Ronald Reagan carried Missouri R+6.8.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Missouri, 1980. The state ran 2.9 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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Missouri result

2,099,220 votes counted

Carter (D)

931,182

44.4%

Reagan (R)

1,074,181

51.2%

All others

93,857

4.5%

Margin

R+6.8

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1980 presidential election

Missouri, 1980

ReaganR+6.8

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	51.2%	1,074,181
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	44.4%	931,182
John B. AndersonIndependent	4.5%	93,857

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−21.1%	3,507	5,513	9,522
Andrew County	R	−17.0%	2,575	3,690	6,573
Atchison County	R	−23.1%	1,273	2,096	3,556
Audrain County	R	−10.0%	5,168	6,347	11,834
Barry County	R	−24.8%	4,193	7,038	11,458
Barton County	R	−26.6%	1,901	3,337	5,398
Bates County	R	−10.2%	3,297	4,061	7,521
Benton County	R	−20.7%	2,241	3,451	5,852
Bollinger County	R	−13.8%	2,160	2,863	5,105
Boone County	D	+5.7%	18,527	16,313	38,837
Buchanan County	D	+1.2%	16,967	16,551	35,150
Butler County	R	−19.3%	5,605	8,342	14,181
Caldwell County	R	−23.9%	1,541	2,551	4,226
Callaway County	R	−9.3%	5,560	6,755	12,835
Camden County	R	−30.5%	3,416	6,541	10,246
Cape Girardeau County	R	−25.4%	8,625	14,861	24,549
Carroll County	R	−20.8%	2,130	3,291	5,583
Carter County	R	−5.5%	1,087	1,218	2,368
Cass County	R	−10.0%	8,198	10,105	19,134
Cedar County	R	−33.4%	1,703	3,469	5,283
Chariton County	R	−7.9%	2,250	2,641	4,973
Christian County	R	−29.1%	3,502	6,487	10,251
Clark County	R	−15.2%	1,494	2,042	3,614
Clay County	R	−7.6%	24,250	28,521	56,314
Clinton County	R	−8.7%	3,001	3,599	6,852
Cole County	R	−27.1%	9,210	16,373	26,423
Cooper County	R	−19.1%	2,687	3,996	6,849
Crawford County	R	−19.6%	2,710	4,081	7,011
Dade County	R	−29.8%	1,283	2,410	3,778
Dallas County	R	−23.6%	2,011	3,297	5,438
Daviess County	R	−8.9%	1,770	2,125	3,984
DeKalb County	R	−9.9%	1,677	2,062	3,885
Dent County	R	−15.5%	2,528	3,477	6,131
Douglas County	R	−33.6%	1,677	3,440	5,252
Dunklin County	D	+7.5%	6,120	5,253	11,530
Franklin County	R	−17.6%	10,480	15,210	26,832
Gasconade County	R	−47.3%	1,550	4,481	6,203
Gentry County	R	−7.4%	1,720	2,005	3,869
Greene County	R	−16.3%	30,498	43,116	77,425
Grundy County	R	−16.2%	2,064	2,890	5,106
Harrison County	R	−21.5%	1,732	2,734	4,655
Henry County	R	−1.6%	4,648	4,807	9,772
Hickory County	R	−20.1%	1,248	1,893	3,213
Holt County	R	−27.4%	1,119	1,993	3,190
Howard County	D	+1.4%	2,243	2,179	4,554
Howell County	R	−22.5%	4,472	7,149	11,903
Iron County	D	+0.5%	2,226	2,205	4,551
Jackson County	D	+11.6%	135,805	106,156	256,687
Jasper County	R	−28.0%	11,953	21,664	34,666
