1980 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

← 1976

November 4, 1980

1984 →


Nominee	Ronald Reagan	Jimmy Carter	John B. Anderson
Party	Republican	Democratic	Independent ^[a]
Home state	California	Georgia	Illinois
Running mate	George H. W. Bush	Walter Mondale	Patrick Lucey
Electoral vote	27	0	0
Popular vote	2,261,872	1,937,540	292,921
Percentage	49.59%	42.48%	6.42%

County Results

Reagan

40-50%

50-60%

60-70%

70-80%

Carter

40-50%

50-60%

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Federal government

U.S. President
1789 1792 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Presidential primaries
Democratic 2000 2004 2008 2016 2020 2024 Republican 2008 2016 2020 2024
U.S. Senate
1788 1791 1793 sp 1794 sp 1795 1796 1797 1801 1801 sp 1802 1806 1808 1808 sp 1809 sp 1812 1814 1814 sp 1818 1820 1824 1826 1830 1831 sp 1832 1834 sp 1836 1840 sp 1843 1845 1845 sp 1849 1851 1856 1857 1861 1861 sp 1863 1867 1869 1873 1875 1877 sp 1879 1881 1885 1887 1891 1893 1897 1899 1901 sp 1903 1905 1905 sp 1908 1909 1909 sp 1911 1914 1916 1920 1922 1922 sp 1926 1928 1930 sp 1932 1934 1938 1940 1944 1946 1950 1952 1956 1958 1962 1964 1968 1970 1974 1976 1980 1982 1986 1988 1991 sp 1992 1994 1998 2000 2004 2006 2010 2012 2016 2018 2022 2024 2028
U.S. House of Representatives
1788 1791 1792 1794 1796 5th sp 1797 5th sp 1798 1st sp 4th sp 1800 8th sp 1801 4th sp 8th sp 12th sp 1802 1804 10th sp 1805 4th sp 11th sp 1806 1st sp 1808 1st sp 1809 1st sp 1810 1812 1813 3rd sp 5th sp 7th sp 13th sp 15th sp 1814 2nd sp 3rd sp 1815 1st sp 3rd sp 9th sp 1816 9th sp 1817 10th sp 1818 4th sp 6th sp 1820 5th sp 7th sp 1821 5th sp 10th sp 1822 1st sp 6th sp 7th sp 14th sp 1824 8th sp 13th sp 1825 16th sp 1826 2nd sp 7th sp 13th sp 18th sp 1827 2nd sp 1828 1829 8th sp 16th sp 1830 1831 11th sp 1832 1833 1st sp 1834 1836 13th sp 24th sp 1837 3rd sp 1838 9th sp 1839 14th sp 1840 13th sp 22nd sp 1841 2nd sp 13th sp 20th sp 18th sp Jun Dec 1842 17th sp 21st sp 1843 1844 12th sp 13th sp 21st sp 1846 1848 6th sp 1850 11th sp 15th sp 1852 1854 8th sp 1856 1857 12th sp 1858 8th sp 1860 8th sp 1861 2nd sp 12th sp 1862 7th sp 1864 1866 1867 12th sp 1868 9th sp 20th sp 1870 1872 13th sp 1874 23rd sp 1876 12th sp 1878 1880 1882 1884 19th sp 1885 19th sp 1886 1888 1890 3rd sp 4th sp 1892 1893 2nd sp 8th sp 1894 at-large sp 1895 15th sp 1896 1897 25th sp 1898 23rd sp 1899 9th sp 1900 5th sp 1901 10th sp 1902 17th sp 1903 4th sp 1904 3rd sp 1906 2nd sp 3rd sp 12th sp 1907 2nd sp 1908 1910 1911 2nd sp 14th sp 1912 1st sp 1914 1916 1917 28th sp 1918 1919 22nd sp 1920 3rd sp 1921 at-large sp 1922 1924 1926 1927 1st sp 1928 8th sp 1929 12th sp 1930 1931 2nd sp 1932 6th sp 18th sp 20th sp 1933 9th sp 1934 1936 1937 18th sp 1938 1939 4th sp 1940 1941 15th sp 1942 11th sp 12th sp 33rd sp 1943 2nd sp 23rd sp 1944 2nd sp 17th sp 1946 10th sp 23rd sp 33rd sp 1947 8th sp 1948 1949 22nd sp 26th sp 1950 1951 8th sp 14th sp 33rd sp 1952 1954 1956 2nd sp 30th sp 1957 13th sp 1958 4th sp 21st sp 1960 17th sp 18th sp 1961 16th sp 1962 1963 15th sp 23rd sp 1964 5th sp 1966 1968 1970 9th sp 1971 18th sp 1972 27th sp 1974 12th sp 1976 1st sp 1978 1980 11th sp 12th sp 1981 3rd sp 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1991 2nd sp 1992 1994 1996 1998 1st sp 2000 2001 9th sp 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 12th sp 2012 2014 2016 2nd sp 2018 7th sp 15th sp 18th sp 2019 12th sp 2020 2022 2024

