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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Kansas

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Kansas in 1980, 57.9% to 33.3%, a margin of 24.6 points and 240,662 votes.

Kansas voted 14.8 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 104 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 145,431 votes and went to the Republican by 13.9 points. The closest was Greeley, where 365 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 566,812 57.9%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 326,150 33.3%
John B. Anderson Independent 68,231 7.0%
All other candidates 18,602 1.9%
Total979,795

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 55,105 37.9% 75,317 51.8% 15,009 145,431 R+13.9
Johnson 33,210 26.8% 78,048 63.0% 12,725 123,983 R+36.2
Shawnee 24,852 36.7% 36,290 53.5% 6,634 67,776 R+16.9
Wyandotte 32,763 54.4% 23,012 38.2% 4,448 60,223 D+16.2
Douglas 9,360 32.5% 14,106 49.0% 5,318 28,784 R+16.5
Reno 9,615 36.8% 13,804 52.8% 2,702 26,121 R+16.0
Saline 6,382 30.1% 12,758 60.3% 2,029 21,169 R+30.1
Butler 6,875 37.3% 10,210 55.3% 1,368 18,453 R+18.1
Montgomery 5,282 31.2% 10,856 64.2% 777 16,915 R+33.0
Crawford 7,658 45.4% 8,058 47.8% 1,139 16,855 R+2.4
Riley 5,224 31.1% 8,904 52.9% 2,690 16,818 R+21.9
Leavenworth 6,354 38.1% 9,157 55.0% 1,145 16,656 R+16.8
Cowley 5,474 35.7% 8,749 57.1% 1,089 15,312 R+21.4
Lyon 4,680 32.2% 8,431 57.9% 1,440 14,551 R+25.8
Barton 3,663 26.4% 9,147 66.0% 1,042 13,852 R+39.6
Harvey 4,173 32.3% 7,045 54.6% 1,694 12,912 R+22.2
McPherson 3,340 28.7% 6,843 58.8% 1,448 11,631 R+30.1
Ellis 3,940 36.7% 5,634 52.5% 1,150 10,724 R+15.8
Sumner 3,761 35.8% 6,038 57.5% 697 10,496 R+21.7
Labette 3,947 39.8% 5,244 52.9% 730 9,921 R+13.1
Cherokee 3,969 41.1% 5,296 54.8% 397 9,662 R+13.7
Ford 3,194 33.1% 5,686 58.9% 781 9,661 R+25.8
Franklin 2,726 30.9% 5,525 62.7% 557 8,808 R+31.8
Dickinson 2,108 25.2% 5,654 67.6% 597 8,359 R+42.4
Miami 3,071 37.0% 4,740 57.1% 490 8,301 R+20.1
Finney 2,689 32.6% 4,831 58.6% 726 8,246 R+26.0
Neosho 2,923 36.2% 4,613 57.1% 541 8,077 R+20.9
Atchison 3,063 40.4% 4,084 53.9% 434 7,581 R+13.5
Bourbon 2,605 36.2% 4,263 59.2% 331 7,199 R+23.0
Osage 2,088 33.0% 3,817 60.4% 419 6,324 R+27.3
Allen 2,009 31.8% 3,811 60.3% 497 6,317 R+28.5
Geary 2,357 37.4% 3,534 56.1% 413 6,304 R+18.7
Jefferson 1,776 28.4% 4,046 64.6% 441 6,263 R+36.2
Seward 1,460 23.6% 4,385 70.8% 346 6,191 R+47.2
Marion 1,569 25.5% 3,960 64.4% 621 6,150 R+38.9
Pottawatomie 1,724 28.1% 3,895 63.4% 525 6,144 R+35.3
Marshall 1,555 25.5% 4,127 67.7% 415 6,097 R+42.2
Cloud 1,793 30.8% 3,581 61.6% 443 5,817 R+30.7
Rice 1,847 33.2% 3,211 57.7% 510 5,568 R+24.5
Nemaha 1,600 29.3% 3,546 65.0% 310 5,456 R+35.7
Brown 1,370 25.7% 3,598 67.6% 354 5,322 R+41.9
Jackson 1,537 30.3% 3,211 63.3% 322 5,070 R+33.0
Wilson 1,205 25.1% 3,328 69.3% 268 4,801 R+44.2
Pratt 1,369 29.2% 2,866 61.2% 448 4,683 R+32.0
Clay 932 20.0% 3,449 73.9% 286 4,667 R+53.9
Russell 910 20.5% 3,241 73.0% 286 4,437 R+52.5
Thomas 1,045 24.9% 2,789 66.4% 368 4,202 R+41.5
Greenwood 1,241 29.9% 2,685 64.6% 229 4,155 R+34.8
Republic 850 20.6% 3,031 73.6% 239 4,120 R+52.9
Kingman 1,133 27.6% 2,610 63.6% 359 4,102 R+36.0
Washington 784 19.2% 3,058 74.9% 241 4,083 R+55.7
Mitchell 876 22.2% 2,821 71.4% 256 3,953 R+49.2
Anderson 1,170 31.0% 2,363 62.6% 240 3,773 R+31.6
Doniphan 1,001 26.9% 2,523 67.8% 195 3,719 R+40.9
Linn 1,157 31.2% 2,407 64.9% 146 3,710 R+33.7
