Presidential election · 1980
1980 electoral map
Ronald Reagan (Republican) won the 1980 presidential election with 489 electoral votes to Jimmy Carter's 49. Reagan carried 44 of the 51 states that took part (including Washington, D.C.).
Winner
Ronald Reagan
489
Democratic
Jimmy Carter
49
270 needed to win · official Electoral College count
RepublicanDemocraticNot a state yet / did not vote
States won in 1980
Ronald Reagan· Republican
44 statesCalifornia 45New York 41Pennsylvania 27Illinois 26Texas 26Ohio 25Michigan 21Florida 17New Jersey 17Massachusetts 14Indiana 13North Carolina 13Missouri 12Virginia 12Wisconsin 11Louisiana 10Tennessee 10Alabama 9Kentucky 9Washington 9Connecticut 8Iowa 8Oklahoma 8South Carolina 8Colorado 7Kansas 7Mississippi 7Arizona 6Arkansas 6Oregon 6Nebraska 5Idaho 4Maine 4Montana 4New Hampshire 4New Mexico 4South Dakota 4Utah 4Alaska 3Delaware 3Nevada 3North Dakota 3Vermont 3Wyoming 3
Jimmy Carter· Democratic
7 statesElectoral College in 1980
51 states and Washington, D.C. held 538 electoral votes in 1980; a majority was 270. The largest prize was California with 45 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1980 election article.