Kansas — 1980 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1980 presidential electionKansas · PresidentReaganR+24.6
How it voted
Share of the 1980 vote
| Ronald Reagan ✓Republican | 57.9% | 566,812 |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy CarterDemocratic | 33.3% | 326,150 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 8.9% | 86,833 |
1980presidential margin
D+60R+60
105 counties, each filled by 1980 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Kansas cast 7 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (105 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Allen County, KS | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Anderson County, KS | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Atchison County, KS | Republican | R+13.5 |
| Barber County, KS | Republican | R+32.0 |
| Barton County, KS | Republican | R+39.6 |
| Bourbon County, KS | Republican | R+23.0 |
| Brown County, KS | Republican | R+41.9 |
| Butler County, KS | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Chase County, KS | Republican | R+41.2 |
| Chautauqua County, KS | Republican | R+46.8 |
| Cherokee County, KS | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Cheyenne County, KS | Republican | R+54.0 |
| Clark County, KS | Republican | R+33.2 |
| Clay County, KS | Republican | R+53.9 |
| Cloud County, KS | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Coffey County, KS | Republican | R+43.1 |
| Comanche County, KS | Republican | R+36.1 |
| Cowley County, KS | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Crawford County, KS | Republican | R+2.4 |
| Decatur County, KS | Republican | R+53.3 |
| Dickinson County, KS | Republican | R+42.4 |
| Doniphan County, KS | Republican | R+40.9 |
| Douglas County, KS | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Edwards County, KS | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Elk County, KS | Republican | R+43.4 |
| Ellis County, KS | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Ellsworth County, KS | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Finney County, KS | Republican | R+26.0 |
| Ford County, KS | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Franklin County, KS | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Geary County, KS | Republican | R+18.7 |
| Gove County, KS | Republican | R+48.8 |
| Graham County, KS | Republican | R+47.8 |
| Grant County, KS | Republican | R+39.7 |
| Gray County, KS | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Greeley County, KS | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Greenwood County, KS | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Hamilton County, KS | Republican | R+35.4 |
| Harper County, KS | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Harvey County, KS | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Haskell County, KS | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Hodgeman County, KS | Republican | R+39.2 |
| Jackson County, KS | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Jefferson County, KS | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Jewell County, KS | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Johnson County, KS | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Kearny County, KS | Republican | R+39.4 |
