Ronald Reagan carried Pennsylvania R+7.1.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Pennsylvania, 1980. The state ran 2.6 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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Pennsylvania result

4,561,501 votes counted

Carter (D)

1,937,540

42.5%

Reagan (R)

2,261,872

49.6%

All others

362,089

7.9%

Margin

R+7.1

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1980 presidential election

Pennsylvania, 1980

ReaganR+7.1

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	49.6%	2,261,872
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	42.5%	1,937,540
John B. AndersonIndependent	7.9%	362,089

D+60

R+60

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

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Pennsylvania's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Pennsylvania's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−6.4%
1896	−24.7%
1900	−24.6%
1904	−40.7%
1908	−23.4%
1912	+10.0%
1916	−14.0%
1920	−38.6%
1924	−46.3%
1928	−31.4%
1932	−5.5%
1936	+16.0%
1940	+6.9%
1944	+2.8%
1948	−4.0%
1952	−5.9%
1956	−13.2%
1960	+2.3%
1964	+30.2%
1968	+3.6%
1972	−20.0%
1976	+2.7%
1980	−7.1%
1984	−7.4%
1988	−2.3%
1992	+9.0%
1996	+9.2%
2000	+4.2%
2004	+2.5%
2008	+10.3%
2012	+5.4%
2016	−0.7%
2020	+1.2%
2024	−1.7%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−29.0%	7,266	13,760	22,404
Allegheny County	D	+4.1%	297,464	271,850	621,418
Armstrong County	R	−0.9%	12,718	12,955	27,104
Beaver County	D	+16.9%	43,955	30,496	79,765
Bedford County	R	−36.4%	4,950	10,930	16,419
Berks County	R	−22.5%	36,449	60,576	107,385
Blair County	R	−30.0%	15,014	28,931	46,359
Bradford County	R	−32.1%	6,439	13,139	20,865
Bucks County	R	−22.9%	59,120	100,536	181,164
Butler County	R	−17.3%	19,711	28,821	52,689
Cambria County	D	+4.2%	36,121	33,072	72,131
Cameron County	R	−22.5%	1,112	1,795	3,030
Carbon County	R	−10.5%	8,009	10,042	19,329
Centre County	R	−10.8%	15,987	20,605	42,631
Chester County	R	−32.3%	34,307	73,046	119,896
Clarion County	R	−22.1%	5,472	8,812	15,101
Clearfield County	R	−13.0%	11,647	15,299	28,192
Clinton County	R	−12.0%	4,842	6,288	12,010
Columbia County	R	−12.8%	9,449	12,426	23,313
Crawford County	R	−15.4%	11,778	16,552	30,909
Cumberland County	R	−31.8%	19,789	41,152	67,260
Dauphin County	R	−21.4%	27,252	44,039	78,387
Delaware County	R	−21.4%	88,314	143,282	256,859
Elk County	R	−9.3%	5,898	7,175	13,669
Erie County	R	−2.9%	45,946	48,918	103,162
Fayette County	D	+17.6%	27,963	19,252	49,383
Forest County	R	−18.0%	819	1,206	2,149
Franklin County	R	−29.0%	12,061	22,716	36,741
Fulton County	R	−33.1%	1,342	2,740	4,222
Greene County	D	+20.2%	8,193	5,336	14,121
Huntingdon County	R	−21.9%	5,094	8,140	13,928
Indiana County	R	−5.7%	13,828	15,607	31,451
Jefferson County	R	−19.9%	6,296	9,628	16,778
Juniata County	R	−20.2%	2,696	4,139	7,161
Lackawanna County	D	+1.1%	45,257	44,242	95,447
Lancaster County	R	−42.0%	30,026	79,963	118,897
Lawrence County	D	+2.7%	19,506	18,404	40,213
Lebanon County	R	−45.7%	8,281	24,495	35,507
Lehigh County	R	−16.6%	34,827	50,782	95,985
Luzerne County	R	−5.8%	59,976	67,822	135,080
Lycoming County	R	−21.7%	14,609	23,415	40,553
McKean County	R	−27.5%	5,064	9,229	15,166
Mercer County	R	−5.8%	19,716	22,372	46,090
Mifflin County	R	−17.1%	5,226	7,541	13,520
Monroe County	R	−21.6%	7,551	12,357	22,289
Montgomery County	R	−26.8%	84,289	156,996	271,553
Montour County	R	−18.5%	2,272	3,399	6,096
Northampton County	R	−5.1%	31,920	35,787	76,037
Northumberland County	R	−18.9%	13,750	20,608	36,290
Perry County	R	−34.5%	3,681	8,026	12,599
Philadelphia County	D	+24.7%	421,253	244,108	718,100
Pike County	R	−39.1%	2,132	5,249	7,973
Potter County	R	−26.6%	2,299	4,073	6,669
Schuylkill County	R	−17.4%	24,968	36,273	64,969
Snyder County	R	−49.2%	2,418	7,634	10,591
Somerset County	R	−19.8%	11,695	17,729	30,455
Sullivan County	R	−20.7%	1,074	1,676	2,902
Susquehanna County	R	−29.5%	4,660	8,994	14,689
Tioga County	R	−32.5%	4,273	8,770	13,849
Union County	R	−40.1%	2,687	6,798	10,256
Venango County	R	−18.2%	7,800	11,547	20,604
Warren County	R	−22.6%	5,560	9,165	15,974
Washington County	D	+15.6%	45,295	32,532	82,018
Wayne County	R	−40.6%	3,375	8,468	12,548
Westmoreland County	D	+3.9%	68,627	63,140	140,139
Wyoming County	R	−34.4%	2,766	5,919	9,167
York County	R	−27.2%	33,406	61,098	101,891