Oklahoma — 1980 presidential election
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Akashicstate1980 presidential electionOklahoma · PresidentReaganR+25.5
How it voted
Share of the 1980 vote
| Ronald Reagan ✓Republican | 60.5% | 695,570 |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy CarterDemocratic | 35.0% | 402,026 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.5% | 52,112 |
1980presidential margin
D+60R+60
77 counties, each filled by 1980 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Oklahoma cast 8 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (77 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, OK | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Alfalfa County, OK | Republican | R+47.5 |
| Atoka County, OK | Democratic | D+21.2 |
| Beaver County, OK | Republican | R+53.9 |
| Beckham County, OK | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Blaine County, OK | Republican | R+43.9 |
| Bryan County, OK | Democratic | D+23.0 |
| Caddo County, OK | Republican | R+11.4 |
| Canadian County, OK | Republican | R+49.3 |
| Carter County, OK | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Cherokee County, OK | Republican | R+3.4 |
| Choctaw County, OK | Democratic | D+18.5 |
| Cimarron County, OK | Republican | R+56.6 |
| Cleveland County, OK | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Coal County, OK | Democratic | D+21.2 |
| Comanche County, OK | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Cotton County, OK | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Craig County, OK | Republican | R+2.6 |
| Creek County, OK | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Custer County, OK | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Delaware County, OK | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Dewey County, OK | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Ellis County, OK | Republican | R+52.8 |
| Garfield County, OK | Republican | R+49.4 |
| Garvin County, OK | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Grady County, OK | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Grant County, OK | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Greer County, OK | Republican | R+1.4 |
| Harmon County, OK | Democratic | D+17.1 |
| Harper County, OK | Republican | R+50.9 |
| Haskell County, OK | Democratic | D+17.0 |
| Hughes County, OK | Democratic | D+18.9 |
| Jackson County, OK | Republican | R+3.5 |
| Jefferson County, OK | Democratic | D+11.2 |
| Johnston County, OK | Democratic | D+9.5 |
| Kay County, OK | Republican | R+38.3 |
| Kingfisher County, OK | Republican | R+57.3 |
| Kiowa County, OK | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Latimer County, OK | Democratic | D+9.3 |
| Le Flore County, OK | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Lincoln County, OK | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Logan County, OK | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Love County, OK | Democratic | D+4.2 |
| Major County, OK | Republican | R+66.2 |
| Marshall County, OK | Democratic | D+4.7 |
| Mayes County, OK | Republican | R+10.4 |
| McClain County, OK | Republican | R+17.2 |
| McCurtain County, OK | Democratic | D+6.7 |
| McIntosh County, OK | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Murray County, OK | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Muskogee County, OK | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Noble County, OK | Republican | R+43.2 |
| Nowata County, OK | Republican | R+21.2 |
| Okfuskee County, OK | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Oklahoma County, OK | Republican | R+38.2 |
| Okmulgee County, OK | Democratic | D+4.1 |
| Osage County, OK | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Ottawa County, OK | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Pawnee County, OK | Republican | R+30.6 |
| Payne County, OK | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Pittsburg County, OK | Democratic | D+7.8 |
