Alabama — 1980 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1980 presidential electionAlabama · PresidentReaganR+1.3
How it voted
Share of the 1980 vote
| Ronald Reagan ✓Republican | 48.8% | 654,192 |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy CarterDemocratic | 47.4% | 636,730 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 3.8% | 51,007 |
1980presidential margin
D+60R+60
67 counties, each filled by 1980 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Alabama cast 9 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (67 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Autauga County, AL | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Baldwin County, AL | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Barbour County, AL | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Bibb County, AL | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Blount County, AL | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Bullock County, AL | Democratic | D+44.6 |
| Butler County, AL | Democratic | D+4.1 |
| Calhoun County, AL | Republican | R+1.3 |
| Chambers County, AL | Democratic | D+15.0 |
| Cherokee County, AL | Democratic | D+19.9 |
| Chilton County, AL | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Choctaw County, AL | Democratic | D+12.5 |
| Clarke County, AL | Democratic | D+1.8 |
| Clay County, AL | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Cleburne County, AL | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Coffee County, AL | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Colbert County, AL | Democratic | D+29.6 |
| Conecuh County, AL | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Coosa County, AL | Democratic | D+15.9 |
| Covington County, AL | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Crenshaw County, AL | Democratic | D+4.3 |
| Cullman County, AL | Democratic | D+5.9 |
| Dale County, AL | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Dallas County, AL | Democratic | D+11.7 |
| DeKalb County, AL | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Elmore County, AL | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Escambia County, AL | Republican | R+11.3 |
| Etowah County, AL | Democratic | D+12.2 |
| Fayette County, AL | Democratic | D+1.1 |
| Franklin County, AL | Democratic | D+15.7 |
| Geneva County, AL | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Greene County, AL | Democratic | D+53.8 |
| Hale County, AL | Democratic | D+25.2 |
| Henry County, AL | Democratic | D+2.7 |
| Houston County, AL | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Jackson County, AL | Democratic | D+27.3 |
| Jefferson County, AL | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Lamar County, AL | Democratic | D+9.5 |
| Lauderdale County, AL | Democratic | D+18.0 |
| Lawrence County, AL | Democratic | D+41.8 |
| Lee County, AL | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Limestone County, AL | Democratic | D+26.9 |
| Lowndes County, AL | Democratic | D+38.5 |
| Macon County, AL | Democratic | D+65.8 |
| Madison County, AL | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Marengo County, AL | Democratic | D+11.7 |
| Marion County, AL | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Marshall County, AL | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Mobile County, AL | Republican | R+18.2 |
| Monroe County, AL | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Montgomery County, AL | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Morgan County, AL | Democratic | D+5.1 |
| Perry County, AL | Democratic | D+29.8 |
| Pickens County, AL | Democratic | D+11.3 |
| Pike County, AL | Republican | R+8.0 |
| Randolph County, AL | Democratic | D+1.4 |
