1980 United States presidential election in Texas

1980 United States presidential election in Texas

← 1976 November 4, 1980 1984 →
Turnout68.40% (of registered voters) Increase
45.55% (of voting age population)[1]
 
Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Georgia
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 26 0
Popular vote 2,510,705 1,881,147
Percentage 55.28% 41.42%


President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states, and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Texas was won by Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against incumbent President Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Reagan ran with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Carter ran with Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Despite Texas' 1976 support of Carter, the state supported Reagan by a wide margin in the midst of a national landslide.[2]

Notwithstanding Carter's loss in Texas – which was his weakest state in the South or border states except Virginia and Oklahoma which Ford had narrowly carried in 1976[3] – the 1980 election is the last when the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Cherokee, Coke, Erath, Kaufman, Leon, Somervell,[a] Van Zandt and Wise.[4] As of 2020, this is the last presidential election in which Texas voted more Democratic than California.

59% of white voters supported Reagan while 37% supported Carter.[5][6]

Results[edit]

Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote
Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
Ronald Reagan Republican California 2,510,705 55.28% 26 George H. W. Bush Connecticut 26
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) Democrat Georgia 1,881,147 41.42% 0 Walter Mondale (incumbent) Minnesota 0
John B. Anderson Independent Illinois 111,613 2.46% 0 Milton S. Eisenhower Maryland 0
Ed Clark Libertarian California 37,643 0.83% 0 David Koch New York 0
Write-in candidates 529 0.01% 0 0
Total 4,541,637 100% 26 26
Needed to win 270 270

Results by county[edit]

County Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Anderson 5,970 52.69% 5,163 45.57% 137 1.21% 60 0.53% 807 7.12% 11,330
Andrews 2,800 69.77% 1,155 28.78% 39 0.97% 19 0.47% 1,645 40.99% 4,013
Angelina 9,900 48.54% 10,140 49.72% 232 1.14% 122 0.60% -240 -1.18% 20,394
Aransas 3,081 60.79% 1,800 35.52% 134 2.64% 53 1.05% 1,281 25.28% 5,068
Archer 1,804 54.85% 1,444 43.90% 30 0.91% 11 0.33% 360 10.95% 3,289
Armstrong 709 66.57% 333 31.27% 9 0.85% 14 1.31% 376 35.31% 1,065
Atascosa 4,364 51.53% 3,980 46.99% 93 1.10% 32 0.38% 384 4.53% 8,469
