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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Utah

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Utah in 1980, 72.8% to 20.6%, a margin of 52.2 points and 315,421 votes.

Utah voted 42.5 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 29 of the 29 counties as they stood then. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 252,835 votes and went to the Republican by 43.9 points. The closest was Carbon, where 3 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 439,687 72.8%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 124,266 20.6%
John B. Anderson Independent 30,284 5.0%
All other candidates 9,985 1.7%
Total604,222

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 58,472 23.1% 169,411 67.0% 24,952 252,835 R+43.9
Utah 12,166 14.1% 71,859 83.4% 2,096 86,121 R+69.3
Weber 15,404 24.6% 43,807 70.0% 3,388 62,599 R+45.4
Davis 9,065 15.7% 45,695 79.0% 3,099 57,859 R+63.3
Cache 3,639 14.1% 20,251 78.7% 1,845 25,735 R+64.6
Box Elder 2,142 14.2% 12,500 82.7% 469 15,111 R+68.5
Washington 1,678 13.8% 10,181 83.5% 338 12,197 R+69.7
Tooele 3,132 32.2% 6,024 62.0% 556 9,712 R+29.8
Carbon 4,317 47.6% 4,320 47.7% 426 9,063 level
Iron 1,242 15.9% 6,207 79.5% 355 7,804 R+63.6
Uintah 1,049 14.3% 6,045 82.4% 238 7,332 R+68.1
Sevier 1,112 16.0% 5,614 80.8% 223 6,949 R+64.8
Sanpete 1,260 19.1% 5,143 77.8% 211 6,614 R+58.7
Summit 1,184 23.2% 3,330 65.4% 579 5,093 R+42.1
Duchesne 854 17.7% 3,827 79.4% 138 4,819 R+61.7
Emery 1,315 28.7% 3,076 67.2% 188 4,579 R+38.5
Millard 795 17.5% 3,620 79.8% 122 4,537 R+62.3
Wasatch 994 25.2% 2,799 70.9% 153 3,946 R+45.7
San Juan 763 20.9% 2,774 76.0% 113 3,650 R+55.1
Grand 703 21.0% 2,362 70.4% 289 3,354 R+49.5
Juab 720 26.7% 1,872 69.3% 109 2,701 R+42.7
Morgan 373 15.3% 1,985 81.5% 77 2,435 R+66.2
Beaver 621 28.8% 1,477 68.5% 59 2,157 R+39.7
Garfield 375 18.6% 1,578 78.3% 62 2,015 R+59.7
Kane 256 14.0% 1,492 81.4% 86 1,834 R+67.4
Wayne 226 20.6% 835 76.0% 37 1,098 R+55.5
Rich 143 15.2% 762 81.2% 34 939 R+65.9
Piute 157 21.8% 551 76.6% 11 719 R+54.8
Daggett 109 26.3% 290 69.9% 16 415 R+43.6

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.

Utah in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+21.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+20.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+18.1
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+48.0
2008 John McCain (R) R+28.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+45.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+40.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+21.1
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+18.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+34.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+49.8
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+52.2
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+28.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+41.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+19.4
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+29.1
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+17.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.0
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.0
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+24.7
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+39.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+15.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+19.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+17.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+21.0
1912 William Howard Taft (R) R+4.9
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.1
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.6
1900 William McKinley (R) R+2.3
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+65.5