Nebraska — 1980 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1980 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentReaganR+39.5
How it voted
Share of the 1980 vote
| Ronald Reagan ✓Republican | 65.5% | 419,937 |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy CarterDemocratic | 26.0% | 166,851 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 8.4% | 54,066 |
1980presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 1980 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Nebraska cast 5 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (93 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, NE | Republican | R+39.5 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+62.4 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+58.9 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+84.2 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+67.4 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+50.8 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+48.9 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+51.1 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+61.0 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+46.4 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+51.2 |
| Butler County, NE | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+40.8 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+60.3 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+64.3 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+55.9 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+53.1 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+62.4 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+59.9 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+59.9 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+60.7 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+61.8 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+44.5 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+41.8 |
| Douglas County, NE | Republican | R+27.6 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+67.0 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+37.6 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+54.5 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+64.0 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+61.4 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+41.6 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+69.3 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+51.7 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+58.5 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+63.9 |
| Greeley County, NE | Republican | R+32.8 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+43.4 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+56.7 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+52.0 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+73.3 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+58.3 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+59.6 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+68.4 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+39.8 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+43.0 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+42.6 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+50.6 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+61.3 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+57.6 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+57.6 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+49.0 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+69.2 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+62.6 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+63.2 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+68.8 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+54.1 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+54.4 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+41.1 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+39.0 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+47.9 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+49.5 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+58.4 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+61.4 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+66.5 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+53.6 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+56.8 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+59.7 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+66.9 |
