Missouri — 1980 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1980 presidential electionMissouri · PresidentReaganR+6.8
How it voted
Share of the 1980 vote
| Ronald Reagan ✓Republican | 51.2% | 1,074,181 |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy CarterDemocratic | 44.4% | 931,182 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.5% | 93,857 |
1980presidential margin
D+60R+60
115 counties, each filled by 1980 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Missouri cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (115 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, MO | Republican | R+21.1 |
| Andrew County, MO | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Atchison County, MO | Republican | R+23.1 |
| Audrain County, MO | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Barry County, MO | Republican | R+24.8 |
| Barton County, MO | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Bates County, MO | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Benton County, MO | Republican | R+20.7 |
| Bollinger County, MO | Republican | R+13.8 |
| Boone County, MO | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Buchanan County, MO | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Butler County, MO | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Caldwell County, MO | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Callaway County, MO | Republican | R+9.3 |
| Camden County, MO | Republican | R+30.5 |
| Cape Girardeau County, MO | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Carroll County, MO | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Carter County, MO | Republican | R+5.5 |
| Cass County, MO | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Cedar County, MO | Republican | R+33.4 |
| Chariton County, MO | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Christian County, MO | Republican | R+29.1 |
| Clark County, MO | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Clay County, MO | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Clinton County, MO | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Cole County, MO | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Cooper County, MO | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Crawford County, MO | Republican | R+19.6 |
| Dade County, MO | Republican | R+29.8 |
| Dallas County, MO | Republican | R+23.6 |
| Daviess County, MO | Republican | R+8.9 |
| DeKalb County, MO | Republican | R+9.9 |
| Dent County, MO | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Douglas County, MO | Republican | R+33.6 |
| Dunklin County, MO | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Franklin County, MO | Republican | R+17.6 |
| Gasconade County, MO | Republican | R+47.3 |
| Gentry County, MO | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Greene County, MO | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Grundy County, MO | Republican | R+16.2 |
| Harrison County, MO | Republican | R+21.5 |
| Henry County, MO | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Hickory County, MO | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Holt County, MO | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Howard County, MO | Democratic | D+1.4 |
| Howell County, MO | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Iron County, MO | Democratic | D+0.5 |
| Jackson County, MO | Democratic | D+11.6 |
| Jasper County, MO | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Jefferson County, MO | Republican | R+8.2 |
| Johnson County, MO | Republican | R+8.0 |
