Ronald Reagan carried Kansas R+24.6.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Kansas, 1980. The state ran 14.8 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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Kansas result

979,795 votes counted

Carter (D)

326,150

33.3%

Reagan (R)

566,812

57.9%

All others

86,833

8.9%

Margin

R+24.6

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1980 presidential election

Kansas, 1980

ReaganR+24.6

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	57.9%	566,812
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	33.3%	326,150
John B. AndersonIndependent	8.9%	86,833

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.4%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−28.5%	2,009	3,811	6,317
Anderson County	R	−31.6%	1,170	2,363	3,773
Atchison County	R	−13.5%	3,063	4,084	7,581
Barber County	R	−32.0%	914	1,872	2,994
Barton County	R	−39.6%	3,663	9,147	13,852
Bourbon County	R	−23.0%	2,605	4,263	7,199
Brown County	R	−41.9%	1,370	3,598	5,322
Butler County	R	−18.1%	6,875	10,210	18,453
Chase County	R	−41.2%	413	1,073	1,603
Chautauqua County	R	−46.8%	543	1,566	2,187
Cherokee County	R	−13.7%	3,969	5,296	9,662
Cheyenne County	R	−54.0%	358	1,330	1,800
Clark County	R	−33.2%	430	901	1,417
Clay County	R	−53.9%	932	3,449	4,667
Cloud County	R	−30.7%	1,793	3,581	5,817
Coffey County	R	−43.1%	938	2,491	3,602
Comanche County	R	−36.1%	393	877	1,340
Cowley County	R	−21.4%	5,474	8,749	15,312
Crawford County	R	−2.4%	7,658	8,058	16,855
Decatur County	R	−53.3%	443	1,642	2,250
Dickinson County	R	−42.4%	2,108	5,654	8,359
Doniphan County	R	−40.9%	1,001	2,523	3,719
Douglas County	R	−16.5%	9,360	14,106	28,784
Edwards County	R	−36.0%	616	1,409	2,204
Elk County	R	−43.4%	482	1,280	1,837
Ellis County	R	−15.8%	3,940	5,634	10,724
Ellsworth County	R	−38.8%	886	2,155	3,270
Finney County	R	−26.0%	2,689	4,831	8,246
Ford County	R	−25.8%	3,194	5,686	9,661
Franklin County	R	−31.8%	2,726	5,525	8,808
Geary County	R	−18.7%	2,357	3,534	6,304
Gove County	R	−48.8%	396	1,263	1,776
Graham County	R	−47.8%	473	1,450	2,045
Grant County	R	−39.7%	683	1,711	2,592
Gray County	R	−35.3%	583	1,310	2,057
Greeley County	R	−38.5%	235	600	947
Greenwood County	R	−34.8%	1,241	2,685	4,155
Hamilton County	R	−35.4%	402	889	1,375
Harper County	R	−36.0%	990	2,254	3,512
Harvey County	R	−22.2%	4,173	7,045	12,912
Haskell County	R	−42.7%	374	1,014	1,499
Hodgeman County	R	−39.2%	339	831	1,256
Jackson County	R	−33.0%	1,537	3,211	5,070
Jefferson County	R	−36.2%	1,776	4,046	6,263
Jewell County	R	−52.5%	578	2,074	2,849
Johnson County	R	−36.2%	33,210	78,048	123,983
Kearny County	R	−39.4%	375	924	1,392
Kingman County	R	−36.0%	1,133	2,610	4,102
Kiowa County	R	−50.1%	438	1,433	1,986
Labette County	R	−13.1%	3,947	5,244	9,921
Lane County	R	−44.1%	321	924	1,368
Leavenworth County	R	−16.8%	6,354	9,157	16,656
Lincoln County	R	−49.6%	528	1,685	2,335
Linn County	R	−33.7%	1,157	2,407	3,710
Logan County	R	−52.2%	358	1,261	1,730
Lyon County	R	−25.8%	4,680	8,431	14,551
Marion County	R	−38.9%	1,569	3,960	6,150
Marshall County	R	−42.2%	1,555	4,127	6,097
McPherson County	R	−30.1%	3,340	6,843	11,631
Meade County	R	−50.3%	482	1,618	2,258
Miami County	R	−20.1%	3,071	4,740	8,301
Mitchell County	R	−49.2%	876	2,821	3,953
Montgomery County	R	−33.0%	5,282	10,856	16,915
Morris County	R	−38.1%	810	1,933	2,949
Morton County	R	−44.7%	414	1,157	1,662
Nemaha County	R	−35.7%	1,600	3,546	5,456
Neosho County	R	−20.9%	2,923	4,613	8,077
Ness County	R	−42.4%	616	1,657	2,455
Norton County	R	−56.3%	666	2,625	3,477
Osage County	R	−27.3%	2,088	3,817	6,324
Osborne County	R	−52.5%	620	2,188	2,984
Ottawa County	R	−50.5%	630	2,118	2,947
Pawnee County	R	−26.7%	1,184	2,170	3,691
Phillips County	R	−54.1%	748	2,731	3,667
Pottawatomie County	R	−35.3%	1,724	3,895	6,144
Pratt County	R	−32.0%	1,369	2,866	4,683
Rawlins County	R	−52.8%	427	1,524	2,076
Reno County	R	−16.0%	9,615	13,804	26,121
Republic County	R	−52.9%	850	3,031	4,120
Rice County	R	−24.5%	1,847	3,211	5,568
Riley County	R	−21.9%	5,224	8,904	16,818
Rooks County	R	−48.6%	725	2,275	3,187
Rush County	R	−49.9%	557	1,840	2,572
Russell County	R	−52.5%	910	3,241	4,437
Saline County	R	−30.1%	6,382	12,758	21,169
Scott County	R	−56.8%	456	1,829	2,418
Sedgwick County	R	−13.9%	55,105	75,317	145,431
Seward County	R	−47.2%	1,460	4,385	6,191
Shawnee County	R	−16.9%	24,852	36,290	67,776
Sheridan County	R	−47.9%	391	1,202	1,693
Sherman County	R	−45.7%	779	2,315	3,362
Smith County	R	−50.4%	719	2,415	3,368
Stafford County	R	−33.4%	872	1,865	2,976
Stanton County	R	−44.5%	231	672	992
Stevens County	R	−49.1%	478	1,502	2,085
Sumner County	R	−21.7%	3,761	6,038	10,496
Thomas County	R	−41.5%	1,045	2,789	4,202
Trego County	R	−39.9%	523	1,340	2,048
Wabaunsee County	R	−42.3%	853	2,255	3,317
Wallace County	R	−62.2%	167	811	1,036
Washington County	R	−55.7%	784	3,058	4,083
Wichita County	R	−45.9%	303	880	1,258
Wilson County	R	−44.2%	1,205	3,328	4,801
Woodson County	R	−36.0%	646	1,435	2,189
Wyandotte County	D	+16.2%	32,763	23,012	60,223