.33% | 2,069 | 29.66% | 6,977 |
Quitman | 2,621 | 64.80% | 1,287 | 31.82% | 34 | 0.84% | 25 | 0.62% | 30 | 0.74% | 23 | 0.57% | 25 | 0.62% | 1,334 | 32.98% | 4,045 |
Rankin | 6,937 | 36.75% | 11,507 | 60.95% | 133 | 0.70% | 125 | 0.66% | 83 | 0.44% | 54 | 0.29% | 39 | 0.21% | -4,570 | -24.20% | 18,878 |
Scott | 3,643 | 48.78% | 3,649 | 48.86% | 61 | 0.82% | 59 | 0.79% | 25 | 0.33% | 14 | 0.19% | 17 | 0.23% | -6 | -0.08% | 7,468 |
Sharkey | 1,283 | 52.39% | 1,024 | 41.81% | 43 | 1.76% | 23 | 0.94% | 33 | 1.35% | 21 | 0.86% | 22 | 0.90% | 259 | 10.58% | 2,449 |
Simpson | 3,600 | 45.23% | 4,291 | 53.91% | 33 | 0.41% | 22 | 0.28% | 11 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.03% | -691 | -8.68% | 7,960 |
Smith | 2,434 | 42.35% | 3,147 | 54.75% | 32 | 0.56% | 53 | 0.92% | 32 | 0.56% | 20 | 0.35% | 30 | 0.52% | -713 | -12.40% | 5,748 |
Stone | 1,648 | 50.27% | 1,575 | 48.05% | 26 | 0.79% | 9 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.03% | 14 | 0.43% | 73 | 2.22% | 3,278 |
Sunflower | 4,322 | 53.86% | 3,456 | 43.07% | 69 | 0.86% | 46 | 0.57% | 49 | 0.61% | 47 | 0.59% | 35 | 0.44% | 866 | 10.79% | 8,024 |
Tallahatchie | 2,991 | 56.95% | 2,146 | 40.86% | 37 | 0.70% | 29 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.38% | 17 | 0.32% | 12 | 0.23% | 845 | 16.09% | 5,252 |
Tate | 3,747 | 58.22% | 2,497 | 38.80% | 51 | 0.79% | 57 | 0.89% | 40 | 0.62% | 20 | 0.31% | 24 | 0.37% | 1,250 | 19.42% | 6,436 |
Tippah | 4,260 | 67.90% | 1,887 | 30.08% | 47 | 0.75% | 26 | 0.41% | 25 | 0.40% | 15 | 0.24% | 14 | 0.22% | 2,373 | 37.82% | 6,274 |
Tishomingo | 3,734 | 63.95% | 1,969 | 33.72% | 53 | 0.91% | 28 | 0.48% | 20 | 0.34% | 20 | 0.34% | 15 | 0.26% | 1,765 | 30.23% | 5,839 |
Tunica | 1,695 | 61.50% | 951 | 34.51% | 23 | 0.83% | 24 | 0.87% | 33 | 1.20% | 17 | 0.62% | 13 | 0.47% | 744 | 26.99% | 2,756 |
Union | 5,021 | 65.56% | 2,507 | 32.73% | 52 | 0.68% | 38 | 0.50% | 20 | 0.26% | 9 | 0.12% | 12 | 0.16% | 2,514 | 32.83% | 7,659 |
Walthall | 2,650 | 53.79% | 2,110 | 42.83% | 50 | 1.01% | 40 | 0.81% | 44 | 0.89% | 23 | 0.47% | 10 | 0.20% | 540 | 10.96% | 4,927 |
Warren | 6,299 | 40.11% | 8,699 | 55.39% | 231 | 1.47% | 144 | 0.92% | 152 | 0.97% | 100 | 0.64% | 80 | 0.51% | -2,400 | -15.28% | 15,705 |
Washington | 9,650 | 53.17% | 7,474 | 41.18% | 346 | 1.91% | 153 | 0.84% | 222 | 1.22% | 136 | 0.75% | 168 | 0.93% | 2,176 | 11.99% | 18,149 |
Wayne | 3,306 | 51.48% | 3,022 | 47.06% | 14 | 0.22% | 36 | 0.56% | 10 | 0.16% | 13 | 0.20% | 21 | 0.33% | 284 | 4.42% | 6,422 |
Webster | 2,218 | 51.81% | 1,943 | 45.39% | 44 | 1.03% | 37 | 0.86% | 15 | 0.35% | 11 | 0.26% | 13 | 0.30% | 275 | 6.42% | 4,281 |
Wilkinson | 2,514 | 65.38% | 1,273 | 33.11% | 16 | 0.42% | 13 | 0.34% | 11 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.18% | 11 | 0.29% | 1,241 | 32.27% | 3,845 |
Winston | 3,956 | 50.77% | 3,659 | 46.96% | 60 | 0.77% | 34 | 0.44% | 37 | 0.47% | 28 | 0.36% | 18 | 0.23% | 297 | 3.81% | 7,792 |
Yalobusha | 2,603 | 57.81% | 1,808 | 40.15% | 32 | 0.71% | 30 | 0.67% | 7 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.31% | 9 | 0.20% | 795 | 17.66% | 4,503 |
Yazoo | 4,053 | 47.85% | 4,255 | 50.23% | 42 | 0.50% | 45 | 0.53% | 31 | 0.37% | 19 | 0.22% | 26 | 0.31% | -202 | -2.38% | 8,471 |
Totals | 381,309 | 49.56% | 366,846 | 47.68% | 6,678 | 0.87% | 4,861 | 0.63% | 4,074 | 0.53% | 2,805 | 0.36% | 2,787 | 0.36% | 14,463 | 1.88% | 769,360 |