Minnesota — 1980 presidential election
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Akashicstate1980 presidential electionMinnesota · PresidentCarterD+3.9
How it voted
Share of the 1980 vote
| Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic | 46.5% | 954,174 |
|---|---|---|
| Ronald ReaganRepublican | 42.6% | 873,241 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 10.9% | 224,257 |
1980presidential margin
D+60R+60
87 counties, each filled by 1980 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Minnesota cast 10 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (87 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County, MN | Democratic | D+3.7 |
| Anoka County, MN | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| Becker County, MN | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Beltrami County, MN | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Benton County, MN | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Big Stone County, MN | Republican | R+3.3 |
| Blue Earth County, MN | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Brown County, MN | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Carlton County, MN | Democratic | D+27.4 |
| Carver County, MN | Republican | R+17.8 |
| Cass County, MN | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Chippewa County, MN | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Chisago County, MN | Democratic | D+9.8 |
| Clay County, MN | Republican | R+6.7 |
| Clearwater County, MN | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Cook County, MN | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Cottonwood County, MN | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Crow Wing County, MN | Republican | R+7.0 |
| Dakota County, MN | Democratic | D+2.9 |
| Dodge County, MN | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Douglas County, MN | Republican | R+15.6 |
| Faribault County, MN | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Fillmore County, MN | Republican | R+21.6 |
| Freeborn County, MN | Republican | R+1.5 |
| Goodhue County, MN | Republican | R+3.8 |
| Grant County, MN | Republican | R+5.4 |
| Hennepin County, MN | Democratic | D+8.8 |
| Houston County, MN | Republican | R+24.9 |
| Hubbard County, MN | Republican | R+17.7 |
| Isanti County, MN | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| Itasca County, MN | Democratic | D+16.9 |
| Jackson County, MN | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Kanabec County, MN | Democratic | D+2.8 |
| Kandiyohi County, MN | Republican | R+2.4 |
| Kittson County, MN | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Koochiching County, MN | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Lac qui Parle County, MN | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Lake County, MN | Democratic | D+20.9 |
| Lake of the Woods County, MN | Republican | R+14.4 |
| Le Sueur County, MN | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Lincoln County, MN | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Lyon County, MN | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Mahnomen County, MN | Republican | R+3.8 |
| Marshall County, MN | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Martin County, MN | Republican | R+22.4 |
| McLeod County, MN | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Meeker County, MN | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Mille Lacs County, MN | Democratic | D+6.5 |
| Morrison County, MN | Democratic | D+4.5 |
| Mower County, MN | Democratic | D+12.9 |
