Electoral Odyssey / Interactive election atlas
1980 Presidential Election
See which candidate won each state and how those wins added up to the Electoral College result.
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Modern Electoral College
Electoral result
489 EV · Ronald Reagan
Map dated
1980-11-04
Electoral College result
How the states voted
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This 1980 result uses the 2020 poll-closing chronology as a cinematic reference sequence, not historical 1980 polling or call timing.
Timing source: The Green Papers 2020 poll-closing chronologyReference poll-close stream
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Official result
Election summary
- President
- Ronald Reagan [R]
- Main opponent
- Jimmy Carter [D]
- Source note
- Independent candidate John B. Anderson received 5,719,437 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.
State-by-state result
Electoral votes by state
A state appears more than once when its electoral votes were split between candidates.
| State | Candidate | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|
| ALABAMA AL | Ronald Reagan, of California | 9 |
| ALASKA AK | Ronald Reagan, of California | 3 |
| ARIZONA AZ | Ronald Reagan, of California | 6 |
| ARKANSAS AR | Ronald Reagan, of California | 6 |
| CALIFORNIA CA | Ronald Reagan, of California | 45 |
| COLORADO CO | Ronald Reagan, of California | 7 |
| CONNECTICUT CT | Ronald Reagan, of California | 8 |
| DELAWARE DE | Ronald Reagan, of California | 3 |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC | Jimmy Carter, of Georgia | 3 |
| FLORIDA FL | Ronald Reagan, of California | 17 |
| GEORGIA GA | Jimmy Carter, of Georgia | 12 |
| HAWAII HI | Jimmy Carter, of Georgia | 4 |
| IDAHO ID | Ronald Reagan, of California | 4 |
| ILLINOIS IL | Ronald Reagan, of California | 26 |
| INDIANA IN | Ronald Reagan, of California | 13 |
| IOWA IA | Ronald Reagan, of California | 8 |
| KANSAS KS | Ronald Reagan, of California | 7 |
| KENTUCKY KY | Ronald Reagan, of California | 9 |
| LOUISIANA LA | Ronald Reagan, of California | 10 |
| MAINE ME | Ronald Reagan, of California | 4 |
| MARYLAND MD | Jimmy Carter, of Georgia | 10 |
| MASSACHUSETTS MA | Ronald Reagan, of California | 14 |
| MICHIGAN MI | Ronald Reagan, of California | 21 |
| MINNESOTA MN | Jimmy Carter, of Georgia | 10 |
| MISSISSIPPI MS | Ronald Reagan, of California | 7 |
| MISSOURI MO | Ronald Reagan, of California | 12 |
| MONTANA MT | Ronald Reagan, of California | 4 |
| NEBRASKA NE | Ronald Reagan, of California | 5 |
| NEVADA NV | Ronald Reagan, of California | 3 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE NH | Ronald Reagan, of California | 4 |
| NEW JERSEY NJ | Ronald Reagan, of California | 17 |
| NEW MEXICO NM | Ronald Reagan, of California | 4 |
| NEW YORK NY | Ronald Reagan, of California | 41 |
| NORTH CAROLINA NC | Ronald Reagan, of California | 13 |
| NORTH DAKOTA ND | Ronald Reagan, of California | 3 |
| OHIO OH | Ronald Reagan, of California | 25 |
| OKLAHOMA OK | Ronald Reagan, of California | 8 |
| OREGON OR | Ronald Reagan, of California | 6 |
| PENNSYLVANIA PA | Ronald Reagan, of California | 27 |
| RHODE ISLAND RI | Jimmy Carter, of Georgia | 4 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA SC | Ronald Reagan, of California | 8 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA SD | Ronald Reagan, of California | 4 |
| TENNESSEE TN | Ronald Reagan, of California | 10 |
| TEXAS TX | Ronald Reagan, of California | 26 |
| UTAH UT | Ronald Reagan, of California | 4 |
| VERMONT VT | Ronald Reagan, of California | 3 |
| VIRGINIA VA | Ronald Reagan, of California | 12 |
| WASHINGTON WA | Ronald Reagan, of California | 9 |
| WEST VIRGINIA WV | Jimmy Carter, of Georgia | 6 |
| WISCONSIN WI | Ronald Reagan, of California | 11 |
| WYOMING WY | Ronald Reagan, of California | 3 |
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Candidate identities
- Ronald Reagan
- Observed: Ronald Reagan, of California
- Jimmy Carter
- Observed: Jimmy Carter, of Georgia
Geometry build
- Version
- labs-election-states:1980:overview
- Reference date
- 1980-11-04
- Artifact SHA-256
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Coverage and interpretation notes
Historical geometry is independently versioned
The map uses a checksum-pinned, election-date geometry build while Electoral College allocations remain traced to the NARA fact tables.
County detail begins in 2000
County-level popular-vote detail is available only for 2000 through 2024. This election has state-level Electoral College coverage.
Traceable facts
Sources and provenance
- National Archives Electoral College Results
State and candidate Electoral College allocations · retrieved 2026-07-25
- National Archives Electoral College Results
Election summary and source notes · retrieved 2026-07-25
- Data version
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