1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi
The 1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Mississippi was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a slim margin of 1.33%.[1] However, in future elections, the state would become a Republican stronghold, and no Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state since Jimmy Carter in 1976. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Winston County, Tippah County, Itawamba County, Union County, Prentiss County, Pontotoc County, Lee County, Lafayette County, Attala County, Monroe County, Madison County, Calhoun County, Tate County, Marion County, Leake County, Grenada County, and Franklin County voted for the Democratic candidate, as well as the last time that Clarke County was not carried by the Republican candidate.[2]
Results
1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Ronald Reagan | 441,089 | 49.42% | 7 | |
Democrat | Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 429,281 | 48.09% | 0 | |
Independent | John B. Anderson | 12,036 | 1.35% | 0 | |
Independent | Edward Clark | 5,465 | 0.61% | 0 | |
Independent | Deirdre Griswold | 2,402 | 0.27% | 0 | |
Independent | Andrew Pulley | 2,347 | 0.26% | 0 | |
Totals | 892,620 | 100.0% | 7 |
Results by county
County | Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
John Bayard Anderson Independent |
Edward E. Clark[3] Independent |
Deidre Griswold[3] Independent |
Cleve Andrew Pulley[3] Independent |
Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 7,523 | 48.97% | 7,228 | 47.05% | 151 | 0.98% | 245 | 1.59% | 166 | 1.08% | 50 | 0.33% | 15,363 |
Alcorn | 5,196 | 41.25% | 6,242 | 49.56% | 898 | 7.13% | 119 | 0.94% | 37 | 0.29% | 103 | 0.82% | 12,595 |
Amite | 2,653 | 44.43% | 3,229 | 54.08% | 43 | 0.72% | 24 | 0.40% | 11 | 0.18% | 11 | 0.18% | 5,971 |
Attala | 3,975 | 48.39% | 4,117 | 50.12% | 71 | 0.86% | 27 | 0.33% | 13 | 0.16% | 11 | 0.13% | 8,214 |
Benton | 1,254 | 36.59% | 2,094 | 61.10% | 35 | 1.02% | 20 | 0.58% | 13 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.32% | 3,427 |
Bolivar | 5,148 | 35.53% | 8,839 | 61.00% | 280 | 1.93% | 110 | 0.76% | 37 | 0.26% | 77 | 0.53% | 14,491 |
Calhoun | 2,579 | 42.85% | 3,295 | 54.74% | 64 | 1.06% | 44 | 0.73% | 21 | 0.35% | 16 | 0.27% | 6,019 |
Carroll | 2,153 | 50.92% | 2,037 | 48.18% | 22 | 0.52% | 11 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.05% | 4,228 |
Chickasaw | 2,540 | 40.13% | 3,622 | 57.23% | 71 | 1.12% | 47 | 0.74% | 28 | 0.44% | 21 | 0.33% | 6,329 |
Choctaw | 1,927 | 52.15% | 1,729 | 46.79% | 26 | 0.70% | 10 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,695 |
Claiborne | 1,129 | 26.70% | 3,032 | 71.71% | 22 | 0.52% | 22 | 0.52% | 16 | 0.38% | 7 | 0.17% | 4,228 |
Clarke | 3,303 | 49.14% | 3,303 | 49.14% | 41 | 0.61% | 48 | 0.71% | 17 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.13% | 6,721 |
