1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi

none June 2025 September 2023 1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1984 November 4, 1980 x200px Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 7 441,089 49.42% Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 429,281 48.09% 190px County results 190px Congressional district results 305px Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Tie #d4c4dc 40–50% President Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) 1980 United States presidential election 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. Mississippi was won, fairly consistently with predictions, by Reagan with a slim margin of 1.33 points.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=28&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas However, in future elections, the state would become a Republican stronghold, and no Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state since Jimmy Carter in the prior election. 2020 11 As of the 2024 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;Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 as Reagan and Carter ended up in a tie in Clarke County. This is the last presidential election in which Mississippi voted more Democratic than the nation at large. At the time it was the election with the largest number of votes in Mississippi history.November 4, 1984 Record number of voters expected at state polls 1 The Greenwood Commonwealth https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103755645/the-greenwood-commonwealth/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20220614183054/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103755645/the-greenwood-commonwealth/ June 14, 2022 Newspapers.com This is the second-closest election in Mississippi after 1848 and the only time that a Republican has won Mississippi by a margin of less than 5 points. This was also the seventh election in a row in which Mississippi voted for a different party than the previous election. Campaign Both major party candidates targeted the state,Minor Bill Mississippi Voters Courted by Both Parties The Greenwood Commonwealth Jackson Reporter September 2, 1980 4 with Governor William F. Winter giving incumbent president and Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter extensive support — support that had not been given to a Democratic nominee since Adlai Stevenson II during the 1950s.Minor Bill And He Sees Reagan Carrying State Enterprise-Journal McComb, Mississippi November 2, 1980 2 Mississippi, alongside Alabama, Florida and Texas, was a key state in Reagan's plan to win the presidency by eating into Carter's 1976 Southern support,Alabama Among Key States in Reagan Plan The Montgomery Advertiser September 1, 1980 Montgomery, Alabama 21 especially as Carter's Baptist identity held less weight than it had in 1976.Weidie Wayne W. Don't Mortgage Your Home To Bet on Reagan The Winona Times Winona, Mississippi October 9, 1980 2 Philadelphia, notorious for the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers, was where Reagan began his campaign with a proclamation of “states’ rights” frequently compared with George Wallace’s 1968 campaign,Cohen Michael A. American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and Politics of Division 2016 Oxford University Press Oxford 9780199777563 347 which had won over five-eighths