Ronald Reagan carried Texas R+13.9.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Texas, 1980. The state ran 4.1 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.7 nationally).

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

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Texas result

4,541,637 votes counted

Carter (D)

1,881,147

41.4%

Reagan (R)

2,510,705

55.3%

All others

149,785

3.3%

Margin

R+13.9

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1980 presidential election

Texas, 1980

ReaganR+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
John B. AndersonIndependent	3.3%	149,785

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
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%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−7.1%	5,163	5,970	11,330
Andrews County	R	−41.0%	1,155	2,800	4,013
Angelina County	D	+1.2%	10,140	9,900	20,394
Aransas County	R	−25.3%	1,800	3,081	5,068
Archer County	R	−10.9%	1,444	1,804	3,289
Armstrong County	R	−35.3%	333	709	1,065
Atascosa County	R	−4.5%	3,980	4,364	8,469
Austin County	R	−32.0%	1,893	3,734	5,753
Bailey County	R	−38.0%	800	1,809	2,655
Bandera County	R	−44.0%	894	2,373	3,360
Bastrop County	D	+10.8%	4,716	3,768	8,748
Baylor County	D	+3.7%	1,183	1,098	2,306
Bee County	R	−7.1%	3,606	4,171	7,931
Bell County	R	−12.9%	15,823	20,729	37,885
Bexar County	R	−7.1%	137,729	159,578	308,474
Blanco County	R	−27.8%	794	1,434	2,301
Borden County	R	−35.7%	131	279	415
Bosque County	R	−8.8%	2,431	2,908	5,437
Bowie County	R	−10.1%	11,339	13,942	25,650
Brazoria County	R	−19.7%	18,253	27,614	47,544
Brazos County	R	−26.9%	9,856	17,798	29,539
Brewster County	R	−7.8%	1,271	1,496	2,892
Briscoe County	R	−0.1%	561	562	1,150
Brooks County	D	+51.2%	2,488	780	3,333
Brown County	R	−14.3%	4,867	6,515	11,549
Burleson County	D	+14.6%	2,615	1,943	4,609
Burnet County	R	−4.1%	3,711	4,033	7,933
Caldwell County	D	+4.5%	3,155	2,879	6,184
Calhoun County	R	−4.2%	3,034	3,312	6,549
Callahan County	R	−6.5%	2,002	2,284	4,331
Cameron County	D	+2.5%	23,200	22,041	46,285
Camp County	D	+14.4%	2,052	1,531	3,618
Carson County	R	−30.0%	1,006	1,888	2,942
Cass County	D	+5.5%	5,578	4,993	10,672
Castro County	R	−23.5%	1,199	1,955	3,218
Chambers County	R	−10.7%	2,517	3,140	5,806
Cherokee County	D	+0.8%	5,726	5,629	11,486
Childress County	R	−8.1%	1,222	1,443	2,713
Clay County	D	+10.0%	2,233	1,824	4,109
Cochran County	R	−34.3%	513	1,064	1,607
Coke County	D	+8.3%	838	708	1,558
Coleman County	R	−12.7%	1,719	2,228	3,994
Collin County	R	−39.7%	15,187	36,559	53,861
Collingsworth County	R	−12.0%	798	1,020	1,851
Colorado County	R	−19.1%	2,377	3,520	5,991
Comal County	R	−45.2%	3,554	9,758	13,714
Comanche County	D	+12.5%	2,550	1,977	4,588
Concho County	D	+0.1%	702	700	1,417
Cooke County	R	−27.0%	3,842	6,760	10,802
