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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Arkansas

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Arkansas in 1980, 48.1% to 47.5%, a margin of 0.6 points and 5,123 votes.

Arkansas voted 9.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+9.7.

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

Democrats led in 50 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 25. The largest, Pulaski, cast 112,937 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.4 points. The closest was Scott, where 8 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ronald Reagan won	Republican	403,164	48.1%
Jimmy Carter	Democratic	398,041	47.5%
All other candidates		36,377	4.3%
Total		837,582

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Pulaski	54,839 48.6%	52,125 46.2%	5,973	112,937	D+2.4
Sebastian	10,141 27.5%	23,403 63.5%	3,335	36,879	R+36.0
Washington	12,276 34.7%	20,788 58.7%	2,357	35,421	R+24.0
Jefferson	17,292 57.6%	10,697 35.6%	2,057	30,046	D+21.9
Garland	12,515 42.1%	15,739 53.0%	1,463	29,717	R+10.8
Benton	9,231 31.4%	18,830 64.0%	1,379	29,440	R+32.6
Craighead	9,231 43.0%	11,010 51.3%	1,215	21,456	R+8.3
Saline	10,368 53.0%	8,330 42.6%	857	19,555	D+10.4
White	8,750 50.5%	8,079 46.7%	484	17,313	D+3.9
Faulkner	8,528 50.0%	7,544 44.2%	1,001	17,073	D+5.8
Union	6,852 40.2%	9,401 55.1%	810	17,063	R+14.9
Mississippi	8,908 54.3%	7,170 43.7%	339	16,417	D+10.6
Baxter	4,789 31.6%	9,684 63.9%	674	15,147	R+32.3
Pope	6,364 44.7%	7,217 50.7%	649	14,230	R+6.0
Crittenden	7,022 50.8%	6,248 45.2%	553	13,823	D+5.6
Miller	5,996 46.4%	6,770 52.4%	155	12,921	R+6.0
Crawford	3,948 30.6%	8,542 66.2%	409	12,899	R+35.6
Ouachita	7,152 58.6%	4,329 35.5%	727	12,208	D+23.1
Boone	4,576 37.9%	6,778 56.1%	734	12,088	R+18.2
Lonoke	5,605 48.4%	5,619 48.5%	361	11,585	R+0.1
Phillips	6,642 59.6%	4,270 38.3%	234	11,146	D+21.3
Independence	5,683 51.1%	5,076 45.6%	366	11,125	D+5.5
Greene	5,996 55.3%	4,514 41.6%	331	10,841	D+13.7
Hot Spring	6,897 63.8%	3,561 32.9%	359	10,817	D+30.8
St. Francis	5,816 55.5%	4,485 42.8%	186	10,487	D+12.7
Columbia	4,445 44.6%	5,259 52.8%	263	9,967	R+8.2
Conway	4,698 51.1%	4,145 45.1%	346	9,189	D+6.0
Poinsett	4,894 53.3%	4,040 44.0%	246	9,180	D+9.3
Clark	6,122 66.9%	2,743 30.0%	288	9,153	D+36.9
Logan	4,098 46.0%	4,511 50.6%	304	8,913	R+4.6
Ashley	4,552 52.0%	3,960 45.3%	236	8,748	D+6.8
Hempstead	4,671 54.1%	3,852 44.6%	105	8,628	D+9.5
Cleburne	4,021 48.1%	4,042 48.4%	292	8,355	R+0.3
Jackson	4,651 57.6%	3,191 39.5%	239	8,081	D+18.1
Arkansas	4,303 53.9%	3,409 42.7%	273	7,985	D+11.2
Carroll	2,977 38.5%	4,273 55.3%	478	7,728	R+16.8
Johnson	3,709 48.6%	3,619 47.4%	308	7,636	D+1.2
Clay	3,985 54.4%	3,091 42.2%	254	7,330	D+12.2
Yell	3,702 51.9%	3,187 44.7%	248	7,137	D+7.2
Lawrence	3,547 50.9%	3,245 46.6%	171	6,963	D+4.3
Polk	2,617 38.3%	3,993 58.5%	214	6,824	R+20.2
Cross	3,471 53.5%	2,895 44.6%	126	6,492	D+8.9
Franklin	2,716 42.3%	3,448 53.7%	262	6,426	R+11.4
Sharp	2,774 43.2%	3,420 53.3%	222	6,416	R+10.1
Van Buren	2,968 47.2%	3,090 49.1%	234	6,292	R+1.9
Drew	3,757 60.8%	2,272 36.7%	155	6,184	D+24.0
Desha	3,748 62.1%	2,057 34.1%	232	6,037	D+28.0
Randolph	3,070 51.8%	2,579 43.5%	280	5,929	D+8.3
Madison	2,434 41.7%	3,180 54.5%	221	5,835	R+12.8
Chicot	3,445 59.6%	2,239 38.8%	92	5,776	D+20.9
Sevier	2,854 51.9%	2,502 45.5%	141	5,497	D+6.4
Marion	2,046 38.2%	3,059 57.1%	251	5,356	R+18.9
Grant	3,078 58.3%	2,007 38.0%	191	5,276	D+20.3
Izard	2,750 52.3%	2,266 43.1%	238	5,254	D+9.2
Howard	2,564 50.6%	2,386 47.1%	114	5,064	D+3.5
Little River	2,631 52.4%	2,272 45.2%	121	5,024	D+7.1
Bradley	3,139 64.2%	1,650 33.7%	101	4,890	D+30.4
Lee	3,103 63.6%	1,711 35.1%	62	4,876	D+28.5
Monroe	2,686 55.6%	2,027 42.0%	116	4,829	D+13.6
Scott	2,236 48.3%	2,228 48.2%	162	4,626	D+0.2
Dallas	2,838 62.5%	1,596 35.2%	105	4,539	D+27.4
Nevada	2,631 59.3%	1,697 38.2%	112	4,440	D+21.0
Fulton	2,037 47.9%	2,101 49.4%	119	4,257	R+1.5
Searcy	1,536 36.7%	2,459 58.8%	188	4,183	R+22.1
Pike	2,094 51.1%	1,916 46.8%	87	4,097	D+4.3
Newton	1,436 35.6%	2,423 60.1%	174	4,033	R+24.5
Stone	1,968 49.5%	1,793 45.1%	214	3,975	D+4.4
Prairie	1,928 49.5%	1,855 47.6%	112	3,895	D+1.9
Lincoln	2,517 65.4%	1,243 32.3%	89	3,849	D+33.1
Lafayette	1,947 51.6%	1,756 46.5%	73	3,776	D+5.1
Woodruff	2,452 65.3%	1,204 32.1%	100	3,756	D+33.2
Montgomery	1,878 52.0%	1,585 43.9%	149	3,612	D+8.1
Perry	1,606 50.4%	1,459 45.8%	121	3,186	D+4.6
Cleveland	1,856 60.7%	1,124 36.8%	78	3,058	D+23.9
Calhoun	1,438 60.0%	896 37.4%	62	2,396	D+22.6

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.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.6
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+27.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+26.9
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+23.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+19.9
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+9.8
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+5.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.9
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+17.7
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+14.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+0.6
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+30.1
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.1
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+12.7
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+7.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+6.6
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+12.1
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+40.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+58.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.9
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+73.1
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+20.9
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+31.9
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+19.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+37.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+34.6
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+20.0
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+15.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+28.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+48.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+27.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+16.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.1
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+17.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+20.0
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+4.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+7.4

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