Who won Mississippi in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Mississippi in 1984, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 1984?

Mississippi cast 7 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 1984?

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

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1984

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.

Mississippi in 1984

The 1984 contest saw Mississippi line up behind Reagan, delivering 7 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Mississippi ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Mississippi backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1980. Mississippi did not move alone — neighboring Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama broke the same way in 1984. 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 525 of the 538 electoral votes, against Walter Mondale's 13. Ronald Reagan led the national popular vote with 58.77% of the ballots cast.

The 1984 national map

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