Clay | 3,439 | 43.18% | 4,275 | 53.68% | 124 | 1.56% | 55 | 0.69% | 39 | 0.49% | 32 | 0.40% | 7,964 |
Coahoma | 4,592 | 38.22% | 7,030 | 58.51% | 256 | 2.13% | 62 | 0.52% | 38 | 0.32% | 37 | 0.31% | 12,015 |
Copiah | 4,461 | 43.99% | 5,517 | 54.41% | 76 | 0.75% | 45 | 0.44% | 21 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.20% | 10,140 |
Covington | 3,471 | 53.15% | 2,956 | 45.26% | 39 | 0.60% | 28 | 0.43% | 20 | 0.31% | 17 | 0.26% | 6,531 |
DeSoto | 9,655 | 58.80% | 6,344 | 38.64% | 237 | 1.44% | 103 | 0.63% | 41 | 0.25% | 39 | 0.24% | 16,419 |
Forrest | 12,656 | 59.34% | 8,274 | 38.80% | 275 | 1.29% | 95 | 0.45% | 17 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.05% | 21,327 |
Franklin | 2,026 | 49.31% | 2,040 | 49.65% | 23 | 0.56% | 9 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.17% | 4,109 |
George | 3,052 | 51.45% | 2,757 | 46.48% | 64 | 1.08% | 31 | 0.52% | 8 | 0.13% | 20 | 0.34% | 5,932 |
Greene | 1,772 | 50.04% | 1,740 | 49.14% | 23 | 0.65% | 5 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,541 |
Grenada | 3,993 | 48.11% | 4,182 | 50.39% | 59 | 0.71% | 38 | 0.46% | 14 | 0.17% | 14 | 0.17% | 8,300 |
Hancock | 5,088 | 57.07% | 3,544 | 39.75% | 159 | 1.78% | 51[lower-alpha 1] | 0.57% | 25[lower-alpha 1] | 0.28% | 28[lower-alpha 1] | 0.31% | 8,895 |
Harrison | 25,175 | 58.70% | 16,318 | 38.05% | 822 | 1.92% | 371 | 0.87% | 81 | 0.19% | 121 | 0.28% | 42,888 |
Hinds | 48,135 | 53.44% | 39,369 | 43.71% | 1,414 | 1.57% | 623 | 0.69% | 294 | 0.33% | 239 | 0.27% | 90,074 |
Holmes | 2,693 | 32.31% | 5,463 | 65.54% | 57 | 0.68% | 54 | 0.65% | 39 | 0.47% | 30 | 0.36% | 8,336 |
Humphreys | 1,841 | 36.67% | 2,970 | 59.16% | 68 | 1.35% | 74 | 1.47% | 37 | 0.74% | 30 | 0.60% | 5,020 |
Issaquena | 349 | 36.05% | 598 | 61.78% | 5 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.62% | 5 | 0.52% | 5 | 0.52% | 968 |
Itawamba | 2,906 | 37.00% | 4,852 | 61.79% | 57 | 0.73% | 26 | 0.33% | 7 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.06% | 7,853 |
Jackson | 22,498 | 62.57% | 12,226 | 34.00% | 653 | 1.82% | 394 | 1.09% | 100 | 0.28% | 127 | 0.35% | 35,958 |
Jasper | 2,781 | 41.68% | 3,813 | 57.14% | 34 | 0.51% | 23 | 0.34% | 14 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.12% | 6,673 |
Jefferson | 751 | 20.17% | 2,871 | 77.09% | 41 | 1.10% | 28 | 0.75% | 15 | 0.40% | 18 | 0.48% | 3,724 |
Jefferson Davis | 2,280 | 36.85% | 3,831 | 61.92% | 24 | 0.39% | 26 | 0.42% | 19 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.11% | 6,187 |
Jones | 12,900 | 53.11% | 11,117 | 45.77% | 155 | 0.64% | 60 | 0.25% | 24 | 0.10% | 33 | 0.14% | 24,289 |
Kemper | 1,822 | 41.05% | 2,601 | 58.59% | 12 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,439 |
Lafayette | 4,366 | 45.62% | 4,887 | 51.06% | 243 | 2.54% | 42 | 0.44% | 19 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.15% | 9,571 |
