Mississippi — 1980 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1980 presidential electionMississippi · PresidentReaganR+1.3
How it voted
Share of the 1980 vote
| Ronald Reagan ✓Republican | 49.4% | 441,089 |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy CarterDemocratic | 48.1% | 429,281 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.5% | 22,250 |
1980presidential margin
D+60R+60
82 counties, each filled by 1980 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Mississippi cast 7 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (82 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, MS | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Alcorn County, MS | Democratic | D+8.3 |
| Amite County, MS | Democratic | D+9.6 |
| Attala County, MS | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| Benton County, MS | Democratic | D+24.5 |
| Bolivar County, MS | Democratic | D+25.5 |
| Calhoun County, MS | Democratic | D+11.9 |
| Carroll County, MS | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Chickasaw County, MS | Democratic | D+17.1 |
| Choctaw County, MS | Republican | R+5.4 |
| Claiborne County, MS | Democratic | D+45.0 |
| Clarke County, MS | Other / independent | Tied |
| Clay County, MS | Democratic | D+10.5 |
| Coahoma County, MS | Democratic | D+20.3 |
| Copiah County, MS | Democratic | D+10.4 |
| Covington County, MS | Republican | R+7.9 |
| DeSoto County, MS | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Forrest County, MS | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Franklin County, MS | Democratic | D+0.3 |
| George County, MS | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Greene County, MS | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Grenada County, MS | Democratic | D+2.3 |
| Hancock County, MS | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Harrison County, MS | Republican | R+20.7 |
| Hinds County, MS | Republican | R+9.7 |
| Holmes County, MS | Democratic | D+33.2 |
| Humphreys County, MS | Democratic | D+22.5 |
| Issaquena County, MS | Democratic | D+25.7 |
| Itawamba County, MS | Democratic | D+24.8 |
| Jackson County, MS | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Jasper County, MS | Democratic | D+15.5 |
| Jefferson County, MS | Democratic | D+56.9 |
| Jefferson Davis County, MS | Democratic | D+25.1 |
| Jones County, MS | Republican | R+7.3 |
| Kemper County, MS | Democratic | D+17.5 |
| Lafayette County, MS | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Lamar County, MS | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Lauderdale County, MS | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Lawrence County, MS | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Leake County, MS | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Lee County, MS | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Leflore County, MS | Democratic | D+12.4 |
| Lincoln County, MS | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Lowndes County, MS | Republican | R+23.1 |
| Madison County, MS | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Marion County, MS | Democratic | D+1.4 |
| Marshall County, MS | Democratic | D+34.1 |
