United States · Election results history · 1980 president · Nebraska

Election 1980 Results

Each election opens in its own mode: the forecast before the votes are counted, the live count while races are still too close to call, and the results once every race is decided.

1980 presidential election in Nebraska

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Nebraska in 1980, 65.5% to 26.0%, a margin of 39.5 points and 253,086 votes.

Nebraska voted 29.8 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 93 of the 93 counties as they stood then. The largest, Douglas, cast 163,930 votes and went to the Republican by 27.6 points. The closest was Arthur, where 188 votes separated the two parties.

United States

Results

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1881 1880 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1873 1872 1871 1870 1869 1868 1867 1866 1865

If only voted How this works

If the polls miss like

Or set the national mood Turnout

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	419,937	65.5%
Jimmy Carter	Democratic	166,851	26.0%
John B. Anderson	Independent	44,993	7.0%
All other candidates		9,073	1.4%
Total		640,854

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Douglas	51,668 31.5%	96,908 59.1%	15,354	163,930	R+27.6
Lancaster	27,162 35.6%	38,780 50.9%	10,291	76,233	R+15.2
Sarpy	5,689 24.5%	15,552 67.0%	1,961	23,202	R+42.5
Hall	4,422 24.8%	12,166 68.1%	1,269	17,857	R+43.4
Lincoln	3,768 26.0%	9,643 66.6%	1,068	14,479	R+40.6
Dodge	3,564 25.0%	9,522 66.8%	1,164	14,250	R+41.8
Buffalo	3,167 22.2%	9,769 68.6%	1,307	14,243	R+46.4
Scotts Bluff	2,854 21.5%	9,504 71.7%	891	13,249	R+50.2
Adams	3,372 26.0%	8,500 65.5%	1,101	12,973	R+39.5
Madison	1,926 15.6%	9,718 78.8%	685	12,329	R+63.2
Platte	2,389 19.9%	8,803 73.5%	783	11,975	R+53.6
Gage	2,259 24.6%	6,089 66.2%	853	9,201	R+41.6
Dawson	1,463 17.0%	6,689 77.7%	457	8,609	R+60.7
Saunders	2,034 25.7%	5,223 66.1%	649	7,906	R+40.3
Cass	2,007 25.7%	5,193 66.4%	618	7,818	R+40.8
York	1,131 17.0%	5,089 76.7%	414	6,634	R+59.7
Otoe	1,471 22.4%	4,611 70.3%	477	6,559	R+47.9
Washington	1,454 22.5%	4,570 70.7%	439	6,463	R+48.2
Seward	1,803 30.2%	3,527 59.1%	635	5,965	R+28.9
Custer	1,011 17.0%	4,563 76.9%	360	5,934	R+59.9
Holt	1,016 17.4%	4,495 77.0%	327	5,838	R+59.6
Box Butte	1,208 21.8%	3,912 70.7%	412	5,532	R+48.9
Dakota	1,930 35.2%	3,165 57.7%	393	5,488	R+22.5
Saline	1,908 35.2%	2,934 54.2%	574	5,416	R+18.9
Richardson	1,350 25.3%	3,634 68.0%	360	5,344	R+42.7
Red Willow	899 17.0%	4,050 76.7%	329	5,278	R+59.7
Cuming	803 15.6%	4,006 78.1%	322	5,131	R+62.4
Cedar	1,265 26.0%	3,259 67.1%	334	4,858	R+41.0
Knox	1,057 22.1%	3,404 71.1%	328	4,789	R+49.0
Jefferson	1,125 24.6%	3,090 67.6%	357	4,572	R+43.0
Colfax	893 20.0%	3,259 73.2%	302	4,454	R+53.1
Phelps	734 16.5%	3,465 78.0%	246	4,445	R+61.4
Keith	710 16.3%	3,381 77.7%	263	4,354	R+61.3
Dawes	705 16.4%	3,283 76.2%	318	4,306	R+59.9
Hamilton	778 18.2%	3,200 74.9%	293	4,271	R+56.7
Cheyenne	776 18.9%	3,073 74.8%	259	4,108	R+55.9
Antelope	659 16.2%	3,192 78.7%	206	4,057	R+62.4
Butler	1,112 28.3%	2,596 66.1%	221	3,929	R+37.8
Wayne	733 18.7%	2,844 72.5%	344	3,921	R+53.8
Nemaha	930 23.8%	2,695 68.9%	286	3,911	R+45.1
Burt	814 20.9%	2,806 72.1%	273	3,893	R+51.2
Clay	840 22.0%	2,739 71.6%	245	3,824	R+49.7
Fillmore	1,025 27.4%	2,435 65.0%	286	3,746	R+37.6
Merrick	712 19.3%	2,710 73.4%	272	3,694	R+54.1
Thayer	926 25.4%	2,514 68.9%	210	3,650	R+43.5
Pierce	517 14.2%	2,938 80.7%	184	3,639	R+66.5
Boone	769 21.3%	2,598 72.1%	236	3,603	R+50.8
Kearney	726 20.6%	2,512 71.2%	292	3,530	R+50.6
Dixon	822 24.3%	2,328 68.8%	235	3,385	R+44.5
Nuckolls	899 27.4%	2,180 66.4%	203	3,282	R+39.0
Sheridan	370 11.3%	2,749 84.0%	152	3,271	R+72.7
Furnas	536 16.9%	2,483 78.3%	153	3,172	R+61.4
Cherry	489 15.5%	2,517 79.8%	149	3,155	R+64.3
Howard	789 26.6%	1,971 66.4%	210	2,970	R+39.8
Polk	538 18.3%	2,206 75.1%	192	2,936	R+56.8
Valley	655 22.4%	2,101 71.7%	173	2,929	R+49.4
Johnson	626 24.4%	1,719 67.0%	220	2,565	R+42.6
