Texas — 1980 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1980 presidential electionTexas · PresidentReaganR+13.9
How it voted
Share of the 1980 vote
| Ronald Reagan ✓Republican | 55.3% | 2,510,705 |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy CarterDemocratic | 41.4% | 1,881,147 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 3.3% | 149,785 |
1980presidential margin
D+60R+60
254 counties, each filled by 1980 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Texas cast 26 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (254 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, TX | Republican | R+7.1 |
| Andrews County, TX | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Angelina County, TX | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Aransas County, TX | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Archer County, TX | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Armstrong County, TX | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Atascosa County, TX | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Austin County, TX | Republican | R+32.0 |
| Bailey County, TX | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Bandera County, TX | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Bastrop County, TX | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Baylor County, TX | Democratic | D+3.7 |
| Bee County, TX | Republican | R+7.1 |
| Bell County, TX | Republican | R+12.9 |
| Bexar County, TX | Republican | R+7.1 |
| Blanco County, TX | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Borden County, TX | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Bosque County, TX | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Bowie County, TX | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Brazoria County, TX | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Brazos County, TX | Republican | R+26.9 |
| Brewster County, TX | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Briscoe County, TX | Republican | R+0.1 |
| Brooks County, TX | Democratic | D+51.2 |
| Brown County, TX | Republican | R+14.3 |
| Burleson County, TX | Democratic | D+14.6 |
| Burnet County, TX | Republican | R+4.1 |
| Caldwell County, TX | Democratic | D+4.5 |
| Calhoun County, TX | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Callahan County, TX | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Cameron County, TX | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Camp County, TX | Democratic | D+14.4 |
| Carson County, TX | Republican | R+30.0 |
| Cass County, TX | Democratic | D+5.5 |
| Castro County, TX | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Chambers County, TX | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Cherokee County, TX | Democratic | D+0.8 |
| Childress County, TX | Republican | R+8.1 |
| Clay County, TX | Democratic | D+10.0 |
| Cochran County, TX | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Coke County, TX | Democratic | D+8.3 |
| Coleman County, TX | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Collin County, TX | Republican | R+39.7 |
| Collingsworth County, TX | Republican | R+12.0 |
| Colorado County, TX | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Comal County, TX | Republican | R+45.2 |
| Comanche County, TX | Democratic | D+12.5 |
| Concho County, TX | Democratic | D+0.1 |
| Cooke County, TX | Republican | R+27.0 |
| Coryell County, TX | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Cottle County, TX | Democratic | D+17.5 |
| Crane County, TX | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Crockett County, TX | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Crosby County, TX | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| Culberson County, TX | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Dallam County, TX | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Dallas County, TX | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Dawson County, TX | Republican | R+26.9 |
| Deaf Smith County, TX | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Delta County, TX | Democratic | D+27.1 |
| Denton County, TX | Republican | R+25.1 |
| DeWitt County, TX | Republican | R+25.2 |
| Dickens County, TX | Democratic | D+24.2 |
| Dimmit County, TX | Democratic | D+28.0 |
| Donley County, TX | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Duval County, TX | Democratic | D+56.6 |
| Eastland County, TX | Republican | R+1.4 |
| Ector County, TX | Republican | R+47.3 |
| Edwards County, TX | Republican | R+41.0 |
| El Paso County, TX | Republican | R+13.3 |
