Who won Mississippi in the 1980 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Mississippi in 1980, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 1980?

Mississippi cast 7 electoral votes in the 1980 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 1980?

Yes. Mississippi backed Ronald Reagan, who won the presidency that year.

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1980

Mississippi: Reagan carries 7 EV.

Mississippi cast its 7 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Mississippi voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1980 result in Mississippi

Mississippi backed Reagan (Republican) in the 1980 presidential election, casting 7 electoral votes for the ticket. Mississippi ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

The result flipped Mississippi away from the Democratic it had supported in 1976. Mississippi did not move alone — neighboring Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama broke the same way in 1980. Across the 51 presidential elections Mississippi has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Ronald Reagan took 489 of the 538 electoral votes, against Jimmy Carter's 49. Ronald Reagan led the national popular vote with 50.75% of the ballots cast.

The 1980 national map

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