of Mississippi’s total vote and over four-fifths of the white vote.Black Earl Competing Responses to the New Southern Politics: Republican and Democratic Southern Strategies, 1964-76 Perspectives on the American South: An Annual Review of Society, Politics, and Culture Reed John Shelton Black Merle 2021 9781136764882 Late in September, the state would be the target of simultaneous campaigning by Jimmy Carter’s mother Lilian, and simultaneously by Republican nominee, former California Governor Ronald Reagan.President's Mother To Visit Jackson School The Clarksdale Press Register Jackson Associated Press September 21, 1980 Clarksdale, Mississippi 1 Later in the campaign, however, Governor Winter issued a severe criticism of Reagan’s campaign for failing to debate agricultural policy.Agricultural Issues: Reagan Forces Won't Debate Enterprise-Journal October 23, 1980 McComb, Mississippi 10 Among white voters, 62% supported Reagan while 35% supported Carter.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Predictions SourceRatingAs ofBristol Herald CourierPettys Dick Dixie Remains Political Background with No "Home Turf Odds" for Carter Bristol Herald Courier October 5, 1980 Bristol, Virginia 5ALean R(Flip)October 5, 1980Kansas City StarMears Walter R. October 26, 1980 Carter–Reagan Race Tightens Near Finish 1A, 14A Kansas City StarLean R(Flip)October 12, 1980The Clarion-LedgerNewman Johanna Kubissa David W. Carter Must Get Strong Mississippi Black Vote to Take State The Clarion-Ledger October 26, 1980 Jackson, Mississippi 1A, 16ALean R(Flip)October 26, 1980The Greenwood CommonwealthMinor Bill Carter May Not Carry Mississippi Voting The Greenwood Commonwealth Jackson Reporter October 31, 1980 4Lean R(Flip)October 31, 1980Fort Worth Star-TelegramPettys Dick October 31, 1980 Reagan Quietly Undermining Carter's '76 Support 8A Fort Worth Star-Telegram The Associated PressTilt R(Flip)October 31, 1980Daily PressDown by the Wire: State by State, It's Just too Close to Call Daily Press Victorville, California November 3, 1980 B-1TossupNovember 3, 1980 Results 1980 United States presidential election in MississippiPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votesRepublican 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 892,620 100.00% 7 Results by county Countyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2291 MS US President Race, November 04, 1980Ronald ReaganRepublicanJimmy CarterDemocraticJohn B. AndersonIndependentEd ClarkIndependentDeidre GriswoldIndependentAndrew PulleyIndependentMarginTotal#%#%#%#%#%#%#% Adams 7,523 48.97% 7,228 47.05% 151 0.98% 245 1.59% 166 1.08% 50 0.33% 295 1.92% 15,363 Alcorn 5,196 41.25% 6,242 49.56% 898 7.13% 119 0.94% 37 0.29% 103 0.82% -1,046 -8.31% 12,595 Amite 2,653 44.43% 3,229 54.08% 43 0.72% 24 0.40% 11 0.18% 11 0.18% -576 -9.65% 5,971 Attala 3,975 48.39% 4,117 50.12% 71 0.86% 27 0.33% 13 0.16% 11 0.13% -142 -1.73% 8,214 Benton 1,254 36.59% 2,094 61.10% 35 1.02% 20 0.58% 13 0.38% 11 0.32% -840 -24.51% 3,427 Bolivar 5,148 35.53% 8,839 61.00% 280 1.93% 110 0.76% 37 0.26% 77 0.53% -3,691 -25.47% 14,491 Calhoun 2,579 42.85% 3,295 54.74% 64 1.06% 44 0.73% 21 0.35% 16 0.27% -716 -11.89% 6,019 Carroll 2,153 50.92% 2,037 48.18% 22 0.52% 11 0.26% 3 0.07% 2 0.05% 116 2.74% 4,228 Chickasaw 2,540 40.13% 3,622 57.23% 71 1.12% 47 0.74% 28 0.44% 21 0.33% -1,082 -17.10% 6,329 Choctaw 1,927 52.15% 1,729 