North Carolina 1980 Presidential Election

the Republican candidate won the North Carolina 1980 presidential election with 915,018 votes (49.3%), a margin of R+2.1. North Carolina's 16 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

47.2%

49.3%

875,635

Democrat (47.2%)

915,018

Republican (49.3%)

Total Votes: 1,855,833|Margin: R+2.1

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Hoke County	D+47.7	D+47.7	D+13.5	4,628	R+7.3%
Northampton County	D+45.0	D+45.0	D+22.8	6,861	R+15.8%
Gates County	D+42.6	D+42.6	D+13.5	3,467	R+9.2%
Robeson County	D+42.5	D+42.5	D+8.2	25,030	R+18.9%
Anson County	D+42.4	D+42.4	D+14.8	7,087	R+7.2%
Warren County	D+39.9	D+39.9	D+19.4	5,430	D+2.0%
Bertie County	D+38.5	D+38.5	D+15.6	5,632	R+12.4%
Bladen County	D+37.6	D+37.6	D+3.7	8,941	R+21.2%
Hertford County	D+37.1	D+37.1	D+17.2	6,060	R+7.7%
Scotland County	D+34.1	D+34.1	R+0.6	6,782	R+5.0%
Tyrrell County	D+30.7	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,370	R+7.4%
Richmond County	D+30.2	D+30.2	D+4.8	11,609	R+20.8%
Martin County	D+29.5	D+29.5	R+4.9	7,412	R+10.4%
Columbus County	D+29.4	D+29.4	R+2.4	15,940	R+25.9%
Caswell County	D+23.8	D+23.8	D+2.0	5,777	R+11.7%
Granville County	D+22.1	D+22.1	R+9.4	9,246	R+5.7%
Jones County	D+22.0	D+22.0	R+0.9	3,630	R+13.5%
Washington County	D+21.1	D+21.1	D+6.5	5,037	R+9.9%
Franklin County	D+21.1	D+21.1	R+11.3	9,081	R+13.2%
Orange County	D+20.9	D+20.9	D+13.7	28,589	R+4.7%
Hyde County	D+20.0	D+20.0	R+8.7	2,072	R+6.9%
Chowan County	D+19.7	D+19.7	R+11.1	3,660	R+9.5%
Camden County	D+19.1	D+19.1	R+8.8	2,088	R+17.9%
Pamlico County	D+18.9	D+18.9	R+8.5	3,803	R+13.6%
Pender County	D+18.1	D+18.1	R+7.7	7,536	R+18.0%
Duplin County	D+16.2	D+16.2	R+6.0	13,069	R+16.1%
Halifax County	D+15.9	D+15.9	D+2.5	14,648	R+4.0%
Swain County	D+15.1	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,520	D+0.7%
Haywood County	D+14.9	D+14.9	R+12.1	17,462	R+14.0%
Edgecombe County	D+14.4	D+14.4	D+4.5	14,056	R+9.9%
Chatham County	D+13.1	D+13.1	R+7.1	13,205	R+6.6%
Perquimans County	D+12.3	D+12.3	R+14.7	2,854	R+17.1%
Vance County	D+12.3	D+12.3	R+7.5	9,774	R+6.8%
Greene County	D+12.0	D+12.0	R+7.1	5,113	R+21.6%
Durham County	D+11.9	D+11.9	D+5.0	47,901	D+3.5%
Person County	D+11.0	D+11.0	R+24.8	7,534	R+2.3%
Pasquotank County	D+10.2	D+10.2	R+9.3	7,698	R+13.4%
Madison County	D+9.6	D+9.6	R+10.1	5,972	R+7.1%
Harnett County	D+9.2	D+9.2	R+22.3	16,295	R+11.2%
Yancey County	D+8.6	D+8.6	R+8.1	7,546	R+10.1%
Currituck County	D+8.2	D+8.2	R+26.7	3,786	R+26.9%
Jackson County	D+7.7	D+7.7	R+12.2	9,310	R+11.5%
Montgomery County	D+6.9	D+6.9	R+14.3	7,842	R+13.0%
Brunswick County	D+6.6	D+6.6	R+17.6	13,003	R+27.2%
Cleveland County	D+5.9	D+5.9	R+24.8	23,498	R+22.0%
Sampson County	D+5.6	D+5.6	R+7.8	17,578	R+6.3%
Lee County	D+5.5	D+5.5	R+35.2	10,574	R+10.5%