| Knox County, MO | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Laclede County, MO | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Lafayette County, MO | Republican | R+11.0 |
| Lawrence County, MO | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Lewis County, MO | Republican | R+0.8 |
| Lincoln County, MO | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Linn County, MO | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Livingston County, MO | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Macon County, MO | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Madison County, MO | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Maries County, MO | Republican | R+6.7 |
| Marion County, MO | Republican | R+1.2 |
| McDonald County, MO | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Mercer County, MO | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Miller County, MO | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Mississippi County, MO | Democratic | D+10.4 |
| Moniteau County, MO | Republican | R+19.6 |
| Monroe County, MO | Democratic | D+9.2 |
| Montgomery County, MO | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Morgan County, MO | Republican | R+18.1 |
| New Madrid County, MO | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Newton County, MO | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Nodaway County, MO | Republican | R+3.1 |
| Oregon County, MO | Democratic | D+20.6 |
| Osage County, MO | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Ozark County, MO | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Pemiscot County, MO | Democratic | D+8.0 |
| Perry County, MO | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Pettis County, MO | Republican | R+14.9 |
| Phelps County, MO | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Pike County, MO | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Platte County, MO | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Polk County, MO | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Pulaski County, MO | Republican | R+3.7 |
| Putnam County, MO | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Ralls County, MO | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Randolph County, MO | Republican | R+2.5 |
| Ray County, MO | Democratic | D+5.1 |
| Reynolds County, MO | Democratic | D+19.9 |
| Ripley County, MO | Republican | R+7.7 |
| Saline County, MO | Republican | R+2.6 |
| Schuyler County, MO | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Scotland County, MO | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Scott County, MO | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Shannon County, MO | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Shelby County, MO | Republican | R+7.4 |
| St. Charles County, MO | Republican | R+25.7 |
| St. Clair County, MO | Republican | R+16.9 |
| St. Francois County, MO | Republican | R+8.4 |
| St. Louis city, MO | Democratic | D+37.1 |
| St. Louis County, MO | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Ste. Genevieve County, MO | Democratic | D+8.8 |
| Stoddard County, MO | Republican | R+9.3 |
| Stone County, MO | Republican | R+35.6 |
| Sullivan County, MO | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Taney County, MO | Republican | R+28.8 |
| Texas County, MO | Republican | R+6.6 |
| Vernon County, MO | Republican | R+8.1 |
| Warren County, MO | Republican | R+33.1 |
| Washington County, MO | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Wayne County, MO | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Webster County, MO | Republican | R+19.6 |
