Ronald Reagan carried Virginia R+12.7.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Virginia, 1980. The state ran 3.0 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.7 nationally).

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

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Virginia result

1,866,032 votes counted

Carter (D)

752,174

40.3%

Reagan (R)

989,609

53.0%

All others

248,498

13.3%

Margin

R+12.7

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1980 presidential election

Virginia, 1980

ReaganR+12.7

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	53.0%	989,609
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	40.3%	752,174
John B. AndersonIndependent	13.3%	248,498

D+60

R+60

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

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	R	−4.7%	4,872	5,371	10,698
Albemarle County	R	−16.0%	7,293	10,424	19,582
Alexandria city	R	−1.8%	17,134	17,865	40,388
Alleghany County	R	−5.6%	3,382	3,800	7,405
Amelia County	R	−8.8%	1,643	1,969	3,701
Amherst County	R	−18.2%	3,476	5,088	8,840
Appomattox County	R	−25.0%	1,492	2,548	4,217
Arlington County	R	−6.5%	26,502	30,854	66,861
Augusta County	R	−33.9%	5,202	11,011	17,120
Bath County	D	+3.9%	999	921	2,007
Bedford County	R	−13.2%	5,870	7,753	14,263
Bland County	R	−11.8%	1,002	1,278	2,345
Botetourt County	R	−8.3%	3,698	4,408	8,602
Bristol city	R	−8.3%	2,889	3,432	6,515
Brunswick County	D	+19.1%	3,430	2,310	5,864
Buchanan County	D	+11.4%	5,768	4,554	10,629
Buckingham County	D	+1.8%	1,933	1,864	3,923
Buena Vista city	D	+4.3%	1,031	942	2,089
Campbell County	R	−34.8%	4,473	9,592	14,721
Caroline County	D	+16.6%	2,924	2,071	5,154
Carroll County	R	−25.6%	3,437	5,905	9,634
Charles City County	D	+49.6%	1,564	506	2,131
Charlotte County	R	−4.7%	2,108	2,322	4,530
Charlottesville city	D	+6.6%	6,866	5,907	14,562
Chesapeake city	R	−2.0%	17,155	17,888	36,904
Chesterfield County	R	−46.3%	13,060	37,908	53,613
Clarke County	R	−22.0%	1,156	1,876	3,266
Colonial Heights city	R	−47.0%	1,692	5,012	7,063
Covington city	D	+19.9%	1,813	1,187	3,150
Craig County	D	+10.0%	946	768	1,779
Culpeper County	R	−24.7%	2,519	4,312	7,255
Cumberland County	R	−5.3%	1,355	1,515	3,024
Danville city	R	−26.1%	6,138	10,665	17,362
Dickenson County	D	+6.1%	4,177	3,687	7,995
Dinwiddie County	D	+1.5%	3,475	3,369	7,018
Emporia city	R	−7.0%	855	988	1,902
Essex County	R	−10.1%	1,280	1,581	2,987
Fairfax city	R	−23.3%	2,614	4,475	8,004
Fairfax County	R	−26.7%	73,734	137,620	239,705
Falls Church city	R	−16.4%	1,703	2,485	4,758
Fauquier County	R	−22.8%	4,119	6,782	11,670
Floyd County	R	−18.6%	1,642	2,447	4,323
Fluvanna County	R	−5.7%	1,424	1,605	3,184
Franklin city	D	+11.4%	1,324	1,045	2,456
Franklin County	D	+6.2%	5,685	4,993	11,090
Frederick County	R	−40.3%	2,948	7,293	10,787
Fredericksburg city	R	−6.6%	2,174	2,502	4,968
Galax city	R	−5.5%	1,061	1,188	2,293
Giles County	D	+9.4%	3,627	2,978	6,940
Gloucester County	R	−14.2%	3,138	4,261	7,897
Goochland County	R	−2.7%	2,290	2,423	4,877
Grayson County	R	−9.5%	2,875	3,494	6,547
Greene County	R	−27.6%	925	1,702	2,811
Greensville County	D	+14.7%	2,142	1,583	3,800
Halifax County	R	−2.3%	5,540	5,804	11,661
Hampton city	D	+4.0%	18,517	17,023	37,765
Hanover County	R	−43.6%	5,383	14,262	20,368
