1980 Elections

Presidential Year

6 offices contested.

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1980

Balance of Power

40.8%Popular Vote50.5%

50.5%Popular Vote48.3%

77,873,913 votes

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President

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1980

Presidential Election · 1980

Elected President

Ronald Reagan

Republicandefeating Jimmy Carter

Carter

Electoral

Votes

269 to win

489

Reagan

49 EV269 needed to win489 EV

Popular Vote

Reagan(REP)50.5%

Carter(DEM)40.8%

candidates(OTH)8.7%

National margin:R+9.7%

86,931,775 total votes cast

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Results by State

Carter: 7 states · 49 EV|Reagan: 44 states · 489 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Carter %	Votes	Reagan %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Utah	4	4	20.6%	124,266	72.8%	439,687	6.7%	R+52.2	↓ R+23.4
▶	Idaho	4	8	25.2%	110,192	66.5%	290,699	8.4%	R+41.3	↓ R+18.5
▶	Nebraska	5	13	26.0%	166,851	65.5%	419,937	8.4%	R+39.5	↓ R+18.8
▶	North Dakota	3	16	26.3%	79,189	64.2%	193,695	9.5%	R+38.0	↓ R+32.1
▶	Nevada	3	19	26.9%	66,666	62.5%	155,017	10.6%	R+35.6	↓ R+31.3
▶	Wyoming	3	22	28.0%	49,427	62.6%	110,700	9.4%	R+34.7	↓ R+15.2
▶	Arizona	6	28	28.2%	246,843	60.6%	529,688	11.1%	R+32.4	↓ R+15.8
▶	New Hampshire	4	32	28.4%	108,864	57.8%	221,705	13.9%	R+29.4	↓ R+18.1
▶	South Dakota	4	36	31.7%	103,855	60.5%	198,343	7.8%	R+28.8	↓ R+27.4
▶	Alaska	3	39	26.4%	41,842	54.4%	86,112	19.2%	R+27.9	↓ R+5.7
▶	Oklahoma	8	47	35.0%	402,026	60.5%	695,570	—	R+25.5	↓ R+24.3
▶	Kansas	7	54	33.3%	326,150	57.9%	566,812	8.9%	R+24.6	↓ R+17.0
▶	Montana	4	58	32.4%	118,032	56.8%	206,814	10.7%	R+24.4	↓ R+16.9
▶	Colorado	7	65	31.1%	367,973	55.1%	652,264	13.9%	R+24.0	↓ R+12.5
▶	Indiana	13	78	37.6%	844,197	56.0%	1,255,656	6.3%	R+18.4	↓ R+10.7
▶	New Mexico	4	82	36.8%	167,826	55.0%	250,779	8.2%	R+18.2	↓ R+15.7
▶	Florida	17	99	38.5%	1,419,475	55.5%	2,046,951	6.0%	R+17.0	↓ R+22.3
▶	California	45	144	35.9%	3,083,641	52.7%	4,524,858	11.4%	R+16.8	↓ R+15.0
▶	Texas	26	170	41.4%	1,881,147	55.3%	2,510,705	—	R+13.9	↓ R+17.0