| Worth County, MO | Republican | R+4.4 |
| Wright County, MO | Republican | R+33.8 |
Missouri results by county
115 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | Reagan, Ronald+2,006 | 5,51357.9% | 3,50736.8% | 5025.3% | 9,522 |
| Andrew County | Reagan, Ronald+1,115 | 3,69056.1% | 2,57539.2% | 3084.7% | 6,573 |
| Atchison County | Reagan, Ronald+823 | 2,09658.9% | 1,27335.8% | 1875.3% | 3,556 |
| Audrain County | Reagan, Ronald+1,179 | 6,34753.6% | 5,16843.7% | 3192.7% | 11,834 |
| Barry County | Reagan, Ronald+2,845 | 7,03861.4% | 4,19336.6% | 2272.0% | 11,458 |
| Barton County | Reagan, Ronald+1,436 | 3,33761.8% | 1,90135.2% | 1603.0% | 5,398 |
| Bates County | Reagan, Ronald+764 | 4,06154.0% | 3,29743.8% | 1632.2% | 7,521 |
| Benton County | Reagan, Ronald+1,210 | 3,45159.0% | 2,24138.3% | 1602.7% | 5,852 |
| Bollinger County | Reagan, Ronald+703 | 2,86356.1% | 2,16042.3% | 821.6% | 5,105 |
| Boone County | Carter, Jimmy+2,214 | 16,31342.0% | 18,52747.7% | 3,99710.3% | 38,837 |
| Buchanan County | Carter, Jimmy+416 | 16,55147.1% | 16,96748.3% | 1,6324.6% | 35,150 |
| Butler County | Reagan, Ronald+2,737 | 8,34258.8% | 5,60539.5% | 2341.7% | 14,181 |
| Caldwell County | Reagan, Ronald+1,010 | 2,55160.4% | 1,54136.5% | 1343.2% | 4,226 |
| Callaway County | Reagan, Ronald+1,195 | 6,75552.6% | 5,56043.3% | 5204.1% | 12,835 |
| Camden County | Reagan, Ronald+3,125 | 6,54163.8% | 3,41633.3% | 2892.8% | 10,246 |
| Cape Girardeau County | Reagan, Ronald+6,236 | 14,86160.5% | 8,62535.1% | 1,0634.3% | 24,549 |
| Carroll County | Reagan, Ronald+1,161 | 3,29158.9% | 2,13038.2% | 1622.9% | 5,583 |
| Carter County | Reagan, Ronald+131 | 1,21851.4% | 1,08745.9% | 632.7% | 2,368 |
| Cass County | Reagan, Ronald+1,907 | 10,10552.8% | 8,19842.8% | 8314.3% | 19,134 |
| Cedar County | Reagan, Ronald+1,766 | 3,46965.7% | 1,70332.2% | 1112.1% | 5,283 |
| Chariton County | Reagan, Ronald+391 | 2,64153.1% | 2,25045.2% | 821.6% | 4,973 |
| Christian County | Reagan, Ronald+2,985 | 6,48763.3% | 3,50234.2% | 2622.6% | 10,251 |
| Clark County | Reagan, Ronald+548 | 2,04256.5% | 1,49441.3% | 782.2% | 3,614 |
| Clay County | Reagan, Ronald+4,271 | 28,52150.6% | 24,25043.1% | 3,5436.3% | 56,314 |
| Clinton County | Reagan, Ronald+598 | 3,59952.5% | 3,00143.8% | 2523.7% | 6,852 |
| Cole County | Reagan, Ronald+7,163 | 16,37362.0% | 9,21034.9% | 8403.2% | 26,423 |
| Cooper County | Reagan, Ronald+1,309 | 3,99658.3% | 2,68739.2% | 1662.4% | 6,849 |
| Crawford County | Reagan, Ronald+1,371 | 4,08158.2% | 2,71038.7% | 2203.1% | 7,011 |
| Dade County | Reagan, Ronald+1,127 | 2,41063.8% | 1,28334.0% | 852.2% | 3,778 |
| Dallas County | Reagan, Ronald+1,286 | 3,29760.6% | 2,01137.0% | 1302.4% | 5,438 |
| Daviess County | Reagan, Ronald+355 | 2,12553.3% | 1,77044.4% | 892.2% | 3,984 |
| DeKalb County | Reagan, Ronald+385 | 2,06253.1% | 1,67743.2% | 1463.8% | 3,885 |
| Dent County | Reagan, Ronald+949 | 3,47756.7% | 2,52841.2% | 1262.1% | 6,131 |
| Douglas County | Reagan, Ronald+1,763 | 3,44065.5% | 1,67731.9% | 1352.6% | 5,252 |
| Dunklin County | Carter, Jimmy+867 | 5,25345.6% | 6,12053.1% | 1571.4% | 11,530 |
| Franklin County | Reagan, Ronald+4,730 | 15,21056.7% | 10,48039.1% | 1,1424.3% | 26,832 |
| Gasconade County | Reagan, Ronald+2,931 | 4,48172.2% | 1,55025.0% | 1722.8% | 6,203 |
| Gentry County | Reagan, Ronald+285 | 2,00551.8% | 1,72044.5% | 1443.7% | 3,869 |
| Greene County | Reagan, Ronald+12,618 | 43,11655.7% | 30,49839.4% | 3,8114.9% | 77,425 |
| Grundy County | Reagan, Ronald+826 | 2,89056.6% | 2,06440.4% | 1523.0% | 5,106 |
| Harrison County | Reagan, Ronald+1,002 | 2,73458.7% | 1,73237.2% | 1894.1% | 4,655 |
