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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Mississippi

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Mississippi in 1980, 49.5% to 48.1%, a margin of 1.3 points and 11,808 votes.

Mississippi voted 8.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+9.7.

Mississippi changed party: in 1976 it went Democratic, for Jimmy Carter.

Democrats led in 50 of the 82 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 31. The largest, Hinds, cast 90,074 votes and went to the Republican by 9.7 points. The closest was Franklin, where 14 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ronald Reagan won	Republican	441,089	49.5%
Jimmy Carter	Democratic	429,281	48.1%
All other candidates		21,380	2.4%
Total		891,750

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hinds	39,369 43.7%	48,135 53.4%	2,570	90,074	R+9.7
Harrison	16,318 38.0%	25,175 58.7%	1,395	42,888	R+20.7
Jackson	12,226 34.0%	22,498 62.6%	1,234	35,958	R+28.6
Lauderdale	9,918 38.0%	14,727 56.4%	1,474	26,119	R+18.4
Rankin	8,047 32.0%	16,650 66.3%	435	25,132	R+34.2
Jones	11,117 45.8%	12,900 53.1%	272	24,289	R+7.3
Forrest	8,274 38.8%	12,656 59.3%	397	21,327	R+20.5
Washington	10,722 53.3%	8,978 44.6%	417	20,117	D+8.7
Lee	10,047 53.2%	8,326 44.1%	516	18,889	D+9.1
Warren	7,489 41.3%	10,151 56.0%	488	18,128	R+14.7
De Soto	6,344 38.6%	9,655 58.8%	420	16,419	R+20.2
Lowndes	6,187 37.8%	9,973 61.0%	195	16,355	R+23.1
Adams	7,228 47.0%	7,523 49.0%	612	15,363	R+1.9
Bolivar	8,839 61.0%	5,148 35.5%	504	14,491	D+25.5
Madison	7,621 54.3%	6,024 42.9%	394	14,039	D+11.4
Pike	6,694 48.8%	6,661 48.6%	361	13,716	D+0.2
Leflore	7,498 54.8%	5,798 42.4%	379	13,675	D+12.4
Oktibbeha	6,039 47.6%	6,300 49.7%	336	12,675	R+2.1
Lincoln	5,213 41.3%	7,286 57.8%	111	12,610	R+16.4
Alcorn	6,242 49.6%	5,196 41.3%	1,157	12,595	D+8.3
Monroe	6,998 57.2%	4,793 39.2%	448	12,239	D+18.0
Pearl River	5,028 41.4%	6,822 56.2%	291	12,141	R+14.8
Coahoma	7,030 58.5%	4,592 38.2%	393	12,015	D+20.3
Marshall	7,153 65.9%	3,455 31.8%	240	10,848	D+34.1
Panola	6,179 57.6%	4,219 39.3%	330	10,728	D+18.3
Marion	5,366 50.1%	5,218 48.7%	123	10,707	D+1.4
Yazoo	5,468 52.1%	4,819 45.9%	211	10,498	D+6.2
Copiah	5,517 54.4%	4,461 44.0%	162	10,140	D+10.4
Lafayette	4,887 51.1%	4,366 45.6%	318	9,571	D+5.4
Simpson	4,015 43.0%	5,190 55.6%	129	9,334	R+12.6
Neshoba	3,872 42.3%	5,165 56.5%	112	9,149	R+14.1
Sunflower	5,035 56.4%	3,728 41.8%	164	8,927	D+14.6
Hancock	3,544 39.8%	5,088 57.1%	283	8,915	R+17.3
