1980 United States presidential election in Missouri

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 1980 United States presidential election. Missouri voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

United States presidential election in Missouri, 1980

November 4, 1980

Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Party Republican Democratic Home state California Georgia Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Electoral vote 12 0 Popular vote 1,074,181 931,182 Percentage 51.16% 44.35%

County Results Reagan   40-50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Carter   40-50%   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

Since 1904, Missouri has voted for the eventual winner of the election in a presidential election, with the exceptions of the 1956, 2008, 2012 and 2020 elections.

Full 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	Walter Mondale	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	Ronald Wilson Reagan[2] Republican		James Earl Carter[2] Democratic		John Bayard Anderson[3] Independent		Edward E. Clark Libertarian		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adair	5,513	57.85%	3,507	36.80%	414	4.34%	88	0.92%	8	0.08%	2,006	21.05%	9,530
Andrew	3,690	56.11%	2,575	39.16%	245	3.73%	63	0.96%	3	0.05%	1,115	16.96%	6,576
Atchison	2,096	58.91%	1,273	35.78%	151	4.24%	36	1.01%	2	0.06%	823	23.13%	3,558
Audrain	6,347	53.61%	5,168	43.65%	233	1.97%	86	0.73%	5	0.04%	1,179	9.96%	11,839
Barry	7,038	61.37%	4,193	36.56%	150	1.31%	77	0.67%	11	0.10%	2,845	24.81%	11,469
Barton	3,337	61.81%	1,901	35.21%	115	2.13%	45	0.83%	1	0.02%	1,436	26.60%	5,399
Bates	4,061	53.97%	3,297	43.82%	114	1.52%	49	0.65%	3	0.04%	764	10.15%	7,524
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	55.98%	2,160	42.24%	35	0.68%	47	0.92%	9	0.18%	703	13.75%	5,114
Boone	16,313	41.92%	18,527	47.61%	3,519	9.04%	478	1.23%	78	0.20%	-2,214	-5.69%	38,915
Buchanan	16,551	47.06%	16,967	48.24%	1,301	3.70%	331	0.94%	21	0.06%	-416	-1.18%	35,171
Butler	8,342	58.80%	5,605	39.51%	181	1.28%	53	0.37%	5	0.04%	2,737	19.29%	14,186
Caldwell	2,551	60.34%	1,541	36.45%	108	2.55%	26	0.61%	2	0.05%	1,010	23.89%	4,228
Callaway	6,755	52.58%	5,560	43.28%	420	3.27%	100	0.78%	11	0.09%	1,195	9.30%	12,846
Camden	6,541	63.82%	3,416	33.33%	218	2.13%	71	0.69%	3	0.03%	3,125	30.49%	10,249
Cape Girardeau	14,861	60.48%	8,625	35.10%	873	3.55%	190	0.77%	22	0.09%	6,236	25.38%	24,571
Carroll	3,291	58.94%	2,130	38.14%	130	2.33%	32	0.57%	1	0.02%	1,161	20.79%	5,584
Carter	1,218	51.37%	1,087	45.85%	37	1.56%	26	1.10%	3	0.13%	131	5.53%	2,371
Cass	10,105	52.76%	8,198	42.81%	667	3.48%	164	0.86%	17	0.09%	1,907	9.96%	19,151
Cedar	3,469	65.65%	1,703	32.23%	86	1.63%	25	0.47%	1	0.02%	1,766	33.42%	5,284
Chariton	2,641	53.07%	2,250	45.22%	63	1.27%	19	0.38%	3	0.06%	391	7.86%	4,976
Christian	6,487	63.28%	3,502	34.16%	205	2.00%	57	0.56%	1	0.01%	2,985	29.12%	10,252
Clark	2,042	56.46%	1,494	41.30%	56	1.55%	22	0.61%	3	0.08%	548	15.15%	3,617
Clay	28,521	50.43%	24,250	42.88%	2,782	4.92%	761	1.35%	243	0.43%	4,271	7.55%	56,557
Clinton	3,599	52.50%	3,001	43.78%	184	2.68%	68	0.99%	3	0.04%	598	8.72%	6,855
Cole	16,373	61.94%	9,210	34.84%	691	2.61%	149	0.56%	11	0.04%	7,163	27.10%	26,434
Cooper	3,996	58.31%	2,687	39.21%	130	1.90%	36	0.53%	4	0.06%	1,309	19.10%	6,853
Crawford	4,081	58.15%	2,710	38.61%	170	2.42%	50	0.71%	7	0.10%	1,371	19.54%	7,018