| Monroe County, MS | Democratic | D+18.0 |
| Montgomery County, MS | Democratic | D+4.7 |
| Neshoba County, MS | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Newton County, MS | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Noxubee County, MS | Democratic | D+26.4 |
| Oktibbeha County, MS | Republican | R+2.1 |
| Panola County, MS | Democratic | D+18.3 |
| Pearl River County, MS | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Perry County, MS | Republican | R+7.0 |
| Pike County, MS | Democratic | D+0.2 |
| Pontotoc County, MS | Democratic | D+16.7 |
| Prentiss County, MS | Democratic | D+19.2 |
| Quitman County, MS | Democratic | D+25.7 |
| Rankin County, MS | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Scott County, MS | Republican | R+6.8 |
| Sharkey County, MS | Democratic | D+31.8 |
| Simpson County, MS | Republican | R+12.6 |
| Smith County, MS | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Stone County, MS | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Sunflower County, MS | Democratic | D+14.6 |
| Tallahatchie County, MS | Democratic | D+22.2 |
| Tate County, MS | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Tippah County, MS | Democratic | D+7.3 |
| Tishomingo County, MS | Democratic | D+29.2 |
| Tunica County, MS | Democratic | D+38.8 |
| Union County, MS | Democratic | D+16.7 |
| Walthall County, MS | Democratic | D+4.5 |
| Warren County, MS | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Washington County, MS | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Wayne County, MS | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Webster County, MS | Republican | R+4.4 |
| Wilkinson County, MS | Democratic | D+34.2 |
| Winston County, MS | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Yalobusha County, MS | Democratic | D+20.9 |
| Yazoo County, MS | Democratic | D+6.2 |
Mississippi results by county
82 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Ronald Reagan+295 | 7,52349.0% | 7,22847.0% | 6124.0% | 15,363 |
| Alcorn County | Jimmy Carter+1,046 | 5,19641.3% | 6,24249.6% | 1,1579.2% | 12,595 |
| Amite County | Jimmy Carter+576 | 2,65344.4% | 3,22954.1% | 891.5% | 5,971 |
| Attala County | Jimmy Carter+142 | 3,97548.4% | 4,11750.1% | 1221.5% | 8,214 |
| Benton County | Jimmy Carter+840 | 1,25436.6% | 2,09461.1% | 792.3% | 3,427 |
| Bolivar County | Jimmy Carter+3,691 | 5,14835.5% | 8,83961.0% | 5043.5% | 14,491 |
| Calhoun County | Jimmy Carter+716 | 2,57942.8% | 3,29554.7% | 1452.4% | 6,019 |
| Carroll County | Ronald Reagan+116 | 2,15350.9% | 2,03748.2% | 380.9% | 4,228 |
| Chickasaw County | Jimmy Carter+1,082 | 2,54040.1% | 3,62257.2% | 1672.6% | 6,329 |
| Choctaw County | Ronald Reagan+198 | 1,92752.2% | 1,72946.8% | 391.1% | 3,695 |
| Claiborne County | Jimmy Carter+1,903 | 1,12926.7% | 3,03271.7% | 671.6% | 4,228 |
| Clarke County | Jimmy Carter+0 | 3,30349.1% | 3,30349.1% | 1151.7% | 6,721 |
| Clay County | Jimmy Carter+836 | 3,43943.2% | 4,27553.7% | 2503.1% | 7,964 |
| Coahoma County | Jimmy Carter+2,438 | 4,59238.2% | 7,03058.5% | 3933.3% | 12,015 |
| Copiah County | Jimmy Carter+1,056 | 4,46144.0% | 5,51754.4% | 1621.6% | 10,140 |
| Covington County | Ronald Reagan+515 | 3,47153.1% | 2,95645.3% | 1041.6% | 6,531 |
