1976 United States presidential election in Mississippi explained

See main article: 1976 United States presidential election.

Type:presidential
Flag Image:Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1972 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Previous Year:1972
Next Election:1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Next Year:1980
Country:Mississippi
Election Date:November 2, 1976
Image1:Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
Nominee1:Jimmy Carter
Home State1:Georgia
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Running Mate1:Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote1:7
Popular Vote1:381,309
Percentage1:49.56%
Nominee2:Gerald Ford
Home State2:Michigan
Running Mate2:Bob Dole
Electoral Vote2:0
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:366,846
Percentage2:47.68%
Map Size:304px
President
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)
Before Election:Gerald Ford
After Election:Jimmy Carter
Election Name:1976 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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]

, 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.

Predictions

SourceRatingAs of
The Atlanta Constitution[3] (Flip)September 13, 1976
Kansas City Times[4] October 26, 1976
Daily News[5] October 27, 1976
Sun Herald[6] October 31, 1976
Austin American-Statesman[7] October 31, 1976

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Mississippi
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticJimmy Carter381,30949.56%7
RepublicanGerald Ford (incumbent)366,84547.68%0
Mississippi AmericanThomas J. Anderson6,6780.87%0
IndependentLester Maddox4,8610.63%0
IndependentEugene McCarthy4,0740.53%0
IndependentPeter Camejo2,8050.36%0
IndependentRoger MacBride2,7870.36%0
Totals769,363100.0%7

