South Dakota 1980 Presidential Election

Jimmy Carter vs. Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan won the South Dakota 1980 presidential election with 198,343 votes (60.5%), a margin of R+28.8. South Dakota's 3 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

31.7%

60.5%

103,855

Jimmy Carter (31.7%)

198,343

Ronald Reagan (60.5%)

Total Votes: 327,703|Margin: R+28.8

County Results

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County Results (66 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Ogala Lakota County	D+41.1	D+41.1	D+63.7	1,687	R+1.0%
Todd County	D+8.8	D+8.8	D+20.0	1,923	R+8.2%
Clay County	R+11.6	R+11.6	R+6.0	6,316	R+10.6%
Minnehaha County	R+12.1	R+12.1	R+12.9	51,478	R+9.5%
Moody County	R+12.7	R+12.7	R+1.5	3,480	R+26.4%
Lake County	R+15.1	R+15.1	R+12.2	5,852	R+22.4%
Miner County	R+15.6	R+15.6	R+2.2	2,171	R+36.6%
Brookings County	R+16.3	R+16.3	R+23.9	10,981	R+10.4%
Day County	R+17.3	R+17.3	R+5.3	4,543	R+40.6%
Charles Mix County	R+18.9	R+18.9	R+17.1	4,599	R+37.4%
Union County	R+19.0	R+19.0	R+4.5	5,054	R+24.0%
Davison County	R+19.2	R+19.2	R+19.1	8,512	R+29.2%
Marshall County	R+19.7	R+19.7	R+15.8	3,001	R+36.1%
Roberts County	R+21.5	R+21.5	R+14.5	5,009	R+41.7%
McCook County	R+22.3	R+22.3	R+13.5	3,544	R+24.5%
Lincoln County	R+23.7	R+23.7	R+20.5	6,698	R+21.3%
Grant County	R+23.7	R+23.7	R+26.0	4,594	R+31.5%
Beadle County	R+23.8	R+23.8	R+25.0	10,104	R+24.7%
Hanson County	R+24.2	R+24.2	R+17.8	1,725	R+42.5%
Jerauld County	R+24.5	R+24.5	R+30.1	1,729	R+25.9%
Brown County	R+25.0	R+25.0	R+21.1	17,999	R+32.7%
Dewey County	R+25.2	R+25.2	R+9.8	1,767	R+17.8%
Codington County	R+25.5	R+25.5	R+26.7	9,990	R+27.4%
Aurora County	R+25.5	R+25.5	R+10.0	2,123	R+46.3%
Brule County	R+26.8	R+26.8	R+24.1	2,800	R+39.9%
Buffalo County	R+27.4	R+27.4	R+3.4	456	R+38.0%
Spink County	R+27.8	R+27.8	R+21.9	4,834	R+41.6%
Deuel County	R+27.9	R+27.9	R+23.9	2,744	R+38.8%
Sanborn County	R+28.5	R+28.5	R+27.7	1,932	R+36.0%
Yankton County	R+30.4	R+30.4	R+27.4	8,747	R+29.9%
Hamlin County	R+32.7	R+32.7	R+29.7	3,007	R+30.9%
Kingsbury County	R+32.7	R+32.7	R+25.8	3,807	R+30.4%
Edmunds County	R+34.2	R+34.2	R+21.2	2,914	R+45.7%
Ziebach County	R+34.5	R+34.5	R+8.8	804	R+34.6%
Mellette County	R+35.8	R+35.8	R+33.8	963	R+27.5%
Lawrence County	R+36.3	R+36.3	R+39.5	8,403	R+21.4%
Bon Homme County	R+37.8	R+37.8	R+27.4	4,239	R+44.1%
Corson County	R+38.3	R+38.3	R+9.3	1,855	R+45.0%
Turner County	R+39.2	R+39.2	R+34.8	5,032	R+22.2%
Faulk County	R+40.1	R+40.1	R+31.9	1,945	R+50.2%
Clark County	R+40.8	R+40.8	R+29.0	2,911	R+38.3%
Lyman County	R+41.0	R+41.0	R+40.0	1,878	R+37.5%
Hughes County	R+41.2	R+41.2	R+41.1	7,048	R+18.3%
Hand County	R+41.2	R+41.2	R+41.0	3,066	R+40.1%
Gregory County	R+41.9	R+41.9	R+38.8	3,340	R+47.7%
Pennington County	R+42.1	R+42.1	R+45.2	28,204	R+28.2%
Jackson County	R+42.5	R+42.5	R+42.2	1,352	R+30.2%
Stanley County	R+42.6	R+42.6	R+45.5	1,299	R+35.1%
Bennett County	R+43.0	R+43.0	R+30.6	1,324	R+31.4%
Fall River County	R+45.5	R+45.5	R+41.3	4,067	R+31.4%
Tripp County	R+45.6	R+45.6	R+45.0	3,776	R+41.5%
Custer County	R+45.7	R+45.7	R+43.3	2,955	R+29.9%
Meade County	R+48.1	R+48.1	R+47.4	7,541	R+37.2%
Hyde County	R+48.4	R+48.4	R+38.9	1,221	R+39.3%
Perkins County	R+50.3	R+50.3	R+40.3	2,655	R+48.9%
Hutchinson County	R+51.0	R+51.0	R+46.2	5,180	R+35.6%
Butte County	R+51.5	R+51.5	R+56.7	3,898	R+31.6%
Walworth County	R+53.6	R+53.6	R+50.6	3,588	R+35.6%
Harding County	R+53.6	R+53.6	R+58.9	974	R+52.4%
Jones County	R+54.4	R+54.4	R+53.7	919	R+38.6%
Douglas County	R+54.7	R+54.7	R+52.2	2,463	R+39.9%
Sully County	R+55.0	R+55.0	R+51.5	1,149	R+44.0%
Potter County	R+55.2	R+55.2	R+52.5	2,169	R+44.1%
Haakon County	R+61.9	R+61.9	R+66.0	1,465	R+36.4%
Campbell County	R+72.7	R+72.7	R+65.4	1,498	R+43.4%
McPherson County	R+73.6	R+73.6	R+62.4	2,402	R+32.7%

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County Results

County Results (66 counties)

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