1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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  1980 November 6, 1984 1988  
  Ronald Reagan presidential portrait (cropped).jpg Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote70
Popular vote581,477352,192
Percentage61.85%37.46%

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1984 US Presidential election in Mississippi by congressional district.svg

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

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Mississippi was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.

All but two counties gave either Mondale or Reagan an outright majority; Leflore and Issaquena Counties gave Reagan a plurality. Reagan's best county was Lamar, where he got 79.9% of the vote; Mondale's was Jefferson, where he got 77.9%. Despite Reagan's overall landslide win in the state, Jefferson County, which possessed the largest African-American share of United States county's population, gave Mondale his fourth-largest vote share of any county or county-equivalent, after the District of Columbia, Macon County, Alabama, and majority-Native American Shannon County, South Dakota. [1]

As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Republican presidential candidate: Clay, Jefferson Davis, Sunflower, and Tallahatchie. [2] This marked the first time in history that Mississippi voted Republican in consecutive elections (or that a Republican carried the state twice), and the first such occasion for any party since 1956.

79% of white voters supported Reagan while 20% supported Mondale. [3] [4]

A Reagan-Bush Rally in Gulfport, Mississippi on October 1, 1984. C24698-14A.jpg
A Reagan-Bush Rally in Gulfport, Mississippi on October 1, 1984.

Results

1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent)581,47761.85%7
Democratic Walter Mondale 352,19237.46%0
Libertarian David Bergland 2,3360.25%0
Workers World Larry Holmes 1,1690.12%0
Socialist Workers Party Melvin Mason 1,0320.11%0
Independent Lyndon LaRouche 1,0010.11%0
America First Bob Richards 6290.07%0
New Alliance Party Dennis Serrette 3560.04%0
Totals940,192100.0%7