Coryell County	R	−14.1%	4,097	5,494	9,920
Cottle County	D	+17.5%	732	511	1,266
Crane County	R	−36.0%	607	1,310	1,951
Crockett County	R	−19.4%	595	885	1,494
Crosby County	D	+1.7%	1,408	1,361	2,806
Culberson County	R	−12.1%	423	541	976
Dallam County	R	−20.3%	632	965	1,639
Dallas County	R	−22.4%	190,459	306,682	518,213
Dawson County	R	−26.9%	1,867	3,267	5,205
Deaf Smith County	R	−41.0%	1,666	4,073	5,864
Delta County	D	+27.1%	1,347	767	2,142
Denton County	R	−25.1%	17,381	29,908	49,908
DeWitt County	R	−25.2%	2,044	3,450	5,580
Dickens County	D	+24.2%	912	554	1,481
Dimmit County	D	+28.0%	2,102	1,173	3,323
Donley County	R	−18.8%	751	1,106	1,888
Duval County	D	+56.6%	3,706	1,012	4,757
Eastland County	R	−1.4%	3,346	3,442	6,877
Ector County	R	−47.3%	9,069	26,188	36,179
Edwards County	R	−41.0%	237	575	824
El Paso County	R	−13.3%	40,082	53,276	99,526
Ellis County	R	−4.2%	9,219	10,046	19,580
Erath County	D	+2.1%	4,156	3,981	8,306
Falls County	D	+12.0%	3,328	2,606	6,007
Fannin County	D	+24.2%	5,284	3,196	8,611
Fayette County	R	−22.3%	2,590	4,104	6,804
Fisher County	D	+29.8%	1,564	838	2,437
Floyd County	R	−15.9%	1,477	2,043	3,556
Foard County	D	+27.4%	617	349	978
Fort Bend County	R	−36.0%	11,583	25,366	38,286
Franklin County	D	+14.5%	1,487	1,105	2,633
Freestone County	D	+5.1%	2,739	2,468	5,265
Frio County	D	+23.5%	2,849	1,753	4,668
Gaines County	R	−33.0%	1,182	2,390	3,656
Galveston County	D	+2.0%	30,778	29,527	63,297
Garza County	R	−26.9%	677	1,188	1,897
Gillespie County	R	−59.3%	1,170	4,736	6,018
Glasscock County	R	−56.1%	116	416	535
Goliad County	R	−3.9%	1,081	1,170	2,287
Gonzales County	R	−0.6%	2,896	2,931	5,922
Gray County	R	−43.4%	2,786	7,187	10,149
Grayson County	R	−9.6%	13,807	16,811	31,326
Gregg County	R	−38.5%	10,219	23,399	34,190
Grimes County	D	+7.7%	2,440	2,087	4,602
Guadalupe County	R	−31.4%	5,049	9,901	15,428
Hale County	R	−33.2%	3,610	7,277	11,050
Hall County	R	−3.8%	1,057	1,141	2,220
Hamilton County	R	−4.8%	1,526	1,683	3,267
Hansford County	R	−58.9%	518	2,046	2,596
Hardeman County	D	+5.2%	1,174	1,056	2,273
Hardin County	D	+9.3%	7,358	6,087	13,732
Harris County	R	−19.8%	274,061	416,655	720,014
Harrison County	R	−9.0%	7,746	9,328	17,493
Hartley County	R	−44.3%	470	1,248	1,757
Haskell County	D	+14.7%	1,951	1,447	3,436
Hays County	R	−3.8%	6,013	6,517	13,289
Hemphill County	R	−31.5%	592	1,152	1,780
Henderson County	D	+1.8%	8,199	7,903	16,305
Hidalgo County	D	+14.2%	34,542	25,808	61,717
Hill County	D	+6.4%	4,688	4,113	8,936
Hockley County	R	−30.0%	2,447	4,599	7,183
Hood County	R	−10.9%	3,001	3,755	6,940
Hopkins County	D	+6.1%	4,344	3,834	8,318
Houston County	D	+18.1%	4,181	2,889	7,144
Howard County	R	−19.5%	4,451	6,658	11,312
Hudspeth County	R	−8.7%	394	471	884
Hunt County	R	−2.8%	8,773	9,283	18,501
Hutchinson County	R	−42.4%	2,935	7,439	10,632
