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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Colorado

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Colorado in 1980, 55.1% to 31.1%, a margin of 24.0 points and 284,291 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1976, when Gerald Ford won.

Republicans led in 59 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Denver, cast 209,508 votes and went to the Republican by 1.2 points. The closest was Conejos, where 94 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	652,264	55.1%
Jimmy Carter	Democratic	367,973	31.1%
John B. Anderson	Independent	130,633	11.0%
All other candidates		33,545	2.8%
Total		1,184,415

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Denver	85,903 41.0%	88,398 42.2%	35,207	209,508	R+1.2
Jefferson	41,525 25.5%	97,008 59.7%	24,078	162,611	R+34.1
Arapahoe	30,148 23.6%	79,594 62.2%	18,238	127,980	R+38.6
El Paso	27,463 26.4%	66,199 63.7%	10,328	103,990	R+37.2
Boulder	28,422 32.6%	40,698 46.7%	17,949	87,069	R+14.1
Adams	31,357 36.9%	42,916 50.5%	10,702	84,975	R+13.6
Larimer	17,072 26.6%	36,240 56.5%	10,817	64,129	R+29.9
Pueblo	21,874 47.1%	20,770 44.7%	3,797	46,441	D+2.4
Weld	11,433 28.1%	23,901 58.8%	5,312	40,646	R+30.7
Mesa	7,549 22.9%	22,686 68.9%	2,681	32,916	R+46.0
La Plata	3,034 24.9%	7,291 59.8%	1,876	12,201	R+34.9
Fremont	3,952 32.6%	7,162 59.1%	999	12,113	R+26.5
Douglas	2,108 18.2%	8,126 70.1%	1,362	11,596	R+51.9
Montrose	2,232 22.8%	6,685 68.2%	883	9,800	R+45.4
Garfield	2,639 28.3%	5,416 58.1%	1,270	9,325	R+29.8
Delta	2,348 25.4%	6,179 67.0%	700	9,227	R+41.5
Otero	3,294 37.4%	4,801 54.6%	706	8,801	R+17.1
Morgan	2,246 26.9%	5,209 62.5%	879	8,334	R+35.6
Logan	2,332 28.1%	5,238 63.2%	723	8,293	R+35.0
Las Animas	4,117 55.6%	2,917 39.4%	375	7,409	D+16.2
Routt	1,944 29.0%	3,574 53.3%	1,184	6,702	R+24.3
Montezuma	1,467 24.4%	4,120 68.6%	419	6,006	R+44.2
Eagle	1,608 27.6%	3,061 52.6%	1,147	5,816	R+25.0
Chaffee	1,583 28.9%	3,327 60.7%	568	5,478	R+31.8
Pitkin	1,760 32.5%	2,153 39.7%	1,504	5,417	R+7.3
Prowers	1,669 32.0%	3,115 59.8%	428	5,212	R+27.7
Gunnison	1,297 26.1%	2,756 55.5%	917	4,970	R+29.4
Moffat	1,079 21.9%	3,344 67.9%	502	4,925	R+46.0
Alamosa	1,821 37.7%	2,601 53.9%	406	4,828	R+16.2
Yuma	1,043 22.3%	3,220 68.9%	411	4,674	R+46.6
Rio Grande	1,370 30.5%	2,844 63.4%	274	4,488	R+32.8
Summit	1,285 29.5%	2,027 46.5%	1,043	4,355	R+17.0
Teller	802 21.6%	2,457 66.3%	448	3,707	R+44.6
Kit Carson	790 21.6%	2,622 71.8%	241	3,653	R+50.2
Grand	820 23.6%	2,133 61.3%	528	3,481	R+37.7
Conejos	1,503 46.5%	1,597 49.4%	132	3,232	R+2.9
Clear Creek	837 26.4%	1,784 56.2%	552	3,173	R+29.8
Elbert	698 22.4%	2,107 67.5%	317	3,122	R+45.1
Huerfano	1,574 51.9%	1,258 41.5%	200	3,032	D+10.4
Lake	1,213 40.1%	1,375 45.5%	437	3,025	R+5.4
Washington	568 20.2%	2,007 71.4%	236	2,811	R+51.2
Park	674 24.6%	1,623 59.3%	438	2,735	R+34.7
Baca	551 20.5%	1,999 74.3%	142	2,692	R+53.8
Rio Blanco	462 17.5%	1,971 74.5%	214	2,647	R+57.0
Lincoln	602 25.4%	1,535 64.7%	234	2,371	R+39.4
Phillips	640 27.2%	1,488 63.2%	226	2,354	R+36.0
Bent	894 38.4%	1,206 51.8%	230	2,330	R+13.4
Saguache	893 41.8%	1,124 52.6%	118	2,135	R+10.8
Archuleta	532 28.0%	1,252 65.9%	116	1,900	R+37.9
San Miguel	651 36.0%	774 42.8%	384	1,809	R+6.8
Sedgwick	438 25.6%	1,151 67.4%	119	1,708	R+41.7
Costilla	1,036 65.4%	489 30.9%	58	1,583	D+34.6
Crowley	472 32.0%	926 62.9%	75	1,473	R+30.8
Gilpin	441 31.8%	694 50.0%	252	1,387	R+18.2
Cheyenne	322 26.0%	816 65.9%	101	1,239	R+39.9
Ouray	237 19.7%	813 67.7%	151	1,201	R+48.0
Kiowa	331 28.6%	754 65.1%	74	1,159	R+36.5
Jackson	283 26.7%	673 63.6%	103	1,059	R+36.8
Custer	231 22.9%	674 66.7%	105	1,010	R+43.9
Dolores	157 19.2%	615 75.3%	45	817	R+56.1
San Juan	146 26.6%	268 48.8%	135	549	R+22.2
Mineral	125 27.8%	271 60.2%	54	450	R+32.4
Hinsdale	76 22.6%	232 69.0%	28	336	R+46.4

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.

Colorado in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+11.0
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+13.5
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+4.9
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+5.4
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+9.0
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+4.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.4
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.4
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.3
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+7.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+28.3
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.0
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+11.4
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.0
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+23.1
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+19.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+21.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+5.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+6.8
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+2.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+13.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+30.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+35.0
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+23.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+26.0
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+20.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+14.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+13.4
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+71.1
1892	James B. Weaver (other)
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.4
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+12.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+5.2

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