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The1980 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and theDistrict of Columbia were part of the1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose seven electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Kansas had gone Republican in the previous ten presidential elections except forLyndon B. Johnson's1964 landslide, although Carter's 7.5-point defeat in1976 was the second-best performance for a Democrat in that period. Carter and Ronald Reagan both won landslides in the state’s early April presidential primaries, in Reagan’s case this being aided strongly by the support of Sunflower State SenatorBob Dole.[1] By July it was clear that the economic frustration of Kansas’ farmers, who had due to a major drought given unusual support to Carter in 1976, would turn them and the state further towards Reagan than it had been in 1976.[2] Although Reagan and Carter campaigned heavily in neighboringJackson County, Missouri during October – spending time in bothIndependence[3] and theMissouri section of Kansas City where they sparred over theIran hostage crisis[4] – neither candidate campaigned over the Kansas state line.
Kansas was won by formerCalifornia GovernorRonald Reagan (R) by a margin of 24.56 points.[5] As had previously occurred in1952,1956 and1968, the Republican nominee won every county except urbanised and substantially black and HispanicWyandotte, home toKansas City, Kansas. Kansas has remained a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state wasLyndon Johnson in1964.[6]
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
| Ronald Reagan | Republican | California | 566,812 | 57.85% | 7 | George H. W. Bush | Texas | 7 |
| Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | Democrat | Georgia | 326,150 | 33.29% | 0 | Walter Mondale (incumbent) | Minnesota | 0 |
| John B. Anderson | Independent | Illinois | 68,231 | 6.96% | 0 | Patrick Lucey | Wisconsin | 0 |
| Ed Clark | Independent | California | 14,470 | 1.48% | 0 | David Koch | New York | 0 |
| Frank Shelton | American | Kansas | 1,555 | 0.16% | 0 | George E. Jackson | Maine | 0 |
| Gus Hall | Independent | New York | 967 | 0.10% | 0 | Angela Davis | California | 0 |
| Benjamin Bubar | Statesman | Maine | 821 | 0.08% | 0 | Earl Dodge | Colorado | 0 |
| John Rarick | Conservative | Louisiana | 789 | 0.08% | 0 | Eileen Shearer | California | 0 |
| Total | 979,795 | 100% | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Needed to win | 270 | 270 | ||||||
| County[7] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | Ed Clark Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 3,811 | 60.33% | 2,009 | 31.80% | 380 | 6.02% | 96 | 1.52% | 21 | 0.33% | 1,802 | 28.53% | 6,317 |
| Anderson | 2,363 | 62.63% | 1,170 | 31.01% | 184 | 4.88% | 49 | 1.30% | 7 | 0.19% | 1,193 | 31.62% | 3,773 |
