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Both candidates targeted the state,<ref>{{cite news|last=Minor|first=Bill|title=Mississippi Voters Courted by Both Parties|work=[[The Greenwood Commonwealth]]|agency=Jackson Reporter|date=September 2, 1980|page=4}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Minor|first=Bill|title=And He Sees Reagan Carrying State|work=Enterprise-Journal|location=[[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]], [[Mississippi]]|date=November 2, 1980|page=2}}</ref> Mississippi, alongside [[1980 United States presidential election in Alabama|Alabama]], [[1980 United States presidential election in Florida|Florida]] and [[1980 United States presidential election in Texas|Texas]], was a key state in Reagan’s plan to win the presidency by eating into Carter’s 1976 Southern support,<ref>{{cite news|title=Alabama Among Key States in Reagan Plan|work=[[The Montgomery Advertiser]]|date=September 1, 1980|location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]]|page=21}}</ref> especially as Carter’s [[Baptist]] identity held less weight than it had in 1976.<ref>{{cite news|last=Weidie|first=Wayne W.|title=Don’t Mortgage Your Home To Bet on Reagan|work=The Winona Times|location=[[Winona, Mississippi]]|date=October 9, 1980|page=2}}</ref> |
Both major party candidates targeted the state,<ref>{{cite news|last=Minor|first=Bill|title=Mississippi Voters Courted by Both Parties|work=[[The Greenwood Commonwealth]]|agency=Jackson Reporter|date=September 2, 1980|page=4}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Minor|first=Bill|title=And He Sees Reagan Carrying State|work=Enterprise-Journal|location=[[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]], [[Mississippi]]|date=November 2, 1980|page=2}}</ref> Mississippi, alongside [[1980 United States presidential election in Alabama|Alabama]], [[1980 United States presidential election in Florida|Florida]] and [[1980 United States presidential election in Texas|Texas]], was a key state in Reagan’s plan to win the presidency by eating into Carter’s 1976 Southern support,<ref>{{cite news|title=Alabama Among Key States in Reagan Plan|work=[[The Montgomery Advertiser]]|date=September 1, 1980|location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]]|page=21}}</ref> especially as Carter’s [[Baptist]] identity held less weight than it had in 1976.<ref>{{cite news|last=Weidie|first=Wayne W.|title=Don’t Mortgage Your Home To Bet on Reagan|work=The Winona Times|location=[[Winona, Mississippi]]|date=October 9, 1980|page=2}}</ref> |
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[[Philadelphia, Mississippi|Philadelphia]], notorious for the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers, was where Reagan began his campaign with a proclamation of “[[States' rights|states’ rights]]” frequently compared with [[George Wallace 1968 presidential campaign|George Wallace’s 1968 campaign]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Cohen|first=Michael A.|title=American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and Politics of Division|date=2016|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=[[Oxford]]|isbn=9780199777563|page=347}}</ref> which had won over five-eighths of Mississippi’s total vote and over four-fifths of the white vote.<ref name="Competing">{{cite book|last=Black|first=Earl|chapter=Competing Responses to the New Southern Politics: Republican and Democratic Southern Strategies, 1964-76|title=Perspectives on the American South: An Annual Review of Society, Politics, and Culture|editor-last1=Reed|editor-first1=John Shelton|editor-last2=Black|editor-first2=Merle|year=2021|isbn=9781136764882}}</ref> Late in September, the state would be the target of simultaneous campaigning by Jimmy Carter’s mother Lilian, and simultaneously by Republican nominee, California [[Governor of California|Governor]] [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President’s Mother To Visit Jackson School|work=The Clarksdale Press Register|agency=Jackson Associated Press|date=September 21, 1980|location=[[Clarksdale, Mississippi|Clarksdale]], [[Mississippi]]|page=1}}</ref> Later in the campaign, however, Governor Winter issued a severe criticism of Reagan’s campaign for failing to debate agricultural policy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Agricultural Issues: Reagan Forces Won’t Debate|work=Enterprise-Journal|date=October 23, 1980|location=[[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]], [[Mississippi]]|page=10}}</ref> |
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Mississippi was won |
