1980 United States presidential election in Missouri

The 1980 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the election. Voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1980 United States presidential election in Missouri
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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Georgia
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 1,074,181 931,182
Percentage 51.16% 44.35%

County Results

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The state was ultimately carried by Republican Ronald Reagan, who won 51.16% of the vote and went on to be elected president. Missouri continued its bellwether streak, having voted for the eventual presidential winner every election year since 1904, with the sole exception of the 1956 election.

Results

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Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Ronald Reagan of California George H. W. Bush Republican 12[1] 1,074,181 51.16%
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) Walter Mondale (incumbent) Democratic 0 931,182 44.35%
John B. Anderson Patrick Lucey Independent 0 77,920 3.71%
Edward Clark David Koch Libertarian 0 14,422 0.69%
Clifton DeBerry Matilde Zimmermann Socialist Workers 0 1,515 0.07%
Write-ins 0 604 0.03%

Results by county

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County[2] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Edward E. Clark
Libertarian
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 5,513 57.90% 3,507 36.83% 414 4.35% 80 0.84% 8 0.08% 2,006 21.07% 9,522
Andrew 3,690 56.14% 2,575 39.18% 245 3.73% 60 0.91% 3 0.05% 1,115 16.96% 6,573
Atchison 2,096 58.94% 1,273 35.80% 151 4.25% 34 0.96% 2 0.06% 823 23.14% 3,556
Audrain 6,347 53.63% 5,168 43.67% 233 1.97% 81 0.68% 5 0.04% 1,179 9.96% 11,834
Barry 7,038 61.42% 4,193 36.59% 150 1.31% 66 0.58% 11 0.10% 2,845 24.83% 11,458
Barton 3,337 61.82% 1,901 35.22% 115 2.13% 44 0.82% 1 0.02% 1,436 26.60% 5,398
Bates 4,061 54.00% 3,297 43.84% 114 1.52% 46 0.61% 3 0.04% 764 10.16% 7,521
Benton 3,451 58.97% 2,241 38.29% 126 2.15% 34 0.58% 0 0.00% 1,210 20.68% 5,852
Bollinger 2,863 56.08% 2,160 42.31% 35 0.74% 35 0.69% 9 0.18% 703 13.77% 5,105
Boone 16,313 42.00% 18,527 47.70% 3,519 9.06% 400 1.03% 78 0.20% -2,214 -5.70% 38,837
Buchanan 16,551 47.09% 16,967 48.27% 1,301 3.70% 310 0.88% 21 0.06% -416 -1.18% 35,150
Butler 8,342 58.83% 5,605 39.52% 181 1.28% 48 0.34% 5 0.04% 2,737 19.31% 14,181
Caldwell 2,551 60.36% 1,541 36.46% 108 2.56% 24 0.57% 2 0.05% 1,010 23.90% 4,226
Callaway 6,755 52.63% 5,560 43.32% 420 3.27% 89 0.69% 11 0.09% 1,195 9.31% 12,835
Camden 6,541 63.84% 3,416 33.34% 218 2.13% 68 0.66% 3 0.03% 3,125 30.50% 10,246