Austin 3,734 64.91% 1,893 32.90% 87 1.51% 39 0.68% 1,841 32.00% 5,753
Bailey 1,809 68.14% 800 30.13% 26 0.98% 20 0.75% 1,009 38.00% 2,655
Bandera 2,373 70.63% 894 26.61% 64 1.90% 29 0.86% 1,479 44.02% 3,360
Bastrop 3,768 43.07% 4,716 53.91% 205 2.34% 59 0.67% -948 -10.84% 8,748
Baylor 1,098 47.61% 1,183 51.30% 14 0.61% 11 0.48% -85 -3.69% 2,306
Bee 4,171 52.59% 3,606 45.47% 125 1.58% 29 0.37% 565 7.12% 7,931
Bell 20,729 54.72% 15,823 41.77% 934 2.47% 399 1.05% 4,906 12.95% 37,885
Bexar 159,578 51.73% 137,729 44.65% 9,467 3.07% 1,700 0.55% 21,849 7.08% 308,474
Blanco 1,434 62.32% 794 34.51% 52 2.26% 21 0.91% 640 27.81% 2,301
Borden 279 67.23% 131 31.57% 3 0.72% 2 0.48% 148 35.66% 415
Bosque 2,908 53.49% 2,431 44.71% 62 1.14% 36 0.66% 477 8.77% 5,437
Bowie 13,942 54.35% 11,339 44.21% 244 0.95% 125 0.49% 2,603 10.15% 25,650
Brazoria 27,614 58.08% 18,253 38.39% 1,205 2.53% 472 0.99% 9,361 19.69% 47,544
Brazos 17,798 60.25% 9,856 33.37% 1,453 4.92% 432 1.46% 7,942 26.89% 29,539
Brewster 1,496 51.73% 1,271 43.95% 89 3.08% 36 1.24% 225 7.78% 2,892
Briscoe 562 48.87% 561 48.78% 13 1.13% 14 1.22% 1 0.09% 1,150
Brooks 780 23.40% 2,488 74.65% 43 1.29% 22 0.66% -1,708 -51.25% 3,333
Brown 6,515 56.41% 4,867 42.14% 102 0.88% 65 0.56% 1,648 14.27% 11,549
Burleson 1,943 42.16% 2,615 56.74% 33 0.72% 18 0.39% -672 -14.58% 4,609
Burnet 4,033 50.84% 3,711 46.78% 132 1.66% 57 0.72% 322 4.06% 7,933
Caldwell 2,879 46.56% 3,155 51.02% 112 1.81% 38 0.61% -276 -4.46% 6,184
Calhoun 3,312 50.57% 3,034 46.33% 136 2.08% 67 1.02% 278 4.24% 6,549
Callahan 2,284 52.74% 2,002 46.22% 29 0.67% 16 0.37% 282 6.51% 4,331
Cameron 22,041 47.62% 23,200 50.12% 801 1.73% 243 0.53% -1,159 -2.50% 46,285
Camp 1,531 42.32% 2,052 56.72% 19 0.53% 16 0.44% -521 -14.40% 3,618
Carson 1,888 64.17% 1,006 34.19% 26 0.88% 22 0.75% 882 29.98% 2,942
Cass 4,993 46.79% 5,578 52.27% 60 0.56% 41 0.38% -585 -5.48% 10,672
Castro 1,955 60.75% 1,199 37.26% 44 1.37% 20 0.62% 756 23.49% 3,218
Chambers 3,140 54.08% 2,517 43.35% 96 1.65% 53 0.91% 623 10.73% 5,806
Cherokee 5,629 49.01% 5,726 49.85% 92 0.80% 39 0.34% -97 -0.84% 11,486
Childress 1,443 53.19% 1,222 45.04% 33 1.22% 15 0.55% 221 8.15% 2,713
Clay 1,824 44.39% 2,233 54.34% 40 0.97% 12 0.29% -409 -9.95% 4,109
Cochran 1,064 66.21% 513 31.92% 23 1.43% 7 0.44% 551 34.29% 1,607
Coke 708 45.44% 838 53.79% 10 0.64% 2 0.13% -130 -8.34% 1,558
Coleman 2,228 55.78% 1,719 43.04% 33 0.83% 14 0.35% 509 12.74% 3,994
Collin 36,559 67.88% 15,187 28.20% 1,559 2.89% 556 1.03% 21,372 39.68% 53,861
Collingsworth 1,020 55.11% 798 43.11% 18 0.97% 15 0.81% 222 11.99% 1,851
