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The1980 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and theDistrict of Columbia were part of the election. Voters chose 12 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
The state was ultimately carried by RepublicanRonald Reagan, who won 51.16% of the vote and went on to be elected president. Missouri continued itsbellwether streak, having voted for the eventual presidential winner every election year since1904, with the sole exception of the1956 election.
| Presidential candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral vote (EV) | Popular vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan ofCalifornia | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 12[1] | 1,074,181 | 51.16% |
| Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | Walter Mondale (incumbent) | 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% | ||
| County[2] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | Edward E. Clark Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 5,513 | 57.90% | 3,507 | 36.83% | 414 | 4.35% | 80 | 0.84% | 8 | 0.08% | 2,006 | 21.07% | 9,522 |
| Andrew | 3,690 | 56.14% | 2,575 | 39.18% | 245 | 3.73% | 60 | 0.91% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,115 | 16.96% | 6,573 |
| Atchison | 2,096 | 58.94% | 1,273 | 35.80% | 151 | 4.25% | 34 | 0.96% | 2 | 0.06% | 823 | 23.14% | 3,556 |
| Audrain | 6,347 | 53.63% | 5,168 | 43.67% | 233 | 1.97% | 81 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.04% | 1,179 | 9.96% | 11,834 |
| Barry | 7,038 | 61.42% | 4,193 | 36.59% | 150 | 1.31% | 66 | 0.58% | 11 | 0.10% | 2,845 | 24.83% | 11,458 |
| Barton | 3,337 | 61.82% | 1,901 | 35.22% | 115 | 2.13% | 44 | 0.82% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,436 | 26.60% | 5,398 |
| Bates | 4,061 | 54.00% | 3,297 | 43.84% | 114 | 1.52% | 46 | 0.61% | 3 | 0.04% | 764 | 10.16% | 7,521 |
| 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 | 56.08% | 2,160 | 42.31% | 35 | 0.74% | 35 | 0.69% | 9 | 0.18% | 703 | 13.77% | 5,105 |
| Boone | 16,313 | 42.00% | 18,527 | 47.70% | 3,519 | 9.06% | 400 | 1.03% | 78 | 0.20% | -2,214 | -5.70% | 38,837 |
| Buchanan | 16,551 | 47.09% | 16,967 | 48.27% | 1,301 | 3.70% | 310 | 0.88% | 21 | 0.06% | -416 | -1.18% | 35,150 |
| Butler | 8,342 | 58.83% | 5,605 | 39.52% | 181 | 1.28% | 48 | 0.34% | 5 | 0.04% | 2,737 | 19.31% | 14,181 |
| Caldwell | 2,551 | 60.36% | 1,541 | 36.46% | 108 | 2.56% | 24 | 0.57% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,010 | 23.90% | 4,226 |
| Callaway | 6,755 | 52.63% | 5,560 | 43.32% | 420 | 3.27% | 89 | 0.69% | 11 | 0.09% | 1,195 | 9.31% | 12,835 |
| Camden | 6,541 | 63.84% | 3,416 | 33.34% | 218 | 2.13% | 68 | 0.66% | 3 | 0.03% | 3,125 | 30.50% | 10,246 |
| Cape Girardeau | 14,861 | 60.54% | 8,625 | 35.13% | 873 | 3.56% | 168 | 0.68% | 22 | 0.09% | 6,236 | 25.41% | 24,549 |
| Carroll | 3,291 | 58.95% | 2,130 | 38.15% | 130 | 2.33% | 31 | 0.56% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,161 | 20.80% | 5,583 |
| Carter | 1,218 | 51.44% | 1,087 | 45.90% | 37 | 1.56% | 23 | 0.97% | 3 | 0.13% | 131 | 5.54% | 2,368 |
| Cass | 10,105 | 52.81% | 8,198 | 42.85% | 667 | 3.48% | 147 | 0.77% | 17 | 0.09% | 1,907 | 9.96% | 19,134 |
| Cedar | 3,469 | 65.66% | 1,703 | 32.24% | 86 | 1.63% | 24 | 0.45% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,766 | 33.42% | 5,283 |
| Chariton | 2,641 | 53.11% | 2,250 | 45.24% | 63 | 1.27% | 16 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.06% | 391 | 7.87% | 4,973 |
| Christian | 6,487 | 63.28% | 3,502 | 34.16% | 205 | 2.00% | 56 | 0.55% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,985 | 29.12% | 10,251 |