| DeSoto County | Ronald Reagan+3,311 | 9,65558.8% | 6,34438.6% | 4202.6% | 16,419 |
| Forrest County | Ronald Reagan+4,382 | 12,65659.3% | 8,27438.8% | 3971.9% | 21,327 |
| Franklin County | Jimmy Carter+14 | 2,02649.3% | 2,04049.6% | 431.0% | 4,109 |
| George County | Ronald Reagan+295 | 3,05251.4% | 2,75746.5% | 1232.1% | 5,932 |
| Greene County | Ronald Reagan+32 | 1,77250.0% | 1,74049.1% | 290.8% | 3,541 |
| Grenada County | Jimmy Carter+189 | 3,99348.1% | 4,18250.4% | 1251.5% | 8,300 |
| Hancock County | Ronald Reagan+1,544 | 5,08857.1% | 3,54439.8% | 2833.2% | 8,915 |
| Harrison County | Ronald Reagan+8,857 | 25,17558.7% | 16,31838.0% | 1,3953.3% | 42,888 |
| Hinds County | Ronald Reagan+8,766 | 48,13553.4% | 39,36943.7% | 2,5702.9% | 90,074 |
| Holmes County | Jimmy Carter+2,770 | 2,69332.3% | 5,46365.5% | 1802.2% | 8,336 |
| Humphreys County | Jimmy Carter+1,129 | 1,84136.7% | 2,97059.2% | 2094.2% | 5,020 |
| Issaquena County | Jimmy Carter+249 | 34936.1% | 59861.8% | 212.2% | 968 |
| Itawamba County | Jimmy Carter+1,946 | 2,90637.0% | 4,85261.8% | 951.2% | 7,853 |
| Jackson County | Ronald Reagan+10,272 | 22,49862.6% | 12,22634.0% | 1,2743.5% | 35,958 |
| Jasper County | Jimmy Carter+1,032 | 2,78141.7% | 3,81357.1% | 791.2% | 6,673 |
| Jefferson County | Jimmy Carter+2,120 | 75120.2% | 2,87177.1% | 1022.7% | 3,724 |
| Jefferson Davis County | Jimmy Carter+1,551 | 2,28036.9% | 3,83161.9% | 761.2% | 6,187 |
| Jones County | Ronald Reagan+1,783 | 12,90053.1% | 11,11745.8% | 2721.1% | 24,289 |
| Kemper County | Jimmy Carter+779 | 1,82241.0% | 2,60158.6% | 160.4% | 4,439 |
| Lafayette County | Jimmy Carter+521 | 4,36645.6% | 4,88751.1% | 3183.3% | 9,571 |
| Lamar County | Ronald Reagan+2,390 | 5,39563.1% | 3,00535.2% | 1461.7% | 8,546 |
| Lauderdale County | Ronald Reagan+4,809 | 14,72756.4% | 9,91838.0% | 1,4745.6% | 26,119 |
| Lawrence County | Ronald Reagan+89 | 2,78150.0% | 2,69248.4% | 871.6% | 5,560 |
| Leake County | Jimmy Carter+409 | 3,62446.8% | 4,03352.1% | 811.0% | 7,738 |
| Lee County | Jimmy Carter+1,721 | 8,32644.1% | 10,04753.2% | 5162.7% | 18,889 |
| Leflore County | Jimmy Carter+1,700 | 5,79842.4% | 7,49854.8% | 3792.8% | 13,675 |
| Lincoln County | Ronald Reagan+2,073 | 7,28657.8% | 5,21341.3% | 1110.9% | 12,610 |
| Lowndes County | Ronald Reagan+3,786 | 9,97361.0% | 6,18737.8% | 1951.2% | 16,355 |
| Madison County | Jimmy Carter+1,597 | 6,02442.9% | 7,62154.3% | 3942.8% | 14,039 |
| Marion County | Jimmy Carter+148 | 5,21848.7% | 5,36650.1% | 1231.1% | 10,707 |
| Marshall County | Jimmy Carter+3,698 | 3,45531.8% | 7,15365.9% | 2402.2% | 10,848 |
| Monroe County | Jimmy Carter+2,205 | 4,79339.2% | 6,99857.2% | 4483.7% | 12,239 |
| Montgomery County | Jimmy Carter+251 | 2,47946.5% | 2,73051.3% | 1172.2% | 5,326 |
| Neshoba County | Ronald Reagan+1,293 | 5,16556.5% | 3,87242.3% | 1121.2% | 9,149 |
| Newton County | Ronald Reagan+862 | 4,31754.4% | 3,45543.5% | 1692.1% | 7,941 |
| Noxubee County | Jimmy Carter+1,464 | 1,97035.5% | 3,43461.8% | 1512.7% | 5,555 |
| Oktibbeha County | Ronald Reagan+261 | 6,30049.7% | 6,03947.6% | 3362.7% | 12,675 |
| Panola County | Jimmy Carter+1,960 | 4,21939.3% | 6,17957.6% | 3303.1% | 10,728 |
