See main article: 1980 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1980 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| Country: | Nebraska |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1976 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| Previous Year: | 1976 |
| Next Election: | 1984 United States presidential election in Nebraska |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1980 |
| 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: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 419,937 |
| Percentage1: | 65.53% |
| Nominee2: | Jimmy Carter |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Georgia |
| Running Mate2: | Walter Mondale |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 166,851 |
| Percentage2: | 26.04% |
| Image3: | John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee3: | John B. Anderson |
| Party3: | Independent (United States) |
| Home State3: | Illinois |
| Running Mate3: | Patrick Lucey |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 44,993 |
| Percentage3: | 7.02% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| 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 Nebraska took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nebraska was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 39.5-point landslide.[1] With 65.53% of the popular vote, Nebraska was Reagan's third strongest state after Utah and Idaho.[2]
| County[3] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | Ed Clark Libertarian | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
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| Adams | 8,500 | 65.52% | 3,372 | 25.99% | 885 | 6.82% | 216 | 1.66% | 5,128 | 39.53% | 12,973 | ||||||||||||
| Antelope | 3,192 | 78.68% | 659 | 16.24% | 150 | 3.70% | 56 | 1.38% | 2,533 | 62.44% | 4,057 | ||||||||||||
| Arthur | 245 | 76.80% | 57 | 17.87% | 9 | 2.82% | 8 | 2.51% | 188 | 58.93% | 319 | ||||||||||||
| Banner | 481 | 90.41% | 33 | 6.20% | 14 | 2.63% | 4 | 0.75% | 448 | 84.21% | 532 | ||||||||||||
| Blaine | 361 | 81.67% | 63 | 14.25% | 15 | 3.39% | 3 | 0.68% | 298 | 67.42% | 442 | ||||||||||||
| Boone | 2,598 | 72.11% | 769 | 21.34% | 176 | 4.88% | 60 | 1.67% | 1,829 | 50.77% | 3,603 | ||||||||||||
| Box Butte | 3,912 | 70.72% | 1,208 | 21.84% | 307 | 5.55% | 105 | 1.90% | 2,704 | 48.88% | 5,532 | ||||||||||||
| Boyd | 1,261 | 72.76% | 376 | 21.70% | 62 | 3.58% | 34 | 1.96% | 885 | 51.06% | 1,733 | ||||||||||||
| Brown | 1,615 | 77.38% | 341 | 16.34% | 105 | 5.03% | 26 | 1.25% | 1,274 | 61.04% | 2,087 | ||||||||||||
| Buffalo | 9,769 | 68.59% | 3,167 | 22.24% | 1,028 | 7.22% | 279 | 1.96% | 6,602 | 46.35% | 14,243 | ||||||||||||
| Burt | 2,806 | 72.08% | 814 | 20.91% | 232 | 5.96% | 41 | 1.05% | 1,992 | 51.17% | 3,893 | ||||||||||||
| Butler | 2,596 | 66.07% | 1,112 | 28.30% | 159 | 4.05% | 62 | 1.58% | 1,484 | 37.77% | 3,929 | ||||||||||||
| Cass | 5,193 | 66.42% | 2,007 | 25.67% | 487 | 6.23% | 131 | 1.68% | 3,186 | 40.75% | 7,818 | ||||||||||||
