1980 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1980 U.S. Presidential Election?
Ronald Reagan won the 1980 U.S. Presidential Election. Ronald Reagan received 43,903,230 popular votes (50.7%) and 489 electoral votes. The main challenger was Jimmy Carter (41%).
See the full head-to-head between Reagan and Carter
Reagan +9.7 pts · won by 8,423,115 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.7% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.