| Ellis County, TX | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Erath County, TX | Democratic | D+2.1 |
| Falls County, TX | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Fannin County, TX | Democratic | D+24.2 |
| Fayette County, TX | Republican | R+22.3 |
| Fisher County, TX | Democratic | D+29.8 |
| Floyd County, TX | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Foard County, TX | Democratic | D+27.4 |
| Fort Bend County, TX | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Franklin County, TX | Democratic | D+14.5 |
| Freestone County, TX | Democratic | D+5.1 |
| Frio County, TX | Democratic | D+23.5 |
| Gaines County, TX | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Galveston County, TX | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Garza County, TX | Republican | R+26.9 |
| Gillespie County, TX | Republican | R+59.3 |
| Glasscock County, TX | Republican | R+56.1 |
| Goliad County, TX | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Gonzales County, TX | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Gray County, TX | Republican | R+43.4 |
| Grayson County, TX | Republican | R+9.6 |
| Gregg County, TX | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Grimes County, TX | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Guadalupe County, TX | Republican | R+31.4 |
| Hale County, TX | Republican | R+33.2 |
| Hall County, TX | Republican | R+3.8 |
| Hamilton County, TX | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Hansford County, TX | Republican | R+58.9 |
| Hardeman County, TX | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Hardin County, TX | Democratic | D+9.3 |
| Harris County, TX | Republican | R+19.8 |
| Harrison County, TX | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Hartley County, TX | Republican | R+44.3 |
| Haskell County, TX | Democratic | D+14.7 |
| Hays County, TX | Republican | R+3.8 |
| Hemphill County, TX | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Henderson County, TX | Democratic | D+1.8 |
| Hidalgo County, TX | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| Hill County, TX | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Hockley County, TX | Republican | R+30.0 |
| Hood County, TX | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Hopkins County, TX | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Houston County, TX | Democratic | D+18.1 |
| Howard County, TX | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Hudspeth County, TX | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Hunt County, TX | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Hutchinson County, TX | Republican | R+42.4 |
| Irion County, TX | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Jack County, TX | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Jackson County, TX | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Jasper County, TX | Democratic | D+12.8 |
| Jeff Davis County, TX | Republican | R+15.0 |
| Jefferson County, TX | Democratic | D+10.5 |
| Jim Hogg County, TX | Democratic | D+45.2 |
| Jim Wells County, TX | Democratic | D+22.2 |
| Johnson County, TX | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Jones County, TX | Democratic | D+4.7 |
| Karnes County, TX | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Kaufman County, TX | Democratic | D+3.4 |
| Kendall County, TX | Republican | R+55.3 |
| Kenedy County, TX | Democratic | D+16.0 |
| Kent County, TX | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| Kerr County, TX | Republican | R+44.4 |
| Kimble County, TX | Republican | R+24.4 |
| King County, TX | Republican | R+43.4 |
| Kinney County, TX | Republican | R+6.8 |
| Kleberg County, TX | Democratic | D+5.1 |
| Knox County, TX | Democratic | D+19.3 |
| La Salle County, TX | Democratic | D+29.8 |
| Lamar County, TX | Democratic | D+8.0 |
| Lamb County, TX | Republican | R+26.8 |
| Lampasas County, TX | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Lavaca County, TX | Republican | R+9.6 |
| Lee County, TX | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Leon County, TX | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Liberty County, TX | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Limestone County, TX | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| Lipscomb County, TX | Republican | R+58.0 |
| Live Oak County, TX | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Llano County, TX | Republican | R+14.4 |
| Loving County, TX | Republican | R+38.9 |
| Lubbock County, TX | Republican | R+41.2 |