Lamar | 5,395 | 63.13% | 3,005 | 35.16% | 84 | 0.98% | 39 | 0.46% | 13 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.12% | 8,546 |
Lauderdale | 14,727 | 56.38% | 9,918 | 37.97% | 784 | 3.00% | 438 | 1.68% | 71 | 0.27% | 181 | 0.69% | 26,119 |
Lawrence | 2,781 | 50.02% | 2,692 | 48.42% | 49 | 0.88% | 22 | 0.40% | 5 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.20% | 5,560 |
Leake | 3,624 | 46.83% | 4,033 | 52.12% | 40 | 0.52% | 14 | 0.18% | 15 | 0.19% | 12 | 0.16% | 7,738 |
Lee | 8,326 | 44.08% | 10,047 | 53.19% | 321 | 1.70% | 100 | 0.53% | 37 | 0.20% | 58 | 0.31% | 18,889 |
Leflore | 5,798 | 42.40% | 7,498 | 54.83% | 166 | 1.21% | 83 | 0.61% | 71 | 0.52% | 59 | 0.43% | 13,675 |
Lincoln | 7,286 | 57.78% | 5,213 | 41.34% | 75 | 0.59% | 19 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.08% | 12,610 |
Lowndes | 9,973 | 60.98% | 6,187 | 37.83% | 140 | 0.86% | 45 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.02% | 16,355 |
Madison | 6,024 | 42.91% | 7,621 | 54.28% | 276 | 1.97% | 61 | 0.43% | 16 | 0.11% | 41 | 0.29% | 14,039 |
Marion | 5,218 | 48.73% | 5,366 | 50.12% | 62 | 0.58% | 36 | 0.34% | 12 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.03% | 10,707 |
Marshall | 3,455 | 31.85% | 7,153 | 65.94% | 121 | 1.12% | 63 | 0.58% | 22 | 0.20% | 24 | 0.22% | 10,848 |
Monroe | 4,793 | 39.16% | 6,998 | 57.18% | 177 | 1.45% | 143 | 1.17% | 55 | 0.45% | 73 | 0.60% | 12,239 |
Montgomery | 2,479 | 46.55% | 2,730 | 51.26% | 42 | 0.79% | 28 | 0.53% | 20 | 0.38% | 27 | 0.51% | 5,326 |
Neshoba | 5,165 | 56.45% | 3,872 | 42.32% | 72 | 0.79% | 19 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.10% | 9,149 |
Newton | 4,317 | 54.36% | 3,455 | 43.51% | 86 | 1.08% | 33 | 0.42% | 36 | 0.45% | 14 | 0.18% | 7,941 |
Noxubee | 1,970 | 35.46% | 3,434 | 61.82% | 47 | 0.85% | 41 | 0.74% | 41 | 0.74% | 22 | 0.40% | 5,555 |
Oktibbeha | 6,300 | 49.70% | 6,039 | 47.64% | 258 | 2.04% | 54 | 0.43% | 15 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.07% | 12,675 |
Panola | 4,219 | 39.33% | 6,179 | 57.60% | 149 | 1.39% | 90 | 0.84% | 47 | 0.44% | 44 | 0.41% | 10,728 |
Pearl River | 6,822 | 56.19% | 5,028 | 41.41% | 161 | 1.33% | 77 | 0.63% | 25 | 0.21% | 28 | 0.23% | 12,141 |
Perry | 2,255 | 52.90% | 1,957 | 45.91% | 25 | 0.59% | 14 | 0.33% | 8 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.09% | 4,263 |
Pike | 6,661 | 48.56% | 6,694 | 48.80% | 129 | 0.94% | 115 | 0.84% | 57 | 0.42% | 60 | 0.44% | 13,716 |
Pontotoc | 3,198 | 40.99% | 4,499 | 57.66% | 58 | 0.74% | 33 | 0.42% | 7 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.09% | 7,802 |
Prentiss | 3,264 | 39.91% | 4,832 | 59.09% | 40 | 0.49% | 29 | 0.35% | 5 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.10% | 8,178 |
Quitman | 1,691 | 35.16% | 2,926 | 60.83% | 83 | 1.73% | 34 | 0.71% | 32 | 0.67% | 44 | 0.91% | 4,810 |
Rankin | 16,650 | 66.25% | 8,047 | 32.02% | 296 | 1.18% | 81 | 0.32% | 29 | 0.12% | 29 | 0.12% | 25,132 |