| Kingman County, KS | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Kiowa County, KS | Republican | R+50.1 |
| Labette County, KS | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Lane County, KS | Republican | R+44.1 |
| Leavenworth County, KS | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Lincoln County, KS | Republican | R+49.6 |
| Linn County, KS | Republican | R+33.7 |
| Logan County, KS | Republican | R+52.2 |
| Lyon County, KS | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Marion County, KS | Republican | R+38.9 |
| Marshall County, KS | Republican | R+42.2 |
| McPherson County, KS | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Meade County, KS | Republican | R+50.3 |
| Miami County, KS | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Mitchell County, KS | Republican | R+49.2 |
| Montgomery County, KS | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Morris County, KS | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Morton County, KS | Republican | R+44.7 |
| Nemaha County, KS | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Neosho County, KS | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Ness County, KS | Republican | R+42.4 |
| Norton County, KS | Republican | R+56.3 |
| Osage County, KS | Republican | R+27.3 |
| Osborne County, KS | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Ottawa County, KS | Republican | R+50.5 |
| Pawnee County, KS | Republican | R+26.7 |
| Phillips County, KS | Republican | R+54.1 |
| Pottawatomie County, KS | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Pratt County, KS | Republican | R+32.0 |
| Rawlins County, KS | Republican | R+52.8 |
| Reno County, KS | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Republic County, KS | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Rice County, KS | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Riley County, KS | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Rooks County, KS | Republican | R+48.6 |
| Rush County, KS | Republican | R+49.9 |
| Russell County, KS | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Saline County, KS | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Scott County, KS | Republican | R+56.8 |
| Sedgwick County, KS | Republican | R+13.9 |
| Seward County, KS | Republican | R+47.2 |
| Shawnee County, KS | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Sheridan County, KS | Republican | R+47.9 |
| Sherman County, KS | Republican | R+45.7 |
| Smith County, KS | Republican | R+50.4 |
| Stafford County, KS | Republican | R+33.4 |
| Stanton County, KS | Republican | R+44.5 |
| Stevens County, KS | Republican | R+49.1 |
| Sumner County, KS | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Thomas County, KS | Republican | R+41.5 |
| Trego County, KS | Republican | R+39.9 |
| Wabaunsee County, KS | Republican | R+42.3 |
| Wallace County, KS | Republican | R+62.2 |
| Washington County, KS | Republican | R+55.7 |
| Wichita County, KS | Republican | R+45.9 |
| Wilson County, KS | Republican | R+44.2 |
| Woodson County, KS | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Wyandotte County, KS | Democratic | D+16.2 |
Kansas results by county
105 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County | Reagan, Ronald+1,802 | 3,81160.3% | 2,00931.8% | 4977.9% | 6,317 |
