Election 1980 Results
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1980 presidential election in Montana
Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Montana in 1980, 56.8% to 32.4%, a margin of 24.4 points and 88,782 votes.
Montana voted 14.7 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 54 of the 56 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Yellowstone, cast 48,313 votes and went to the Republican by 25.0 points. The closest was Big Horn, where 86 votes separated the two parties.
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 | 206,814 | 56.8% |
| Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 118,032 | 32.4% |
| John B. Anderson | Independent | 29,281 | 8.0% |
| All other candidates | 9,825 | 2.7% | |
| Total | 363,952 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowstone | 15,272 31.6% | 27,332 56.6% | 5,709 | 48,313 | R+25.0 |
| Missoula | 13,115 37.9% | 16,161 46.7% | 5,318 | 34,594 | R+8.8 |
| Cascade | 11,105 34.5% | 17,664 54.8% | 3,465 | 32,234 | R+20.3 |
| Flathead | 6,349 26.7% | 15,102 63.5% | 2,316 | 23,767 | R+36.8 |
| Gallatin | 5,747 26.5% | 12,738 58.6% | 3,241 | 21,726 | R+32.2 |
| Lewis And Clark | 6,815 32.1% | 12,128 57.2% | 2,269 | 21,212 | R+25.0 |
| Silver Bow | 9,721 50.2% | 7,301 37.7% | 2,355 | 19,377 | D+12.5 |
| Ravalli | 3,063 26.9% | 7,268 63.7% | 1,073 | 11,404 | R+36.9 |
| Lake | 2,615 30.6% | 5,083 59.6% | 834 | 8,532 | R+28.9 |
| Hill | 2,875 35.5% | 4,448 55.0% | 766 | 8,089 | R+19.4 |
| Lincoln | 2,422 33.0% | 4,202 57.2% | 724 | 7,348 | R+24.2 |
| Fergus | 1,840 26.9% | 4,455 65.0% | 557 | 6,852 | R+38.2 |
| Park | 1,663 26.8% | 3,929 63.4% | 603 | 6,195 | R+36.6 |
| Custer | 1,822 31.3% | 3,533 60.7% | 461 | 5,816 | R+29.4 |
| Deer Lodge | 3,077 54.6% | 1,905 33.8% | 656 | 5,638 | D+20.8 |
| Valley | 1,567 30.2% | 3,242 62.5% | 381 | 5,190 | R+32.3 |
| Dawson | 1,543 30.1% | 3,045 59.5% | 530 | 5,118 | R+29.3 |
| Richland | 1,252 24.9% | 3,348 66.5% | 438 | 5,038 | R+41.6 |
| Carbon | 1,468 33.6% | 2,471 56.6% | 424 | 4,363 | R+23.0 |
| Roosevelt | 1,504 36.2% | 2,298 55.2% | 358 | 4,160 | R+19.1 |
| Beaverhead | 842 20.5% | 2,955 72.0% | 306 | 4,103 | R+51.5 |
| Glacier | 1,394 34.1% | 2,283 55.8% | 416 | 4,093 | R+21.7 |
| Sanders | 1,395 34.9% | 2,194 54.9% | 410 | 3,999 | R+20.0 |
| Big Horn | 1,644 44.0% | 1,730 46.3% | 361 | 3,735 | R+2.3 |
| Chouteau | 853 23.8% | 2,448 68.3% | 282 | 3,583 | R+44.5 |
| Teton | 902 25.3% | 2,415 67.8% | 247 | 3,564 | R+42.5 |
| Rosebud | 1,167 33.9% | 1,875 54.5% | 401 | 3,443 | R+20.6 |
| Pondera | 897 26.1% | 2,270 66.1% | 265 | 3,432 | R+40.0 |
| Jefferson | 1,055 32.7% | 1,841 57.1% | 327 | 3,223 | R+24.4 |
| Madison | 676 21.5% | 2,220 70.6% | 249 | 3,145 | R+49.1 |
| Blaine | 1,107 37.0% | 1,686 56.3% | 202 | 2,995 | R+19.3 |
| Powell | 883 29.5% | 1,770 59.1% | 340 | 2,993 | R+29.6 |
| Stillwater | 919 30.8% | 1,828 61.3% | 237 | 2,984 | R+30.5 |
| Sheridan | 955 32.8% | 1,658 56.9% | 299 | 2,912 | R+24.1 |
| Toole | 634 22.2% | 2,000 70.2% | 216 | 2,850 | R+47.9 |
| Phillips | 745 28.1% | 1,723 64.9% | 185 | 2,653 | R+36.9 |
| Musselshell | 784 35.6% | 1,279 58.0% | 141 | 2,204 | R+22.5 |
| Fallon | 512 26.7% | 1,286 67.0% | 122 | 1,920 | R+40.3 |
| Sweet Grass | 440 25.3% | 1,169 67.2% | 130 | 1,739 | R+41.9 |
| Daniels | 483 29.0% | 1,086 65.2% | 97 | 1,666 | R+36.2 |
| Mineral | 660 39.8% | 800 48.3% | 197 | 1,657 | R+8.4 |
| Judith Basin | 480 29.5% | 1,030 63.3% | 117 | 1,627 | R+33.8 |
| Broadwater | 401 25.6% | 1,052 67.3% | 111 | 1,564 | R+41.6 |
| McCone | 349 23.7% | 1,000 68.0% | 122 | 1,471 | R+44.3 |
| Powder River | 336 23.3% | 985 68.3% | 122 | 1,443 | R+45.0 |
| Granite | 439 32.0% | 811 59.2% | 121 | 1,371 | R+27.1 |
| Liberty | 283 22.5% | 872 69.4% | 101 | 1,256 | R+46.9 |
| Wheatland | 381 31.0% | 742 60.3% | 107 | 1,230 | R+29.3 |
| Carter | 237 22.4% | 766 72.4% | 55 | 1,058 | R+50.0 |
| Meagher | 247 24.9% | 689 69.6% | 54 | 990 | R+44.6 |
| Garfield | 169 17.4% | 760 78.0% | 45 | 974 | R+60.7 |
| Prairie | 283 30.5% | 580 62.6% | 64 | 927 | R+32.0 |
| Wibaux | 219 30.0% | 450 61.6% | 62 | 731 | R+31.6 |
| Golden Valley | 155 27.9% | 362 65.1% | 39 | 556 | R+37.2 |
| Treasure | 181 32.7% | 321 57.9% | 52 | 554 | R+25.3 |
| Petroleum | 90 26.4% | 225 66.0% | 26 | 341 | R+39.6 |
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.
Montana in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+19.9 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+16.4 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+20.4 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+13.7 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+2.3 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+20.5 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+25.1 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+2.9 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+2.5 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+5.9 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+22.3 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+24.4 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+7.4 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+20.1 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+9.0 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+18.4 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+2.5 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+14.3 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+19.3 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+9.9 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.4 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+18.6 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+41.7 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+22.7 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.9 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+23.1 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+29.1 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+19.3 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+11.8 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+4.4 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+20.4 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+18.6 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+60.6 |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+2.7 |