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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Idaho

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Idaho in 1980, 66.5% to 25.2%, a margin of 41.3 points and 180,507 votes.

Idaho voted 31.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+9.7.

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

Republicans led in 44 of the 44 counties as they stood then. The largest, Ada, cast 86,544 votes and went to the Republican by 39.1 points. The closest was Camas, where 215 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 290,699 66.5%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 110,192 25.2%
John B. Anderson Independent 27,058 6.2%
All other candidates 9,482 2.2%
Total437,431

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ada 21,324 24.6% 55,205 63.8% 10,015 86,544 R+39.1
Canyon 9,172 25.5% 24,375 67.7% 2,469 36,016 R+42.2
Bonneville 5,052 15.9% 24,715 77.6% 2,102 31,869 R+61.7
Bannock 8,639 28.9% 18,477 61.9% 2,743 29,859 R+32.9
Kootenai 7,521 27.9% 17,022 63.3% 2,369 26,912 R+35.3
Twin Falls 4,835 20.4% 17,425 73.5% 1,448 23,708 R+53.1
Nez Perce 6,565 41.7% 7,495 47.6% 1,684 15,744 R+5.9
Bingham 2,933 18.9% 11,781 76.1% 773 15,487 R+57.1
Latah 5,037 33.8% 6,967 46.8% 2,888 14,892 R+13.0
Bonner 4,060 34.0% 6,727 56.3% 1,153 11,940 R+22.3
Cassia 1,369 16.6% 6,511 78.8% 379 8,259 R+62.3
Minidoka 1,689 20.8% 6,035 74.2% 407 8,131 R+53.4
Shoshone 3,102 40.4% 3,994 52.0% 579 7,675 R+11.6
Madison 728 9.8% 6,555 88.4% 131 7,414 R+78.6
Idaho 2,078 29.4% 4,425 62.6% 570 7,073 R+33.2
Jefferson 833 12.0% 5,860 84.5% 240 6,933 R+72.5
Payette 1,828 27.2% 4,508 67.1% 378 6,714 R+39.9
Jerome 1,368 20.6% 4,962 74.9% 295 6,625 R+54.2
Elmore 1,760 28.6% 3,994 64.9% 403 6,157 R+36.3
Gem 1,613 28.2% 3,766 65.8% 347 5,726 R+37.6
Gooding 1,481 26.0% 3,897 68.4% 317 5,695 R+42.4
Blaine 1,840 33.3% 2,716 49.1% 973 5,529 R+15.8
Fremont 926 17.6% 4,167 79.3% 160 5,253 R+61.7
Washington 1,421 31.0% 2,915 63.6% 249 4,585 R+32.6
Clearwater 1,699 39.4% 2,178 50.5% 437 4,314 R+11.1
Franklin 511 11.9% 3,669 85.3% 121 4,301 R+73.4
Caribou 481 12.4% 3,234 83.1% 177 3,892 R+70.7
Benewah 1,361 35.4% 2,111 54.9% 374 3,846 R+19.5
Lemhi 794 21.5% 2,646 71.5% 259 3,699 R+50.1
Bear Lake 508 14.2% 2,941 82.5% 118 3,567 R+68.2
Boundary 1,087 30.9% 2,088 59.4% 338 3,513 R+28.5
Valley 926 28.3% 2,041 62.4% 305 3,272 R+34.1
Power 727 23.1% 2,235 71.1% 181 3,143 R+48.0
Owyhee 732 23.3% 2,257 71.9% 151 3,140 R+48.6
Lewis 774 37.7% 1,088 53.0% 191 2,053 R+15.3
Oneida 434 22.0% 1,461 74.2% 75 1,970 R+52.1
Custer 398 20.9% 1,398 73.5% 106 1,902 R+52.6
Adams 590 31.1% 1,189 62.7% 118 1,897 R+31.6
Lincoln 462 24.7% 1,294 69.1% 116 1,872 R+44.4
Boise 518 28.1% 1,134 61.4% 194 1,846 R+33.4
Butte 424 24.0% 1,275 72.2% 66 1,765 R+48.2
Teton 360 21.4% 1,227 72.8% 99 1,686 R+51.4
Camas 145 27.4% 360 67.9% 25 530 R+40.6
Clark 87 18.0% 379 78.5% 17 483 R+60.5

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.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+30.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+31.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+31.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+25.4
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+38.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+39.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.5
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+26.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+46.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+41.3
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+22.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+1.8
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+29.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+29.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+30.8
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+10.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+16.9
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+40.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.9
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+56.8
1892 James B. Weaver (other)