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adams 9,44054.32%7,84945.17%890.51%1,5919.15%17,378
Alcorn 7,20358.66%4,86239.60%2141.74%2,34119.06%12,279
Amite 3,46357.24%2,56942.46%180.30%89414.78%6,050
Attala 4,87059.28%3,32740.50%180.22%1,54318.78%8,215
Benton 1,73750.12%1,71549.48%140.40%220.64%3,466
Bolivar 6,93943.85%8,76955.42%1160.73%-1,830-11.57%15,824
Calhoun 3,57967.06%1,74932.77%90.17%1,83034.29%5,337
Carroll 2,82365.70%1,46234.02%120.28%1,36131.68%4,297
Chickasaw 3,60560.52%2,32939.10%230.39%1,27621.42%5,957
Choctaw 2,49168.00%1,16631.83%60.16%1,32536.17%3,663
Claiborne 1,29428.86%3,17970.90%110.25%-1,885-42.04%4,484
Clarke 4,55166.61%2,26233.11%190.28%2,28933.50%6,832
Clay 4,11250.23%4,04649.42%290.35%660.81%8,187
Coahoma 5,75944.96%6,83953.39%2121.65%-1,080-8.43%12,810
Copiah 5,80655.74%4,59144.08%190.18%1,21511.66%10,416
Covington 4,16564.95%2,21934.60%290.45%1,94630.35%6,413
DeSoto 12,57673.88%4,36925.67%770.45%8,20748.21%17,022
Forrest 15,71969.63%6,78630.06%710.31%8,93339.57%22,576
Franklin 2,56462.86%1,49436.63%210.51%1,07026.23%4,079
George 4,34672.10%1,65527.46%270.45%2,69144.64%6,028
Greene 2,74467.55%1,29731.93%210.52%1,44735.62%4,062
Grenada 5,18160.80%3,32539.02%150.18%1,85621.78%8,521
Hancock 7,66274.07%2,63025.43%520.50%5,03248.64%10,344
Harrison 33,99572.83%12,49526.77%1870.40%21,50046.06%46,677
Hinds 56,95356.69%42,37342.18%1,1421.14%14,58014.51%100,468
Holmes 3,10235.44%5,64164.45%100.11%-2,539-29.01%8,753
Humphreys 2,30946.99%2,59652.83%90.18%-287-5.84%4,914
Issaquena 51249.52%50148.45%212.03%111.07%1,034
Itawamba 4,58762.96%2,67436.71%240.33%1,91326.25%7,285
Jackson 29,58576.79%8,82122.89%1230.32%20,76453.90%38,529
Jasper 3,72754.00%3,10444.97%711.03%6239.03%6,902
Jefferson 85621.88%3,04977.94%70.18%-2,193-56.06%3,912
Jefferson Davis 2,88451.81%2,64447.50%380.68%2404.31%5,566
Jones 17,58670.47%7,29829.25%700.28%10,28841.22%24,954
Kemper 2,35452.83%2,08946.88%130.29%2655.95%4,456
Lafayette 6,00662.05%3,64637.67%280.29%2,36024.38%9,680
Lamar 7,92979.85%1,96419.78%370.37%5,96560.07%9,930
Lauderdale 18,80769.00%7,53427.64%9163.36%11,27341.36%27,257
Lawrence 3,97063.49%2,27436.37%90.14%1,69627.12%6,253
Leake 4,66362.04%2,84537.85%80.11%1,81824.19%7,516
Lee 13,31267.47%6,20831.46%2101.06%7,10436.01%19,730
Leflore 7,55049.63%7,44348.93%2191.44%1070.70%15,212
Lincoln 8,89866.50%4,45833.32%250.19%4,44033.18%13,381
Lowndes 12,04966.29%6,07833.44%500.28%5,97132.85%18,177
Madison 9,29853.24%8,00245.82%1630.93%1,2967.42%17,463
Marion 7,35566.11%3,75733.77%130.12%3,59832.34%11,125
Marshall 4,38942.70%5,84556.87%440.43%-1,456-14.17%10,278
Monroe 7,38762.28%4,43737.41%360.30%2,95024.87%11,860
Montgomery 3,09362.07%1,88137.75%90.18%1,21224.32%4,983
Neshoba 6,71571.71%2,63028.09%190.20%4,08543.62%9,364
Newton 5,91173.23%2,12726.35%340.42%3,78446.88%8,072
Noxubee 2,12341.23%2,92856.87%981.90%-805-15.64%5,149
Oktibbeha 7,57459.65%5,09740.14%260.20%2,47719.51%12,697
Panola 5,85051.43%5,46548.04%600.53%3853.39%11,375
Pearl River 9,97876.10%3,08523.53%490.37%6,89352.57%13,112
Perry 3,09865.30%1,41529.83%2314.87%1,68335.47%4,744
Pike 8,25457.28%6,13742.59%200.14%2,11714.69%14,411
Pontotoc 5,18267.80%2,43431.85%270.35%2,74835.95%7,643
Prentiss 4,82162.35%2,89737.47%140.18%1,92424.88%7,732
Quitman 2,19848.33%2,34351.52%70.15%-145-3.19%4,548
Rankin 22,39379.10%5,87420.75%410.14%16,51958.35%28,308
Scott 5,76363.66%3,27436.16%160.18%2,48927.50%9,053
Sharkey 1,48743.76%1,72350.71%1885.53%-236-6.95%3,398
Simpson 5,98367.04%2,89432.43%470.53%3,08934.61%8,924
Smith 5,11676.24%1,57323.44%210.31%3,54352.80%6,710
Stone 2,98071.07%1,18528.26%280.67%1,79542.81%4,193
Sunflower 5,17851.21%4,91348.59%200.20%2652.62%10,111
Tallahatchie 2,90151.38%2,72548.26%200.35%1763.12%5,646
Tate 4,67761.89%2,84637.66%340.45%1,83124.23%7,557
Tippah 4,70664.46%2,56635.15%290.40%2,14029.31%7,301
Tishomingo 3,52754.87%2,87944.79%220.34%64810.08%6,428
Tunica 1,10939.55%1,62157.81%742.64%-512-18.26%2,804
Union 5,83767.74%2,76632.10%140.16%3,07135.64%8,617
Walthall 3,30559.65%2,21940.05%170.31%1,08619.60%5,541
Warren 12,95960.99%8,05437.90%2351.11%4,90523.09%21,248
Washington 12,45453.19%10,61745.34%3431.46%1,8377.85%23,414
Wayne 5,00063.81%2,81835.96%180.23%2,18227.85%7,836
Webster 3,39070.71%1,39729.14%70.15%1,99341.57%4,794
Wilkinson 1,72239.28%2,62759.92%350.80%-905-20.64%4,384
Winston 5,19259.36%3,54340.51%110.13%1,64918.85%8,746
Yalobusha 2,93455.52%2,33744.22%140.26%59711.30%5,285
Yazoo 6,27554.99%5,03744.14%1000.88%1,23810.85%11,412
Totals581,47761.85%352,19237.46%6,5230.69%229,28524.39%940,192

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

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  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  4. Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

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