1980 United States presidential election in Michigan

none June 2025 September 2023 1980 United States presidential election 1980 United States presidential election in Michigan Michigan presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Michigan 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Michigan 1984 All 21 Michigan votes to the Electoral College 61.1% http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8722-29616--,00.html SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics November 4, 1980 x160px Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 21 1,915,225 48.99% Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 1,661,532 42.50% John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg John B. Anderson Anderson Coalition Anderson’s party was listed on this state’s ballot as “Anderson Coalition”.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Michigan May 20, 2015 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas DCDCDC Illinois Patrick Lucey 0 275,223 7.04% President Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) 375px 375px County results Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% The 1980 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November4, 1980. All fifty states and the District of Columbia participated in the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Michigan was won by former California governor Ronald Reagan (R) by 6.5%.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=26&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan uselectionatlas.org This result nonetheless made Michigan 3.2% more Democratic than the nation at large. This is despite the fact that it voted to the right of the nation by over seven points in 1976, when favorite son Gerald Ford won Michigan. Along with Maine, New York, Mississippi, and Vermont, Michigan was one of the few states in which President Carter won counties that had gone to Ford in the previous presidential election, as Carter flipped both Washtenaw and Marquette. Primary election Michigan held presidential primary elections on May 20, 1980. Democratic party 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries Turnout for the Democratic primary was exceptionally low as the party had already awarded its delegates in party caucuses on April 26th and the primary results were non-binding. Neither Carter nor Kennedy appeared on the primary ballot. Results Democratic primary resultsScammon Richard M. McGillivray Alice V. America Votes 14: A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics 1981 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. 35 https://archive.org/details/americavoteshand0000rich_p0v3/page/34/mode/2up 26 May 2026 Jerry Brown Democratic Party (United States) 23,043 29.38% Lyndon LaRouche Democratic Party (United States) 8,948 11.41% Uncommitted Democratic Party (United States) 36,385 46.40% Scattering Democratic Party (United States) 10,048 12.81% 78,424 100.00% Republican party 1980 Republican Party presidential primaries Unlike the Democratic primary, the Republican primary did award delegates and thus saw significantly higher turnout. Results Republican primary results George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) 341,998 57.46% Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) 189,184 31.79% John B. Anderson Republican Party (United States) 48,947 8.22% Ben Fernandez Republican Party (United States) 2,248 8.22% Harold Stassen Republican Party (United States) 1,938 8.22% Uncommitted Republican Party (United States) 10,265 1.72% Scattering Republican Party (United States) 596 0.10% 595,176 100.00% General election Results 1980 United States presidential election in MichiganMichigan Manual 1981-1982 1981 Michigan Department of Management and Budget 391-393 Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) 1,915,225 48.99% Jimmy Carter (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 1,661,532 42.50% John B. Anderson Anderson Coalition 275,223 7.04% Ed Clark Libertarian Party (United States) 41,597 1.06% Barry Commoner Citizens Party (United States) 11,930 0.31% Gus Hall Communist Party USA 3,262 0.08% Deirdre Griswold (write-in) Workers World Party 30 0.00% Percy L. Greaves Jr. (write-in) American Independent Party 21 0.00% Benjamin C. Bubar (write-in) Prohibition Party 9 0.00% John Rarick (write-in) American Independent Party 5 0.00% Scattering Write-ins 891 0.02% 3,909,725 100.00% Results by county CountyRonald ReaganRepublicanJimmy CarterDemocraticJohn B. AndersonAnderson CoalitionAll OthersVariousMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%Alcona2,90557.39%1,85736.69%2474.88%531.05%1,04820.70%5,062Alger2,05944.31%2,24248.25%2635.66%831.79%-183-3.94%4,647Allegan20,56062.24%9,87729.90%1,9846.01%6101.85%10,68332.34%33,031Alpena6,90149.89%5,83442.18%9136.60%1841.33%1,0677.71%13,832Antrim4,70656.26%2,90934.78%6027.20%1471.76%1,79721.48%8,364Arenac3,43653.43%2,54739.61%3335.18%1151.79%88913.82%6,431Baraga2,04652.18%1,60941.04%2015.13%651.66%43711.14%3,921Barry12,00658.13%6,85733.20%1,3996.77%3921.90%5,14924.93%20,654Bay25,33146.40%24,51744.91%3,8867.12%8581.57%8141.49%54,592Benzie3,05455.55%1,84233.50%4558.28%1472.67%1,21222.05%5,498Berrien41,45860.99%22,15232.59%3,4225.03%9461.39%19,30628.40%67,978Branch10,22462.99%4,63528.56%1,1026.79%2691.66%5,58934.43%16,230Calhoun30,91252.24%23,02238.90%4,4687.55%7741.31%7,89013.34%59,176Cass11,20656.78%7,05835.76%1,1565.86%3151.60%4,14821.02%19,735Charlevoix5,05351.58%3,74138.19%8168.33%1861.90%1,31213.39%9,796Cheboygan5,22152.45%3,93839.56%6386.41%1571.58%1,28312.89%9,954Chippewa7,05952.31%5,26839.04%9517.05%2161.60%1,79113.27%13,494Clare5,71953.36%4,16438.85%6636.19%1721.60%1,55514.51%10,718Clinton14,96860.62%7,53930.53%1,7367.03%4481.81%7,42930.09%24,691Crawford2,65253.42%1,82636.78%3907.86%961.93%82616.64%4,964Delta8,14646.04%8,47547.90%8494.80%2221.25%-329-1.86%17,692Dickinson6,61450.58%5,69443.54%5964.56%1731.32%9207.04%13,077Eaton22,92757.35%12,74231.87%3,5338.84%7751.94%10,18525.48%39,977Emmet5,93053.88%3,72433.84%1,13410.30%2181.98%2,20620.04%11,006Genesee78,57242.73%90,39349.15%12,2746.67%2,6611.45%-11,821-6.42%183,900Gladwin4,50951.09%3,73342.30%4635.25%1201.36%7768.79%8,825Gogebic4,38842.80%5,25451.25%4934.81%1171.14%-866-8.45%10,252Grand Traverse14,48458.63%7,15028.94%2,56810.39%5042.04%7,33429.69%24,706Gratiot9,29459.30%4,91631.37%1,1937.61%2691.72%4,37827.93%15,672Hillsdale10,95166.37%4,37526.52%8825.35%2911.76%6,57639.85%16,499Houghton7,92647.94%6,85841.48%1,4238.61%3271.98%1,0686.46%16,534Huron10,55365.27%4,43427.43%9766.04%2041.26%6,11937.84%16,167Ingham56,77745.19%48,27838.43%17,13913.64%3,4372.74%8,4996.76%125,631Ionia12,04057.38%7,03933.55%1,5397.33%3641.73%5,00123.83%20,982Iosco6,68056.54%4,25536.01%7396.25%1411.19%2,42520.53%11,815Iron3,50745.36%3,74248.40%3714.80%1121.45%-235