Dade	2,410	63.77%	1,283	33.95%	61	1.61%	24	0.64%	1	0.03%	1,127	29.82%	3,779
Dallas	3,297	60.62%	2,011	36.97%	114	2.10%	16	0.29%	1	0.02%	1,286	23.64%	5,439
Daviess	2,125	53.28%	1,770	44.38%	61	1.53%	28	0.70%	4	0.10%	355	8.90%	3,988
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	56.69%	2,528	41.22%	86	1.40%	40	0.65%	2	0.03%	949	15.47%	6,133
Douglas	3,440	65.47%	1,677	31.92%	93	1.77%	42	0.80%	2	0.04%	1,763	33.56%	5,254
Dunklin	5,253	45.54%	6,120	53.06%	128	1.11%	29	0.25%	4	0.03%	-867	-7.52%	11,534
Franklin	15,210	56.63%	10,480	39.02%	863	3.21%	279	1.04%	26	0.10%	4,730	17.61%	26,858
Gasconade	4,481	72.22%	1,550	24.98%	136	2.19%	36	0.58%	2	0.03%	2,931	47.24%	6,205
Gentry	2,005	51.80%	1,720	44.43%	117	3.02%	27	0.70%	2	0.05%	285	7.36%	3,871
Greene	43,116	55.66%	30,498	39.37%	3,261	4.21%	550	0.71%	42	0.05%	12,618	16.29%	77,467
Grundy	2,890	56.59%	2,064	40.42%	110	2.15%	42	0.82%	1	0.02%	826	16.17%	5,107
Harrison	2,734	58.72%	1,732	37.20%	140	3.01%	49	1.05%	1	0.02%	1,002	21.52%	4,656
Henry	4,807	49.18%	4,648	47.55%	238	2.44%	79	0.81%	2	0.02%	159	1.63%	9,774
Hickory	1,893	58.90%	1,248	38.83%	52	1.62%	20	0.62%	1	0.03%	645	20.07%	3,214
Holt	1,993	62.46%	1,119	35.07%	59	1.85%	19	0.60%	1	0.03%	874	27.39%	3,191
Howard	2,179	47.85%	2,243	49.25%	114	2.50%	18	0.40%	0	0.00%	-64	-1.41%	4,554
Howell	7,149	60.03%	4,472	37.55%	211	1.77%	71	0.60%	6	0.05%	2,677	22.48%	11,909
Iron	2,205	48.42%	2,226	48.88%	94	2.06%	26	0.57%	3	0.07%	-21	-0.46%	4,554
Jackson	106,156	41.32%	135,805	52.86%	12,260	4.77%	2,466	0.96%	219	0.09%	-29,649	-11.54%	256,906
Jasper	21,664	62.48%	11,953	34.47%	785	2.26%	264	0.76%	8	0.02%	9,711	28.01%	34,674
Jefferson	28,546	52.00%	24,042	43.79%	1,753	3.19%	541	0.99%	15	0.03%	4,504	8.20%	54,897
Johnson	6,449	51.19%	5,441	43.19%	571	4.53%	124	0.98%	14	0.11%	1,008	8.00%	12,599
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%	44	0.47%	1	0.01%	2,199	23.69%	9,283
Lafayette	7,271	53.98%	5,792	43.00%	339	2.52%	66	0.49%	2	0.01%	1,479	10.98%	13,470
Lawrence	7,921	61.66%	4,670	36.35%	184	1.43%	68	0.53%	3	0.02%	3,251	25.31%	12,846
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	53.13%	4,110	44.00%	182	1.95%	80	0.86%	6	0.06%	853	9.13%	9,341
Linn	3,585	49.61%	3,467	47.98%	139	1.92%	33	0.46%	2	0.03%	118	1.63%	7,226
Livingston	3,654	50.24%	3,368	46.31%	205	2.82%	43	0.59%	3	0.04%	286	3.93%	7,273
Macon	4,114	60.65%	2,485	36.64%	124	1.83%	60	0.88%	0	0.00%	1,629	24.02%	6,783
Madison	4,430	54.07%	3,578	43.67%	135	1.65%	44	0.54%	6	0.07%	852	10.40%	8,193
Maries	2,618	53.00%	2,231	45.16%	70	1.42%	19	0.38%	2	0.04%	387	7.83%	4,940
Marion	1,985	52.39%	1,732	45.71%	39	1.03%	33	0.87%	0	0.00%	253	6.68%	3,789
McDonald	6,036	49.53%	5,890	48.33%	192	1.58%	68	0.56%	1	0.01%	146	1.20%	12,187
Mercer	1,266	58.67%	821	38.04%	54	2.50%	17	0.79%	0	0.00%	445	20.62%	2,158
Miller	5,560	67.91%	2,469	30.16%	115	1.40%	41	0.50%	2	0.02%	3,091	37.75%	8,187
Mississippi	2,459	44.05%	3,040	54.46%	64	1.15%	16	0.29%	3	0.05%	-581	-10.41%	5,582
Moniteau	3,430	58.78%	2,284	39.14%	98	1.68%	22	0.38%	1	0.02%	1,146	19.64%	5,835
Monroe	2,026	44.47%	2,445	53.67%	53	1.16%	31	0.68%	1	0.02%	-419	-9.20%	4,556
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	57.84%	2,460	39.78%	114	1.84%	31	0.50%	2	0.03%	1,117	18.06%	6,184
New Madrid	4,041	48.68%	4,171	50.24%	64	0.77%	22	0.26%	4	0.05%	-130	-1.57%	8,302