Morrill	512 20.2%	1,893 74.5%	135	2,540	R+54.4
Stanton	362 14.7%	1,945 78.9%	159	2,466	R+64.2
Webster	547 22.8%	1,676 69.7%	180	2,403	R+47.0
Thurston	726 30.8%	1,454 61.7%	176	2,356	R+30.9
Harlan	486 21.0%	1,690 72.9%	141	2,317	R+52.0
Franklin	441 19.5%	1,675 74.0%	149	2,265	R+54.5
Nance	561 26.2%	1,442 67.3%	140	2,143	R+41.1
Kimball	385 18.0%	1,615 75.6%	136	2,136	R+57.6
Chase	324 15.4%	1,593 75.7%	186	2,103	R+60.3
Brown	341 16.3%	1,615 77.4%	131	2,087	R+61.0
Pawnee	431 21.6%	1,418 71.1%	144	1,993	R+49.5
Sherman	578 29.3%	1,254 63.7%	138	1,970	R+34.3
Hitchcock	329 16.8%	1,474 75.1%	160	1,963	R+58.3
Perkins	313 17.8%	1,342 76.2%	107	1,762	R+58.4
Boyd	376 21.7%	1,261 72.8%	96	1,733	R+51.1
Frontier	259 15.3%	1,346 79.3%	93	1,698	R+64.0
Greeley	495 30.5%	1,028 63.3%	102	1,625	R+32.8
Garden	202 12.8%	1,297 82.1%	81	1,580	R+69.3
Dundy	192 13.6%	1,138 80.7%	81	1,411	R+67.0
Deuel	192 15.7%	946 77.5%	82	1,220	R+61.8
Garfield	238 21.5%	811 73.2%	59	1,108	R+51.7
Rock	146 13.8%	855 80.7%	58	1,059	R+66.9
Gosper	181 17.6%	783 76.1%	65	1,029	R+58.5
Sioux	120 12.9%	760 81.5%	52	932	R+68.7
Hayes	82 11.2%	617 84.5%	31	730	R+73.3
Keya Paha	130 18.9%	526 76.5%	32	688	R+57.6
Logan	71 13.2%	442 82.5%	23	536	R+69.2
Banner	33 6.2%	481 90.4%	18	532	R+84.2
Wheeler	93 18.6%	374 74.7%	34	501	R+56.1
Hooker	63 13.3%	386 81.8%	23	472	R+68.4
Loup	74 15.7%	368 78.3%	28	470	R+62.6
Grant	76 16.3%	373 80.2%	16	465	R+63.9
Blaine	63 14.3%	361 81.7%	18	442	R+67.4
Thomas	65 16.2%	306 76.1%	31	402	R+60.0
McPherson	49 14.3%	285 83.1%	9	343	R+68.8
Arthur	57 17.9%	245 76.8%	17	319	R+58.9

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.

Nebraska in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+20.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+25.0
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+21.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+14.9
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+33.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+29.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+18.7
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+17.2
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+21.0
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+41.7
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+39.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+20.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+41.0
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.0
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+5.2
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+24.1
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+31.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+38.3
1948	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+8.3
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+17.2
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+14.4
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+16.4
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+27.7
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+27.0
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+17.5
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+33.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+14.3
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+22.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.5
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+37.9
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+3.2
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+31.1
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+13.8
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+16.8
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+30.3
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+29.6
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+41.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.7

1980 presidential election in Nebraska

Result

Every county

Nebraska in every presidential election we hold

Choose a country

Search