Ronald Reagan carried North Dakota R+38.0.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in North Dakota, 1980. The state ran 28.2 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.7 nationally).

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

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North Dakota result

301,545 votes counted

Carter (D)

79,189

26.3%

Reagan (R)

193,695

64.2%

All others

28,661

9.5%

Margin

R+38.0

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1980 presidential election

North Dakota, 1980

ReaganR+38.0

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	64.2%	193,695
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	26.3%	79,189
John B. AndersonIndependent	9.5%	28,661

D+60

R+60

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

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North Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

North Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.5%
1896	−11.9%
1900	−26.6%
1904	−54.7%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+7.5%
1916	+1.5%
1920	−59.6%
1924	−40.7%
1928	−10.3%
1932	+41.6%
1936	+33.0%
1940	−10.9%
1944	−8.4%
1948	−8.8%
1952	−42.6%
1956	−23.6%
1960	−10.9%
1964	+16.1%
1968	−17.7%
1972	−26.3%
1976	−5.9%
1980	−38.0%
1984	−31.0%
1988	−13.1%
1992	−12.0%
1996	−6.8%
2000	−27.6%
2004	−27.4%
2008	−8.6%
2012	−19.6%
2016	−35.7%
2020	−33.3%
2024	−36.4%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−44.5%	470	1,334	1,941
Barnes County	R	−30.8%	2,128	4,392	7,346
Benson County	R	−28.7%	1,119	2,149	3,587
Billings County	R	−58.3%	122	524	689
Bottineau County	R	−47.7%	1,090	3,394	4,828
Bowman County	R	−49.3%	454	1,507	2,138
Burke County	R	−52.0%	418	1,442	1,968
Burleigh County	R	−45.4%	6,129	18,437	27,137
Cass County	R	−23.7%	13,562	23,886	43,620
Cavalier County	R	−37.1%	1,105	2,582	3,977
Dickey County	R	−43.0%	917	2,455	3,574
Divide County	R	−39.5%	509	1,267	1,918
Dunn County	R	−49.2%	532	1,706	2,386
Eddy County	R	−32.6%	539	1,153	1,883
Emmons County	R	−61.1%	502	2,369	3,054
Foster County	R	−41.2%	586	1,534	2,303
Golden Valley County	R	−55.4%	259	1,006	1,349
Grand Forks County	R	−29.4%	6,997	14,257	24,731
Grant County	R	−67.3%	317	1,891	2,339
Griggs County	R	−32.5%	636	1,342	2,170
Hettinger County	R	−56.0%	434	1,699	2,257
Kidder County	R	−60.0%	326	1,474	1,913
LaMoure County	R	−39.1%	850	2,136	3,292
Logan County	R	−63.9%	283	1,474	1,865
McHenry County	R	−48.3%	939	2,922	4,104
McIntosh County	R	−75.3%	308	2,471	2,873
McKenzie County	R	−41.5%	867	2,265	3,368
McLean County	R	−42.0%	1,613	4,234	6,246
Mercer County	R	−42.5%	1,209	3,224	4,741
Morton County	R	−41.9%	2,861	7,659	11,458
Mountrail County	R	−27.4%	1,183	2,165	3,587
Nelson County	R	−34.1%	726	1,611	2,595
Oliver County	R	−52.9%	270	966	1,316
Pembina County	R	−39.5%	1,239	3,101	4,718
Pierce County	R	−58.8%	517	2,273	2,988
Ramsey County	R	−39.3%	1,607	4,078	6,285
Ransom County	R	−28.9%	974	1,883	3,142
Renville County	R	−31.7%	570	1,154	1,842
Richland County	R	−32.3%	2,698	5,711	9,337
Rolette County	D	+1.7%	1,660	1,599	3,566
Sargent County	R	−18.3%	1,048	1,565	2,823
Sheridan County	R	−69.6%	208	1,326	1,607
Sioux County	R	−21.7%	383	620	1,090
Slope County	R	−51.6%	128	462	647
Stark County	R	−47.7%	2,016	6,312	9,003
Steele County	R	−20.3%	617	997	1,870
Stutsman County	R	−38.8%	2,573	6,545	10,249
Towner County	R	−38.1%	568	1,375	2,119
Traill County	R	−32.8%	1,428	3,092	5,076
Walsh County	R	−38.0%	1,850	4,488	6,938
Ward County	R	−42.6%	5,554	14,997	22,189
Wells County	R	−53.2%	746	2,660	3,599
Williams County	R	−40.2%	2,545	6,530	9,904