| Lynn County, TX | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Madison County, TX | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Marion County, TX | Democratic | D+9.4 |
| Martin County, TX | Republican | R+28.4 |
| Mason County, TX | Republican | R+20.7 |
| Matagorda County, TX | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Maverick County, TX | Democratic | D+35.8 |
| McCulloch County, TX | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| McLennan County, TX | Republican | R+9.5 |
| McMullen County, TX | Republican | R+37.4 |
| Medina County, TX | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Menard County, TX | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Midland County, TX | Republican | R+55.6 |
| Milam County, TX | Democratic | D+12.8 |
| Mills County, TX | Democratic | D+2.1 |
| Mitchell County, TX | Republican | R+0.3 |
| Montague County, TX | Democratic | D+1.4 |
| Montgomery County, TX | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Moore County, TX | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Morris County, TX | Democratic | D+18.4 |
| Motley County, TX | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Nacogdoches County, TX | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Navarro County, TX | Democratic | D+12.6 |
| Newton County, TX | Democratic | D+40.4 |
| Nolan County, TX | Democratic | D+0.3 |
| Nueces County, TX | Democratic | D+3.3 |
| Ochiltree County, TX | Republican | R+65.9 |
| Oldham County, TX | Republican | R+30.5 |
| Orange County, TX | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Palo Pinto County, TX | Democratic | D+2.1 |
| Panola County, TX | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Parker County, TX | Republican | R+7.2 |
| Parmer County, TX | Republican | R+56.9 |
| Pecos County, TX | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Polk County, TX | Democratic | D+5.5 |
| Potter County, TX | Republican | R+24.9 |
| Presidio County, TX | Democratic | D+17.6 |
| Rains County, TX | Democratic | D+17.9 |
| Randall County, TX | Republican | R+50.4 |
| Reagan County, TX | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Real County, TX | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Red River County, TX | Democratic | D+22.1 |
| Reeves County, TX | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Refugio County, TX | Democratic | D+6.6 |
| Roberts County, TX | Republican | R+51.7 |
| Robertson County, TX | Democratic | D+36.0 |
| Rockwall County, TX | Republican | R+33.2 |
| Runnels County, TX | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Rusk County, TX | Republican | R+21.6 |
| Sabine County, TX | Democratic | D+17.5 |
| San Augustine County, TX | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| San Jacinto County, TX | Democratic | D+15.5 |
| San Patricio County, TX | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| San Saba County, TX | Democratic | D+19.2 |
| Schleicher County, TX | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Scurry County, TX | Republican | R+29.8 |
| Shackelford County, TX | Republican | R+22.3 |
| Shelby County, TX | Democratic | D+9.2 |
| Sherman County, TX | Republican | R+57.8 |
| Smith County, TX | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Somervell County, TX | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Starr County, TX | Democratic | D+54.3 |
| Stephens County, TX | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Sterling County, TX | Republican | R+24.9 |
| Stonewall County, TX | Democratic | D+18.9 |
| Sutton County, TX | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Swisher County, TX | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Tarrant County, TX | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Taylor County, TX | Republican | R+26.2 |
| Terrell County, TX | Republican | R+22.0 |
| Terry County, TX | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Throckmorton County, TX | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Titus County, TX | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Tom Green County, TX | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Travis County, TX | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Trinity County, TX | Democratic | D+24.8 |
| Tyler County, TX | Democratic | D+16.1 |
| Upshur County, TX | Democratic | D+0.6 |
| Upton County, TX | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Uvalde County, TX | Republican | R+23.3 |
| Val Verde County, TX | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Van Zandt County, TX | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Victoria County, TX | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Walker County, TX | Republican | R+7.2 |
