Ronald Reagan carried Oregon R+9.7.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Oregon, 1980. The state ran 0.1 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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Oregon result

1,181,516 votes counted

Carter (D)

456,890

38.7%

Reagan (R)

571,044

48.3%

All others

153,582

13.0%

Margin

R+9.7

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1980 presidential election

Oregon, 1980

ReaganR+9.7

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	48.3%	571,044
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	38.7%	456,890
John B. AndersonIndependent	13.0%	153,582

D+60

R+60

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

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Oregon's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Oregon's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−26.4%
1896	−2.1%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−47.6%
1908	−22.1%
1912	+9.0%
1916	−2.6%
1920	−26.7%
1924	−26.8%
1928	−30.0%
1932	+21.1%
1936	+34.8%
1940	+8.1%
1944	+4.8%
1948	−3.4%
1952	−21.6%
1956	−10.5%
1960	−5.2%
1964	+27.8%
1968	−6.0%
1972	−10.1%
1976	−0.2%
1980	−9.7%
1984	−12.2%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+10.0%
1996	+8.1%
2000	+0.4%
2004	+4.2%
2008	+16.3%
2012	+12.1%
2016	+11.0%
2020	+16.1%
2024	+14.3%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Baker County	R	−27.9%	2,515	4,747	8,013
Benton County	R	−5.3%	13,150	14,982	34,507
Clackamas County	R	−12.5%	40,462	54,111	109,483
Clatsop County	D	+2.4%	6,482	6,124	14,959
Columbia County	D	+3.2%	7,124	6,623	15,505
Coos County	R	−4.3%	11,817	13,041	28,176
Crook County	R	−16.2%	2,162	3,113	5,862
Curry County	R	−26.6%	2,656	4,910	8,488
Deschutes County	R	−19.3%	9,641	15,186	28,715
Douglas County	R	−26.7%	12,564	23,101	39,516
Gilliam County	R	−20.0%	394	622	1,140
Grant County	R	−29.7%	1,274	2,519	4,187
Harney County	R	−31.8%	1,110	2,313	3,785
Hood River County	R	−7.4%	2,924	3,450	7,092
Jackson County	R	−22.1%	19,903	32,879	58,740
Jefferson County	R	−18.3%	1,654	2,523	4,737
Josephine County	R	−36.9%	7,116	16,827	26,336
Klamath County	R	−34.0%	7,371	16,060	25,592
Lake County	R	−29.5%	1,147	2,234	3,689
Lane County	R	−2.0%	52,240	54,750	125,604
Lincoln County	R	−3.7%	7,009	7,637	17,127
Linn County	R	−15.0%	13,516	18,943	36,293
Malheur County	R	−42.0%	2,937	7,705	11,364
Marion County	R	−11.8%	32,134	42,191	85,449
Morrow County	R	−20.7%	1,077	1,728	3,141
Multnomah County	D	+7.3%	120,487	101,606	258,968
Polk County	R	−10.6%	7,833	10,006	20,531
Sherman County	R	−24.6%	389	677	1,170
Tillamook County	D	+4.0%	4,521	4,123	9,903
Umatilla County	R	−24.8%	7,382	12,950	22,414
Union County	R	−25.2%	3,677	6,514	11,272
Wallowa County	R	−39.3%	995	2,485	3,792
Wasco County	R	−3.6%	4,336	4,703	10,235
Washington County	R	−17.3%	37,915	57,165	111,355
Wheeler County	R	−19.8%	282	442	808
Yamhill County	R	−14.3%	8,694	12,054	23,568