Ronald Reagan carried Tennessee R+0.3.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Tennessee, 1980. The state ran 9.4 points more Democratic than the nation (R+9.7 nationally).

Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)

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Tennessee result

1,617,616 votes counted

Carter (D)

783,051

48.4%

Reagan (R)

787,761

48.7%

All others

46,804

2.9%

Margin

R+0.3

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1980 presidential election

Tennessee, 1980

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	48.7%	787,761
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	48.4%	783,051
John B. AndersonIndependent	2.9%	46,804

D+60

R+60

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

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Tennessee's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+13.5%
1896	+6.0%
1900	+8.1%
1904	+10.8%
1908	+6.9%
1912	+28.9%
1916	+13.6%
1920	−2.8%
1924	+9.3%
1928	−11.1%
1932	+34.0%
1936	+37.9%
1940	+34.9%
1944	+21.2%
1948	+12.3%
1952	−0.3%
1956	−0.6%
1960	−7.1%
1964	+11.0%
1968	−9.7%
1972	−38.0%
1976	+13.0%
1980	−0.3%
1984	−16.3%
1988	−16.3%
1992	+4.7%
1996	+2.4%
2000	−3.9%
2004	−14.3%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−20.4%
2016	−26.0%
2020	−23.2%
2024	−29.6%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−15.7%	10,194	14,235	25,736
Bedford County	D	+27.2%	5,987	3,377	9,583
Benton County	D	+24.7%	3,811	2,281	6,193
Bledsoe County	R	−10.7%	1,585	1,970	3,586
Blount County	R	−30.4%	9,412	17,959	28,144
Bradley County	R	−21.3%	7,638	11,869	19,905
Campbell County	R	−7.5%	4,752	5,537	10,450
Cannon County	D	+24.8%	2,351	1,403	3,817
Carroll County	R	−3.6%	5,277	5,681	11,143
Carter County	R	−31.2%	6,006	11,648	18,077
Cheatham County	D	+23.8%	3,771	2,296	6,201
Chester County	R	−12.7%	2,123	2,751	4,940
Claiborne County	R	−19.9%	2,844	4,289	7,263
Clay County	D	+1.2%	1,376	1,344	2,765
Cocke County	R	−51.0%	2,139	6,802	9,144
Coffee County	D	+16.1%	7,612	5,454	13,393
Crockett County	D	+6.6%	2,422	2,117	4,588
Cumberland County	R	−24.7%	3,775	6,354	10,436
Davidson County	D	+21.6%	103,741	65,772	175,606
Decatur County	D	+1.0%	2,139	2,095	4,280
DeKalb County	D	+22.7%	2,948	1,841	4,868
Dickson County	D	+28.5%	6,622	3,636	10,467
Dyer County	D	+2.1%	5,713	5,475	11,407
Fayette County	D	+16.6%	4,141	2,944	7,195
Fentress County	R	−23.2%	1,543	2,493	4,103
Franklin County	D	+24.9%	6,760	3,995	11,090
Gibson County	D	+17.9%	9,829	6,792	16,923
Giles County	D	+25.2%	4,653	2,757	7,537
Grainger County	R	−36.3%	1,495	3,254	4,848
Greene County	R	−28.8%	5,822	10,704	16,956
Grundy County	D	+42.2%	2,837	1,139	4,019
Hamblen County	R	−24.0%	5,890	9,741	16,073
Hamilton County	R	−15.3%	41,913	57,575	102,092
Hancock County	R	−41.4%	704	1,734	2,487
Hardeman County	D	+17.0%	4,153	2,931	7,205
Hardin County	R	−13.3%	3,164	4,152	7,435
Hawkins County	R	−18.9%	5,283	7,836	13,529
Haywood County	D	+17.0%	3,445	2,435	5,943
Henderson County	R	−30.4%	2,702	5,108	7,926
Henry County	D	+20.6%	6,601	4,299	11,168
Hickman County	D	+25.3%	3,225	1,903	5,230
Houston County	D	+40.1%	1,757	738	2,541
Humphreys County	D	+34.8%	3,974	1,897	5,966
Jackson County	D	+42.0%	2,480	995	3,535
Jefferson County	R	−36.2%	3,180	6,944	10,392
Johnson County	R	−52.0%	1,141	3,716	4,955
Knox County	R	−17.5%	45,634	66,153	117,585
Lake County	D	+34.9%	1,718	823	2,563
Lauderdale County	D	+20.7%	4,318	2,818	7,235
Lawrence County	R	−3.3%	6,082	6,532	13,477
Lewis County	D	+33.7%	2,190	1,076	3,309
Lincoln County	D	+30.1%	5,387	2,856	8,409
Loudon County	R	−25.9%	3,699	6,382	10,376
Macon County	R	−19.7%	1,947	2,925	4,961
Madison County	R	−2.5%	12,986	13,667	27,187
Marion County	D	+8.3%	4,623	3,902	8,651
Marshall County	D	+29.9%	4,277	2,282	6,666
Maury County	D	+8.8%	7,957	6,637	15,030
McMinn County	R	−17.5%	5,460	7,825	13,547
McNairy County	R	−9.4%	3,801	4,603	8,514
Meigs County	R	−12.0%	999	1,278	2,316
Monroe County	R	−14.8%	4,612	6,246	11,065
Montgomery County	D	+14.8%	11,573	8,503	20,698
Moore County	D	+27.7%	993	551	1,595
Morgan County	R	−14.5%	2,094	2,823	5,015
Obion County	D	+3.2%	5,766	5,397	11,365
Overton County	D	+28.0%	3,343	1,869	5,267
Perry County	D	+27.7%	1,401	783	2,232
Pickett County	R	−26.7%	758	1,319	2,102
Polk County	D	+1.1%	2,470	2,414	4,960
Putnam County	D	+12.5%	8,084	6,235	14,753
Rhea County	R	−20.5%	3,070	4,689	7,889
Roane County	R	−25.4%	6,473	11,096	18,182
Robertson County	D	+34.3%	7,381	3,560	11,126
Rutherford County	D	+14.6%	15,213	11,208	27,350
Scott County	R	−26.7%	1,724	3,014	4,832
Sequatchie County	R	−0.1%	1,509	1,512	3,052
Sevier County	R	−49.4%	3,450	10,576	14,439
Shelby County	D	+6.2%	159,240	140,157	308,517
Smith County	D	+34.7%	3,674	1,755	5,531
Stewart County	D	+38.8%	2,274	985	3,318
Sullivan County	R	−7.2%	22,341	25,963	50,470
Sumner County	D	+8.5%	14,150	11,876	26,735
Tipton County	D	+6.3%	4,934	4,339	9,401
Trousdale County	D	+44.4%	1,674	629	2,354
Unicoi County	R	−33.3%	1,880	3,828	5,844
Union County	R	−25.8%	1,435	2,453	3,951
Van Buren County	D	+27.6%	886	499	1,404
Warren County	D	+23.6%	6,021	3,680	9,904
Washington County	R	−19.4%	11,599	17,457	30,249
Wayne County	R	−33.7%	1,633	3,418	5,297
Weakley County	D	+2.1%	5,910	5,668	11,771
White County	D	+23.4%	3,415	2,100	5,613
Williamson County	R	−13.2%	8,815	11,597	21,095
Wilson County	D	+19.3%	11,248	7,535	19,274