Colorado 3,520 58.75% 2,377 39.68% 58 0.97% 36 0.60% 1,143 19.08% 5,991
Comal 9,758 71.15% 3,554 25.92% 324 2.36% 78 0.57% 6,204 45.24% 13,714
Comanche 1,977 43.09% 2,550 55.58% 40 0.87% 21 0.46% -573 -12.49% 4,588
Concho 700 49.40% 702 49.54% 8 0.56% 7 0.49% -2 -0.14% 1,417
Cooke 6,760 62.58% 3,842 35.57% 129 1.19% 71 0.66% 2,918 27.01% 10,802
Coryell 5,494 55.38% 4,097 41.30% 228 2.30% 101 1.02% 1,397 14.08% 9,920
Cottle 511 40.36% 732 57.82% 9 0.71% 14 1.11% -221 -17.46% 1,266
Crane 1,310 67.15% 607 31.11% 23 1.18% 11 0.56% 703 36.03% 1,951
Crockett 885 59.24% 595 39.83% 10 0.67% 4 0.27% 290 19.41% 1,494
Crosby 1,361 48.50% 1,408 50.18% 17 0.61% 20 0.71% -47 -1.67% 2,806
Culberson 541 55.43% 423 43.34% 7 0.72% 5 0.51% 118 12.09% 976
Dallam 965 58.88% 632 38.56% 33 2.01% 9 0.55% 333 20.32% 1,639
Dallas 306,682 59.18% 190,459 36.75% 14,271 2.75% 6,801 1.31% 116,223 22.43% 518,213
Dawson 3,267 62.77% 1,867 35.87% 55 1.06% 16 0.31% 1,400 26.90% 5,205
Deaf Smith 4,073 69.46% 1,666 28.41% 77 1.31% 48 0.82% 2,407 41.05% 5,864
Delta 767 35.81% 1,347 62.89% 18 0.84% 10 0.47% -580 -27.08% 2,142
Denton 29,908 59.93% 17,381 34.83% 1,953 3.91% 666 1.33% 12,527 25.10% 49,908
Dewitt 3,450 61.83% 2,044 36.63% 66 1.18% 20 0.36% 1,406 25.20% 5,580
Dickens 554 37.41% 912 61.58% 13 0.88% 2 0.14% -358 -24.17% 1,481
Dimmit 1,173 35.30% 2,102 63.26% 25 0.75% 23 0.69% -929 -27.96% 3,323
Donley 1,106 58.58% 751 39.78% 22 1.17% 9 0.48% 355 18.80% 1,888
Duval 1,012 21.27% 3,706 77.91% 28 0.59% 11 0.23% -2,694 -56.63% 4,757
Eastland 3,442 50.05% 3,346 48.65% 37 0.54% 52 0.76% 96 1.40% 6,877
Ector 26,188 72.38% 9,069 25.07% 636 1.76% 286 0.79% 17,119 47.32% 36,179
Edwards 575 69.78% 237 28.76% 11 1.33% 1 0.12% 338 41.02% 824
Ellis 10,046 51.31% 9,219 47.08% 214 1.09% 101 0.52% 827 4.22% 19,580
El Paso 53,276 53.53% 40,082 40.27% 5,096 5.12% 1,072 1.08% 13,194 13.26% 99,526
Erath 3,981 47.93% 4,156 50.04% 92 1.11% 77 0.93% -175 -2.11% 8,306
Falls 2,606 43.38% 3,328 55.40% 51 0.85% 22 0.37% -722 -12.02% 6,007
Fannin 3,196 37.12% 5,284 61.36% 74 0.86% 57 0.66% -2,088 -24.25% 8,611
Fayette 4,104 60.32% 2,590 38.07% 77 1.13% 33 0.49% 1,514 22.25% 6,804
Fisher 838 34.39% 1,564 64.18% 23 0.94% 12 0.49% -726 -29.79% 2,437
Floyd 2,043 57.45% 1,477 41.54% 24 0.67% 12 0.34% 566 15.92% 3,556
Foard 349 35.69% 617 63.09% 7 0.72% 5 0.51% -268 -27.40% 978
Fort Bend 25,366 66.25% 11,583 30.25% 1,005 2.62% 332 0.87% 13,783 36.00% 38,286
Franklin 1,105 41.97% 1,487 56.48% 14 0.53% 27 1.03% -382 -14.51% 2,633
Freestone 2,468 46.88% 2,739 52.02% 33 0.63% 25 0.47% -271 -5.15% 5,265
