Mississippi 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Mississippi 1956 presidential election with 144,453 votes (58.2%), a margin of D+33.8. Mississippi's 6 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

58.2%

24.5%

144,453

Democratic Candidate (58.2%)

60,685

Republican Candidate (24.5%)

Total Votes: 248,104|Margin: D+33.8

County Results

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County Results (82 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Kemper County	D+77.5	D+17.5	R+5.9	1,823	D+15.4%
Tippah County	D+77.2	D+7.3	R+29.3	2,955	D+7.4%
Itawamba County	D+75.5	D+24.8	R+26.3	2,665	D+15.3%
Leake County	D+75.2	D+5.3	R+24.2	2,999	D+12.1%
Benton County	D+71.8	D+24.5	R+0.6	944	D+8.5%
Tate County	D+71.1	D+7.5	R+24.2	1,749	D+10.5%
Pontotoc County	D+70.6	D+16.7	R+36.0	2,812	D+14.8%
Union County	D+70.3	D+16.7	R+35.6	3,494	D+20.3%
Webster County	D+70.1	R+4.4	R+41.6	1,745	D+11.0%
Smith County	D+69.9	R+20.5	R+52.8	2,543	D+18.7%
Chickasaw County	D+69.0	D+17.1	R+21.4	2,056	D+24.0%
Jasper County	D+68.3	D+15.5	R+9.0	2,445	D+20.9%
Calhoun County	D+65.9	D+11.9	R+34.3	2,217	D+12.4%
Winston County	D+65.5	D+4.9	R+18.9	2,705	D+11.8%
Prentiss County	D+65.0	D+19.2	R+24.9	2,399	D+7.9%
Neshoba County	D+64.1	R+14.1	R+43.6	3,629	D+10.6%
Newton County	D+63.9	R+10.9	R+46.9	3,126	D+15.4%
Choctaw County	D+63.8	R+5.4	R+36.2	1,404	D+18.7%
Monroe County	D+63.3	D+18.0	R+24.9	4,624	D+20.8%
Jefferson Davis County	D+62.5	D+25.1	R+4.3	1,429	D+7.6%
Tallahatchie County	D+60.6	D+22.2	R+3.1	2,687	D+8.9%
Lee County	D+57.3	D+9.1	R+36.0	5,157	D+22.1%
Alcorn County	D+56.9	D+8.3	R+19.1	4,072	D+9.0%
Carroll County	D+54.5	R+2.7	R+31.7	1,551	D+17.4%
Marshall County	D+53.4	D+34.1	D+14.2	1,694	D+2.7%
Wayne County	D+52.6	R+4.7	R+27.8	2,129	D+14.4%
Clarke County	D+52.5	Even	R+33.5	2,407	D+7.2%
Simpson County	D+52.5	R+12.6	R+34.6	3,189	D+0.6%
Lafayette County	D+51.6	D+5.4	R+24.4	2,701	D+5.3%
Attala County	D+50.7	D+1.7	R+18.8	2,658	D+19.3%
Scott County	D+49.6	R+6.8	R+27.5	3,171	D+17.1%
Lawrence County	D+49.3	R+1.6	R+27.1	1,519	D+15.8%
Tishomingo County	D+48.9	D+29.2	R+10.1	2,170	D+8.6%
Covington County	D+48.6	R+7.9	R+30.3	2,051	D+15.4%
Walthall County	D+48.5	D+4.5	R+19.6	1,725	D+1.7%
Montgomery County	D+48.1	D+4.7	R+24.3	1,779	D+24.6%
Panola County	D+46.4	D+18.3	R+3.4	2,631	D+13.5%
DeSoto County	D+45.4	R+20.2	R+48.2	1,846	D+19.2%
Quitman County	D+45.2	D+25.7	D+3.2	1,499	D+4.9%
Issaquena County	D+45.0	D+25.7	R+1.1	289	D+30.5%
George County	D+45.0	R+5.0	R+44.6	1,661	D+6.7%
Franklin County	D+44.4	D+0.3	R+26.2	1,544	D+5.6%
Stone County	D+40.1	R+1.7	R+42.8	1,168	D+14.3%
Copiah County	D+38.3	D+10.4	R+11.7	2,304	D+23.7%
Marion County	D+37.6	D+1.4	R+32.3	3,032	D+8.3%
Clay County	D+36.3	D+10.5	R+0.8	2,247	D+29.6%
Yalobusha County	D+35.4	D+20.9	R+11.3	1,696	D+7.2%
Humphreys County	D+34.7	D+22.5	D+5.8	1,294	D+16.1%
Sunflower County	D+34.1	D+14.6	R+2.6	3,120	D+33.1%
Noxubee County	D+32.8	D+26.4	D+15.6	1,320	D+40.6%
Jones County	D+32.4	R+7.3	R+41.2	8,263	D+13.8%
Tunica County	D+32.3	D+38.8	D+18.3	836	D+16.2%
Oktibbeha County	D+32.2	R+2.1	R+19.5	2,640	D+24.7%
Amite County	D+31.9	D+9.6	R+14.8	1,716	D+13.8%
Rankin County	D+31.8	R+34.2	R+58.4	3,089	D+17.1%
Greene County	D+31.2	R+0.9	R+35.6	1,229	R+11.1%
Holmes County	D+30.7	D+33.2	D+29.0	2,139	D+26.4%
Lincoln County	D+29.0	R+16.4	R+33.2	3,773	D+23.3%
Lauderdale County	D+28.5	R+18.4	R+41.4	9,127	D+11.4%
Lowndes County	D+26.7	R+23.1	R+32.8	4,126	D+51.3%
Jefferson County	D+26.1	D+56.9	D+56.1	962	D+32.3%
Madison County	D+25.8	D+11.4	R+7.4	2,395	D+28.3%
Grenada County	D+24.8	D+2.3	R+21.8	2,188	D+16.8%
Leflore County	D+24.6	D+12.4	R+0.7	3,588	D+38.3%
Lamar County	D+21.9	R+28.0	R+60.1	1,718	D+12.0%
Perry County	D+21.3	R+7.0	R+35.5	1,100	D+0.3%
Coahoma County	D+18.0	D+20.3	D+8.4	3,299	D+4.8%
Claiborne County	D+18.0	D+45.0	D+42.0	822	D+24.1%
Yazoo County	D+17.5	D+6.2	R+10.8	3,088	D+17.0%
Jackson County	D+17.2	R+28.6	R+53.9	6,906	R+14.1%
Washington County	D+13.6	D+8.7	R+7.8	5,490	D+25.2%
Pike County	D+12.3	D+0.2	R+14.7	4,106	D+19.9%
Bolivar County	D+12.0	D+25.5	D+11.6	3,511	D+18.4%
Sharkey County	D+11.7	D+31.8	D+6.9	832	D+33.1%
Harrison County	D+6.2	R+20.7	R+46.1	13,001	R+3.1%
Pearl River County	D+5.1	R+14.8	R+52.6	2,848	R+3.3%
Wilkinson County	D+2.4	D+34.2	D+20.6	851	D+13.1%
Hinds County	D+0.4	R+9.7	R+14.5	20,278	D+7.2%
Forrest County	R+5.5	R+20.5	R+39.6	6,013	D+15.4%
Hancock County	R+9.1	R+17.3	R+48.6	2,674	R+16.9%
Adams County	R+9.4	R+1.9	R+9.2	4,094	D+7.2%
Warren County	R+10.5	R+14.7	R+23.1	5,328	D+8.2%

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County Results (82 counties)

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