Cape Girardeau 14,861 60.54% 8,625 35.13% 873 3.56% 168 0.68% 22 0.09% 6,236 25.41% 24,549
Carroll 3,291 58.95% 2,130 38.15% 130 2.33% 31 0.56% 1 0.02% 1,161 20.80% 5,583
Carter 1,218 51.44% 1,087 45.90% 37 1.56% 23 0.97% 3 0.13% 131 5.54% 2,368
Cass 10,105 52.81% 8,198 42.85% 667 3.48% 147 0.77% 17 0.09% 1,907 9.96% 19,134
Cedar 3,469 65.66% 1,703 32.24% 86 1.63% 24 0.45% 1 0.02% 1,766 33.42% 5,283
Chariton 2,641 53.11% 2,250 45.24% 63 1.27% 16 0.32% 3 0.06% 391 7.87% 4,973
Christian 6,487 63.28% 3,502 34.16% 205 2.00% 56 0.55% 1 0.01% 2,985 29.12% 10,251
Clark 2,042 56.50% 1,494 41.34% 56 1.55% 19 0.53% 3 0.08% 548 15.16% 3,614
Clay 28,521 50.65% 24,250 43.06% 2,782 4.94% 518 0.92% 243 0.43% 4,271 7.59% 56,314
Clinton 3,599 52.52% 3,001 43.80% 184 2.69% 65 0.95% 3 0.04% 598 8.72% 6,852
Cole 16,373 61.96% 9,210 34.86% 691 2.62% 138 0.52% 11 0.04% 7,163 27.10% 26,423
Cooper 3,996 58.34% 2,687 39.23% 130 1.90% 32 0.47% 4 0.06% 1,309 19.11% 6,849
Crawford 4,081 58.21% 2,710 38.65% 170 2.42% 43 0.61% 7 0.10% 1,371 19.56% 7,011
Dade 2,410 63.79% 1,283 33.96% 61 1.61% 23 0.61% 1 0.03% 1,127 29.83% 3,778
Dallas 3,297 60.63% 2,011 36.98% 114 2.10% 15 0.28% 1 0.02% 1,286 23.65% 5,438
Daviess 2,125 53.34% 1,770 44.43% 61 1.53% 24 0.60% 4 0.10% 355 8.91% 3,984
DeKalb 2,062 53.08% 1,677 43.17% 111 2.86% 35 0.90% 0 0.00% 385 9.91% 3,885
Dent 3,477 56.71% 2,528 41.23% 86 1.40% 38 0.62% 2 0.03% 949 15.48% 6,131
Douglas 3,440 65.50% 1,677 31.93% 93 1.77% 40 0.76% 2 0.04% 1,763 33.57% 5,252
Dunklin 5,253 45.56% 6,120 53.08% 128 1.11% 25 0.22% 4 0.03% -867 -7.52% 11,530
Franklin 15,210 56.69% 10,480 39.06% 863 3.22% 253 0.94% 26 0.10% 4,730 17.63% 26,832
Gasconade 4,481 72.24% 1,550 24.99% 136 2.19% 34 0.55% 2 0.03% 2,931 47.25% 6,203
Gentry 2,005 51.82% 1,720 44.46% 117 3.02% 25 0.65% 2 0.05% 285 7.36% 3,869
Greene 43,116 55.69% 30,498 39.39% 3,261 4.21% 508 0.66% 42 0.05% 12,618 16.30% 77,425
Grundy 2,890 56.60% 2,064 40.42% 110 2.15% 41 0.80% 1 0.02% 826 16.18% 5,106
Harrison 2,734 58.73% 1,732 37.21% 140 3.01% 48 1.03% 1 0.02% 1,002 21.52% 4,655
Henry 4,807 49.19% 4,648 47.56% 238 2.44% 77 0.79% 2 0.02% 159 1.63% 9,772
Hickory 1,893 58.92% 1,248 38.84% 52 1.62% 19 0.59% 1 0.03% 645 20.08% 3,213
Holt 1,993 62.48% 1,119 35.08% 59 1.85% 18 0.56% 1 0.03% 874 27.40% 3,190
Howard 2,179 47.85% 2,243 49.25% 114 2.50% 18 0.40% 0 0.00% -64 -1.40% 4,554
Howell 7,149 60.06% 4,472 37.57% 211 1.77% 65 0.55% 6 0.05% 2,677 22.49% 11,903
Iron 2,205 48.45% 2,226 48.91% 94 2.07% 23 0.51% 3 0.07% -21 -0.46% 4,551
Jackson 106,156 41.36% 135,805 52.91% 12,260 4.78% 2,247 0.88% 219 0.09% -29,649 -11.55% 256,687
Jasper 21,664 62.49% 11,953 34.48% 785 2.26% 256 0.74% 8 0.02% 9,711 28.01% 34,666
