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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in North Carolina

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in North Carolina in 1980, 49.3% to 47.2%, a margin of 2.1 points and 39,383 votes.

North Carolina voted 7.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+9.7.

North Carolina changed party: in 1976 it went Democratic, for Jimmy Carter.

Democrats led in 51 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 49. The largest, Mecklenburg, cast 143,058 votes and went to the Republican by 1.0 point. The closest was Rutherford, where 48 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 915,018 49.3%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 875,635 47.2%
All other candidates 65,180 3.5%
Total1,855,833

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Mecklenburg 66,995 46.8% 68,384 47.8% 7,679 143,058 R+1.0
Wake 49,003 46.6% 49,768 47.3% 6,422 105,193 R+0.7
Guilford 44,516 43.4% 53,291 51.9% 4,815 102,622 R+8.6
Forsyth 38,870 45.8% 42,389 50.0% 3,539 84,798 R+4.1
Buncombe 24,837 46.4% 26,124 48.8% 2,569 53,530 R+2.4
Durham 24,969 52.1% 19,276 40.2% 3,656 47,901 D+11.9
Cumberland 22,073 48.8% 21,540 47.6% 1,615 45,228 D+1.2
Gaston 19,016 42.1% 25,139 55.6% 1,049 45,204 R+13.5
Davidson 14,579 38.1% 22,794 59.6% 896 38,269 R+21.5
Catawba 13,873 36.6% 22,873 60.4% 1,132 37,878 R+23.8
Alamance 15,042 44.2% 18,077 53.1% 947 34,066 R+8.9
New Hanover 13,670 42.4% 17,243 53.5% 1,331 32,244 R+11.1
Rowan 11,671 37.5% 18,566 59.7% 872 31,109 R+22.2
Randolph 10,107 32.9% 19,881 64.7% 729 30,717 R+31.8
Orange 15,226 53.3% 9,261 32.4% 4,102 28,589 D+20.9
Iredell 12,067 43.4% 14,926 53.7% 801 27,794 R+10.3
Pitt 12,590 47.7% 12,816 48.6% 965 26,371 R+0.9
Cabarrus 9,768 38.2% 15,143 59.2% 674 25,585 R+21.0
Burke 11,680 46.0% 12,956 51.0% 781 25,417 R+5.0
Robeson 17,618 70.4% 6,982 27.9% 430 25,030 D+42.5
Rockingham 11,708 49.8% 11,205 47.6% 609 23,522 D+2.1
Cleveland 12,219 52.0% 10,828 46.1% 451 23,498 D+5.9
Wilkes 8,184 35.5% 14,462 62.7% 403 23,049 R+27.2
Wayne 9,586 42.0% 12,860 56.3% 390 22,836 R+14.3
Caldwell 8,738 39.2% 12,965 58.1% 607 22,310 R+18.9
Henderson 7,578 34.2% 13,573 61.2% 1,030 22,181 R+27.0
Johnston 9,601 47.1% 10,444 51.3% 331 20,376 R+4.1
Union 10,073 51.2% 9,012 45.8% 603 19,688 D+5.4
Nash 8,184 41.8% 11,043 56.3% 374 19,601 R+14.6
Surry 8,987 46.3% 10,065 51.9% 356 19,408 R+5.6
Moore 8,084 42.7% 10,158 53.7% 669 18,911 R+11.0
Stanly 7,784 43.6% 9,734 54.5% 328 17,846 R+10.9
Lenoir 7,546 42.6% 9,832 55.5% 336 17,714 R+12.9
Sampson 9,090 51.7% 8,097 46.1% 391 17,578 D+5.6
Haywood 9,814 56.2% 7,217 41.3% 431 17,462 D+14.9
Lincoln 7,796 45.3% 9,009 52.4% 391 17,196 R+7.1
Rutherford 8,315 49.0% 8,363 49.3% 288 16,966 R+0.3
Craven 7,781 46.4% 8,554 51.0% 448 16,783 R+4.6
Onslow 7,371 44.0% 8,861 52.9% 504 16,736 R+8.9
Wilson 8,042 48.1% 8,329 49.9% 333 16,704 R+1.7
Harnett 8,791 53.9% 7,284 44.7% 220 16,295 D+9.2
Columbus 10,212 64.1% 5,522 34.6% 206 15,940 D+29.4
Carteret 6,485 43.9% 7,733 52.4% 549 14,767 R+8.5
Halifax 8,364 57.1% 6,033 41.2% 251 14,648 D+15.9
Edgecombe 7,945 56.5% 5,916 42.1% 195 14,056 D+14.4
Stokes 5,764 43.5% 7,275 54.9% 206 13,245 R+11.4
Chatham 7,144 54.1% 5,414 41.0% 647 13,205 D+13.1
Duplin 7,524 57.6% 5,403 41.3% 142 13,069 D+16.2
Beaufort 6,024 46.2% 6,773 52.0% 240 13,037 R+5.7
Brunswick 6,761 52.0% 5,897 45.4% 345 13,003 D+6.6
Watauga 5,022 42.0% 6,149 51.4% 787 11,958 R+9.4
Richmond 7,416 63.9% 3,911 33.7% 282 11,609 D+30.2
Yadkin 3,850 33.3% 7,530 65.1% 190 11,570 R+31.8
Alexander 4,546 40.9% 6,376 57.4% 187 11,109 R+16.5
McDowell 4,703 44.3% 5,680 53.6% 223 10,606 R+9.2
Lee 5,426 51.3% 4,847 45.8% 301 10,574 D+5.5
