Who won the 1980 presidential election?

Ronald Reagan (Republican) won the 1980 presidential election with 489 electoral votes and 50.5% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1980?

The 1980 Electoral College result was 49 Democratic to 489 Republican (538 total electoral votes, 269 needed to win).

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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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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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