State government

Governor
1790 1793 1796 1799 1802 1805 1808 1811 1814 1817 1820 1823 1826 1829 1832 1835 1838 1841 1844 1847 1848 1851 1854 1857 1860 1863 1866 1869 1872 1875 1878 1882 1886 1890 1894 1898 1902 1906 1910 1914 1918 1922 1926 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Lieutenant Governor
1874 1878 1882 1886 1890 1894 1898 1902 1906 1910 1914 1918 1922 1926 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Attorney General
1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Auditor General
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
State Treasurer
2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
State Senate
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
State House of Representatives
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

Philadelphia

Mayoral elections
1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1856 1858 1860 1862 1865 1868 1871 1874 1877 1881 1884 1887 1891 1895 1899 1903 1907 1911 1915 1919 1923 1927 1931 1935 1939 1943 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
City Council elections
2015 2019 2022–23 sp. 2023
Other municipal elections
1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961 2023

The 1980 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 4, 1980, and was part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, Governor Ronald Reagan, over the Democratic nominee, President Jimmy Carter. Reagan won Pennsylvania by a margin of 7.11%. This result nonetheless made Pennsylvania about 2.6% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

Primaries

Republican primary

Candidate	Votes	Delegates	Percent
George H. W. Bush	626,759	46	51.72%
Ronald Reagan	527,916	39	43.56%
Howard Baker Jr.	30,848	0	2.55%
Others	26,311	0	2.17%
Totals	1,211,834	85	Turnout: 55.32%

Democratic primary

Candidate	Votes	Delegates	Percent
Ted Kennedy	736,954	99	46.04%
Jimmy Carter	732,332	99	45.75%
Others	131,534	0	8.22%
Totals	1,600,820	198	Turnout: 52.10%

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan	2,261,872	49.59%	27
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter	1,937,540	42.48%	0
	Anderson Coalition	John Anderson	292,921	6.42%	0
	Libertarian	Edward Clark	33,263	0.73%	0
	Socialist Workers	Clifton DeBerry	20,291	0.44%	0
	Consumer	Barry Commoner	10,430	0.23%	0
	Communist	Gus Hall	5,184	0.11%	0
Totals			4,561,501	100.00%	27

