Presidential Elections in Holmes County, Mississippi

According to the census^[4] of 2000, the largest ancestry groups in Holmes County were African 78.66%, English 11.4%, and Scots-Irish 5%

Holmes is a heavily Democratic county in Presidential and Congressional elections. The last Republican to win a majority in the county was Barry Goldwater in 1964. In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama won 81% of the county's vote.

Holmes is part of Mississippi's 2nd congressional district, which is held by Democrat Bennie Thompson ( a black man)

Presidential election results

Year	GOP	DEM	Others
2008	18.0% 1,714	81.4% 7,765	0.7% 64
2004	23.4% 1,961	75.9% 6,366	0.7% 56
2000	26.1% 1,937	73.4% 5,447	0.5% 38
1996	24.0% 1,536	73.6% 4,720	2.4% 155
1992	28.2% 1,694	68.0% 4,092	3.8% 228
1988	33.7% 2,737	65.8% 5,350	0.5% 39
1984	35.4% 3,102	64.4% 5,641	0.1% 10
1980	32.3% 2,693	65.5% 5,463	2.2% 180
1976	33.8% 2,438	64.1% 4,616	2.1% 149
1972	47.2% 3,158	51.7% 3,459	1.0% 69
1968	7.0% 520	52.4% 3,881	40.6% 3,008
1964	96.6% 3,115	3.4% 110	0.0% 0
1960	17.7% 455	24.5% 628	57.8% 1,484