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1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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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 13 0
Popular vote 915,018 875,635
Percentage 49.30% 47.18%
President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

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The 1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 4, 1980, as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

North Carolina barely voted for the Republican nominee, Governor Ronald Reagan, over the Democratic nominee, President Jimmy Carter in a close battle. Independent John B. Anderson, won 2% of the vote from Reagan and Carter in the state. The final numbers were 49.30% for Reagan to 47.18% for Carter and 2.85% for Anderson.

As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Cleveland, Currituck, Harnett, Lee, Person and Union.[1]

57% of white voters supported Reagan while 39% supported Carter.[2][3]

Campaign

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Predictions

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Source Rating As of
The Times and Democrat[4] Tossup September 23, 1980
Bristol Herald Courier[5] Likely D October 5, 1980
Boca Raton News[6] Likely D October 12, 1980
Kansas City Star[7] Likely D October 12, 1980
Fort Worth Star-Telegram[8] Lean D October 31, 1980
The State[9] Safe D November 2, 1980
Daily Press[10] Likely D November 3, 1980

Results

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1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina[11]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 915,018 49.30% 13
Democratic Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 875,635 47.18% 0
Independent John B. Anderson 52,800 2.85% 0
Libertarian Edward Clark 9,677 0.52% 0
Citizens Barry Commoner 2,287 0.12% 0
Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry 416 0.02% 0
Totals 1,855,833 100.0% 13
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) 54.52%/67.0% —