| Henry County | Reagan, Ronald+159 | 4,80749.2% | 4,64847.6% | 3173.2% | 9,772 |
| Hickory County | Reagan, Ronald+645 | 1,89358.9% | 1,24838.8% | 722.2% | 3,213 |
| Holt County | Reagan, Ronald+874 | 1,99362.5% | 1,11935.1% | 782.4% | 3,190 |
| Howard County | Carter, Jimmy+64 | 2,17947.8% | 2,24349.3% | 1322.9% | 4,554 |
| Howell County | Reagan, Ronald+2,677 | 7,14960.1% | 4,47237.6% | 2822.4% | 11,903 |
| Iron County | Carter, Jimmy+21 | 2,20548.5% | 2,22648.9% | 1202.6% | 4,551 |
| Jackson County | Carter, Jimmy+29,649 | 106,15641.4% | 135,80552.9% | 14,7265.7% | 256,687 |
| Jasper County | Reagan, Ronald+9,711 | 21,66462.5% | 11,95334.5% | 1,0493.0% | 34,666 |
| Jefferson County | Reagan, Ronald+4,504 | 28,54652.0% | 24,04243.8% | 2,2944.2% | 54,882 |
| Johnson County | Reagan, Ronald+1,008 | 6,44951.2% | 5,44143.2% | 6955.5% | 12,585 |
| Knox County | Reagan, Ronald+288 | 1,47554.4% | 1,18743.8% | 481.8% | 2,710 |
| Laclede County | Reagan, Ronald+2,199 | 5,64260.8% | 3,44337.1% | 1972.1% | 9,282 |
| Lafayette County | Reagan, Ronald+1,479 | 7,27154.0% | 5,79243.0% | 4053.0% | 13,468 |
| Lawrence County | Reagan, Ronald+3,251 | 7,92161.7% | 4,67036.4% | 2522.0% | 12,843 |
| Lewis County | Reagan, Ronald+36 | 2,35049.1% | 2,31448.3% | 1252.6% | 4,789 |
| Lincoln County | Reagan, Ronald+853 | 4,96353.2% | 4,11044.0% | 2622.8% | 9,335 |
| Linn County | Reagan, Ronald+118 | 3,58549.6% | 3,46748.0% | 1722.4% | 7,224 |
| Livingston County | Reagan, Ronald+286 | 3,65450.3% | 3,36846.3% | 2483.4% | 7,270 |
| Macon County | Reagan, Ronald+852 | 4,43054.1% | 3,57843.7% | 1792.2% | 8,187 |
| Madison County | Reagan, Ronald+387 | 2,61853.0% | 2,23145.2% | 891.8% | 4,938 |
| Maries County | Reagan, Ronald+253 | 1,98552.4% | 1,73245.7% | 721.9% | 3,789 |
| Marion County | Reagan, Ronald+146 | 6,03649.5% | 5,89048.3% | 2602.1% | 12,186 |
| McDonald County | Reagan, Ronald+1,629 | 4,11460.7% | 2,48536.6% | 1842.7% | 6,783 |
| Mercer County | Reagan, Ronald+445 | 1,26658.7% | 82138.0% | 713.3% | 2,158 |
| Miller County | Reagan, Ronald+3,091 | 5,56067.9% | 2,46930.2% | 1561.9% | 8,185 |
| Mississippi County | Carter, Jimmy+581 | 2,45944.1% | 3,04054.5% | 801.4% | 5,579 |
| Moniteau County | Reagan, Ronald+1,146 | 3,43058.8% | 2,28439.1% | 1202.1% | 5,834 |
| Monroe County | Carter, Jimmy+419 | 2,02644.5% | 2,44553.7% | 841.8% | 4,555 |
| Montgomery County | Reagan, Ronald+1,054 | 3,06158.6% | 2,00738.4% | 1573.0% | 5,225 |
| Morgan County | Reagan, Ronald+1,117 | 3,57757.9% | 2,46039.8% | 1452.3% | 6,182 |
| New Madrid County | Carter, Jimmy+130 | 4,04148.7% | 4,17150.3% | 861.0% | 8,298 |
| Newton County | Reagan, Ronald+4,894 | 10,51563.1% | 5,62133.7% | 5263.2% | 16,662 |
| Nodaway County | Reagan, Ronald+287 | 4,54448.9% | 4,25745.8% | 4895.3% | 9,290 |
| Oregon County | Carter, Jimmy+803 | 1,52339.1% | 2,32659.7% | 491.3% | 3,898 |
| Osage County | Reagan, Ronald+1,634 | 3,67963.2% | 2,04535.1% | 981.7% | 5,822 |
| Ozark County | Reagan, Ronald+1,192 | 2,43464.6% | 1,24232.9% | 942.5% | 3,770 |
| Pemiscot County | Carter, Jimmy+621 | 3,51945.5% | 4,14053.5% | 730.9% | 7,732 |
| Perry County | Reagan, Ronald+2,637 | 5,05365.7% | 2,41631.4% | 2202.9% | 7,689 |
| Pettis County | Reagan, Ronald+2,358 | 8,83355.8% | 6,47540.9% | 5333.4% | 15,841 |
| Phelps County | Reagan, Ronald+1,896 | 7,36654.3% | 5,47040.3% | 7305.4% | 13,566 |
| Pike County | Reagan, Ronald+478 | 3,93251.8% | 3,45445.5% | 2052.7% | 7,591 |
| Platte County | Reagan, Ronald+2,750 | 10,09253.8% | 7,34239.1% | 1,3227.0% | 18,756 |
