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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 by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a slim margin of 1.33 percentage points.[ 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 2016 presidential election [update] , 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
Results by county
County
Reagan#
Reagan%
Carter#
Carter%
Anderson#
Anderson%
Others#
Others%
Total votes cast
Adams
7,523
48.97%
7,228
47.05%
151
0.98%
461
3.00%
15,363
Alcorn
5,196
41.25%
6,242
49.56%
898
7.13%
259
2.06%
12,595
Amite
2,653
44.43%
3,229
54.08%
43
0.72%
46
0.77%
5,971
Attala
3,975
48.39%
4,117
50.12%
71
0.86%
51
0.62%
8,214
Benton
1,254
36.59%
2,094
61.10%
35
1.02%
44
1.28%
3,427
Bolivar
5,148
35.53%
8,839
61.00%
280
1.93%
224
1.55%
14,491
Calhoun
2,579
42.85%
3,295
54.74%
64
1.06%
81
1.35%
6,019
Carroll
2,153
50.92%
2,037
48.18%
22
0.52%
16
0.38%
4,228
Chickasaw
2,540
40.13%
3,622
57.23%
71
1.12%
96
1.52%
6,329
Choctaw
1,927
52.15%
1,729
46.79%
26
0.70%
13
0.35%
3,695
Claiborne
1,129
26.70%
3,032
71.71%
22
0.52%
45
1.06%
4,228
Clarke
3,303
49.14%
3,303
49.14%
41
0.61%
74
1.10%
6,721
Clay
3,439
43.18%
4,275
53.68%
124
1.56%
126
1.58%
7,964
Coahoma
4,592
38.22%
7,030
58.51%
256
2.13%
137
1.14%
12,015
Copiah
4,461
43.99%
5,517
54.41%
76
0.75%
86
0.85%
10,140
Covington
3,471
53.15%
2,956
45.26%
39
0.60%
65
1.00%
6,531
DeSoto
9,655
58.80%
6,344
38.64%
237
1.44%
183
1.11%
16,419
Forrest
12,656
59.34%
8,274
38.80%
275
1.29%
122
0.57%
21,327
Franklin
2,026
49.31%
2,040
49.65%
23
0.56%
20
0.49%
4,109
George
3,052
51.45%
2,757
46.48%
64
1.08%
59
0.99%
5,932
Greene
1,772
50.04%
1,740
49.14%
23
0.65%
6
0.17%
3,541
Grenada
3,993
48.11%
4,182
50.39%
59
0.71%
66
0.80%
8,300
Hancock
5,088
57.07%
3,544
39.75%
159
1.78%
124
1.39%
8,915
Harrison
25,175
58.70%
16,318
38.05%
822
1.92%
573
1.34%
42,888
Hinds
48,135
53.44%
39,369
43.71%
1,414
1.57%
1,156
1.28%
90,074
Holmes
2,693
32.31%
5,463
65.54%
57
0.68%
123
1.48%
8,336
Humphreys
1,841
36.67%
2,970
59.16%
68
1.35%
141
2.81%
5,020
Issaquena
349
36.05%
598
61.78%
5
0.52%
16
1.65%
968
Itawamba
2,906
37.00%
4,852
61.79%
57
0.73%
38
0.48%
7,853
Jackson
22,498
62.57%
12,226
34.00%
653
1.82%
581
1.62%
35,958
Jasper
2,781
41.68%
3,813
57.14%
34
0.51%
45
0.67%
6,673
Jefferson
751
20.17%
2,871
77.09%
41
1.10%
61
1.64%
3,724
Jefferson Davis
2,280
36.85%
3,831
61.92%
24
0.39%
52
0.84%
6,187
Jones
12,900
53.11%
11,117
45.77%
155
0.64%
117
0.48%
24,289
Kemper
1,822
41.05%
2,601
58.59%
12
0.27%
4
0.09%
4,439
Lafayette
4,366
45.62%
4,887
51.06%
243
2.54%
75
0.78%
9,571
Lamar
5,395
63.13%
3,005
35.16%
84
0.98%
62
0.73%
8,546
Lauderdale
14,727
56.38%
9,918
37.97%
784
3.00%
