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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Michigan

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Michigan in 1980, 49.0% to 42.5%, a margin of 6.5 points and 253,693 votes.

Michigan voted 3.2 points more Democratic 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 74 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Wayne, cast 890,844 votes and went to the Democrat by 23.2 points. The closest was Keweenaw, where 13 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 1,915,225 49.0%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 1,661,532 42.5%
John B. Anderson Independent 275,223 7.0%
All other candidates 57,745 1.5%
Total3,909,725

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 522,024 58.6% 315,532 35.4% 53,288 890,844 D+23.2
Oakland 164,869 35.6% 253,211 54.7% 45,248 463,328 R+19.1
Macomb 120,125 40.4% 154,155 51.9% 22,839 297,119 R+11.5
Kent 72,790 35.3% 112,604 54.6% 20,896 206,290 R+19.3
Genesee 90,393 49.2% 78,572 42.7% 14,935 183,900 D+6.4
Ingham 48,278 38.4% 56,777 45.2% 20,576 125,631 R+6.8
Washtenaw 51,013 43.9% 48,699 41.9% 16,467 116,179 D+2.0
Kalamazoo 34,528 36.1% 48,669 50.9% 12,420 95,617 R+14.8
Saginaw 41,650 44.4% 45,233 48.2% 6,916 93,799 R+3.8
Ottawa 18,435 24.4% 51,217 67.9% 5,832 75,484 R+43.4
Berrien 22,152 32.6% 41,458 61.0% 4,368 67,978 R+28.4
Muskegon 26,645 39.2% 36,512 53.7% 4,797 67,954 R+14.5
Jackson 23,685 37.8% 33,749 53.9% 5,146 62,580 R+16.1
Calhoun 23,022 38.9% 30,912 52.2% 5,242 59,176 R+13.3
St. Clair 20,410 36.6% 31,021 55.6% 4,348 55,779 R+19.0
Bay 24,517 44.9% 25,331 46.4% 4,744 54,592 R+1.5
Monroe 20,578 41.2% 25,612 51.3% 3,774 49,964 R+10.1
Livingston 12,626 30.4% 25,012 60.2% 3,932 41,570 R+29.8
Eaton 12,742 31.9% 22,927 57.4% 4,308 39,977 R+25.5
Lenawee 12,935 35.8% 20,366 56.4% 2,784 36,085 R+20.6
Midland 12,019 35.8% 17,828 53.0% 3,763 33,610 R+17.3
Allegan 9,877 29.9% 20,560 62.2% 2,594 33,031 R+32.3
Shiawassee 11,985 39.3% 15,756 51.7% 2,729 30,470 R+12.4
Marquette 13,312 45.2% 13,181 44.7% 2,986 29,479 D+0.4
Lapeer 9,671 34.5% 15,996 57.0% 2,402 28,069 R+22.5
Van Buren 9,248 35.8% 14,451 56.0% 2,125 25,824 R+20.1
Grand Traverse 7,150 28.9% 14,484 58.6% 3,072 24,706 R+29.7
Clinton 7,539 30.5% 14,968 60.6% 2,184 24,691 R+30.1
Tuscola 7,632 33.9% 13,306 59.1% 1,567 22,505 R+25.2
St. Joseph 6,318 29.3% 13,631 63.2% 1,621 21,570 R+33.9
Ionia 7,039 33.5% 12,040 57.4% 1,903 20,982 R+23.8
Isabella 7,293 35.2% 10,407 50.2% 3,015 20,715 R+15.0
Barry 6,857 33.2% 12,006 58.1% 1,791 20,654 R+24.9