Irion County	R	−28.1%	239	427	670
Jack County	R	−4.6%	1,349	1,482	2,877
Jackson County	R	−16.0%	1,826	2,540	4,463
Jasper County	D	+12.8%	5,707	4,396	10,257
Jeff Davis County	R	−15.0%	300	409	729
Jefferson County	D	+10.5%	45,642	36,763	84,602
Jim Hogg County	D	+45.2%	1,437	535	1,997
Jim Wells County	D	+22.2%	7,267	4,606	12,013
Johnson County	R	−3.9%	10,542	11,411	22,454
Jones County	D	+4.7%	3,043	2,765	5,874
Karnes County	R	−8.6%	2,284	2,719	5,074
Kaufman County	D	+3.4%	6,266	5,852	12,287
Kendall County	R	−55.3%	1,075	3,890	5,086
Kenedy County	D	+16.0%	106	76	187
Kent County	D	+1.7%	351	339	694
Kerr County	R	−44.4%	3,387	9,090	12,855
Kimble County	R	−24.4%	608	1,011	1,651
King County	R	−43.4%	55	144	205
Kinney County	R	−6.8%	472	543	1,046
Kleberg County	D	+5.1%	5,125	4,608	10,053
Knox County	D	+19.3%	1,163	783	1,968
La Salle County	D	+29.8%	1,442	773	2,248
Lamar County	D	+8.0%	7,178	6,094	13,490
Lamb County	R	−26.8%	2,132	3,723	5,933
Lampasas County	R	−7.9%	1,979	2,323	4,381
Lavaca County	R	−9.6%	2,678	3,254	5,999
Lee County	R	−6.4%	1,581	1,803	3,462
Leon County	D	+9.1%	2,190	1,821	4,053
Liberty County	D	+2.5%	6,810	6,470	13,561
Limestone County	D	+9.0%	3,403	2,835	6,319
Lipscomb County	R	−58.0%	338	1,343	1,733
Live Oak County	R	−22.5%	1,380	2,193	3,618
Llano County	R	−14.4%	2,130	2,866	5,097
Loving County	R	−38.9%	22	50	72
Lubbock County	R	−41.2%	18,732	46,711	67,867
Lynn County	R	−12.8%	1,236	1,603	2,874
Madison County	D	+6.4%	1,583	1,389	3,018
Marion County	D	+9.4%	2,015	1,666	3,730
Martin County	R	−28.4%	605	1,093	1,716
Mason County	R	−20.7%	630	966	1,621
Matagorda County	R	−9.2%	4,585	5,545	10,382
Maverick County	D	+35.8%	2,932	1,370	4,367
McCulloch County	D	+5.3%	1,750	1,572	3,366
McLennan County	R	−9.5%	26,305	31,968	59,515
McMullen County	R	−37.4%	122	271	398
Medina County	R	−21.7%	3,034	4,742	7,888
Menard County	R	−5.6%	489	548	1,050
Midland County	R	−55.6%	6,839	25,027	32,692
Milam County	D	+12.8%	4,230	3,251	7,627
Mills County	D	+2.1%	1,028	985	2,059
Mitchell County	R	−0.3%	1,446	1,455	2,926
Montague County	D	+1.4%	3,233	3,143	6,472
Montgomery County	R	−34.1%	12,593	26,237	39,971
Moore County	R	−35.7%	1,743	3,736	5,583
Morris County	D	+18.4%	3,105	2,133	5,280
Motley County	R	−25.0%	341	573	929
Nacogdoches County	R	−17.5%	5,981	8,626	15,150
Navarro County	D	+12.6%	6,988	5,400	12,591
Newton County	D	+40.4%	3,284	1,379	4,714
Nolan County	D	+0.3%	2,796	2,781	5,695
Nueces County	D	+3.3%	43,424	40,586	86,644
Ochiltree County	R	−65.9%	594	3,032	3,702
Oldham County	R	−30.5%	290	557	874
Orange County	D	+9.1%	14,928	12,389	27,887
Palo Pinto County	D	+2.1%	4,244	4,068	8,484
Panola County	R	−5.0%	3,637	4,022	7,747
Parker County	R	−7.2%	7,336	8,505	16,155
Parmer County	R	−56.9%	707	2,640	3,398
Pecos County	R	−25.5%	1,602	2,723	4,395
