Ronald Reagan carried Mississippi R+1.3.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Mississippi, 1980. The state ran 8.4 points more Democratic than the nation (R+9.7 nationally).

Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)

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Mississippi result

892,620 votes counted

Carter (D)

429,281

48.1%

Reagan (R)

441,089

49.4%

All others

22,290

2.5%

Margin

R+1.3

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1980 presidential election

Mississippi, 1980

ReaganR+1.3

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	49.4%	441,089
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	48.1%	429,281
John B. AndersonIndependent	2.5%	22,290

D+60

R+60

82 counties, each filled by 1980 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Mississippi's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Mississippi's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+73.3%
1896	+84.1%
1900	+77.6%
1912	+86.5%
1916	+88.4%
1920	+69.9%
1924	+81.8%
1928	+64.3%
1932	+92.4%
1936	+94.3%
1940	+91.5%
1944	+87.1%
1948	+7.5%
1952	+20.9%
1956	+33.8%
1960	+11.7%
1964	−74.3%
1968	+9.5%
1972	−58.6%
1976	+1.9%
1980	−1.3%
1984	−24.5%
1988	−20.8%
1992	−8.9%
1996	−5.1%
2000	−16.9%
2004	−19.7%
2008	−13.2%
2012	−11.5%
2016	−17.8%
2020	−16.5%
2024	−22.9%

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County results — 1980

82 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−1.9%	7,228	7,523	15,363
Alcorn County	D	+8.3%	6,242	5,196	12,595
Amite County	D	+9.6%	3,229	2,653	5,971
Attala County	D	+1.7%	4,117	3,975	8,214
Benton County	D	+24.5%	2,094	1,254	3,427
Bolivar County	D	+25.5%	8,839	5,148	14,491
Calhoun County	D	+11.9%	3,295	2,579	6,019
Carroll County	R	−2.7%	2,037	2,153	4,228
Chickasaw County	D	+17.1%	3,622	2,540	6,329
Choctaw County	R	−5.4%	1,729	1,927	3,695
Claiborne County	D	+45.0%	3,032	1,129	4,228
Clarke County	O	+0.0%	3,303	3,303	6,721
Clay County	D	+10.5%	4,275	3,439	7,964
Coahoma County	D	+20.3%	7,030	4,592	12,015
Copiah County	D	+10.4%	5,517	4,461	10,140
Covington County	R	−7.9%	2,956	3,471	6,531
DeSoto County	R	−20.2%	6,344	9,655	16,419
Forrest County	R	−20.5%	8,274	12,656	21,327
Franklin County	D	+0.3%	2,040	2,026	4,109
George County	R	−5.0%	2,757	3,052	5,932
Greene County	R	−0.9%	1,740	1,772	3,541
Grenada County	D	+2.3%	4,182	3,993	8,300
Hancock County	R	−17.3%	3,544	5,088	8,915
Harrison County	R	−20.7%	16,318	25,175	42,888
Hinds County	R	−9.7%	39,369	48,135	90,074
Holmes County	D	+33.2%	5,463	2,693	8,336
Humphreys County	D	+22.5%	2,970	1,841	5,020
Issaquena County	D	+25.7%	598	349	968
Itawamba County	D	+24.8%	4,852	2,906	7,853
Jackson County	R	−28.6%	12,226	22,498	35,958
Jasper County	D	+15.5%	3,813	2,781	6,673
Jefferson County	D	+56.9%	2,871	751	3,724
Jefferson Davis County	D	+25.1%	3,831	2,280	6,187
Jones County	R	−7.3%	11,117	12,900	24,289
Kemper County	D	+17.5%	2,601	1,822	4,439
Lafayette County	D	+5.4%	4,887	4,366	9,571
Lamar County	R	−28.0%	3,005	5,395	8,546
Lauderdale County	R	−18.4%	9,918	14,727	26,119
Lawrence County	R	−1.6%	2,692	2,781	5,560
Leake County	D	+5.3%	4,033	3,624	7,738
Lee County	D	+9.1%	10,047	8,326	18,889
Leflore County	D	+12.4%	7,498	5,798	13,675
Lincoln County	R	−16.4%	5,213	7,286	12,610
Lowndes County	R	−23.1%	6,187	9,973	16,355
Madison County	D	+11.4%	7,621	6,024	14,039
Marion County	D	+1.4%	5,366	5,218	10,707
Marshall County	D	+34.1%	7,153	3,455	10,848
Monroe County	D	+18.0%	6,998	4,793	12,239
Montgomery County	D	+4.7%	2,730	2,479	5,326
Neshoba County	R	−14.1%	3,872	5,165	9,149
Newton County	R	−10.9%	3,455	4,317	7,941
Noxubee County	D	+26.4%	3,434	1,970	5,555
Oktibbeha County	R	−2.1%	6,039	6,300	12,675
Panola County	D	+18.3%	6,179	4,219	10,728
Pearl River County	R	−14.8%	5,028	6,822	12,141
Perry County	R	−7.0%	1,957	2,255	4,263
Pike County	D	+0.2%	6,694	6,661	13,716
Pontotoc County	D	+16.7%	4,499	3,198	7,802
Prentiss County	D	+19.2%	4,832	3,264	8,178
Quitman County	D	+25.7%	2,926	1,691	4,810
Rankin County	R	−34.2%	8,047	16,650	25,132
Scott County	R	−6.8%	4,043	4,645	8,832
Sharkey County	D	+31.8%	1,957	996	3,021
Simpson County	R	−12.6%	4,015	5,190	9,334
Smith County	R	−20.5%	2,474	3,772	6,340
Stone County	R	−1.7%	1,821	1,888	3,837
Sunflower County	D	+14.6%	5,035	3,728	8,927
Tallahatchie County	D	+22.2%	3,467	2,183	5,776
Tate County	D	+7.5%	3,892	3,343	7,366
Tippah County	D	+7.3%	3,878	3,338	7,423
Tishomingo County	D	+29.2%	4,595	2,489	7,221
Tunica County	D	+38.8%	2,198	954	3,205
Union County	D	+16.7%	5,001	3,545	8,715
Walthall County	D	+4.5%	2,960	2,703	5,762
Warren County	R	−14.7%	7,489	10,151	18,128
Washington County	D	+8.7%	10,722	8,978	20,117
Wayne County	R	−4.7%	3,494	3,844	7,383
Webster County	R	−4.4%	2,178	2,386	4,712
Wilkinson County	D	+34.2%	2,981	1,442	4,500
Winston County	D	+4.9%	4,416	3,998	8,545
Yalobusha County	D	+20.9%	3,432	2,224	5,783
Yazoo County	D	+6.2%	5,468	4,819	10,498