| Atchison | 4,084 | 53.87% | 3,063 | 40.40% | 345 | 4.55% | 80 | 1.06% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,021 | 13.47% | 7,581 |
| Barber | 1,872 | 62.53% | 914 | 30.53% | 168 | 5.61% | 35 | 1.17% | 5 | 0.17% | 958 | 32.00% | 2,994 |
| Barton | 9,147 | 66.03% | 3,663 | 26.44% | 793 | 5.72% | 213 | 1.54% | 36 | 0.26% | 5,484 | 39.59% | 13,852 |
| Bourbon | 4,263 | 59.22% | 2,605 | 36.19% | 251 | 3.49% | 66 | 0.92% | 14 | 0.19% | 1,658 | 23.03% | 7,199 |
| Brown | 3,598 | 67.61% | 1,370 | 25.74% | 286 | 5.37% | 57 | 1.07% | 11 | 0.21% | 2,228 | 41.87% | 5,322 |
| Butler | 10,210 | 55.33% | 6,875 | 37.26% | 1,015 | 5.50% | 328 | 1.78% | 25 | 0.14% | 3,335 | 18.07% | 18,453 |
| Chase | 1,073 | 66.94% | 413 | 25.76% | 92 | 5.74% | 21 | 1.31% | 4 | 0.25% | 660 | 41.18% | 1,603 |
| Chautauqua | 1,566 | 71.60% | 543 | 24.83% | 57 | 2.61% | 15 | 0.69% | 6 | 0.27% | 1,023 | 46.77% | 2,187 |
| Cherokee | 5,296 | 54.81% | 3,969 | 41.08% | 282 | 2.92% | 87 | 0.90% | 28 | 0.29% | 1,327 | 13.73% | 9,662 |
| Cheyenne | 1,330 | 73.89% | 358 | 19.89% | 81 | 4.50% | 25 | 1.39% | 6 | 0.33% | 972 | 54.00% | 1,800 |
| Clark | 901 | 63.59% | 430 | 30.35% | 67 | 4.73% | 17 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.14% | 471 | 33.24% | 1,417 |
| Clay | 3,449 | 73.90% | 932 | 19.97% | 217 | 4.65% | 44 | 0.94% | 25 | 0.54% | 2,517 | 53.93% | 4,667 |
| Cloud | 3,581 | 61.56% | 1,793 | 30.82% | 344 | 5.91% | 69 | 1.19% | 30 | 0.52% | 1,788 | 30.74% | 5,817 |
| Coffey | 2,491 | 69.16% | 938 | 26.04% | 128 | 3.55% | 38 | 1.05% | 7 | 0.19% | 1,553 | 43.12% | 3,602 |
| Comanche | 877 | 65.45% | 393 | 29.33% | 50 | 3.73% | 14 | 1.04% | 6 | 0.45% | 484 | 36.12% | 1,340 |
| Cowley | 8,749 | 57.14% | 5,474 | 35.75% | 866 | 5.66% | 196 | 1.28% | 27 | 0.18% | 3,275 | 21.39% | 15,312 |
| Crawford | 8,058 | 47.81% | 7,658 | 45.43% | 847 | 5.03% | 227 | 1.35% | 65 | 0.39% | 400 | 2.38% | 16,855 |
| Decatur | 1,642 | 72.98% | 443 | 19.69% | 125 | 5.56% | 28 | 1.24% | 12 | 0.53% | 1,199 | 53.29% | 2,250 |
| Dickinson | 5,654 | 67.64% | 2,108 | 25.22% | 469 | 5.61% | 87 | 1.04% | 41 | 0.49% | 3,546 | 42.42% | 8,359 |
| Doniphan | 2,523 | 67.84% | 1,001 | 26.92% | 146 | 3.93% | 41 | 1.10% | 8 | 0.22% | 1,522 | 40.92% | 3,719 |
| Douglas | 14,106 | 49.01% | 9,360 | 32.52% | 4,770 | 16.57% | 471 | 1.64% | 77 | 0.27% | 4,746 | 16.49% | 28,784 |
| Edwards | 1,409 | 63.93% | 616 | 27.95% | 127 | 5.76% | 46 | 2.09% | 6 | 0.27% | 793 | 35.98% | 2,204 |
| Elk | 1,280 | 69.68% | 482 | 26.24% | 54 | 2.94% | 17 | 0.93% | 4 | 0.22% | 798 | 43.44% | 1,837 |
| Ellis | 5,634 | 52.54% | 3,940 | 36.74% | 923 | 8.61% | 211 | 1.97% | 16 | 0.15% | 1,694 | 15.80% | 10,724 |
| Ellsworth | 2,155 | 65.90% | 886 | 27.09% | 167 | 5.11% | 57 | 1.74% | 5 | 0.15% | 1,269 | 38.81% | 3,270 |
| Finney | 4,831 | 58.59% | 2,689 | 32.61% | 531 | 6.44% | 179 | 2.17% | 16 | 0.19% | 2,142 | 25.98% | 8,246 |
| Ford | 5,686 | 58.86% | 3,194 | 33.06% | 622 | 6.44% | 141 | 1.46% | 18 | 0.19% | 2,492 | 25.80% | 9,661 |