Polk County	D	+5.5%	4,213	3,771	8,108
Potter County	R	−24.9%	9,633	16,327	26,831
Presidio County	D	+17.6%	1,039	723	1,799
Rains County	D	+17.9%	1,174	813	2,022
Randall County	R	−50.4%	7,323	23,136	31,382
Reagan County	R	−37.2%	414	917	1,351
Real County	R	−15.8%	603	832	1,453
Red River County	D	+22.1%	3,501	2,225	5,773
Reeves County	R	−3.9%	2,138	2,315	4,544
Refugio County	D	+6.6%	2,224	1,944	4,251
Roberts County	R	−51.7%	150	482	642
Robertson County	D	+36.0%	3,572	1,661	5,310
Rockwall County	R	−33.2%	1,985	4,036	6,184
Runnels County	R	−20.9%	1,648	2,532	4,233
Rusk County	R	−21.6%	5,582	8,705	14,467
Sabine County	D	+17.5%	1,983	1,387	3,398
San Augustine County	D	+9.0%	1,674	1,397	3,091
San Jacinto County	D	+15.5%	2,376	1,726	4,193
San Patricio County	D	+1.7%	8,627	8,326	17,494
San Saba County	D	+19.2%	1,405	948	2,385
Schleicher County	R	−20.2%	444	672	1,131
Scurry County	R	−29.8%	2,003	3,745	5,846
Shackelford County	R	−22.3%	606	959	1,581
Shelby County	D	+9.2%	4,215	3,500	7,804
Sherman County	R	−57.8%	286	1,128	1,456
Smith County	R	−30.7%	14,838	28,236	43,700
Somervell County	D	+12.0%	1,015	792	1,852
Starr County	D	+54.3%	4,782	1,389	6,253
Stephens County	R	−21.9%	1,372	2,161	3,608
Sterling County	R	−24.9%	218	364	586
Stonewall County	D	+18.9%	719	488	1,219
Sutton County	R	−34.1%	485	1,000	1,511
Swisher County	D	+12.0%	1,854	1,450	3,366
Tarrant County	R	−17.2%	121,068	173,466	305,066
Taylor County	R	−26.2%	13,245	22,961	37,032
Terrell County	R	−22.0%	260	411	686
Terry County	R	−23.7%	1,945	3,178	5,195
Throckmorton County	D	+1.2%	455	444	908
Titus County	D	+1.6%	3,872	3,747	7,700
Tom Green County	R	−24.4%	9,892	16,555	27,271
Travis County	D	+1.2%	75,028	73,151	160,093
Trinity County	D	+24.8%	2,510	1,503	4,068
Tyler County	D	+16.1%	3,540	2,545	6,195
Upshur County	D	+0.6%	4,894	4,836	9,852
Upton County	R	−40.6%	485	1,169	1,684
Uvalde County	R	−23.3%	2,402	3,887	6,366
Val Verde County	R	−10.0%	4,116	5,055	9,353
Van Zandt County	D	+1.9%	5,707	5,495	11,340
Victoria County	R	−28.3%	7,382	13,392	21,269
Walker County	R	−7.2%	4,869	5,657	10,906
Waller County	D	+4.8%	3,329	3,019	6,463
Ward County	R	−34.3%	1,405	2,912	4,396
Washington County	R	−30.7%	2,518	4,821	7,495
Webb County	D	+36.6%	11,856	5,421	17,593
Wharton County	R	−12.2%	5,138	6,598	11,958
Wheeler County	R	−19.5%	1,090	1,626	2,743
Wichita County	R	−12.6%	17,657	22,884	41,625
Wilbarger County	R	−12.5%	2,347	3,031	5,463
Willacy County	D	+20.6%	3,047	1,995	5,108
Williamson County	R	−17.4%	10,408	15,035	26,661
Wilson County	R	−5.2%	3,097	3,443	6,632
Winkler County	R	−35.2%	1,021	2,160	3,232
Wise County	D	+3.5%	4,674	4,350	9,205
Wood County	R	−5.6%	4,033	4,515	8,671
Yoakum County	R	−45.4%	715	1,937	2,694
Young County	R	−20.1%	2,740	4,153	7,022
Zapata County	D	+16.1%	1,218	874	2,131
Zavala County	D	+50.6%	2,621	831	3,538