Pawnee 1,184 32.1% 2,170 58.8% 337 3,691 R+26.7
Phillips 748 20.4% 2,731 74.5% 188 3,667 R+54.1
Coffey 938 26.0% 2,491 69.2% 173 3,602 R+43.1
Harper 990 28.2% 2,254 64.2% 268 3,512 R+36.0
Norton 666 19.2% 2,625 75.5% 186 3,477 R+56.3
Smith 719 21.3% 2,415 71.7% 234 3,368 R+50.4
Sherman 779 23.2% 2,315 68.9% 268 3,362 R+45.7
Wabaunsee 853 25.7% 2,255 68.0% 209 3,317 R+42.3
Ellsworth 886 27.1% 2,155 65.9% 229 3,270 R+38.8
Rooks 725 22.7% 2,275 71.4% 187 3,187 R+48.6
Barber 914 30.5% 1,872 62.5% 208 2,994 R+32.0
Osborne 620 20.8% 2,188 73.3% 176 2,984 R+52.5
Stafford 872 29.3% 1,865 62.7% 239 2,976 R+33.4
Morris 810 27.5% 1,933 65.5% 206 2,949 R+38.1
Ottawa 630 21.4% 2,118 71.9% 199 2,947 R+50.5
Jewell 578 20.3% 2,074 72.8% 197 2,849 R+52.5
Grant 683 26.4% 1,711 66.0% 198 2,592 R+39.7
Rush 557 21.7% 1,840 71.5% 175 2,572 R+49.9
Ness 616 25.1% 1,657 67.5% 182 2,455 R+42.4
Scott 456 18.9% 1,829 75.6% 133 2,418 R+56.8
Lincoln 528 22.6% 1,685 72.2% 122 2,335 R+49.6
Meade 482 21.3% 1,618 71.7% 158 2,258 R+50.3
Decatur 443 19.7% 1,642 73.0% 165 2,250 R+53.3
Edwards 616 27.9% 1,409 63.9% 179 2,204 R+36.0
Woodson 646 29.5% 1,435 65.6% 108 2,189 R+36.0
Chautauqua 543 24.8% 1,566 71.6% 78 2,187 R+46.8
Stevens 478 22.9% 1,502 72.0% 105 2,085 R+49.1
Rawlins 427 20.6% 1,524 73.4% 125 2,076 R+52.8
Gray 583 28.3% 1,310 63.7% 164 2,057 R+35.3
Trego 523 25.5% 1,340 65.4% 185 2,048 R+39.9
Graham 473 23.1% 1,450 70.9% 122 2,045 R+47.8
Kiowa 438 22.1% 1,433 72.2% 115 1,986 R+50.1
Elk 482 26.2% 1,280 69.7% 75 1,837 R+43.4
Cheyenne 358 19.9% 1,330 73.9% 112 1,800 R+54.0
Gove 396 22.3% 1,263 71.1% 117 1,776 R+48.8
Logan 358 20.7% 1,261 72.9% 111 1,730 R+52.2
Sheridan 391 23.1% 1,202 71.0% 100 1,693 R+47.9
Morton 414 24.9% 1,157 69.6% 91 1,662 R+44.7
Chase 413 25.8% 1,073 66.9% 117 1,603 R+41.2
Haskell 374 24.9% 1,014 67.6% 111 1,499 R+42.7
Clark 430 30.3% 901 63.6% 86 1,417 R+33.2
Kearny 375 26.9% 924 66.4% 93 1,392 R+39.4
Hamilton 402 29.2% 889 64.7% 84 1,375 R+35.4
Lane 321 23.5% 924 67.5% 123 1,368 R+44.1
Comanche 393 29.3% 877 65.4% 70 1,340 R+36.1
Wichita 303 24.1% 880 70.0% 75 1,258 R+45.9
Hodgeman 339 27.0% 831 66.2% 86 1,256 R+39.2
Wallace 167 16.1% 811 78.3% 58 1,036 R+62.2
Stanton 231 23.3% 672 67.7% 89 992 R+44.5
Greeley 235 24.8% 600 63.4% 112 947 R+38.5

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.

Kansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+14.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+21.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+20.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.2
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+9.0
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+21.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+45.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+37.9
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+32.2
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+5.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+18.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+9.6
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+38.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.7
1892 James B. Weaver (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+24.2
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+24.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+30.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+32.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+33.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+37.7