Mississippi was won, fairly consistently with predictions, by Reagan with a slim margin of 1.33 points.<ref name="Leip">{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=28&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=1980 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi|publisher=Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas}}</ref> 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|2020|11|alt=As of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]]}}, this is the last election in which [[Winston County, Mississippi|Winston County]], [[Tippah County, Mississippi|Tippah County]], [[Itawamba County, Mississippi|Itawamba County]], [[Union County, Mississippi|Union County]], [[Prentiss County, Mississippi|Prentiss County]], [[Pontotoc County, Mississippi|Pontotoc County]], [[Lee County, Mississippi|Lee County]], [[Lafayette County, Mississippi|Lafayette County]], [[Attala County, Mississippi|Attala County]], [[Monroe County, Mississippi|Monroe County]], [[Madison County, Mississippi|Madison County]], [[Calhoun County, Mississippi|Calhoun County]], [[Tate County, Mississippi|Tate County]], [[Marion County, Mississippi|Marion County]], [[Leake County, Mississippi|Leake County]], [[Grenada County, Mississippi|Grenada County]], and [[Franklin County, Mississippi|Franklin County]] voted for the Democratic candidate, as well as the last time that [[Clarke County, Mississippi|Clarke County]] was not carried by the Republican candidate;<ref name="how">Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> as Reagan and Carter ended up in a tie in Clarke County. |
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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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 4, 1984 |title=Record number of voters expected at state polls |page=1 |work=The Greenwood Commonwealth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103755645/the-greenwood-commonwealth/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614183054/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103755645/the-greenwood-commonwealth/ |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> This is the second-closest election in Mississippi after [[1848 United States presidential election in Mississippi|1848]] and the only time that a Republican has won Mississippi by a margin of less than 5 points. |
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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 4, 1984 |title=Record number of voters expected at state polls |page=1 |work=The Greenwood Commonwealth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103755645/the-greenwood-commonwealth/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614183054/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103755645/the-greenwood-commonwealth/ |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> This is the second-closest election in Mississippi after [[1848 United States presidential election in Mississippi|1848]] and the only time that a Republican has won Mississippi by a margin of less than 5 points. |
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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.
Campaign
Both major party candidates targeted the state,[1] 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.[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,[3] especially as Carter’s Baptist identity held less weight than it had in 1976.[4]
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,[5] which had won over five-eighths of Mississippi’s total vote and over four-fifths of the white vote.[6] Late in September, the state would be the target of simultaneous campaigning by Jimmy Carter’s mother Lilian, and simultaneously by Republican nominee, California Governor Ronald Reagan.[7] Later in the campaign, however, Governor Winter issued a severe criticism of Reagan’s campaign for failing to debate agricultural policy.[8]
Predictions
Source | Rating | As of |
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Bristol Herald Courier[9] | Lean R | October 5, 1980 |
Kansas City Star[10] | Lean R | October 12, 1980 |
The Clarion-Ledger[11] | Lean R | October 26, 1980 |
The Greenwood Commonwealth[12] | Lean R | October 31, 1980 |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram[13] | Tilt R | October 31, 1980 |
Daily Press[14] | Tossup | November 3, 1980 |
Results
1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi[15] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | 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 | 100.0% | 7 |
Results by county
County | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic |
John B. Anderson Independent |
Edward E. Clark Independent |
Deidre Griswold Independent |
Andrew Pulley Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