| Pontotoc County, OK | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Pottawatomie County, OK | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Pushmataha County, OK | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| Roger Mills County, OK | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Rogers County, OK | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Seminole County, OK | Republican | R+3.4 |
| Sequoyah County, OK | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Stephens County, OK | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Texas County, OK | Republican | R+57.1 |
| Tillman County, OK | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Tulsa County, OK | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Wagoner County, OK | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Washington County, OK | Republican | R+45.6 |
| Washita County, OK | Republican | R+21.6 |
| Woods County, OK | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Woodward County, OK | Republican | R+49.6 |
Oklahoma results by county
77 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+668 | 3,42954.1% | 2,76143.5% | 1512.4% | 6,341 |
| Alfalfa County | Reagan, Ronald+1,729 | 2,62872.2% | 89924.7% | 1153.2% | 3,642 |
| Atoka County | Carter, Jimmy+892 | 1,61338.3% | 2,50559.4% | 982.3% | 4,216 |
| Beaver County | Reagan, Ronald+1,734 | 2,43075.5% | 69621.6% | 922.9% | 3,218 |
| Beckham County | Reagan, Ronald+339 | 3,63751.1% | 3,29846.4% | 1782.5% | 7,113 |
| Blaine County | Reagan, Ronald+2,309 | 3,70870.4% | 1,39926.6% | 1573.0% | 5,264 |
| Bryan County | Carter, Jimmy+2,430 | 3,98037.6% | 6,41060.6% | 1921.8% | 10,582 |
| Caddo County | Reagan, Ronald+1,250 | 5,94554.1% | 4,69542.7% | 3553.2% | 10,995 |
| Canadian County | Reagan, Ronald+10,383 | 15,27272.6% | 4,88923.2% | 8804.2% | 21,041 |
| Carter County | Reagan, Ronald+2,753 | 9,26257.3% | 6,50940.3% | 3832.4% | 16,154 |
| Cherokee County | Reagan, Ronald+379 | 5,59449.5% | 5,21546.1% | 4994.4% | 11,308 |
| Choctaw County | Carter, Jimmy+1,113 | 2,39439.8% | 3,50758.4% | 1081.8% | 6,009 |
| Cimarron County | Reagan, Ronald+1,031 | 1,40477.1% | 37320.5% | 442.4% | 1,821 |
| Cleveland County | Reagan, Ronald+16,642 | 31,17861.9% | 14,53628.8% | 4,6879.3% | 50,401 |
| Coal County | Carter, Jimmy+516 | 92638.1% | 1,44259.3% | 632.6% | 2,431 |
| Comanche County | Reagan, Ronald+6,637 | 16,60959.5% | 9,97235.7% | 1,3294.8% | 27,910 |
| Cotton County | Reagan, Ronald+292 | 1,70253.1% | 1,41044.0% | 942.9% | 3,206 |
| Craig County | Reagan, Ronald+155 | 2,95649.7% | 2,80147.1% | 1953.3% | 5,952 |
| Creek County | Reagan, Ronald+4,410 | 11,74959.6% | 7,33937.2% | 6413.2% | 19,729 |
| Custer County | Reagan, Ronald+3,461 | 6,46965.6% | 3,00830.5% | 3773.8% | 9,854 |
| Delaware County | Reagan, Ronald+1,058 | 5,30254.0% | 4,24443.2% | 2732.8% | 9,819 |
| Dewey County | Reagan, Ronald+1,117 | 1,94367.6% | 82628.7% | 1073.7% | 2,876 |
| Ellis County | Reagan, Ronald+1,347 | 1,90874.8% | 56122.0% | 813.2% | 2,550 |
| Garfield County | Reagan, Ronald+12,271 | 17,98972.5% | 5,71823.0% | 1,1214.5% | 24,828 |
| Garvin County | Reagan, Ronald+487 | 5,52050.8% | 5,03346.3% | 3072.8% | 10,860 |
| Grady County | Reagan, Ronald+2,801 | 8,13158.2% | 5,33038.2% | 5103.7% | 13,971 |
| Grant County | Reagan, Ronald+1,484 | 2,41169.4% | 92726.7% | 1343.9% | 3,472 |
| Greer County | Reagan, Ronald+43 | 1,53549.5% | 1,49248.1% | 722.3% | 3,099 |
| Harmon County | Carter, Jimmy+285 | 67640.5% | 96157.5% | 332.0% | 1,670 |
| Harper County | Reagan, Ronald+1,135 | 1,65274.1% | 51723.2% | 612.7% | 2,230 |
| Haskell County | Carter, Jimmy+850 | 2,02440.4% | 2,87457.4% | 1132.3% | 5,011 |
| Hughes County | Carter, Jimmy+1,041 | 2,17039.3% | 3,21158.2% | 1342.4% | 5,515 |
| Jackson County | Reagan, Ronald+296 | 4,32750.6% | 4,03147.1% | 1962.3% | 8,554 |
| Jefferson County | Carter, Jimmy+372 | 1,44043.2% | 1,81254.4% | 802.4% | 3,332 |
| Johnston County | Carter, Jimmy+365 | 1,70144.1% | 2,06653.6% | 902.3% | 3,857 |
| Kay County | Reagan, Ronald+8,555 | 15,00467.2% | 6,44928.9% | 8844.0% | 22,337 |
| Kingfisher County | Reagan, Ronald+3,680 | 4,96277.3% | 1,28220.0% | 1742.7% | 6,418 |
| Kiowa County | Reagan, Ronald+264 | 2,63651.4% | 2,37246.3% | 1162.3% | 5,124 |