Results by county

County[8] Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Gerald Ford
Republican
Thomas Anderson
Mississippi American
Lester Maddox
Independent
Eugene McCarthy
Independent
Peter Camejo
Independent
Roger MacBride
Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
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Adams6,61947.75%6,43146.40%800.58%1531.10%560.40%2271.64%2952.13%1881.35%13,861
Alcorn6,99564.95%3,43031.85%960.89%1211.12%590.55%360.33%330.31%3,56533.10%10,770
Amite2,57451.49%2,25645.13%611.22%450.90%200.40%240.48%190.38%3186.36%4,999
Attala4,06854.80%3,14642.38%640.86%640.86%350.47%230.31%230.31%92212.42%7,423
Benton2,37574.01%79024.62%250.78%190.59%00.00%00.00%00.00%1,58549.39%3,209
Bolivar7,56158.73%5,13639.89%1020.79%200.16%310.24%120.09%130.10%2,42518.84%12,875
Calhoun2,72456.89%1,89239.52%701.46%340.71%240.50%260.54%180.38%83217.37%4,788
Carroll1,56649.45%1,56149.29%150.47%130.41%50.16%30.09%40.13%50.16%3,167
Chickasaw2,89150.52%2,58145.10%661.15%540.94%470.82%450.79%390.68%3105.42%5,723
Choctaw1,52047.93%1,56149.23%361.14%180.57%170.54%70.22%120.38%-41-1.30%3,171
Claiborne2,65768.98%1,07827.99%360.93%110.29%230.60%130.34%340.88%1,57940.99%3,852
Clarke2,81646.97%2,93548.96%450.75%661.10%510.85%410.68%410.68%-119-1.99%5,995
Clay3,51451.40%3,01744.13%640.94%791.16%610.89%550.80%470.69%4977.27%6,837
Coahoma6,41257.70%4,26938.41%1040.94%1090.98%1060.95%630.57%500.45%2,14319.29%11,113
Copiah4,26749.35%4,10847.51%680.79%640.74%430.50%510.59%450.52%1591.84%8,646
Covington2,86251.40%2,59146.53%330.59%210.38%230.41%190.34%190.34%2714.87%5,568
DeSoto7,75654.19%6,24043.60%780.54%690.48%880.61%460.32%350.24%1,51610.59%14,312
Forrest7,91441.39%10,77056.33%1670.87%930.49%950.50%420.22%390.20%-2,856-14.94%19,120
Franklin1,57846.48%1,71950.63%290.85%310.91%170.50%120.35%90.27%-141-4.15%3,395
George3,07258.75%1,95737.43%561.07%390.75%440.84%340.65%270.52%1,11521.32%5,229
Greene2,12756.42%1,53840.80%160.42%340.90%170.45%150.40%230.61%58915.62%3,770
Grenada3,26346.48%3,56950.84%721.03%250.36%450.64%290.41%170.24%-306-4.36%7,020
Hancock3,85549.16%3,76548.01%470.60%680.87%440.56%350.45%280.36%901.15%7,842
Harrison16,56944.61%19,20751.72%3610.97%3280.88%3010.81%2070.56%1660.45%-2,638-7.11%37,139
Hinds28,74837.95%45,80360.46%4150.55%2610.34%2700.36%1140.15%1450.19%-17,055-22.51%75,756
Holmes4,61664.08%2,43833.85%540.75%370.51%230.32%150.21%200.28%2,17830.23%7,203
Humphreys2,17257.55%1,44538.29%391.03%370.98%401.06%200.53%210.56%72719.26%3,774
Issaquena56759.43%32534.07%191.99%171.78%161.68%80.84%20.21%24225.36%954
Itawamba4,48066.82%2,15332.11%250.37%100.15%230.34%60.09%80.12%2,32734.71%6,705
Jackson12,53340.32%17,17755.26%3321.07%3941.27%2480.80%2010.65%1970.63%-4,644-14.94%31,082
Jasper3,10956.39%2,35642.74%280.51%120.22%40.07%20.04%20.04%75313.65%5,513
Jefferson2,56274.78%78222.83%210.61%180.53%190.55%110.32%130.38%1,78051.95%3,426
Jefferson Davis2,74758.47%1,86839.76%250.53%130.28%130.28%150.32%170.36%87918.71%4,698
Jones10,13947.04%11,09851.49%1020.47%810.38%630.29%280.13%410.19%-959-4.45%21,552
Kemper2,43658.56%1,68040.38%230.55%140.34%40.10%30.07%00.00%75618.18%4,160
Lafayette4,37552.39%3,73544.73%570.68%580.69%640.77%400.48%220.26%6407.66%8,351
Lamar3,10941.93%4,05654.71%971.31%891.20%350.47%70.09%210.28%-947-12.78%7,414
Lauderdale9,81340.14%14,27358.39%1310.54%1340.55%450.18%170.07%330.13%-4,460-18.25%24,446
Lawrence2,24250.54%2,10947.54%330.74%190.43%160.36%70.16%100.23%1333.00%4,436
Leake3,41552.47%2,95245.36%390.60%330.51%270.41%290.45%130.20%4637.11%6,508
Lee8,50452.07%7,36645.10%2291.40%490.30%1090.67%520.32%240.15%1,1386.97%16,333
Leflore6,13548.73%5,87246.64%2552.03%740.59%1291.02%850.68%390.31%2632.09%12,589
Lincoln4,04338.90%6,08458.55%720.69%850.82%470.45%370.36%240.23%-2,041-19.65%10,392
Lowndes6,18142.05%8,00354.44%2751.87%680.46%630.43%550.37%550.37%-1,822-12.39%14,700