Harrisonburg city	R	−25.7%	1,896	3,388	5,796
Henrico County	R	−39.0%	21,023	50,505	75,551
Henry County	D	+3.0%	8,800	8,258	17,783
Highland County	R	−20.7%	487	751	1,278
Hopewell city	R	−16.8%	3,102	4,423	7,872
Isle of Wight County	D	+5.5%	3,951	3,526	7,784
James City County	R	−15.2%	3,068	4,289	8,048
King and Queen County	D	+8.3%	1,128	949	2,150
King George County	R	−14.0%	1,318	1,784	3,332
King William County	R	−16.4%	1,446	2,036	3,601
Lancaster County	R	−26.6%	1,567	2,780	4,557
Lee County	D	+3.6%	4,758	4,417	9,377
Lexington city	D	+0.3%	963	956	2,083
Loudoun County	R	−26.3%	6,694	12,076	20,492
Louisa County	D	+3.1%	2,809	2,633	5,706
Lunenburg County	R	−2.1%	1,958	2,045	4,136
Lynchburg city	R	−30.6%	7,783	15,245	24,417
Madison County	R	−17.3%	1,351	1,959	3,521
Manassas city	R	−29.2%	1,565	3,009	4,952
Manassas Park city	R	−22.5%	447	729	1,254
Martinsville city	R	−1.4%	3,337	3,433	7,032
Mathews County	R	−24.3%	1,300	2,204	3,716
Mecklenburg County	R	−11.9%	3,790	4,853	8,913
Middlesex County	R	−12.4%	1,395	1,810	3,344
Montgomery County	R	−4.4%	7,455	8,222	17,344
Nelson County	D	+12.1%	2,410	1,866	4,496
New Kent County	R	−17.6%	1,204	1,739	3,035
Newport News city	R	−0.8%	22,066	22,423	46,982
Norfolk city	D	+11.3%	35,118	27,506	67,200
Northampton County	D	+4.2%	2,363	2,165	4,743
Northumberland County	R	−24.2%	1,551	2,598	4,330
Norton city	D	+13.6%	762	572	1,400
Nottoway County	R	−3.9%	2,593	2,813	5,611
Orange County	R	−15.6%	2,420	3,381	6,158
Page County	R	−23.7%	2,607	4,297	7,138
Patrick County	R	−17.2%	2,382	3,436	6,123
Petersburg city	D	+22.1%	7,931	5,001	13,277
Pittsylvania County	R	−21.5%	7,653	12,022	20,280
Poquoson city	R	−43.0%	877	2,338	3,399
Portsmouth city	D	+20.1%	20,900	13,660	35,949
Powhatan County	R	−31.7%	1,484	2,933	4,570
Prince Edward County	R	−3.9%	2,553	2,774	5,598
Prince George County	R	−18.3%	2,310	3,389	5,888
Prince William County	R	−26.3%	12,787	23,061	39,119
Pulaski County	D	+0.2%	5,769	5,747	12,040
Radford city	D	+5.8%	2,225	1,964	4,463
Rappahannock County	R	−5.2%	1,055	1,179	2,367
Richmond city	D	+15.3%	47,975	34,629	87,106
Richmond County	R	−28.6%	854	1,567	2,495
Roanoke city	D	+8.5%	18,139	15,164	34,946
Roanoke County	R	−16.4%	12,114	17,182	30,814
Rockbridge County	R	−5.4%	2,475	2,784	5,677
Rockingham County	R	−34.2%	5,294	11,397	17,859
Russell County	D	+9.1%	5,764	4,778	10,874
Salem city	R	−8.2%	4,091	4,862	9,389
Scott County	R	−4.6%	4,314	4,744	9,387
Shenandoah County	R	−39.1%	3,137	7,517	11,203
Smyth County	R	−5.9%	5,335	6,033	11,861
Southampton County	D	+5.3%	3,347	2,997	6,587
Spotsylvania County	R	−13.5%	4,039	5,385	10,005
Stafford County	R	−24.0%	4,211	7,106	12,075
Staunton city	R	−27.3%	2,658	4,819	7,927
Suffolk city	D	+11.2%	9,064	7,179	16,765
Surry County	D	+28.1%	1,756	962	2,821
Sussex County	D	+18.3%	2,447	1,664	4,273
Tazewell County	R	−0.1%	7,003	7,021	14,425
Virginia Beach city	R	−29.1%	24,895	47,936	79,235
Warren County	R	−18.3%	2,597	3,861	6,920
Washington County	R	−12.9%	6,390	8,402	15,597
Waynesboro city	R	−29.6%	1,926	3,697	5,978
Westmoreland County	R	−4.8%	2,271	2,510	4,989
Williamsburg city	R	−4.9%	1,199	1,344	2,953
Winchester city	R	−33.7%	2,006	4,240	6,623
Wise County	D	+7.7%	6,779	5,767	13,141
Wythe County	R	−12.3%	3,677	4,758	8,766
York County	R	−18.2%	4,532	6,744	12,133