| Franklin | 5,525 | 62.73% | 2,726 | 30.95% | 432 | 4.90% | 117 | 1.33% | 8 | 0.09% | 2,799 | 31.78% | 8,808 |
| Geary | 3,534 | 56.06% | 2,357 | 37.39% | 332 | 5.27% | 68 | 1.08% | 13 | 0.21% | 1,177 | 18.67% | 6,304 |
| Gove | 1,263 | 71.11% | 396 | 22.30% | 91 | 5.12% | 22 | 1.24% | 4 | 0.23% | 867 | 48.81% | 1,776 |
| Graham | 1,450 | 70.90% | 473 | 23.13% | 98 | 4.79% | 17 | 0.83% | 7 | 0.34% | 977 | 47.77% | 2,045 |
| Grant | 1,711 | 66.01% | 683 | 26.35% | 150 | 5.79% | 44 | 1.70% | 4 | 0.15% | 1,028 | 39.66% | 2,592 |
| Gray | 1,310 | 63.68% | 583 | 28.34% | 123 | 5.98% | 37 | 1.80% | 4 | 0.19% | 727 | 35.34% | 2,057 |
| Greeley | 600 | 63.36% | 235 | 24.82% | 85 | 8.98% | 23 | 2.43% | 4 | 0.42% | 365 | 38.54% | 947 |
| Greenwood | 2,685 | 64.62% | 1,241 | 29.87% | 170 | 4.09% | 40 | 0.96% | 19 | 0.46% | 1,444 | 34.75% | 4,155 |
| Hamilton | 889 | 64.65% | 402 | 29.24% | 66 | 4.80% | 16 | 1.16% | 2 | 0.15% | 487 | 35.41% | 1,375 |
| Harper | 2,254 | 64.18% | 990 | 28.19% | 182 | 5.18% | 81 | 2.31% | 5 | 0.14% | 1,264 | 35.99% | 3,512 |
| Harvey | 7,045 | 54.56% | 4,173 | 32.32% | 1,356 | 10.50% | 302 | 2.34% | 36 | 0.28% | 2,872 | 22.24% | 12,912 |
| Haskell | 1,014 | 67.65% | 374 | 24.95% | 84 | 5.60% | 23 | 1.53% | 4 | 0.27% | 640 | 42.70% | 1,499 |
| Hodgeman | 831 | 66.16% | 339 | 26.99% | 69 | 5.49% | 14 | 1.11% | 3 | 0.24% | 492 | 39.17% | 1,256 |
| Jackson | 3,211 | 63.33% | 1,537 | 30.32% | 234 | 4.62% | 65 | 1.28% | 23 | 0.45% | 1,674 | 33.01% | 5,070 |
| Jefferson | 4,046 | 64.60% | 1,776 | 28.36% | 364 | 5.81% | 66 | 1.05% | 11 | 0.18% | 2,270 | 36.24% | 6,263 |
| Jewell | 2,074 | 72.80% | 578 | 20.29% | 153 | 5.37% | 39 | 1.37% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,496 | 52.51% | 2,849 |
| Johnson | 78,048 | 62.95% | 33,210 | 26.79% | 10,947 | 8.83% | 1,318 | 1.06% | 460 | 0.37% | 44,838 | 36.16% | 123,983 |
| Kearny | 924 | 66.38% | 375 | 26.94% | 62 | 4.45% | 24 | 1.72% | 7 | 0.50% | 549 | 39.44% | 1,392 |
| Kingman | 2,610 | 63.63% | 1,133 | 27.62% | 286 | 6.97% | 71 | 1.73% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,477 | 36.01% | 4,102 |
| Kiowa | 1,433 | 72.16% | 438 | 22.05% | 88 | 4.43% | 25 | 1.26% | 2 | 0.10% | 995 | 50.11% | 1,986 |
| Labette | 5,244 | 52.86% | 3,947 | 39.78% | 588 | 5.93% | 116 | 1.17% | 26 | 0.26% | 1,297 | 13.08% | 9,921 |
| Lane | 924 | 67.54% | 321 | 23.46% | 100 | 7.31% | 21 | 1.54% | 2 | 0.15% | 603 | 44.08% | 1,368 |
| Leavenworth | 9,157 | 54.98% | 6,354 | 38.15% | 955 | 5.73% | 140 | 0.84% | 50 | 0.30% | 2,803 | 16.83% | 16,656 |
| Lincoln | 1,685 | 72.16% | 528 | 22.61% | 96 | 4.11% | 22 | 0.94% | 4 | 0.17% | 1,157 | 49.55% | 2,335 |
| Linn | 2,407 | 64.88% | 1,157 | 31.19% | 103 | 2.78% | 32 | 0.86% | 11 | 0.30% | 1,250 | 33.69% | 3,710 |
| Logan | 1,261 | 72.89% | 358 | 20.69% | 66 | 3.82% | 36 | 2.08% | 9 | 0.52% | 903 | 52.20% | 1,730 |
