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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Florida

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Florida in 1980, 55.5% to 38.5%, a margin of 17.0 points and 627,476 votes.

Florida voted 7.3 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+9.7.

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

Republicans led in 41 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 26. The largest, Dade, cast 524,905 votes and went to the Republican by 10.5 points. The closest was Hardee, where 4 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 2,046,951 55.5%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 1,419,475 38.5%
John B. Anderson Independent 189,692 5.1%
All other candidates 30,908 0.8%
Total3,687,026

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 210,868 40.2% 265,888 50.7% 48,149 524,905 R+10.5
Broward 146,323 35.6% 229,693 55.9% 34,545 410,561 R+20.3
Pinellas 138,428 40.1% 185,728 53.8% 20,847 345,003 R+13.7
Palm Beach 91,991 36.4% 143,639 56.8% 17,300 252,930 R+20.4
Hillsborough 88,271 43.0% 106,160 51.7% 10,883 205,314 R+8.7
Duval 90,466 46.3% 98,664 50.5% 6,424 195,554 R+4.2
Orange 48,767 34.1% 87,454 61.1% 6,998 143,219 R+27.0
Brevard 39,007 33.7% 69,460 60.1% 7,169 115,636 R+26.3
Polk 43,327 40.8% 59,651 56.1% 3,337 106,315 R+15.4
Volusia 44,513 43.7% 52,663 51.7% 4,706 101,882 R+8.0
Sarasota 25,621 25.8% 68,065 68.6% 5,579 99,265 R+42.8
Lee 28,125 29.7% 61,033 64.5% 5,455 94,613 R+34.8
Escambia 33,513 37.8% 51,794 58.5% 3,252 88,559 R+20.6
Pasco 34,054 38.5% 50,120 56.7% 4,268 88,442 R+18.2
Manatee 21,679 33.1% 40,535 61.8% 3,362 65,576 R+28.8
Seminole 17,443 28.9% 39,989 66.2% 3,007 60,439 R+37.3
Leon 28,450 49.6% 24,919 43.5% 3,957 57,326 D+6.2
Alachua 26,849 52.3% 19,804 38.6% 4,711 51,364 D+13.7
Lake 13,128 31.6% 26,798 64.5% 1,602 41,528 R+32.9
Marion 15,400 37.9% 23,743 58.5% 1,449 40,592 R+20.6
Okaloosa 10,845 26.9% 28,072 69.6% 1,406 40,323 R+42.7
Bay 12,389 35.8% 20,948 60.6% 1,224 34,561 R+24.8
Collier 7,739 23.0% 23,900 71.1% 1,974 33,613 R+48.1
Charlotte 9,769 30.8% 20,486 64.6% 1,445 31,700 R+33.8
Martin 8,087 26.8% 20,521 68.1% 1,546 30,154 R+41.2
St. Lucie 10,347 34.7% 18,126 60.8% 1,357 29,830 R+26.1
Indian River 7,759 31.4% 15,568 63.0% 1,390 24,717 R+31.6
Citrus 9,162 37.5% 14,286 58.5% 982 24,430 R+21.0
Clay 7,630 31.6% 15,643 64.8% 849 24,122 R+33.2
Hernando 8,858 40.2% 12,115 55.0% 1,059 22,032 R+14.8
Monroe 7,920 36.3% 11,644 53.4% 2,242 21,806 R+17.1
Santa Rosa 6,964 32.3% 13,802 63.9% 824 21,590 R+31.7
Highlands 6,688 34.7% 11,925 62.0% 636 19,249 R+27.2
St. Johns 6,898 36.6% 11,234 59.7% 694 18,826 R+23.0
Osceola 6,603 36.3% 10,863 59.7% 739 18,205 R+23.4
Putnam 8,906 50.2% 8,273 46.7% 548 17,727 D+3.6
Jackson 7,567 53.4% 6,348 44.8% 266 14,181 D+8.6
Gadsden 8,222 67.3% 3,718 30.4% 285 12,225 D+36.8
Columbia 5,680 48.8% 5,643 48.4% 325 11,648 D+0.3
Nassau 5,074 47.2% 5,440 50.6% 237 10,751 R+3.4
Walton 4,360 46.7% 4,694 50.3% 282 9,336 R+3.6
Suwannee 4,345 51.5% 3,899 46.2% 192 8,436 D+5.3
Sumter 4,380 53.0% 3,671 44.4% 216 8,267 D+8.6
Levy 4,170 54.9% 3,210 42.3% 216 7,596 D+12.6
Washington 3,110 47.8% 3,251 49.9% 152 6,513 R+2.2
De Soto 2,713 43.2% 3,356 53.4% 216 6,285 R+10.2
Bradford 3,347 53.6% 2,778 44.5% 118 6,243 D+9.1
Okeechobee 3,228 52.0% 2,783 44.8% 199 6,210 D+7.2
Holmes 2,767 45.0% 3,221 52.4% 158 6,146 R+7.4
Taylor 2,963 50.5% 2,776 47.3% 129 5,868 D+3.2
Flagler 2,503 44.7% 2,895 51.7% 202 5,600 R+7.0
Madison 3,134 56.9% 2,280 41.4% 95 5,509 D+15.5
Hendry 2,543 47.0% 2,703 49.9% 168 5,414 R+3.0
Hardee 2,599 48.7% 2,603 48.8% 130 5,332 R+0.1
Baker 2,611 52.5% 2,283 45.9% 82 4,976 D+6.6
Gulf 2,700 54.8% 2,127 43.2% 99 4,926 D+11.6
Wakulla 2,082 48.7% 2,021 47.3% 173 4,276 D+1.4
Jefferson 2,367 57.2% 1,623 39.2% 151 4,141 D+18.0
Calhoun 2,300 59.2% 1,504 38.7% 80 3,884 D+20.5
Franklin 1,775 52.5% 1,508 44.6% 99 3,382 D+7.9
Hamilton 1,923 58.6% 1,301 39.7% 56 3,280 D+19.0
Dixie 2,010 63.3% 1,101 34.7% 62 3,173 D+28.6
Gilchrist 1,627 58.3% 1,093 39.1% 73 2,793 D+19.1
Union 1,237 51.1% 1,123 46.3% 63 2,423 D+4.7
Glades 1,203 50.4% 1,098 46.0% 88 2,389 D+4.4
Liberty 1,114 54.3% 899 43.8% 39 2,052 D+10.5
Lafayette 1,034 55.5% 795 42.7% 34 1,863 D+12.8

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.

Florida in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+3.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+1.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+0.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+2.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+5.0
2000 George W. Bush (R) level
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+5.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+1.9
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+22.4
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+30.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+17.0
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+5.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+44.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+2.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+10.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+15.2
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+52.2
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+49.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+28.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+51.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.1
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+41.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+46.9
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+52.8
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+85.0
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+19.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+8.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.0