| Russell County, AL | Democratic | D+26.9 |
| Shelby County, AL | Republican | R+32.5 |
| St. Clair County, AL | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Sumter County, AL | Democratic | D+40.4 |
| Talladega County, AL | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Tallapoosa County, AL | Democratic | D+9.6 |
| Tuscaloosa County, AL | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Walker County, AL | Democratic | D+21.1 |
| Washington County, AL | Democratic | D+7.2 |
| Wilcox County, AL | Democratic | D+36.8 |
| Winston County, AL | Republican | R+19.1 |
Alabama results by county
67 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autauga County | Reagan, Ronald+1,997 | 6,29256.9% | 4,29538.8% | 4764.3% | 11,063 |
| Baldwin County | Reagan, Ronald+10,204 | 18,65265.8% | 8,44829.8% | 1,2534.4% | 28,353 |
| Barbour County | Carter, Jimmy+287 | 4,17146.3% | 4,45849.5% | 3724.1% | 9,001 |
| Bibb County | Carter, Jimmy+606 | 2,49144.3% | 3,09755.1% | 350.6% | 5,623 |
| Blount County | Reagan, Ronald+1,163 | 6,81953.6% | 5,65644.5% | 2492.0% | 12,724 |
| Bullock County | Carter, Jimmy+2,514 | 1,44625.7% | 3,96070.3% | 2314.1% | 5,637 |
| Butler County | Carter, Jimmy+346 | 3,81045.5% | 4,15649.7% | 4024.8% | 8,368 |
| Calhoun County | Reagan, Ronald+458 | 17,47549.2% | 17,01747.9% | 1,0493.0% | 35,541 |
| Chambers County | Carter, Jimmy+1,785 | 4,86440.9% | 6,64955.9% | 3863.2% | 11,899 |
| Cherokee County | Carter, Jimmy+1,282 | 2,48238.6% | 3,76458.5% | 1923.0% | 6,438 |
| Chilton County | Reagan, Ronald+1,909 | 6,61557.6% | 4,70641.0% | 1561.4% | 11,477 |
| Choctaw County | Carter, Jimmy+821 | 2,85943.4% | 3,68055.9% | 410.6% | 6,580 |
| Clarke County | Carter, Jimmy+190 | 5,05947.4% | 5,24949.2% | 3553.3% | 10,663 |
| Clay County | Carter, Jimmy+94 | 2,76448.1% | 2,85849.7% | 1252.2% | 5,747 |
| Cleburne County | Reagan, Ronald+339 | 2,38952.8% | 2,05045.3% | 871.9% | 4,526 |
| Coffee County | Reagan, Ronald+620 | 6,76050.5% | 6,14045.8% | 4993.7% | 13,399 |
| Colbert County | Carter, Jimmy+5,931 | 6,61933.1% | 12,55062.7% | 8444.2% | 20,013 |
| Conecuh County | Carter, Jimmy+154 | 2,94847.7% | 3,10250.2% | 1312.1% | 6,181 |
| Coosa County | Carter, Jimmy+669 | 1,71440.7% | 2,38356.6% | 1122.7% | 4,209 |
| Covington County | Reagan, Ronald+709 | 7,01451.5% | 6,30546.3% | 2892.1% | 13,608 |
| Crenshaw County | Carter, Jimmy+226 | 2,47847.1% | 2,70451.4% | 741.4% | 5,256 |
| Cullman County | Carter, Jimmy+1,313 | 10,21245.9% | 11,52551.8% | 5032.3% | 22,240 |
| Dale County | Reagan, Ronald+2,311 | 7,24757.6% | 4,93639.3% | 3903.1% | 12,573 |
| Dallas County | Carter, Jimmy+2,123 | 7,64742.1% | 9,77053.8% | 7304.0% | 18,147 |
| DeKalb County | Reagan, Ronald+853 | 9,67351.8% | 8,82047.2% | 1971.1% | 18,690 |
| Elmore County | Reagan, Ronald+2,741 | 8,68857.2% | 5,94739.2% | 5553.7% | 15,190 |
| Escambia County | Reagan, Ronald+1,365 | 6,51354.0% | 5,14842.7% | 3923.3% | 12,053 |
| Etowah County | Carter, Jimmy+4,613 | 16,17742.8% | 20,79055.0% | 8392.2% | 37,806 |
| Fayette County | Carter, Jimmy+74 | 3,31548.8% | 3,38949.9% | 851.3% | 6,789 |
| Franklin County | Carter, Jimmy+1,688 | 4,44841.3% | 6,13657.0% | 1791.7% | 10,763 |
| Geneva County | Reagan, Ronald+44 | 4,74749.3% | 4,70348.8% | 1781.8% | 9,628 |
| Greene County | Carter, Jimmy+2,440 | 1,03422.8% | 3,47476.6% | 300.7% | 4,538 |
| Hale County | Carter, Jimmy+1,509 | 2,07434.7% | 3,58359.9% | 3225.4% | 5,979 |
| Henry County | Carter, Jimmy+160 | 2,81347.8% | 2,97350.6% | 931.6% | 5,879 |
| Houston County | Reagan, Ronald+7,036 | 14,88464.1% | 7,84833.8% | 5062.2% | 23,238 |
| Jackson County | Carter, Jimmy+3,879 | 4,89734.5% | 8,77661.8% | 5303.7% | 14,203 |