Results by county

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County[12] Ronald Reagan
Republican 		Jimmy Carter
Democratic 		John B. Anderson
Independent 		Ed Clark
Libertarian 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Alamance 18,077 53.06% 15,042 44.16% 760 2.23% 164 0.48% 23 0.07% 3,035 8.90% 34,066
Alexander 6,376 57.39% 4,546 40.92% 137 1.23% 44 0.40% 6 0.05% 1,830 16.47% 11,109
Alleghany 1,995 46.29% 2,198 51.00% 91 2.11% 24 0.56% 2 0.05% -203 -4.71% 4,310
Anson 1,968 27.77% 4,973 70.17% 111 1.57% 23 0.32% 12 0.17% -3,005 -42.40% 7,087
Ashe 5,643 54.72% 4,461 43.26% 154 1.49% 47 0.46% 7 0.07% 1,182 11.46% 10,312
Avery 3,480 67.16% 1,527 29.47% 147 2.84% 22 0.42% 6 0.12% 1,953 37.68% 5,183
Beaufort 6,773 51.95% 6,024 46.21% 186 1.43% 49 0.38% 5 0.04% 749 5.74% 13,037
Bertie 1,695 30.10% 3,863 68.59% 45 0.80% 16 0.28% 13 0.23% -2,168 -38.49% 5,632
Bladen 2,745 30.70% 6,104 68.27% 64 0.72% 26 0.29% 2 0.02% -3,359 -37.57% 8,941
Brunswick 5,897 45.35% 6,761 52.00% 265 2.04% 71 0.55% 9 0.07% -864 -6.65% 13,003
Buncombe 26,124 48.80% 24,837 46.40% 2,153 4.02% 299 0.56% 117 0.22% 1,287 2.40% 53,530
Burke 12,956 50.97% 11,680 45.95% 558 2.20% 169 0.66% 54 0.21% 1,276 5.02% 25,417
Cabarrus 15,143 59.19% 9,768 38.18% 562 2.20% 96 0.38% 16 0.06% 5,375 21.01% 25,585
Caldwell 12,965 58.11% 8,738 39.17% 440 1.97% 135 0.61% 32 0.14% 4,227 18.94% 22,310
Camden 813 38.94% 1,212 58.05% 45 2.16% 12 0.57% 6 0.29% -399 -19.11% 2,088
Carteret 7,733 52.37% 6,485 43.92% 460 3.12% 73 0.49% 16 0.11% 1,248 8.45% 14,767
Caswell 2,156 37.32% 3,529 61.09% 66 1.14% 21 0.36% 5 0.09% -1,373 -23.77% 5,777
Catawba 22,873 60.39% 13,873 36.63% 866 2.29% 242 0.64% 24 0.06% 9,000 23.76% 37,878
Chatham 5,414 41.00% 7,144 54.10% 481 3.64% 99 0.75% 67 0.51% -1,730 -13.10% 13,205
Cherokee 3,849 54.37% 3,114 43.99% 80 1.13% 33 0.47% 3 0.04% 735 10.38% 7,079
Chowan 1,424 38.91% 2,146 58.63% 71 1.94% 16 0.44% 3 0.08% -722 -19.72% 3,660
Clay 2,136 60.22% 1,324 37.33% 53 1.49% 28 0.79% 6 0.17% 812 22.89% 3,547
Cleveland 10,828 46.08% 12,219 52.00% 333 1.42% 111 0.47% 7 0.03% -1,391 -5.92% 23,498
Columbus 5,522 34.64% 10,212 64.07% 148 0.93% 55 0.35% 3 0.02% -4,690 -29.43% 15,940
Craven 8,554 50.97% 7,781 46.36% 356 2.12% 81 0.48% 11 0.07% 773 4.61% 16,783
Cumberland 21,540 47.63% 22,073 48.80% 1,261 2.79% 293 0.65% 61 0.13% -533 -1.17% 45,228
Currituck 1,668 44.06% 1,980 52.30% 97 2.56% 37 0.98% 4 0.11% -312 -8.24% 3,786
Dare 2,794 49.76% 2,497 44.47% 260 4.63% 50 0.89% 14 0.25% 297 5.29% 5,615
Davidson 22,794 59.56% 14,579 38.10% 679 1.77% 202 0.53% 15 0.04% 8,215 21.46% 38,269
Davie 6,302 63.79% 3,289 33.29% 223 2.26% 63 0.64% 3 0.03% 3,013 30.50% 9,880
Duplin 5,403 41.34% 7,524 57.57% 109 0.83% 32 0.24% 1 0.01% -2,121 -16.23% 13,069
Durham 19,276 40.24% 24,969 52.13% 3,052 6.37% 274 0.57% 330 0.69% -5,693 -11.89% 47,901
Edgecombe 5,916 42.09% 7,945 56.52% 148 1.05% 36 0.26% 11 0.08% -2,029 -14.43% 14,056
Forsyth 42,389 49.99% 38,870 45.84% 2,897 3.42% 527 0.62% 115 0.13% 3,519 4.15% 84,798
Franklin 3,508 38.63% 5,427 59.76% 104 1.15% 38 0.42% 4 0.04% -1,919 -21.13% 9,081
Gaston 25,139 55.61% 19,016 42.07% 823 1.82% 201 0.44% 25 0.06% 6,123 13.54% 45,204
Gates 957 27.60% 2,435 70.23% 61 1.76% 11 0.32% 3 0.09% -1,478 -42.63% 3,467
Graham 1,961 54.25% 1,608 44.48% 36 1.00% 6 0.17% 4 0.11% 353 9.77% 3,615
