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Presidential
Candidate | Vice Presidential
Candidate | Political
Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
 | James Carter | Walter Mondale | Democrat |
381,309 |
49.56% | 7 |
 | Gerald Ford | Robert Dole | Republican |
366,846 |
47.68% | 0 |
 | Thomas Anderson | Rufus Shackelford | MS American |
6,678 |
0.87% | 0 |
| Lester Maddox | William Dyke | Independent |
4,861 |
0.63% | 0 |
| Eugene McCarthy | Sharon Kilpatrick | Independent |
4,074 |
0.53% | 0 |
| Peter Camejo | Willie Mae Reid | Independent |
2,805 |
0.36% | 0 |
| Roger MacBride | David Bergland | Independent |
2,787 |
0.36% | 0 |
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Map Key
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| Demographic Data
| 1980 Population: | 2,520,770 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 20.7 | persons/km2 | | 1976 Population: | 2,430,324 | Est. | 1976 Population Density: | 20.0 | persons/km2 | | 1970 Population: | 2,216,994 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 18.2 | persons/km2 | | Total Electoral Vote: | 7 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 347,189 | persons/EV | | Land Area (2000): | 121,488 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.3 | % |
| Election Data and Statistics:
| Election Tools
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Mississippi Secretary of State, "General Election November 2, 1976," Mississippi Official and Statistical Register 1976-1980 (Jackson, 1977)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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