| Clark | 2,042 | 56.50% | 1,494 | 41.34% | 56 | 1.55% | 19 | 0.53% | 3 | 0.08% | 548 | 15.16% | 3,614 |
| Clay | 28,521 | 50.65% | 24,250 | 43.06% | 2,782 | 4.94% | 518 | 0.92% | 243 | 0.43% | 4,271 | 7.59% | 56,314 |
| Clinton | 3,599 | 52.52% | 3,001 | 43.80% | 184 | 2.69% | 65 | 0.95% | 3 | 0.04% | 598 | 8.72% | 6,852 |
| Cole | 16,373 | 61.96% | 9,210 | 34.86% | 691 | 2.62% | 138 | 0.52% | 11 | 0.04% | 7,163 | 27.10% | 26,423 |
| Cooper | 3,996 | 58.34% | 2,687 | 39.23% | 130 | 1.90% | 32 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,309 | 19.11% | 6,849 |
| Crawford | 4,081 | 58.21% | 2,710 | 38.65% | 170 | 2.42% | 43 | 0.61% | 7 | 0.10% | 1,371 | 19.56% | 7,011 |
| Dade | 2,410 | 63.79% | 1,283 | 33.96% | 61 | 1.61% | 23 | 0.61% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,127 | 29.83% | 3,778 |
| Dallas | 3,297 | 60.63% | 2,011 | 36.98% | 114 | 2.10% | 15 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,286 | 23.65% | 5,438 |
| Daviess | 2,125 | 53.34% | 1,770 | 44.43% | 61 | 1.53% | 24 | 0.60% | 4 | 0.10% | 355 | 8.91% | 3,984 |
| 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 | 56.71% | 2,528 | 41.23% | 86 | 1.40% | 38 | 0.62% | 2 | 0.03% | 949 | 15.48% | 6,131 |
| Douglas | 3,440 | 65.50% | 1,677 | 31.93% | 93 | 1.77% | 40 | 0.76% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,763 | 33.57% | 5,252 |
| Dunklin | 5,253 | 45.56% | 6,120 | 53.08% | 128 | 1.11% | 25 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.03% | -867 | -7.52% | 11,530 |
| Franklin | 15,210 | 56.69% | 10,480 | 39.06% | 863 | 3.22% | 253 | 0.94% | 26 | 0.10% | 4,730 | 17.63% | 26,832 |
| Gasconade | 4,481 | 72.24% | 1,550 | 24.99% | 136 | 2.19% | 34 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,931 | 47.25% | 6,203 |
| Gentry | 2,005 | 51.82% | 1,720 | 44.46% | 117 | 3.02% | 25 | 0.65% | 2 | 0.05% | 285 | 7.36% | 3,869 |
| Greene | 43,116 | 55.69% | 30,498 | 39.39% | 3,261 | 4.21% | 508 | 0.66% | 42 | 0.05% | 12,618 | 16.30% | 77,425 |
| Grundy | 2,890 | 56.60% | 2,064 | 40.42% | 110 | 2.15% | 41 | 0.80% | 1 | 0.02% | 826 | 16.18% | 5,106 |
| Harrison | 2,734 | 58.73% | 1,732 | 37.21% | 140 | 3.01% | 48 | 1.03% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,002 | 21.52% | 4,655 |
| Henry | 4,807 | 49.19% | 4,648 | 47.56% | 238 | 2.44% | 77 | 0.79% | 2 | 0.02% | 159 | 1.63% | 9,772 |
| Hickory | 1,893 | 58.92% | 1,248 | 38.84% | 52 | 1.62% | 19 | 0.59% | 1 | 0.03% | 645 | 20.08% | 3,213 |
| Holt | 1,993 | 62.48% | 1,119 | 35.08% | 59 | 1.85% | 18 | 0.56% | 1 | 0.03% | 874 | 27.40% | 3,190 |
| Howard | 2,179 | 47.85% | 2,243 | 49.25% | 114 | 2.50% | 18 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -64 | -1.40% | 4,554 |
| Howell | 7,149 | 60.06% | 4,472 | 37.57% | 211 | 1.77% | 65 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.05% | 2,677 | 22.49% | 11,903 |
| Iron | 2,205 | 48.45% | 2,226 | 48.91% | 94 | 2.07% | 23 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.07% | -21 | -0.46% | 4,551 |
| Jackson | 106,156 | 41.36% | 135,805 | 52.91% | 12,260 | 4.78% | 2,247 | 0.88% | 219 | 0.09% | -29,649 | -11.55% | 256,687 |
| Jasper | 21,664 | 62.49% | 11,953 | 34.48% | 785 | 2.26% | 256 | 0.74% | 8 | 0.02% | 9,711 | 28.01% | 34,666 |
| Jefferson | 28,546 | 52.01% | 24,042 | 43.81% | 1,753 | 3.19% | 526 | 0.96% | 15 | 0.03% | 4,504 | 8.20% | 54,882 |
| Johnson | 6,449 | 51.24% | 5,441 | 43.23% | 571 | 4.54% | 110 | 0.87% | 14 | 0.11% | 1,008 | 8.01% | 12,585 |
| 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% | 43 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,199 | 23.69% | 9,282 |