| Anderson County | Reagan, Ronald+1,193 | 2,36362.6% | 1,17031.0% | 2406.4% | 3,773 |
| Atchison County | Reagan, Ronald+1,021 | 4,08453.9% | 3,06340.4% | 4345.7% | 7,581 |
| Barber County | Reagan, Ronald+958 | 1,87262.5% | 91430.5% | 2086.9% | 2,994 |
| Barton County | Reagan, Ronald+5,484 | 9,14766.0% | 3,66326.4% | 1,0427.5% | 13,852 |
| Bourbon County | Reagan, Ronald+1,658 | 4,26359.2% | 2,60536.2% | 3314.6% | 7,199 |
| Brown County | Reagan, Ronald+2,228 | 3,59867.6% | 1,37025.7% | 3546.7% | 5,322 |
| Butler County | Reagan, Ronald+3,335 | 10,21055.3% | 6,87537.3% | 1,3687.4% | 18,453 |
| Chase County | Reagan, Ronald+660 | 1,07366.9% | 41325.8% | 1177.3% | 1,603 |
| Chautauqua County | Reagan, Ronald+1,023 | 1,56671.6% | 54324.8% | 783.6% | 2,187 |
| Cherokee County | Reagan, Ronald+1,327 | 5,29654.8% | 3,96941.1% | 3974.1% | 9,662 |
| Cheyenne County | Reagan, Ronald+972 | 1,33073.9% | 35819.9% | 1126.2% | 1,800 |
| Clark County | Reagan, Ronald+471 | 90163.6% | 43030.3% | 866.1% | 1,417 |
| Clay County | Reagan, Ronald+2,517 | 3,44973.9% | 93220.0% | 2866.1% | 4,667 |
| Cloud County | Reagan, Ronald+1,788 | 3,58161.6% | 1,79330.8% | 4437.6% | 5,817 |
| Coffey County | Reagan, Ronald+1,553 | 2,49169.2% | 93826.0% | 1734.8% | 3,602 |
| Comanche County | Reagan, Ronald+484 | 87765.4% | 39329.3% | 705.2% | 1,340 |
| Cowley County | Reagan, Ronald+3,275 | 8,74957.1% | 5,47435.7% | 1,0897.1% | 15,312 |
| Crawford County | Reagan, Ronald+400 | 8,05847.8% | 7,65845.4% | 1,1396.8% | 16,855 |
| Decatur County | Reagan, Ronald+1,199 | 1,64273.0% | 44319.7% | 1657.3% | 2,250 |
| Dickinson County | Reagan, Ronald+3,546 | 5,65467.6% | 2,10825.2% | 5977.1% | 8,359 |
| Doniphan County | Reagan, Ronald+1,522 | 2,52367.8% | 1,00126.9% | 1955.2% | 3,719 |
| Douglas County | Reagan, Ronald+4,746 | 14,10649.0% | 9,36032.5% | 5,31818.5% | 28,784 |
| Edwards County | Reagan, Ronald+793 | 1,40963.9% | 61627.9% | 1798.1% | 2,204 |
| Elk County | Reagan, Ronald+798 | 1,28069.7% | 48226.2% | 754.1% | 1,837 |
| Ellis County | Reagan, Ronald+1,694 | 5,63452.5% | 3,94036.7% | 1,15010.7% | 10,724 |
| Ellsworth County | Reagan, Ronald+1,269 | 2,15565.9% | 88627.1% | 2297.0% | 3,270 |
| Finney County | Reagan, Ronald+2,142 | 4,83158.6% | 2,68932.6% | 7268.8% | 8,246 |
| Ford County | Reagan, Ronald+2,492 | 5,68658.9% | 3,19433.1% | 7818.1% | 9,661 |
| Franklin County | Reagan, Ronald+2,799 | 5,52562.7% | 2,72630.9% | 5576.3% | 8,808 |
| Geary County | Reagan, Ronald+1,177 | 3,53456.1% | 2,35737.4% | 4136.6% | 6,304 |
| Gove County | Reagan, Ronald+867 | 1,26371.1% | 39622.3% | 1176.6% | 1,776 |
| Graham County | Reagan, Ronald+977 | 1,45070.9% | 47323.1% | 1226.0% | 2,045 |
| Grant County | Reagan, Ronald+1,028 | 1,71166.0% | 68326.4% | 1987.6% | 2,592 |
| Gray County | Reagan, Ronald+727 | 1,31063.7% | 58328.3% | 1648.0% | 2,057 |
| Greeley County | Reagan, Ronald+365 | 60063.4% | 23524.8% | 11211.8% | 947 |
| Greenwood County | Reagan, Ronald+1,444 | 2,68564.6% | 1,24129.9% | 2295.5% | 4,155 |
| Hamilton County | Reagan, Ronald+487 | 88964.7% | 40229.2% | 846.1% | 1,375 |
| Harper County | Reagan, Ronald+1,264 | 2,25464.2% | 99028.2% | 2687.6% | 3,512 |
| Harvey County | Reagan, Ronald+2,872 | 7,04554.6% | 4,17332.3% | 1,69413.1% | 12,912 |
