1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi

none June 2025 September 2023 1984 United States presidential election 1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg presidential no 1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1980 1988 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1988 November 6, 1984 x200px File:Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (4x5 cropped).jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 7 581,477 61.85% Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg Walter Mondale Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Geraldine Ferraro 0 352,192 37.46% 190px County results 190px Congressional district results Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Mondale #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) The 1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Mississippi was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency. All but two counties gave either Mondale or Reagan an outright majority; Leflore and Issaquena Counties gave Reagan a plurality. Reagan's best county was Lamar, where he got 79.9% of the vote; Mondale's was Jefferson, where he got 77.9%. Despite Reagan's overall landslide win in the state, Jefferson County, which possessed the largest African-American share of United States county's population, gave Mondale his fourth-largest vote share of any county or county-equivalent, after the District of Columbia, Macon County, Alabama, and majority-Native American Shannon County, South Dakota.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1984 Presidential Election Statistics 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Republican presidential candidate: Clay, Jefferson Davis, Sunflower, and Tallahatchie.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 This marked the first time in history that Mississippi voted Republican in consecutive elections (or that a Republican carried the state twice), and the first such occasion for any party since 1956. Among white voters, 79% supported Reagan while 20% supported Mondale.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 thumb|right|A Reagan-Bush Rally in Gulfport, Mississippi on October 1, 1984. Results 1984 United States presidential election in MississippiPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 581,477 61.85% 7 Democratic Walter Mondale 352,192 37.46% 0 Libertarian David Bergland 2,336 0.25% 0 Workers World Larry Holmes 1,169 0.12% 0 Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 1,032 0.11% 0 Independent Lyndon LaRouche 1,001 0.11% 0 America First Bob Richards 629 0.07% 0 New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 356 0.04% 0 Totals 940,192 100.0% 7 Results by county County Ronald ReaganRepublican Walter MondaleDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Adams 9,440 54.32% 7,849 45.17% 89 0.51% 1,591 9.15% 17,378 Alcorn 7,203 58.66% 4,862 39.60% 214 1.74% 2,341 19.06% 12,279 Amite 3,463 