| Cedar | 3,259 | 67.09% | 1,265 | 26.04% | 273 | 5.62% | 61 | 1.26% | 1,994 | 41.05% | 4,858 | ||||||||||||
| Chase | 1,593 | 75.75% | 324 | 15.41% | 91 | 4.33% | 95 | 4.52% | 1,269 | 60.34% | 2,103 | ||||||||||||
| Cherry | 2,517 | 79.78% | 489 | 15.50% | 105 | 3.33% | 44 | 1.39% | 2,028 | 64.28% | 3,155 | ||||||||||||
| Cheyenne | 3,073 | 74.81% | 776 | 18.89% | 196 | 4.77% | 63 | 1.53% | 2,297 | 55.92% | 4,108 | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 2,739 | 71.63% | 840 | 21.97% | 190 | 4.97% | 55 | 1.44% | 1,899 | 49.66% | 3,824 | ||||||||||||
| Colfax | 3,259 | 73.17% | 893 | 20.05% | 230 | 5.16% | 72 | 1.62% | 2,366 | 53.12% | 4,454 | ||||||||||||
| Cuming | 4,006 | 78.07% | 803 | 15.65% | 267 | 5.20% | 55 | 1.07% | 3,203 | 62.42% | 5,131 | ||||||||||||
| Custer | 4,563 | 76.90% | 1,011 | 17.04% | 286 | 4.82% | 74 | 1.25% | 3,552 | 59.86% | 5,934 | ||||||||||||
| Dakota | 3,165 | 57.67% | 1,930 | 35.17% | 317 | 5.78% | 76 | 1.38% | 1,235 | 22.50% | 5,488 | ||||||||||||
| Dawes | 3,283 | 76.24% | 705 | 16.37% | 228 | 5.29% | 90 | 2.09% | 2,578 | 59.87% | 4,306 | ||||||||||||
| Dawson | 6,689 | 77.70% | 1,463 | 16.99% | 357 | 4.15% | 100 | 1.16% | 5,226 | 60.71% | 8,609 | ||||||||||||
| Deuel | 946 | 77.54% | 192 | 15.74% | 63 | 5.16% | 19 | 1.56% | 754 | 61.80% | 1,220 | ||||||||||||
| Dixon | 2,328 | 68.77% | 822 | 24.28% | 200 | 5.91% | 35 | 1.03% | 1,506 | 44.49% | 3,385 | ||||||||||||
| Dodge | 9,522 | 66.82% | 3,564 | 25.01% | 988 | 6.93% | 176 | 1.24% | 5,958 | 41.81% | 14,250 | ||||||||||||
| Douglas | 96,908 | 59.12% | 51,668 | 31.52% | 13,237 | 8.07% | 2,117 | 1.29% | 45,240 | 27.60% | 163,930 | ||||||||||||
| Dundy | 1,138 | 80.65% | 192 | 13.61% | 55 | 3.90% | 26 | 1.84% | 946 | 67.04% | 1,411 | ||||||||||||
| Fillmore | 2,435 | 65.00% | 1,025 | 27.36% | 221 | 5.90% | 65 | 1.74% | 1,410 | 37.64% | 3,746 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 1,675 | 73.95% | 441 | 19.47% | 109 | 4.81% | 40 | 1.77% | 1,234 | 54.48% | 2,265 | ||||||||||||
| Frontier | 1,346 | 79.27% | 259 | 15.25% | 84 | 4.95% | 9 | 0.53% | 1,087 | 64.02% | 1,698 | ||||||||||||
| Furnas | 2,483 | 78.28% | 536 | 16.90% | 113 | 3.56% | 40 | 1.26% | 1,947 | 61.38% | 3,172 | ||||||||||||
| Gage | 6,089 | 66.18% | 2,259 | 24.55% | 723 | 7.86% | 130 | 1.41% | 3,830 | 41.63% | 9,201 | ||||||||||||
| Garden | 1,297 | 82.09% | 202 | 12.78% | 63 | 3.99% | 18 | 1.14% | 1,095 | 69.31% | 1,580 | ||||||||||||
| Garfield | 811 | 73.19% | 238 | 21.48% | 43 | 3.88% | 16 | 1.44% | 573 | 51.71% | 1,108 | ||||||||||||
| Gosper | 783 | 76.09% | 181 | 17.59% | 47 | 4.57% | 18 | 1.75% | 602 | 58.50% | 1,029 | ||||||||||||
| Grant | 373 | 80.22% | 76 | 16.34% | 13 | 2.80% | 3 | 0.65% | 297 | 63.88% | 465 | ||||||||||||
| Greeley | 1,028 | 63.26% | 495 | 30.46% | 78 | 4.80% | 24 | 1.48% | 533 | 32.80% | 1,625 | ||||||||||||
| Hall | 12,166 | 68.13% | 4,422 | 24.76% | 987 | 5.53% | 282 | 1.58% | 7,744 | 43.37% | 17,857 | ||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 3,200 | 74.92% | 778 | 18.22% | 245 | 5.74% | 48 | 1.12% | 2,422 | 56.70% | 4,271 | ||||||||||||