Jefferson 28,546 52.01% 24,042 43.81% 1,753 3.19% 526 0.96% 15 0.03% 4,504 8.20% 54,882
Johnson 6,449 51.24% 5,441 43.23% 571 4.54% 110 0.87% 14 0.11% 1,008 8.01% 12,585
Knox 1,475 54.43% 1,187 43.80% 36 1.33% 12 0.44% 0 0.00% 288 10.63% 2,710
Laclede 5,642 60.78% 3,443 37.09% 153 1.65% 43 0.46% 1 0.01% 2,199 23.69% 9,282
Lafayette 7,271 53.99% 5,792 43.01% 339 2.52% 64 0.48% 2 0.01% 1,479 10.98% 13,468
Lawrence 7,921 61.68% 4,670 36.36% 184 1.43% 65 0.51% 3 0.02% 3,251 25.32% 12,843
Lewis 2,350 49.07% 2,314 48.32% 102 2.13% 23 0.48% 0 0.00% 36 0.75% 4,789
Lincoln 4,963 53.17% 4,110 44.03% 182 1.95% 74 0.79% 6 0.06% 853 9.14% 9,335
Linn 3,585 49.63% 3,467 47.99% 139 1.92% 31 0.43% 2 0.03% 118 1.64% 7,224
Livingston 3,654 50.26% 3,368 46.33% 205 2.82% 40 0.55% 3 0.04% 286 3.93% 7,270
Macon 4,430 54.11% 3,578 43.70% 135 1.65% 38 0.46% 6 0.07% 852 10.41% 8,187
Madison 2,618 53.02% 2,231 45.18% 70 1.42% 17 0.34% 2 0.04% 387 7.84% 4,938
Maries 1,985 52.39% 1,732 45.71% 39 1.03% 33 0.87% 0 0.00% 253 6.68% 3,789
Marion 6,036 49.53% 5,890 48.33% 192 1.58% 67 0.55% 1 0.01% 146 1.20% 12,186
McDonald 4,114 60.65% 2,485 36.64% 124 1.83% 60 0.88% 0 0.00% 1,629 24.01% 6,783
Mercer 1,266 58.67% 821 38.04% 54 2.50% 17 0.79% 0 0.00% 445 20.63% 2,158
Miller 5,560 67.93% 2,469 30.16% 115 1.41% 39 0.48% 2 0.02% 3,091 37.77% 8,185
Mississippi 2,459 44.08% 3,040 54.49% 64 1.15% 13 0.23% 3 0.05% -581 -10.41% 5,579
Moniteau 3,430 58.79% 2,284 39.15% 98 1.68% 21 0.36% 1 0.02% 1,146 19.64% 5,834
Monroe 2,026 44.48% 2,445 53.68% 53 1.16% 30 0.66% 1 0.02% -419 -9.20% 4,555
Montgomery 3,061 58.58% 2,007 38.41% 124 2.37% 33 0.63% 0 0.00% 1,054 20.17% 5,225
Morgan 3,577 57.86% 2,460 39.79% 114 1.84% 29 0.47% 2 0.03% 1,117 18.07% 6,182
New Madrid 4,041 48.70% 4,171 50.27% 64 0.77% 18 0.22% 4 0.05% -130 -1.57% 8,298
Newton 10,515 63.11% 5,621 33.74% 341 2.05% 116 0.70% 69 0.41% 4,894 29.37% 16,662
Nodaway 4,544 48.91% 4,257 45.82% 414 4.46% 70 0.75% 5 0.05% 287 3.09% 9,290
Oregon 1,523 39.07% 2,326 59.67% 26 0.67% 22 0.56% 1 0.03% -803 -20.60% 3,898
Osage 3,679 63.19% 2,045 35.13% 72 1.24% 25 0.43% 1 0.02% 1,634 28.06% 5,822
Ozark 2,434 64.56% 1,242 32.94% 63 1.67% 31 0.82% 0 0.00% 1,192 31.62% 3,770
Pemiscot 3,519 45.51% 4,140 53.54% 52 0.67% 20 0.26% 1 0.01% -621 -8.03% 7,732
Perry 5,053 65.72% 2,416 31.42% 178 2.31% 41 0.53% 1 0.01% 2,637 34.30% 7,689
Pettis 8,833 55.76% 6,475 40.87% 435 2.75% 91 0.57% 7 0.04% 2,358 14.89% 15,841
Phelps 7,366 54.30% 5,470 40.32% 620 4.57% 99 0.73% 11 0.08% 1,896 13.98% 13,566
Pike 3,932 51.80% 3,454 45.50% 158 2.08% 45 0.59% 2 0.03% 478 6.30% 7,591
Platte 10,092 53.81% 7,342 39.14% 1,107 5.90% 205 1.09% 10 0.05% 2,750 14.67% 18,756
Polk 4,842 57.86% 3,336 39.87% 135 1.61% 54 0.65% 1 0.01% 1,506 17.99% 8,368