57.24% 2,569 42.46% 18 0.30% 894 14.78% 6,050 Attala 4,870 59.28% 3,327 40.50% 18 0.22% 1,543 18.78% 8,215 Benton 1,737 50.12% 1,715 49.48% 14 0.40% 22 0.64% 3,466 Bolivar 6,939 43.85% 8,769 55.42% 116 0.73% -1,830 -11.57% 15,824 Calhoun 3,579 67.06% 1,749 32.77% 9 0.17% 1,830 34.29% 5,337 Carroll 2,823 65.70% 1,462 34.02% 12 0.28% 1,361 31.68% 4,297 Chickasaw 3,605 60.52% 2,329 39.10% 23 0.39% 1,276 21.42% 5,957 Choctaw 2,491 68.00% 1,166 31.83% 6 0.16% 1,325 36.17% 3,663 Claiborne 1,294 28.86% 3,179 70.90% 11 0.25% -1,885 -42.04% 4,484 Clarke 4,551 66.61% 2,262 33.11% 19 0.28% 2,289 33.50% 6,832 Clay 4,112 50.23% 4,046 49.42% 29 0.35% 66 0.81% 8,187 Coahoma 5,759 44.96% 6,839 53.39% 212 1.65% -1,080 -8.43% 12,810 Copiah 5,806 55.74% 4,591 44.08% 19 0.18% 1,215 11.66% 10,416 Covington 4,165 64.95% 2,219 34.60% 29 0.45% 1,946 30.35% 6,413 DeSoto 12,576 73.88% 4,369 25.67% 77 0.45% 8,207 48.21% 17,022 Forrest 15,719 69.63% 6,786 30.06% 71 0.31% 8,933 39.57% 22,576 Franklin 2,564 62.86% 1,494 36.63% 21 0.51% 1,070 26.23% 4,079 George 4,346 72.10% 1,655 27.46% 27 0.45% 2,691 44.64% 6,028 Greene 2,744 67.55% 1,297 31.93% 21 0.52% 1,447 35.62% 4,062 Grenada 5,181 60.80% 3,325 39.02% 15 0.18% 1,856 21.78% 8,521 Hancock 7,662 74.07% 2,630 25.43% 52 0.50% 5,032 48.64% 10,344 Harrison 33,995 72.83% 12,495 26.77% 187 0.40% 21,500 46.06% 46,677 Hinds 56,953 56.69% 42,373 42.18% 1,142 1.14% 14,580 14.51% 100,468 Holmes 3,102 35.44% 5,641 64.45% 10 0.11% -2,539 -29.01% 8,753 Humphreys 2,309 46.99% 2,596 52.83% 9 0.18% -287 -5.84% 4,914 Issaquena 512 49.52% 501 48.45% 21 2.03% 11 1.07% 1,034 Itawamba 4,587 62.96% 2,674 36.71% 24 0.33% 1,913 26.25% 7,285 Jackson 29,585 76.79% 8,821 22.89% 123 0.32% 20,764 53.90% 38,529 Jasper 3,727 54.00% 3,104 44.97% 71 1.03% 623 9.03% 6,902 Jefferson 856 21.88% 3,049 77.94% 7 0.18% -2,193 -56.06% 3,912 Jefferson Davis 2,884 51.81% 2,644 47.50% 38 0.68% 240 4.31% 5,566 Jones 17,586 70.47% 7,298 29.25% 70 0.28% 10,288 41.22% 24,954 Kemper 2,354 52.83% 2,089 46.88% 13 0.29% 265 5.95% 4,456 Lafayette 6,006 62.05% 3,646 37.67% 28 0.29% 2,360 24.38% 9,680 Lamar 7,929 79.85% 1,964 19.78% 37 0.37% 5,965 60.07% 9,930 Lauderdale 18,807 69.00% 7,534 27.64% 916 3.36% 11,273 41.36% 27,257 Lawrence 3,970 63.49% 2,274 36.37% 9 0.14% 1,696 27.12% 6,253 Leake 4,663 62.04% 2,845 37.85% 8 0.11% 1,818 24.19% 7,516 Lee 13,312 67.47% 6,208 31.46% 210 1.06% 7,104 36.01% 19,730 Leflore 7,550 49.63% 7,443 48.93% 219 1.44% 107 0.70% 15,212 Lincoln 8,898 66.50% 4,458 33.32% 25 0.19% 4,440 33.18% 13,381 Lowndes 12,049 66.29% 6,078 33.44% 50 0.28% 5,971 32.85% 18,177 Madison 9,298 53.24% 8,002 45.82% 163 0.93% 1,296 7.42% 17,463 Marion 7,355 66.11% 3,757 33.77% 13 0.12% 3,598 32.34% 11,125 Marshall 4,389 42.70% 5,845 56.87% 44 0.43% -1,456 -14.17% 10,278 Monroe 7,387 62.28% 4,437 37.41% 36 0.30% 2,950 24.87% 11,860 Montgomery 3,093 62.07% 1,881 37.75% 9 0.18% 1,212 24.32% 4,983 Neshoba 6,715 71.71% 2,630 28.09% 19 0.20% 4,085 43.62% 