| Harlan | 1,690 | 72.94% | 486 | 20.98% | 109 | 4.70% | 32 | 1.38% | 1,204 | 51.96% | 2,317 | ||||||||||||
| Hayes | 617 | 84.52% | 82 | 11.23% | 21 | 2.88% | 10 | 1.37% | 535 | 73.29% | 730 | ||||||||||||
| Hitchcock | 1,474 | 75.09% | 329 | 16.76% | 115 | 5.86% | 45 | 2.29% | 1,145 | 58.33% | 1,963 | ||||||||||||
| Holt | 4,495 | 77.00% | 1,016 | 17.40% | 245 | 4.20% | 82 | 1.40% | 3,479 | 59.60% | 5,838 | ||||||||||||
| Hooker | 386 | 81.78% | 63 | 13.35% | 18 | 3.81% | 5 | 1.06% | 323 | 68.43% | 472 | ||||||||||||
| Howard | 1,971 | 66.36% | 789 | 26.57% | 170 | 5.72% | 40 | 1.35% | 1,182 | 39.79% | 2,970 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 3,090 | 67.59% | 1,125 | 24.61% | 297 | 6.50% | 60 | 1.31% | 1,965 | 42.98% | 4,572 | ||||||||||||
| Johnson | 1,719 | 67.02% | 626 | 24.41% | 182 | 7.10% | 38 | 1.48% | 1,093 | 42.61% | 2,565 | ||||||||||||
| Kearney | 2,512 | 71.16% | 726 | 20.57% | 227 | 6.43% | 65 | 1.84% | 1,786 | 50.59% | 3,530 | ||||||||||||
| Keith | 3,381 | 77.65% | 710 | 16.31% | 199 | 4.57% | 64 | 1.47% | 2,671 | 61.34% | 4,354 | ||||||||||||
| Keya Paha | 526 | 76.45% | 130 | 18.90% | 27 | 3.92% | 5 | 0.73% | 396 | 57.55% | 688 | ||||||||||||
| Kimball | 1,615 | 75.61% | 385 | 18.02% | 97 | 4.54% | 39 | 1.83% | 1,230 | 57.59% | 2,136 | ||||||||||||
| Knox | 3,404 | 71.08% | 1,057 | 22.07% | 245 | 5.12% | 83 | 1.73% | 2,347 | 49.01% | 4,789 | ||||||||||||
| Lancaster | 38,780 | 50.87% | 27,162 | 35.63% | 9,281 | 12.17% | 1,010 | 1.32% | 11,618 | 15.24% | 76,233 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 9,643 | 66.60% | 3,768 | 26.02% | 843 | 5.82% | 225 | 1.55% | 5,875 | 40.58% | 14,479 | ||||||||||||
| Logan | 442 | 82.46% | 71 | 13.25% | 17 | 3.17% | 6 | 1.12% | 371 | 69.21% | 536 | ||||||||||||
| Loup | 368 | 78.30% | 74 | 15.74% | 21 | 4.47% | 7 | 1.49% | 294 | 62.56% | 470 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 9,718 | 78.82% | 1,926 | 15.62% | 555 | 4.50% | 130 | 1.05% | 7,792 | 63.20% | 12,329 | ||||||||||||
| McPherson | 285 | 83.09% | 49 | 14.29% | 5 | 1.46% | 4 | 1.17% | 236 | 68.80% | 343 | ||||||||||||
| Merrick | 2,710 | 73.36% | 712 | 19.27% | 212 | 5.74% | 60 | 1.62% | 1,998 | 54.09% | 3,694 | ||||||||||||
| Morrill | 1,893 | 74.53% | 512 | 20.16% | 96 | 3.78% | 39 | 1.54% | 1,381 | 54.37% | 2,540 | ||||||||||||
| Nance | 1,442 | 67.29% | 561 | 26.18% | 100 | 4.67% | 40 | 1.87% | 881 | 41.11% | 2,143 | ||||||||||||
| Nemaha | 2,695 | 68.91% | 930 | 23.78% | 221 | 5.65% | 65 | 1.66% | 1,765 | 45.13% | 3,911 | ||||||||||||
| Nuckolls | 2,180 | 66.42% | 899 | 27.39% | 159 | 4.84% | 44 | 1.34% | 1,281 | 39.03% | 3,282 | ||||||||||||
| Otoe | 4,611 | 70.30% | 1,471 | 22.43% | 391 | 5.96% | 86 | 1.31% | 3,140 | 47.87% | 6,559 | ||||||||||||
| Pawnee | 1,418 | 71.15% | 431 | 21.63% | 122 | 6.12% | 22 | 1.10% | 987 | 49.52% | 1,993 | ||||||||||||
