Montana 1980 Presidential Election

Jimmy Carter vs. Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan won the Montana 1980 presidential election with 206,814 votes (56.8%), a margin of R+24.4. Montana's 4 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

32.4%

56.8%

118,032

Jimmy Carter (32.4%)

206,814

Ronald Reagan (56.8%)

Total Votes: 363,952|Margin: R+24.4

County Results

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County Results (56 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Deer Lodge County	D+20.8	D+20.8	D+29.8	5,638	R+6.1%
Silver Bow County	D+12.5	D+12.5	D+24.8	19,377	R+7.8%
Big Horn County	R+2.3	R+2.3	D+5.7	3,735	R+11.9%
Mineral County	R+8.4	R+8.4	R+13.2	1,657	R+17.7%
Missoula County	R+8.8	R+8.8	R+8.8	34,594	R+4.9%
Roosevelt County	R+19.1	R+19.1	R+10.5	4,160	R+25.2%
Blaine County	R+19.3	R+19.3	R+16.9	2,995	R+19.6%
Hill County	R+19.4	R+19.4	R+11.7	8,089	R+27.8%
Sanders County	R+20.0	R+20.0	R+19.3	3,999	R+19.6%
Cascade County	R+20.3	R+20.3	R+16.2	32,234	R+18.3%
Rosebud County	R+20.6	R+20.6	R+11.2	3,443	R+16.4%
Glacier County	R+21.7	R+21.7	R+1.4	4,093	R+18.0%
Musselshell County	R+22.5	R+22.5	R+32.2	2,204	R+13.0%
Carbon County	R+23.0	R+23.0	R+26.6	4,363	R+16.4%
Sheridan County	R+24.1	R+24.1	R+23.9	2,912	R+40.6%
Lincoln County	R+24.2	R+24.2	R+15.6	7,348	R+26.3%
Jefferson County	R+24.4	R+24.4	R+24.9	3,223	R+17.7%
Yellowstone County	R+25.0	R+25.0	R+27.1	48,313	R+9.4%
Lewis and Clark County	R+25.0	R+25.0	R+21.2	21,212	R+14.0%
Treasure County	R+25.3	R+25.3	R+25.0	554	R+11.8%
Granite County	R+27.1	R+27.1	R+35.0	1,371	R+8.5%
Lake County	R+28.9	R+28.9	R+24.4	8,532	R+21.2%
Dawson County	R+29.3	R+29.3	R+31.8	5,118	R+20.5%
Wheatland County	R+29.4	R+29.4	R+29.5	1,230	R+12.7%
Custer County	R+29.4	R+29.4	R+32.0	5,816	R+17.1%
Powell County	R+29.6	R+29.6	R+26.9	2,993	R+19.2%
Stillwater County	R+30.5	R+30.5	R+31.2	2,984	R+19.0%
Wibaux County	R+31.6	R+31.6	R+31.8	731	R+38.0%
Prairie County	R+32.0	R+32.0	R+40.8	927	R+14.2%
Gallatin County	R+32.2	R+32.2	R+31.0	21,726	R+4.4%
Valley County	R+32.3	R+32.3	R+25.2	5,190	R+28.9%
Judith Basin County	R+33.8	R+33.8	R+36.6	1,627	R+31.5%
Daniels County	R+36.2	R+36.2	R+34.6	1,666	R+35.0%
Park County	R+36.6	R+36.6	R+26.3	6,195	R+20.6%
Flathead County	R+36.8	R+36.8	R+33.7	23,767	R+22.7%
Phillips County	R+36.9	R+36.9	R+41.7	2,653	R+27.6%
Ravalli County	R+36.9	R+36.9	R+35.7	11,404	R+20.9%
Golden Valley County	R+37.2	R+37.2	R+28.8	556	R+29.0%
Fergus County	R+38.2	R+38.2	R+43.1	6,852	R+20.5%
Petroleum County	R+39.6	R+39.6	R+49.6	341	R+9.1%
Pondera County	R+40.0	R+40.0	R+36.2	3,432	R+32.0%
Fallon County	R+40.3	R+40.3	R+36.5	1,920	R+35.5%
Richland County	R+41.6	R+41.6	R+46.7	5,038	R+36.3%
Broadwater County	R+41.6	R+41.6	R+48.5	1,564	R+22.7%
Sweet Grass County	R+41.9	R+41.9	R+57.6	1,739	R+3.8%
Teton County	R+42.5	R+42.5	R+34.1	3,564	R+35.8%
McCone County	R+44.3	R+44.3	R+37.1	1,471	R+45.5%
Chouteau County	R+44.5	R+44.5	R+45.5	3,583	R+37.4%
Meagher County	R+44.6	R+44.6	R+45.6	990	R+23.2%
Powder River County	R+45.0	R+45.0	R+50.4	1,443	R+24.4%
Liberty County	R+46.9	R+46.9	R+46.5	1,256	R+35.5%
Toole County	R+47.9	R+47.9	R+41.9	2,850	R+33.0%
Madison County	R+49.1	R+49.1	R+52.1	3,145	R+17.8%
Carter County	R+50.0	R+50.0	R+61.2	1,058	R+28.0%
Beaverhead County	R+51.5	R+51.5	R+52.1	4,103	R+10.6%
Garfield County	R+60.7	R+60.7	R+69.8	974	R+22.5%

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County Results

County Results (56 counties)

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