Madison6,24055.14%4,83842.75%1201.06%500.44%310.27%90.08%280.25%1,40212.39%11,316
Marion5,28349.20%5,30049.36%660.61%280.26%230.21%170.16%200.19%-17-0.16%10,737
Marshall6,76973.37%2,24224.30%490.53%470.51%500.54%310.34%380.41%4,52749.07%9,226
Monroe6,09754.27%4,73742.17%1000.89%750.67%910.81%680.61%660.59%1,36012.10%11,234
Montgomery2,41049.93%2,27847.19%420.87%320.66%330.68%170.35%150.31%1322.74%4,827
Neshoba3,89149.76%3,85949.35%250.32%230.29%80.10%50.06%80.10%320.41%7,819
Newton2,74140.97%3,81357.00%1141.70%80.12%80.12%30.04%30.04%-1,072-16.03%6,690
Noxubee2,12151.28%1,86044.97%451.09%390.94%360.87%260.63%90.22%2616.31%4,136
Oktibbeha4,33944.62%5,19453.41%610.63%270.28%460.47%200.21%380.39%-855-8.79%9,725
Panola5,51760.85%3,34136.85%700.77%350.39%450.50%310.34%280.31%2,17624.00%9,067
Pearl River5,02451.98%4,33244.82%560.58%1051.09%740.77%320.33%420.43%6927.16%9,665
Perry1,96552.75%1,52740.99%1123.01%391.05%381.02%240.64%200.54%43811.76%3,725
Pike5,74948.92%5,65948.16%1090.93%1030.88%540.46%280.24%490.42%900.76%11,751
Pontotoc4,06662.64%2,24534.59%771.19%310.48%260.40%180.28%280.43%1,82128.05%6,491
Prentiss4,43163.51%2,36233.85%440.63%420.60%460.66%290.42%230.33%2,06929.66%6,977
Quitman2,62164.80%1,28731.82%340.84%250.62%300.74%230.57%250.62%1,33432.98%4,045
Rankin6,93736.75%11,50760.95%1330.70%1250.66%830.44%540.29%390.21%-4,570-24.20%18,878
Scott3,64348.78%3,64948.86%610.82%590.79%250.33%140.19%170.23%-6-0.08%7,468
Sharkey1,28352.39%1,02441.81%431.76%230.94%331.35%210.86%220.90%25910.58%2,449
Simpson3,60045.23%4,29153.91%330.41%220.28%110.14%10.01%20.03%-691-8.68%7,960
Smith2,43442.35%3,14754.75%320.56%530.92%320.56%200.35%300.52%-713-12.40%5,748
Stone1,64850.27%1,57548.05%260.79%90.27%50.15%10.03%140.43%732.22%3,278
Sunflower4,32253.86%3,45643.07%690.86%460.57%490.61%470.59%350.44%86610.79%8,024
Tallahatchie2,99156.95%2,14640.86%370.70%290.55%200.38%170.32%120.23%84516.09%5,252
Tate3,74758.22%2,49738.80%510.79%570.89%400.62%200.31%240.37%1,25019.42%6,436
Tippah4,26067.90%1,88730.08%470.75%260.41%250.40%150.24%140.22%2,37337.82%6,274
Tishomingo3,73463.95%1,96933.72%530.91%280.48%200.34%200.34%150.26%1,76530.23%5,839
Tunica1,69561.50%95134.51%230.83%240.87%331.20%170.62%130.47%74426.99%2,756
Union5,02165.56%2,50732.73%520.68%380.50%200.26%90.12%120.16%2,51432.83%7,659
Walthall2,65053.79%2,11042.83%501.01%400.81%440.89%230.47%100.20%54010.96%4,927
Warren6,29940.11%8,69955.39%2311.47%1440.92%1520.97%1000.64%800.51%-2,400-15.28%15,705
Washington9,65053.17%7,47441.18%3461.91%1530.84%2221.22%1360.75%1680.93%2,17611.99%18,149
Wayne3,30651.48%3,02247.06%140.22%360.56%100.16%130.20%210.33%2844.42%6,422
Webster2,21851.81%1,94345.39%441.03%370.86%150.35%110.26%130.30%2756.42%4,281
Wilkinson2,51465.38%1,27333.11%160.42%130.34%110.29%70.18%110.29%1,24132.27%3,845
Winston3,95650.77%3,65946.96%600.77%340.44%370.47%280.36%180.23%2973.81%7,792
Yalobusha2,60357.81%1,80840.15%320.71%300.67%70.16%140.31%90.20%79517.66%4,503
Yazoo4,05347.85%4,25550.23%420.50%450.53%310.37%190.22%260.31%-202-2.38%8,471
Totals381,30949.56%366,84647.68%6,6780.87%4,8610.63%4,0740.53%2,8050.36%2,7870.36%14,4631.88%769,360

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Works cited

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi. May 18, 2016.
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. News: Joyce. Faye S.. September 13, 1976. Southerners Favour Carter, Poll Shows. 2-A. The Atlanta Constitution.
  4. News: Patterson. Kathleen. South Still Hard To Peg. Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. 10. October 26, 1976.
  5. News: Convention Wounds Remain. Daily News. New York City. October 27, 1976. 45.
  6. News: October 31, 1976. Political Science Majors Predict Ford Win. D-11. Sun Herald. Biloxi, Mississippi.
  7. News: October 31, 1976. Electoral Votes: A Photo Finish — Polls. A1, A6. Austin American-Statesman.
  8. Web site: MS US President Race, November 02, 1976. Our Campaigns.