▶	New Jersey	17	187	38.6%	1,147,364	52.0%	1,546,557	9.5%	R+13.4	↓ R+11.3
▶	Virginia	12	199	40.3%	752,174	53.0%	989,609	6.7%	R+12.7	↓ R+11.4
▶	Iowa	8	207	38.6%	508,672	51.3%	676,026	10.1%	R+12.7	↓ R+11.7
▶	Washington	9	216	37.3%	650,193	49.7%	865,244	13.0%	R+12.3	↓ R+8.5
▶	Ohio	25	241	40.9%	1,752,414	51.5%	2,206,545	7.6%	R+10.6	↓ R+10.9
▶	Oregon	6	247	38.7%	456,890	48.3%	571,044	13.0%	R+9.7	↓ R+9.5
▶	Connecticut	8	255	38.5%	541,732	48.2%	677,210	13.3%	R+9.6	↓ R+4.5
▶	Illinois	26	281	41.7%	1,981,413	49.6%	2,358,049	8.6%	R+7.9	↓ R+6.0
▶	Pennsylvania	27	308	42.5%	1,937,540	49.6%	2,261,872	7.9%	R+7.1	↓ R+9.8
▶	Michigan	21	329	42.5%	1,661,532	49.0%	1,915,225	8.5%	R+6.5	↓ R+1.1
▶	Vermont	3	332	38.4%	81,891	44.4%	94,598	17.2%	R+6.0	↑ D+5.2
▶	Missouri	12	344	36.9%	931,182	42.5%	1,074,181	20.6%	R+5.7	↓ R+8.6
▶	Louisiana	10	354	45.8%	708,453	51.2%	792,853	—	R+5.5	↓ R+11.2
▶	Wisconsin	11	365	43.2%	981,584	47.9%	1,088,845	8.9%	R+4.7	↓ R+6.4
▶	Maine	4	369	42.3%	220,974	45.6%	238,522	12.1%	R+3.4	↓ R+2.5
▶	New York	41	410	44.0%	2,728,372	46.7%	2,893,831	9.3%	R+2.7	↓ R+7.1
▶	Delaware	3	413	44.9%	105,754	47.2%	111,252	7.9%	R+2.3	↓ R+7.7
▶	North Carolina	13	426	47.2%	875,635	49.3%	915,018	—	R+2.1	↓ R+13.2
▶	South Carolina	8	434	48.0%	427,559	49.6%	441,206	—	R+1.5	↓ R+14.6
▶	Kentucky	9	443	47.6%	616,417	49.1%	635,274	—	R+1.5	↓ R+8.7
▶	Mississippi	7	450	48.1%	429,281	49.4%	441,089	—	R+1.3	↓ R+3.2
▶	Alabama	9	459	47.5%	636,730	48.8%	654,192	—	R+1.3	↓ R+14.4
▶	Arkansas	6	465	47.5%	398,041	48.1%	403,164	—	R+0.6	↓ R+30.6
▶	Tennessee	10	475	48.4%	783,051	48.7%	787,761	—	R+0.3	↓ R+13.3
▶	Massachusetts	14	489	41.8%	1,053,802	41.9%	1,057,631	16.4%	R+0.1	↓ R+15.8
▶	District of Columbia	3	3	74.9%	130,231	13.4%	23,313	11.7%	D+61.5	↓ R+3.6
▶	Georgia	12	15	55.8%	890,733	41.0%	654,168	—	D+14.8	↓ R+19.1
▶	Rhode Island	4	19	47.7%	198,342	37.2%	154,793	15.1%	D+10.5	↓ R+0.8
▶	West Virginia	6	25	49.8%	367,462	45.3%	334,206	—	D+4.5	↓ R+11.6
▶	Minnesota	10	35	46.5%	954,174	42.6%	873,241	10.9%	D+3.9	↓ R+8.9
▶	Maryland	10	45	47.1%	726,161	44.2%	680,606	8.7%	D+3.0	↓ R+3.1
▶	Hawaii	4	49	44.8%	135,857	42.9%	130,085	12.3%	D+1.9	↓ R+0.6