Cass 7,058 35.8% 11,206 56.8% 1,471 19,735 R+21.0
Montcalm 6,706 35.0% 10,822 56.5% 1,622 19,150 R+21.5
Sanilac 4,898 27.0% 12,158 67.1% 1,061 18,117 R+40.1
Delta 8,475 47.9% 8,146 46.0% 1,071 17,692 D+1.9
Houghton 6,858 41.5% 7,926 47.9% 1,750 16,534 R+6.5
Hillsdale 4,375 26.5% 10,951 66.4% 1,173 16,499 R+39.9
Branch 4,635 28.6% 10,224 63.0% 1,371 16,230 R+34.4
Huron 4,434 27.4% 10,553 65.3% 1,180 16,167 R+37.8
Gratiot 4,916 31.4% 9,294 59.3% 1,462 15,672 R+27.9
Newaygo 5,236 34.4% 8,918 58.6% 1,069 15,223 R+24.2
Mecosta 5,228 36.0% 7,754 53.4% 1,546 14,528 R+17.4
Alpena 5,834 42.2% 6,901 49.9% 1,097 13,832 R+7.7
Chippewa 5,268 39.0% 7,059 52.3% 1,167 13,494 R+13.3
Dickinson 5,694 43.5% 6,614 50.6% 769 13,077 R+7.0
Mason 4,134 33.7% 7,137 58.1% 1,005 12,276 R+24.5
Iosco 4,255 36.0% 6,680 56.5% 880 11,815 R+20.5
Menominee 4,962 42.2% 6,170 52.5% 617 11,749 R+10.3
Wexford 4,173 37.4% 6,027 54.0% 960 11,160 R+16.6
Emmet 3,724 33.8% 5,930 53.9% 1,352 11,006 R+20.0
Clare 4,164 38.9% 5,719 53.4% 835 10,718 R+14.5
Manistee 4,164 38.9% 5,662 52.9% 876 10,702 R+14.0
Gogebic 5,254 51.2% 4,388 42.8% 610 10,252 D+8.4
Cheboygan 3,938 39.6% 5,221 52.5% 795 9,954 R+12.9
Charlevoix 3,741 38.2% 5,053 51.6% 1,002 9,796 R+13.4
Roscommon 3,763 39.0% 5,280 54.7% 616 9,659 R+15.7
Oceana 3,386 35.4% 5,465 57.1% 713 9,564 R+21.7
Gladwin 3,733 42.3% 4,509 51.1% 583 8,825 R+8.8
Antrim 2,909 34.8% 4,706 56.3% 749 8,364 R+21.5
Osceola 2,650 32.5% 4,902 60.0% 612 8,164 R+27.6
Ogemaw 3,426 42.2% 4,169 51.3% 533 8,128 R+9.1
Leelanau 2,348 29.6% 4,585 57.8% 1,002 7,935 R+28.2
Iron 3,742 48.4% 3,507 45.4% 483 7,732 D+3.0
Otsego 2,666 38.0% 3,771 53.7% 586 7,023 R+15.7
Presque Isle 2,952 42.7% 3,486 50.4% 474 6,912 R+7.7
Arenac 2,547 39.6% 3,436 53.4% 448 6,431 R+13.8
Mackinac 2,262 39.1% 3,021 52.2% 501 5,784 R+13.1
Benzie 1,842 33.5% 3,054 55.5% 602 5,498 R+22.0
Ontonagon 2,375 45.3% 2,569 49.0% 304 5,248 R+3.7
Missaukee 1,563 30.8% 3,221 63.5% 291 5,075 R+32.7
Alcona 1,857 36.7% 2,905 57.4% 300 5,062 R+20.7
Kalkaska 1,807 36.4% 2,802 56.4% 357 4,966 R+20.0
Crawford 1,826 36.8% 2,652 53.4% 486 4,964 R+16.6
Alger 2,242 48.2% 2,059 44.3% 346 4,647 D+3.9
Schoolcraft 1,964 44.9% 2,097 47.9% 313 4,374 R+3.0
Montmorency 1,654 38.4% 2,400 55.7% 254 4,308 R+17.3
Lake 2,041 51.0% 1,730 43.2% 232 4,003 D+7.8
Baraga 1,609 41.0% 2,046 52.2% 266 3,921 R+11.1
Oscoda 1,325 38.2% 1,915 55.3% 226 3,466 R+17.0
Luce 992 34.4% 1,659 57.6% 231 2,882 R+23.1
Keweenaw 570 45.2% 583 46.3% 107 1,260 R+1.0

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.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0