Ronald Reagan carried New York R+2.7.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in New York, 1980. The state ran 7.1 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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New York result

6,201,673 votes counted

Carter (D)

2,728,372

44.0%

Reagan (R)

2,893,831

46.7%

All others

579,470

9.3%

Margin

R+2.7

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1980 presidential election

New York, 1980

ReaganR+2.7

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	46.7%	2,893,831
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	44.0%	2,728,372
John B. AndersonIndependent	9.3%	579,470

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	D	+15.3%	74,429	52,354	144,364
Allegany County	R	−25.8%	5,879	10,423	17,640
Bronx County	D	+33.3%	181,090	86,843	282,847
Broome County	R	−2.5%	37,013	39,275	89,280
Cattaraugus County	R	−13.2%	12,917	17,222	32,709
Cayuga County	R	−19.0%	11,708	17,945	32,756
Chautauqua County	R	−12.3%	22,871	30,081	58,756
Chemung County	R	−13.7%	14,565	19,674	37,209
Chenango County	R	−17.8%	6,917	10,400	19,592
Clinton County	R	−6.0%	11,498	13,120	26,890
Columbia County	R	−16.9%	9,500	13,946	26,274
Cortland County	R	−20.6%	6,176	9,885	18,048
Delaware County	R	−22.3%	6,333	10,609	19,164
Dutchess County	R	−26.9%	28,616	53,616	93,007
Erie County	D	+11.0%	215,283	169,209	420,473
Essex County	R	−15.2%	6,443	9,025	16,978
Franklin County	R	−2.1%	7,281	7,620	16,292
Fulton County	R	−15.5%	8,105	11,448	21,522
Genesee County	R	−4.0%	10,677	11,650	24,489
Greene County	R	−24.6%	6,488	11,286	19,498
Hamilton County	R	−34.5%	925	2,038	3,230
Herkimer County	R	−9.4%	11,497	14,105	27,888
Jefferson County	R	−9.6%	13,271	16,455	33,128
Kings County	D	+17.0%	288,893	200,306	521,092
Lewis County	R	−9.8%	3,973	4,937	9,822
Livingston County	R	−9.6%	9,030	11,193	22,454
Madison County	R	−23.1%	7,843	13,369	23,937
Monroe County	D	+4.5%	142,423	128,615	306,733
Montgomery County	R	−9.4%	9,645	11,917	24,086
Nassau County	R	−21.1%	207,602	333,567	596,020
New York County	D	+36.2%	275,742	115,911	441,898
Niagara County	D	+1.9%	40,405	38,760	86,394
Oneida County	R	−7.3%	44,292	51,968	104,799
Onondaga County	R	−12.6%	73,453	97,887	193,280
Ontario County	R	−7.2%	14,477	17,036	35,506
Orange County	R	−23.5%	30,022	51,268	90,470
Orleans County	R	−12.1%	5,767	7,536	14,611
Oswego County	R	−17.6%	15,343	22,816	42,541
Otsego County	R	−12.6%	8,795	11,814	23,907
Putnam County	R	−36.1%	8,691	20,193	31,819
Queens County	D	+3.2%	269,147	251,333	560,923
Rensselaer County	R	−3.0%	29,880	32,005	69,747
Richmond County	R	−24.9%	37,306	64,885	110,647
Rockland County	R	−22.7%	35,277	59,068	104,993
Saratoga County	R	−16.1%	23,641	34,184	65,362
Schenectady County	R	−2.9%	29,932	32,003	70,534
Schoharie County	R	−13.6%	4,715	6,382	12,262
Schuyler County	R	−19.0%	2,514	3,838	6,957
Seneca County	R	−15.8%	5,010	7,174	13,690
St. Lawrence County	R	−3.6%	17,006	18,437	39,624
Steuben County	R	−25.1%	12,826	22,418	38,170
Suffolk County	R	−23.7%	149,945	256,294	449,655
Sullivan County	R	−20.3%	9,553	15,089	27,218
Tioga County	R	−18.7%	6,690	10,291	19,214
Tompkins County	R	−1.6%	11,970	12,448	29,668
Ulster County	R	−21.8%	22,179	36,709	66,726
Warren County	R	−28.1%	6,971	13,264	22,377
Washington County	R	−26.0%	7,144	12,835	21,906
Wayne County	R	−12.0%	12,590	16,498	32,512
Westchester County	R	−18.7%	130,136	198,552	365,149
Wyoming County	R	−19.7%	5,234	8,108	14,552
Yates County	R	−22.3%	2,828	4,694	8,384