United States presidential election in Alabama, 1980
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All 9 Alabama Electoral Votes to the Electoral College |
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County Results
Reagan
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
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Carter
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
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The United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 4, 1980. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan narrowly won the state and its 9 electoral votes, winning 48.8 percent to Incumbent President Jimmy Carter’s 47.5 percent. John B. Anderson came in third place, winning 1.23 percent.
Reagan's margin of victory largely rested upon his strong performances in Mobile and Baldwin counties along the Gulf Coast, and Jefferson and Shelby counties in the Birmingham metropolitan area. Reagan also won three counties home to large cities: Madison (Huntsville), Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. In contrast, Carter’s local appeal remained strong in the more rural counties of the state, and he won overwhelming victories in the Black Belt, where Carter’s 80.10 percent in Macon County was the highest proportion he received in any county nationwide.[1]
The 1980 election would set up Alabama to become a Republican stronghold for future presidential elections, after having been part of the Democratic Solid South for most of its statehood since 1824. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Limestone County, Morgan County, Marshall County, Talladega County, Cullman County, Tallapoosa County, Bibb County, Randolph County, Henry County, Lamar County, and Clay County voted for the Democratic candidate.[2]
Results
Result by county
County |
Reagan# |
Reagan% |
Carter# |
Carter% |
Anderson# |
Anderson% |
Others# |
Others% |
Total votes cast |
Autauga |
6,292 |
56.87% |
4,295 |
38.82% |
125 |
1.13% |
351 |
3.17% |
11,063 |
Baldwin |
18,652 |
65.78% |
8,448 |
29.80% |
414 |
1.46% |
839 |
2.96% |
28,353 |
Barbour |
4,171 |
46.34% |
4,458 |
49.53% |
65 |
0.72% |
307 |
3.41% |
9,001 |
Bibb |
2,491 |
44.30% |
3,097 |
55.08% |
22 |
0.39% |
13 |
0.23% |
5,623 |
Blount |
6,819 |
53.59% |
5,656 |
44.45% |
75 |
0.59% |
174 |
1.37% |
12,724 |
Bullock |
1,446 |
25.65% |
3,960 |
70.25% |
29 |
0.51% |
202 |
3.58% |
5,637 |
Butler |
3,810 |
45.53% |
4,156 |
49.67% |
59 |
0.71% |
343 |
4.10% |
8,368 |
Calhoun |
17,475 |
49.17% |
17,017 |
47.88% |
433 |
1.22% |
616 |
1.73% |
35,541 |
Chambers |
4,864 |
40.88% |
6,649 |
55.88% |
122 |
1.03% |
264 |
2.22% |
11,899 |
Cherokee |
2,482 |
38.55% |
3,764 |
58.47% |
63 |
0.98% |
129 |
2.00% |
6,438 |
Chilton |
6,615 |
57.64% |
4,706 |
41.00% |
60 |
0.52% |
96 |
0.84% |
11,477 |
Choctaw |
2,859 |
43.45% |
3,680 |
55.93% |
22 |
0.33% |
19 |
0.29% |
6,580 |
Clarke |
5,059 |
47.44% |
5,249 |
49.23% |
55 |
0.52% |
300 |
2.81% |
10,663 |
Clay |
2,764 |
48.09% |
2,858 |
49.73% |
34 |
0.59% |
91 |
1.58% |
5,747 |
Cleburne |
2,389 |
52.78% |
2,050 |
45.29% |
34 |
0.75% |
53 |
1.17% |
4,526 |
Coffee |
6,760 |
50.45% |
6,140 |
45.82% |
189 |
1.41% |
310 |
2.31% |
13,399 |
Colbert |
6,619 |
33.07% |
12,550 |
62.71% |
209 |
1.04% |
635 |
3.17% |
20,013 |
Conecuh |
2,948 |
47.69% |
3,102 |
50.19% |
29 |
0.47% |
102 |
1.65% |
6,181 |
Coosa |
1,714 |
40.72% |
2,383 |
56.62% |
19 |
0.45% |
93 |
2.21% |
4,209 |
Covington |
7,014 |
51.54% |
6,305 |
46.33% |
110 |
0.81% |
179 |
1.32% |
13,608 |
Crenshaw |
2,478 |
47.15% |
2,704 |
51.45% |
39 |
0.74% |
35 |
0.67% |
5,256 |
Cullman |
10,212 |
45.92% |
11,525 |
51.82% |
228 |
1.03% |
275 |
1.24% |
22,240 |
Dale |
7,247 |
57.64% |
4,936 |
39.26% |