| Waller County, TX | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Ward County, TX | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Washington County, TX | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Webb County, TX | Democratic | D+36.6 |
| Wharton County, TX | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Wheeler County, TX | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Wichita County, TX | Republican | R+12.6 |
| Wilbarger County, TX | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Willacy County, TX | Democratic | D+20.6 |
| Williamson County, TX | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Wilson County, TX | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Winkler County, TX | Republican | R+35.2 |
| Wise County, TX | Democratic | D+3.5 |
| Wood County, TX | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Yoakum County, TX | Republican | R+45.4 |
| Young County, TX | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Zapata County, TX | Democratic | D+16.1 |
| Zavala County, TX | Democratic | D+50.6 |
Texas results by county
254 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | Ronald Reagan+807 | 5,97052.7% | 5,16345.6% | 1971.7% | 11,330 |
| Andrews County | Ronald Reagan+1,645 | 2,80069.8% | 1,15528.8% | 581.4% | 4,013 |
| Angelina County | Jimmy Carter+240 | 9,90048.5% | 10,14049.7% | 3541.7% | 20,394 |
| Aransas County | Ronald Reagan+1,281 | 3,08160.8% | 1,80035.5% | 1873.7% | 5,068 |
| Archer County | Ronald Reagan+360 | 1,80454.8% | 1,44443.9% | 411.2% | 3,289 |
| Armstrong County | Ronald Reagan+376 | 70966.6% | 33331.3% | 232.2% | 1,065 |
| Atascosa County | Ronald Reagan+384 | 4,36451.5% | 3,98047.0% | 1251.5% | 8,469 |
| Austin County | Ronald Reagan+1,841 | 3,73464.9% | 1,89332.9% | 1262.2% | 5,753 |
| Bailey County | Ronald Reagan+1,009 | 1,80968.1% | 80030.1% | 461.7% | 2,655 |
| Bandera County | Ronald Reagan+1,479 | 2,37370.6% | 89426.6% | 932.8% | 3,360 |
| Bastrop County | Jimmy Carter+948 | 3,76843.1% | 4,71653.9% | 2643.0% | 8,748 |
| Baylor County | Jimmy Carter+85 | 1,09847.6% | 1,18351.3% | 251.1% | 2,306 |
| Bee County | Ronald Reagan+565 | 4,17152.6% | 3,60645.5% | 1541.9% | 7,931 |
| Bell County | Ronald Reagan+4,906 | 20,72954.7% | 15,82341.8% | 1,3333.5% | 37,885 |
| Bexar County | Ronald Reagan+21,849 | 159,57851.7% | 137,72944.6% | 11,1673.6% | 308,474 |
| Blanco County | Ronald Reagan+640 | 1,43462.3% | 79434.5% | 733.2% | 2,301 |
| Borden County | Ronald Reagan+148 | 27967.2% | 13131.6% | 51.2% | 415 |
| Bosque County | Ronald Reagan+477 | 2,90853.5% | 2,43144.7% | 981.8% | 5,437 |
| Bowie County | Ronald Reagan+2,603 | 13,94254.4% | 11,33944.2% | 3691.4% | 25,650 |
| Brazoria County | Ronald Reagan+9,361 | 27,61458.1% | 18,25338.4% | 1,6773.5% | 47,544 |
| Brazos County | Ronald Reagan+7,942 | 17,79860.3% | 9,85633.4% | 1,8856.4% | 29,539 |
| Brewster County | Ronald Reagan+225 | 1,49651.7% | 1,27143.9% | 1254.3% | 2,892 |
| Briscoe County | Ronald Reagan+1 | 56248.9% | 56148.8% | 272.3% | 1,150 |
| Brooks County | Jimmy Carter+1,708 | 78023.4% | 2,48874.6% | 652.0% | 3,333 |
| Brown County | Ronald Reagan+1,648 | 6,51556.4% | 4,86742.1% | 1671.4% | 11,549 |
| Burleson County | Jimmy Carter+672 | 1,94342.2% | 2,61556.7% | 511.1% | 4,609 |
| Burnet County | Ronald Reagan+322 | 4,03350.8% | 3,71146.8% | 1892.4% | 7,933 |
| Caldwell County | Jimmy Carter+276 | 2,87946.6% | 3,15551.0% | 1502.4% | 6,184 |
| Calhoun County | Ronald Reagan+278 | 3,31250.6% | 3,03446.3% | 2033.1% | 6,549 |
| Callahan County | Ronald Reagan+282 | 2,28452.7% | 2,00246.2% | 451.0% | 4,331 |
| Cameron County | Jimmy Carter+1,159 | 22,04147.6% | 23,20050.1% | 1,0442.3% | 46,285 |
| Camp County | Jimmy Carter+521 | 1,53142.3% | 2,05256.7% | 351.0% | 3,618 |
| Carson County | Ronald Reagan+882 | 1,88864.2% | 1,00634.2% | 481.6% | 2,942 |
| Cass County | Jimmy Carter+585 | 4,99346.8% | 5,57852.3% | 1010.9% | 10,672 |
| Castro County | Ronald Reagan+756 | 1,95560.8% | 1,19937.3% | 642.0% | 3,218 |
| Chambers County | Ronald Reagan+623 | 3,14054.1% | 2,51743.4% | 1492.6% | 5,806 |
| Cherokee County | Jimmy Carter+97 | 5,62949.0% | 5,72649.9% | 1311.1% | 11,486 |
| Childress County | Ronald Reagan+221 | 1,44353.2% | 1,22245.0% | 481.8% | 2,713 |
| Clay County | Jimmy Carter+409 | 1,82444.4% | 2,23354.3% | 521.3% | 4,109 |
| Cochran County | Ronald Reagan+551 | 1,06466.2% | 51331.9% | 301.9% | 1,607 |