| Lyon | 8,431 | 57.94% | 4,680 | 32.16% | 1,216 | 8.36% | 198 | 1.36% | 26 | 0.18% | 3,751 | 25.78% | 14,551 |
| McPherson | 6,843 | 58.83% | 3,340 | 28.72% | 1,222 | 10.51% | 171 | 1.47% | 55 | 0.47% | 3,503 | 30.11% | 11,631 |
| Marion | 3,960 | 64.39% | 1,569 | 25.51% | 488 | 7.93% | 114 | 1.85% | 19 | 0.31% | 2,391 | 38.88% | 6,150 |
| Marshall | 4,127 | 67.69% | 1,555 | 25.50% | 330 | 5.41% | 64 | 1.05% | 21 | 0.34% | 2,572 | 42.19% | 6,097 |
| Meade | 1,618 | 71.66% | 482 | 21.35% | 121 | 5.36% | 34 | 1.51% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,136 | 50.31% | 2,258 |
| Miami | 4,740 | 57.10% | 3,071 | 37.00% | 368 | 4.43% | 104 | 1.25% | 18 | 0.22% | 1,669 | 20.10% | 8,301 |
| Mitchell | 2,821 | 71.36% | 876 | 22.16% | 197 | 4.98% | 35 | 0.89% | 24 | 0.61% | 1,945 | 49.20% | 3,953 |
| Montgomery | 10,856 | 64.18% | 5,282 | 31.23% | 488 | 2.89% | 154 | 0.91% | 135 | 0.80% | 5,574 | 32.95% | 16,915 |
| Morris | 1,933 | 65.55% | 810 | 27.47% | 166 | 5.63% | 33 | 1.12% | 7 | 0.24% | 1,123 | 38.08% | 2,949 |
| Morton | 1,157 | 69.61% | 414 | 24.91% | 71 | 4.27% | 16 | 0.96% | 4 | 0.24% | 743 | 44.70% | 1,662 |
| Nemaha | 3,546 | 64.99% | 1,600 | 29.33% | 243 | 4.45% | 56 | 1.03% | 11 | 0.20% | 1,946 | 35.66% | 5,456 |
| Neosho | 4,613 | 57.11% | 2,923 | 36.19% | 432 | 5.35% | 89 | 1.10% | 20 | 0.25% | 1,690 | 20.92% | 8,077 |
| Ness | 1,657 | 67.49% | 616 | 25.09% | 136 | 5.54% | 40 | 1.63% | 6 | 0.24% | 1,041 | 42.40% | 2,455 |
| Norton | 2,625 | 75.50% | 666 | 19.15% | 151 | 4.34% | 26 | 0.75% | 9 | 0.26% | 1,959 | 56.35% | 3,477 |
| Osage | 3,817 | 60.36% | 2,088 | 33.02% | 330 | 5.22% | 74 | 1.17% | 15 | 0.24% | 1,729 | 27.34% | 6,324 |
| Osborne | 2,188 | 73.32% | 620 | 20.78% | 125 | 4.19% | 36 | 1.21% | 15 | 0.50% | 1,568 | 52.54% | 2,984 |
| Ottawa | 2,118 | 71.87% | 630 | 21.38% | 150 | 5.09% | 41 | 1.39% | 8 | 0.27% | 1,488 | 50.49% | 2,947 |
| Pawnee | 2,170 | 58.79% | 1,184 | 32.08% | 281 | 7.61% | 52 | 1.41% | 4 | 0.11% | 986 | 26.71% | 3,691 |
| Phillips | 2,731 | 74.48% | 748 | 20.40% | 143 | 3.90% | 35 | 0.95% | 10 | 0.27% | 1,983 | 54.08% | 3,667 |
| Pottawatomie | 3,895 | 63.40% | 1,724 | 28.06% | 444 | 7.23% | 60 | 0.98% | 21 | 0.34% | 2,171 | 35.34% | 6,144 |
| Pratt | 2,866 | 61.20% | 1,369 | 29.23% | 329 | 7.03% | 95 | 2.03% | 24 | 0.51% | 1,497 | 31.97% | 4,683 |
| Rawlins | 1,524 | 73.41% | 427 | 20.57% | 87 | 4.19% | 32 | 1.54% | 6 | 0.29% | 1,097 | 52.84% | 2,076 |
| Reno | 13,804 | 52.85% | 9,615 | 36.81% | 2,225 | 8.52% | 418 | 1.60% | 59 | 0.23% | 4,189 | 16.04% | 26,121 |
| Republic | 3,031 | 73.57% | 850 | 20.63% | 183 | 4.44% | 45 | 1.09% | 11 | 0.27% | 2,181 | 52.94% | 4,120 |
| Rice | 3,211 | 57.67% | 1,847 | 33.17% | 426 | 7.65% | 75 | 1.35% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,364 | 24.50% | 5,568 |
| Riley | 8,904 | 52.94% | 5,224 | 31.06% | 2,443 | 14.53% | 201 | 1.20% | 46 | 0.27% | 3,680 | 21.88% | 16,818 |
