1980 United States presidential election in Missouri explained

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Election Name:	1980 United States presidential election in Missouri
Country:	Missouri
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1976 United States presidential election in Missouri
Previous Year:	1976
Next Election:	1984 United States presidential election in Missouri
Next Year:	1984
Election Date:	November 4, 1980
Flag Year:	1894
Image1:	Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg
Nominee1:	Ronald Reagan
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	California
Running Mate1:	George H. W. Bush
Electoral Vote1:	12
Popular Vote1:	1,074,181
Percentage1:	51.16%
Nominee2:	Jimmy Carter
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Georgia
Running Mate2:	Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	931,182
Percentage2:	44.35%
Map Size:	340px
President
Before Election:	Jimmy Carter
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Ronald Reagan
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

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.

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

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

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

• Audrain
• Bates
• Bollinger
• Butler
• Caldwell
• Carroll
• Carter
• Cass
• Chariton
• Clark
• Clay
• Clinton
• Crawford
• Dallas
• Daviess
• DeKalb
• Dent
• Gentry
• Henry
• Howell
• Jefferson
• Johnson
• Knox
• Laclede
• Lewis
• Lincoln
• Linn
• Livingston
• Macon
• Madison
• Maries
• Marion
• McDonald
• Mercer
• Nodaway
• Pettis
• Phelps
• Pike
• Platte
• Pulaski
• Randolph
• Ripley
• St. Clair
• St. Francois
• Schuyler
• Scotland
• Scott
• Saline
• Shelby
• Stoddard
• Sullivan
• Texas
• Vernon
• Washington
• Webster
• Wayne
• Worth

See also

• United States presidential elections in Missouri

Notes and References

1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=29&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri
2. Web site: Our Campaigns. MO US President — November 04, 1980.