| Perkins | 1,342 | 76.16% | 313 | 17.76% | 83 | 4.71% | 24 | 1.36% | 1,029 | 58.40% | 1,762 | ||||||||||||
| Phelps | 3,465 | 77.95% | 734 | 16.51% | 192 | 4.32% | 54 | 1.21% | 2,731 | 61.44% | 4,445 | ||||||||||||
| Pierce | 2,938 | 80.74% | 517 | 14.21% | 155 | 4.26% | 29 | 0.80% | 2,421 | 66.53% | 3,639 | ||||||||||||
| Platte | 8,803 | 73.51% | 2,389 | 19.95% | 547 | 4.57% | 236 | 1.97% | 6,414 | 53.56% | 11,975 | ||||||||||||
| Polk | 2,206 | 75.14% | 538 | 18.32% | 149 | 5.07% | 43 | 1.46% | 1,668 | 56.82% | 2,936 | ||||||||||||
| Red Willow | 4,050 | 76.73% | 899 | 17.03% | 256 | 4.85% | 73 | 1.38% | 3,151 | 59.70% | 5,278 | ||||||||||||
| Richardson | 3,634 | 68.00% | 1,350 | 25.26% | 264 | 4.94% | 96 | 1.80% | 2,284 | 42.74% | 5,344 | ||||||||||||
| Rock | 855 | 80.74% | 146 | 13.79% | 39 | 3.68% | 19 | 1.79% | 709 | 66.95% | 1,059 | ||||||||||||
| Saline | 2,934 | 54.17% | 1,908 | 35.23% | 480 | 8.86% | 94 | 1.74% | 1,026 | 18.94% | 5,416 | ||||||||||||
| Sarpy | 15,552 | 67.03% | 5,689 | 24.52% | 1,686 | 7.27% | 275 | 1.19% | 9,863 | 42.51% | 23,202 | ||||||||||||
| Saunders | 5,223 | 66.06% | 2,034 | 25.73% | 516 | 6.53% | 133 | 1.68% | 3,189 | 40.33% | 7,906 | ||||||||||||
| Scotts Bluff | 9,504 | 71.73% | 2,854 | 21.54% | 681 | 5.14% | 210 | 1.59% | 6,650 | 50.19% | 13,249 | ||||||||||||
| Seward | 3,527 | 59.13% | 1,803 | 30.23% | 533 | 8.94% | 102 | 1.71% | 1,724 | 28.90% | 5,965 | ||||||||||||
| Sheridan | 2,749 | 84.04% | 370 | 11.31% | 121 | 3.70% | 31 | 0.95% | 2,379 | 72.73% | 3,271 | ||||||||||||
| Sherman | 1,254 | 63.65% | 578 | 29.34% | 116 | 5.89% | 22 | 1.12% | 676 | 34.31% | 1,970 | ||||||||||||
| Sioux | 760 | 81.55% | 120 | 12.88% | 33 | 3.54% | 19 | 2.04% | 640 | 68.67% | 932 | ||||||||||||
| Stanton | 1,945 | 78.87% | 362 | 14.68% | 118 | 4.79% | 41 | 1.66% | 1,583 | 64.19% | 2,466 | ||||||||||||
| Thayer | 2,514 | 68.88% | 926 | 25.37% | 178 | 4.88% | 32 | 0.88% | 1,588 | 43.51% | 3,650 | ||||||||||||
| Thomas | 306 | 76.12% | 65 | 16.17% | 26 | 6.47% | 5 | 1.24% | 241 | 59.95% | 402 | ||||||||||||
| Thurston | 1,454 | 61.71% | 726 | 30.81% | 140 | 5.94% | 36 | 1.53% | 728 | 30.90% | 2,356 | ||||||||||||
| Valley | 2,101 | 71.73% | 655 | 22.36% | 124 | 4.23% | 49 | 1.67% | 1,446 | 49.37% | 2,929 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 4,570 | 70.71% | 1,454 | 22.50% | 358 | 5.54% | 81 | 1.25% | 3,116 | 48.21% | 6,463 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 2,844 | 72.53% | 733 | 18.69% | 301 | 7.68% | 43 | 1.10% | 2,111 | 53.84% | 3,921 | ||||||||||||
| Webster | 1,676 | 69.75% | 547 | 22.76% | 138 | 5.74% | 42 | 1.75% | 1,129 | 46.99% | 2,403 | ||||||||||||
| Wheeler | 374 | 74.65% | 93 | 18.56% | 22 | 4.39% | 12 | 2.40% | 281 | 56.09% | 501 | ||||||||||||
| York | 5,089 | 76.71% | 1,131 | 17.05% | 324 | 4.88% | 90 | 1.36% | 3,958 | 59.66% | 6,634 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 419,937 | 65.53% | 166,851 | 26.04% | 44,993 | 7.02% | 9,073 | 1.42% | 253,086 | 39.49% | 640,854 | ||||||||||||