134 |
1.07% |
256 |
2.04% |
12,573 |
Dallas |
7,647 |
42.14% |
9,770 |
53.84% |
131 |
0.72% |
599 |
3.30% |
18,147 |
DeKalb |
9,673 |
51.75% |
8,820 |
47.19% |
107 |
0.57% |
90 |
0.48% |
18,690 |
Elmore |
8,688 |
57.20% |
5,947 |
39.15% |
171 |
1.13% |
384 |
2.53% |
15,190 |
Escambia |
6,513 |
54.04% |
5,148 |
42.71% |
87 |
0.72% |
305 |
2.53% |
12,053 |
Etowah |
16,177 |
42.79% |
20,790 |
54.99% |
358 |
0.95% |
481 |
1.27% |
37,806 |
Fayette |
3,315 |
48.83% |
3,389 |
49.92% |
47 |
0.69% |
38 |
0.56% |
6,789 |
Franklin |
4,448 |
41.33% |
6,136 |
57.01% |
51 |
0.47% |
128 |
1.19% |
10,763 |
Geneva |
4,747 |
49.30% |
4,703 |
48.85% |
67 |
0.70% |
111 |
1.15% |
9,628 |
Greene |
1,034 |
22.79% |
3,474 |
76.55% |
16 |
0.35% |
14 |
0.31% |
4,538 |
Hale |
2,074 |
34.69% |
3,583 |
59.93% |
56 |
0.94% |
266 |
4.45% |
5,979 |
Henry |
2,813 |
47.85% |
2,973 |
50.57% |
18 |
0.31% |
75 |
1.28% |
5,879 |
Houston |
14,884 |
64.05% |
7,848 |
33.77% |
184 |
0.79% |
322 |
1.39% |
23,238 |
Jackson |
4,897 |
34.48% |
8,776 |
61.79% |
156 |
1.10% |
374 |
2.63% |
14,203 |
Jefferson |
132,612 |
51.10% |
113,069 |
43.57% |
3,509 |
1.35% |
10,322 |
3.98% |
259,512 |
Lamar |
2,778 |
44.91% |
3,366 |
54.41% |
16 |
0.26% |
26 |
0.42% |
6,186 |
Lauderdale |
10,467 |
38.42% |
15,379 |
56.45% |
431 |
1.58% |
966 |
3.55% |
27,243 |
Lawrence |
2,456 |
28.09% |
6,112 |
69.92% |
64 |
0.73% |
110 |
1.26% |
8,742 |
Lee |
10,982 |
49.98% |
9,606 |
43.72% |
643 |
2.93% |
741 |
3.37% |
21,972 |
Limestone |
4,574 |
34.18% |
8,180 |
61.12% |
183 |
1.37% |
447 |
3.34% |
13,384 |
Lowndes |
1,524 |
28.60% |
3,577 |
67.12% |
15 |
0.28% |
213 |
4.00% |
5,329 |
Macon |
1,259 |
14.35% |
7,028 |
80.10% |
36 |
0.41% |
451 |
5.14% |
8,774 |
Madison |
30,604 |
47.03% |
30,469 |
46.82% |
2,246 |
3.45% |
1,753 |
2.69% |
65,072 |
Marengo |
4,048 |
41.90% |
5,178 |
53.60% |
35 |
0.36% |
399 |
4.13% |
9,660 |
Marion |
5,182 |
48.26% |
5,450 |
50.75% |
61 |
0.57% |
45 |
0.42% |
10,738 |
Marshall |
8,159 |
40.93% |
10,854 |
54.45% |
283 |
1.42% |
637 |
3.20% |
19,933 |
Mobile |
67,515 |
57.71% |
46,180 |
39.47% |
1,333 |
1.14% |
1,964 |
1.68% |
116,992 |
Monroe |
4,615 |
50.87% |
4,262 |
46.98% |
43 |
0.47% |
152 |
1.68% |
9,072 |
Montgomery |
35,745 |
53.75% |
28,018 |
42.13% |
985 |
1.48% |
1,756 |
2.64% |
66,504 |
Morgan |
13,214 |
45.14% |
14,703 |
50.23% |
457 |
1.56% |
897 |
3.06% |
29,271 |
Perry |
2,262 |
34.68% |
4,208 |
64.52% |
28 |
0.43% |
24 |
0.37% |
6,522 |
Pickens |
3,582 |
43.78% |
4,504 |
55.05% |
61 |
0.75% |
35 |
0.43% |
8,182 |
Pike |
5,220 |
52.25% |
4,417 |
44.21% |
83 |
0.83% |
271 |
2.71% |
9,991 |
Randolph |
3,279 |
46.22% |
3,378 |
47.62% |
58 |
0.82% |
379 |
5.34% |
7,094 |
Russell |
4,485 |
33.22% |
8,123 |
60.17% |
137 |
1.01% |
755 |
5.59% |
13,500 |
St. Clair |
7,768 |
56.89% |
5,236 |
38.35% |
121 |
0.89% |
529 |
3.87% |
13,654 |
Shelby |
14,957 |
64.28% |
7,396 |
31.79% |
407 |
1.75% |
507 |
2.18% |
23,267 |
Sumter |
2,104 |
29.23% |
5,015 |
69.66% |
45 |
0.63% |
35 |
0.49% |
7,199 |
Talladega |
9,902 |
47.97% |
10,159 |
49.22% |
140 |
0.68% |
440 |
2.13% |
20,641 |
Tallapoosa |
5,958 |
43.80% |
7,260 |
53.37% |
96 |
0.71% |
289 |
2.12% |
13,603 |
Tuscaloosa |
19,750 |
48.50% |
19,103 |
46.91% |
789 |
1.94% |
1,078 |
2.65% |
40,720 |
Walker |
8,795 |
38.53% |
13,616 |
59.65% |
82 |
0.36% |
335 |
1.47% |
22,828 |
Washington |
3,045 |
45.96% |
3,520 |
53.13% |
24 |
0.36% |
36 |
0.54% |
6,625 |
Wilcox |
2,280 |
31.40% |
4,951 |
68.19% |
13 |
0.18% |
17 |
0.23% |
7,261 |
Winston |
4,981 |
59.04% |
3,368 |
39.92% |
39 |
0.46% |
48 |
0.57% |
8,436 |
Totals | 654,192 | 48.75% | 636,730 | 47.45% | 16,481 | 1.23% | 34,526 | 2.57% | 1,341,929 |
References
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