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The '''1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi''' took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and [[Washington, D.C.|The District of Columbia]] were part of the [[1980 United States presidential election]]. [[Mississippi]] voters chose seven electors to the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]], who voted for [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. |
The '''1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi''' took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and [[Washington, D.C.|The District of Columbia]] were part of the [[1980 United States presidential election]]. [[Mississippi]] voters chose seven electors to the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]], who voted for [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]. |
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Mississippi was won by former California [[Governor of California|Governor]] [[Ronald Reagan]] (R) by a slim margin of 1.33%.<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> |
Mississippi was won by former California [[Governor of California|Governor]] [[Ronald Reagan]] (R) by a slim margin of 1.33%.<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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At the time it was the election with the largest amount 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> |
At the time it was the election with the largest amount 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> |
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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%.[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 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;[2] as Reagan and Carter ended up in a tie in Clarke County.
At the time it was the election with the largest amount of votes in Mississippi history.[3]
Results
1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi[1] | |||||
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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 Wilson Reagan Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
John Bayard Anderson Independent |
Edward E. Clark[4] Independent |
Deidre Griswold[4] Independent |
Cleve Andrew Pulley[4] Independent |
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% | 15,363 |
Alcorn | 5,196 | 41.25% | 6,242 | 49.56% | 898 | 7.13% | 119 | 0.94% | 37 | 0.29% | 103 | 0.82% | 12,595 |
Amite | 2,653 | 44.43% | 3,229 | 54.08% | 43 | 0.72% | 24 | 0.40% | 11 | 0.18% | 11 | 0.18% | 5,971 |
Attala | 3,975 | 48.39% | 4,117 | 50.12% | 71 | 0.86% | 27 | 0.33% | 13 | 0.16% | 11 | 0.13% | 8,214 |
Benton | 1,254 | 36.59% | 2,094 | 61.10% | 35 | 1.02% | 20 | 0.58% | 13 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.32% | 3,427 |
Bolivar | 5,148 | 35.53% | 8,839 | 61.00% | 280 | 1.93% | 110 | 0.76% | 37 | 0.26% | 77 | 0.53% | 14,491 |
Calhoun | 2,579 | 42.85% | 3,295 | 54.74% | 64 | 1.06% | 44 | 0.73% | 21 | 0.35% | 16 | 0.27% | 6,019 |
Carroll | 2,153 | 50.92% | 2,037 | 48.18% | 22 | 0.52% | 11 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.05% | 4,228 |
Chickasaw | 2,540 | 40.13% | 3,622 | 57.23% | 71 | 1.12% | 47 | 0.74% | 28 | 0.44% | 21 | 0.33% | 6,329 |
Choctaw | 1,927 | 52.15% | 1,729 | 46.79% | 26 | 0.70% | 10 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,695 |
Claiborne | 1,129 | 26.70% | 3,032 | 71.71% | 22 | 0.52% | 22 | 0.52% | 16 | 0.38% | 7 | 0.17% | 4,228 |
Clarke | 3,303 | 49.14% | 3,303 | 49.14% | 41 | 0.61% | 48 | 0.71% | 17 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.13% | 6,721 |
Clay | 3,439 | 43.18% | 4,275 | 53.68% | 124 | 1.56% | 55 | 0.69% | 39 | 0.49% | 32 | 0.40% | 7,964 |
Coahoma | 4,592 | 38.22% | 7,030 | 58.51% | 256 | 2.13% | 62 | 0.52% | 38 | 0.32% | 37 | 0.31% | 12,015 |
Copiah | 4,461 | 43.99% | 5,517 | 54.41% | 76 | 0.75% | 45 | 0.44% | 21 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.20% | 10,140 |