| Pearl River County | Ronald Reagan+1,794 | 6,82256.2% | 5,02841.4% | 2912.4% | 12,141 |
| Perry County | Ronald Reagan+298 | 2,25552.9% | 1,95745.9% | 511.2% | 4,263 |
| Pike County | Jimmy Carter+33 | 6,66148.6% | 6,69448.8% | 3612.6% | 13,716 |
| Pontotoc County | Jimmy Carter+1,301 | 3,19841.0% | 4,49957.7% | 1051.3% | 7,802 |
| Prentiss County | Jimmy Carter+1,568 | 3,26439.9% | 4,83259.1% | 821.0% | 8,178 |
| Quitman County | Jimmy Carter+1,235 | 1,69135.2% | 2,92660.8% | 1934.0% | 4,810 |
| Rankin County | Ronald Reagan+8,603 | 16,65066.3% | 8,04732.0% | 4351.7% | 25,132 |
| Scott County | Ronald Reagan+602 | 4,64552.6% | 4,04345.8% | 1441.6% | 8,832 |
| Sharkey County | Jimmy Carter+961 | 99633.0% | 1,95764.8% | 682.3% | 3,021 |
| Simpson County | Ronald Reagan+1,175 | 5,19055.6% | 4,01543.0% | 1291.4% | 9,334 |
| Smith County | Ronald Reagan+1,298 | 3,77259.5% | 2,47439.0% | 941.5% | 6,340 |
| Stone County | Ronald Reagan+67 | 1,88849.2% | 1,82147.5% | 1283.3% | 3,837 |
| Sunflower County | Jimmy Carter+1,307 | 3,72841.8% | 5,03556.4% | 1641.8% | 8,927 |
| Tallahatchie County | Jimmy Carter+1,284 | 2,18337.8% | 3,46760.0% | 1262.2% | 5,776 |
| Tate County | Jimmy Carter+549 | 3,34345.4% | 3,89252.8% | 1311.8% | 7,366 |
| Tippah County | Jimmy Carter+540 | 3,33845.0% | 3,87852.2% | 2072.8% | 7,423 |
| Tishomingo County | Jimmy Carter+2,106 | 2,48934.5% | 4,59563.6% | 1371.9% | 7,221 |
| Tunica County | Jimmy Carter+1,244 | 95429.8% | 2,19868.6% | 531.7% | 3,205 |
| Union County | Jimmy Carter+1,456 | 3,54540.7% | 5,00157.4% | 1691.9% | 8,715 |
| Walthall County | Jimmy Carter+257 | 2,70346.9% | 2,96051.4% | 991.7% | 5,762 |
| Warren County | Ronald Reagan+2,662 | 10,15156.0% | 7,48941.3% | 4882.7% | 18,128 |
| Washington County | Jimmy Carter+1,744 | 8,97844.6% | 10,72253.3% | 4172.1% | 20,117 |
| Wayne County | Ronald Reagan+350 | 3,84452.1% | 3,49447.3% | 450.6% | 7,383 |
| Webster County | Ronald Reagan+208 | 2,38650.6% | 2,17846.2% | 1483.1% | 4,712 |
| Wilkinson County | Jimmy Carter+1,539 | 1,44232.0% | 2,98166.2% | 771.7% | 4,500 |
| Winston County | Jimmy Carter+418 | 3,99846.8% | 4,41651.7% | 1311.5% | 8,545 |
| Yalobusha County | Jimmy Carter+1,208 | 2,22438.5% | 3,43259.3% | 1272.2% | 5,783 |
| Yazoo County | Jimmy Carter+649 | 4,81945.9% | 5,46852.1% | 2112.0% | 10,498 |
Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)
Mississippi's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +73.3% |
| 1896 | +84.1% |
| 1900 | +77.6% |
| 1904 | +85.5% |
| 1908 | +83.6% |
| 1912 | +86.5% |
| 1916 | +88.4% |
| 1920 | +69.9% |
| 1924 | +81.8% |
| 1928 | +64.3% |
| 1932 | +92.4% |
| 1936 | +94.3% |
| 1940 | +91.5% |
| 1944 | +87.1% |
| 1948 | +7.5% |
| 1952 | +20.9% |
| 1956 | +33.8% |
| 1960 | +11.7% |
| 1964 | −74.3% |
| 1968 | +9.5% |
| 1972 | −58.6% |
| 1976 | +1.9% |
| 1980 | −1.3% |
| 1984 | −24.5% |
| 1988 | −20.8% |
| 1992 | −8.9% |
| 1996 | −5.1% |
| 2000 | −16.9% |
| 2004 | −19.7% |
| 2008 | −13.2% |
| 2012 | −11.5% |
| 2016 | −17.8% |
| 2020 | −16.5% |
| 2024 | −22.9% |
Same ballot, 1980MS
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1980 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.