Ashe 4,461 43.3% 5,643 54.7% 208 10,312 R+11.5
Davie 3,289 33.3% 6,302 63.8% 289 9,880 R+30.5
Vance 5,415 55.4% 4,217 43.1% 142 9,774 D+12.3
Jackson 4,857 52.2% 4,140 44.5% 313 9,310 D+7.7
Granville 5,556 60.1% 3,513 38.0% 177 9,246 D+22.1
Transylvania 4,008 43.7% 4,826 52.6% 341 9,175 R+8.9
Franklin 5,427 59.8% 3,508 38.6% 146 9,081 D+21.1
Macon 4,105 45.5% 4,727 52.3% 199 9,031 R+6.9
Bladen 6,104 68.3% 2,745 30.7% 92 8,941 D+37.6
Montgomery 4,129 52.7% 3,587 45.7% 126 7,842 D+6.9
Pasquotank 4,128 53.6% 3,340 43.4% 230 7,698 D+10.2
Yancey 4,010 53.1% 3,363 44.6% 173 7,546 D+8.6
Pender 4,382 58.1% 3,018 40.0% 136 7,536 D+18.1
Person 4,111 54.6% 3,281 43.5% 142 7,534 D+11.0
Martin 4,750 64.1% 2,564 34.6% 98 7,412 D+29.5
Anson 4,973 70.2% 1,968 27.8% 146 7,087 D+42.4
Cherokee 3,114 44.0% 3,849 54.4% 116 7,079 R+10.4
Northampton 4,933 71.9% 1,847 26.9% 81 6,861 D+45.0
Scotland 4,446 65.6% 2,133 31.5% 203 6,782 D+34.1
Mitchell 1,765 28.1% 4,322 68.9% 183 6,270 R+40.8
Hertford 4,102 67.7% 1,854 30.6% 104 6,060 D+37.1
Madison 3,202 53.6% 2,629 44.0% 141 5,972 D+9.6
Caswell 3,529 61.1% 2,156 37.3% 92 5,777 D+23.8
Bertie 3,863 68.6% 1,695 30.1% 74 5,632 D+38.5
Dare 2,497 44.5% 2,794 49.8% 324 5,615 R+5.3
Polk 2,375 42.3% 3,021 53.9% 213 5,609 R+11.5
Warren 3,750 69.1% 1,582 29.1% 98 5,430 D+39.9
Avery 1,527 29.5% 3,480 67.2% 175 5,182 R+37.7
Greene 2,835 55.4% 2,221 43.4% 57 5,113 D+12.0
Washington 3,008 59.7% 1,943 38.6% 86 5,037 D+21.1
Hoke 3,376 72.9% 1,168 25.2% 84 4,628 D+47.7
Alleghany 2,198 51.0% 1,995 46.3% 117 4,310 D+4.7
Pamlico 2,224 58.5% 1,504 39.5% 75 3,803 D+18.9
Currituck 1,980 52.3% 1,668 44.1% 138 3,786 D+8.2
Chowan 2,146 58.6% 1,424 38.9% 90 3,660 D+19.7
Jones 2,198 60.6% 1,401 38.6% 31 3,630 D+22.0
Graham 1,608 44.5% 1,961 54.2% 46 3,615 R+9.8
Clay 1,324 37.3% 2,136 60.2% 87 3,547 R+22.9
Swain 1,987 56.4% 1,457 41.4% 76 3,520 D+15.1
Gates 2,435 70.2% 957 27.6% 75 3,467 D+42.6
Perquimans 1,560 54.7% 1,210 42.4% 84 2,854 D+12.3
Camden 1,212 58.0% 813 38.9% 63 2,088 D+19.1
Hyde 1,221 58.9% 807 38.9% 44 2,072 D+20.0
Tyrrell 887 64.7% 466 34.0% 17 1,370 D+30.7

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.

North Carolina in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+3.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+1.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+3.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+2.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+0.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+12.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+12.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+0.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+2.1
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+11.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+40.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.3
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+4.2
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+1.3
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+7.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+25.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+46.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+19.2
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+13.5
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+16.4
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+47.3
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+20.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+11.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+4.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+3.6
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+7.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.8