Elections / 1980 · President

Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)

National popular vote

86,503,942 votes counted

Carter (D)

35,480,058

41.0%

Reagan (R)

43,903,180

50.8%

All others

7,244,986

8.4%

Margin

R+9.7

The county map

3,140 county-level results on record for 1980

Democrats carried 903 counties, Republicans 2,236, third-party candidates 1. 844 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Parmer County, TX (R+69.4 swing) · Emmons County, ND (R+64.1 swing) · Cimarron County, OK (R+61.4 swing) · Sherman County, TX (R+60.6 swing) · Pierce County, ND (R+60.1 swing) · Kidder County, ND (R+59.1 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−27.9%	41,840	86,110	158,445
Alabama	R	−1.3%	636,730	654,192	1,341,929
Arkansas	R	−0.6%	398,041	403,164	837,582
Arizona	R	−32.4%	246,843	529,688	873,945
California	R	−16.8%	3,083,641	4,524,858	8,585,801
Colorado	R	−24.0%	367,973	652,264	1,184,415
Connecticut	R	−9.6%	541,720	677,190	1,405,413
District of Columbia	D	+61.5%	130,231	23,313	173,889
Delaware	R	−2.3%	105,754	111,252	235,668
Florida	R	−17.0%	1,419,475	2,046,951	3,687,026
Georgia	D	+14.8%	890,733	654,168	1,596,583
Hawaii	D	+1.9%	135,857	130,085	303,228
Iowa	R	−12.7%	508,672	676,026	1,317,661
Idaho	R	−41.3%	110,192	290,699	437,431
Illinois	R	−7.9%	1,981,413	2,358,049	4,749,721
Indiana	R	−18.4%	844,197	1,255,656	2,242,033
Kansas	R	−24.6%	326,150	566,812	979,795
Kentucky	R	−1.5%	616,417	635,274	1,294,627
Louisiana	R	−5.5%	708,453	792,853	1,548,591
Massachusetts	R	−0.2%	1,053,802	1,057,631	2,524,298
Maryland	D	+3.0%	726,161	680,606	1,540,496
Maine	R	−3.4%	220,974	238,522	523,011
Michigan	R	−6.5%	1,661,532	1,915,225	3,909,725
Minnesota	D	+3.9%	954,174	873,241	2,051,672
Missouri	R	−6.8%	931,182	1,074,181	2,099,220
Mississippi	R	−1.3%	429,281	441,089	892,620
Montana	R	−24.4%	118,032	206,814	363,952
North Carolina	R	−2.1%	875,635	915,018	1,855,833
North Dakota	R	−38.0%	79,189	193,695	301,545
Nebraska	R	−39.5%	166,851	419,937	640,854
New Hampshire	R	−29.4%	108,864	221,705	383,931
New Jersey	R	−13.4%	1,147,364	1,546,557	2,975,684
New Mexico	R	−18.2%	167,826	250,779	456,237
Nevada	R	−35.6%	66,666	155,017	247,885
New York	R	−2.7%	2,728,372	2,893,831	6,201,673
Ohio	R	−10.6%	1,752,414	2,206,545	4,283,603
Oklahoma	R	−25.5%	402,026	695,570	1,149,708
Oregon	R	−9.7%	456,890	571,044	1,181,516
Pennsylvania	R	−7.1%	1,937,540	2,261,872	4,561,501
Rhode Island	D	+10.5%	198,342	154,793	415,967
South Carolina	R	−1.5%	427,559	441,206	890,105
South Dakota	R	−28.8%	103,855	198,343	327,703
Tennessee	R	−0.3%	783,051	787,761	1,617,616
Texas	R	−13.9%	1,881,147	2,510,705	4,541,637
Utah	R	−52.2%	124,266	439,687	604,222
Virginia	R	−12.7%	752,174	989,609	1,866,032
Vermont	R	−6.0%	81,891	94,598	213,207
Washington	R	−12.3%	650,193	865,244	1,742,394
Wisconsin	R	−4.7%	981,584	1,088,845	2,271,884
West Virginia	D	+4.5%	367,462	334,206	737,715
Wyoming	R	−34.7%	49,427	110,700	176,713