Election 1980 Results
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1980 presidential election in West Virginia
Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Ronald Reagan (Republican) in West Virginia in 1980, 49.8% to 45.3%, a margin of 4.5 points and 33,256 votes.
West Virginia voted 14.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+9.7.
The Democratic hold continued from 1976, when Jimmy Carter also won.
Democrats led in 32 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 23. The largest, Kanawha, cast 91,760 votes and went to the Democrat by 0.2 points. The closest was Pendleton, where 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Carter won | Democratic | 367,462 | 49.8% |
| Ronald Reagan | Republican | 334,206 | 45.3% |
| All other candidates | 36,047 | 4.9% | |
| Total | 737,715 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha | 42,829 46.7% | 42,604 46.4% | 6,327 | 91,760 | D+0.2 |
| Cabell | 17,732 44.8% | 19,482 49.2% | 2,374 | 39,588 | R+4.4 |
| Wood | 13,622 38.4% | 20,080 56.5% | 1,810 | 35,512 | R+18.2 |
| Harrison | 18,813 54.4% | 14,251 41.2% | 1,538 | 34,602 | D+13.2 |
| Raleigh | 16,955 58.8% | 10,713 37.2% | 1,163 | 28,831 | D+21.7 |
| Monongalia | 12,883 46.3% | 11,972 43.0% | 2,971 | 27,826 | D+3.3 |
| Marion | 14,189 53.6% | 10,952 41.4% | 1,330 | 26,471 | D+12.2 |
| Mercer | 11,804 47.7% | 12,273 49.6% | 664 | 24,741 | R+1.9 |
| Ohio | 10,973 46.0% | 11,414 47.8% | 1,486 | 23,873 | R+1.8 |
| Fayette | 13,175 66.6% | 5,784 29.3% | 815 | 19,774 | D+37.4 |
| Berkeley | 6,783 38.9% | 9,955 57.0% | 716 | 17,454 | R+18.2 |
| Logan | 12,024 69.0% | 4,945 28.4% | 459 | 17,428 | D+40.6 |
| Wayne | 8,687 52.0% | 7,541 45.1% | 491 | 16,719 | D+6.9 |
| Hancock | 8,784 53.3% | 6,610 40.1% | 1,081 | 16,475 | D+13.2 |
| Marshall | 7,832 49.2% | 7,252 45.6% | 832 | 15,916 | D+3.6 |
| Putnam | 6,409 43.6% | 7,561 51.5% | 716 | 14,686 | R+7.8 |
| Greenbrier | 7,128 50.9% | 6,221 44.4% | 655 | 14,004 | D+6.5 |
| McDowell | 9,822 70.4% | 3,862 27.7% | 259 | 13,943 | D+42.7 |
| Mingo | 9,328 70.2% | 3,716 28.0% | 236 | 13,280 | D+42.3 |
| Mason | 5,683 46.9% | 6,040 49.9% | 385 | 12,108 | R+2.9 |
| Boone | 7,515 62.6% | 4,164 34.7% | 321 | 12,000 | D+27.9 |
| Brooke | 6,430 54.5% | 4,622 39.2% | 743 | 11,795 | D+15.3 |
| Wyoming | 6,624 57.5% | 4,537 39.4% | 351 | 11,512 | D+18.1 |
| Mineral | 4,671 41.4% | 6,125 54.3% | 478 | 11,274 | R+12.9 |
| Randolph | 5,937 54.4% | 4,374 40.1% | 610 | 10,921 | D+14.3 |
| Preston | 4,317 40.2% | 5,828 54.2% | 601 | 10,746 | R+14.1 |
| Jackson | 4,120 38.9% | 6,041 57.1% | 420 | 10,581 | R+18.2 |
| Jefferson | 4,679 47.7% | 4,454 45.4% | 685 | 9,818 | D+2.3 |
| Nicholas | 5,265 55.3% | 3,885 40.8% | 366 | 9,516 | D+14.5 |
| Lincoln | 5,317 56.0% | 4,009 42.2% | 164 | 9,490 | D+13.8 |
| Upshur | 2,867 35.4% | 4,751 58.7% | 481 | 8,099 | R+23.3 |
| Wetzel | 4,035 50.3% | 3,588 44.8% | 392 | 8,015 | D+5.6 |
| Lewis | 3,455 45.4% | 3,747 49.2% | 409 | 7,611 | R+3.8 |
| Barbour | 3,451 48.7% | 3,311 46.7% | 324 | 7,086 | D+2.0 |
| Taylor | 3,216 49.6% | 3,010 46.4% | 261 | 6,487 | D+3.2 |
| Braxton | 3,795 59.2% | 2,403 37.5% | 210 | 6,408 | D+21.7 |
| Monroe | 2,877 47.4% | 2,999 49.4% | 196 | 6,072 | R+2.0 |
| Roane | 2,498 42.0% | 3,219 54.1% | 236 | 5,953 | R+12.1 |
| Summers | 3,114 53.7% | 2,456 42.4% | 227 | 5,797 | D+11.4 |
| Hampshire | 2,522 45.2% | 2,879 51.5% | 184 | 5,585 | R+6.4 |
| Ritchie | 1,450 30.9% | 3,081 65.7% | 160 | 4,691 | R+34.8 |
| Morgan | 1,594 34.4% | 2,833 61.2% | 200 | 4,627 | R+26.8 |
| Grant | 1,041 22.7% | 3,452 75.2% | 98 | 4,591 | R+52.5 |
| Hardy | 2,050 45.6% | 2,329 51.8% | 120 | 4,499 | R+6.2 |
| Tyler | 1,482 33.8% | 2,707 61.8% | 193 | 4,382 | R+28.0 |
| Pocahontas | 2,170 49.8% | 2,011 46.2% | 174 | 4,355 | D+3.7 |
| Webster | 2,578 64.9% | 1,262 31.8% | 134 | 3,974 | D+33.1 |
| Tucker | 1,862 48.3% | 1,798 46.6% | 195 | 3,855 | D+1.7 |
| Clay | 2,185 58.1% | 1,452 38.6% | 125 | 3,762 | D+19.5 |
| Pendleton | 1,724 49.2% | 1,677 47.9% | 103 | 3,504 | D+1.3 |
| Gilmer | 1,854 53.2% | 1,452 41.7% | 180 | 3,486 | D+11.5 |
| Pleasants | 1,494 43.3% | 1,852 53.7% | 101 | 3,447 | R+10.4 |
| Calhoun | 1,717 49.9% | 1,606 46.7% | 118 | 3,441 | D+3.2 |
| Doddridge | 1,043 34.2% | 1,888 61.9% | 120 | 3,051 | R+27.7 |
| Wirt | 1,058 46.1% | 1,176 51.3% | 59 | 2,293 | R+5.1 |
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.
West Virginia in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+41.9 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+38.9 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+42.1 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+26.8 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+13.1 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+12.9 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+6.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+14.7 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+13.0 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.7 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+10.5 |
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.5 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+16.1 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+27.2 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+8.8 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+35.9 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+8.2 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+3.8 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+15.1 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.8 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+14.2 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+21.4 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+10.0 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+12.0 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+0.9 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+21.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+10.3 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+13.2 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.5 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+2.4 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.3 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+9.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+14.6 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+4.5 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+17.6 |