1976 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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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]
Predictions
[edit]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 |
Results
[edit]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 |
Results by county
[edit]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 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]- Adams
- Bolivar
- Carroll
- Coahoma
- Covington
- Desoto
- George
- Greene
- Hancock
- Humphreys
- Marshall
- Lawrence
- Neshoba
- Noxubee
- Quitman
- Sharkey
- Pearl River
- Perry
- Stone
- Tunica
- Wilkinson
- Wayne
- Webster
- Alcorn
- Amite
- Attala
- Benton
- Calhoun
- Chickasaw
- Clarke
- Clay
- Copiah
- Issaquena
- Itawamba
- Jasper
- Jefferson Davis
- Kemper
- Lafayette
- Leake
- Lee
- Leflore
- Madison
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Panola
- Pike
- Pontotoc
- Prentiss
- Sunflower
- Tallahatchie
- Tate
- Tippah
- Tishomingo
- Union
- Walthall
- Washington
- Yalobusha
- Winston
References
[edit]- ^ a b "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi". Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- ^ Joyce, Faye S. (September 13, 1976). "Southerners Favour Carter, Poll Shows". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 2-A.
- ^ Patterson, Kathleen (October 26, 1976). "South Still Hard To Peg". Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 10.
- ^ "Convention Wounds Remain". Daily News. New York City. October 27, 1976. p. 45.
- ^ "Political Science Majors Predict Ford Win". Sun Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi. October 31, 1976. p. D-11.
- ^ "Electoral Votes: A Photo Finish — Polls". Austin American-Statesman. October 31, 1976. pp. A1, A6.
- ^ "MS US President Race, November 02, 1976". Our Campaigns.