Results by county

County	Ronald Reagan Republican		Jimmy Carter Democratic		John B. Anderson Anderson Coalition		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Adams	13,760	61.42%	7,266	32.43%	1,139	5.08%	239	1.07%	6,494	28.99%	22,404
Allegheny	271,850	43.75%	297,464	47.87%	38,710	6.23%	13,394	2.16%	-25,614	-4.12%	621,418
Armstrong	12,955	47.80%	12,718	46.92%	1,153	4.25%	278	1.03%	237	0.88%	27,104
Beaver	30,496	38.23%	43,955	55.11%	4,549	5.70%	765	0.96%	-13,459	-16.88%	79,765
Bedford	10,930	66.57%	4,950	30.15%	416	2.53%	123	0.75%	5,980	36.42%	16,419
Berks	60,576	56.41%	36,449	33.94%	8,863	8.25%	1,497	1.39%	24,127	22.47%	107,385
Blair	28,931	62.41%	15,014	32.39%	2,011	4.34%	403	0.87%	13,917	30.02%	46,359
Bradford	13,139	62.97%	6,439	30.86%	1,068	5.12%	219	1.05%	6,700	32.11%	20,865
Bucks	100,536	55.49%	59,120	32.63%	18,107	9.99%	3,401	1.88%	41,416	22.86%	181,164
Butler	28,821	54.70%	19,711	37.41%	3,453	6.55%	704	1.34%	9,110	17.29%	52,689
Cambria	33,072	45.85%	36,121	50.08%	2,398	3.32%	540	0.75%	-3,049	-4.23%	72,131
Cameron	1,795	59.24%	1,112	36.70%	92	3.04%	31	1.02%	683	22.54%	3,030
Carbon	10,042	51.95%	8,009	41.44%	956	4.95%	322	1.67%	2,033	10.51%	19,329
Centre	20,605	48.33%	15,987	37.50%	5,247	12.31%	792	1.86%	4,618	10.83%	42,631
Chester	73,046	60.92%	34,307	28.61%	10,911	9.10%	1,632	1.36%	38,739	32.31%	119,896
Clarion	8,812	58.35%	5,472	36.24%	678	4.49%	139	0.92%	3,340	22.11%	15,101
Clearfield	15,299	54.27%	11,647	41.31%	944	3.35%	302	1.07%	3,652	12.96%	28,192
Clinton	6,288	52.36%	4,842	40.32%	733	6.10%	147	1.22%	1,446	12.04%	12,010
Columbia	12,426	53.30%	9,449	40.53%	1,197	5.13%	241	1.03%	2,977	12.77%	23,313
Crawford	16,552	53.55%	11,778	38.11%	2,095	6.78%	484	1.57%	4,774	15.44%	30,909
Cumberland	41,152	61.18%	19,789	29.42%	5,437	8.08%	882	1.31%	21,363	31.76%	67,260
Dauphin	44,039	56.18%	27,252	34.77%	6,034	7.70%	1,062	1.35%	16,787	21.41%	78,387
Delaware	143,282	55.78%	88,314	34.38%	20,907	8.14%	4,356	1.70%	54,968	21.40%	256,859
Elk	7,175	52.49%	5,898	43.15%	472	3.45%	124	0.91%	1,277	9.34%	13,669
Erie	48,918	47.42%	45,946	44.54%	6,349	6.15%	1,949	1.89%	2,972	2.88%	103,162
Fayette	19,252	38.99%	27,963	56.62%	1,348	2.73%	820	1.66%	-8,711	-17.63%	49,383
Forest	1,206	56.12%	819	38.11%	93	4.33%	31	1.44%	387	18.01%	2,149
Franklin	22,716	61.83%	12,061	32.83%	1,724	4.69%	240	0.65%	10,655	29.00%	36,741
Fulton	2,740	64.90%	1,342	31.79%	107	2.53%	33	0.78%	1,398	33.11%	4,222
Greene	5,336	37.79%	8,193	58.02%	450	3.19%	142	1.01%	-2,857	-20.23%	14,121
Huntingdon	8,140	58.44%	5,094	36.57%	567	4.07%	127	0.91%	3,046	21.87%	13,928
Indiana	15,607	49.62%	13,828	43.97%	1,708	5.43%	308	0.98%	1,779	5.65%	31,451
Jefferson	9,628	57.38%	6,296	37.53%	687	4.09%	167	1.00%	3,332	19.85%	16,778
Juniata	4,139	57.80%	2,696	37.65%	280	3.91%	46	0.64%	1,443	20.15%	7,161
Lackawanna	44,242	46.35%	45,257	47.42%	4,209	4.41%	1,739	1.82%	-1,015	-1.07%	95,447
Lancaster	79,963	67.25%	30,026	25.25%	7,442	6.26%	1,466	1.23%	49,937	42.00%	118,897
Lawrence	18,404	45.77%	19,506	48.51%	1,908	4.74%	395	0.98%	-1,102	-2.74%	40,213
Lebanon	24,495	68.99%	8,281	23.32%	2,314	6.52%	417	1.17%	16,214	45.67%	35,507
Lehigh	50,782	52.91%	34,827	36.28%	8,977	9.35%	1,399	1.46%	15,955	16.63%	95,985
Luzerne	67,822	50.21%	59,976	44.40%	4,947	3.66%	2,335	1.73%	7,846	5.81%	135,080
