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1980 presidential election in New Hampshire

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in New Hampshire in 1980, 57.7% to 28.4%, a margin of 29.4 points and 112,841 votes.

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

Republicans led in 10 of the 10 counties as they stood then. The largest, Hillsborough, cast 115,304 votes and went to the Republican by 32.3 points. The closest was Sullivan, where 2,583 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 221,705 57.7%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 108,864 28.4%
John B. Anderson Independent 49,693 12.9%
All other candidates 3,737 1.0%
Total383,999

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hillsborough 31,789 27.6% 68,994 59.8% 14,521 115,304 R+32.3
Rockingham 21,712 27.3% 45,960 57.8% 11,802 79,474 R+30.5
Merrimack 12,083 28.8% 23,584 56.2% 6,293 41,960 R+27.4
Strafford 11,041 33.9% 16,399 50.4% 5,091 32,531 R+16.5
Grafton 7,282 26.8% 15,273 56.3% 4,596 27,151 R+29.4
Cheshire 7,835 30.8% 13,242 52.0% 4,390 25,467 R+21.2
Belknap 4,365 23.5% 12,077 65.1% 2,104 18,546 R+41.6
Carroll 3,119 21.0% 9,980 67.2% 1,742 14,841 R+46.2
Coos 4,749 32.7% 8,724 60.1% 1,047 14,520 R+27.4
Sullivan 4,889 34.6% 7,472 52.9% 1,776 14,137 R+18.3

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.

New Hampshire in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+2.8
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+7.4
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+0.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+5.6
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+9.6
2004 John Kerry (D) D+1.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+1.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.0
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+26.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+37.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+29.4
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+11.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+29.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+8.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+27.8
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.8
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+32.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+21.8
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+5.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+6.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1932 Herbert Hoover (R) R+1.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.6
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+25.1
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+20.4
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+0.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+2.0
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+21.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+22.3
1900 William McKinley (R) R+20.9
1896 William McKinley (R) R+43.2
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.0
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.6
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+3.7
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.9
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+10.5