Ronald Reagan carried Ohio R+10.6.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Ohio, 1980. The state ran 0.9 points more Republican 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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Ohio result

4,283,603 votes counted

Carter (D)

1,752,414

40.9%

Reagan (R)

2,206,545

51.5%

All others

324,644

7.6%

Margin

R+10.6

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1980 presidential election

Ohio, 1980

ReaganR+10.6

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	51.5%	2,206,545
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	40.9%	1,752,414
John B. AndersonIndependent	7.6%	324,644

D+60

R+60

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

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Ohio's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Ohio's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−0.1%
1896	−4.8%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−25.4%
1908	−6.2%
1912	+14.1%
1916	+7.7%
1920	−19.9%
1924	−34.6%
1928	−30.4%
1932	+2.8%
1936	+20.6%
1940	+4.4%
1944	−0.4%
1948	+0.2%
1952	−13.5%
1956	−22.2%
1960	−6.6%
1964	+25.9%
1968	−2.3%
1972	−21.6%
1976	+0.3%
1980	−10.6%
1984	−18.8%
1988	−10.9%
1992	+1.8%
1996	+6.4%
2000	−3.5%
2004	−2.1%
2008	+4.6%
2012	+3.0%
2016	−8.0%
2020	−8.0%
2024	−11.1%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−11.8%	4,161	5,336	9,928
Allen County	R	−36.1%	13,140	29,070	44,154
Ashland County	R	−35.0%	5,142	11,691	18,689
Ashtabula County	R	−6.1%	17,363	19,847	40,467
Athens County	D	+6.8%	9,514	8,170	19,801
Auglaize County	R	−36.9%	5,022	11,537	17,657
Belmont County	D	+9.5%	16,653	13,601	32,024
Brown County	R	−12.0%	4,706	6,065	11,337
Butler County	R	−29.8%	31,796	61,231	98,901
Carroll County	R	−23.7%	3,476	5,806	9,851
Champaign County	R	−26.6%	4,109	7,356	12,225
Clark County	R	−8.5%	22,630	27,237	54,015
Clermont County	R	−32.0%	13,199	26,674	42,091
Clinton County	R	−29.9%	3,967	7,675	12,400
Columbiana County	R	−8.1%	17,459	20,798	41,143
Coshocton County	R	−26.2%	4,725	8,359	13,856
Crawford County	R	−32.2%	6,058	12,424	19,755
Cuyahoga County	D	+8.6%	307,448	254,883	614,682
Darke County	R	−23.4%	7,635	12,773	21,958
Defiance County	R	−27.3%	5,096	9,358	15,639
Delaware County	R	−36.4%	6,417	14,740	22,861
Erie County	R	−10.8%	12,343	15,628	30,470
Fairfield County	R	−27.7%	13,144	24,096	39,515
Fayette County	R	−33.3%	2,810	5,827	9,068
Franklin County	R	−15.3%	143,932	200,948	373,045
Fulton County	R	−37.7%	3,972	9,519	14,707
Gallia County	R	−18.1%	4,406	6,469	11,404
Geauga County	R	−27.2%	9,542	17,762	30,204
Greene County	R	−9.9%	20,068	24,922	48,842
Guernsey County	R	−21.7%	5,121	8,180	14,084
Hamilton County	R	−21.7%	129,114	206,979	358,541
Hancock County	R	−42.3%	6,843	18,264	27,010
Hardin County	R	−29.6%	3,863	7,457	12,123
Harrison County	R	−11.4%	2,848	3,639	6,916
Henry County	R	−39.4%	3,059	7,584	11,489
Highland County	R	−24.2%	4,363	7,359	12,400
Hocking County	R	−9.3%	3,765	4,588	8,819
Holmes County	R	−27.6%	2,094	3,860	6,394
Huron County	R	−24.2%	6,537	11,173	19,159
Jackson County	R	−13.9%	4,409	5,902	10,719
Jefferson County	D	+12.0%	20,382	15,777	38,491
Knox County	R	−20.9%	6,586	10,384	18,195
Lake County	R	−9.5%	35,246	43,485	86,428
Lawrence County	R	−9.3%	11,366	13,799	26,194
Licking County	R	−23.0%	17,208	28,425	48,769
Logan County	R	−36.1%	4,319	9,727	14,994
Lorain County	R	−9.8%	40,919	51,034	103,084
Lucas County	R	−0.7%	85,341	86,653	191,298
Madison County	R	−31.7%	3,565	7,166	11,350
Mahoning County	D	+10.8%	63,677	50,153	125,161
Marion County	R	−20.2%	9,419	14,605	25,631
Medina County	R	−26.5%	13,573	24,723	42,050
Meigs County	R	−11.8%	3,827	4,911	9,170
Mercer County	R	−20.6%	5,506	8,673	15,339
Miami County	R	−19.6%	12,893	19,928	35,808
Monroe County	D	+4.6%	3,166	2,870	6,373
Montgomery County	D	+1.6%	105,110	101,443	223,009
Morgan County	R	−25.4%	1,875	3,236	5,366
Morrow County	R	−29.5%	3,239	6,179	9,972
Muskingum County	R	−16.3%	12,584	17,921	32,688
Noble County	R	−20.5%	1,944	3,025	5,272
Ottawa County	R	−11.2%	6,753	8,641	16,883
Paulding County	R	−25.8%	2,778	4,971	8,494
Perry County	R	−12.6%	4,383	5,725	10,648
Pickaway County	R	−27.9%	5,052	9,289	15,170
Pike County	D	+5.2%	4,938	4,426	9,818
Portage County	R	−4.7%	20,570	22,829	48,190
Preble County	R	−20.1%	5,416	8,376	14,723
Putnam County	R	−42.3%	3,742	9,752	14,193
Richland County	R	−21.6%	18,253	29,213	50,824
Ross County	R	−16.3%	9,355	13,251	23,859
Sandusky County	R	−20.4%	8,482	13,420	24,166
Scioto County	R	−1.0%	15,552	15,881	32,568
Seneca County	R	−29.5%	7,303	14,172	23,259
Shelby County	R	−15.5%	6,425	8,988	16,544
Stark County	R	−18.3%	59,005	87,769	157,106
Summit County	D	+4.8%	102,459	92,299	212,919
Trumbull County	D	+3.6%	44,366	41,056	93,002
Tuscarawas County	R	−11.9%	12,117	15,708	30,086
Union County	R	−40.6%	3,038	7,576	11,186
Van Wert County	R	−29.5%	4,070	7,866	12,872
Vinton County	R	−2.0%	2,381	2,484	5,064
Warren County	R	−31.3%	11,306	22,430	35,522
Washington County	R	−26.6%	7,936	14,310	23,971
Wayne County	R	−20.1%	12,129	18,962	33,942
Williams County	R	−36.1%	4,015	9,146	14,221
Wood County	R	−21.7%	14,139	23,315	42,213
Wyandot County	R	−33.0%	2,757	5,786	9,175