Frio 1,753 37.55% 2,849 61.03% 47 1.01% 19 0.41% -1,096 -23.48% 4,668
Gaines 2,390 65.37% 1,182 32.33% 46 1.26% 38 1.04% 1,208 33.04% 3,656
Galveston 29,527 46.65% 30,778 48.62% 1,955 3.09% 1,037 1.64% -1,251 -1.98% 63,297
Garza 1,188 62.63% 677 35.69% 22 1.16% 10 0.53% 511 26.94% 1,897
Gillespie 4,736 78.70% 1,170 19.44% 90 1.50% 22 0.37% 3,566 59.26% 6,018
Glasscock 416 77.76% 116 21.68% 2 0.37% 1 0.19% 300 56.07% 535
Goliad 1,170 51.16% 1,081 47.27% 22 0.96% 14 0.61% 89 3.89% 2,287
Gonzales 2,931 49.49% 2,896 48.90% 61 1.03% 34 0.57% 35 0.59% 5,922
Gray 7,187 70.81% 2,786 27.45% 103 1.01% 73 0.72% 4,401 43.36% 10,149
Grayson 16,811 53.66% 13,807 44.08% 532 1.70% 176 0.56% 3,004 9.59% 31,326
Gregg 23,399 68.44% 10,219 29.89% 311 0.91% 261 0.76% 13,180 38.55% 34,190
Grimes 2,087 45.35% 2,440 53.02% 42 0.91% 33 0.72% -353 -7.67% 4,602
Guadalupe 9,901 64.18% 5,049 32.73% 407 2.64% 71 0.46% 4,852 31.45% 15,428
Hale 7,277 65.86% 3,610 32.67% 123 1.11% 40 0.36% 3,667 33.19% 11,050
Hall 1,141 51.40% 1,057 47.61% 13 0.59% 9 0.41% 84 3.78% 2,220
Hamilton 1,683 51.52% 1,526 46.71% 30 0.92% 28 0.86% 157 4.81% 3,267
Hansford 2,046 78.81% 518 19.95% 17 0.65% 15 0.58% 1,528 58.86% 2,596
Hardeman 1,056 46.46% 1,174 51.65% 28 1.23% 15 0.66% -118 -5.19% 2,273
Hardin 6,087 44.33% 7,358 53.58% 200 1.46% 87 0.63% -1,271 -9.26% 13,732
Harris 416,655 57.87% 274,061 38.06% 22,917 3.18% 6,381 0.89% 142,594 19.80% 720,014
Harrison 9,328 53.32% 7,746 44.28% 125 0.71% 294 1.68% 1,582 9.04% 17,493
Hartley 1,248 71.03% 470 26.75% 28 1.59% 11 0.63% 778 44.28% 1,757
Haskell 1,447 42.11% 1,951 56.78% 22 0.64% 16 0.47% -504 -14.67% 3,436
Hays 6,517 49.04% 6,013 45.25% 590 4.44% 169 1.27% 504 3.79% 13,289
Hemphill 1,152 64.72% 592 33.26% 21 1.18% 15 0.84% 560 31.46% 1,780
Henderson 7,903 48.47% 8,199 50.29% 134 0.82% 69 0.42% -296 -1.82% 16,305
Hidalgo 25,808 41.82% 34,542 55.97% 1,063 1.72% 304 0.49% -8,734 -14.15% 61,717
Hill 4,113 46.03% 4,688 52.46% 73 0.82% 62 0.69% -575 -6.43% 8,936
Hockley 4,599 64.03% 2,447 34.07% 90 1.25% 47 0.65% 2,152 29.96% 7,183
Hood 3,755 54.11% 3,001 43.24% 109 1.57% 75 1.08% 754 10.86% 6,940
Hopkins 3,834 46.09% 4,344 52.22% 93 1.12% 47 0.57% -510 -6.13% 8,318
Houston 2,889 40.44% 4,181 58.52% 47 0.66% 27 0.38% -1,292 -18.09% 7,144
Howard 6,658 58.86% 4,451 39.35% 158 1.40% 45 0.40% 2,207 19.51% 11,312
Hudspeth 471 53.28% 394 44.57% 14 1.58% 5 0.57% 77 8.71% 884
Hunt 9,283 50.18% 8,773 47.42% 327 1.77% 118 0.64% 510 2.76% 18,501
Hutchinson 7,439 69.97% 2,935 27.61% 170 1.60% 88 0.83% 4,504 42.36% 10,632