| Murray County, MN | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Nicollet County, MN | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Nobles County, MN | Republican | R+0.03 |
| Norman County, MN | Democratic | D+1.3 |
| Olmsted County, MN | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Otter Tail County, MN | Republican | R+22.9 |
| Pennington County, MN | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Pine County, MN | Democratic | D+12.6 |
| Pipestone County, MN | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Polk County, MN | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Pope County, MN | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Ramsey County, MN | Democratic | D+19.7 |
| Red Lake County, MN | Democratic | D+3.5 |
| Redwood County, MN | Republican | R+31.4 |
| Renville County, MN | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Rice County, MN | Democratic | D+6.6 |
| Rock County, MN | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Roseau County, MN | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Scott County, MN | Democratic | D+0.5 |
| Sherburne County, MN | Democratic | D+1.4 |
| Sibley County, MN | Republican | R+25.4 |
| St. Louis County, MN | Democratic | D+31.4 |
| Stearns County, MN | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Steele County, MN | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Stevens County, MN | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Swift County, MN | Democratic | D+4.4 |
| Todd County, MN | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Traverse County, MN | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Wabasha County, MN | Republican | R+13.5 |
| Wadena County, MN | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Waseca County, MN | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Washington County, MN | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Watonwan County, MN | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Wilkin County, MN | Republican | R+17.7 |
| Winona County, MN | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Wright County, MN | Democratic | D+0.3 |
| Yellow Medicine County, MN | Republican | R+15.8 |
Minnesota results by county
87 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County | Jimmy Carter+281 | 3,67747.9% | 3,39644.3% | 5977.8% | 7,670 |
| Anoka County | Jimmy Carter+12,432 | 45,53251.8% | 33,10037.7% | 9,21110.5% | 87,843 |
| Becker County | Ronald Reagan+1,627 | 5,22139.8% | 6,84852.1% | 1,0658.1% | 13,134 |
| Beltrami County | Jimmy Carter+951 | 7,43247.8% | 6,48141.7% | 1,62410.5% | 15,537 |
| Benton County | Ronald Reagan+241 | 5,27244.7% | 5,51346.8% | 9978.5% | 11,782 |
| Big Stone County | Ronald Reagan+136 | 1,81444.3% | 1,95047.7% | 3278.0% | 4,091 |
| Blue Earth County | Ronald Reagan+1,036 | 10,93041.8% | 11,96645.8% | 3,24212.4% | 26,138 |
| Brown County | Ronald Reagan+3,136 | 4,91534.8% | 8,05157.0% | 1,1568.2% | 14,122 |
| Carlton County | Jimmy Carter+4,062 | 8,82259.5% | 4,76032.1% | 1,2518.4% | 14,833 |
| Carver County | Ronald Reagan+3,288 | 6,62135.8% | 9,90953.6% | 1,95110.6% | 18,481 |
| Cass County | Ronald Reagan+1,402 | 4,71741.1% | 6,11953.3% | 6495.7% | 11,485 |
| Chippewa County | Ronald Reagan+1,088 | 3,16439.1% | 4,25252.5% | 6818.4% | 8,097 |
| Chisago County | Jimmy Carter+1,223 | 6,24049.8% | 5,01740.1% | 1,26610.1% | 12,523 |
| Clay County | Ronald Reagan+1,507 | 8,94039.7% | 10,44746.4% | 3,12113.9% | 22,508 |
| Clearwater County | Jimmy Carter+36 | 1,95547.3% | 1,91946.4% | 2636.4% | 4,137 |
