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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Wisconsin

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1980, 47.9% to 43.2%, a margin of 4.7 points and 107,261 votes.

Wisconsin voted 5.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+9.7.

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

Republicans led in 54 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 464,008 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.2 points. The closest was Washburn, where 21 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 1,088,845 47.9%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 981,584 43.2%
John B. Anderson Independent 160,657 7.1%
All other candidates 42,135 1.9%
Total2,273,221

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 240,174 51.8% 183,450 39.5% 40,384 464,008 D+12.2
Dane 85,609 50.8% 57,545 34.2% 25,251 168,405 D+16.7
Waukesha 46,612 33.5% 81,059 58.3% 11,477 139,148 R+24.8
Brown 29,796 35.9% 47,067 56.7% 6,114 82,977 R+20.8
Racine 33,565 42.1% 39,683 49.8% 6,494 79,742 R+7.7
Winnebago 24,203 37.6% 34,286 53.3% 5,864 64,353 R+15.7
Rock 24,740 40.4% 30,960 50.6% 5,482 61,182 R+10.2
Outagamie 21,284 35.8% 31,500 53.0% 6,657 59,441 R+17.2
Kenosha 26,738 47.9% 24,481 43.8% 4,644 55,863 D+4.0
Marathon 23,281 43.5% 25,868 48.3% 4,365 53,514 R+4.8
Sheboygan 20,974 43.2% 23,036 47.4% 4,565 48,575 R+4.2
La Crosse 17,304 38.2% 23,427 51.7% 4,554 45,285 R+13.5
Fond Du Lac 15,293 36.0% 24,196 57.0% 2,981 42,470 R+21.0
Washington 12,944 32.8% 23,213 58.8% 3,314 39,471 R+26.0
Eau Claire 17,602 45.2% 17,304 44.5% 4,016 38,922 D+0.8
Manitowoc 17,330 44.7% 18,591 48.0% 2,811 38,732 R+3.3
Ozaukee 10,779 30.8% 21,371 61.0% 2,883 35,033 R+30.2
Wood 13,804 40.0% 17,987 52.2% 2,676 34,467 R+12.1
Walworth 11,344 33.6% 19,194 56.9% 3,192 33,730 R+23.3
Dodge 11,966 35.5% 19,435 57.7% 2,281 33,682 R+22.2
Portage 16,443 53.6% 10,465 34.1% 3,794 30,702 D+19.5
Jefferson 11,335 37.8% 16,174 53.9% 2,491 30,000 R+16.1
Grant 8,406 35.3% 13,298 55.8% 2,120 23,824 R+20.5
Chippewa 9,836 44.9% 10,531 48.1% 1,545 21,912 R+3.2
St. Croix 10,203 46.9% 9,265 42.6% 2,299 21,767 D+4.3
Douglas 11,703 55.2% 7,258 34.2% 2,238 21,199 D+21.0
Columbia 8,715 41.5% 10,478 49.9% 1,803 20,996 R+8.4
Waupaca 6,401 31.4% 12,568 61.7% 1,397 20,366 R+30.3
Sauk 8,456 41.9% 9,992 49.5% 1,747 20,195 R+7.6
Marinette 7,718 40.3% 10,444 54.5% 1,005 19,167 R+14.2
Barron 8,654 46.3% 8,791 47.0% 1,240 18,685 R+0.7
Dunn 7,743 45.3% 7,428 43.5% 1,917 17,088 D+1.8
Oneida 7,008 41.7% 8,602 51.2% 1,195 16,805 R+9.5
Polk 7,607 46.7% 7,207 44.2% 1,482 16,296 D+2.5
Shawano 5,410 33.2% 9,922 61.0% 944 16,276 R+27.7
Monroe 6,521 41.6% 8,136 51.9% 1,027 15,684 R+10.3
Pierce 7,312 46.7% 6,209 39.7% 2,125 15,646 D+7.0
Clark 6,091 40.5% 7,921 52.7% 1,011 15,023 R+12.2
Calumet 5,036 35.2% 7,885 55.2% 1,372 14,293 R+19.9
Oconto 5,352 37.4% 8,292 58.0% 649 14,293 R+20.6
Green 5,336 37.4% 7,714 54.0% 1,227 14,277 R+16.7
Door 4,961 38.2% 7,170 55.2% 851 12,982 R+17.0
Vernon 5,501 43.1% 6,528 51.1% 744 12,773 R+8.0
Lincoln 5,438 42.6% 6,473 50.7% 844 12,755 R+8.1
Trempealeau 5,390 44.5% 5,992 49.5% 719 12,101 R+5.0
Juneau 3,884 38.3% 5,591 55.1% 665 10,140 R+16.8
Vilas 3,293 33.2% 6,034 60.8% 597 9,924 R+27.6
Langlade 4,498 45.6% 4,866 49.3% 507 9,871 R+3.7
Kewaunee 3,706 37.9% 5,577 57.1% 492 9,775 R+19.1
Green Lake 2,851 30.8% 5,868 63.4% 533 9,252 R+32.6
Waushara 2,987 32.9% 5,576 61.4% 514 9,077 R+28.5
Iowa 4,154 46.2% 4,068 45.2% 770 8,992 D+1.0
Taylor 3,739 41.7% 4,596 51.3% 623 8,958 R+9.6
Ashland 4,469 51.5% 3,262 37.6% 954 8,685 D+13.9
Lafayette 3,598 41.9% 4,421 51.5% 572 8,591 R+9.6
Richland 3,413 39.7% 4,601 53.6% 574 8,588 R+13.8
Jackson 3,629 42.6% 4,327 50.8% 561 8,517 R+8.2
Price 3,595 44.0% 4,028 49.3% 548 8,171 R+5.3
Crawford 3,392 43.2% 3,934 50.1% 530 7,856 R+6.9
Rusk 3,584 46.0% 3,704 47.5% 507 7,795 R+1.5
Bayfield 3,705 47.6% 3,278 42.1% 806 7,789 D+5.5
Buffalo 3,276 44.2% 3,569 48.1% 573 7,418 R+3.9
Sawyer 3,065 43.3% 3,548 50.1% 473 7,086 R+6.8
Washburn 3,172 46.1% 3,193 46.4% 515 6,880 R+0.3
Burnett 3,200 47.4% 3,027 44.8% 528 6,755 D+2.6
Adams 2,773 42.5% 3,304 50.7% 441 6,518 R+8.1
Marquette 2,180 37.7% 3,166 54.8% 433 5,779 R+17.1
Forest 2,402 51.4% 2,070 44.3% 202 4,674 D+7.1
Iron 1,941 48.3% 1,811 45.0% 269 4,021 D+3.2
Pepin 1,673 48.2% 1,541 44.4% 257 3,471 D+3.8
Florence 943 41.7% 1,187 52.5% 130 2,260 R+10.8
Menominee 544 58.1% 302 32.3% 90 936 D+25.9

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5