690
2.64%
26,119
Lawrence
2,781
50.02%
2,692
48.42%
49
0.88%
38
0.68%
5,560
Leake
3,624
46.83%
4,033
52.12%
40
0.52%
41
0.53%
7,738
Lee
8,326
44.08%
10,047
53.19%
321
1.70%
195
1.03%
18,889
Leflore
5,798
42.40%
7,498
54.83%
166
1.21%
213
1.56%
13,675
Lincoln
7,286
57.78%
5,213
41.34%
75
0.59%
36
0.29%
12,610
Lowndes
9,973
60.98%
6,187
37.83%
140
0.86%
55
0.34%
16,355
Madison
6,024
42.91%
7,621
54.28%
276
1.97%
118
0.84%
14,039
Marion
5,218
48.73%
5,366
50.12%
62
0.58%
61
0.57%
10,707
Marshall
3,455
31.85%
7,153
65.94%
121
1.12%
119
1.10%
10,848
Monroe
4,793
39.16%
6,998
57.18%
177
1.45%
271
2.21%
12,239
Montgomery
2,479
46.55%
2,730
51.26%
42
0.79%
75
1.41%
5,326
Neshoba
5,165
56.45%
3,872
42.32%
72
0.79%
40
0.44%
9,149
Newton
4,317
54.36%
3,455
43.51%
86
1.08%
83
1.05%
7,941
Noxubee
1,970
35.46%
3,434
61.82%
47
0.85%
104
1.87%
5,555
Oktibbeha
6,300
49.70%
6,039
47.64%
258
2.04%
78
0.62%
12,675
Panola
4,219
39.33%
6,179
57.60%
149
1.39%
181
1.69%
10,728
Pearl River
6,822
56.19%
5,028
41.41%
161
1.33%
130
1.07%
12,141
Perry
2,255
52.90%
1,957
45.91%
25
0.59%
26
0.61%
4,263
Pike
6,661
48.56%
6,694
48.80%
129
0.94%
232
1.69%
13,716
Pontotoc
3,198
40.99%
4,499
57.66%
58
0.74%
47
0.60%
7,802
Prentiss
3,264
39.91%
4,832
59.09%
40
0.49%
42
0.51%
8,178
Quitman
1,691
35.16%
2,926
60.83%
83
1.73%
110
2.29%
4,810
Rankin
16,650
66.25%
8,047
32.02%
296
1.18%
139
0.55%
25,132
Scott
4,645
52.59%
4,043
45.78%
72
0.82%
72
0.82%
8,832
Sharkey
996
32.97%
1,957
64.78%
28
0.93%
40
1.32%
3,021
Simpson
5,190
55.60%
4,015
43.01%
70
0.75%
59
0.63%
9,334
Smith
3,772
59.50%
2,474
39.02%
46
0.73%
48
0.76%
6,340
Stone
1,888
49.21%
1,821
47.46%
53
1.38%
75
1.95%
3,837
Sunflower
3,728
41.76%
5,035
56.40%
82
0.92%
82
0.92%
8,927
Tallahatchie
2,183
37.79%
3,467
60.02%
45
0.78%
81
1.40%
5,776
Tate
3,343
45.38%
3,892
52.84%
80
1.09%
51
0.69%
7,366
Tippah
3,338
44.97%
3,878
52.24%
116
1.56%
91
1.23%
7,423
Tishomingo
2,489
34.47%
4,595
63.63%
79
1.09%
58
0.80%
7,221
Tunica
954
29.77%
2,198
68.58%
24
0.75%
29
0.90%
3,205
Union
3,545
40.68%
5,001
57.38%
94
1.08%
75
0.86%
8,715
Walthall
2,703
46.91%
2,960
51.37%
34
0.59%
65
1.13%
5,762
Warren
10,151
56.00%
7,489
41.31%
274
1.51%
214
1.18%
18,128
Washington
8,978
44.63%
10,722
53.30%
186
0.92%
231
1.15%
20,117
Wayne
3,844
52.07%
3,494
47.32%
26
0.35%
19
0.26%
7,383
Webster
2,386
50.64%
2,178
46.22%
75
1.59%
73
1.55%
4,712
Wilkinson
1,442
32.04%
2,981
66.24%
25
0.56%
52
1.16%
4,500
Winston
3,998
46.79%
4,416
51.68%
65
0.76%
66
0.77%
8,545
Yalobusha
2,224
38.46%
3,432
59.35%
78
1.35%
49
0.85%
5,783
Yazoo
4,819
45.90%
5,468
52.09%
99
0.94%
112
1.07%
10,498
Totals
441,089
49.42%
429,281
48.09%
12,036
1.35%
10,214
1.14%
892,620
References