| Cook County | Ronald Reagan+276 | 87138.4% | 1,14750.6% | 24810.9% | 2,266 |
| Cottonwood County | Ronald Reagan+1,300 | 2,95837.7% | 4,25854.3% | 6318.0% | 7,847 |
| Crow Wing County | Ronald Reagan+1,521 | 9,32343.0% | 10,84450.0% | 1,5107.0% | 21,677 |
| Dakota County | Jimmy Carter+2,725 | 43,43345.8% | 40,70843.0% | 10,61411.2% | 94,755 |
| Dodge County | Ronald Reagan+1,202 | 2,69838.0% | 3,90054.9% | 5027.1% | 7,100 |
| Douglas County | Ronald Reagan+2,248 | 5,53038.3% | 7,77853.8% | 1,1377.9% | 14,445 |
| Faribault County | Ronald Reagan+2,586 | 3,62034.5% | 6,20659.2% | 6556.2% | 10,481 |
| Fillmore County | Ronald Reagan+2,442 | 4,01035.4% | 6,45257.0% | 8507.5% | 11,312 |
| Freeborn County | Ronald Reagan+263 | 8,21246.2% | 8,47547.7% | 1,0986.2% | 17,785 |
| Goodhue County | Ronald Reagan+763 | 8,56642.3% | 9,32946.1% | 2,35311.6% | 20,248 |
| Grant County | Ronald Reagan+232 | 1,82242.6% | 2,05448.1% | 3969.3% | 4,272 |
| Hennepin County | Jimmy Carter+44,694 | 239,59247.4% | 194,89838.6% | 70,88214.0% | 505,372 |
| Houston County | Ronald Reagan+2,364 | 3,21833.9% | 5,58258.9% | 6817.2% | 9,481 |
| Hubbard County | Ronald Reagan+1,332 | 2,84037.8% | 4,17255.5% | 5016.7% | 7,513 |
| Isanti County | Jimmy Carter+977 | 5,45750.5% | 4,48041.4% | 8728.1% | 10,809 |
| Itasca County | Jimmy Carter+3,766 | 12,13454.6% | 8,36837.6% | 1,7267.8% | 22,228 |
| Jackson County | Ronald Reagan+329 | 3,06243.3% | 3,39148.0% | 6118.6% | 7,064 |
| Kanabec County | Jimmy Carter+154 | 2,65448.2% | 2,50045.4% | 3546.4% | 5,508 |
| Kandiyohi County | Ronald Reagan+442 | 8,03844.4% | 8,48046.9% | 1,5778.7% | 18,095 |
| Kittson County | Ronald Reagan+468 | 1,40739.3% | 1,87552.4% | 2958.2% | 3,577 |
| Koochiching County | Jimmy Carter+748 | 4,18150.7% | 3,43341.6% | 6367.7% | 8,250 |
| Lac qui Parle County | Ronald Reagan+524 | 2,45741.6% | 2,98150.5% | 4657.9% | 5,903 |
| Lake County | Jimmy Carter+1,450 | 3,86455.7% | 2,41434.8% | 6539.4% | 6,931 |
| Lake of the Woods County | Ronald Reagan+289 | 76338.1% | 1,05252.6% | 1859.3% | 2,000 |
| Le Sueur County | Ronald Reagan+317 | 5,16144.4% | 5,47847.1% | 9868.5% | 11,625 |
| Lincoln County | Ronald Reagan+482 | 1,64039.8% | 2,12251.5% | 3598.7% | 4,121 |
| Lyon County | Ronald Reagan+226 | 5,62643.6% | 5,85245.3% | 1,43311.1% | 12,911 |
| Mahnomen County | Ronald Reagan+100 | 1,17544.6% | 1,27548.4% | 1857.0% | 2,635 |
| Marshall County | Ronald Reagan+1,002 | 2,63638.9% | 3,63853.7% | 5017.4% | 6,775 |
| Martin County | Ronald Reagan+2,756 | 4,30135.0% | 7,05757.4% | 9367.6% | 12,294 |
| McLeod County | Ronald Reagan+2,832 | 4,98735.5% | 7,81955.7% | 1,2298.8% | 14,035 |
| Meeker County | Ronald Reagan+794 | 4,23842.0% | 5,03249.8% | 8258.2% | 10,095 |
| Mille Lacs County | Jimmy Carter+583 | 4,44349.3% | 3,86042.8% | 7107.9% | 9,013 |
| Morrison County | Jimmy Carter+634 | 6,93049.4% | 6,29644.9% | 7925.6% | 14,018 |
| Mower County | Jimmy Carter+2,630 | 10,53851.8% | 7,90838.9% | 1,8799.2% | 20,325 |
| Murray County | Ronald Reagan+290 | 2,71443.9% | 3,00448.6% | 4687.6% | 6,186 |
| Nicollet County | Ronald Reagan+1,036 | 5,40039.6% | 6,43647.2% | 1,78613.1% | 13,622 |
| Nobles County | Ronald Reagan+3 | 4,70345.4% | 4,70645.4% | 9569.2% | 10,365 |
| Norman County | Jimmy Carter+61 | 2,25346.2% | 2,19244.9% | 4358.9% | 4,880 |
| Olmsted County | Ronald Reagan+8,721 | 13,98334.2% | 22,70455.5% | 4,22410.3% | 40,911 |
| Otter Tail County | Ronald Reagan+5,983 | 9,10834.8% | 15,09157.7% | 1,9397.4% | 26,138 |
