Ronald Reagan carried Arizona R+32.4.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Arizona, 1980. The state ran 22.6 points more Republican 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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Arizona result

873,945 votes counted

Carter (D)

246,843

28.2%

Reagan (R)

529,688

60.6%

All others

97,414

11.1%

Margin

R+32.4

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1980 presidential election

Arizona, 1980

ReaganR+32.4

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	60.6%	529,688
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	28.2%	246,843
John B. AndersonIndependent	11.1%	97,414

D+60

R+60

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

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Arizona's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Arizona's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+30.8%
1916	+21.8%
1920	−11.2%
1924	−5.8%
1928	−15.3%
1932	+36.5%
1936	+42.9%
1940	+27.5%
1944	+17.9%
1948	+10.0%
1952	−16.7%
1956	−22.1%
1960	−11.1%
1964	−0.8%
1968	−19.8%
1972	−31.3%
1976	−16.6%
1980	−32.4%
1984	−33.9%
1988	−21.2%
1992	−2.0%
1996	+2.2%
2000	−6.3%
2004	−10.5%
2008	−8.5%
2012	−9.0%
2016	−3.5%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−5.5%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Apache County	R	−19.6%	3,917	5,991	10,595
Cochise County	R	−28.2%	7,028	13,351	22,445
Coconino County	R	−25.9%	7,832	14,613	26,199
Gila County	R	−17.4%	5,068	7,405	13,399
Graham County	R	−24.7%	2,801	4,765	7,961
Greenlee County	D	+13.4%	2,043	1,537	3,782
Maricopa County	R	−40.4%	119,752	316,287	486,834
Mohave County	R	−44.4%	4,900	13,809	20,054
Navajo County	R	−33.6%	5,110	10,790	16,882
Pima County	R	−15.3%	64,418	93,055	187,057
Pinal County	R	−12.8%	9,207	12,195	23,258
Santa Cruz County	R	−11.0%	2,089	2,674	5,340
Yavapai County	R	−45.4%	6,664	19,823	28,994
Yuma County	R	−34.9%	6,014	13,393	21,145