| Haskell County | Reagan, Ronald+640 | 1,01467.6% | 37424.9% | 1117.4% | 1,499 |
| Hodgeman County | Reagan, Ronald+492 | 83166.2% | 33927.0% | 866.8% | 1,256 |
| Jackson County | Reagan, Ronald+1,674 | 3,21163.3% | 1,53730.3% | 3226.4% | 5,070 |
| Jefferson County | Reagan, Ronald+2,270 | 4,04664.6% | 1,77628.4% | 4417.0% | 6,263 |
| Jewell County | Reagan, Ronald+1,496 | 2,07472.8% | 57820.3% | 1976.9% | 2,849 |
| Johnson County | Reagan, Ronald+44,838 | 78,04863.0% | 33,21026.8% | 12,72510.3% | 123,983 |
| Kearny County | Reagan, Ronald+549 | 92466.4% | 37526.9% | 936.7% | 1,392 |
| Kingman County | Reagan, Ronald+1,477 | 2,61063.6% | 1,13327.6% | 3598.8% | 4,102 |
| Kiowa County | Reagan, Ronald+995 | 1,43372.2% | 43822.1% | 1155.8% | 1,986 |
| Labette County | Reagan, Ronald+1,297 | 5,24452.9% | 3,94739.8% | 7307.4% | 9,921 |
| Lane County | Reagan, Ronald+603 | 92467.5% | 32123.5% | 1239.0% | 1,368 |
| Leavenworth County | Reagan, Ronald+2,803 | 9,15755.0% | 6,35438.1% | 1,1456.9% | 16,656 |
| Lincoln County | Reagan, Ronald+1,157 | 1,68572.2% | 52822.6% | 1225.2% | 2,335 |
| Linn County | Reagan, Ronald+1,250 | 2,40764.9% | 1,15731.2% | 1463.9% | 3,710 |
| Logan County | Reagan, Ronald+903 | 1,26172.9% | 35820.7% | 1116.4% | 1,730 |
| Lyon County | Reagan, Ronald+3,751 | 8,43157.9% | 4,68032.2% | 1,4409.9% | 14,551 |
| Marion County | Reagan, Ronald+2,391 | 3,96064.4% | 1,56925.5% | 62110.1% | 6,150 |
| Marshall County | Reagan, Ronald+2,572 | 4,12767.7% | 1,55525.5% | 4156.8% | 6,097 |
| McPherson County | Reagan, Ronald+3,503 | 6,84358.8% | 3,34028.7% | 1,44812.4% | 11,631 |
| Meade County | Reagan, Ronald+1,136 | 1,61871.7% | 48221.3% | 1587.0% | 2,258 |
| Miami County | Reagan, Ronald+1,669 | 4,74057.1% | 3,07137.0% | 4905.9% | 8,301 |
| Mitchell County | Reagan, Ronald+1,945 | 2,82171.4% | 87622.2% | 2566.5% | 3,953 |
| Montgomery County | Reagan, Ronald+5,574 | 10,85664.2% | 5,28231.2% | 7774.6% | 16,915 |
| Morris County | Reagan, Ronald+1,123 | 1,93365.5% | 81027.5% | 2067.0% | 2,949 |
| Morton County | Reagan, Ronald+743 | 1,15769.6% | 41424.9% | 915.5% | 1,662 |
| Nemaha County | Reagan, Ronald+1,946 | 3,54665.0% | 1,60029.3% | 3105.7% | 5,456 |
| Neosho County | Reagan, Ronald+1,690 | 4,61357.1% | 2,92336.2% | 5416.7% | 8,077 |
| Ness County | Reagan, Ronald+1,041 | 1,65767.5% | 61625.1% | 1827.4% | 2,455 |
| Norton County | Reagan, Ronald+1,959 | 2,62575.5% | 66619.2% | 1865.3% | 3,477 |
| Osage County | Reagan, Ronald+1,729 | 3,81760.4% | 2,08833.0% | 4196.6% | 6,324 |
| Osborne County | Reagan, Ronald+1,568 | 2,18873.3% | 62020.8% | 1765.9% | 2,984 |
| Ottawa County | Reagan, Ronald+1,488 | 2,11871.9% | 63021.4% | 1996.8% | 2,947 |
| Pawnee County | Reagan, Ronald+986 | 2,17058.8% | 1,18432.1% | 3379.1% | 3,691 |
| Phillips County | Reagan, Ronald+1,983 | 2,73174.5% | 74820.4% | 1885.1% | 3,667 |
| Pottawatomie County | Reagan, Ronald+2,171 | 3,89563.4% | 1,72428.1% | 5258.5% | 6,144 |
| Pratt County | Reagan, Ronald+1,497 | 2,86661.2% | 1,36929.2% | 4489.6% | 4,683 |
| Rawlins County | Reagan, Ronald+1,097 | 1,52473.4% | 42720.6% | 1256.0% | 2,076 |
| Reno County | Reagan, Ronald+4,189 | 13,80452.8% | 9,61536.8% | 2,70210.3% | 26,121 |
| Republic County | Reagan, Ronald+2,181 | 3,03173.6% | 85020.6% | 2395.8% | 4,120 |