| Pennington County | Ronald Reagan+614 | 3,10141.8% | 3,71550.1% | 6008.1% | 7,416 |
| Pine County | Jimmy Carter+1,222 | 5,12152.9% | 3,89940.2% | 6676.9% | 9,687 |
| Pipestone County | Ronald Reagan+815 | 2,39238.3% | 3,20751.4% | 64410.3% | 6,243 |
| Polk County | Ronald Reagan+1,885 | 7,15140.5% | 9,03651.2% | 1,4578.3% | 17,644 |
| Pope County | Ronald Reagan+632 | 2,52741.1% | 3,15951.3% | 4677.6% | 6,153 |
| Ramsey County | Jimmy Carter+45,914 | 124,77453.6% | 78,86033.9% | 29,11012.5% | 232,744 |
| Red Lake County | Jimmy Carter+95 | 1,31848.7% | 1,22345.2% | 1666.1% | 2,707 |
| Redwood County | Ronald Reagan+3,041 | 2,95230.4% | 5,99361.8% | 7547.8% | 9,699 |
| Renville County | Ronald Reagan+1,486 | 4,05838.9% | 5,54453.1% | 8428.1% | 10,444 |
| Rice County | Jimmy Carter+1,363 | 9,53146.1% | 8,16839.5% | 2,97414.4% | 20,673 |
| Rock County | Ronald Reagan+1,075 | 2,08936.6% | 3,16455.4% | 4608.1% | 5,713 |
| Roseau County | Ronald Reagan+742 | 2,61641.4% | 3,35853.2% | 3435.4% | 6,317 |
| Scott County | Jimmy Carter+97 | 9,11545.5% | 9,01845.0% | 1,9059.5% | 20,038 |
| Sherburne County | Jimmy Carter+194 | 6,22945.7% | 6,03544.3% | 1,35610.0% | 13,620 |
| Sibley County | Ronald Reagan+1,939 | 2,52133.0% | 4,46058.4% | 6618.6% | 7,642 |
| St. Louis County | Jimmy Carter+35,996 | 69,40360.5% | 33,40729.1% | 11,86410.3% | 114,674 |
| Stearns County | Ronald Reagan+3,026 | 21,86242.4% | 24,88848.3% | 4,7729.3% | 51,522 |
| Steele County | Ronald Reagan+2,710 | 5,09535.7% | 7,80554.7% | 1,3799.7% | 14,279 |
| Stevens County | Ronald Reagan+724 | 2,55939.5% | 3,28350.7% | 6349.8% | 6,476 |
| Swift County | Jimmy Carter+302 | 3,24547.6% | 2,94343.1% | 6359.3% | 6,823 |
| Todd County | Ronald Reagan+1,476 | 4,97541.1% | 6,45153.3% | 6855.7% | 12,111 |
| Traverse County | Ronald Reagan+316 | 1,25841.5% | 1,57451.9% | 1986.5% | 3,030 |
| Wabasha County | Ronald Reagan+1,274 | 3,71239.3% | 4,98652.7% | 7558.0% | 9,453 |
| Wadena County | Ronald Reagan+1,454 | 2,63537.1% | 4,08957.6% | 3795.3% | 7,103 |
| Waseca County | Ronald Reagan+1,266 | 3,53538.0% | 4,80151.6% | 96510.4% | 9,301 |
| Washington County | Jimmy Carter+2,916 | 25,63446.7% | 22,71841.4% | 6,55011.9% | 54,902 |
| Watonwan County | Ronald Reagan+1,187 | 2,44237.1% | 3,62955.1% | 5167.8% | 6,587 |
| Wilkin County | Ronald Reagan+728 | 1,49636.4% | 2,22454.2% | 3879.4% | 4,107 |
| Winona County | Ronald Reagan+518 | 9,81442.9% | 10,33245.1% | 2,75712.0% | 22,903 |
| Wright County | Jimmy Carter+90 | 12,38345.9% | 12,29345.5% | 2,3158.6% | 26,991 |
| Yellow Medicine County | Ronald Reagan+1,171 | 2,83338.2% | 4,00454.0% | 5847.9% | 7,421 |
Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)
Minnesota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −8.3% |
| 1896 | −15.7% |
| 1900 | −24.5% |
| 1904 | −55.1% |
| 1908 | −26.2% |
| 1912 | +12.6% |
| 1916 | −0.1% |
| 1920 | −51.2% |
| 1924 | −44.4% |
| 1928 | −16.9% |
| 1932 | +23.6% |
| 1936 | +30.8% |
| 1940 | +3.8% |
| 1944 | +5.5% |
| 1948 | +17.3% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −7.6% |
| 1960 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | +27.8% |
| 1968 | +12.5% |
| 1972 | −5.5% |
| 1976 | +12.9% |
| 1980 | +3.9% |
| 1984 | +0.2% |
| 1988 | +7.0% |
| 1992 | +11.6% |
| 1996 | +16.1% |
| 2000 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | +10.2% |
| 2012 | +7.7% |
| 2016 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | +7.1% |
| 2024 | +4.2% |
Same ballot, 1980MN
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1980 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.