Irion 427 63.73% 239 35.67% 2 0.30% 2 0.30% 188 28.06% 670
Jack 1,482 51.51% 1,349 46.89% 29 1.01% 17 0.59% 133 4.62% 2,877
Jackson 2,540 56.91% 1,826 40.91% 66 1.48% 31 0.69% 714 16.00% 4,463
Jasper 4,396 42.86% 5,707 55.64% 98 0.96% 56 0.55% -1,311 -12.78% 10,257
Jeff Davis 409 56.10% 300 41.15% 10 1.37% 10 1.37% 109 14.95% 729
Jefferson 36,763 43.45% 45,642 53.95% 1,664 1.97% 533 0.63% -8,879 -10.50% 84,602
Jim Hogg 535 26.79% 1,437 71.96% 23 1.15% 2 0.10% -902 -45.17% 1,997
Jim Wells 4,606 38.34% 7,267 60.49% 102 0.85% 38 0.32% -2,661 -22.15% 12,013
Johnson 11,411 50.82% 10,542 46.95% 333 1.48% 168 0.75% 869 3.87% 22,454
Jones 2,765 47.07% 3,043 51.80% 45 0.77% 21 0.36% -278 -4.73% 5,874
Karnes 2,719 53.59% 2,284 45.01% 52 1.02% 19 0.37% 435 8.57% 5,074
Kaufman 5,852 47.63% 6,266 51.00% 110 0.90% 59 0.48% -414 -3.37% 12,287
Kendall 3,890 76.48% 1,075 21.14% 88 1.73% 33 0.65% 2,815 55.35% 5,086
Kenedy 76 40.64% 106 56.68% 2 1.07% 3 1.60% -30 -16.04% 187
Kent 339 48.85% 351 50.58% 0 0.00% 4 0.58% -12 -1.73% 694
Kerr 9,090 70.71% 3,387 26.35% 259 2.01% 119 0.93% 5,703 44.36% 12,855
Kimble 1,011 61.24% 608 36.83% 22 1.33% 10 0.61% 403 24.41% 1,651
King 144 70.24% 55 26.83% 5 2.44% 1 0.49% 89 43.41% 205
Kinney 543 51.91% 472 45.12% 23 2.20% 8 0.76% 71 6.79% 1,046
Kleberg 4,608 45.84% 5,125 50.98% 231 2.30% 89 0.89% -517 -5.14% 10,053
Knox 783 39.79% 1,163 59.10% 17 0.86% 5 0.25% -380 -19.31% 1,968
Lamar 6,094 45.17% 7,178 53.21% 148 1.10% 70 0.52% -1,084 -8.04% 13,490
Lamb 3,723 62.75% 2,132 35.93% 51 0.86% 27 0.46% 1,591 26.82% 5,933
Lampasas 2,323 53.02% 1,979 45.17% 56 1.28% 23 0.52% 344 7.85% 4,381
La Salle 773 34.39% 1,442 64.15% 19 0.85% 14 0.62% -669 -29.76% 2,248
Lavaca 3,254 54.24% 2,678 44.64% 54 0.90% 13 0.22% 576 9.60% 5,999
Lee 1,803 52.08% 1,581 45.67% 59 1.70% 19 0.55% 222 6.41% 3,462
Leon 1,821 44.93% 2,190 54.03% 19 0.47% 23 0.57% -369 -9.10% 4,053
Liberty 6,470 47.71% 6,810 50.22% 163 1.20% 118 0.87% -340 -2.51% 13,561
Limestone 2,835 44.86% 3,403 53.85% 45 0.71% 36 0.57% -568 -8.99% 6,319
Lipscomb 1,343 77.50% 338 19.50% 28 1.62% 24 1.38% 1,005 57.99% 1,733
Live Oak 2,193 60.61% 1,380 38.14% 32 0.88% 13 0.36% 813 22.47% 3,618
Llano 2,866 56.23% 2,130 41.79% 72 1.41% 29 0.57% 736 14.44% 5,097
Loving 50 69.44% 22 30.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 28 38.89% 72
Lubbock 46,711 68.83% 18,732 27.60% 1,952 2.88% 472 0.70% 27,979 41.23% 67,867
Lynn 1,603 55.78% 1,236 43.01% 28 0.97% 7 0.24% 367 12.77% 2,874
McCulloch 1,572 46.70% 1,750 51.99% 24 0.71% 20 0.59% -178 -5.29% 3,366
McLennan 31,968 53.71% 26,305 44.20% 964 1.62% 278 0.47% 5,663 9.52% 59,515