46.79% 26 0.70% 10 0.27% 2 0.05% 1 0.03% 198 5.36% 3,695 Claiborne 1,129 26.70% 3,032 71.71% 22 0.52% 22 0.52% 16 0.38% 7 0.17% -1,903 -45.01% 4,228 Clarke 3,303 49.14% 3,303 49.14% 41 0.61% 48 0.71% 17 0.25% 9 0.13% 0 0.00% 6,721 Clay 3,439 43.18% 4,275 53.68% 124 1.56% 55 0.69% 39 0.49% 32 0.40% -836 -10.50% 7,964 Coahoma 4,592 38.22% 7,030 58.51% 256 2.13% 62 0.52% 38 0.32% 37 0.31% -2,438 -20.29% 12,015 Copiah 4,461 43.99% 5,517 54.41% 76 0.75% 45 0.44% 21 0.21% 20 0.20% -1,056 -10.42% 10,140 Covington 3,471 53.15% 2,956 45.26% 39 0.60% 28 0.43% 20 0.31% 17 0.26% 515 7.89% 6,531 DeSoto 9,655 58.80% 6,344 38.64% 237 1.44% 103 0.63% 41 0.25% 39 0.24% 3,311 20.16% 16,419 Forrest 12,656 59.34% 8,274 38.80% 275 1.29% 95 0.45% 17 0.08% 10 0.05% 4,382 20.54% 21,327 Franklin 2,026 49.31% 2,040 49.65% 23 0.56% 9 0.22% 4 0.10% 7 0.17% -14 -0.34% 4,109 George 3,052 51.45% 2,757 46.48% 64 1.08% 31 0.52% 8 0.13% 20 0.34% 295 4.97% 5,932 Greene 1,772 50.04% 1,740 49.14% 23 0.65% 5 0.14% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 32 0.90% 3,541 Grenada 3,993 48.11% 4,182 50.39% 59 0.71% 38 0.46% 14 0.17% 14 0.17% -189 -2.28% 8,300 Hancock 5,088 57.07% 3,544 39.75% 159 1.78% 91 1.02% 18 0.20% 15 0.17% 1,544 17.32% 8,915 Harrison 25,175 58.70% 16,318 38.05% 822 1.92% 371 0.87% 81 0.19% 121 0.28% 8,857 20.65% 42,888 Hinds 48,135 53.44% 39,369 43.71% 1,414 1.57% 623 0.69% 294 0.33% 239 0.27% 8,766 9.73% 90,074 Holmes 2,693 32.31% 5,463 65.54% 57 0.68% 54 0.65% 39 0.47% 30 0.36% -2,770 -33.23% 8,336 Humphreys 1,841 36.67% 2,970 59.16% 68 1.35% 74 1.47% 37 0.74% 30 0.60% -1,129 -22.49% 5,020 Issaquena 349 36.05% 598 61.78% 5 0.52% 6 0.62% 5 0.52% 5 0.52% -249 -25.73% 968 Itawamba 2,906 37.00% 4,852 61.79% 57 0.73% 26 0.33% 7 0.09% 5 0.06% -1,946 -24.79% 7,853 Jackson 22,498 62.57% 12,226 34.00% 653 1.82% 394 1.09% 100 0.28% 127 0.35% 10,272 28.57% 35,958 Jasper 2,781 41.68% 3,813 57.14% 34 0.51% 23 0.34% 14 0.21% 8 0.12% -1,032 -15.46% 6,673 Jefferson 751 20.17% 2,871 77.09% 41 1.10% 28 0.75% 15 0.40% 18 0.48% -2,120 -56.92% 3,724 Jefferson Davis 2,280 36.85% 3,831 61.92% 24 0.39% 26 0.42% 19 0.31% 7 0.11% -1,551 -25.07% 6,187 Jones 12,900 53.11% 11,117 45.77% 155 0.64% 60 0.25% 24 0.10% 33 0.14% 1,783 7.34% 24,289 Kemper 1,822 41.05% 2,601 58.59% 12 0.27% 4 0.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -779 -17.54% 4,439 Lafayette 4,366 45.62% 4,887 51.06% 243 2.54% 42 0.44% 19 0.20% 14 0.15% -521 -5.44% 9,571 Lamar 5,395 63.13% 3,005 35.16% 84 0.98% 39 0.46% 13 0.15% 10 0.12% 2,390 27.97% 8,546 Lauderdale 14,727 56.38% 9,918 37.97% 784 3.00% 438 1.68% 71 0.27% 181 0.69% 4,809 18.41% 26,119 Lawrence 2,781 50.02% 2,692 48.42% 49 0.88% 22 0.40% 5 0.09% 11 0.20% 89 1.60% 5,560 Leake 3,624 46.83% 4,033 52.12% 40 0.52% 14 0.18% 15 0.19% 12 0.16% -409 -5.29% 7,738 Lee 8,326 44.08% 10,047 53.19% 321 1.70% 100 0.53% 37 0.20% 58 0.31% -1,721 -9.11% 18,889 Leflore 5,798 42.40% 7,498 54.83% 166 1.21% 83 0.61% 71 0.52% 59 0.43% -1,700 -12.43% 13,675 Lincoln 7,286 57.78% 5,213 41.34% 75 0.59% 19 0.15% 7 0.06% 10 0.08% 2,073 16.44% 12,610 Lowndes 9,973 60.98% 6,187 37.83% 140 0.86% 45 0.28% 7 0.04% 3 0.02% 3,786 23.15% 16,355 Madison 6,024 42.91% 7,621 54.28% 276 1.97% 61 0.43% 16 0.11% 41 0.29% -1,597 -11.37% 14,039 Marion 5,218 48.73% 5,366 50.12% 62 0.58% 36 0.34% 12 0.11% 3 0.03% -148 -1.39% 10,707 Marshall 3,455 31.85% 7,153 65.94% 121 1.12% 63 0.58% 