| Coke County | Jimmy Carter+130 | 70845.4% | 83853.8% | 120.8% | 1,558 |
| Coleman County | Ronald Reagan+509 | 2,22855.8% | 1,71943.0% | 471.2% | 3,994 |
| Collin County | Ronald Reagan+21,372 | 36,55967.9% | 15,18728.2% | 2,1153.9% | 53,861 |
| Collingsworth County | Ronald Reagan+222 | 1,02055.1% | 79843.1% | 331.8% | 1,851 |
| Colorado County | Ronald Reagan+1,143 | 3,52058.8% | 2,37739.7% | 941.6% | 5,991 |
| Comal County | Ronald Reagan+6,204 | 9,75871.2% | 3,55425.9% | 4022.9% | 13,714 |
| Comanche County | Jimmy Carter+573 | 1,97743.1% | 2,55055.6% | 611.3% | 4,588 |
| Concho County | Jimmy Carter+2 | 70049.4% | 70249.5% | 151.1% | 1,417 |
| Cooke County | Ronald Reagan+2,918 | 6,76062.6% | 3,84235.6% | 2001.9% | 10,802 |
| Coryell County | Ronald Reagan+1,397 | 5,49455.4% | 4,09741.3% | 3293.3% | 9,920 |
| Cottle County | Jimmy Carter+221 | 51140.4% | 73257.8% | 231.8% | 1,266 |
| Crane County | Ronald Reagan+703 | 1,31067.1% | 60731.1% | 341.7% | 1,951 |
| Crockett County | Ronald Reagan+290 | 88559.2% | 59539.8% | 140.9% | 1,494 |
| Crosby County | Jimmy Carter+47 | 1,36148.5% | 1,40850.2% | 371.3% | 2,806 |
| Culberson County | Ronald Reagan+118 | 54155.4% | 42343.3% | 121.2% | 976 |
| Dallam County | Ronald Reagan+333 | 96558.9% | 63238.6% | 422.6% | 1,639 |
| Dallas County | Ronald Reagan+116,223 | 306,68259.2% | 190,45936.8% | 21,0724.1% | 518,213 |
| Dawson County | Ronald Reagan+1,400 | 3,26762.8% | 1,86735.9% | 711.4% | 5,205 |
| Deaf Smith County | Ronald Reagan+2,407 | 4,07369.5% | 1,66628.4% | 1252.1% | 5,864 |
| Delta County | Jimmy Carter+580 | 76735.8% | 1,34762.9% | 281.3% | 2,142 |
| Denton County | Ronald Reagan+12,527 | 29,90859.9% | 17,38134.8% | 2,6195.2% | 49,908 |
| DeWitt County | Ronald Reagan+1,406 | 3,45061.8% | 2,04436.6% | 861.5% | 5,580 |
| Dickens County | Jimmy Carter+358 | 55437.4% | 91261.6% | 151.0% | 1,481 |
| Dimmit County | Jimmy Carter+929 | 1,17335.3% | 2,10263.3% | 481.4% | 3,323 |
| Donley County | Ronald Reagan+355 | 1,10658.6% | 75139.8% | 311.6% | 1,888 |
| Duval County | Jimmy Carter+2,694 | 1,01221.3% | 3,70677.9% | 390.8% | 4,757 |
| Eastland County | Ronald Reagan+96 | 3,44250.1% | 3,34648.7% | 891.3% | 6,877 |
| Ector County | Ronald Reagan+17,119 | 26,18872.4% | 9,06925.1% | 9222.5% | 36,179 |
| Edwards County | Ronald Reagan+338 | 57569.8% | 23728.8% | 121.5% | 824 |
| El Paso County | Ronald Reagan+13,194 | 53,27653.5% | 40,08240.3% | 6,1686.2% | 99,526 |
| Ellis County | Ronald Reagan+827 | 10,04651.3% | 9,21947.1% | 3151.6% | 19,580 |
| Erath County | Jimmy Carter+175 | 3,98147.9% | 4,15650.0% | 1692.0% | 8,306 |
| Falls County | Jimmy Carter+722 | 2,60643.4% | 3,32855.4% | 731.2% | 6,007 |
| Fannin County | Jimmy Carter+2,088 | 3,19637.1% | 5,28461.4% | 1311.5% | 8,611 |
| Fayette County | Ronald Reagan+1,514 | 4,10460.3% | 2,59038.1% | 1101.6% | 6,804 |
| Fisher County | Jimmy Carter+726 | 83834.4% | 1,56464.2% | 351.4% | 2,437 |
| Floyd County | Ronald Reagan+566 | 2,04357.5% | 1,47741.5% | 361.0% | 3,556 |
| Foard County | Jimmy Carter+268 | 34935.7% | 61763.1% | 121.2% | 978 |
| Fort Bend County | Ronald Reagan+13,783 | 25,36666.3% | 11,58330.3% | 1,3373.5% | 38,286 |
| Franklin County | Jimmy Carter+382 | 1,10542.0% | 1,48756.5% | 411.6% | 2,633 |
| Freestone County | Jimmy Carter+271 | 2,46846.9% | 2,73952.0% | 581.1% | 5,265 |
| Frio County | Jimmy Carter+1,096 | 1,75337.6% | 2,84961.0% | 661.4% | 4,668 |
| Gaines County | Ronald Reagan+1,208 | 2,39065.4% | 1,18232.3% | 842.3% | 3,656 |
| Galveston County | Jimmy Carter+1,251 | 29,52746.6% | 30,77848.6% | 2,9924.7% | 63,297 |
| Garza County | Ronald Reagan+511 | 1,18862.6% | 67735.7% | 321.7% | 1,897 |
| Gillespie County | Ronald Reagan+3,566 | 4,73678.7% | 1,17019.4% | 1121.9% | 6,018 |
| Glasscock County | Ronald Reagan+300 | 41677.8% | 11621.7% | 30.6% | 535 |
| Goliad County | Ronald Reagan+89 | 1,17051.2% | 1,08147.3% | 361.6% | 2,287 |
| Gonzales County | Ronald Reagan+35 | 2,93149.5% | 2,89648.9% | 951.6% | 5,922 |
| Gray County | Ronald Reagan+4,401 | 7,18770.8% | 2,78627.5% | 1761.7% | 10,149 |
| Grayson County | Ronald Reagan+3,004 | 16,81153.7% | 13,80744.1% | 7082.3% | 31,326 |
| Gregg County | Ronald Reagan+13,180 | 23,39968.4% | 10,21929.9% | 5721.7% | 34,190 |
| Grimes County | Jimmy Carter+353 | 2,08745.3% | 2,44053.0% | 751.6% | 4,602 |
| Guadalupe County | Ronald Reagan+4,852 | 9,90164.2% | 5,04932.7% | 4783.1% | 15,428 |
| Hale County | Ronald Reagan+3,667 | 7,27765.9% | 3,61032.7% | 1631.5% | 11,050 |
| Hall County | Ronald Reagan+84 | 1,14151.4% | 1,05747.6% | 221.0% | 2,220 |