Scott	4,043 45.8%	4,645 52.6%	144	8,832	R+6.8
Union	5,001 57.4%	3,545 40.7%	169	8,715	D+16.7
Lamar	3,005 35.2%	5,395 63.1%	146	8,546	R+28.0
Winston	4,416 51.7%	3,998 46.8%	131	8,545	D+4.9
Holmes	5,463 65.5%	2,693 32.3%	180	8,336	D+33.2
Grenada	4,182 50.4%	3,993 48.1%	125	8,300	D+2.3
Attala	4,117 50.1%	3,975 48.4%	122	8,214	D+1.7
Prentiss	4,832 59.1%	3,264 39.9%	82	8,178	D+19.2
Clay	4,275 53.7%	3,439 43.2%	250	7,964	D+10.5
Newton	3,455 43.5%	4,317 54.4%	169	7,941	R+10.9
Itawamba	4,852 61.8%	2,906 37.0%	95	7,853	D+24.8
Pontotoc	4,499 57.7%	3,198 41.0%	105	7,802	D+16.7
Leake	4,033 52.1%	3,624 46.8%	81	7,738	D+5.3
Tippah	3,878 52.2%	3,338 45.0%	207	7,423	D+7.3
Wayne	3,494 47.3%	3,844 52.1%	45	7,383	R+4.7
Tate	3,892 52.8%	3,343 45.4%	131	7,366	D+7.5
Tishomingo	4,595 63.6%	2,489 34.5%	137	7,221	D+29.2
Clarke	3,303 49.1%	3,303 49.1%	115	6,721	level
Jasper	3,813 57.1%	2,781 41.7%	79	6,673	D+15.5
Covington	2,956 45.3%	3,471 53.1%	104	6,531	R+7.9
Smith	2,474 39.0%	3,772 59.5%	94	6,340	R+20.5
Chickasaw	3,622 57.2%	2,540 40.1%	167	6,329	D+17.1
Jefferson Davis	3,831 61.9%	2,280 36.9%	76	6,187	D+25.1
Calhoun	3,295 54.7%	2,579 42.8%	145	6,019	D+11.9
Amite	3,229 54.1%	2,653 44.4%	89	5,971	D+9.6
George	2,757 46.5%	3,052 51.4%	123	5,932	R+5.0
Yalobusha	3,432 59.3%	2,224 38.5%	127	5,783	D+20.9
Tallahatchie	3,467 60.0%	2,183 37.8%	126	5,776	D+22.2
Walthall	2,960 51.4%	2,703 46.9%	99	5,762	D+4.5
Lawrence	2,692 48.4%	2,781 50.0%	87	5,560	R+1.6
Noxubee	3,434 61.8%	1,970 35.5%	151	5,555	D+26.4
Montgomery	2,730 51.3%	2,479 46.5%	117	5,326	D+4.7
Humphreys	2,970 59.2%	1,841 36.7%	209	5,020	D+22.5
Quitman	2,926 60.8%	1,691 35.2%	193	4,810	D+25.7
Webster	2,178 46.2%	2,386 50.6%	148	4,712	R+4.4
Wilkinson	2,981 66.2%	1,442 32.0%	77	4,500	D+34.2
Kemper	2,601 58.6%	1,822 41.0%	16	4,439	D+17.5
Perry	1,957 45.9%	2,255 52.9%	51	4,263	R+7.0
Carroll	2,037 48.2%	2,153 50.9%	38	4,228	R+2.7
Claiborne	3,032 71.7%	1,129 26.7%	67	4,228	D+45.0
Franklin	2,040 49.6%	2,026 49.3%	43	4,109	D+0.3
Stone	1,821 47.5%	1,888 49.2%	128	3,837	R+1.7
Jefferson	2,871 77.1%	751 20.2%	102	3,724	D+56.9
Choctaw	1,729 46.8%	1,927 52.2%	39	3,695	R+5.4
Greene	1,740 49.1%	1,772 50.0%	29	3,541	R+0.9
Benton	2,094 61.1%	1,254 36.6%	79	3,427	D+24.5
Tunica	2,198 68.6%	954 29.8%	53	3,205	D+38.8
Sharkey	1,957 64.8%	996 33.0%	68	3,021	D+31.8
Issaquena	598 61.8%	349 36.1%	21	968	D+25.7

Counties as they stood in 1980; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

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