Results by state · certified results
1980 Presidential Election Results by State
Ronald Reagan won the 1980 presidential election with 489 electoral votes to Jimmy Carter's 49, carrying 44 of the 50 states. Reagan also won the national popular vote, 50.8% to 41.0%. Other candidates won 8.2%, led by John B. Anderson.
Every state in 1980
CSV, 1976–2024 →| State | EV | Carter % | Reagan % | Other % | Margin | 1976 | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 9 | 47.4 | 48.8 | 3.8 | Reagan +1.3 | Carter +13.1 | R+14.4 |
| Alaska | 3 | 26.4 | 54.3 | 19.2 | Reagan +27.9 | Ford +22.3 | R+5.7 |
| Arizona | 6 | 28.2 | 60.6 | 11.1 | Reagan +32.4 | Ford +16.6 | R+15.8 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 47.5 | 48.1 | 4.3 | Reagan +0.6 | Carter +30.1 | R+30.7 |
| California | 45 | 35.9 | 52.7 | 11.4 | Reagan +16.8 | Ford +1.8 | R+15.0 |
| Colorado | 7 | 31.1 | 55.1 | 13.9 | Reagan +24.0 | Ford +11.4 | R+12.6 |
| Connecticut | 8 | 38.5 | 48.2 | 13.3 | Reagan +9.6 | Ford +5.1 | R+4.5 |
| Delaware | 3 | 44.9 | 47.2 | 7.9 | Reagan +2.3 | Carter +5.4 | R+7.7 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 74.9 | 13.4 | 11.7 | Carter +61.5 | Carter +65.1 | R+3.6 |
| Florida | 17 | 38.5 | 55.5 | 6.0 | Reagan +17.0 | Carter +5.3 | R+22.3 |
| Georgia | 12 | 55.8 | 41.0 | 3.2 | Carter +14.8 | Carter +33.9 | R+19.0 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 44.8 | 42.9 | 12.3 | Carter +1.9 | Carter +2.5 | R+0.6 |
| Idaho | 4 | 25.2 | 66.5 | 8.4 | Reagan +41.3 | Ford +22.8 | R+18.5 |
| Illinois | 26 | 41.7 | 49.6 | 8.6 | Reagan +7.9 | Ford +2.0 | R+6.0 |
| Indiana | 13 | 37.7 | 56.0 | 6.3 | Reagan +18.4 | Ford +7.6 | R+10.7 |
| Iowa | 8 | 38.6 | 51.3 | 10.1 | Reagan +12.7 | Ford +1.0 | R+11.7 |
| Kansas | 7 | 33.3 | 57.9 | 8.9 | Reagan +24.6 | Ford +7.6 | R+17.0 |
| Kentucky | 9 | 47.7 | 49.0 | 3.3 | Reagan +1.4 | Carter +7.2 | R+8.6 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 45.7 | 51.2 | 3.1 | Reagan +5.5 | Carter +5.8 | R+11.2 |
| Maine | 4 | 42.3 | 45.6 | 12.1 | Reagan +3.4 | Ford +0.8 | R+2.5 |
| Maryland | 10 | 47.1 | 44.2 | 8.7 | Carter +3.0 | Carter +6.1 | R+3.1 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | 41.7 | 41.9 | 16.3 | Reagan +0.2 | Carter +15.7 | R+15.8 |
| Michigan | 21 | 42.5 | 49.0 | 8.5 | Reagan +6.5 | Ford +5.4 | R+1.1 |
| Minnesota | 10 | 46.5 | 42.6 | 10.9 | Carter +3.9 | Carter +12.9 | R+8.9 |
| Mississippi | 7 | 48.1 | 49.5 | 2.4 | Reagan +1.3 | Carter +1.9 | R+3.2 |
| Missouri | 12 | 44.3 | 51.2 | 4.5 | Reagan +6.8 | Carter +3.6 | R+10.4 |
| Montana | 4 | 32.4 | 56.8 | 10.7 | Reagan +24.4 | Ford +7.4 | R+17.0 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 26.0 | 65.6 | 8.4 | Reagan +39.5 | Ford +20.8 | R+18.8 |
| Nevada | 3 | 27.4 | 63.6 | 9.0 | Reagan +36.3 | Ford +4.4 | R+31.9 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 28.4 | 57.7 | 13.9 | Reagan +29.4 | Ford +11.3 | R+18.1 |
| New Jersey | 17 | 38.6 | 52.0 | 9.5 | Reagan +13.4 | Ford +2.2 | R+11.3 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 36.8 | 55.0 | 8.2 | Reagan +18.2 | Ford +2.5 | R+15.7 |
| New York | 41 | 44.0 | 46.7 | 9.3 | Reagan +2.7 | Carter +4.3 | R+7.0 |
| North Carolina | 13 | 47.2 | 49.3 | 3.5 | Reagan +2.1 | Carter +11.0 | R+13.2 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 26.3 | 64.3 | 9.4 | Reagan +38.0 | Ford +5.9 | R+32.1 |
| Ohio | 25 | 40.9 | 51.5 | 7.6 | Reagan +10.6 | Carter +0.2 | R+10.8 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | 35.0 | 60.5 | 4.5 | Reagan +25.5 | Ford +1.2 | R+24.3 |
| Oregon | 6 | 38.7 | 48.3 | 13.0 | Reagan +9.7 | Ford +0.2 | R+9.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | 42.5 | 49.6 | 7.9 | Reagan +7.1 | Carter +2.7 | R+9.8 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 47.7 | 37.2 | 15.1 | Carter +10.5 | Carter +11.3 | R+0.8 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 48.2 | 49.5 | 2.3 | Reagan +1.2 | Carter +13.0 | R+14.3 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 31.7 | 60.5 | 7.8 | Reagan +28.8 | Ford +1.5 | R+27.4 |
| Tennessee | 10 | 48.4 | 48.7 | 2.9 | Reagan +0.3 | Carter +13.0 | R+13.3 |
| Texas | 26 | 41.4 | 55.3 | 3.3 | Reagan +13.9 | Carter +3.2 | R+17.0 |
| Utah | 4 | 20.6 | 72.8 | 6.7 | Reagan +52.2 | Ford +28.8 | R+23.4 |
| Vermont | 3 | 38.4 | 44.4 | 17.2 | Reagan +5.9 | Ford +12.3 | D+6.3 |
| Virginia | 12 | 40.3 | 53.0 | 6.7 | Reagan +12.7 | Ford +1.3 | R+11.4 |
| Washington | 9 | 37.3 | 49.7 | 13.0 | Reagan +12.3 | Ford +3.9 | R+8.5 |
| West Virginia | 6 | 49.8 | 45.3 | 4.9 | Carter +4.5 | Carter +16.1 | R+11.6 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | 43.2 | 47.9 | 8.9 | Reagan +4.7 | Carter +1.7 | R+6.4 |
| Wyoming | 3 | 28.0 | 62.6 | 9.4 | Reagan +34.7 | Ford +19.5 | R+15.2 |
Click a column to sort. Margins are in percentage points of all votes cast; shift is the change in margin since 1976, so "R+3.1" means the state moved 3.1 points toward the Republican.
About these numbers
Certified state results compiled by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab from the Clerk of the U.S. House's official statistics, with electoral votes from the Census Bureau's apportionment in force in 1980. Each state page has every presidential result since 1976, how the state leaned against the country, and how often it backed the winner. The full table is downloadable as CSV.