| Polk County | Reagan, Ronald+1,506 | 4,84257.9% | 3,33639.9% | 1902.3% | 8,368 |
| Pulaski County | Reagan, Ronald+291 | 3,99850.8% | 3,70747.1% | 1662.1% | 7,871 |
| Putnam County | Reagan, Ronald+851 | 1,72264.9% | 87132.8% | 622.3% | 2,655 |
| Ralls County | Carter, Jimmy+101 | 1,96847.5% | 2,06950.0% | 1052.5% | 4,142 |
| Randolph County | Reagan, Ronald+257 | 5,14150.0% | 4,88447.5% | 2512.4% | 10,276 |
| Ray County | Carter, Jimmy+454 | 4,06445.8% | 4,51850.9% | 2893.3% | 8,871 |
| Reynolds County | Carter, Jimmy+648 | 1,27139.1% | 1,91959.0% | 601.8% | 3,250 |
| Ripley County | Reagan, Ronald+368 | 2,52453.0% | 2,15645.2% | 851.8% | 4,765 |
| Saline County | Reagan, Ronald+275 | 5,21849.3% | 4,94346.7% | 4153.9% | 10,576 |
| Schuyler County | Reagan, Ronald+272 | 1,38654.2% | 1,11443.5% | 592.3% | 2,559 |
| Scotland County | Reagan, Ronald+392 | 1,59255.5% | 1,20041.8% | 772.7% | 2,869 |
| Scott County | Reagan, Ronald+1,373 | 8,22753.6% | 6,85444.7% | 2551.7% | 15,336 |
| Shannon County | Carter, Jimmy+295 | 1,52344.8% | 1,81853.5% | 601.8% | 3,401 |
| Shelby County | Reagan, Ronald+302 | 2,15152.7% | 1,84945.3% | 791.9% | 4,079 |
| St. Charles County | Reagan, Ronald+15,382 | 36,05060.3% | 20,66834.6% | 3,0505.1% | 59,768 |
| St. Clair County | Reagan, Ronald+713 | 2,41957.5% | 1,70640.5% | 852.0% | 4,210 |
| St. Francois County | Reagan, Ronald+1,419 | 8,91452.7% | 7,49544.3% | 5073.0% | 16,916 |
| St. Louis city | Carter, Jimmy+63,364 | 50,33329.5% | 113,69766.6% | 6,7213.9% | 170,751 |
| St. Louis County | Reagan, Ronald+70,722 | 263,51854.4% | 192,79639.8% | 28,5175.9% | 484,831 |
| Ste. Genevieve County | Carter, Jimmy+556 | 2,76844.0% | 3,32452.8% | 1993.2% | 6,291 |
| Stoddard County | Reagan, Ronald+1,071 | 6,19953.8% | 5,12844.5% | 1851.6% | 11,512 |
| Stone County | Reagan, Ronald+2,570 | 4,78066.3% | 2,21030.7% | 2193.0% | 7,209 |
| Sullivan County | Reagan, Ronald+588 | 2,41255.8% | 1,82442.2% | 892.1% | 4,325 |
| Taney County | Reagan, Ronald+2,841 | 6,23063.2% | 3,38934.4% | 2352.4% | 9,854 |
| Texas County | Reagan, Ronald+618 | 4,87952.4% | 4,26145.8% | 1691.8% | 9,309 |
| Vernon County | Reagan, Ronald+687 | 4,39151.9% | 3,70443.8% | 3614.3% | 8,456 |
| Warren County | Reagan, Ronald+2,234 | 4,36664.7% | 2,13231.6% | 2453.6% | 6,743 |
| Washington County | Reagan, Ronald+566 | 3,43953.2% | 2,87344.4% | 1532.4% | 6,465 |
| Wayne County | Reagan, Ronald+274 | 2,82351.9% | 2,54946.8% | 721.3% | 5,444 |
| Webster County | Reagan, Ronald+1,712 | 5,12158.7% | 3,40939.1% | 1892.2% | 8,719 |
| Worth County | Reagan, Ronald+73 | 83350.3% | 76045.9% | 643.9% | 1,657 |
| Wright County | Reagan, Ronald+2,269 | 4,45166.3% | 2,18232.5% | 831.2% | 6,716 |
complete certified result
Missouri 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)
Missouri's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1980 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +7.5% |
| 1896 | +8.7% |
| 1900 | +5.5% |
| 1904 | −3.9% |
| 1908 | −0.1% |
| 1912 | +17.6% |
| 1916 | +3.6% |
| 1920 | −11.5% |
| 1924 | −5.6% |
| 1928 | −11.4% |
| 1932 | +28.6% |
| 1936 | +22.6% |
| 1940 | +4.8% |
| 1944 | +2.9% |
| 1948 | +16.6% |
| 1952 | −1.6% |
| 1956 | +0.2% |
| 1960 | +0.5% |
| 1964 | +28.1% |
| 1968 | −1.1% |
| 1972 | −24.7% |
| 1976 | +3.6% |
| 1980 | −6.8% |
| 1984 | −20.0% |
| 1988 | −4.0% |
| 1992 | +10.1% |
| 1996 | +6.3% |
| 2000 | −3.3% |
| 2004 | −7.2% |
| 2008 | −0.1% |
| 2012 | −9.4% |
| 2016 | −18.5% |
| 2020 | −15.3% |
| 2024 | −18.4% |
Same ballot, 1980MO
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1980 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.