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The1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states andthe District of Columbia, were part of the1984 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president of the United States.
Mississippi was won by incumbent United StatesPresidentRonald Reagan ofCalifornia, who was running against formerVice PresidentWalter Mondale ofMinnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with formerC.I.A. DirectorGeorge H. W. Bush ofTexas, and Mondale ran withRepresentativeGeraldine Ferraro ofNew York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.
All but two counties gave either Mondale or Reagan an outright majority;Leflore andIssaquena Counties gave Reagan a plurality. Reagan's best county wasLamar, where he got 79.9% of the vote; Mondale's wasJefferson, 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 theDistrict of Columbia,Macon County, Alabama, and majority-Native AmericanShannon County, South Dakota.[1]
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Republican presidential candidate:Clay,Jefferson Davis,Sunflower, andTallahatchie.[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.
Among white voters, 79% supported Reagan while 20% supported Mondale.[3][4]

| 1984 United States presidential election in Mississippi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan (incumbent) | 581,477 | 61.85% | 7 | |
| Democratic | Walter Mondale | 352,192 | 37.46% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | David Bergland | 2,336 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Workers World | Larry Holmes | 1,169 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers Party | Melvin Mason | 1,032 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| Independent | Lyndon LaRouche | 1,001 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| America First | Bob Richards | 629 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| New Alliance Party | Dennis Serrette | 356 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Totals | 940,192 | 100.0% | 7 | ||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Walter Mondale Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 9,440 | 54.32% | 7,849 | 45.17% | 89 | 0.51% | 1,591 | 9.15% | 17,378 |
| Alcorn | 7,203 | 58.66% | 4,862 | 39.60% | 214 | 1.74% | 2,341 | 19.06% | 12,279 |
| Amite | 3,463 | 57.24% | 2,569 | 42.46% | 18 | 0.30% | 894 | 14.78% | 6,050 |
| Attala | 4,870 | 59.28% | 3,327 | 40.50% | 18 | 0.22% | 1,543 | 18.78% | 8,215 |
| Benton | 1,737 | 50.12% | 1,715 | 49.48% | 14 | 0.40% | 22 | 0.64% | 3,466 |
| Bolivar | 6,939 | 43.85% | 8,769 | 55.42% | 116 | 0.73% | -1,830 | -11.57% | 15,824 |
| Calhoun | 3,579 | 67.06% | 1,749 | 32.77% | 9 | 0.17% | 1,830 | 34.29% | 5,337 |
| Carroll | 2,823 | 65.70% | 1,462 | 34.02% | 12 | 0.28% | 1,361 | 31.68% | 4,297 |
| Chickasaw | 3,605 | 60.52% | 2,329 | 39.10% | 23 | 0.39% | 1,276 | 21.42% | 5,957 |
| Choctaw | 2,491 | 68.00% | 1,166 | 31.83% | 6 | 0.16% | 1,325 | 36.17% | 3,663 |
| Claiborne | 1,294 | 28.86% | 3,179 | 70.90% | 11 | 0.25% | -1,885 | -42.04% | 4,484 |
| Clarke | 4,551 | 66.61% | 2,262 | 33.11% | 19 | 0.28% | 2,289 | 33.50% | 6,832 |