| Hamilton County | Ronald Reagan+157 | 1,68351.5% | 1,52646.7% | 581.8% | 3,267 |
| Hansford County | Ronald Reagan+1,528 | 2,04678.8% | 51820.0% | 321.2% | 2,596 |
| Hardeman County | Jimmy Carter+118 | 1,05646.5% | 1,17451.6% | 431.9% | 2,273 |
| Hardin County | Jimmy Carter+1,271 | 6,08744.3% | 7,35853.6% | 2872.1% | 13,732 |
| Harris County | Ronald Reagan+142,594 | 416,65557.9% | 274,06138.1% | 29,2984.1% | 720,014 |
| Harrison County | Ronald Reagan+1,582 | 9,32853.3% | 7,74644.3% | 4192.4% | 17,493 |
| Hartley County | Ronald Reagan+778 | 1,24871.0% | 47026.8% | 392.2% | 1,757 |
| Haskell County | Jimmy Carter+504 | 1,44742.1% | 1,95156.8% | 381.1% | 3,436 |
| Hays County | Ronald Reagan+504 | 6,51749.0% | 6,01345.2% | 7595.7% | 13,289 |
| Hemphill County | Ronald Reagan+560 | 1,15264.7% | 59233.3% | 362.0% | 1,780 |
| Henderson County | Jimmy Carter+296 | 7,90348.5% | 8,19950.3% | 2031.2% | 16,305 |
| Hidalgo County | Jimmy Carter+8,734 | 25,80841.8% | 34,54256.0% | 1,3672.2% | 61,717 |
| Hill County | Jimmy Carter+575 | 4,11346.0% | 4,68852.5% | 1351.5% | 8,936 |
| Hockley County | Ronald Reagan+2,152 | 4,59964.0% | 2,44734.1% | 1371.9% | 7,183 |
| Hood County | Ronald Reagan+754 | 3,75554.1% | 3,00143.2% | 1842.7% | 6,940 |
| Hopkins County | Jimmy Carter+510 | 3,83446.1% | 4,34452.2% | 1401.7% | 8,318 |
| Houston County | Jimmy Carter+1,292 | 2,88940.4% | 4,18158.5% | 741.0% | 7,144 |
| Howard County | Ronald Reagan+2,207 | 6,65858.9% | 4,45139.3% | 2031.8% | 11,312 |
| Hudspeth County | Ronald Reagan+77 | 47153.3% | 39444.6% | 192.1% | 884 |
| Hunt County | Ronald Reagan+510 | 9,28350.2% | 8,77347.4% | 4452.4% | 18,501 |
| Hutchinson County | Ronald Reagan+4,504 | 7,43970.0% | 2,93527.6% | 2582.4% | 10,632 |
| Irion County | Ronald Reagan+188 | 42763.7% | 23935.7% | 40.6% | 670 |
| Jack County | Ronald Reagan+133 | 1,48251.5% | 1,34946.9% | 461.6% | 2,877 |
| Jackson County | Ronald Reagan+714 | 2,54056.9% | 1,82640.9% | 972.2% | 4,463 |
| Jasper County | Jimmy Carter+1,311 | 4,39642.9% | 5,70755.6% | 1541.5% | 10,257 |
| Jeff Davis County | Ronald Reagan+109 | 40956.1% | 30041.2% | 202.7% | 729 |
| Jefferson County | Jimmy Carter+8,879 | 36,76343.5% | 45,64253.9% | 2,1972.6% | 84,602 |
| Jim Hogg County | Jimmy Carter+902 | 53526.8% | 1,43772.0% | 251.3% | 1,997 |
| Jim Wells County | Jimmy Carter+2,661 | 4,60638.3% | 7,26760.5% | 1401.2% | 12,013 |
| Johnson County | Ronald Reagan+869 | 11,41150.8% | 10,54246.9% | 5012.2% | 22,454 |
| Jones County | Jimmy Carter+278 | 2,76547.1% | 3,04351.8% | 661.1% | 5,874 |
| Karnes County | Ronald Reagan+435 | 2,71953.6% | 2,28445.0% | 711.4% | 5,074 |
| Kaufman County | Jimmy Carter+414 | 5,85247.6% | 6,26651.0% | 1691.4% | 12,287 |
| Kendall County | Ronald Reagan+2,815 | 3,89076.5% | 1,07521.1% | 1212.4% | 5,086 |
| Kenedy County | Jimmy Carter+30 | 7640.6% | 10656.7% | 52.7% | 187 |
| Kent County | Jimmy Carter+12 | 33948.8% | 35150.6% | 40.6% | 694 |
| Kerr County | Ronald Reagan+5,703 | 9,09070.7% | 3,38726.3% | 3782.9% | 12,855 |
| Kimble County | Ronald Reagan+403 | 1,01161.2% | 60836.8% | 321.9% | 1,651 |
| King County | Ronald Reagan+89 | 14470.2% | 5526.8% | 62.9% | 205 |
| Kinney County | Ronald Reagan+71 | 54351.9% | 47245.1% | 313.0% | 1,046 |
| Kleberg County | Jimmy Carter+517 | 4,60845.8% | 5,12551.0% | 3203.2% | 10,053 |
| Knox County | Jimmy Carter+380 | 78339.8% | 1,16359.1% | 221.1% | 1,968 |
| La Salle County | Jimmy Carter+669 | 77334.4% | 1,44264.1% | 331.5% | 2,248 |
| Lamar County | Jimmy Carter+1,084 | 6,09445.2% | 7,17853.2% | 2181.6% | 13,490 |
| Lamb County | Ronald Reagan+1,591 | 3,72362.8% | 2,13235.9% | 781.3% | 5,933 |
| Lampasas County | Ronald Reagan+344 | 2,32353.0% | 1,97945.2% | 791.8% | 4,381 |
| Lavaca County | Ronald Reagan+576 | 3,25454.2% | 2,67844.6% | 671.1% | 5,999 |
| Lee County | Ronald Reagan+222 | 1,80352.1% | 1,58145.7% | 782.3% | 3,462 |
| Leon County | Jimmy Carter+369 | 1,82144.9% | 2,19054.0% | 421.0% | 4,053 |
| Liberty County | Jimmy Carter+340 | 6,47047.7% | 6,81050.2% | 2812.1% | 13,561 |
| Limestone County | Jimmy Carter+568 | 2,83544.9% | 3,40353.9% | 811.3% | 6,319 |
| Lipscomb County | Ronald Reagan+1,005 | 1,34377.5% | 33819.5% | 523.0% | 1,733 |
| Live Oak County | Ronald Reagan+813 | 2,19360.6% | 1,38038.1% | 451.2% | 3,618 |
| Llano County | Ronald Reagan+736 | 2,86656.2% | 2,13041.8% | 1012.0% | 5,097 |
| Loving County | Ronald Reagan+28 | 5069.4% | 2230.6% | 00.0% | 72 |
| Lubbock County | Ronald Reagan+27,979 | 46,71168.8% | 18,73227.6% | 2,4243.6% | 67,867 |
| Lynn County | Ronald Reagan+367 | 1,60355.8% | 1,23643.0% | 351.2% | 2,874 |