McMullen 271 68.09% 122 30.65% 4 1.01% 1 0.25% 149 37.44% 398
Madison 1,389 46.02% 1,583 52.45% 32 1.06% 14 0.46% -194 -6.43% 3,018
Marion 1,666 44.66% 2,015 54.02% 28 0.75% 21 0.56% -349 -9.36% 3,730
Martin 1,093 63.69% 605 35.26% 15 0.87% 3 0.17% 488 28.44% 1,716
Mason 966 59.59% 630 38.86% 17 1.05% 8 0.49% 336 20.73% 1,621
Matagorda 5,545 53.41% 4,585 44.16% 146 1.41% 106 1.02% 960 9.25% 10,382
Maverick 1,370 31.37% 2,932 67.14% 39 0.89% 26 0.60% -1,562 -35.77% 4,367
Medina 4,742 60.12% 3,034 38.46% 84 1.06% 28 0.35% 1,708 21.65% 7,888
Menard 548 52.19% 489 46.57% 11 1.05% 2 0.19% 59 5.62% 1,050
Midland 25,027 76.55% 6,839 20.92% 586 1.79% 240 0.73% 18,188 55.63% 32,692
Milam 3,251 42.62% 4,230 55.46% 111 1.46% 35 0.46% -979 -12.84% 7,627
Mills 985 47.84% 1,028 49.93% 24 1.17% 22 1.07% -43 -2.09% 2,059
Mitchell 1,455 49.73% 1,446 49.42% 12 0.41% 13 0.44% 9 0.31% 2,926
Montague 3,143 48.56% 3,233 49.95% 59 0.91% 37 0.57% -90 -1.39% 6,472
Montgomery 26,237 65.64% 12,593 31.51% 819 2.05% 322 0.81% 13,644 34.13% 39,971
Moore 3,736 66.92% 1,743 31.22% 67 1.20% 37 0.66% 1,993 35.70% 5,583
Morris 2,133 40.40% 3,105 58.81% 27 0.51% 15 0.28% -972 -18.41% 5,280
Motley 573 61.68% 341 36.71% 7 0.75% 8 0.86% 232 24.97% 929
Nacogdoches 8,626 56.94% 5,981 39.48% 422 2.79% 121 0.80% 2,645 17.46% 15,150
Navarro 5,400 42.89% 6,988 55.50% 126 1.00% 77 0.61% -1,588 -12.61% 12,591
Newton 1,379 29.25% 3,284 69.66% 24 0.51% 27 0.57% -1,905 -40.41% 4,714
Nolan 2,781 48.83% 2,796 49.10% 87 1.53% 31 0.54% -15 -0.26% 5,695
Nueces 40,586 46.84% 43,424 50.12% 2,045 2.36% 589 0.68% -2,838 -3.28% 86,644
Ochiltree 3,032 81.90% 594 16.05% 52 1.40% 24 0.65% 2,438 65.86% 3,702
Oldham 557 63.73% 290 33.18% 9 1.03% 18 2.06% 267 30.55% 874
Orange 12,389 44.43% 14,928 53.53% 395 1.42% 175 0.63% -2,539 -9.10% 27,887
Palo Pinto 4,068 47.95% 4,244 50.02% 98 1.16% 74 0.87% -176 -2.07% 8,484
Panola 4,022 51.92% 3,637 46.95% 58 0.75% 30 0.39% 385 4.97% 7,747
Parker 8,505 52.65% 7,336 45.41% 189 1.17% 125 0.77% 1,169 7.24% 16,155
Parmer 2,640 77.69% 707 20.81% 30 0.88% 21 0.62% 1,933 56.89% 3,398
Pecos 2,723 61.96% 1,602 36.45% 37 0.84% 33 0.75% 1,121 25.51% 4,395
Polk 3,771 46.51% 4,213 51.96% 80 0.99% 44 0.54% -442 -5.45% 8,108
Potter 16,327 60.85% 9,633 35.90% 545 2.03% 326 1.22% 6,694 24.95% 26,831
Presidio 723 40.19% 1,039 57.75% 22 1.22% 15 0.83% -316 -17.57% 1,799
Rains 813 40.21% 1,174 58.06% 18 0.89% 17 0.84% -361 -17.85% 2,022
Randall 23,136 73.72% 7,323 23.34% 677 2.16% 246 0.78% 15,813 50.39% 31,382
Reagan 917 67.88% 414 30.64% 14 1.04% 6 0.44% 503 37.23% 1,351