9,364 Newton 5,911 73.23% 2,127 26.35% 34 0.42% 3,784 46.88% 8,072 Noxubee 2,123 41.23% 2,928 56.87% 98 1.90% -805 -15.64% 5,149 Oktibbeha 7,574 59.65% 5,097 40.14% 26 0.20% 2,477 19.51% 12,697 Panola 5,850 51.43% 5,465 48.04% 60 0.53% 385 3.39% 11,375 Pearl River 9,978 76.10% 3,085 23.53% 49 0.37% 6,893 52.57% 13,112 Perry 3,098 65.30% 1,415 29.83% 231 4.87% 1,683 35.47% 4,744 Pike 8,254 57.28% 6,137 42.59% 20 0.14% 2,117 14.69% 14,411 Pontotoc 5,182 67.80% 2,434 31.85% 27 0.35% 2,748 35.95% 7,643 Prentiss 4,821 62.35% 2,897 37.47% 14 0.18% 1,924 24.88% 7,732 Quitman 2,198 48.33% 2,343 51.52% 7 0.15% -145 -3.19% 4,548 Rankin 22,393 79.10% 5,874 20.75% 41 0.14% 16,519 58.35% 28,308 Scott 5,763 63.66% 3,274 36.16% 16 0.18% 2,489 27.50% 9,053 Sharkey 1,487 43.76% 1,723 50.71% 188 5.53% -236 -6.95% 3,398 Simpson 5,983 67.04% 2,894 32.43% 47 0.53% 3,089 34.61% 8,924 Smith 5,116 76.24% 1,573 23.44% 21 0.31% 3,543 52.80% 6,710 Stone 2,980 71.07% 1,185 28.26% 28 0.67% 1,795 42.81% 4,193 Sunflower 5,178 51.21% 4,913 48.59% 20 0.20% 265 2.62% 10,111 Tallahatchie 2,901 51.38% 2,725 48.26% 20 0.35% 176 3.12% 5,646 Tate 4,677 61.89% 2,846 37.66% 34 0.45% 1,831 24.23% 7,557 Tippah 4,706 64.46% 2,566 35.15% 29 0.40% 2,140 29.31% 7,301 Tishomingo 3,527 54.87% 2,879 44.79% 22 0.34% 648 10.08% 6,428 Tunica 1,109 39.55% 1,621 57.81% 74 2.64% -512 -18.26% 2,804 Union 5,837 67.74% 2,766 32.10% 14 0.16% 3,071 35.64% 8,617 Walthall 3,305 59.65% 2,219 40.05% 17 0.31% 1,086 19.60% 5,541 Warren 12,959 60.99% 8,054 37.90% 235 1.11% 4,905 23.09% 21,248 Washington 12,454 53.19% 10,617 45.34% 343 1.46% 1,837 7.85% 23,414 Wayne 5,000 63.81% 2,818 35.96% 18 0.23% 2,182 27.85% 7,836 Webster 3,390 70.71% 1,397 29.14% 7 0.15% 1,993 41.57% 4,794 Wilkinson 1,722 39.28% 2,627 59.92% 35 0.80% -905 -20.64% 4,384 Winston 5,192 59.36% 3,543 40.51% 11 0.13% 1,649 18.85% 8,746 Yalobusha 2,934 55.52% 2,337 44.22% 14 0.26% 597 11.30% 5,285 Yazoo 6,275 54.99% 5,037 44.14% 100 0.88% 1,238 10.85% 11,412Totals581,47761.85%352,19237.46%6,5230.69%229,28524.39%940,192 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Alcorn Amite Attala Benton Calhoun Chickasaw Clarke (was tied) Clay Copiah Franklin Grenada Issaquena Itawamba Jasper Jefferson Davis Kemper Lafayette Leake Lee Leflore Madison Marion Monroe Montgomery Panola Pike Pontotoc Prentiss Sunflower Tallahatchie Tate Tippah Tishomingo Union Walthall Washington Yalobusha Winston Yazoo Results by congressional district Reagan won all five congressional districts, including three held by Democrats. District Reagan Mondale RepresentativeMississippi 1 1st 62.6% 37.4%Jamie WhittenMississippi 2 2nd 50.5% 49.5%Webb FranklinMississippi 3 3rd 65.4% 34.6%Sonny MontgomeryMississippi 4 4th 59.0% 41.0%Wayne DowdyMississippi 5 5th 73.7% 26.3%Trent Lott See also Presidency of Ronald Reagan United States presidential elections in Mississippi 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 1984 Category:1984 Mississippi elections