| Jefferson County | Reagan, Ronald+19,543 | 132,61251.1% | 113,06943.6% | 13,8315.3% | 259,512 |
| Lamar County | Carter, Jimmy+588 | 2,77844.9% | 3,36654.4% | 420.7% | 6,186 |
| Lauderdale County | Carter, Jimmy+4,912 | 10,46738.4% | 15,37956.5% | 1,3975.1% | 27,243 |
| Lawrence County | Carter, Jimmy+3,656 | 2,45628.1% | 6,11269.9% | 1742.0% | 8,742 |
| Lee County | Reagan, Ronald+1,376 | 10,98250.0% | 9,60643.7% | 1,3846.3% | 21,972 |
| Limestone County | Carter, Jimmy+3,606 | 4,57434.2% | 8,18061.1% | 6304.7% | 13,384 |
| Lowndes County | Carter, Jimmy+2,053 | 1,52428.6% | 3,57767.1% | 2284.3% | 5,329 |
| Macon County | Carter, Jimmy+5,769 | 1,25914.3% | 7,02880.1% | 4875.6% | 8,774 |
| Madison County | Reagan, Ronald+135 | 30,60447.0% | 30,46946.8% | 3,9996.1% | 65,072 |
| Marengo County | Carter, Jimmy+1,130 | 4,04841.9% | 5,17853.6% | 4344.5% | 9,660 |
| Marion County | Carter, Jimmy+268 | 5,18248.3% | 5,45050.8% | 1061.0% | 10,738 |
| Marshall County | Carter, Jimmy+2,695 | 8,15940.9% | 10,85454.5% | 9204.6% | 19,933 |
| Mobile County | Reagan, Ronald+21,335 | 67,51557.7% | 46,18039.5% | 3,2972.8% | 116,992 |
| Monroe County | Reagan, Ronald+353 | 4,61550.9% | 4,26247.0% | 1952.1% | 9,072 |
| Montgomery County | Reagan, Ronald+7,727 | 35,74553.7% | 28,01842.1% | 2,7414.1% | 66,504 |
| Morgan County | Carter, Jimmy+1,489 | 13,21445.1% | 14,70350.2% | 1,3544.6% | 29,271 |
| Perry County | Carter, Jimmy+1,946 | 2,26234.7% | 4,20864.5% | 520.8% | 6,522 |
| Pickens County | Carter, Jimmy+922 | 3,58243.8% | 4,50455.0% | 961.2% | 8,182 |
| Pike County | Reagan, Ronald+803 | 5,22052.2% | 4,41744.2% | 3543.5% | 9,991 |
| Randolph County | Carter, Jimmy+99 | 3,27946.2% | 3,37847.6% | 4376.2% | 7,094 |
| Russell County | Carter, Jimmy+3,638 | 4,48533.2% | 8,12360.2% | 8926.6% | 13,500 |
| Shelby County | Reagan, Ronald+7,561 | 14,95764.3% | 7,39631.8% | 9143.9% | 23,267 |
| St. Clair County | Reagan, Ronald+2,532 | 7,76856.9% | 5,23638.3% | 6504.8% | 13,654 |
| Sumter County | Carter, Jimmy+2,911 | 2,10429.2% | 5,01569.7% | 801.1% | 7,199 |
| Talladega County | Carter, Jimmy+257 | 9,90248.0% | 10,15949.2% | 5802.8% | 20,641 |
| Tallapoosa County | Carter, Jimmy+1,302 | 5,95843.8% | 7,26053.4% | 3852.8% | 13,603 |
| Tuscaloosa County | Reagan, Ronald+647 | 19,75048.5% | 19,10346.9% | 1,8674.6% | 40,720 |
| Walker County | Carter, Jimmy+4,821 | 8,79538.5% | 13,61659.6% | 4171.8% | 22,828 |
| Washington County | Carter, Jimmy+475 | 3,04546.0% | 3,52053.1% | 600.9% | 6,625 |
| Wilcox County | Carter, Jimmy+2,671 | 2,28031.4% | 4,95168.2% | 300.4% | 7,261 |
| Winston County | Reagan, Ronald+1,613 | 4,98159.0% | 3,36839.9% | 871.0% | 8,436 |
complete certified result
Alabama candidate results
Top three shown first · expand for every reported candidate and write-in category
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab — U.S. President 1976–2024 state candidate returns
Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)
Alabama's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +55.5% |
| 1896 | +38.4% |
| 1900 | +26.0% |
| 1904 | +52.7% |
| 1908 | +46.4% |
| 1912 | +61.7% |
| 1916 | +54.1% |
| 1920 | +34.8% |
| 1924 | +42.7% |
| 1928 | +3.0% |
| 1932 | +70.6% |
| 1936 | +73.6% |
| 1940 | +70.9% |
| 1944 | +63.1% |
| 1948 | −19.0% |
| 1952 | +29.5% |
| 1956 | +17.1% |
| 1960 | +14.3% |
| 1964 | −69.5% |
| 1968 | +4.7% |
| 1972 | −46.9% |
| 1976 | +13.1% |
| 1980 | −1.3% |
| 1984 | −22.4% |
| 1988 | −19.3% |
| 1992 | −6.8% |
| 1996 | −7.0% |
| 2000 | −14.9% |
| 2004 | −25.6% |
| 2008 | −21.6% |
| 2012 | −22.2% |
| 2016 | −28.1% |
| 2020 | −25.5% |
| 2024 | −30.5% |
Same ballot, 1980AL
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1980 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.