Jimmy Carter carried Minnesota D+3.9.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Minnesota, 1980. The state ran 13.7 points more Democratic than the nation (R+9.7 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

2,051,672 votes counted

Carter (D)

954,174

46.5%

Reagan (R)

873,241

42.6%

All others

224,257

10.9%

Margin

D+3.9

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1980 presidential election

Minnesota, 1980

CarterD+3.9

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic	46.5%	954,174
Ronald ReaganRepublican	42.6%	873,241
John B. AndersonIndependent	10.9%	224,257

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	D	+3.7%	3,677	3,396	7,670
Anoka County	D	+14.2%	45,532	33,100	87,843
Becker County	R	−12.4%	5,221	6,848	13,134
Beltrami County	D	+6.1%	7,432	6,481	15,537
Benton County	R	−2.0%	5,272	5,513	11,782
Big Stone County	R	−3.3%	1,814	1,950	4,091
Blue Earth County	R	−4.0%	10,930	11,966	26,138
Brown County	R	−22.2%	4,915	8,051	14,122
Carlton County	D	+27.4%	8,822	4,760	14,833
Carver County	R	−17.8%	6,621	9,909	18,481
Cass County	R	−12.2%	4,717	6,119	11,485
Chippewa County	R	−13.4%	3,164	4,252	8,097
Chisago County	D	+9.8%	6,240	5,017	12,523
Clay County	R	−6.7%	8,940	10,447	22,508
Clearwater County	D	+0.9%	1,955	1,919	4,137
Cook County	R	−12.2%	871	1,147	2,266
Cottonwood County	R	−16.6%	2,958	4,258	7,847
Crow Wing County	R	−7.0%	9,323	10,844	21,677
Dakota County	D	+2.9%	43,433	40,708	94,755
Dodge County	R	−16.9%	2,698	3,900	7,100
Douglas County	R	−15.6%	5,530	7,778	14,445
Faribault County	R	−24.7%	3,620	6,206	10,481
Fillmore County	R	−21.6%	4,010	6,452	11,312
Freeborn County	R	−1.5%	8,212	8,475	17,785
Goodhue County	R	−3.8%	8,566	9,329	20,248
Grant County	R	−5.4%	1,822	2,054	4,272
Hennepin County	D	+8.8%	239,592	194,898	505,372
Houston County	R	−24.9%	3,218	5,582	9,481
Hubbard County	R	−17.7%	2,840	4,172	7,513
Isanti County	D	+9.0%	5,457	4,480	10,809
Itasca County	D	+16.9%	12,134	8,368	22,228
Jackson County	R	−4.7%	3,062	3,391	7,064
Kanabec County	D	+2.8%	2,654	2,500	5,508
Kandiyohi County	R	−2.4%	8,038	8,480	18,095
Kittson County	R	−13.1%	1,407	1,875	3,577
Koochiching County	D	+9.1%	4,181	3,433	8,250
Lac qui Parle County	R	−8.9%	2,457	2,981	5,903
Lake County	D	+20.9%	3,864	2,414	6,931
Lake of the Woods County	R	−14.4%	763	1,052	2,000
Le Sueur County	R	−2.7%	5,161	5,478	11,625
Lincoln County	R	−11.7%	1,640	2,122	4,121
Lyon County	R	−1.8%	5,626	5,852	12,911
Mahnomen County	R	−3.8%	1,175	1,275	2,635
Marshall County	R	−14.8%	2,636	3,638	6,775
Martin County	R	−22.4%	4,301	7,057	12,294
McLeod County	R	−20.2%	4,987	7,819	14,035
Meeker County	R	−7.9%	4,238	5,032	10,095
Mille Lacs County	D	+6.5%	4,443	3,860	9,013
Morrison County	D	+4.5%	6,930	6,296	14,018
Mower County	D	+12.9%	10,538	7,908	20,325
Murray County	R	−4.7%	2,714	3,004	6,186
Nicollet County	R	−7.6%	5,400	6,436	13,622
Nobles County	R	−0.0%	4,703	4,706	10,365
Norman County	D	+1.3%	2,253	2,192	4,880
Olmsted County	R	−21.3%	13,983	22,704	40,911
Otter Tail County	R	−22.9%	9,108	15,091	26,138
Pennington County	R	−8.3%	3,101	3,715	7,416
Pine County	D	+12.6%	5,121	3,899	9,687
Pipestone County	R	−13.1%	2,392	3,207	6,243
Polk County	R	−10.7%	7,151	9,036	17,644
Pope County	R	−10.3%	2,527	3,159	6,153
Ramsey County	D	+19.7%	124,774	78,860	232,744
Red Lake County	D	+3.5%	1,318	1,223	2,707
Redwood County	R	−31.4%	2,952	5,993	9,699
Renville County	R	−14.2%	4,058	5,544	10,444
Rice County	D	+6.6%	9,531	8,168	20,673
Rock County	R	−18.8%	2,089	3,164	5,713
Roseau County	R	−11.7%	2,616	3,358	6,317
Scott County	D	+0.5%	9,115	9,018	20,038
Sherburne County	D	+1.4%	6,229	6,035	13,620
Sibley County	R	−25.4%	2,521	4,460	7,642
St. Louis County	D	+31.4%	69,403	33,407	114,674
Stearns County	R	−5.9%	21,862	24,888	51,522
Steele County	R	−19.0%	5,095	7,805	14,279
Stevens County	R	−11.2%	2,559	3,283	6,476
Swift County	D	+4.4%	3,245	2,943	6,823
Todd County	R	−12.2%	4,975	6,451	12,111
Traverse County	R	−10.4%	1,258	1,574	3,030
Wabasha County	R	−13.5%	3,712	4,986	9,453
Wadena County	R	−20.5%	2,635	4,089	7,103
Waseca County	R	−13.6%	3,535	4,801	9,301
Washington County	D	+5.3%	25,634	22,718	54,902
Watonwan County	R	−18.0%	2,442	3,629	6,587
Wilkin County	R	−17.7%	1,496	2,224	4,107
Winona County	R	−2.3%	9,814	10,332	22,903
Wright County	D	+0.3%	12,383	12,293	26,991
Yellow Medicine County	R	−15.8%	2,833	4,004	7,421