Reagan489
Carter49
1980 electoral votes. Popular vote: Reagan 50.8%, Carter 41.0%, others 8.2%.
Electoral votes by state
By state
| State | EV | Won by | Carter % | Reagan % | Others % | Margin, all votes | Margin, two-party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 9 | R 9 | 47.4 | 48.8 | 3.8 | R+1.3 | R+1.4 | 1,341,929 |
| Alaska | 3 | R 3 | 26.4 | 54.3 | 19.2 | R+27.9 | R+34.6 | 158,445 |
| Arizona | 6 | R 6 | 28.2 | 60.6 | 11.1 | R+32.4 | R+36.4 | 873,945 |
| Arkansas | 6 | R 6 | 47.5 | 48.1 | 4.3 | R+0.6 | R+0.6 | 837,582 |
| California | 45 | R 45 | 35.9 | 52.7 | 11.4 | R+16.8 | R+18.9 | 8,582,938 |
| Colorado | 7 | R 7 | 31.1 | 55.1 | 13.9 | R+24.0 | R+27.9 | 1,184,450 |
| Connecticut | 8 | R 8 | 38.5 | 48.2 | 13.3 | R+9.6 | R+11.1 | 1,406,285 |
| Delaware | 3 | R 3 | 44.9 | 47.2 | 7.9 | R+2.3 | R+2.5 | 235,668 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | D 3 | 74.9 | 13.4 | 11.7 | D+61.5 | D+69.6 | 173,889 |
| Florida | 17 | R 17 | 38.5 | 55.5 | 6.0 | R+17.0 | R+18.1 | 3,686,927 |
| Georgia | 12 | D 12 | 55.8 | 41.0 | 3.2 | D+14.8 | D+15.3 | 1,596,805 |
| Hawaii | 4 | D 4 | 44.8 | 42.9 | 12.3 | D+1.9 | D+2.2 | 303,287 |
| Idaho | 4 | R 4 | 25.2 | 66.5 | 8.4 | R+41.3 | R+45.0 | 437,431 |
| Illinois | 26 | R 26 | 41.7 | 49.6 | 8.6 | R+7.9 | R+8.7 | 4,749,721 |
| Indiana | 13 | R 13 | 37.7 | 56.0 | 6.3 | R+18.4 | R+19.6 | 2,242,033 |
| Iowa | 8 | R 8 | 38.6 | 51.3 | 10.1 | R+12.7 | R+14.1 | 1,317,661 |
| Kansas | 7 | R 7 | 33.3 | 57.9 | 8.9 | R+24.6 | R+27.0 | 979,795 |
| Kentucky | 9 | R 9 | 47.7 | 49.0 | 3.3 | R+1.4 | R+1.4 | 1,295,627 |
| Louisiana | 10 | R 10 | 45.7 | 51.2 | 3.1 | R+5.5 | R+5.6 | 1,548,591 |
| Maine | 4 | R 4 | 42.3 | 45.6 | 12.1 | R+3.4 | R+3.8 | 523,011 |
| Maryland | 10 | D 10 | 47.1 | 44.2 | 8.7 | D+3.0 | D+3.2 | 1,540,496 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | R 14 | 41.7 | 41.9 | 16.3 | R+0.2 | R+0.2 | 2,524,090 |
| Michigan | 21 | R 21 | 42.5 | 49.0 | 8.5 | R+6.5 | R+7.1 | 3,909,725 |
| Minnesota | 10 | D 10 | 46.5 | 42.6 | 10.9 | D+3.9 | D+4.4 | 2,051,916 |
| Mississippi | 7 | R 7 | 48.1 | 49.5 | 2.4 | R+1.3 | R+1.4 | 891,750 |
| Missouri | 12 | R 12 | 44.3 | 51.2 | 4.5 | R+6.8 | R+7.1 | 2,099,824 |
| Montana | 4 | R 4 | 32.4 | 56.8 | 10.7 | R+24.4 | R+27.3 | 363,952 |
| Nebraska | 5 | R 5 | 26.0 | 65.6 | 8.4 | R+39.5 | R+43.2 | 639,533 |
| Nevada | 3 | R 3 | 27.4 | 63.6 | 9.0 | R+36.3 | R+39.9 | 243,692 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | R 4 | 28.4 | 57.7 | 13.9 | R+29.4 | R+34.1 | 383,990 |
| New Jersey | 17 | R 17 | 38.6 | 52.0 | 9.5 | R+13.4 | R+14.8 | 2,975,684 |
| New Mexico | 4 | R 4 | 36.8 | 55.0 | 8.2 | R+18.2 | R+19.8 | 456,237 |
| New York | 41 | R 41 | 44.0 | 46.7 | 9.3 | R+2.7 | R+2.9 | 6,201,959 |
| North Carolina | 13 | R 13 | 47.2 | 49.3 | 3.5 | R+2.1 | R+2.2 | 1,855,833 |
| North Dakota | 3 | R 3 | 26.3 | 64.3 | 9.4 | R+38.0 | R+42.0 | 301,116 |
| Ohio | 25 | R 25 | 40.9 | 51.5 | 7.6 | R+10.6 | R+11.5 | 4,283,603 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | R 8 | 35.0 | 60.5 | 4.5 | R+25.5 | R+26.7 | 1,149,708 |
| Oregon | 6 | R 6 | 38.7 | 48.3 | 13.0 | R+9.7 | R+11.1 | 1,181,516 |
| Pennsylvania | 27 | R 27 | 42.5 | 49.6 | 7.9 | R+7.1 | R+7.7 | 4,561,501 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | D 4 | 47.7 | 37.2 | 15.1 | D+10.5 | D+12.3 | 415,967 |
| South Carolina | 8 | R 8 | 48.2 | 49.5 | 2.3 | R+1.2 | R+1.3 | 888,258 |
| South Dakota | 4 | R 4 | 31.7 | 60.5 | 7.8 | R+28.8 | R+31.3 | 327,703 |
| Tennessee | 10 | R 10 | 48.4 | 48.7 | 2.9 | R+0.3 | R+0.3 | 1,617,616 |
| Texas | 26 | R 26 | 41.4 | 55.3 | 3.3 | R+13.9 | R+14.3 | 4,541,636 |
| Utah | 4 | R 4 | 20.6 | 72.8 | 6.7 | R+52.2 | R+55.9 | 604,152 |
| Vermont | 3 | R 3 | 38.4 | 44.4 | 17.2 | R+5.9 | R+7.2 | 213,299 |
| Virginia | 12 | R 12 | 40.3 | 53.0 | 6.7 | R+12.7 | R+13.6 | 1,866,032 |
| Washington | 9 | R 9 | 37.3 | 49.7 | 13.0 | R+12.3 | R+14.2 | 1,742,394 |
| West Virginia | 6 | D 6 | 49.8 | 45.3 | 4.9 | D+4.5 | D+4.7 | 737,715 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | R 11 | 43.2 | 47.9 | 8.9 | R+4.7 | R+5.2 | 2,273,221 |
| Wyoming | 3 | R 3 | 28.0 | 62.6 | 9.4 | R+34.7 | R+38.3 | 176,713 |
| United States | 538 | R 489, D 49 | 41.0 | 50.8 | 8.2 | R+9.7 | R+10.6 | 86,496,851 |
MEDSL and VEST results files and National Archives electoral votes: fixed historic releases.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
- Photos: official portraits, public domain (US government); see Photo credits.
Final results.