| Rooks | 2,275 | 71.38% | 725 | 22.75% | 144 | 4.52% | 37 | 1.16% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,550 | 48.63% | 3,187 |
| Rush | 1,840 | 71.54% | 557 | 21.66% | 144 | 5.60% | 24 | 0.93% | 7 | 0.27% | 1,283 | 49.88% | 2,572 |
| Russell | 3,241 | 73.04% | 910 | 20.51% | 229 | 5.16% | 51 | 1.15% | 6 | 0.14% | 2,331 | 52.53% | 4,437 |
| Saline | 12,758 | 60.27% | 6,382 | 30.15% | 1,706 | 8.06% | 287 | 1.36% | 36 | 0.17% | 6,376 | 30.12% | 21,169 |
| Scott | 1,829 | 75.64% | 456 | 18.86% | 99 | 4.09% | 30 | 1.24% | 4 | 0.17% | 1,373 | 56.78% | 2,418 |
| Sedgwick | 75,317 | 51.79% | 55,105 | 37.89% | 10,222 | 7.03% | 3,661 | 2.52% | 1,126 | 0.77% | 20,212 | 13.90% | 145,431 |
| Seward | 4,385 | 70.83% | 1,460 | 23.58% | 250 | 4.04% | 85 | 1.37% | 11 | 0.18% | 2,925 | 47.25% | 6,191 |
| Shawnee | 36,290 | 53.54% | 24,852 | 36.67% | 5,524 | 8.15% | 805 | 1.19% | 305 | 0.45% | 11,438 | 16.87% | 67,776 |
| Sheridan | 1,202 | 71.00% | 391 | 23.10% | 68 | 4.02% | 24 | 1.42% | 8 | 0.47% | 811 | 47.90% | 1,693 |
| Sherman | 2,315 | 68.86% | 779 | 23.17% | 215 | 6.40% | 43 | 1.28% | 10 | 0.30% | 1,536 | 45.69% | 3,362 |
| Smith | 2,415 | 71.70% | 719 | 21.35% | 183 | 5.43% | 48 | 1.43% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,696 | 50.35% | 3,368 |
| Stafford | 1,865 | 62.67% | 872 | 29.30% | 184 | 6.18% | 45 | 1.51% | 10 | 0.34% | 993 | 33.37% | 2,976 |
| Stanton | 672 | 67.74% | 231 | 23.29% | 62 | 6.25% | 22 | 2.22% | 5 | 0.50% | 441 | 44.45% | 992 |
| Stevens | 1,502 | 72.04% | 478 | 22.93% | 67 | 3.21% | 33 | 1.58% | 5 | 0.24% | 1,024 | 49.11% | 2,085 |
| Sumner | 6,038 | 57.53% | 3,761 | 35.83% | 486 | 4.63% | 190 | 1.81% | 21 | 0.20% | 2,277 | 21.70% | 10,496 |
| Thomas | 2,789 | 66.37% | 1,045 | 24.87% | 269 | 6.40% | 91 | 2.17% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,744 | 41.50% | 4,202 |
| Trego | 1,340 | 65.43% | 523 | 25.54% | 138 | 6.74% | 42 | 2.05% | 5 | 0.24% | 817 | 39.89% | 2,048 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,255 | 67.98% | 853 | 25.72% | 173 | 5.22% | 24 | 0.72% | 12 | 0.36% | 1,402 | 42.26% | 3,317 |
| Wallace | 811 | 78.28% | 167 | 16.12% | 36 | 3.47% | 17 | 1.64% | 5 | 0.48% | 644 | 62.16% | 1,036 |
| Washington | 3,058 | 74.90% | 784 | 19.20% | 195 | 4.78% | 33 | 0.81% | 13 | 0.32% | 2,274 | 55.70% | 4,083 |
| Wichita | 880 | 69.95% | 303 | 24.09% | 60 | 4.77% | 10 | 0.79% | 5 | 0.40% | 577 | 45.86% | 1,258 |
| Wilson | 3,328 | 69.32% | 1,205 | 25.10% | 208 | 4.33% | 45 | 0.94% | 15 | 0.31% | 2,123 | 44.22% | 4,801 |
| Woodson | 1,435 | 65.56% | 646 | 29.51% | 89 | 4.07% | 16 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.14% | 789 | 36.05% | 2,189 |
| Wyandotte | 23,012 | 38.21% | 32,763 | 54.40% | 3,018 | 5.01% | 775 | 1.29% | 655 | 1.09% | -9,751 | -16.19% | 60,223 |
| Totals | 566,812 | 57.85% | 326,150 | 33.29% | 68,231 | 6.96% | 14,470 | 1.48% | 4,132 | 0.42% | 240,662 | 24.56% | 979,795 |
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