1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 presidential election results

Every President race in the 1980 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races51
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races

President

D 7 · R 44

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AlabamaRonald Reagan (R)1.3
AlaskaRonald Reagan (R)27.9
ArizonaRonald Reagan (R)32.4
ArkansasRonald Reagan (R)0.6
CaliforniaRonald Reagan (R)16.8
ColoradoRonald Reagan (R)24.0
ConnecticutRonald Reagan (R)9.6
DelawareRonald Reagan (R)2.3
District of ColumbiaJimmy Carter (D)61.5
FloridaRonald Reagan (R)17.0
GeorgiaJimmy Carter (D)14.8
HawaiiJimmy Carter (D)1.9
IdahoRonald Reagan (R)41.3
IllinoisRonald Reagan (R)7.9
IndianaRonald Reagan (R)18.4
IowaRonald Reagan (R)12.7
KansasRonald Reagan (R)24.6
KentuckyRonald Reagan (R)1.4
LouisianaRonald Reagan (R)5.5
MaineRonald Reagan (R)3.4
MarylandJimmy Carter (D)3.0
MassachusettsRonald Reagan (R)0.2
MichiganRonald Reagan (R)6.5
MinnesotaJimmy Carter (D)3.9
MississippiRonald Reagan (R)1.3
MissouriRonald Reagan (R)6.8
MontanaRonald Reagan (R)24.4
NebraskaRonald Reagan (R)39.5
NevadaRonald Reagan (R)36.3
New HampshireRonald Reagan (R)29.4
New JerseyRonald Reagan (R)13.4
New MexicoRonald Reagan (R)18.2
New YorkRonald Reagan (R)2.7
North CarolinaRonald Reagan (R)2.1
North DakotaRonald Reagan (R)38.0
OhioRonald Reagan (R)10.6
OklahomaRonald Reagan (R)25.5
OregonRonald Reagan (R)9.7
PennsylvaniaRonald Reagan (R)7.1
Rhode IslandJimmy Carter (D)10.5
South CarolinaRonald Reagan (R)1.2
South DakotaRonald Reagan (R)28.8
TennesseeRonald Reagan (R)0.3
TexasRonald Reagan (R)13.9
UtahRonald Reagan (R)52.2
VermontRonald Reagan (R)5.9
VirginiaRonald Reagan (R)12.7
WashingtonRonald Reagan (R)12.3
West VirginiaJimmy Carter (D)4.5
WisconsinRonald Reagan (R)4.7
WyomingRonald Reagan (R)34.7

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab