Election 1980 Results
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1980 presidential election in South Carolina
Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in South Carolina in 1980, 49.5% to 48.2%, a margin of 1.2 points and 11,057 votes.
South Carolina voted 8.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+9.7.
South Carolina changed party: in 1976 it went Democratic, for Jimmy Carter.
Democrats led in 31 of the 46 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Greenville, cast 80,415 votes and went to the Republican by 17.5 points. The closest was Barnwell, where 171 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 | 439,277 | 49.5% |
| Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 428,220 | 48.2% |
| All other candidates | 20,761 | 2.3% | |
| Total | 888,258 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 32,135 40.0% | 46,168 57.4% | 2,112 | 80,415 | R+17.5 |
| Charleston | 32,727 40.9% | 44,111 55.1% | 3,174 | 80,012 | R+14.2 |
| Richland | 33,158 45.5% | 36,337 49.9% | 3,374 | 72,869 | R+4.4 |
| Spartanburg | 27,245 46.3% | 30,092 51.1% | 1,532 | 58,869 | R+4.8 |
| Lexington | 12,334 29.4% | 28,313 67.6% | 1,239 | 41,886 | R+38.1 |
| Anderson | 18,801 53.3% | 15,667 44.4% | 837 | 35,305 | D+8.9 |
| Florence | 16,391 48.2% | 17,069 50.2% | 551 | 34,011 | R+2.0 |
| Aiken | 13,014 40.2% | 18,570 57.4% | 785 | 32,369 | R+17.2 |
| Horry | 13,888 48.1% | 14,323 49.6% | 653 | 28,864 | R+1.5 |
| Orangeburg | 16,178 58.3% | 11,313 40.8% | 242 | 27,733 | D+17.5 |
| York | 12,075 50.2% | 11,265 46.9% | 703 | 24,043 | D+3.4 |
| Berkeley | 9,850 42.7% | 12,830 55.6% | 384 | 23,064 | R+12.9 |
| Sumter | 9,205 45.7% | 10,557 52.5% | 364 | 20,126 | R+6.7 |
| Dorchester | 7,237 39.6% | 10,893 59.5% | 168 | 18,298 | R+20.0 |
| Pickens | 7,789 43.5% | 9,575 53.4% | 559 | 17,923 | R+10.0 |
| Darlington | 8,489 49.6% | 8,289 48.4% | 353 | 17,131 | D+1.2 |
| Greenwood | 9,283 55.0% | 7,290 43.2% | 315 | 16,888 | D+11.8 |
| Beaufort | 7,415 44.4% | 8,620 51.6% | 665 | 16,700 | R+7.2 |
| Lancaster | 8,283 54.6% | 6,410 42.3% | 477 | 15,170 | D+12.3 |
| Laurens | 7,856 55.7% | 6,036 42.8% | 201 | 14,093 | D+12.9 |
| Oconee | 7,677 56.5% | 5,651 41.6% | 263 | 13,591 | D+14.9 |
| Williamsburg | 8,135 61.0% | 5,110 38.3% | 99 | 13,344 | D+22.7 |
| Cherokee | 6,889 55.5% | 5,379 43.3% | 150 | 12,418 | D+12.2 |
| Georgetown | 6,701 55.6% | 5,151 42.8% | 190 | 12,042 | D+12.9 |
| Kershaw | 5,103 42.6% | 6,652 55.6% | 219 | 11,974 | R+12.9 |
| Colleton | 5,745 54.5% | 4,719 44.8% | 79 | 10,543 | D+9.7 |
| Newberry | 4,825 45.9% | 5,568 53.0% | 120 | 10,513 | R+7.1 |
| Union | 6,274 60.0% | 4,035 38.6% | 147 | 10,456 | D+21.4 |
| Clarendon | 5,979 58.7% | 4,158 40.8% | 57 | 10,194 | D+17.9 |
| Chesterfield | 6,393 64.1% | 3,478 34.9% | 101 | 9,972 | D+29.2 |
| Marion | 5,379 61.1% | 3,321 37.7% | 101 | 8,801 | D+23.4 |
| Chester | 5,145 61.5% | 3,104 37.1% | 114 | 8,363 | D+24.4 |
| Marlboro | 5,378 66.9% | 2,585 32.2% | 77 | 8,040 | D+34.7 |
| Dillon | 4,518 56.5% | 3,385 42.3% | 97 | 8,000 | D+14.2 |
| Lee | 4,818 61.2% | 2,952 37.5% | 107 | 7,877 | D+23.7 |
| Barnwell | 3,399 50.7% | 3,228 48.1% | 78 | 6,705 | D+2.6 |
| Abbeville | 4,049 61.1% | 2,361 35.6% | 222 | 6,632 | D+25.5 |
| Hampton | 4,329 65.6% | 2,217 33.6% | 57 | 6,603 | D+32.0 |
| Fairfield | 4,153 65.7% | 2,098 33.2% | 72 | 6,323 | D+32.5 |
| Edgefield | 3,465 58.4% | 2,415 40.7% | 57 | 5,937 | D+17.7 |
| Bamberg | 3,294 60.8% | 2,098 38.7% | 30 | 5,422 | D+22.1 |
| Saluda | 2,651 51.3% | 2,450 47.4% | 68 | 5,169 | D+3.9 |
| Jasper | 3,312 66.7% | 1,617 32.5% | 40 | 4,969 | D+34.1 |
| Allendale | 2,778 69.6% | 1,182 29.6% | 30 | 3,990 | D+40.0 |
| Calhoun | 2,043 53.0% | 1,767 45.9% | 43 | 3,853 | D+7.2 |
| McCormick | 1,774 68.1% | 797 30.6% | 34 | 2,605 | D+37.5 |
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.
South Carolina in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+17.9 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+11.7 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+14.3 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+10.5 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+9.0 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+17.1 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+16.0 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+5.8 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+8.1 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+23.9 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+28.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+1.2 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+13.0 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+42.7 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+8.5 |
| 1964 | Barry Goldwater (R) | R+17.8 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+2.5 |
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+20.2 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+1.4 |
| 1948 | Strom Thurmond (other) | |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+83.2 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+91.3 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+97.1 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+96.1 |
| 1928 | Al Smith (D) | D+82.9 |
| 1924 | John W. Davis (D) | D+94.4 |
| 1920 | James M. Cox (D) | D+92.1 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+94.3 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+94.8 |
| 1908 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+87.9 |
| 1904 | Alton B. Parker (D) | D+90.7 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+86.1 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+71.8 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+58.6 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+65.1 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+51.8 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+31.7 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+0.5 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+52.0 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+15.9 |