Mississippi 1980 Presidential Election

Jimmy Carter vs. Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan won the Mississippi 1980 presidential election with 441,089 votes (49.4%), a margin of R+1.3. Mississippi's 6 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

48.1%

49.4%

429,281

Jimmy Carter (48.1%)

441,089

Ronald Reagan (49.4%)

Total Votes: 892,620|Margin: R+1.3

County Results

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County Results (82 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Jefferson County	D+56.9	D+56.9	D+56.1	3,724	D+5.0%
Claiborne County	D+45.0	D+45.0	D+42.0	4,228	D+4.0%
Tunica County	D+38.8	D+38.8	D+18.3	3,205	D+11.8%
Wilkinson County	D+34.2	D+34.2	D+20.6	4,500	D+1.9%
Marshall County	D+34.1	D+34.1	D+14.2	10,848	R+15.0%
Holmes County	D+33.2	D+33.2	D+29.0	8,336	D+3.0%
Sharkey County	D+31.8	D+31.8	D+6.9	3,021	D+21.2%
Tishomingo County	D+29.2	D+29.2	R+10.1	7,221	R+1.1%
Noxubee County	D+26.4	D+26.4	D+15.6	5,555	D+20.0%
Issaquena County	D+25.7	D+25.7	R+1.1	968	D+0.4%
Quitman County	D+25.7	D+25.7	D+3.2	4,810	R+7.3%
Bolivar County	D+25.5	D+25.5	D+11.6	14,491	D+6.6%
Jefferson Davis County	D+25.1	D+25.1	R+4.3	6,187	D+6.4%
Itawamba County	D+24.8	D+24.8	R+26.3	7,853	R+9.9%
Benton County	D+24.5	D+24.5	R+0.6	3,427	R+24.9%
Humphreys County	D+22.5	D+22.5	D+5.8	5,020	D+3.2%
Tallahatchie County	D+22.2	D+22.2	R+3.1	5,776	D+6.1%
Yalobusha County	D+20.9	D+20.9	R+11.3	5,783	D+3.2%
Coahoma County	D+20.3	D+20.3	D+8.4	12,015	D+1.0%
Prentiss County	D+19.2	D+19.2	R+24.9	8,178	R+10.5%
Panola County	D+18.3	D+18.3	R+3.4	10,728	R+5.7%
Monroe County	D+18.0	D+18.0	R+24.9	12,239	D+5.9%
Kemper County	D+17.5	D+17.5	R+5.9	4,439	R+0.6%
Chickasaw County	D+17.1	D+17.1	R+21.4	6,329	D+11.7%
Union County	D+16.7	D+16.7	R+35.6	8,715	R+16.1%
Pontotoc County	D+16.7	D+16.7	R+36.0	7,802	R+11.4%
Jasper County	D+15.5	D+15.5	R+9.0	6,673	D+1.8%
Sunflower County	D+14.6	D+14.6	R+2.6	8,927	D+3.8%
Leflore County	D+12.4	D+12.4	R+0.7	13,675	D+10.3%
Calhoun County	D+11.9	D+11.9	R+34.3	6,019	R+5.5%
Madison County	D+11.4	D+11.4	R+7.4	14,039	R+1.0%
Clay County	D+10.5	D+10.5	R+0.8	7,964	D+3.2%
Copiah County	D+10.4	D+10.4	R+11.7	10,140	D+8.6%
Amite County	D+9.6	D+9.6	R+14.8	5,971	D+3.3%
Lee County	D+9.1	D+9.1	R+36.0	18,889	D+2.1%
Washington County	D+8.7	D+8.7	R+7.8	20,117	R+3.3%
Alcorn County	D+8.3	D+8.3	R+19.1	12,595	R+24.8%
Tate County	D+7.5	D+7.5	R+24.2	7,366	R+12.0%
Tippah County	D+7.3	D+7.3	R+29.3	7,423	R+30.5%
Yazoo County	D+6.2	D+6.2	R+10.8	10,498	D+8.6%
Lafayette County	D+5.4	D+5.4	R+24.4	9,571	R+2.2%
Leake County	D+5.3	D+5.3	R+24.2	7,738	R+1.8%
Winston County	D+4.9	D+4.9	R+18.9	8,545	D+1.1%
Montgomery County	D+4.7	D+4.7	R+24.3	5,326	D+2.0%
Walthall County	D+4.5	D+4.5	R+19.6	5,762	R+6.5%
Grenada County	D+2.3	D+2.3	R+21.8	8,300	D+6.6%
Attala County	D+1.7	D+1.7	R+18.8	8,214	R+10.7%
Marion County	D+1.4	D+1.4	R+32.3	10,707	D+1.5%
Franklin County	D+0.3	D+0.3	R+26.2	4,109	D+4.5%
Pike County	D+0.2	D+0.2	R+14.7	13,716	R+0.5%
Clarke County	Even	Even	R+33.5	6,721	D+2.0%
Greene County	R+0.9	R+0.9	R+35.6	3,541	R+16.5%
Lawrence County	R+1.6	R+1.6	R+27.1	5,560	R+4.6%
Stone County	R+1.7	R+1.7	R+42.8	3,837	R+4.0%
Adams County	R+1.9	R+1.9	R+9.2	15,363	R+3.3%
Oktibbeha County	R+2.1	R+2.1	R+19.5	12,675	D+6.7%
Carroll County	R+2.7	R+2.7	R+31.7	4,228	R+2.9%
Webster County	R+4.4	R+4.4	R+41.6	4,712	R+10.8%
Wayne County	R+4.7	R+4.7	R+27.8	7,383	R+9.2%
George County	R+5.0	R+5.0	R+44.6	5,932	R+26.3%
Choctaw County	R+5.4	R+5.4	R+36.2	3,695	R+4.1%
Scott County	R+6.8	R+6.8	R+27.5	8,832	R+6.7%
Perry County	R+7.0	R+7.0	R+35.5	4,263	R+18.7%
Jones County	R+7.3	R+7.3	R+41.2	24,289	R+2.9%
Covington County	R+7.9	R+7.9	R+30.3	6,531	R+12.8%
Hinds County	R+9.7	R+9.7	R+14.5	90,074	D+12.8%
Newton County	R+10.9	R+10.9	R+46.9	7,941	D+5.2%
Simpson County	R+12.6	R+12.6	R+34.6	9,334	R+3.9%
Neshoba County	R+14.1	R+14.1	R+43.6	9,149	R+14.5%
Warren County	R+14.7	R+14.7	R+23.1	18,128	D+0.6%
Pearl River County	R+14.8	R+14.8	R+52.6	12,141	R+21.9%
Lincoln County	R+16.4	R+16.4	R+33.2	12,610	D+3.2%
Hancock County	R+17.3	R+17.3	R+48.6	8,915	R+18.5%
Lauderdale County	R+18.4	R+18.4	R+41.4	26,119	R+0.2%
DeSoto County	R+20.2	R+20.2	R+48.2	16,419	R+30.8%
Smith County	R+20.5	R+20.5	R+52.8	6,340	R+8.1%
Forrest County	R+20.5	R+20.5	R+39.6	21,327	R+5.6%
Harrison County	R+20.7	R+20.7	R+46.1	42,888	R+13.5%
Lowndes County	R+23.1	R+23.1	R+32.8	16,355	R+10.8%
Lamar County	R+28.0	R+28.0	R+60.1	8,546	R+15.2%
Jackson County	R+28.6	R+28.6	R+53.9	35,958	R+13.6%
Rankin County	R+34.2	R+34.2	R+58.4	25,132	R+10.0%

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County Results (82 counties)

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