| Rice County | Reagan, Ronald+1,364 | 3,21157.7% | 1,84733.2% | 5109.2% | 5,568 |
| Riley County | Reagan, Ronald+3,680 | 8,90452.9% | 5,22431.1% | 2,69016.0% | 16,818 |
| Rooks County | Reagan, Ronald+1,550 | 2,27571.4% | 72522.7% | 1875.9% | 3,187 |
| Rush County | Reagan, Ronald+1,283 | 1,84071.5% | 55721.7% | 1756.8% | 2,572 |
| Russell County | Reagan, Ronald+2,331 | 3,24173.0% | 91020.5% | 2866.4% | 4,437 |
| Saline County | Reagan, Ronald+6,376 | 12,75860.3% | 6,38230.1% | 2,0299.6% | 21,169 |
| Scott County | Reagan, Ronald+1,373 | 1,82975.6% | 45618.9% | 1335.5% | 2,418 |
| Sedgwick County | Reagan, Ronald+20,212 | 75,31751.8% | 55,10537.9% | 15,00910.3% | 145,431 |
| Seward County | Reagan, Ronald+2,925 | 4,38570.8% | 1,46023.6% | 3465.6% | 6,191 |
| Shawnee County | Reagan, Ronald+11,438 | 36,29053.5% | 24,85236.7% | 6,6349.8% | 67,776 |
| Sheridan County | Reagan, Ronald+811 | 1,20271.0% | 39123.1% | 1005.9% | 1,693 |
| Sherman County | Reagan, Ronald+1,536 | 2,31568.9% | 77923.2% | 2688.0% | 3,362 |
| Smith County | Reagan, Ronald+1,696 | 2,41571.7% | 71921.3% | 2346.9% | 3,368 |
| Stafford County | Reagan, Ronald+993 | 1,86562.7% | 87229.3% | 2398.0% | 2,976 |
| Stanton County | Reagan, Ronald+441 | 67267.7% | 23123.3% | 899.0% | 992 |
| Stevens County | Reagan, Ronald+1,024 | 1,50272.0% | 47822.9% | 1055.0% | 2,085 |
| Sumner County | Reagan, Ronald+2,277 | 6,03857.5% | 3,76135.8% | 6976.6% | 10,496 |
| Thomas County | Reagan, Ronald+1,744 | 2,78966.4% | 1,04524.9% | 3688.8% | 4,202 |
| Trego County | Reagan, Ronald+817 | 1,34065.4% | 52325.5% | 1859.0% | 2,048 |
| Wabaunsee County | Reagan, Ronald+1,402 | 2,25568.0% | 85325.7% | 2096.3% | 3,317 |
| Wallace County | Reagan, Ronald+644 | 81178.3% | 16716.1% | 585.6% | 1,036 |
| Washington County | Reagan, Ronald+2,274 | 3,05874.9% | 78419.2% | 2415.9% | 4,083 |
| Wichita County | Reagan, Ronald+577 | 88070.0% | 30324.1% | 756.0% | 1,258 |
| Wilson County | Reagan, Ronald+2,123 | 3,32869.3% | 1,20525.1% | 2685.6% | 4,801 |
| Woodson County | Reagan, Ronald+789 | 1,43565.6% | 64629.5% | 1084.9% | 2,189 |
| Wyandotte County | Carter, Jimmy+9,751 | 23,01238.2% | 32,76354.4% | 4,4487.4% | 60,223 |
complete certified result
Kansas candidate results
Top three shown first · expand for every reported candidate and write-in category
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab — U.S. President 1976–2024 state candidate returns
Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)
Kansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −48.4% |
| 1896 | +3.7% |
| 1900 | −6.6% |
| 1904 | −38.7% |
| 1908 | −9.4% |
| 1912 | +18.8% |
| 1916 | +5.9% |
| 1920 | −32.2% |
| 1924 | −37.9% |
| 1928 | −45.0% |
| 1932 | +9.4% |
| 1936 | +7.7% |
| 1940 | −14.5% |
| 1944 | −21.1% |
| 1948 | −9.0% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.2% |
| 1960 | −21.3% |
| 1964 | +9.0% |
| 1968 | −20.1% |
| 1972 | −38.2% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −24.6% |
| 1984 | −33.7% |
| 1988 | −13.2% |
| 1992 | −5.1% |
| 1996 | −18.2% |
| 2000 | −20.8% |
| 2004 | −25.4% |
| 2008 | −15.0% |
| 2012 | −21.6% |
| 2016 | −20.4% |
| 2020 | −14.7% |
| 2024 | −16.1% |
Same ballot, 1980KS
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1980 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.