| Saline County, NE | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+42.5 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+40.3 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+50.2 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+28.9 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+72.7 |
| Sherman County, NE | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+68.7 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+64.2 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+43.5 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+60.0 |
| Thurston County, NE | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+49.4 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+48.2 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+53.8 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+47.0 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+56.1 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+59.7 |
Nebraska results by county
93 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Ronald Reagan+5,128 | 8,50065.5% | 3,37226.0% | 1,1018.5% | 12,973 |
| Antelope County | Ronald Reagan+2,533 | 3,19278.7% | 65916.2% | 2065.1% | 4,057 |
| Arthur County | Ronald Reagan+188 | 24576.8% | 5717.9% | 175.3% | 319 |
| Banner County | Ronald Reagan+448 | 48190.4% | 336.2% | 183.4% | 532 |
| Blaine County | Ronald Reagan+298 | 36181.7% | 6314.3% | 184.1% | 442 |
| Boone County | Ronald Reagan+1,829 | 2,59872.1% | 76921.3% | 2366.6% | 3,603 |
| Box Butte County | Ronald Reagan+2,704 | 3,91270.7% | 1,20821.8% | 4127.4% | 5,532 |
| Boyd County | Ronald Reagan+885 | 1,26172.8% | 37621.7% | 965.5% | 1,733 |
| Brown County | Ronald Reagan+1,274 | 1,61577.4% | 34116.3% | 1316.3% | 2,087 |
| Buffalo County | Ronald Reagan+6,602 | 9,76968.6% | 3,16722.2% | 1,3079.2% | 14,243 |
| Burt County | Ronald Reagan+1,992 | 2,80672.1% | 81420.9% | 2737.0% | 3,893 |
| Butler County | Ronald Reagan+1,484 | 2,59666.1% | 1,11228.3% | 2215.6% | 3,929 |
| Cass County | Ronald Reagan+3,186 | 5,19366.4% | 2,00725.7% | 6187.9% | 7,818 |
| Cedar County | Ronald Reagan+1,994 | 3,25967.1% | 1,26526.0% | 3346.9% | 4,858 |
| Chase County | Ronald Reagan+1,269 | 1,59375.7% | 32415.4% | 1868.8% | 2,103 |
| Cherry County | Ronald Reagan+2,028 | 2,51779.8% | 48915.5% | 1494.7% | 3,155 |
| Cheyenne County | Ronald Reagan+2,297 | 3,07374.8% | 77618.9% | 2596.3% | 4,108 |
| Clay County | Ronald Reagan+1,899 | 2,73971.6% | 84022.0% | 2456.4% | 3,824 |
| Colfax County | Ronald Reagan+2,366 | 3,25973.2% | 89320.0% | 3026.8% | 4,454 |
| Cuming County | Ronald Reagan+3,203 | 4,00678.1% | 80315.6% | 3226.3% | 5,131 |
| Custer County | Ronald Reagan+3,552 | 4,56376.9% | 1,01117.0% | 3606.1% | 5,934 |
| Dakota County | Ronald Reagan+1,235 | 3,16557.7% | 1,93035.2% | 3937.2% | 5,488 |
| Dawes County | Ronald Reagan+2,578 | 3,28376.2% | 70516.4% | 3187.4% | 4,306 |
| Dawson County | Ronald Reagan+5,226 | 6,68977.7% | 1,46317.0% | 4575.3% | 8,609 |
| Deuel County | Ronald Reagan+754 | 94677.5% | 19215.7% | 826.7% | 1,220 |
| Dixon County | Ronald Reagan+1,506 | 2,32868.8% | 82224.3% | 2356.9% | 3,385 |
| Dodge County | Ronald Reagan+5,958 | 9,52266.8% | 3,56425.0% | 1,1648.2% | 14,250 |
| Douglas County | Ronald Reagan+45,240 | 96,90859.1% | 51,66831.5% | 15,3549.4% | 163,930 |
| Dundy County | Ronald Reagan+946 | 1,13880.7% | 19213.6% | 815.7% | 1,411 |
| Fillmore County | Ronald Reagan+1,410 | 2,43565.0% | 1,02527.4% | 2867.6% | 3,746 |
| Franklin County | Ronald Reagan+1,234 | 1,67574.0% | 44119.5% | 1496.6% | 2,265 |
| Frontier County | Ronald Reagan+1,087 | 1,34679.3% | 25915.3% | 935.5% | 1,698 |
| Furnas County | Ronald Reagan+1,947 | 2,48378.3% | 53616.9% | 1534.8% | 3,172 |
| Gage County | Ronald Reagan+3,830 | 6,08966.2% | 2,25924.6% | 8539.3% | 9,201 |
| Garden County | Ronald Reagan+1,095 | 1,29782.1% | 20212.8% | 815.1% | 1,580 |
| Garfield County | Ronald Reagan+573 | 81173.2% | 23821.5% | 595.3% | 1,108 |
| Gosper County | Ronald Reagan+602 | 78376.1% | 18117.6% | 656.3% | 1,029 |
| Grant County | Ronald Reagan+297 | 37380.2% | 7616.3% | 163.4% | 465 |
| Greeley County | Ronald Reagan+533 | 1,02863.3% | 49530.5% | 1026.3% | 1,625 |
| Hall County | Ronald Reagan+7,744 | 12,16668.1% | 4,42224.8% | 1,2697.1% | 17,857 |
| Hamilton County | Ronald Reagan+2,422 | 3,20074.9% | 77818.2% | 2936.9% | 4,271 |
| Harlan County | Ronald Reagan+1,204 | 1,69072.9% | 48621.0% | 1416.1% | 2,317 |
| Hayes County | Ronald Reagan+535 | 61784.5% | 8211.2% | 314.2% | 730 |
| Hitchcock County | Ronald Reagan+1,145 | 1,47475.1% | 32916.8% | 1608.2% | 1,963 |
| Holt County | Ronald Reagan+3,479 | 4,49577.0% | 1,01617.4% | 3275.6% | 5,838 |
| Hooker County | Ronald Reagan+323 | 38681.8% | 6313.3% | 234.9% | 472 |