| Madison County | Jimmy Carter+194 | 1,38946.0% | 1,58352.5% | 461.5% | 3,018 |
| Marion County | Jimmy Carter+349 | 1,66644.7% | 2,01554.0% | 491.3% | 3,730 |
| Martin County | Ronald Reagan+488 | 1,09363.7% | 60535.3% | 181.0% | 1,716 |
| Mason County | Ronald Reagan+336 | 96659.6% | 63038.9% | 251.5% | 1,621 |
| Matagorda County | Ronald Reagan+960 | 5,54553.4% | 4,58544.2% | 2522.4% | 10,382 |
| Maverick County | Jimmy Carter+1,562 | 1,37031.4% | 2,93267.1% | 651.5% | 4,367 |
| McCulloch County | Jimmy Carter+178 | 1,57246.7% | 1,75052.0% | 441.3% | 3,366 |
| McLennan County | Ronald Reagan+5,663 | 31,96853.7% | 26,30544.2% | 1,2422.1% | 59,515 |
| McMullen County | Ronald Reagan+149 | 27168.1% | 12230.7% | 51.3% | 398 |
| Medina County | Ronald Reagan+1,708 | 4,74260.1% | 3,03438.5% | 1121.4% | 7,888 |
| Menard County | Ronald Reagan+59 | 54852.2% | 48946.6% | 131.2% | 1,050 |
| Midland County | Ronald Reagan+18,188 | 25,02776.6% | 6,83920.9% | 8262.5% | 32,692 |
| Milam County | Jimmy Carter+979 | 3,25142.6% | 4,23055.5% | 1461.9% | 7,627 |
| Mills County | Jimmy Carter+43 | 98547.8% | 1,02849.9% | 462.2% | 2,059 |
| Mitchell County | Ronald Reagan+9 | 1,45549.7% | 1,44649.4% | 250.9% | 2,926 |
| Montague County | Jimmy Carter+90 | 3,14348.6% | 3,23350.0% | 961.5% | 6,472 |
| Montgomery County | Ronald Reagan+13,644 | 26,23765.6% | 12,59331.5% | 1,1412.9% | 39,971 |
| Moore County | Ronald Reagan+1,993 | 3,73666.9% | 1,74331.2% | 1041.9% | 5,583 |
| Morris County | Jimmy Carter+972 | 2,13340.4% | 3,10558.8% | 420.8% | 5,280 |
| Motley County | Ronald Reagan+232 | 57361.7% | 34136.7% | 151.6% | 929 |
| Nacogdoches County | Ronald Reagan+2,645 | 8,62656.9% | 5,98139.5% | 5433.6% | 15,150 |
| Navarro County | Jimmy Carter+1,588 | 5,40042.9% | 6,98855.5% | 2031.6% | 12,591 |
| Newton County | Jimmy Carter+1,905 | 1,37929.3% | 3,28469.7% | 511.1% | 4,714 |
| Nolan County | Jimmy Carter+15 | 2,78148.8% | 2,79649.1% | 1182.1% | 5,695 |
| Nueces County | Jimmy Carter+2,838 | 40,58646.8% | 43,42450.1% | 2,6343.0% | 86,644 |
| Ochiltree County | Ronald Reagan+2,438 | 3,03281.9% | 59416.0% | 762.1% | 3,702 |
| Oldham County | Ronald Reagan+267 | 55763.7% | 29033.2% | 273.1% | 874 |
| Orange County | Jimmy Carter+2,539 | 12,38944.4% | 14,92853.5% | 5702.0% | 27,887 |
| Palo Pinto County | Jimmy Carter+176 | 4,06847.9% | 4,24450.0% | 1722.0% | 8,484 |
| Panola County | Ronald Reagan+385 | 4,02251.9% | 3,63746.9% | 881.1% | 7,747 |
| Parker County | Ronald Reagan+1,169 | 8,50552.6% | 7,33645.4% | 3141.9% | 16,155 |
| Parmer County | Ronald Reagan+1,933 | 2,64077.7% | 70720.8% | 511.5% | 3,398 |
| Pecos County | Ronald Reagan+1,121 | 2,72362.0% | 1,60236.5% | 701.6% | 4,395 |
| Polk County | Jimmy Carter+442 | 3,77146.5% | 4,21352.0% | 1241.5% | 8,108 |
| Potter County | Ronald Reagan+6,694 | 16,32760.9% | 9,63335.9% | 8713.2% | 26,831 |
| Presidio County | Jimmy Carter+316 | 72340.2% | 1,03957.8% | 372.1% | 1,799 |
| Rains County | Jimmy Carter+361 | 81340.2% | 1,17458.1% | 351.7% | 2,022 |
| Randall County | Ronald Reagan+15,813 | 23,13673.7% | 7,32323.3% | 9232.9% | 31,382 |
| Reagan County | Ronald Reagan+503 | 91767.9% | 41430.6% | 201.5% | 1,351 |
| Real County | Ronald Reagan+229 | 83257.3% | 60341.5% | 181.2% | 1,453 |
| Red River County | Jimmy Carter+1,276 | 2,22538.5% | 3,50160.6% | 470.8% | 5,773 |
| Reeves County | Ronald Reagan+177 | 2,31550.9% | 2,13847.1% | 912.0% | 4,544 |
| Refugio County | Jimmy Carter+280 | 1,94445.7% | 2,22452.3% | 832.0% | 4,251 |
| Roberts County | Ronald Reagan+332 | 48275.1% | 15023.4% | 101.6% | 642 |
| Robertson County | Jimmy Carter+1,911 | 1,66131.3% | 3,57267.3% | 771.5% | 5,310 |
| Rockwall County | Ronald Reagan+2,051 | 4,03665.3% | 1,98532.1% | 1632.6% | 6,184 |
| Runnels County | Ronald Reagan+884 | 2,53259.8% | 1,64838.9% | 531.3% | 4,233 |
| Rusk County | Ronald Reagan+3,123 | 8,70560.2% | 5,58238.6% | 1801.2% | 14,467 |
| Sabine County | Jimmy Carter+596 | 1,38740.8% | 1,98358.4% | 280.8% | 3,398 |
| San Augustine County | Jimmy Carter+277 | 1,39745.2% | 1,67454.2% | 200.6% | 3,091 |
| San Jacinto County | Jimmy Carter+650 | 1,72641.2% | 2,37656.7% | 912.2% | 4,193 |
| San Patricio County | Jimmy Carter+301 | 8,32647.6% | 8,62749.3% | 5413.1% | 17,494 |
| San Saba County | Jimmy Carter+457 | 94839.7% | 1,40558.9% | 321.3% | 2,385 |
| Schleicher County | Ronald Reagan+228 | 67259.4% | 44439.3% | 151.3% | 1,131 |
| Scurry County | Ronald Reagan+1,742 | 3,74564.1% | 2,00334.3% | 981.7% | 5,846 |
| Shackelford County | Ronald Reagan+353 | 95960.7% | 60638.3% | 161.0% | 1,581 |
