Ronald Reagan carried Oklahoma R+25.5.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Oklahoma, 1980. The state ran 15.8 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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Oklahoma result

1,149,708 votes counted

Carter (D)

402,026

35.0%

Reagan (R)

695,570

60.5%

All others

52,112

4.5%

Margin

R+25.5

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1980 presidential election

Oklahoma, 1980

ReaganR+25.5

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	60.5%	695,570
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	35.0%	402,026
John B. AndersonIndependent	4.5%	52,112

D+60

R+60

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

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Oklahoma's presidential margins

1908–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Oklahoma's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1908	+4.7%
1912	+11.2%
1916	+17.4%
1920	−5.7%
1924	+5.7%
1928	−28.3%
1932	+46.6%
1936	+34.1%
1940	+15.2%
1944	+11.4%
1948	+25.5%
1952	−9.2%
1956	−10.3%
1960	−18.0%
1964	+11.5%
1968	−15.7%
1972	−49.7%
1976	−1.2%
1980	−25.5%
1984	−37.9%
1988	−16.6%
1992	−8.6%
1996	−7.8%
2000	−21.9%
2004	−31.1%
2008	−31.3%
2012	−33.5%
2016	−36.4%
2020	−33.1%
2024	−34.3%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−10.5%	2,761	3,429	6,341
Alfalfa County	R	−47.5%	899	2,628	3,642
Atoka County	D	+21.2%	2,505	1,613	4,216
Beaver County	R	−53.9%	696	2,430	3,218
Beckham County	R	−4.8%	3,298	3,637	7,113
Blaine County	R	−43.9%	1,399	3,708	5,264
Bryan County	D	+23.0%	6,410	3,980	10,582
Caddo County	R	−11.4%	4,695	5,945	10,995
Canadian County	R	−49.3%	4,889	15,272	21,041
Carter County	R	−17.0%	6,509	9,262	16,154
Cherokee County	R	−3.4%	5,215	5,594	11,308
Choctaw County	D	+18.5%	3,507	2,394	6,009
Cimarron County	R	−56.6%	373	1,404	1,821
Cleveland County	R	−33.0%	14,536	31,178	50,401
Coal County	D	+21.2%	1,442	926	2,431
Comanche County	R	−23.8%	9,972	16,609	27,910
Cotton County	R	−9.1%	1,410	1,702	3,206
Craig County	R	−2.6%	2,801	2,956	5,952
Creek County	R	−22.4%	7,339	11,749	19,729
Custer County	R	−35.1%	3,008	6,469	9,854
Delaware County	R	−10.8%	4,244	5,302	9,819
Dewey County	R	−38.8%	826	1,943	2,876
Ellis County	R	−52.8%	561	1,908	2,550
Garfield County	R	−49.4%	5,718	17,989	24,828
Garvin County	R	−4.5%	5,033	5,520	10,860
Grady County	R	−20.0%	5,330	8,131	13,971
Grant County	R	−42.7%	927	2,411	3,472
Greer County	R	−1.4%	1,492	1,535	3,099
Harmon County	D	+17.1%	961	676	1,670
Harper County	R	−50.9%	517	1,652	2,230
Haskell County	D	+17.0%	2,874	2,024	5,011
Hughes County	D	+18.9%	3,211	2,170	5,515
Jackson County	R	−3.5%	4,031	4,327	8,554
Jefferson County	D	+11.2%	1,812	1,440	3,332
Johnston County	D	+9.5%	2,066	1,701	3,857
Kay County	R	−38.3%	6,449	15,004	22,337
Kingfisher County	R	−57.3%	1,282	4,962	6,418
Kiowa County	R	−5.2%	2,372	2,636	5,124
Latimer County	D	+9.3%	2,105	1,737	3,966
Le Flore County	R	−1.0%	6,668	6,807	13,759
Lincoln County	R	−29.6%	3,231	6,064	9,585
Logan County	R	−30.7%	3,246	6,311	9,992
Love County	D	+4.2%	1,578	1,449	3,075
Major County	R	−66.2%	584	3,059	3,739
Marshall County	D	+4.7%	2,157	1,961	4,195
Mayes County	R	−10.4%	5,344	6,633	12,358
McClain County	R	−17.2%	2,990	4,284	7,533
McCurtain County	D	+6.7%	5,953	5,189	11,372
McIntosh County	D	+10.8%	3,654	2,925	6,763
Murray County	R	−2.2%	2,384	2,494	5,067
Muskogee County	D	+7.1%	13,341	11,511	25,715
Noble County	R	−43.2%	1,398	3,663	5,240
Nowata County	R	−21.2%	1,694	2,640	4,470
Okfuskee County	D	+1.2%	2,177	2,126	4,401
Oklahoma County	R	−38.2%	58,765	139,538	211,273
Okmulgee County	D	+4.1%	7,236	6,652	14,285
Osage County	R	−16.5%	5,687	8,044	14,246
Ottawa County	R	−1.7%	6,143	6,362	12,919
Pawnee County	R	−30.6%	2,020	3,902	6,151
Payne County	R	−33.0%	7,466	15,955	25,691
Pittsburg County	D	+7.8%	8,292	7,062	15,857
Pontotoc County	R	−2.3%	5,942	6,232	12,631
Pottawatomie County	R	−18.0%	8,526	12,466	21,850
Pushmataha County	D	+14.2%	2,666	1,989	4,775
Roger Mills County	R	−15.8%	877	1,221	2,171
Rogers County	R	−27.8%	6,399	11,581	18,642
Seminole County	R	−3.4%	4,726	5,067	10,145
Sequoyah County	R	−8.9%	4,983	5,987	11,246
Stephens County	R	−16.8%	7,191	10,199	17,852
Texas County	R	−57.1%	1,451	5,503	7,099
Tillman County	R	−6.5%	2,144	2,450	4,687
Tulsa County	R	−37.8%	53,438	124,643	188,148
Wagoner County	R	−25.4%	5,235	8,969	14,727
Washington County	R	−45.6%	5,854	16,563	23,503
Washita County	R	−21.6%	2,044	3,206	5,373
Woods County	R	−42.8%	1,364	3,592	5,208
Woodward County	R	−49.6%	1,703	5,318	7,289