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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Alabama

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Alabama in 1980, 48.8% to 47.4%, a margin of 1.3 points and 17,462 votes.

Alabama voted 8.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+9.7.

Alabama changed party: in 1976 it went Democratic, for Jimmy Carter.

Democrats led in 42 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 25. The largest, Jefferson, cast 259,512 votes and went to the Republican by 7.5 points. The closest was Geneva, where 44 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ronald Reagan won Republican 654,192 48.8%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 636,730 47.4%
All other candidates 51,007 3.8%
Total1,341,929

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 113,069 43.6% 132,612 51.1% 13,831 259,512 R+7.5
Mobile 46,180 39.5% 67,515 57.7% 3,297 116,992 R+18.2
Montgomery 28,018 42.1% 35,745 53.7% 2,741 66,504 R+11.6
Madison 30,469 46.8% 30,604 47.0% 3,999 65,072 R+0.2
Tuscaloosa 19,103 46.9% 19,750 48.5% 1,867 40,720 R+1.6
Etowah 20,790 55.0% 16,177 42.8% 839 37,806 D+12.2
Calhoun 17,017 47.9% 17,475 49.2% 1,049 35,541 R+1.3
Morgan 14,703 50.2% 13,214 45.1% 1,354 29,271 D+5.1
Baldwin 8,448 29.8% 18,652 65.8% 1,253 28,353 R+36.0
Lauderdale 15,379 56.5% 10,467 38.4% 1,397 27,243 D+18.0
Shelby 7,396 31.8% 14,957 64.3% 914 23,267 R+32.5
Houston 7,848 33.8% 14,884 64.1% 506 23,238 R+30.3
Walker 13,616 59.6% 8,795 38.5% 417 22,828 D+21.1
Cullman 11,525 51.8% 10,212 45.9% 503 22,240 D+5.9
Lee 9,606 43.7% 10,982 50.0% 1,384 21,972 R+6.3
Talladega 10,159 49.2% 9,902 48.0% 580 20,641 D+1.2
Colbert 12,550 62.7% 6,619 33.1% 844 20,013 D+29.6
Marshall 10,854 54.5% 8,159 40.9% 920 19,933 D+13.5
De Kalb 8,820 47.2% 9,673 51.8% 197 18,690 R+4.6
Dallas 9,770 53.8% 7,647 42.1% 730 18,147 D+11.7
Elmore 5,947 39.2% 8,688 57.2% 555 15,190 R+18.0
Jackson 8,776 61.8% 4,897 34.5% 530 14,203 D+27.3
St. Clair 5,236 38.3% 7,768 56.9% 650 13,654 R+18.5
Covington 6,305 46.3% 7,014 51.5% 289 13,608 R+5.2
Tallapoosa 7,260 53.4% 5,958 43.8% 385 13,603 D+9.6
Russell 8,123 60.2% 4,485 33.2% 892 13,500 D+26.9
Coffee 6,140 45.8% 6,760 50.5% 499 13,399 R+4.6
Limestone 8,180 61.1% 4,574 34.2% 630 13,384 D+26.9
Blount 5,656 44.5% 6,819 53.6% 249 12,724 R+9.1
Dale 4,936 39.3% 7,247 57.6% 390 12,573 R+18.4
Escambia 5,148 42.7% 6,513 54.0% 392 12,053 R+11.3
Chambers 6,649 55.9% 4,864 40.9% 386 11,899 D+15.0
Chilton 4,706 41.0% 6,615 57.6% 156 11,477 R+16.6
Autauga 4,295 38.8% 6,292 56.9% 476 11,063 R+18.1
Franklin 6,136 57.0% 4,448 41.3% 179 10,763 D+15.7
Marion 5,450 50.8% 5,182 48.3% 106 10,738 D+2.5
Clarke 5,249 49.2% 5,059 47.4% 355 10,663 D+1.8
Pike 4,417 44.2% 5,220 52.2% 354 9,991 R+8.0
Marengo 5,178 53.6% 4,048 41.9% 434 9,660 D+11.7
Geneva 4,703 48.8% 4,747 49.3% 178 9,628 R+0.5
Monroe 4,262 47.0% 4,615 50.9% 195 9,072 R+3.9
Barbour 4,458 49.5% 4,171 46.3% 372 9,001 D+3.2
Macon 7,028 80.1% 1,259 14.3% 487 8,774 D+65.8
Lawrence 6,112 69.9% 2,456 28.1% 174 8,742 D+41.8
Winston 3,368 39.9% 4,981 59.0% 87 8,436 R+19.1
Butler 4,156 49.7% 3,810 45.5% 402 8,368 D+4.1
Pickens 4,504 55.0% 3,582 43.8% 96 8,182 D+11.3
Wilcox 4,951 68.2% 2,280 31.4% 30 7,261 D+36.8
Sumter 5,015 69.7% 2,104 29.2% 80 7,199 D+40.4
Randolph 3,378 47.6% 3,279 46.2% 437 7,094 D+1.4
Fayette 3,389 49.9% 3,315 48.8% 85 6,789 D+1.1
Washington 3,520 53.1% 3,045 46.0% 60 6,625 D+7.2
Choctaw 3,680 55.9% 2,859 43.4% 41 6,580 D+12.5
Perry 4,208 64.5% 2,262 34.7% 52 6,522 D+29.8
Cherokee 3,764 58.5% 2,482 38.6% 192 6,438 D+19.9
Lamar 3,366 54.4% 2,778 44.9% 42 6,186 D+9.5
Conecuh 3,102 50.2% 2,948 47.7% 131 6,181 D+2.5
Hale 3,583 59.9% 2,074 34.7% 322 5,979 D+25.2
Henry 2,973 50.6% 2,813 47.8% 93 5,879 D+2.7
Clay 2,858 49.7% 2,764 48.1% 125 5,747 D+1.6
Bullock 3,960 70.3% 1,446 25.7% 231 5,637 D+44.6
Bibb 3,097 55.1% 2,491 44.3% 35 5,623 D+10.8
Lowndes 3,577 67.1% 1,524 28.6% 228 5,329 D+38.5
Crenshaw 2,704 51.4% 2,478 47.1% 74 5,256 D+4.3
Greene 3,474 76.6% 1,034 22.8% 30 4,538 D+53.8
Cleburne 2,050 45.3% 2,389 52.8% 87 4,526 R+7.5
Coosa 2,383 56.6% 1,714 40.7% 112 4,209 D+15.9

Counties as they stood in 1980; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5