Granville 3,513 37.99% 5,556 60.09% 133 1.44% 29 0.31% 15 0.16% -2,043 -22.10% 9,246
Greene 2,221 43.44% 2,835 55.45% 34 0.66% 20 0.39% 3 0.06% -614 -12.01% 5,113
Guilford 53,291 51.93% 44,516 43.38% 4,019 3.92% 636 0.62% 160 0.16% 8,775 8.55% 102,622
Halifax 6,033 41.19% 8,364 57.10% 180 1.23% 56 0.38% 15 0.10% -2,331 -15.91% 14,648
Harnett 7,284 44.70% 8,791 53.95% 165 1.01% 42 0.26% 13 0.08% -1,507 -9.25% 16,295
Haywood 7,217 41.33% 9,814 56.20% 349 2.00% 66 0.38% 16 0.09% -2,597 -14.87% 17,462
Henderson 13,573 61.19% 7,578 34.16% 901 4.06% 97 0.44% 32 0.15% 5,995 27.03% 22,181
Hertford 1,854 30.59% 4,102 67.69% 80 1.32% 20 0.33% 4 0.07% -2,248 -37.10% 6,060
Hoke 1,168 25.24% 3,376 72.95% 56 1.21% 21 0.45% 7 0.15% -2,208 -47.41% 4,628
Hyde 807 38.95% 1,221 58.93% 37 1.79% 5 0.24% 2 0.10% -414 -19.98% 2,072
Iredell 14,926 53.70% 12,067 43.42% 624 2.25% 158 0.57% 19 0.07% 2,859 10.28% 27,794
Jackson 4,140 44.47% 4,857 52.17% 246 2.64% 50 0.54% 17 0.18% -717 -7.70% 9,310
Johnston 10,444 51.26% 9,601 47.12% 271 1.33% 54 0.27% 6 0.03% 843 4.14% 20,376
Jones 1,401 38.60% 2,198 60.55% 18 0.50% 11 0.30% 2 0.06% -797 -21.95% 3,630
Lee 4,847 45.84% 5,426 51.31% 251 2.37% 40 0.38% 10 0.09% -579 -5.47% 10,574
Lenoir 9,832 55.50% 7,546 42.60% 263 1.48% 57 0.32% 16 0.09% 2,286 12.90% 17,714
Lincoln 9,009 52.39% 7,796 45.34% 299 1.74% 85 0.49% 7 0.04% 1,213 7.05% 17,196
Macon 4,727 52.34% 4,105 45.45% 153 1.69% 39 0.43% 7 0.08% 622 6.89% 9,031
Madison 2,629 44.02% 3,202 53.62% 108 1.81% 21 0.35% 12 0.20% -573 -9.60% 5,972
Martin 2,564 34.59% 4,750 64.09% 81 1.09% 16 0.22% 1 0.01% -2,186 -29.50% 7,412
McDowell 5,680 53.55% 4,703 44.34% 175 1.65% 44 0.41% 4 0.04% 977 9.21% 10,606
Mecklenburg 68,384 47.80% 66,995 46.83% 6,560 4.59% 956 0.67% 163 0.11% 1,389 0.97% 143,058
Mitchell 4,322 68.93% 1,765 28.15% 146 2.33% 32 0.51% 5 0.08% 2,557 40.78% 6,270
Montgomery 3,587 45.74% 4,129 52.65% 99 1.26% 25 0.32% 2 0.03% -542 -6.91% 7,842
Moore 10,158 53.71% 8,084 42.75% 563 2.98% 91 0.48% 15 0.08% 2,074 10.96% 18,911
Nash 11,043 56.34% 8,184 41.75% 293 1.49% 74 0.38% 7 0.04% 2,859 14.59% 19,601
New Hanover 17,243 53.48% 13,670 42.40% 1,114 3.45% 182 0.56% 35 0.11% 3,573 11.08% 32,244
Northampton 1,847 26.92% 4,933 71.90% 62 0.90% 16 0.23% 3 0.04% -3,086 -44.98% 6,861
Onslow 8,861 52.95% 7,371 44.04% 400 2.39% 90 0.54% 14 0.08% 1,490 8.91% 16,736
Orange 9,261 32.39% 15,226 53.26% 3,364 11.77% 300 1.05% 438 1.53% -5,965 -20.87% 28,589
Pamlico 1,504 39.55% 2,224 58.48% 48 1.26% 20 0.53% 7 0.18% -720 -18.93% 3,803
Pasquotank 3,340 43.39% 4,128 53.62% 179 2.33% 37 0.48% 14 0.18% -788 -10.23% 7,698
Pender 3,018 40.05% 4,382 58.15% 103 1.37% 26 0.35% 7 0.09% -1,364 -18.10% 7,536
Perquimans 1,210 42.40% 1,560 54.66% 63 2.21% 17 0.60% 4 0.14% -350 -12.26% 2,854
Person 3,281 43.55% 4,111 54.57% 104 1.38% 34 0.45% 4 0.05% -830 -11.02% 7,534
Pitt 12,816 48.60% 12,590 47.74% 827 3.14% 101 0.38% 37 0.14% 226 0.86% 26,371
Polk 3,021 53.86% 2,375 42.34% 160 2.85% 49 0.87% 4 0.07% 646 11.52% 5,609
Randolph 19,881 64.72% 10,107 32.90% 563 1.83% 145 0.47% 21 0.07% 9,774 31.82% 30,717
Richmond 3,911 33.69% 7,416 63.88% 224 1.93% 49 0.42% 9 0.08% -3,505 -30.19% 11,609
Robeson 6,982 27.89% 17,618 70.39% 331 1.32% 72 0.29% 27 0.11% -10,636 -42.50% 25,030
Rockingham 11,205 47.64% 11,708 49.77% 463 1.97% 130 0.55% 16 0.07% -503 -2.13% 23,522