Newton	10,515	62.85%	5,621	33.60%	341	2.04%	185	1.11%	69	0.41%	4,894	29.25%	16,731
Nodaway	4,544	48.89%	4,257	45.80%	414	4.45%	75	0.81%	5	0.05%	287	3.09%	9,295
Oregon	1,523	39.06%	2,326	59.66%	26	0.67%	23	0.59%	1	0.03%	-803	-20.60%	3,899
Osage	3,679	63.18%	2,045	35.12%	72	1.24%	26	0.45%	1	0.02%	1,634	28.06%	5,823
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%	21	0.27%	1	0.01%	-621	-8.03%	7,733
Perry	5,053	65.71%	2,416	31.42%	178	2.31%	42	0.55%	1	0.01%	2,637	34.29%	7,690
Pettis	8,833	55.74%	6,475	40.86%	435	2.74%	98	0.62%	7	0.04%	2,358	14.88%	15,848
Phelps	7,366	54.25%	5,470	40.29%	620	4.57%	110	0.81%	11	0.08%	1,896	13.96%	13,577
Pike	3,932	51.78%	3,454	45.49%	158	2.08%	47	0.62%	2	0.03%	478	6.30%	7,593
Platte	10,092	53.78%	7,342	39.12%	1,107	5.90%	215	1.15%	10	0.05%	2,750	14.65%	18,766
Polk	4,842	57.86%	3,336	39.86%	135	1.61%	55	0.66%	1	0.01%	1,506	17.99%	8,369
Pulaski	3,998	50.78%	3,707	47.08%	128	1.63%	38	0.48%	2	0.03%	291	3.70%	7,873
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	47.49%	2,069	49.93%	75	1.81%	30	0.72%	2	0.05%	-101	-2.44%	4,144
Randolph	5,141	50.02%	4,884	47.52%	213	2.07%	38	0.37%	1	0.01%	257	2.50%	10,277
Ray	4,064	45.80%	4,518	50.92%	215	2.42%	74	0.83%	2	0.02%	-454	-5.12%	8,873
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
Saint Charles	36,050	60.28%	20,668	34.56%	2,494	4.17%	556	0.93%	41	0.07%	15,382	25.72%	59,809
Saint Clair	2,419	57.42%	1,706	40.49%	60	1.42%	25	0.59%	3	0.07%	713	16.92%	4,213
Saint Francois	8,914	52.69%	7,495	44.30%	397	2.35%	110	0.65%	3	0.02%	1,419	8.39%	16,919
Saint Louis County	263,518	54.32%	192,796	39.74%	25,032	5.16%	3,485	0.72%	274	0.06%	70,722	14.58%	485,105
Saint Louis City	50,333	29.45%	113,697	66.53%	5,656	3.31%	1,065	0.62%	151	0.09%	-63,364	-37.08%	170,902
Sainte Genevieve	2,768	43.96%	3,324	52.79%	151	2.40%	48	0.76%	6	0.10%	-556	-8.83%	6,297
Saline	5,218	49.32%	4,943	46.72%	353	3.34%	62	0.59%	4	0.04%	275	2.60%	10,580
Schuyler	1,386	54.14%	1,114	43.52%	48	1.88%	11	0.43%	1	0.04%	272	10.63%	2,560
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	53.62%	6,854	44.67%	203	1.32%	52	0.34%	7	0.05%	1,373	8.95%	15,343
Shannon	1,523	44.75%	1,818	53.42%	44	1.29%	16	0.47%	2	0.06%	-295	-8.67%	3,403
Shelby	2,151	52.69%	1,849	45.30%	60	1.47%	19	0.47%	3	0.07%	302	7.40%	4,082
Stoddard	6,199	53.84%	5,128	44.54%	132	1.15%	53	0.46%	2	0.02%	1,071	9.30%	11,514
Stone	4,780	66.26%	2,210	30.63%	180	2.50%	39	0.54%	5	0.07%	2,570	35.63%	7,214
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%	40	0.41%	1	0.01%	2,841	28.83%	9,855
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	51.92%	3,704	43.79%	285	3.37%	76	0.90%	2	0.02%	687	8.12%	8,458
Warren	4,366	64.72%	2,132	31.60%	192	2.85%	53	0.79%	3	0.04%	2,234	33.12%	6,746
Washington	3,439	53.17%	2,873	44.42%	89	1.38%	64	0.99%	3	0.05%	566	8.75%	6,468
Wayne	2,823	51.83%	2,549	46.80%	44	0.81%	28	0.51%	3	0.06%	274	5.03%	5,447
Webster	5,121	58.71%	3,409	39.08%	149	1.71%	40	0.46%	4	0.05%	1,712	19.63%	8,723
Worth	833	50.27%	760	45.87%	47	2.84%	17	1.03%	0	0.00%	73	4.41%	1,657
Wright	4,451	66.24%	2,182	32.47%	56	0.83%	27	0.40%	4	0.06%	2,269	33.76%	6,720
Totals	1,074,181	51.13%	931,182	44.33%	77,920	3.71%	15,937	0.76%	1,515	0.07%	142,999	6.81%	2,100,735

References

1. 1980 Presidential General Election Results - Missouri
2. Géoelections; 1980 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote for John B. Anderson (.xlsx file for €15)