Lycoming	23,415	57.74%	14,609	36.02%	2,034	5.02%	495	1.22%	8,806	21.72%	40,553
McKean	9,229	60.85%	5,064	33.39%	661	4.36%	212	1.40%	4,165	27.46%	15,166
Mercer	22,372	48.54%	19,716	42.78%	3,247	7.04%	755	1.64%	2,656	5.76%	46,090
Mifflin	7,541	55.78%	5,226	38.65%	578	4.28%	175	1.29%	2,315	17.13%	13,520
Monroe	12,357	55.44%	7,551	33.88%	1,967	8.82%	414	1.86%	4,806	21.56%	22,289
Montgomery	156,996	57.81%	84,289	31.04%	26,133	9.62%	4,135	1.52%	72,707	26.77%	271,553
Montour	3,399	55.76%	2,272	37.27%	375	6.15%	50	0.82%	1,127	18.49%	6,096
Northampton	35,787	47.07%	31,920	41.98%	6,823	8.97%	1,507	1.98%	3,867	5.09%	76,037
Northumberland	20,608	56.79%	13,750	37.89%	1,515	4.17%	417	1.15%	6,858	18.90%	36,290
Perry	8,026	63.70%	3,681	29.22%	717	5.69%	175	1.39%	4,345	34.48%	12,599
Philadelphia	244,108	33.99%	421,253	58.66%	42,967	5.98%	9,772	1.36%	-177,145	-24.67%	718,100
Pike	5,249	65.83%	2,132	26.74%	452	5.67%	140	1.76%	3,117	39.09%	7,973
Potter	4,073	61.07%	2,299	34.47%	225	3.37%	72	1.08%	1,774	26.60%	6,669
Schuylkill	36,273	55.83%	24,968	38.43%	3,079	4.74%	649	1.00%	11,305	17.40%	64,969
Snyder	7,634	72.08%	2,418	22.83%	451	4.26%	88	0.83%	5,216	49.25%	10,591
Somerset	17,729	58.21%	11,695	38.40%	815	2.68%	216	0.71%	6,034	19.81%	30,455
Sullivan	1,676	57.75%	1,074	37.01%	130	4.48%	22	0.76%	602	20.74%	2,902
Susquehanna	8,994	61.23%	4,660	31.72%	786	5.35%	249	1.70%	4,334	29.51%	14,689
Tioga	8,770	63.33%	4,273	30.85%	664	4.79%	142	1.03%	4,497	32.48%	13,849
Union	6,798	66.28%	2,687	26.20%	628	6.12%	143	1.39%	4,111	40.08%	10,256
Venango	11,547	56.04%	7,800	37.86%	1,015	4.93%	242	1.17%	3,747	18.18%	20,604
Warren	9,165	57.37%	5,560	34.81%	922	5.77%	327	2.05%	3,605	22.56%	15,974
Washington	32,532	39.66%	45,295	55.23%	3,413	4.16%	778	0.95%	-12,763	-15.57%	82,018
Wayne	8,468	67.48%	3,375	26.90%	496	3.95%	209	1.67%	5,093	40.58%	12,548
Westmoreland	63,140	45.06%	68,627	48.97%	5,985	4.27%	2,387	1.70%	-5,487	-3.91%	140,139
Wyoming	5,919	64.57%	2,766	30.17%	384	4.19%	98	1.07%	3,153	34.40%	9,167
York	61,098	59.96%	33,406	32.79%	5,779	5.67%	1,608	1.58%	27,692	27.17%	101,891
Totals	2,261,872	49.59%	1,937,540	42.48%	292,921	6.42%	69,168	1.52%	324,332	7.11%	4,561,501

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
^ David Leip. "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. election Atlas. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

v t e State and district results of the 1980 United States presidential election
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

v t e (1979 ←) 1980 United States elections (→ 1981)
President	1980 United States presidential election Democratic primaries Republican primaries Democratic convention Republican convention
U.S. Senate	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Missouri Nevada New Hampshire New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin
U.S. House	Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Governors	Arkansas Delaware Indiana Missouri Lt. Gov Montana New Hampshire North Carolina Lt. Gov North Dakota Rhode Island Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia
State legislatures	Arizona Arizona House Arizona Senate Iowa Senate Minnesota House Senate
Mayors	Baton Rouge, LA San Diego, CA San Juan, PR