Rowan 18,566 59.68% 11,671 37.52% 707 2.27% 155 0.50% 10 0.03% 6,895 22.16% 31,109
Rutherford 8,363 49.29% 8,315 49.01% 203 1.20% 78 0.46% 7 0.04% 48 0.28% 16,966
Sampson 8,097 46.06% 9,090 51.71% 308 1.75% 58 0.33% 25 0.14% -993 -5.65% 17,578
Scotland 2,133 31.45% 4,446 65.56% 155 2.29% 41 0.60% 7 0.10% -2,313 -34.11% 6,782
Stanly 9,734 54.54% 7,784 43.62% 248 1.39% 69 0.39% 11 0.06% 1,950 10.92% 17,846
Stokes 7,275 54.93% 5,764 43.52% 151 1.14% 50 0.38% 5 0.04% 1,511 11.41% 13,245
Surry 10,065 51.86% 8,987 46.31% 256 1.32% 92 0.47% 8 0.04% 1,078 5.55% 19,408
Swain 1,457 41.39% 1,987 56.45% 70 1.99% 5 0.14% 1 0.03% -530 -15.06% 3,520
Transylvania 4,826 52.60% 4,008 43.68% 274 2.99% 58 0.63% 9 0.10% 818 8.92% 9,175
Tyrrell 466 34.01% 887 64.74% 14 1.02% 3 0.22% 0 0.00% -421 -30.73% 1,370
Union 9,012 45.77% 10,073 51.16% 487 2.47% 102 0.52% 14 0.07% -1,061 -5.39% 19,688
Vance 4,217 43.15% 5,415 55.40% 101 1.03% 35 0.36% 6 0.06% -1,198 -12.25% 9,774
Wake 49,768 47.31% 49,003 46.58% 5,455 5.19% 741 0.70% 226 0.22% 765 0.73% 105,193
Warren 1,582 29.13% 3,750 69.06% 74 1.36% 15 0.28% 9 0.17% -2,168 -39.93% 5,430
Washington 1,943 38.57% 3,008 59.72% 68 1.35% 15 0.30% 3 0.06% -1,065 -21.15% 5,037
Watauga 6,149 51.42% 5,022 42.00% 645 5.39% 105 0.88% 37 0.31% 1,127 9.42% 11,958
Wayne 12,860 56.31% 9,586 41.98% 322 1.41% 62 0.27% 6 0.03% 3,274 14.33% 22,836
Wilkes 14,462 62.74% 8,184 35.51% 282 1.22% 102 0.44% 19 0.08% 6,278 27.23% 23,049
Wilson 8,329 49.86% 8,042 48.14% 243 1.45% 71 0.43% 19 0.11% 287 1.72% 16,704
Yadkin 7,530 65.08% 3,850 33.28% 136 1.18% 50 0.43% 4 0.03% 3,680 31.80% 11,570
Yancey 3,363 44.57% 4,010 53.14% 110 1.46% 31 0.41% 32 0.42% -647 -8.57% 7,546
Totals 915,018 49.30% 875,635 47.18% 52,800 2.85% 9,677 0.52% 2,703 0.15% 39,383 2.12% 1,855,833

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

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  1. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  3. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
  4. ^ "Visit Might Put Reagan "Over the Top" in S.C.". The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg, South Carolina. The Associated Press. September 23, 1980. p. 9b.
  5. ^ Pettys, Dick (October 5, 1980). "Dixie Remains Political Background with No "Home Turf Odds" for Carter". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. p. 5A.
  6. ^ Tyson, Remer (October 12, 1980). "Long Shot Strategy: Reagan's Efforts in South Paying Off". Boca Raton News. p. 12A.
  7. ^ Mears, Walter R. (October 26, 1980). "Carter–Reagan Race Tightens Near Finish". Kansas City Star. pp. 1A, 14A.
  8. ^ Pettys, Dick (October 31, 1980). "Reagan Quietly Undermining Carter's '76 Support". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The Associated Press. p. 8A.
  9. ^ Stucker, Jan (November 2, 1980). "Carter in the Carolinas — A Tale of Two States". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. p. B1.
  10. ^ "Down by the Wire: State by State, It's Just too Close to Call". Daily Press. Victorville, California. November 3, 1980. p. B-1.
  11. ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1980 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina
  12. ^ "NC US President Race, November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.

Works cited

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