| Clay | 4,112 | 50.23% | 4,046 | 49.42% | 29 | 0.35% | 66 | 0.81% | 8,187 |
| Coahoma | 5,759 | 44.96% | 6,839 | 53.39% | 212 | 1.65% | -1,080 | -8.43% | 12,810 |
| Copiah | 5,806 | 55.74% | 4,591 | 44.08% | 19 | 0.18% | 1,215 | 11.66% | 10,416 |
| Covington | 4,165 | 64.95% | 2,219 | 34.60% | 29 | 0.45% | 1,946 | 30.35% | 6,413 |
| DeSoto | 12,576 | 73.88% | 4,369 | 25.67% | 77 | 0.45% | 8,207 | 48.21% | 17,022 |
| Forrest | 15,719 | 69.63% | 6,786 | 30.06% | 71 | 0.31% | 8,933 | 39.57% | 22,576 |
| Franklin | 2,564 | 62.86% | 1,494 | 36.63% | 21 | 0.51% | 1,070 | 26.23% | 4,079 |
| George | 4,346 | 72.10% | 1,655 | 27.46% | 27 | 0.45% | 2,691 | 44.64% | 6,028 |
| Greene | 2,744 | 67.55% | 1,297 | 31.93% | 21 | 0.52% | 1,447 | 35.62% | 4,062 |
| Grenada | 5,181 | 60.80% | 3,325 | 39.02% | 15 | 0.18% | 1,856 | 21.78% | 8,521 |
| Hancock | 7,662 | 74.07% | 2,630 | 25.43% | 52 | 0.50% | 5,032 | 48.64% | 10,344 |
| Harrison | 33,995 | 72.83% | 12,495 | 26.77% | 187 | 0.40% | 21,500 | 46.06% | 46,677 |
| Hinds | 56,953 | 56.69% | 42,373 | 42.18% | 1,142 | 1.14% | 14,580 | 14.51% | 100,468 |
| Holmes | 3,102 | 35.44% | 5,641 | 64.45% | 10 | 0.11% | -2,539 | -29.01% | 8,753 |
| Humphreys | 2,309 | 46.99% | 2,596 | 52.83% | 9 | 0.18% | -287 | -5.84% | 4,914 |
| Issaquena | 512 | 49.52% | 501 | 48.45% | 21 | 2.03% | 11 | 1.07% | 1,034 |
| Itawamba | 4,587 | 62.96% | 2,674 | 36.71% | 24 | 0.33% | 1,913 | 26.25% | 7,285 |
| Jackson | 29,585 | 76.79% | 8,821 | 22.89% | 123 | 0.32% | 20,764 | 53.90% | 38,529 |
| Jasper | 3,727 | 54.00% | 3,104 | 44.97% | 71 | 1.03% | 623 | 9.03% | 6,902 |
| Jefferson | 856 | 21.88% | 3,049 | 77.94% | 7 | 0.18% | -2,193 | -56.06% | 3,912 |
| Jefferson Davis | 2,884 | 51.81% | 2,644 | 47.50% | 38 | 0.68% | 240 | 4.31% | 5,566 |
| Jones | 17,586 | 70.47% | 7,298 | 29.25% | 70 | 0.28% | 10,288 | 41.22% | 24,954 |
| Kemper | 2,354 | 52.83% | 2,089 | 46.88% | 13 | 0.29% | 265 | 5.95% | 4,456 |
| Lafayette | 6,006 | 62.05% | 3,646 | 37.67% | 28 | 0.29% | 2,360 | 24.38% | 9,680 |
| Lamar | 7,929 | 79.85% | 1,964 | 19.78% | 37 | 0.37% | 5,965 | 60.07% | 9,930 |
| Lauderdale | 18,807 | 69.00% | 7,534 | 27.64% | 916 | 3.36% | 11,273 | 41.36% | 27,257 |
| Lawrence | 3,970 | 63.49% | 2,274 | 36.37% | 9 | 0.14% | 1,696 | 27.12% | 6,253 |
| Leake | 4,663 | 62.04% | 2,845 | 37.85% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,818 | 24.19% | 7,516 |
| Lee | 13,312 | 67.47% | 6,208 | 31.46% | 210 | 1.06% | 7,104 | 36.01% | 19,730 |
| Leflore | 7,550 | 49.63% | 7,443 | 48.93% | 219 | 1.44% | 107 | 0.70% | 15,212 |
| Lincoln | 8,898 | 66.50% | 4,458 | 33.32% | 25 | 0.19% | 4,440 | 33.18% | 13,381 |
| Lowndes | 12,049 | 66.29% | 6,078 | 33.44% | 50 | 0.28% | 5,971 | 32.85% | 18,177 |
| Madison | 9,298 | 53.24% | 8,002 | 45.82% | 163 | 0.93% | 1,296 | 7.42% | 17,463 |
| Marion | 7,355 | 66.11% | 3,757 | 33.77% | 13 | 0.12% | 3,598 | 32.34% | 11,125 |
| Marshall | 4,389 | 42.70% | 5,845 | 56.87% | 44 | 0.43% | -1,456 | -14.17% | 10,278 |
| Monroe | 7,387 | 62.28% | 4,437 | 37.41% | 36 | 0.30% | 2,950 | 24.87% | 11,860 |
| Montgomery | 3,093 | 62.07% | 1,881 | 37.75% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,212 | 24.32% | 4,983 |