| Shelby County | Jimmy Carter+715 | 3,50044.8% | 4,21554.0% | 891.1% | 7,804 |
| Sherman County | Ronald Reagan+842 | 1,12877.5% | 28619.6% | 422.9% | 1,456 |
| Smith County | Ronald Reagan+13,398 | 28,23664.6% | 14,83834.0% | 6261.4% | 43,700 |
| Somervell County | Jimmy Carter+223 | 79242.8% | 1,01554.8% | 452.4% | 1,852 |
| Starr County | Jimmy Carter+3,393 | 1,38922.2% | 4,78276.5% | 821.3% | 6,253 |
| Stephens County | Ronald Reagan+789 | 2,16159.9% | 1,37238.0% | 752.1% | 3,608 |
| Sterling County | Ronald Reagan+146 | 36462.1% | 21837.2% | 40.7% | 586 |
| Stonewall County | Jimmy Carter+231 | 48840.0% | 71959.0% | 121.0% | 1,219 |
| Sutton County | Ronald Reagan+515 | 1,00066.2% | 48532.1% | 261.7% | 1,511 |
| Swisher County | Jimmy Carter+404 | 1,45043.1% | 1,85455.1% | 621.8% | 3,366 |
| Tarrant County | Ronald Reagan+52,398 | 173,46656.9% | 121,06839.7% | 10,5323.5% | 305,066 |
| Taylor County | Ronald Reagan+9,716 | 22,96162.0% | 13,24535.8% | 8262.2% | 37,032 |
| Terrell County | Ronald Reagan+151 | 41159.9% | 26037.9% | 152.2% | 686 |
| Terry County | Ronald Reagan+1,233 | 3,17861.2% | 1,94537.4% | 721.4% | 5,195 |
| Throckmorton County | Jimmy Carter+11 | 44448.9% | 45550.1% | 91.0% | 908 |
| Titus County | Jimmy Carter+125 | 3,74748.7% | 3,87250.3% | 811.1% | 7,700 |
| Tom Green County | Ronald Reagan+6,663 | 16,55560.7% | 9,89236.3% | 8243.0% | 27,271 |
| Travis County | Jimmy Carter+1,877 | 73,15145.7% | 75,02846.9% | 11,9147.4% | 160,093 |
| Trinity County | Jimmy Carter+1,007 | 1,50336.9% | 2,51061.7% | 551.4% | 4,068 |
| Tyler County | Jimmy Carter+995 | 2,54541.1% | 3,54057.1% | 1101.8% | 6,195 |
| Upshur County | Jimmy Carter+58 | 4,83649.1% | 4,89449.7% | 1221.2% | 9,852 |
| Upton County | Ronald Reagan+684 | 1,16969.4% | 48528.8% | 301.8% | 1,684 |
| Uvalde County | Ronald Reagan+1,485 | 3,88761.1% | 2,40237.7% | 771.2% | 6,366 |
| Val Verde County | Ronald Reagan+939 | 5,05554.0% | 4,11644.0% | 1821.9% | 9,353 |
| Van Zandt County | Jimmy Carter+212 | 5,49548.5% | 5,70750.3% | 1381.2% | 11,340 |
| Victoria County | Ronald Reagan+6,010 | 13,39263.0% | 7,38234.7% | 4952.3% | 21,269 |
| Walker County | Ronald Reagan+788 | 5,65751.9% | 4,86944.6% | 3803.5% | 10,906 |
| Waller County | Jimmy Carter+310 | 3,01946.7% | 3,32951.5% | 1151.8% | 6,463 |
| Ward County | Ronald Reagan+1,507 | 2,91266.2% | 1,40532.0% | 791.8% | 4,396 |
| Washington County | Ronald Reagan+2,303 | 4,82164.3% | 2,51833.6% | 1562.1% | 7,495 |
| Webb County | Jimmy Carter+6,435 | 5,42130.8% | 11,85667.4% | 3161.8% | 17,593 |
| Wharton County | Ronald Reagan+1,460 | 6,59855.2% | 5,13843.0% | 2221.9% | 11,958 |
| Wheeler County | Ronald Reagan+536 | 1,62659.3% | 1,09039.7% | 271.0% | 2,743 |
| Wichita County | Ronald Reagan+5,227 | 22,88455.0% | 17,65742.4% | 1,0842.6% | 41,625 |
| Wilbarger County | Ronald Reagan+684 | 3,03155.5% | 2,34743.0% | 851.6% | 5,463 |
| Willacy County | Jimmy Carter+1,052 | 1,99539.1% | 3,04759.7% | 661.3% | 5,108 |
| Williamson County | Ronald Reagan+4,627 | 15,03556.4% | 10,40839.0% | 1,2184.6% | 26,661 |
| Wilson County | Ronald Reagan+346 | 3,44351.9% | 3,09746.7% | 921.4% | 6,632 |
| Winkler County | Ronald Reagan+1,139 | 2,16066.8% | 1,02131.6% | 511.6% | 3,232 |
| Wise County | Jimmy Carter+324 | 4,35047.3% | 4,67450.8% | 1812.0% | 9,205 |
| Wood County | Ronald Reagan+482 | 4,51552.1% | 4,03346.5% | 1231.4% | 8,671 |
| Yoakum County | Ronald Reagan+1,222 | 1,93771.9% | 71526.5% | 421.6% | 2,694 |
| Young County | Ronald Reagan+1,413 | 4,15359.1% | 2,74039.0% | 1291.8% | 7,022 |
| Zapata County | Jimmy Carter+344 | 87441.0% | 1,21857.2% | 391.8% | 2,131 |
| Zavala County | Jimmy Carter+1,790 | 83123.5% | 2,62174.1% | 862.4% | 3,538 |
Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)
Texas's presidential margins
1904–2024, the 1980 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1904 | +49.6% |
| 1908 | +51.6% |
| 1912 | +63.2% |
| 1916 | +59.6% |
| 1920 | +36.6% |
| 1924 | +52.6% |
| 1928 | −3.9% |
| 1932 | +77.0% |
| 1936 | +74.8% |
| 1940 | +62.0% |
| 1944 | +54.8% |
| 1948 | +41.7% |
| 1952 | −6.4% |
| 1956 | −11.3% |
| 1960 | +2.0% |
| 1964 | +26.8% |
| 1968 | +1.3% |
| 1972 | −33.0% |
| 1976 | +3.2% |
| 1980 | −13.9% |
| 1984 | −27.5% |
| 1988 | −12.6% |
| 1992 | −3.5% |
| 1996 | −4.9% |
| 2000 | −21.3% |
| 2004 | −22.9% |
| 2008 | −11.8% |
| 2012 | −15.8% |
| 2016 | −9.0% |
| 2020 | −5.6% |
| 2024 | −13.7% |
Same ballot, 1980TX
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1980 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.