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1976 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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U.S. Senate

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33 contests|D won 12|R won 21

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	DentonREP	50.1%	650,362	FolsomDEM	47.0%	610,175	R+3.1	↓ R+98.9
▶	Arizona	GoldwaterREP	49.5%	432,371	SchulzDEM	48.4%	422,972	R+1.1	↑ D+15.4
▶	Arkansas	BumpersDEM	59.1%	477,905	ClarkREP	40.9%	330,576	D+18.2	↓ R+51.6
▶	California	CranstonDEM	56.5%	4,705,399	GannREP	37.1%	3,093,426	D+19.4	↓ R+5.0
▶	Colorado	HartDEM	50.3%	590,501	BuchananREP	48.7%	571,295	D+1.6	↓ R+16.1
▶	Connecticut	DoddDEM	56.3%	763,969	BuckleyREP	42.9%	581,884	D+13.4	↓ R+15.9
▶	Florida	HawkinsREP	51.7%	1,822,460	GunterDEM	48.3%	1,705,409	R+3.3	↓ R+5.8
▶	Georgia	MattinglyREP	50.9%	803,686	TalmadgeDEM	49.1%	776,143	R+1.7	↓ R+45.3
▶	Hawaii	InouyeDEM	78.0%	224,450	BrownREP	18.4%	53,056	D+59.5	↓ R+23.4
▶	Idaho	SymmsREP	49.7%	218,701	ChurchDEM	48.8%	214,439	R+1.0	↓ R+14.9
▶	Illinois	DixonDEM	56.0%	2,565,302	O'NealREP	42.5%	1,946,296	D+13.5	↓ R+11.4
▶	Indiana	QuayleREP	53.8%	1,182,414	BayhDEM	46.2%	1,015,962	R+7.6	↓ R+11.9
▶	Iowa	GrassleyREP	53.5%	683,014	CulverDEM	45.5%	581,545	R+8.0	↓ R+12.7
▶	Kansas	DoleREP	63.8%	598,686	SimpsonDEM	36.2%	340,271	R+27.5	↓ R+25.8
▶	Kentucky	FordDEM	65.1%	720,861	FoustREP	34.9%	386,029	D+30.3	↑ D+20.8
▶	Louisiana	LongDEM	57.5%	484,770	OtherOTH	42.5%	358,592	D+57.5	↓ R+42.5
▶	Maryland	MathiasREP	66.2%	850,970	ConroyDEM	33.8%	435,118	R+32.3	↓ R+17.7
▶	Missouri	EagletonDEM	52.0%	1,074,859	McNaryREP	47.7%	985,399	D+4.3	↓ R+16.5
▶	Nevada	LaxaltREP	58.5%	144,224	GojackDEM	37.4%	92,129	R+21.1	↓ R+20.8
▶	New Hampshire	RudmanREP	52.1%	195,559	DurkinDEM	47.9%	179,455	R+4.3	↓ R+4.3
▶	New York	D'AmatoREP	44.9%	2,699,652	HoltmanDEM	43.5%	2,618,661	R+1.4	↑ D+5.8
▶	North Carolina	EastREP	50.0%	898,064	MorganDEM	49.4%	887,653	R+0.6	↓ R+25.7
▶	North Dakota	AndrewsREP	70.3%	210,347	JohannesonDEM	29.0%	86,658	R+41.3	↓ R+41.3
▶	Ohio	GlennDEM	68.8%	2,770,786	BettsREP	28.3%	1,137,695	D+40.5	↑ D+6.7
▶	Oklahoma	NicklesREP	53.5%	587,252	CoatsDEM	43.5%	478,283	R+9.9	↓ R+9.4
▶	Oregon	PackwoodREP	52.1%	594,290	KulongoskiDEM	44.0%	501,963	R+8.1	↑ D+2.6
▶	Pennsylvania	SpecterREP	50.5%	2,230,404	FlahertyDEM	48.0%	2,122,391	R+2.4	↑ D+4.7
▶	South Carolina	HollingsDEM	70.4%	612,554	MaysREP	29.6%	257,946	D+40.7	↓ R+0.1
▶	South Dakota	AbdnorREP	58.2%	190,594	McGovernDEM	39.4%	129,018	R+18.8	↓ R+24.9
▶	Utah	GarnREP	73.7%	437,675	BermanDEM	25.5%	151,454	R+48.2	↓ R+42.2
▶	Vermont	LeahyDEM	49.8%	104,176	LedbetterREP	48.5%	101,421	D+1.3	↓ R+1.8
▶	Washington	GortonREP	54.2%	936,317	MagnusonDEM	45.8%	792,052	R+8.3	↓ R+33.0
▶	Wisconsin	KastenREP	50.2%	1,106,311	NelsonDEM	48.3%	1,065,487	R+1.9	↓ R+27.8

U.S. House

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Districts

435

Contests on the full House page

Democratic Seats

245

Post-election chamber count

Republican Seats

190

Post-election chamber count

House Popular Vote

D+2.2

Two-party margin across all districts

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Governor

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13 contests|D won 6|R won 7

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Arkansas	WhiteREP	51.9%	435,684	ClintonDEM	48.1%	403,241	R+3.9	↓ R+70.4
▶	Delaware	PontREP	70.6%	159,004	GordyDEM	28.5%	64,217	R+42.1	↓ R+27.7
▶	Indiana	OrrREP	57.7%	1,257,383	HillenbrandDEM	41.9%	913,116	R+15.8	↓ R+1.6
▶	Missouri	BondREP	52.6%	1,098,950	TeasdaleDEM	47.0%	981,884	R+5.6	↓ R+6.3
▶	Montana	SchwindenDEM	55.4%	199,574	RamirezREP	44.6%	160,896	D+10.7	↓ R+14.4
▶	New Hampshire	GallenDEM	59.0%	226,436	ThomsonREP	40.7%	156,178	D+18.3	↑ D+33.6
▶	North Carolina	HuntDEM	61.9%	1,143,145	LakeREP	37.4%	691,449	D+24.4	↓ R+6.6
▶	North Dakota	OlsonREP	53.6%	162,230	LinkDEM	46.4%	140,391	R+7.2	↓ R+12.3
▶	Rhode Island	GarrahyDEM	73.7%	299,174	CianciREP	26.3%	106,729	D+47.4	↑ D+37.3
▶	Utah	MathesonDEM	55.2%	330,974	WrightREP	44.4%	266,578	D+10.7	↑ D+4.7
▶	Vermont	SnellingREP	58.6%	123,229	DiamondDEM	36.8%	77,363	R+21.8	↓ R+8.9
▶	Washington	SpellmanREP	56.7%	981,083	McDermottDEM	43.3%	749,813	R+13.4	↓ R+22.1
▶	West Virginia	RockefellerDEM	54.1%	401,863	MooreREP	45.4%	337,240	D+8.7	↓ R+23.6