-3.04%7,732Isabella10,40750.24%7,29335.21%2,51112.12%5042.43%3,11415.03%20,715Jackson33,74953.93%23,68537.85%4,1656.66%9811.57%10,06416.08%62,580Kalamazoo48,66950.90%34,52836.11%10,83311.33%1,5871.66%14,14114.79%95,617Kalkaska2,80256.42%1,80736.39%2605.24%971.95%99520.03%4,966Kent112,60454.59%72,79035.29%17,9138.68%2,9831.45%39,81419.30%206,290Keweenaw58346.27%57045.24%876.90%201.59%131.03%1,260Lake1,73043.22%2,04150.99%1874.67%451.12%-311-7.77%4,003Lapeer15,99656.99%9,67134.45%1,8686.66%5341.90%6,32522.54%28,069Leelanau4,58557.78%2,34829.59%83910.57%1632.05%2,23728.19%7,935Lenawee20,36656.44%12,93535.85%2,2306.18%5541.54%7,43120.59%36,085Livingston25,01260.17%12,62630.37%3,2477.81%6851.65%12,38629.80%41,570Luce1,65957.56%99234.42%1776.14%541.87%66723.14%2,882Mackinac3,02152.23%2,26239.11%4157.17%861.49%75913.12%5,784Macomb154,15551.88%120,12540.43%18,9756.39%3,8641.30%34,03011.45%297,119Manistee5,66252.91%4,16438.91%6996.53%1771.65%1,49814.00%10,702Marquette13,18144.71%13,31245.16%2,4818.42%5051.71%-131-0.45%29,479Mason7,13758.14%4,13433.68%8256.72%1801.47%3,00324.46%12,276Mecosta7,75453.37%5,22835.99%1,3229.10%2241.54%2,52617.38%14,528Menominee6,17052.52%4,96242.23%4523.85%1651.40%1,20810.29%11,749Midland17,82853.04%12,01935.76%3,1529.38%6111.82%5,80917.28%33,610Missaukee3,22163.47%1,56330.80%2304.53%611.20%1,65832.67%5,075Monroe25,61251.26%20,57841.19%3,1116.23%6631.33%5,03410.07%49,964Montcalm10,82256.51%6,70635.02%1,3096.84%3131.63%4,11621.49%19,150Montmorency2,40055.71%1,65438.39%1954.53%591.37%74617.32%4,308Muskegon36,51253.73%26,64539.21%4,0946.02%7031.03%9,86714.52%67,954Newaygo8,91858.58%5,23634.40%8505.58%2191.44%3,68224.18%15,223Oakland253,21154.65%164,86935.58%38,2738.26%6,9751.51%88,34219.07%463,328Oceana5,46557.14%3,38635.40%5705.96%1431.50%2,07921.74%9,564Ogemaw4,16951.29%3,42642.15%4255.23%1081.33%7439.14%8,128Ontonagon2,56948.95%2,37545.26%2374.52%671.28%1943.69%5,248Osceola4,90260.04%2,65032.46%4665.71%1461.79%2,25227.58%8,164Oscoda1,91555.25%1,32538.23%1835.28%1431.24%59017.02%3,466Otsego3,77153.70%2,66637.96%4937.02%931.32%1,10515.74%7,023Ottawa51,21767.85%18,43524.42%4,9036.50%9291.23%32,78243.43%75,484Presque Isle3,48650.43%2,95242.71%3825.53%921.33%5347.72%6,912Roscommon5,28054.66%3,76338.96%5085.26%1081.12%1,51715.70%9,659Saginaw45,23348.22%41,65044.40%5,6776.05%1,2391.32%3,5833.82%93,799Sanilac12,15867.11%4,89827.04%8634.76%1981.09%7,26040.07%18,117Schoolcraft2,09747.94%1,96444.90%2435.56%701.60%1333.04%4,374Shiawassee15,75651.71%11,98539.33%2,1216.96%6082.00%3,77112.38%30,470St. Clair31,02155.61%20,41036.59%3,5926.44%7561.36%10,61119.02%55,779St. Joseph13,63163.19%6,31829.29%1,2835.95%3381.57%7,31333.90%21,570Tuscola13,30659.12%7,63233.91%1,2665.63%3011.34%5,67425.21%22,505Van Buren14,45155.96%9,24835.81%1,6916.55%4341.68%5,20320.15%25,824Washtenaw48,69941.92%51,01343.91%13,46311.59%3,0042.59%-2,314-1.99%116,179Wayne315,53235.42%522,02458.60%43,6084.90%9,6801.09%-206,492-23.18%890,844Wexford6,02754.01%4,17337.39%7526.74%2081.86%1,85416.62%11,160Totals1,915,22548.99%1,661,53242.50%275,2237.04%57,7451.48%253,6936.49%3,909,725 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Arenac Bay Dickinson Keweenaw Monroe Ogemaw Ontonagon Schoolcraft Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Marquette Washtenaw See also United States presidential elections in Michigan Notes lower-alpha References Michigan 1980 United States presidential election