| Latimer County | Carter, Jimmy+368 | 1,73743.8% | 2,10553.1% | 1243.1% | 3,966 |
| Le Flore County | Reagan, Ronald+139 | 6,80749.5% | 6,66848.5% | 2842.1% | 13,759 |
| Lincoln County | Reagan, Ronald+2,833 | 6,06463.3% | 3,23133.7% | 2903.0% | 9,585 |
| Logan County | Reagan, Ronald+3,065 | 6,31163.2% | 3,24632.5% | 4354.4% | 9,992 |
| Love County | Carter, Jimmy+129 | 1,44947.1% | 1,57851.3% | 481.6% | 3,075 |
| Major County | Reagan, Ronald+2,475 | 3,05981.8% | 58415.6% | 962.6% | 3,739 |
| Marshall County | Carter, Jimmy+196 | 1,96146.7% | 2,15751.4% | 771.8% | 4,195 |
| Mayes County | Reagan, Ronald+1,289 | 6,63353.7% | 5,34443.2% | 3813.1% | 12,358 |
| McClain County | Reagan, Ronald+1,294 | 4,28456.9% | 2,99039.7% | 2593.4% | 7,533 |
| McCurtain County | Carter, Jimmy+764 | 5,18945.6% | 5,95352.3% | 2302.0% | 11,372 |
| McIntosh County | Carter, Jimmy+729 | 2,92543.3% | 3,65454.0% | 1842.7% | 6,763 |
| Murray County | Reagan, Ronald+110 | 2,49449.2% | 2,38447.0% | 1893.7% | 5,067 |
| Muskogee County | Carter, Jimmy+1,830 | 11,51144.8% | 13,34151.9% | 8633.4% | 25,715 |
| Noble County | Reagan, Ronald+2,265 | 3,66369.9% | 1,39826.7% | 1793.4% | 5,240 |
| Nowata County | Reagan, Ronald+946 | 2,64059.1% | 1,69437.9% | 1363.0% | 4,470 |
| Okfuskee County | Carter, Jimmy+51 | 2,12648.3% | 2,17749.5% | 982.2% | 4,401 |
| Oklahoma County | Reagan, Ronald+80,773 | 139,53866.0% | 58,76527.8% | 12,9706.1% | 211,273 |
| Okmulgee County | Carter, Jimmy+584 | 6,65246.6% | 7,23650.7% | 3972.8% | 14,285 |
| Osage County | Reagan, Ronald+2,357 | 8,04456.5% | 5,68739.9% | 5153.6% | 14,246 |
| Ottawa County | Reagan, Ronald+219 | 6,36249.2% | 6,14347.6% | 4143.2% | 12,919 |
| Pawnee County | Reagan, Ronald+1,882 | 3,90263.4% | 2,02032.8% | 2293.7% | 6,151 |
| Payne County | Reagan, Ronald+8,489 | 15,95562.1% | 7,46629.1% | 2,2708.8% | 25,691 |
| Pittsburg County | Carter, Jimmy+1,230 | 7,06244.5% | 8,29252.3% | 5033.2% | 15,857 |
| Pontotoc County | Reagan, Ronald+290 | 6,23249.3% | 5,94247.0% | 4573.6% | 12,631 |
| Pottawatomie County | Reagan, Ronald+3,940 | 12,46657.1% | 8,52639.0% | 8583.9% | 21,850 |
| Pushmataha County | Carter, Jimmy+677 | 1,98941.7% | 2,66655.8% | 1202.5% | 4,775 |
| Roger Mills County | Reagan, Ronald+344 | 1,22156.2% | 87740.4% | 733.4% | 2,171 |
| Rogers County | Reagan, Ronald+5,182 | 11,58162.1% | 6,39934.3% | 6623.6% | 18,642 |
| Seminole County | Reagan, Ronald+341 | 5,06749.9% | 4,72646.6% | 3523.5% | 10,145 |
| Sequoyah County | Reagan, Ronald+1,004 | 5,98753.2% | 4,98344.3% | 2762.5% | 11,246 |
| Stephens County | Reagan, Ronald+3,008 | 10,19957.1% | 7,19140.3% | 4622.6% | 17,852 |
| Texas County | Reagan, Ronald+4,052 | 5,50377.5% | 1,45120.4% | 1452.0% | 7,099 |
| Tillman County | Reagan, Ronald+306 | 2,45052.3% | 2,14445.7% | 932.0% | 4,687 |
| Tulsa County | Reagan, Ronald+71,205 | 124,64366.2% | 53,43828.4% | 10,0675.4% | 188,148 |
| Wagoner County | Reagan, Ronald+3,734 | 8,96960.9% | 5,23535.5% | 5233.6% | 14,727 |
| Washington County | Reagan, Ronald+10,709 | 16,56370.5% | 5,85424.9% | 1,0864.6% | 23,503 |
| Washita County | Reagan, Ronald+1,162 | 3,20659.7% | 2,04438.0% | 1232.3% | 5,373 |
| Woods County | Reagan, Ronald+2,228 | 3,59269.0% | 1,36426.2% | 2524.8% | 5,208 |
| Woodward County | Reagan, Ronald+3,615 | 5,31873.0% | 1,70323.4% | 2683.7% | 7,289 |
complete certified result
Oklahoma 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)
Oklahoma's presidential margins
1908–2024, the 1980 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1908 | +4.7% |
| 1912 | +11.2% |
| 1916 | +17.4% |
| 1920 | −5.7% |
| 1924 | +5.7% |
| 1928 | −28.3% |
| 1932 | +46.6% |
| 1936 | +34.1% |
| 1940 | +15.2% |
| 1944 | +11.4% |
| 1948 | +25.5% |
| 1952 | −9.2% |
| 1956 | −10.3% |
| 1960 | −18.0% |
| 1964 | +11.5% |
| 1968 | −15.7% |
| 1972 | −49.7% |
| 1976 | −1.2% |
| 1980 | −25.5% |
| 1984 | −37.9% |
| 1988 | −16.6% |
| 1992 | −8.6% |
| 1996 | −7.8% |
| 2000 | −21.9% |
| 2004 | −31.1% |
| 2008 | −31.3% |
| 2012 | −33.5% |
| 2016 | −36.4% |
| 2020 | −33.1% |
| 2024 | −34.3% |
Same ballot, 1980OK
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1980 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.