Ronald Reagan carried Arkansas R+0.6.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Arkansas, 1980. The state ran 9.1 points more Democratic than the nation (R+9.7 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1980 ballot here.

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

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Arkansas result

837,582 votes counted

Carter (D)

398,041

47.5%

Reagan (R)

403,164

48.1%

All others

36,377

4.3%

Margin

R+0.6

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1980 presidential election

Arkansas, 1980

ReaganR+0.6

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	48.1%	403,164
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	47.5%	398,041
John B. AndersonIndependent	4.3%	36,377

D+60

R+60

75 counties, each filled by 1980 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Arkansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Arkansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+27.6%
1896	+48.6%
1900	+28.5%
1904	+15.2%
1908	+20.3%
1912	+35.9%
1916	+40.9%
1920	+18.9%
1924	+31.9%
1928	+20.9%
1932	+73.9%
1936	+63.9%
1940	+57.4%
1944	+40.1%
1948	+40.7%
1952	+12.1%
1956	+6.6%
1960	+7.1%
1964	+12.7%
1968	−0.4%
1972	−38.1%
1976	+30.0%
1980	−0.6%
1984	−22.2%
1988	−14.2%
1992	+17.7%
1996	+16.9%
2000	−5.4%
2004	−9.8%
2008	−19.9%
2012	−23.7%
2016	−27.8%
2020	−27.6%
2024	−30.6%

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County results — 1980

75 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Arkansas County	D	+11.2%	4,303	3,409	7,985
Ashley County	D	+6.8%	4,552	3,960	8,748
Baxter County	R	−32.3%	4,789	9,684	15,147
Benton County	R	−32.6%	9,231	18,830	29,440
Boone County	R	−18.2%	4,576	6,778	12,088
Bradley County	D	+30.4%	3,139	1,650	4,890
Calhoun County	D	+22.6%	1,438	896	2,396
Carroll County	R	−16.8%	2,977	4,273	7,728
Chicot County	D	+20.9%	3,445	2,239	5,776
Clark County	D	+36.9%	6,122	2,743	9,153
Clay County	D	+12.2%	3,985	3,091	7,330
Cleburne County	R	−0.3%	4,021	4,042	8,355
Cleveland County	D	+23.9%	1,856	1,124	3,058
Columbia County	R	−8.2%	4,445	5,259	9,967
Conway County	D	+6.0%	4,698	4,145	9,189
Craighead County	R	−8.3%	9,231	11,010	21,456
Crawford County	R	−35.6%	3,948	8,542	12,899
Crittenden County	D	+5.6%	7,022	6,248	13,823
Cross County	D	+8.9%	3,471	2,895	6,492
Dallas County	D	+27.4%	2,838	1,596	4,539
Desha County	D	+28.0%	3,748	2,057	6,037
Drew County	D	+24.0%	3,757	2,272	6,184
Faulkner County	D	+5.8%	8,528	7,544	17,073
Franklin County	R	−11.4%	2,716	3,448	6,426
Fulton County	R	−1.5%	2,037	2,101	4,257
Garland County	R	−10.8%	12,515	15,739	29,717
Grant County	D	+20.3%	3,078	2,007	5,276
Greene County	D	+13.7%	5,996	4,514	10,841
Hempstead County	D	+9.5%	4,671	3,852	8,628
Hot Spring County	D	+30.8%	6,897	3,561	10,817
Howard County	D	+3.5%	2,564	2,386	5,064
Independence County	D	+5.5%	5,683	5,076	11,125
Izard County	D	+9.2%	2,750	2,266	5,254
Jackson County	D	+18.1%	4,651	3,191	8,081
Jefferson County	D	+21.9%	17,292	10,697	30,046
Johnson County	D	+1.2%	3,709	3,619	7,636
Lafayette County	D	+5.1%	1,947	1,756	3,776
Lawrence County	D	+4.3%	3,547	3,245	6,963
Lee County	D	+28.5%	3,103	1,711	4,876
Lincoln County	D	+33.1%	2,517	1,243	3,849
Little River County	D	+7.1%	2,631	2,272	5,024
Logan County	R	−4.6%	4,098	4,511	8,913
Lonoke County	R	−0.1%	5,605	5,619	11,585
Madison County	R	−12.8%	2,434	3,180	5,835
Marion County	R	−18.9%	2,046	3,059	5,356
Miller County	R	−6.0%	5,996	6,770	12,921
Mississippi County	D	+10.6%	8,908	7,170	16,417
Monroe County	D	+13.6%	2,686	2,027	4,829
Montgomery County	D	+8.1%	1,878	1,585	3,612
Nevada County	D	+21.0%	2,631	1,697	4,440
Newton County	R	−24.5%	1,436	2,423	4,033
Ouachita County	D	+23.1%	7,152	4,329	12,208
Perry County	D	+4.6%	1,606	1,459	3,186
Phillips County	D	+21.3%	6,642	4,270	11,146
Pike County	D	+4.3%	2,094	1,916	4,097
Poinsett County	D	+9.3%	4,894	4,040	9,180
Polk County	R	−20.2%	2,617	3,993	6,824
Pope County	R	−6.0%	6,364	7,217	14,230
Prairie County	D	+1.9%	1,928	1,855	3,895
Pulaski County	D	+2.4%	54,839	52,125	112,937
Randolph County	D	+8.3%	3,070	2,579	5,929
Saline County	D	+10.4%	10,368	8,330	19,555
Scott County	D	+0.2%	2,236	2,228	4,626
Searcy County	R	−22.1%	1,536	2,459	4,183
Sebastian County	R	−36.0%	10,141	23,403	36,879
Sevier County	D	+6.4%	2,854	2,502	5,497
Sharp County	R	−10.1%	2,774	3,420	6,416
St. Francis County	D	+12.7%	5,816	4,485	10,487
Stone County	D	+4.4%	1,968	1,793	3,975
Union County	R	−14.9%	6,852	9,401	17,063
Van Buren County	R	−1.9%	2,968	3,090	6,292
Washington County	R	−24.0%	12,276	20,788	35,421
White County	D	+3.9%	8,750	8,079	17,313
Woodruff County	D	+33.2%	2,452	1,204	3,756
Yell County	D	+7.2%	3,702	3,187	7,137