Ronald Reagan carried Washington R+12.3.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R) in Washington, 1980. The state ran 2.6 points more Republican 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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Washington result

1,742,394 votes counted

Carter (D)

650,193

37.3%

Reagan (R)

865,244

49.7%

All others

226,957

13.0%

Margin

R+12.3

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1980 presidential election

Washington, 1980

ReaganR+12.3

How it voted

Share of the 1980 vote

Ronald Reagan ✓Republican	49.7%	865,244
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	37.3%	650,193
John B. AndersonIndependent	13.0%	226,957

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 1980

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−42.4%	1,223	3,248	4,776
Asotin County	R	−8.3%	2,724	3,275	6,659
Benton County	R	−38.7%	11,561	28,728	44,413
Chelan County	R	−24.3%	6,483	11,299	19,850
Clallam County	R	−15.6%	8,029	11,515	22,296
Clark County	R	−3.7%	30,584	33,223	72,075
Columbia County	R	−36.5%	587	1,349	2,086
Cowlitz County	R	−2.1%	12,560	13,154	28,639
Douglas County	R	−26.8%	2,833	5,171	8,709
Ferry County	R	−14.6%	802	1,108	2,100
Franklin County	R	−30.2%	3,719	7,327	11,961
Garfield County	R	−24.1%	509	875	1,519
Grant County	R	−30.1%	5,673	11,152	18,196
Grays Harbor County	D	+4.2%	11,290	10,226	25,444
Island County	R	−29.7%	5,422	10,926	18,559
Jefferson County	R	−4.5%	3,279	3,645	8,170
King County	R	−6.3%	235,046	272,567	600,157
Kitsap County	R	−14.1%	20,893	29,420	60,296
Kittitas County	R	−11.9%	4,075	5,359	10,748
Klickitat County	R	−8.2%	2,596	3,113	6,284
Lewis County	R	−29.3%	6,962	13,636	22,749
Lincoln County	R	−32.4%	1,597	3,324	5,337
Mason County	R	−10.9%	5,241	6,745	13,737
Okanogan County	R	−14.6%	4,634	6,460	12,493
Pacific County	D	+7.4%	3,727	3,132	8,012
Pend Oreille County	R	−19.2%	1,399	2,136	3,835
Pierce County	R	−14.6%	64,444	90,247	176,511
San Juan County	R	−13.9%	1,666	2,363	5,031
Skagit County	R	−13.8%	11,299	15,520	30,623
Skamania County	R	−1.4%	1,373	1,416	3,095
Snohomish County	R	−10.4%	52,003	66,153	135,907
Spokane County	R	−20.5%	49,263	78,096	140,685
Stevens County	R	−30.4%	3,584	7,094	11,530
Thurston County	R	−10.7%	20,508	26,369	54,823
Wahkiakum County	R	−4.3%	751	828	1,778
Walla Walla County	R	−28.4%	5,825	11,223	18,977
Whatcom County	R	−6.4%	18,430	21,371	46,057
Whitman County	R	−17.1%	5,726	8,636	17,024
Yakima County	R	−19.5%	21,873	33,815	61,253