Union County	D+5.4	D+5.4	R+41.0	19,688	R+20.7%
Alleghany County	D+4.7	D+4.7	R+12.5	4,310	R+20.1%
Rockingham County	D+2.1	D+2.1	R+25.5	23,522	R+15.6%
Cumberland County	D+1.2	D+1.2	R+16.5	45,228	R+24.9%
Rutherford County	R+0.3	R+0.3	R+24.7	16,966	R+21.6%
Wake County	R+0.7	R+0.7	R+23.5	105,193	R+0.4%
Pitt County	R+0.9	R+0.9	R+16.9	26,371	R+10.7%
Mecklenburg County	R+1.0	R+1.0	R+25.6	143,058	R+2.2%
Wilson County	R+1.7	R+1.7	R+18.9	16,704	R+11.1%
Buncombe County	R+2.4	R+2.4	R+23.5	53,530	R+10.9%
Johnston County	R+4.1	R+4.1	R+34.8	20,376	R+13.6%
Forsyth County	R+4.2	R+4.2	R+23.3	84,798	R+5.0%
Craven County	R+4.6	R+4.6	R+28.3	16,783	R+17.0%
Burke County	R+5.0	R+5.0	R+28.8	25,417	R+22.1%
Dare County	R+5.3	R+5.3	R+44.0	5,615	R+18.4%
Surry County	R+5.6	R+5.6	R+29.9	19,408	R+20.5%
Beaufort County	R+5.7	R+5.7	R+21.5	13,037	R+15.8%
Macon County	R+6.9	R+6.9	R+30.1	9,031	R+15.9%
Lincoln County	R+7.1	R+7.1	R+35.5	17,196	R+24.2%
Carteret County	R+8.5	R+8.5	R+32.8	14,767	R+18.5%
Guilford County	R+8.6	R+8.6	R+22.7	102,622	R+10.0%
Onslow County	R+8.9	R+8.9	R+41.7	16,736	R+23.2%
Alamance County	R+8.9	R+8.9	R+39.7	34,066	R+24.4%
Transylvania County	R+8.9	R+8.9	R+30.1	9,175	R+15.1%
McDowell County	R+9.2	R+9.2	R+30.4	10,606	R+25.9%
Watauga County	R+9.4	R+9.4	R+28.9	11,958	R+9.0%
Graham County	R+9.8	R+9.8	R+25.4	3,615	R+14.7%
Iredell County	R+10.3	R+10.3	R+40.5	27,794	R+17.1%
Cherokee County	R+10.4	R+10.4	R+27.6	7,079	R+15.7%
Stanly County	R+10.9	R+10.9	R+36.2	17,846	R+13.2%
Moore County	R+11.0	R+11.0	R+35.0	18,911	R+9.6%
New Hanover County	R+11.1	R+11.1	R+30.7	32,244	R+13.9%
Stokes County	R+11.4	R+11.4	R+31.5	13,245	R+16.3%
Ashe County	R+11.5	R+11.5	R+24.4	10,312	R+14.0%
Polk County	R+11.5	R+11.5	R+30.0	5,609	R+21.0%
Lenoir County	R+12.9	R+12.9	R+21.7	17,714	R+12.5%
Gaston County	R+13.5	R+13.5	R+46.9	45,204	R+20.9%
Wayne County	R+14.3	R+14.3	R+28.4	22,836	R+12.5%
Nash County	R+14.6	R+14.6	R+33.6	19,601	R+17.2%
Alexander County	R+16.5	R+16.5	R+40.6	11,109	R+22.7%
Caldwell County	R+18.9	R+18.9	R+39.8	22,310	R+28.2%
Cabarrus County	R+21.0	R+21.0	R+45.2	25,585	R+19.4%
Davidson County	R+21.5	R+21.5	R+45.2	38,269	R+18.9%
Rowan County	R+22.2	R+22.2	R+40.6	31,109	R+24.5%
Clay County	R+22.9	R+22.9	R+25.4	3,547	R+27.6%
Catawba County	R+23.8	R+23.8	R+45.7	37,878	R+18.6%
Henderson County	R+27.0	R+27.0	R+45.5	22,181	R+13.1%
Wilkes County	R+27.2	R+27.2	R+46.2	23,049	R+20.0%
Davie County	R+30.5	R+30.5	R+47.6	9,880	R+17.1%
Yadkin County	R+31.8	R+31.8	R+48.9	11,570	R+18.3%
Randolph County	R+31.8	R+31.8	R+54.8	30,717	R+25.9%
Avery County	R+37.7	R+37.7	R+60.2	5,182	R+13.3%
Mitchell County	R+40.8	R+40.8	R+57.2	6,270	R+11.4%

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County Results (100 counties)

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