| Neshoba | 6,715 | 71.71% | 2,630 | 28.09% | 19 | 0.20% | 4,085 | 43.62% | 9,364 |
| Newton | 5,911 | 73.23% | 2,127 | 26.35% | 34 | 0.42% | 3,784 | 46.88% | 8,072 |
| Noxubee | 2,123 | 41.23% | 2,928 | 56.87% | 98 | 1.90% | -805 | -15.64% | 5,149 |
| Oktibbeha | 7,574 | 59.65% | 5,097 | 40.14% | 26 | 0.20% | 2,477 | 19.51% | 12,697 |
| Panola | 5,850 | 51.43% | 5,465 | 48.04% | 60 | 0.53% | 385 | 3.39% | 11,375 |
| Pearl River | 9,978 | 76.10% | 3,085 | 23.53% | 49 | 0.37% | 6,893 | 52.57% | 13,112 |
| Perry | 3,098 | 65.30% | 1,415 | 29.83% | 231 | 4.87% | 1,683 | 35.47% | 4,744 |
| Pike | 8,254 | 57.28% | 6,137 | 42.59% | 20 | 0.14% | 2,117 | 14.69% | 14,411 |
| Pontotoc | 5,182 | 67.80% | 2,434 | 31.85% | 27 | 0.35% | 2,748 | 35.95% | 7,643 |
| Prentiss | 4,821 | 62.35% | 2,897 | 37.47% | 14 | 0.18% | 1,924 | 24.88% | 7,732 |
| Quitman | 2,198 | 48.33% | 2,343 | 51.52% | 7 | 0.15% | -145 | -3.19% | 4,548 |
| Rankin | 22,393 | 79.10% | 5,874 | 20.75% | 41 | 0.14% | 16,519 | 58.35% | 28,308 |
| Scott | 5,763 | 63.66% | 3,274 | 36.16% | 16 | 0.18% | 2,489 | 27.50% | 9,053 |
| Sharkey | 1,487 | 43.76% | 1,723 | 50.71% | 188 | 5.53% | -236 | -6.95% | 3,398 |
| Simpson | 5,983 | 67.04% | 2,894 | 32.43% | 47 | 0.53% | 3,089 | 34.61% | 8,924 |
| Smith | 5,116 | 76.24% | 1,573 | 23.44% | 21 | 0.31% | 3,543 | 52.80% | 6,710 |
| Stone | 2,980 | 71.07% | 1,185 | 28.26% | 28 | 0.67% | 1,795 | 42.81% | 4,193 |
| Sunflower | 5,178 | 51.21% | 4,913 | 48.59% | 20 | 0.20% | 265 | 2.62% | 10,111 |
| Tallahatchie | 2,901 | 51.38% | 2,725 | 48.26% | 20 | 0.35% | 176 | 3.12% | 5,646 |
| Tate | 4,677 | 61.89% | 2,846 | 37.66% | 34 | 0.45% | 1,831 | 24.23% | 7,557 |
| Tippah | 4,706 | 64.46% | 2,566 | 35.15% | 29 | 0.40% | 2,140 | 29.31% | 7,301 |
| Tishomingo | 3,527 | 54.87% | 2,879 | 44.79% | 22 | 0.34% | 648 | 10.08% | 6,428 |
| Tunica | 1,109 | 39.55% | 1,621 | 57.81% | 74 | 2.64% | -512 | -18.26% | 2,804 |
| Union | 5,837 | 67.74% | 2,766 | 32.10% | 14 | 0.16% | 3,071 | 35.64% | 8,617 |
| Walthall | 3,305 | 59.65% | 2,219 | 40.05% | 17 | 0.31% | 1,086 | 19.60% | 5,541 |
| Warren | 12,959 | 60.99% | 8,054 | 37.90% | 235 | 1.11% | 4,905 | 23.09% | 21,248 |
| Washington | 12,454 | 53.19% | 10,617 | 45.34% | 343 | 1.46% | 1,837 | 7.85% | 23,414 |
| Wayne | 5,000 | 63.81% | 2,818 | 35.96% | 18 | 0.23% | 2,182 | 27.85% | 7,836 |
| Webster | 3,390 | 70.71% | 1,397 | 29.14% | 7 | 0.15% | 1,993 | 41.57% | 4,794 |
| Wilkinson | 1,722 | 39.28% | 2,627 | 59.92% | 35 | 0.80% | -905 | -20.64% | 4,384 |
| Winston | 5,192 | 59.36% | 3,543 | 40.51% | 11 | 0.13% | 1,649 | 18.85% | 8,746 |
| Yalobusha | 2,934 | 55.52% | 2,337 | 44.22% | 14 | 0.26% | 597 | 11.30% | 5,285 |
| Yazoo | 6,275 | 54.99% | 5,037 | 44.14% | 100 | 0.88% | 1,238 | 10.85% | 11,412 |
| Totals | 581,477 | 61.85% | 352,192 | 37.46% | 6,523 | 0.69% | 229,285 | 24.39% | 940,192 |
Reagan won all five congressional districts, including three held by Democrats.
| District | Reagan | Mondale | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 62.6% | 37.4% | Jamie Whitten |
| 2nd | 50.5% | 49.5% | Webb Franklin |
| 3rd | 65.4% | 34.6% | Sonny Montgomery |
| 4th | 59.0% | 41.0% | Wayne Dowdy |
| 5th | 73.7% | 26.3% | Trent Lott |