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1980 presidential election map and results

Ronald Reagan won 489 electoral votes to Jimmy Carter's 49. Independent John B. Anderson received no electoral votes. A majority was 270 of 538 electoral votes.

Map of the 1980 presidential election results by state
Reagan (Republican)Carter (Democratic)

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Candidates

CandidatePartyElectoral votesPopular vote%
Ronald Reagan ✓Republican48943,898,77050.8%
Jimmy CarterDemocratic4935,480,94841.0%
John B. AndersonIndependent05,719,2226.6%

Popular-vote totals add up the states with recorded votes; some states chose electors through their legislatures in this era.

Results by state

StateWon byElectoral votesWinner %Margin (pts)
AlabamaRonald Reagan948.8%1.3
AlaskaRonald Reagan354.3%27.9
ArizonaRonald Reagan760.6%32.4
ArkansasRonald Reagan648.1%0.6
CaliforniaRonald Reagan4752.7%16.8
ColoradoRonald Reagan855.1%24.0
ConnecticutRonald Reagan848.2%9.6
DelawareRonald Reagan347.2%2.3
District of ColumbiaJimmy Carter374.9%61.5
FloridaRonald Reagan2155.5%17.0
GeorgiaJimmy Carter1255.8%14.8
HawaiiJimmy Carter444.8%1.9
IdahoRonald Reagan466.5%41.3
IllinoisRonald Reagan2449.6%7.9
IndianaRonald Reagan1256.0%18.4
IowaRonald Reagan851.3%12.7
KansasRonald Reagan757.9%24.6
KentuckyRonald Reagan949.0%1.4
LouisianaRonald Reagan1051.2%5.5
MaineRonald Reagan445.6%3.4
MarylandJimmy Carter1047.1%3.0
MassachusettsRonald Reagan1341.9%0.2
MichiganRonald Reagan2049.0%6.5
MinnesotaJimmy Carter1046.5%3.9
MississippiRonald Reagan749.5%1.3
MissouriRonald Reagan1151.2%6.8
MontanaRonald Reagan456.8%24.4
NebraskaRonald Reagan565.6%39.5
NevadaRonald Reagan463.6%36.3
New HampshireRonald Reagan457.7%29.4
New JerseyRonald Reagan1652.0%13.4
New MexicoRonald Reagan555.0%18.2
New YorkRonald Reagan3646.7%2.7
North CarolinaRonald Reagan1349.3%2.1
North DakotaRonald Reagan364.3%38.0
OhioRonald Reagan2351.5%10.6
OklahomaRonald Reagan860.5%25.5
OregonRonald Reagan748.3%9.7
PennsylvaniaRonald Reagan2549.6%7.1
Rhode IslandJimmy Carter447.7%10.5
South CarolinaRonald Reagan849.5%1.2
South DakotaRonald Reagan360.5%28.8
TennesseeRonald Reagan1148.7%0.3
TexasRonald Reagan2955.3%13.9
UtahRonald Reagan572.8%52.2
VermontRonald Reagan344.4%5.9
VirginiaRonald Reagan1253.0%12.7
WashingtonRonald Reagan1049.7%12.3
West VirginiaJimmy Carter649.8%4.5
WisconsinRonald Reagan1147.9%4.7
WyomingRonald Reagan362.6%34.7
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