| Lafayette | 7,271 | 53.99% | 5,792 | 43.01% | 339 | 2.52% | 64 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.01% | 1,479 | 10.98% | 13,468 |
| Lawrence | 7,921 | 61.68% | 4,670 | 36.36% | 184 | 1.43% | 65 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,251 | 25.32% | 12,843 |
| 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 | 53.17% | 4,110 | 44.03% | 182 | 1.95% | 74 | 0.79% | 6 | 0.06% | 853 | 9.14% | 9,335 |
| Linn | 3,585 | 49.63% | 3,467 | 47.99% | 139 | 1.92% | 31 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.03% | 118 | 1.64% | 7,224 |
| Livingston | 3,654 | 50.26% | 3,368 | 46.33% | 205 | 2.82% | 40 | 0.55% | 3 | 0.04% | 286 | 3.93% | 7,270 |
| Macon | 4,430 | 54.11% | 3,578 | 43.70% | 135 | 1.65% | 38 | 0.46% | 6 | 0.07% | 852 | 10.41% | 8,187 |
| Madison | 2,618 | 53.02% | 2,231 | 45.18% | 70 | 1.42% | 17 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.04% | 387 | 7.84% | 4,938 |
| Maries | 1,985 | 52.39% | 1,732 | 45.71% | 39 | 1.03% | 33 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 253 | 6.68% | 3,789 |
| Marion | 6,036 | 49.53% | 5,890 | 48.33% | 192 | 1.58% | 67 | 0.55% | 1 | 0.01% | 146 | 1.20% | 12,186 |
| McDonald | 4,114 | 60.65% | 2,485 | 36.64% | 124 | 1.83% | 60 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,629 | 24.01% | 6,783 |
| Mercer | 1,266 | 58.67% | 821 | 38.04% | 54 | 2.50% | 17 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 445 | 20.63% | 2,158 |
| Miller | 5,560 | 67.93% | 2,469 | 30.16% | 115 | 1.41% | 39 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,091 | 37.77% | 8,185 |
| Mississippi | 2,459 | 44.08% | 3,040 | 54.49% | 64 | 1.15% | 13 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.05% | -581 | -10.41% | 5,579 |
| Moniteau | 3,430 | 58.79% | 2,284 | 39.15% | 98 | 1.68% | 21 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,146 | 19.64% | 5,834 |
| Monroe | 2,026 | 44.48% | 2,445 | 53.68% | 53 | 1.16% | 30 | 0.66% | 1 | 0.02% | -419 | -9.20% | 4,555 |
| 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 | 57.86% | 2,460 | 39.79% | 114 | 1.84% | 29 | 0.47% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,117 | 18.07% | 6,182 |
| New Madrid | 4,041 | 48.70% | 4,171 | 50.27% | 64 | 0.77% | 18 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.05% | -130 | -1.57% | 8,298 |
| Newton | 10,515 | 63.11% | 5,621 | 33.74% | 341 | 2.05% | 116 | 0.70% | 69 | 0.41% | 4,894 | 29.37% | 16,662 |
| Nodaway | 4,544 | 48.91% | 4,257 | 45.82% | 414 | 4.46% | 70 | 0.75% | 5 | 0.05% | 287 | 3.09% | 9,290 |
| Oregon | 1,523 | 39.07% | 2,326 | 59.67% | 26 | 0.67% | 22 | 0.56% | 1 | 0.03% | -803 | -20.60% | 3,898 |
| Osage | 3,679 | 63.19% | 2,045 | 35.13% | 72 | 1.24% | 25 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,634 | 28.06% | 5,822 |
| 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% | 20 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.01% | -621 | -8.03% | 7,732 |
| Perry | 5,053 | 65.72% | 2,416 | 31.42% | 178 | 2.31% | 41 | 0.53% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,637 | 34.30% | 7,689 |
| Pettis | 8,833 | 55.76% | 6,475 | 40.87% | 435 | 2.75% | 91 | 0.57% | 7 | 0.04% | 2,358 | 14.89% | 15,841 |
| Phelps | 7,366 | 54.30% | 5,470 | 40.32% | 620 | 4.57% | 99 | 0.73% | 11 | 0.08% | 1,896 | 13.98% | 13,566 |
| Pike | 3,932 | 51.80% | 3,454 | 45.50% | 158 | 2.08% | 45 | 0.59% | 2 | 0.03% | 478 | 6.30% | 7,591 |
| Platte | 10,092 | 53.81% | 7,342 | 39.14% | 1,107 | 5.90% | 205 | 1.09% | 10 | 0.05% | 2,750 | 14.67% | 18,756 |
| Polk | 4,842 | 57.86% | 3,336 | 39.87% | 135 | 1.61% | 54 | 0.65% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,506 | 17.99% | 8,368 |