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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 | -8.30% | 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 | -11.90% | 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 | -10.41% | 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 | 20.17% | 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 | 20.55% | 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% | 51[a] | 0.57% | 25[a] | 0.28% | 28[a] | 0.31% | 1,544 | 17.36% | 8,895 |
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 | -25.72% | 968 |
Itawamba | 2,906 | 37.00% | 4,852 | 61.79% | 57 | 0.73% | 26 | 0.33% | 7 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.06% | -1,946 | -24.78% | 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 | -15.47% | 6,673 |
Jefferson | 751 | 20.17% | 2,871 | 77.09% | 41 | 1.10% | 28 | 0.75% | 15 | 0.40% | 18 | 0.48% | -2,120 | -56.93% | 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 | -17.55% | 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 | -11.38% | 14,039 |
Marion | 5,218 | 48.73% | 5,366 | 50.12% | 62 | 0.58% | 36 | 0.34% | 12 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.03% | -148 | -1.38% | 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 | 10.86% | 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 | -26.35% | 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 | -16.68% | 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 | -19.17% | 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 | -25.68% | 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 | 6.82% | 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 | 20.47% | 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 | -7.45% | 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 | -16.71% | 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 | 14.68% | 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 | 4.74% | 7,383 |
Webster | 2,386 | 50.64% | 2,178 | 46.22% | 75 | 1.59% | 39 | 0.83% | 19 | 0.40% | 15 | 0.32% | 208 | 4.41% | 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 | -6.18% | 10,498 |
Totals | 441,089 | 49.42% | 429,281 | 48.09% | 12,036 | 1.35% | 5,465 | 0.61% | 2,402 | 0.27% | 2,347 | 0.26% | 11,808 | 1.33% | 892,620 |
Analysis
Mississippi was won, fairly consistently with predictions, by Reagan with a slim margin of 1.33 points.[15] 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 2020 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;[17] 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.[18] 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.
Notes
References
- ^ Minor, Bill (September 2, 1980). "Mississippi Voters Courted by Both Parties". The Greenwood Commonwealth. Jackson Reporter. p. 4.
- ^ Minor, Bill (November 2, 1980). "And He Sees Reagan Carrying State". Enterprise-Journal. McComb, Mississippi. p. 2.
- ^ "Alabama Among Key States in Reagan Plan". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. September 1, 1980. p. 21.
- ^ Weidie, Wayne W. (October 9, 1980). "Don't Mortgage Your Home To Bet on Reagan". The Winona Times. Winona, Mississippi. p. 2.
- ^ Cohen, Michael A. (2016). American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and Politics of Division. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 347. ISBN 9780199777563.
- ^ Black, Earl (2021). "Competing Responses to the New Southern Politics: Republican and Democratic Southern Strategies, 1964-76". In Reed, John Shelton; Black, Merle (eds.). Perspectives on the American South: An Annual Review of Society, Politics, and Culture. ISBN 9781136764882.
- ^ "President's Mother To Visit Jackson School". The Clarksdale Press Register. Clarksdale, Mississippi. Jackson Associated Press. September 21, 1980. p. 1.
- ^ "Agricultural Issues: Reagan Forces Won't Debate". Enterprise-Journal. McComb, Mississippi. October 23, 1980. p. 10.
- ^ Pettys, Dick (October 5, 1980). "Dixie Remains Political Background with No "Home Turf Odds" for Carter". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. p. 5A.
- ^ Mears, Walter R. (October 26, 1980). "Carter–Reagan Race Tightens Near Finish". Kansas City Star. pp. 1A, 14A.
- ^ Newman, Johanna; Kubissa, David W. (October 26, 1980). "Carter Must Get Strong Mississippi Black Vote to Take State". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. pp. 1A, 16A.
- ^ Minor, Bill (October 31, 1980). "Carter May Not Carry Mississippi Voting". The Greenwood Commonwealth. Jackson Reporter. p. 4.
- ^ Pettys, Dick (October 31, 1980). "Reagan Quietly Undermining Carter's '76 Support". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The Associated Press. p. 8A.
- ^ "Down by the Wire: State by State, It's Just too Close to Call". Daily Press. Victorville, California. November 3, 1980. p. B-1.
- ^ a b "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ "MS US President Race, November 04, 1980".
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "Record number of voters expected at state polls". The Greenwood Commonwealth. November 4, 1984. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.