Covington | 3,471 | 53.15% | 2,956 | 45.26% | 39 | 0.60% | 28 | 0.43% | 20 | 0.31% | 17 | 0.26% | 6,531 |
DeSoto | 9,655 | 58.80% | 6,344 | 38.64% | 237 | 1.44% | 103 | 0.63% | 41 | 0.25% | 39 | 0.24% | 16,419 |
Forrest | 12,656 | 59.34% | 8,274 | 38.80% | 275 | 1.29% | 95 | 0.45% | 17 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.05% | 21,327 |
Franklin | 2,026 | 49.31% | 2,040 | 49.65% | 23 | 0.56% | 9 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.17% | 4,109 |
George | 3,052 | 51.45% | 2,757 | 46.48% | 64 | 1.08% | 31 | 0.52% | 8 | 0.13% | 20 | 0.34% | 5,932 |
Greene | 1,772 | 50.04% | 1,740 | 49.14% | 23 | 0.65% | 5 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,541 |
Grenada | 3,993 | 48.11% | 4,182 | 50.39% | 59 | 0.71% | 38 | 0.46% | 14 | 0.17% | 14 | 0.17% | 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% | 8,895 |
Harrison | 25,175 | 58.70% | 16,318 | 38.05% | 822 | 1.92% | 371 | 0.87% | 81 | 0.19% | 121 | 0.28% | 42,888 |
Hinds | 48,135 | 53.44% | 39,369 | 43.71% | 1,414 | 1.57% | 623 | 0.69% | 294 | 0.33% | 239 | 0.27% | 90,074 |
Holmes | 2,693 | 32.31% | 5,463 | 65.54% | 57 | 0.68% | 54 | 0.65% | 39 | 0.47% | 30 | 0.36% | 8,336 |
Humphreys | 1,841 | 36.67% | 2,970 | 59.16% | 68 | 1.35% | 74 | 1.47% | 37 | 0.74% | 30 | 0.60% | 5,020 |
Issaquena | 349 | 36.05% | 598 | 61.78% | 5 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.62% | 5 | 0.52% | 5 | 0.52% | 968 |
Itawamba | 2,906 | 37.00% | 4,852 | 61.79% | 57 | 0.73% | 26 | 0.33% | 7 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.06% | 7,853 |
Jackson | 22,498 | 62.57% | 12,226 | 34.00% | 653 | 1.82% | 394 | 1.09% | 100 | 0.28% | 127 | 0.35% | 35,958 |
Jasper | 2,781 | 41.68% | 3,813 | 57.14% | 34 | 0.51% | 23 | 0.34% | 14 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.12% | 6,673 |
Jefferson | 751 | 20.17% | 2,871 | 77.09% | 41 | 1.10% | 28 | 0.75% | 15 | 0.40% | 18 | 0.48% | 3,724 |
Jefferson Davis | 2,280 | 36.85% | 3,831 | 61.92% | 24 | 0.39% | 26 | 0.42% | 19 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.11% | 6,187 |
Jones | 12,900 | 53.11% | 11,117 | 45.77% | 155 | 0.64% | 60 | 0.25% | 24 | 0.10% | 33 | 0.14% | 24,289 |
Kemper | 1,822 | 41.05% | 2,601 | 58.59% | 12 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,439 |
Lafayette | 4,366 | 45.62% | 4,887 | 51.06% | 243 | 2.54% | 42 | 0.44% | 19 | 0.20% | 14 | 0.15% | 9,571 |
Lamar | 5,395 | 63.13% | 3,005 | 35.16% | 84 | 0.98% | 39 | 0.46% | 13 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.12% | 8,546 |
Lauderdale | 14,727 | 56.38% | 9,918 | 37.97% | 784 | 3.00% | 438 | 1.68% | 71 | 0.27% | 181 | 0.69% | 26,119 |
Lawrence | 2,781 | 50.02% | 2,692 | 48.42% | 49 | 0.88% | 22 | 0.40% | 5 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.20% | 5,560 |
Leake | 3,624 | 46.83% | 4,033 | 52.12% | 40 | 0.52% | 14 | 0.18% | 15 | 0.19% | 12 | 0.16% | 7,738 |
Lee | 8,326 | 44.08% | 10,047 | 53.19% | 321 | 1.70% | 100 | 0.53% | 37 | 0.20% | 58 | 0.31% | 18,889 |
Leflore | 5,798 | 42.40% | 7,498 | 54.83% | 166 | 1.21% | 83 | 0.61% | 71 | 0.52% | 59 | 0.43% | 13,675 |
Lincoln | 7,286 | 57.78% | 5,213 | 41.34% | 75 | 0.59% | 19 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.08% | 12,610 |
Lowndes | 9,973 | 60.98% | 6,187 | 37.83% | 140 | 0.86% | 45 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.02% | 16,355 |
Madison | 6,024 | 42.91% | 7,621 | 54.28% | 276 | 1.97% | 61 | 0.43% | 16 | 0.11% | 41 | 0.29% | 14,039 |
Marion | 5,218 | 48.73% | 5,366 | 50.12% | 62 | 0.58% | 36 | 0.34% | 12 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.03% | 10,707 |
Marshall | 3,455 | 31.85% | 7,153 | 65.94% | 121 | 1.12% | 63 | 0.58% | 22 | 0.20% | 24 | 0.22% | 10,848 |
Monroe | 4,793 | 39.16% | 6,998 | 57.18% | 177 | 1.45% | 143 | 1.17% | 55 | 0.45% | 73 | 0.60% | 12,239 |
Montgomery | 2,479 | 46.55% | 2,730 | 51.26% | 42 | 0.79% | 28 | 0.53% | 20 | 0.38% | 27 | 0.51% | 5,326 |