| Pulaski | 3,998 | 50.79% | 3,707 | 47.10% | 128 | 1.63% | 36 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.03% | 291 | 3.69% | 7,871 |
| 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 | 47.51% | 2,069 | 49.95% | 75 | 1.81% | 28 | 0.68% | 2 | 0.05% | -101 | -2.44% | 4,142 |
| Randolph | 5,141 | 50.03% | 4,884 | 47.53% | 213 | 2.07% | 37 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.01% | 257 | 2.50% | 10,276 |
| Ray | 4,064 | 45.81% | 4,518 | 50.93% | 215 | 2.42% | 72 | 0.81% | 2 | 0.02% | -454 | -5.12% | 8,871 |
| 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 |
| St. Charles | 36,050 | 60.32% | 20,668 | 34.58% | 2,494 | 4.17% | 515 | 0.86% | 41 | 0.07% | 15,382 | 25.74% | 59,768 |
| St. Clair | 2,419 | 57.46% | 1,706 | 40.52% | 60 | 1.43% | 22 | 0.52% | 3 | 0.07% | 713 | 16.94% | 4,210 |
| St. Francois | 8,914 | 52.70% | 7,495 | 44.31% | 397 | 2.35% | 107 | 0.63% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,419 | 8.39% | 16,916 |
| St. Louis | 263,518 | 54.35% | 192,796 | 39.77% | 25,032 | 5.16% | 3,211 | 0.66% | 274 | 0.06% | 70,722 | 14.58% | 484,831 |
| St. Louis City | 50,333 | 29.48% | 113,697 | 66.59% | 5,656 | 3.31% | 914 | 0.54% | 151 | 0.09% | -63,364 | -37.11% | 170,751 |
| Ste. Genevieve | 2,768 | 44.00% | 3,324 | 52.84% | 151 | 2.40% | 42 | 0.67% | 6 | 0.10% | -556 | -8.84% | 6,291 |
| Saline | 5,218 | 49.34% | 4,943 | 46.74% | 353 | 3.34% | 58 | 0.55% | 4 | 0.04% | 275 | 2.60% | 10,576 |
| Schuyler | 1,386 | 54.16% | 1,114 | 43.53% | 48 | 1.88% | 10 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.04% | 272 | 10.63% | 2,559 |
| 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 | 53.65% | 6,854 | 44.69% | 203 | 1.32% | 45 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.05% | 1,373 | 8.96% | 15,336 |
| Shannon | 1,523 | 44.78% | 1,818 | 53.45% | 44 | 1.29% | 14 | 0.41% | 2 | 0.06% | -295 | -8.67% | 3,401 |
| Shelby | 2,151 | 52.73% | 1,849 | 45.33% | 60 | 1.47% | 16 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.07% | 302 | 7.40% | 4,079 |
| Stoddard | 6,199 | 53.85% | 5,128 | 44.54% | 132 | 1.15% | 51 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,071 | 9.31% | 11,512 |
| Stone | 4,780 | 66.31% | 2,210 | 30.66% | 180 | 2.50% | 34 | 0.47% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,570 | 35.65% | 7,209 |
| 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% | 39 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,841 | 28.83% | 9,854 |
| 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 | 51.93% | 3,704 | 43.80% | 285 | 3.37% | 74 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.02% | 687 | 8.13% | 8,456 |
| Warren | 4,366 | 64.75% | 2,132 | 31.62% | 192 | 2.85% | 50 | 0.74% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,234 | 33.13% | 6,743 |
| Washington | 3,439 | 53.19% | 2,873 | 44.44% | 89 | 1.38% | 61 | 0.94% | 3 | 0.05% | 566 | 8.75% | 6,465 |
| Wayne | 2,823 | 51.86% | 2,549 | 46.82% | 44 | 0.81% | 25 | 0.46% | 3 | 0.06% | 274 | 5.04% | 5,444 |
| Webster | 5,121 | 58.73% | 3,409 | 39.10% | 149 | 1.71% | 36 | 0.41% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,712 | 19.63% | 8,719 |
| Worth | 833 | 50.27% | 760 | 45.87% | 47 | 2.84% | 17 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 4.40% | 1,657 |
| Wright | 4,451 | 66.27% | 2,182 | 32.49% | 56 | 0.83% | 23 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.06% | 2,269 | 33.78% | 6,716 |
| Totals | 1,074,181 | 51.16% | 931,182 | 44.35% | 77,920 | 3.71% | 14,422 | 0.69% | 2,119 | 0.10% | 142,999 | 6.81% | 2,099,824 |
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