Jefferson County	R	−8.2%	24,042	28,546	54,882
Johnson County	R	−8.0%	5,441	6,449	12,585
Knox County	R	−10.6%	1,187	1,475	2,710
Laclede County	R	−23.7%	3,443	5,642	9,282
Lafayette County	R	−11.0%	5,792	7,271	13,468
Lawrence County	R	−25.3%	4,670	7,921	12,843
Lewis County	R	−0.8%	2,314	2,350	4,789
Lincoln County	R	−9.1%	4,110	4,963	9,335
Linn County	R	−1.6%	3,467	3,585	7,224
Livingston County	R	−3.9%	3,368	3,654	7,270
Macon County	R	−10.4%	3,578	4,430	8,187
Madison County	R	−7.8%	2,231	2,618	4,938
Maries County	R	−6.7%	1,732	1,985	3,789
Marion County	R	−1.2%	5,890	6,036	12,186
McDonald County	R	−24.0%	2,485	4,114	6,783
Mercer County	R	−20.6%	821	1,266	2,158
Miller County	R	−37.8%	2,469	5,560	8,185
Mississippi County	D	+10.4%	3,040	2,459	5,579
Moniteau County	R	−19.6%	2,284	3,430	5,834
Monroe County	D	+9.2%	2,445	2,026	4,555
Montgomery County	R	−20.2%	2,007	3,061	5,225
Morgan County	R	−18.1%	2,460	3,577	6,182
New Madrid County	D	+1.6%	4,171	4,041	8,298
Newton County	R	−29.4%	5,621	10,515	16,662
Nodaway County	R	−3.1%	4,257	4,544	9,290
Oregon County	D	+20.6%	2,326	1,523	3,898
Osage County	R	−28.1%	2,045	3,679	5,822
Ozark County	R	−31.6%	1,242	2,434	3,770
Pemiscot County	D	+8.0%	4,140	3,519	7,732
Perry County	R	−34.3%	2,416	5,053	7,689
Pettis County	R	−14.9%	6,475	8,833	15,841
Phelps County	R	−14.0%	5,470	7,366	13,566
Pike County	R	−6.3%	3,454	3,932	7,591
Platte County	R	−14.7%	7,342	10,092	18,756
Polk County	R	−18.0%	3,336	4,842	8,368
Pulaski County	R	−3.7%	3,707	3,998	7,871
Putnam County	R	−32.1%	871	1,722	2,655
Ralls County	D	+2.4%	2,069	1,968	4,142
Randolph County	R	−2.5%	4,884	5,141	10,276
Ray County	D	+5.1%	4,518	4,064	8,871
Reynolds County	D	+19.9%	1,919	1,271	3,250
Ripley County	R	−7.7%	2,156	2,524	4,765
Saline County	R	−2.6%	4,943	5,218	10,576
Schuyler County	R	−10.6%	1,114	1,386	2,559
Scotland County	R	−13.7%	1,200	1,592	2,869
Scott County	R	−9.0%	6,854	8,227	15,336
Shannon County	D	+8.7%	1,818	1,523	3,401
Shelby County	R	−7.4%	1,849	2,151	4,079
St. Charles County	R	−25.7%	20,668	36,050	59,768
St. Clair County	R	−16.9%	1,706	2,419	4,210
St. Francois County	R	−8.4%	7,495	8,914	16,916
St. Louis city	D	+37.1%	113,697	50,333	170,751
St. Louis County	R	−14.6%	192,796	263,518	484,831
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+8.8%	3,324	2,768	6,291
Stoddard County	R	−9.3%	5,128	6,199	11,512
Stone County	R	−35.6%	2,210	4,780	7,209
Sullivan County	R	−13.6%	1,824	2,412	4,325
Taney County	R	−28.8%	3,389	6,230	9,854
Texas County	R	−6.6%	4,261	4,879	9,309
Vernon County	R	−8.1%	3,704	4,391	8,456
Warren County	R	−33.1%	2,132	4,366	6,743
Washington County	R	−8.8%	2,873	3,439	6,465
Wayne County	R	−5.0%	2,549	2,823	5,444
Webster County	R	−19.6%	3,409	5,121	8,719
Worth County	R	−4.4%	760	833	1,657
Wright County	R	−33.8%	2,182	4,451	6,716