Pulaski 3,998 50.79% 3,707 47.10% 128 1.63% 36 0.46% 2 0.03% 291 3.69% 7,871
Putnam 1,722 64.86% 871 32.81% 44 1.66% 18 0.68% 0 0.00% 851 32.05% 2,655
Ralls 1,968 47.51% 2,069 49.95% 75 1.81% 28 0.68% 2 0.05% -101 -2.44% 4,142
Randolph 5,141 50.03% 4,884 47.53% 213 2.07% 37 0.36% 1 0.01% 257 2.50% 10,276
Ray 4,064 45.81% 4,518 50.93% 215 2.42% 72 0.81% 2 0.02% -454 -5.12% 8,871
Reynolds 1,271 39.11% 1,919 59.05% 44 1.35% 16 0.49% 0 0.00% -648 -19.94% 3,250
Ripley 2,524 52.97% 2,156 45.25% 61 1.28% 24 0.50% 0 0.00% 368 7.72% 4,765
St. Charles 36,050 60.32% 20,668 34.58% 2,494 4.17% 515 0.86% 41 0.07% 15,382 25.74% 59,768
St. Clair 2,419 57.46% 1,706 40.52% 60 1.43% 22 0.52% 3 0.07% 713 16.94% 4,210
St. Francois 8,914 52.70% 7,495 44.31% 397 2.35% 107 0.63% 3 0.02% 1,419 8.39% 16,916
St. Louis 263,518 54.35% 192,796 39.77% 25,032 5.16% 3,211 0.66% 274 0.06% 70,722 14.58% 484,831
St. Louis City 50,333 29.48% 113,697 66.59% 5,656 3.31% 914 0.54% 151 0.09% -63,364 -37.11% 170,751
Ste. Genevieve 2,768 44.00% 3,324 52.84% 151 2.40% 42 0.67% 6 0.10% -556 -8.84% 6,291
Saline 5,218 49.34% 4,943 46.74% 353 3.34% 58 0.55% 4 0.04% 275 2.60% 10,576
Schuyler 1,386 54.16% 1,114 43.53% 48 1.88% 10 0.39% 1 0.04% 272 10.63% 2,559
Scotland 1,592 55.49% 1,200 41.83% 63 2.20% 14 0.49% 0 0.00% 392 13.66% 2,869
Scott 8,227 53.65% 6,854 44.69% 203 1.32% 45 0.29% 7 0.05% 1,373 8.96% 15,336
Shannon 1,523 44.78% 1,818 53.45% 44 1.29% 14 0.41% 2 0.06% -295 -8.67% 3,401
Shelby 2,151 52.73% 1,849 45.33% 60 1.47% 16 0.39% 3 0.07% 302 7.40% 4,079
Stoddard 6,199 53.85% 5,128 44.54% 132 1.15% 51 0.44% 2 0.02% 1,071 9.31% 11,512
Stone 4,780 66.31% 2,210 30.66% 180 2.50% 34 0.47% 5 0.07% 2,570 35.65% 7,209
Sullivan 2,412 55.77% 1,824 42.17% 76 1.76% 13 0.30% 0 0.00% 588 13.60% 4,325
Taney 6,230 63.22% 3,389 34.39% 195 1.98% 39 0.40% 1 0.01% 2,841 28.83% 9,854
Texas 4,879 52.41% 4,261 45.77% 125 1.34% 44 0.47% 0 0.00% 618 6.64% 9,309
Vernon 4,391 51.93% 3,704 43.80% 285 3.37% 74 0.88% 2 0.02% 687 8.13% 8,456
Warren 4,366 64.75% 2,132 31.62% 192 2.85% 50 0.74% 3 0.04% 2,234 33.13% 6,743
Washington 3,439 53.19% 2,873 44.44% 89 1.38% 61 0.94% 3 0.05% 566 8.75% 6,465
Wayne 2,823 51.86% 2,549 46.82% 44 0.81% 25 0.46% 3 0.06% 274 5.04% 5,444
Webster 5,121 58.73% 3,409 39.10% 149 1.71% 36 0.41% 4 0.05% 1,712 19.63% 8,719
Worth 833 50.27% 760 45.87% 47 2.84% 17 1.03% 0 0.00% 73 4.40% 1,657
Wright 4,451 66.27% 2,182 32.49% 56 0.83% 23 0.34% 4 0.06% 2,269 33.78% 6,716
Totals 1,074,181 51.16% 931,182 44.35% 77,920 3.71% 14,422 0.69% 2,119 0.10% 142,999 6.81% 2,099,824

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri
  2. ^ "MO US President — November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.
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