Scott | 4,645 | 52.59% | 4,043 | 45.78% | 72 | 0.82% | 32 | 0.36% | 16 | 0.18% | 24 | 0.27% | 8,832 |
Sharkey | 996 | 32.97% | 1,957 | 64.78% | 28 | 0.93% | 21 | 0.70% | 11 | 0.36% | 8 | 0.26% | 3,021 |
Simpson | 5,190 | 55.60% | 4,015 | 43.01% | 70 | 0.75% | 23 | 0.25% | 29 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.07% | 9,334 |
Smith | 3,772 | 59.50% | 2,474 | 39.02% | 46 | 0.73% | 27 | 0.43% | 8 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.21% | 6,340 |
Stone | 1,888 | 49.21% | 1,821 | 47.46% | 53 | 1.38% | 50 | 1.30% | 15 | 0.39% | 10 | 0.26% | 3,837 |
Sunflower | 3,728 | 41.76% | 5,035 | 56.40% | 82 | 0.92% | 40 | 0.45% | 26 | 0.29% | 16 | 0.18% | 8,927 |
Tallahatchie | 2,183 | 37.79% | 3,467 | 60.02% | 45 | 0.78% | 24 | 0.42% | 37 | 0.64% | 20 | 0.35% | 5,776 |
Tate | 3,343 | 45.38% | 3,892 | 52.84% | 80 | 1.09% | 28 | 0.38% | 16 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.10% | 7,366 |
Tippah | 3,338 | 44.97% | 3,878 | 52.24% | 116 | 1.56% | 53 | 0.71% | 23 | 0.31% | 15 | 0.20% | 7,423 |
Tishomingo | 2,489 | 34.47% | 4,595 | 63.63% | 79 | 1.09% | 29 | 0.40% | 9 | 0.12% | 20 | 0.28% | 7,221 |
Tunica | 954 | 29.77% | 2,198 | 68.58% | 24 | 0.75% | 14 | 0.44% | 8 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.22% | 3,205 |
Union | 3,545 | 40.68% | 5,001 | 57.38% | 94 | 1.08% | 46 | 0.53% | 19 | 0.22% | 10 | 0.11% | 8,715 |
Walthall | 2,703 | 46.91% | 2,960 | 51.37% | 34 | 0.59% | 35 | 0.61% | 12 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.31% | 5,762 |
Warren | 10,151 | 56.00% | 7,489 | 41.31% | 274 | 1.51% | 82 | 0.45% | 77 | 0.42% | 55 | 0.30% | 18,128 |
Washington | 8,978 | 44.63% | 10,722 | 53.30% | 186 | 0.92% | 89 | 0.44% | 89 | 0.44% | 53 | 0.26% | 20,117 |
Wayne | 3,844 | 52.07% | 3,494 | 47.32% | 26 | 0.35% | 17 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,383 |
Webster | 2,386 | 50.64% | 2,178 | 46.22% | 75 | 1.59% | 39 | 0.83% | 19 | 0.40% | 15 | 0.32% | 4,712 |
Wilkinson | 1,442 | 32.04% | 2,981 | 66.24% | 25 | 0.56% | 22 | 0.49% | 14 | 0.31% | 16 | 0.36% | 4,500 |
Winston | 3,998 | 46.79% | 4,416 | 51.68% | 65 | 0.76% | 29 | 0.34% | 19 | 0.22% | 18 | 0.21% | 8,545 |
Yalobusha | 2,224 | 38.46% | 3,432 | 59.35% | 78 | 1.35% | 25 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.21% | 5,783 |
Yazoo | 4,819 | 45.90% | 5,468 | 52.09% | 99 | 0.94% | 49 | 0.47% | 30 | 0.29% | 33 | 0.31% | 10,498 |
Totals | 441,089 | 49.42% | 429,281 | 48.09% | 12,036 | 1.35% | 5,465 | 0.61% | 2,402 | 0.27% | 2,347 | 0.26% | 892,620 |
Notes
- These is an error in the totals for this county at Our Campaigns for the minor candidates, by which totals for neighbouring Harrison County are substituted but which do not match statewide totals from that site or Dave Leip’s Atlas. Totals have been adjusted to match statewide totals.
References
- "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- "MS US President Race, November 04, 1980".