| Howard County | Ronald Reagan+1,182 | 1,97166.4% | 78926.6% | 2107.1% | 2,970 |
| Jefferson County | Ronald Reagan+1,965 | 3,09067.6% | 1,12524.6% | 3577.8% | 4,572 |
| Johnson County | Ronald Reagan+1,093 | 1,71967.0% | 62624.4% | 2208.6% | 2,565 |
| Kearney County | Ronald Reagan+1,786 | 2,51271.2% | 72620.6% | 2928.3% | 3,530 |
| Keith County | Ronald Reagan+2,671 | 3,38177.7% | 71016.3% | 2636.0% | 4,354 |
| Keya Paha County | Ronald Reagan+396 | 52676.5% | 13018.9% | 324.7% | 688 |
| Kimball County | Ronald Reagan+1,230 | 1,61575.6% | 38518.0% | 1366.4% | 2,136 |
| Knox County | Ronald Reagan+2,347 | 3,40471.1% | 1,05722.1% | 3286.8% | 4,789 |
| Lancaster County | Ronald Reagan+11,618 | 38,78050.9% | 27,16235.6% | 10,29113.5% | 76,233 |
| Lincoln County | Ronald Reagan+5,875 | 9,64366.6% | 3,76826.0% | 1,0687.4% | 14,479 |
| Logan County | Ronald Reagan+371 | 44282.5% | 7113.2% | 234.3% | 536 |
| Loup County | Ronald Reagan+294 | 36878.3% | 7415.7% | 286.0% | 470 |
| Madison County | Ronald Reagan+7,792 | 9,71878.8% | 1,92615.6% | 6855.6% | 12,329 |
| McPherson County | Ronald Reagan+236 | 28583.1% | 4914.3% | 92.6% | 343 |
| Merrick County | Ronald Reagan+1,998 | 2,71073.4% | 71219.3% | 2727.4% | 3,694 |
| Morrill County | Ronald Reagan+1,381 | 1,89374.5% | 51220.2% | 1355.3% | 2,540 |
| Nance County | Ronald Reagan+881 | 1,44267.3% | 56126.2% | 1406.5% | 2,143 |
| Nemaha County | Ronald Reagan+1,765 | 2,69568.9% | 93023.8% | 2867.3% | 3,911 |
| Nuckolls County | Ronald Reagan+1,281 | 2,18066.4% | 89927.4% | 2036.2% | 3,282 |
| Otoe County | Ronald Reagan+3,140 | 4,61170.3% | 1,47122.4% | 4777.3% | 6,559 |
| Pawnee County | Ronald Reagan+987 | 1,41871.1% | 43121.6% | 1447.2% | 1,993 |
| Perkins County | Ronald Reagan+1,029 | 1,34276.2% | 31317.8% | 1076.1% | 1,762 |
| Phelps County | Ronald Reagan+2,731 | 3,46578.0% | 73416.5% | 2465.5% | 4,445 |
| Pierce County | Ronald Reagan+2,421 | 2,93880.7% | 51714.2% | 1845.1% | 3,639 |
| Platte County | Ronald Reagan+6,414 | 8,80373.5% | 2,38919.9% | 7836.5% | 11,975 |
| Polk County | Ronald Reagan+1,668 | 2,20675.1% | 53818.3% | 1926.5% | 2,936 |
| Red Willow County | Ronald Reagan+3,151 | 4,05076.7% | 89917.0% | 3296.2% | 5,278 |
| Richardson County | Ronald Reagan+2,284 | 3,63468.0% | 1,35025.3% | 3606.7% | 5,344 |
| Rock County | Ronald Reagan+709 | 85580.7% | 14613.8% | 585.5% | 1,059 |
| Saline County | Ronald Reagan+1,026 | 2,93454.2% | 1,90835.2% | 57410.6% | 5,416 |
| Sarpy County | Ronald Reagan+9,863 | 15,55267.0% | 5,68924.5% | 1,9618.5% | 23,202 |
| Saunders County | Ronald Reagan+3,189 | 5,22366.1% | 2,03425.7% | 6498.2% | 7,906 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Ronald Reagan+6,650 | 9,50471.7% | 2,85421.5% | 8916.7% | 13,249 |
| Seward County | Ronald Reagan+1,724 | 3,52759.1% | 1,80330.2% | 63510.6% | 5,965 |
| Sheridan County | Ronald Reagan+2,379 | 2,74984.0% | 37011.3% | 1524.6% | 3,271 |
| Sherman County | Ronald Reagan+676 | 1,25463.7% | 57829.3% | 1387.0% | 1,970 |
| Sioux County | Ronald Reagan+640 | 76081.5% | 12012.9% | 525.6% | 932 |
| Stanton County | Ronald Reagan+1,583 | 1,94578.9% | 36214.7% | 1596.4% | 2,466 |
| Thayer County | Ronald Reagan+1,588 | 2,51468.9% | 92625.4% | 2105.8% | 3,650 |
| Thomas County | Ronald Reagan+241 | 30676.1% | 6516.2% | 317.7% | 402 |
| Thurston County | Ronald Reagan+728 | 1,45461.7% | 72630.8% | 1767.5% | 2,356 |
| Valley County | Ronald Reagan+1,446 | 2,10171.7% | 65522.4% | 1735.9% | 2,929 |
| Washington County | Ronald Reagan+3,116 | 4,57070.7% | 1,45422.5% | 4396.8% | 6,463 |
| Wayne County | Ronald Reagan+2,111 | 2,84472.5% | 73318.7% | 3448.8% | 3,921 |
| Webster County | Ronald Reagan+1,129 | 1,67669.7% | 54722.8% | 1807.5% | 2,403 |
| Wheeler County | Ronald Reagan+281 | 37474.7% | 9318.6% | 346.8% | 501 |
| York County | Ronald Reagan+3,958 | 5,08976.7% | 1,13117.0% | 4146.2% | 6,634 |
Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −31.1% |
| 1896 | +5.4% |
| 1900 | −3.2% |
| 1904 | −37.9% |
| 1908 | +1.5% |
| 1912 | +22.0% |
| 1916 | +14.3% |
| 1920 | −33.4% |
| 1924 | −17.5% |
| 1928 | −27.0% |
| 1932 | +27.7% |
| 1936 | +16.4% |
| 1940 | −14.4% |
| 1944 | −17.2% |
| 1948 | −8.3% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.0% |
| 1960 | −24.1% |
| 1964 | +5.2% |
| 1968 | −28.0% |
| 1972 | −41.0% |
| 1976 | −20.7% |
| 1980 | −39.5% |
| 1984 | −41.7% |
| 1988 | −21.0% |
| 1992 | −17.2% |
| 1996 | −18.7% |
| 2000 | −29.0% |
| 2004 | −33.2% |
| 2008 | −14.9% |
| 2012 | −21.8% |
| 2016 | −25.0% |
| 2020 | −19.1% |
| 2024 | −20.5% |
Same ballot, 1980NE
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1980 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.