Neshoba | 5,165 | 56.45% | 3,872 | 42.32% | 72 | 0.79% | 19 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.10% | 9,149 |
Newton | 4,317 | 54.36% | 3,455 | 43.51% | 86 | 1.08% | 33 | 0.42% | 36 | 0.45% | 14 | 0.18% | 7,941 |
Noxubee | 1,970 | 35.46% | 3,434 | 61.82% | 47 | 0.85% | 41 | 0.74% | 41 | 0.74% | 22 | 0.40% | 5,555 |
Oktibbeha | 6,300 | 49.70% | 6,039 | 47.64% | 258 | 2.04% | 54 | 0.43% | 15 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.07% | 12,675 |
Panola | 4,219 | 39.33% | 6,179 | 57.60% | 149 | 1.39% | 90 | 0.84% | 47 | 0.44% | 44 | 0.41% | 10,728 |
Pearl River | 6,822 | 56.19% | 5,028 | 41.41% | 161 | 1.33% | 77 | 0.63% | 25 | 0.21% | 28 | 0.23% | 12,141 |
Perry | 2,255 | 52.90% | 1,957 | 45.91% | 25 | 0.59% | 14 | 0.33% | 8 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.09% | 4,263 |
Pike | 6,661 | 48.56% | 6,694 | 48.80% | 129 | 0.94% | 115 | 0.84% | 57 | 0.42% | 60 | 0.44% | 13,716 |
Pontotoc | 3,198 | 40.99% | 4,499 | 57.66% | 58 | 0.74% | 33 | 0.42% | 7 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.09% | 7,802 |
Prentiss | 3,264 | 39.91% | 4,832 | 59.09% | 40 | 0.49% | 29 | 0.35% | 5 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.10% | 8,178 |
Quitman | 1,691 | 35.16% | 2,926 | 60.83% | 83 | 1.73% | 34 | 0.71% | 32 | 0.67% | 44 | 0.91% | 4,810 |
Rankin | 16,650 | 66.25% | 8,047 | 32.02% | 296 | 1.18% | 81 | 0.32% | 29 | 0.12% | 29 | 0.12% | 25,132 |
Scott | 4,645 | 52.59% | 4,043 | 45.78% | 72 | 0.82% | 32 | 0.36% | 16 | 0.18% | 24 | 0.27% | 8,832 |
Sharkey | 996 | 32.97% | 1,957 | 64.78% | 28 | 0.93% | 21 | 0.70% | 11 | 0.36% | 8 | 0.26% | 3,021 |
Simpson | 5,190 | 55.60% | 4,015 | 43.01% | 70 | 0.75% | 23 | 0.25% | 29 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.07% | 9,334 |
Smith | 3,772 | 59.50% | 2,474 | 39.02% | 46 | 0.73% | 27 | 0.43% | 8 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.21% | 6,340 |
Stone | 1,888 | 49.21% | 1,821 | 47.46% | 53 | 1.38% | 50 | 1.30% | 15 | 0.39% | 10 | 0.26% | 3,837 |
Sunflower | 3,728 | 41.76% | 5,035 | 56.40% | 82 | 0.92% | 40 | 0.45% | 26 | 0.29% | 16 | 0.18% | 8,927 |
Tallahatchie | 2,183 | 37.79% | 3,467 | 60.02% | 45 | 0.78% | 24 | 0.42% | 37 | 0.64% | 20 | 0.35% | 5,776 |
Tate | 3,343 | 45.38% | 3,892 | 52.84% | 80 | 1.09% | 28 | 0.38% | 16 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.10% | 7,366 |
Tippah | 3,338 | 44.97% | 3,878 | 52.24% | 116 | 1.56% | 53 | 0.71% | 23 | 0.31% | 15 | 0.20% | 7,423 |
Tishomingo | 2,489 | 34.47% | 4,595 | 63.63% | 79 | 1.09% | 29 | 0.40% | 9 | 0.12% | 20 | 0.28% | 7,221 |
Tunica | 954 | 29.77% | 2,198 | 68.58% | 24 | 0.75% | 14 | 0.44% | 8 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.22% | 3,205 |
Union | 3,545 | 40.68% | 5,001 | 57.38% | 94 | 1.08% | 46 | 0.53% | 19 | 0.22% | 10 | 0.11% | 8,715 |
Walthall | 2,703 | 46.91% | 2,960 | 51.37% | 34 | 0.59% | 35 | 0.61% | 12 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.31% | 5,762 |
Warren | 10,151 | 56.00% | 7,489 | 41.31% | 274 | 1.51% | 82 | 0.45% | 77 | 0.42% | 55 | 0.30% | 18,128 |
Washington | 8,978 | 44.63% | 10,722 | 53.30% | 186 | 0.92% | 89 | 0.44% | 89 | 0.44% | 53 | 0.26% | 20,117 |
Wayne | 3,844 | 52.07% | 3,494 | 47.32% | 26 | 0.35% | 17 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,383 |
Webster | 2,386 | 50.64% | 2,178 | 46.22% | 75 | 1.59% | 39 | 0.83% | 19 | 0.40% | 15 | 0.32% | 4,712 |
Wilkinson | 1,442 | 32.04% | 2,981 | 66.24% | 25 | 0.56% | 22 | 0.49% | 14 | 0.31% | 16 | 0.36% | 4,500 |
Winston | 3,998 | 46.79% | 4,416 | 51.68% | 65 | 0.76% | 29 | 0.34% | 19 | 0.22% | 18 | 0.21% | 8,545 |
Yalobusha | 2,224 | 38.46% | 3,432 | 59.35% | 78 | 1.35% | 25 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.21% | 5,783 |
Yazoo | 4,819 | 45.90% | 5,468 | 52.09% | 99 | 0.94% | 49 | 0.47% | 30 | 0.29% | 33 | 0.31% | 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% | 892,620 |
Notes
References
- ^ a b "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "MS US President Race, November 04, 1980".