Real 832 57.26% 603 41.50% 14 0.96% 4 0.28% 229 15.76% 1,453
Red River 2,225 38.54% 3,501 60.64% 31 0.54% 16 0.28% -1,276 -22.10% 5,773
Reeves 2,315 50.95% 2,138 47.05% 52 1.14% 39 0.86% 177 3.90% 4,544
Refugio 1,944 45.73% 2,224 52.32% 57 1.34% 26 0.61% -280 -6.59% 4,251
Roberts 482 75.08% 150 23.36% 4 0.62% 6 0.93% 332 51.71% 642
Robertson 1,661 31.28% 3,572 67.27% 33 0.62% 44 0.83% -1,911 -35.99% 5,310
Rockwall 4,036 65.27% 1,985 32.10% 113 1.83% 50 0.81% 2,051 33.17% 6,184
Runnels 2,532 59.82% 1,648 38.93% 36 0.85% 17 0.40% 884 20.88% 4,233
Rusk 8,705 60.17% 5,582 38.58% 116 0.80% 64 0.44% 3,123 21.59% 14,467
Sabine 1,387 40.82% 1,983 58.36% 15 0.44% 13 0.38% -596 -17.54% 3,398
San Augustine 1,397 45.20% 1,674 54.16% 14 0.45% 6 0.19% -277 -8.96% 3,091
San Jacinto 1,726 41.16% 2,376 56.67% 42 1.00% 49 1.17% -650 -15.50% 4,193
San Patricio 8,326 47.59% 8,627 49.31% 280 1.60% 261 1.49% -301 -1.72% 17,494
San Saba 948 39.75% 1,405 58.91% 23 0.96% 9 0.38% -457 -19.16% 2,385
Schleicher 672 59.42% 444 39.26% 6 0.53% 9 0.80% 228 20.16% 1,131
Scurry 3,745 64.06% 2,003 34.26% 53 0.91% 45 0.77% 1,742 29.80% 5,846
Shackelford 959 60.66% 606 38.33% 9 0.57% 7 0.44% 353 22.33% 1,581
Shelby 3,500 44.85% 4,215 54.01% 71 0.91% 18 0.23% -715 -9.16% 7,804
Sherman 1,128 77.47% 286 19.64% 28 1.92% 14 0.96% 842 57.83% 1,456
Smith 28,236 64.61% 14,838 33.95% 414 0.95% 212 0.49% 13,398 30.66% 43,700
Somervell 792 42.76% 1,015 54.81% 21 1.13% 24 1.30% -223 -12.04% 1,852
Starr 1,389 22.21% 4,782 76.48% 50 0.80% 32 0.51% -3,393 -54.26% 6,253
Stephens 2,161 59.89% 1,372 38.03% 34 0.94% 41 1.14% 789 21.87% 3,608
Sterling 364 62.12% 218 37.20% 2 0.34% 2 0.34% 146 24.91% 586
Stonewall 488 40.03% 719 58.98% 6 0.49% 6 0.49% -231 -18.95% 1,219
Sutton 1,000 66.18% 485 32.10% 13 0.86% 13 0.86% 515 34.08% 1,511
Swisher 1,450 43.08% 1,854 55.08% 50 1.49% 12 0.36% -404 -12.00% 3,366
Tarrant 173,466 56.86% 121,068 39.69% 7,818 2.56% 2,714 0.89% 52,398 17.18% 305,066
Taylor 22,961 62.00% 13,245 35.77% 620 1.67% 206 0.56% 9,716 26.24% 37,032
Terrell 411 59.91% 260 37.90% 14 2.04% 1 0.15% 151 22.01% 686
Terry 3,178 61.17% 1,945 37.44% 45 0.87% 27 0.52% 1,233 23.73% 5,195
Throckmorton 444 48.90% 455 50.11% 7 0.77% 2 0.22% -11 -1.21% 908
Titus 3,747 48.66% 3,872 50.29% 44 0.57% 37 0.48% -125 -1.62% 7,700
Tom Green 16,555 60.71% 9,892 36.27% 661 2.42% 163 0.60% 6,663 24.43% 27,271
Travis 73,151 45.69% 75,028 46.87% 9,796 6.12% 2,118 1.32% -1,877 -1.17% 160,093
Trinity 1,503 36.95% 2,510 61.70% 32 0.79% 23 0.57% -1,007 -24.75% 4,068
