Ronald Reagan carried Indiana R+18.4.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Indiana, 1980. The state ran 8.6 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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Indiana result

2,242,033 votes counted

Carter (D)

844,197

37.7%

Reagan (R)

1,255,656

56.0%

All others

142,180

6.3%

Margin

R+18.4

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1980 presidential election

Indiana, 1980

ReaganR+18.4

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	56.0%	1,255,656
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	37.7%	844,197
John B. AndersonIndependent	6.3%	142,180

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−14.2%	4,673	6,368	11,978
Allen County	R	−25.9%	37,765	68,524	118,898
Bartholomew County	R	−24.2%	9,260	15,801	26,974
Benton County	R	−33.6%	1,520	3,189	4,963
Blackford County	R	−12.4%	2,431	3,168	5,962
Boone County	R	−37.5%	4,535	10,484	15,859
Brown County	R	−16.4%	2,014	2,884	5,291
Carroll County	R	−26.4%	2,966	5,262	8,699
Cass County	R	−31.0%	5,838	11,500	18,274
Clark County	R	−4.4%	14,137	15,508	31,181
Clay County	R	−22.2%	4,363	6,980	11,812
Clinton County	R	−20.8%	5,258	8,158	13,962
Crawford County	R	−8.7%	2,130	2,554	4,864
Daviess County	R	−25.7%	4,057	7,022	11,532
Dearborn County	R	−17.6%	5,135	7,467	13,249
Decatur County	R	−21.8%	3,646	5,819	9,951
DeKalb County	R	−21.3%	4,911	7,886	13,950
Delaware County	R	−14.1%	20,923	28,342	52,647
Dubois County	R	−0.5%	6,700	6,775	14,276
Elkhart County	R	−31.0%	14,883	30,081	48,994
Fayette County	R	−15.8%	4,304	6,004	10,732
Floyd County	R	−3.6%	11,543	12,456	25,467
Fountain County	R	−28.7%	2,845	5,289	8,506
Franklin County	R	−22.3%	2,834	4,551	7,701
Fulton County	R	−30.6%	2,788	5,458	8,728
Gibson County	R	−5.3%	6,834	7,643	15,189
Grant County	R	−28.1%	10,390	19,078	30,909
Greene County	R	−10.1%	6,027	7,452	14,098
Hamilton County	R	−54.3%	7,036	26,218	35,327
Hancock County	R	−38.4%	5,124	12,093	18,138
Harrison County	R	−12.3%	4,865	6,287	11,594
Hendricks County	R	−42.5%	7,412	19,366	28,117
Henry County	R	−24.1%	7,626	12,724	21,196
Howard County	R	−23.3%	12,916	21,272	35,910
Huntington County	R	−25.6%	5,415	9,497	15,937
Jackson County	R	−15.5%	6,425	8,903	15,942
Jasper County	R	−40.7%	2,544	6,316	9,276
Jay County	R	−22.7%	3,256	5,351	9,217
Jefferson County	R	−10.2%	5,496	6,831	13,087
Jennings County	R	−16.0%	3,931	5,498	9,822
Johnson County	R	−38.4%	8,445	20,018	30,174
Knox County	R	−12.0%	7,829	10,083	18,822
Kosciusko County	R	−43.8%	5,684	15,633	22,730
LaGrange County	R	−31.8%	2,095	4,259	6,815
Lake County	D	+2.8%	101,145	95,408	207,339
LaPorte County	R	−17.4%	15,387	22,424	40,538
Lawrence County	R	−29.0%	5,826	10,846	17,296
Madison County	R	−19.4%	23,554	35,582	62,092
Marion County	R	−13.5%	126,103	168,680	314,269
Marshall County	R	−31.1%	5,113	10,209	16,411
Martin County	R	−10.4%	2,479	3,082	5,779
Miami County	R	−26.2%	4,927	8,672	14,304
Monroe County	R	−13.3%	13,316	18,233	36,894
Montgomery County	R	−38.7%	4,158	9,936	14,917
Morgan County	R	−40.5%	5,439	13,321	19,438
Newton County	R	−38.2%	1,649	3,850	5,763
Noble County	R	−21.9%	4,721	7,624	13,282
Ohio County	R	−7.9%	1,074	1,264	2,420
Orange County	R	−21.6%	3,228	5,073	8,558
Owen County	R	−21.0%	2,325	3,632	6,212
Parke County	R	−29.6%	2,432	4,595	7,315
Perry County	D	+2.0%	4,540	4,350	9,468
Pike County	D	+0.0%	3,346	3,343	6,952
Porter County	R	−36.7%	12,869	30,055	46,816
Posey County	R	−14.4%	4,465	6,096	11,354
Pulaski County	R	−28.9%	2,092	3,916	6,310
Putnam County	R	−26.3%	3,996	7,090	11,748
Randolph County	R	−30.2%	4,025	7,762	12,390
Ripley County	R	−17.1%	4,022	5,770	10,233
Rush County	R	−32.5%	2,388	4,829	7,511
Scott County	D	+3.6%	3,694	3,432	7,329
Shelby County	R	−27.0%	5,861	10,496	17,150
Spencer County	R	−11.7%	4,153	5,284	9,705
St. Joseph County	R	−6.2%	44,218	50,607	103,114
Starke County	R	−15.6%	3,615	5,035	9,110
Steuben County	R	−34.0%	2,606	5,670	9,008
Sullivan County	R	−1.4%	4,335	4,465	9,103
Switzerland County	D	+3.6%	1,704	1,584	3,360
Tippecanoe County	R	−26.7%	14,636	27,589	48,470
Tipton County	R	−32.3%	2,547	5,150	8,071
Union County	R	−31.2%	898	1,766	2,780
Vanderburgh County	R	−8.9%	29,930	36,248	70,982
Vermillion County	R	−4.8%	3,793	4,195	8,400
Vigo County	R	−10.5%	19,261	24,133	46,527
Wabash County	R	−28.7%	4,620	8,738	14,368
Warren County	R	−33.1%	1,287	2,665	4,157
Warrick County	R	−11.1%	6,845	8,681	16,570
Washington County	R	−16.9%	3,663	5,234	9,297
Wayne County	R	−26.3%	9,599	16,981	28,052
Wells County	R	−20.1%	3,760	5,864	10,445
White County	R	−34.6%	3,247	6,999	10,855
Whitley County	R	−20.7%	4,497	7,146	12,821