22 0.20% 24 0.22% -3,698 -34.09% 10,848 Monroe 4,793 39.16% 6,998 57.18% 177 1.45% 143 1.17% 55 0.45% 73 0.60% -2,205 -18.02% 12,239 Montgomery 2,479 46.55% 2,730 51.26% 42 0.79% 28 0.53% 20 0.38% 27 0.51% -251 -4.71% 5,326 Neshoba 5,165 56.45% 3,872 42.32% 72 0.79% 19 0.21% 12 0.13% 9 0.10% 1,293 14.13% 9,149 Newton 4,317 54.36% 3,455 43.51% 86 1.08% 33 0.42% 36 0.45% 14 0.18% 862 10.85% 7,941 Noxubee 1,970 35.46% 3,434 61.82% 47 0.85% 41 0.74% 41 0.74% 22 0.40% -1,464 -26.36% 5,555 Oktibbeha 6,300 49.70% 6,039 47.64% 258 2.04% 54 0.43% 15 0.12% 9 0.07% 261 2.06% 12,675 Panola 4,219 39.33% 6,179 57.60% 149 1.39% 90 0.84% 47 0.44% 44 0.41% -1,960 -18.27% 10,728 Pearl River 6,822 56.19% 5,028 41.41% 161 1.33% 77 0.63% 25 0.21% 28 0.23% 1,794 14.78% 12,141 Perry 2,255 52.90% 1,957 45.91% 25 0.59% 14 0.33% 8 0.19% 4 0.09% 298 6.99% 4,263 Pike 6,661 48.56% 6,694 48.80% 129 0.94% 115 0.84% 57 0.42% 60 0.44% -33 -0.24% 13,716 Pontotoc 3,198 40.99% 4,499 57.66% 58 0.74% 33 0.42% 7 0.09% 7 0.09% -1,301 -16.67% 7,802 Prentiss 3,264 39.91% 4,832 59.09% 40 0.49% 29 0.35% 5 0.06% 8 0.10% -1,568 -19.18% 8,178 Quitman 1,691 35.16% 2,926 60.83% 83 1.73% 34 0.71% 32 0.67% 44 0.91% -1,235 -25.67% 4,810 Rankin 16,650 66.25% 8,047 32.02% 296 1.18% 81 0.32% 29 0.12% 29 0.12% 8,603 34.23% 25,132 Scott 4,645 52.59% 4,043 45.78% 72 0.82% 32 0.36% 16 0.18% 24 0.27% 602 6.81% 8,832 Sharkey 996 32.97% 1,957 64.78% 28 0.93% 21 0.70% 11 0.36% 8 0.26% -961 -31.81% 3,021 Simpson 5,190 55.60% 4,015 43.01% 70 0.75% 23 0.25% 29 0.31% 7 0.07% 1,175 12.59% 9,334 Smith 3,772 59.50% 2,474 39.02% 46 0.73% 27 0.43% 8 0.13% 13 0.21% 1,298 20.48% 6,340 Stone 1,888 49.21% 1,821 47.46% 53 1.38% 50 1.30% 15 0.39% 10 0.26% 67 1.75% 3,837 Sunflower 3,728 41.76% 5,035 56.40% 82 0.92% 40 0.45% 26 0.29% 16 0.18% -1,307 -14.64% 8,927 Tallahatchie 2,183 37.79% 3,467 60.02% 45 0.78% 24 0.42% 37 0.64% 20 0.35% -1,284 -22.23% 5,776 Tate 3,343 45.38% 3,892 52.84% 80 1.09% 28 0.38% 16 0.22% 7 0.10% -549 -7.46% 7,366 Tippah 3,338 44.97% 3,878 52.24% 116 1.56% 53 0.71% 23 0.31% 15 0.20% -540 -7.27% 7,423 Tishomingo 2,489 34.47% 4,595 63.63% 79 1.09% 29 0.40% 9 0.12% 20 0.28% -2,106 -29.16% 7,221 Tunica 954 29.77% 2,198 68.58% 24 0.75% 14 0.44% 8 0.25% 7 0.22% -1,244 -38.81% 3,205 Union 3,545 40.68% 5,001 57.38% 94 1.08% 46 0.53% 19 0.22% 10 0.11% -1,456 -16.70% 8,715 Walthall 2,703 46.91% 2,960 51.37% 34 0.59% 35 0.61% 12 0.21% 18 0.31% -257 -4.46% 5,762 Warren 10,151 56.00% 7,489 41.31% 274 1.51% 82 0.45% 77 0.42% 55 0.30% 2,662 14.69% 18,128 Washington 8,978 44.63% 10,722 53.30% 186 0.92% 89 0.44% 89 0.44% 53 0.26% -1,744 -8.67% 20,117 Wayne 3,844 52.07% 3,494 47.32% 26 0.35% 17 0.23% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 350 4.75% 7,383 Webster 2,386 50.64% 2,178 46.22% 75 1.59% 39 0.83% 19 0.40% 15 0.32% 208 4.42% 4,712 Wilkinson 1,442 32.04% 2,981 66.24% 25 0.56% 22 0.49% 14 0.31% 16 0.36% -1,539 -34.20% 4,500 Winston 3,998 46.79% 4,416 51.68% 65 0.76% 29 0.34% 19 0.22% 18 0.21% -418 -4.89% 8,545 Yalobusha 2,224 38.46% 3,432 59.35% 78 1.35% 25 0.43% 12 0.21% 12 0.21% -1,208 -20.89% 5,783 Yazoo 4,819 45.90% 5,468 52.09% 99 0.94% 49 0.47% 30 0.29% 33 0.31% -649 -6.19% 10,498Totals441,08949.42%429,28148.09%12,0361.35%5,4650.61%2,4020.27%2,3470.26%11,8081.33%892,620 Notes References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 Mississippi 1980 Category:1980 Mississippi elections