Tyler 2,545 41.08% 3,540 57.14% 70 1.13% 40 0.65% -995 -16.06% 6,195
Upshur 4,836 49.09% 4,894 49.68% 78 0.79% 44 0.45% -58 -0.59% 9,852
Upton 1,169 69.42% 485 28.80% 13 0.77% 17 1.01% 684 40.62% 1,684
Uvalde 3,887 61.06% 2,402 37.73% 62 0.97% 15 0.24% 1,485 23.33% 6,366
Val Verde 5,055 54.05% 4,116 44.01% 145 1.55% 37 0.40% 939 10.04% 9,353
Van Zandt 5,495 48.46% 5,707 50.33% 78 0.69% 60 0.53% -212 -1.87% 11,340
Victoria 13,392 62.96% 7,382 34.71% 347 1.63% 148 0.70% 6,010 28.26% 21,269
Walker 5,657 51.87% 4,869 44.65% 274 2.51% 106 0.97% 788 7.23% 10,906
Waller 3,019 46.71% 3,329 51.51% 76 1.18% 39 0.60% -310 -4.80% 6,463
Ward 2,912 66.24% 1,405 31.96% 50 1.14% 29 0.66% 1,507 34.28% 4,396
Washington 4,821 64.32% 2,518 33.60% 95 1.27% 61 0.81% 2,303 30.73% 7,495
Webb 5,421 30.81% 11,856 67.39% 242 1.38% 74 0.42% -6,435 -36.58% 17,593
Wharton 6,598 55.18% 5,138 42.97% 160 1.34% 62 0.52% 1,460 12.21% 11,958
Wheeler 1,626 59.28% 1,090 39.74% 16 0.58% 11 0.40% 536 19.54% 2,743
Wichita 22,884 54.98% 17,657 42.42% 847 2.03% 237 0.57% 5,227 12.56% 41,625
Wilbarger 3,031 55.48% 2,347 42.96% 53 0.97% 32 0.59% 684 12.52% 5,463
Willacy 1,995 39.06% 3,047 59.65% 38 0.74% 28 0.55% -1,052 -20.60% 5,108
Williamson 15,035 56.39% 10,408 39.04% 946 3.55% 272 1.02% 4,627 17.35% 26,661
Wilson 3,443 51.91% 3,097 46.70% 73 1.10% 19 0.29% 346 5.22% 6,632
Winkler 2,160 66.83% 1,021 31.59% 35 1.08% 16 0.50% 1,139 35.24% 3,232
Wise 4,350 47.26% 4,674 50.78% 108 1.17% 73 0.79% -324 -3.52% 9,205
Wood 4,515 52.07% 4,033 46.51% 74 0.85% 49 0.57% 482 5.56% 8,671
Yoakum 1,937 71.90% 715 26.54% 28 1.04% 14 0.52% 1,222 45.36% 2,694
Young 4,153 59.14% 2,740 39.02% 84 1.20% 45 0.64% 1,413 20.12% 7,022
Zapata 874 41.01% 1,218 57.16% 19 0.89% 20 0.94% -344 -16.14% 2,131
Zavala 831 23.49% 2,621 74.08% 69 1.95% 17 0.48% -1,790 -50.59% 3,538
Totals 2,510,705 55.28% 1,881,147 41.42% 111,613 2.46% 38,172 0.84% 629,558 13.86% 4,541,637

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Somervell County gave a plurality to Independent Ross Perot in 1992.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-current)".
  2. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Texas". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1980 Presidential General Election Data: National by State – Sorted by Vote Percentage for Carter
  4. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; 'How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  5. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  6. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.

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