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1980 United States presidential election in Alabama
County Results
Reagan
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Carter
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
The United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 4, 1980. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan narrowly won the state and its 9 electoral votes, winning 48.8 percent to Incumbent President Jimmy Carter ’s 47.5 percent. John B. Anderson came in third place, winning 1.23 percent.
Reagan's margin of victory largely rested upon his strong performances in Mobile and Baldwin counties along the Gulf Coast, and Jefferson and Shelby counties in the Birmingham metropolitan area. Reagan also won three counties home to large cities: Madison (Huntsville ), Montgomery and Tuscaloosa . In contrast, Carter’s local appeal remained strong in the more rural counties of the state, and he won overwhelming victories in the Black Belt , where Carter’s 80.10 percent in Macon County was the highest proportion he received in any county nationwide.[1]
The 1980 election would set up Alabama to become a Republican stronghold for future presidential elections, after having been part of the Democratic Solid South for most of its statehood since 1824 . As of the 2016 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Limestone County , Morgan County , Marshall County , Talladega County , Cullman County , Tallapoosa County , Bibb County , Randolph County , Henry County , Lamar County , and Clay County voted for the Democratic candidate.[2]
Results
Result by county
County
Reagan#
Reagan%
Carter#
Carter%
Anderson#
Anderson%
Others#
Others%
Total votes cast
Autauga
6,292
56.87%
4,295
38.82%
125
1.13%
351
3.17%
11,063
Baldwin
18,652
65.78%
8,448
29.80%
414
1.46%
839
2.96%
28,353
Barbour
4,171
46.34%
4,458
49.53%
65
0.72%
307
3.41%
9,001
Bibb
2,491
44.30%
3,097
55.08%
22
0.39%
13
0.23%
5,623
Blount
6,819
53.59%
5,656
44.45%
75
0.59%
174
1.37%
12,724
Bullock
1,446
25.65%
3,960
70.25%
29
0.51%
202
3.58%
5,637
Butler
3,810
45.53%
4,156
49.67%
59
0.71%
343
4.10%
8,368
Calhoun
17,475
49.17%
17,017
47.88%
433
1.22%
616
1.73%
35,541
Chambers
4,864
40.88%
6,649
55.88%
122
1.03%
264
2.22%
11,899
Cherokee
2,482
38.55%
3,764
58.47%
63
0.98%
129
2.00%
6,438
Chilton
6,615
57.64%
4,706
41.00%
60
0.52%
96
0.84%
11,477
Choctaw
2,859
43.45%
3,680
55.93%
22
0.33%
19
0.29%
6,580
Clarke
5,059
47.44%
5,249
49.23%
55
0.52%
300
2.81%
10,663
Clay
2,764
48.09%
2,858
49.73%
34
0.59%
91
1.58%
5,747
Cleburne
2,389
52.78%
2,050
45.29%
34
0.75%
53
1.17%
4,526
Coffee
6,760
50.45%
6,140
45.82%
189
1.41%
310
2.31%
13,399
Colbert
6,619
33.07%
12,550
62.71%
209
1.04%
635
3.17%
20,013
Conecuh
2,948
47.69%
3,102
50.19%
29
0.47%
102
1.65%
6,181
Coosa
1,714
40.72%
2,383
56.62%
19
0.45%
93
2.21%
4,209
Covington
7,014
51.54%
6,305
46.33%
110
0.81%
179
1.32%
13,608
Crenshaw
2,478
47.15%
2,704
51.45%
39
0.74%
35
0.67%
5,256
Cullman
10,212
45.92%
11,525
51.82%
228
1.03%
275
1.24%
22,240
Dale
7,247
57.64%
4,936
39.26%
134
1.07%
256
2.04%
12,573
Dallas
7,647
42.14%
9,770
53.84%
131
0.72%
599
3.30%
18,147
DeKalb
9,673
51.75%
8,820
47.19%
107
0.57%
90
0.48%
18,690
Elmore
8,688
57.20%
5,947
39.15%
171
1.13%
384
2.53%
15,190
Escambia
6,513
54.04%
5,148
42.71%
87
0.72%
305
2.53%
12,053
Etowah
16,177
42.79%
20,790
54.99%
358
0.95%
481
1.27%
37,806
Fayette
3,315
48.83%
3,389
49.92%
47
0.69%
38
0.56%
6,789
Franklin
4,448
41.33%
6,136
57.01%
51
0.47%
128
1.19%
10,763
Geneva
4,747
49.30%
4,703
48.85%
67
0.70%
111
1.15%
9,628
Greene
1,034
22.79%
3,474
76.55%
16
0.35%
14
0.31%
4,538
Hale
2,074
34.69%
3,583
59.93%
56
0.94%
266
4.45%
5,979
Henry
2,813
47.85%
2,973
50.57%
18
0.31%
75
1.28%
5,879
Houston
14,884
64.05%
7,848
33.77%
184
0.79%
322
1.39%
23,238
Jackson
4,897
34.48%
8,776
61.79%
156
1.10%
374
2.63%
14,203
Jefferson
132,612
51.10%
113,069
43.57%
3,509
1.35%
10,322
3.98%
259,512
Lamar
2,778
44.91%
3,366
54.41%
16
0.26%
26
0.42%
6,186
Lauderdale
10,467
38.42%
15,379
56.45%
431
1.58%
966
3.55%
27,243
Lawrence
2,456
28.09%
6,112
69.92%
64
0.73%
110
1.26%
8,742
Lee
10,982
49.98%
9,606
43.72%
643
2.93%
741
3.37%
21,972
Limestone
4,574
34.18%
8,180
61.12%
183
1.37%
447
3.34%
13,384
Lowndes
1,524
28.60%
3,577
67.12%
15
0.28%
213
4.00%
5,329
Macon
1,259
14.35%
7,028
80.10%
36
0.41%
451
5.14%
8,774
Madison
30,604
47.03%
30,469
46.82%
2,246
3.45%
1,753
2.69%
65,072
Marengo
4,048
41.90%
5,178
53.60%
35
0.36%
399
4.13%
9,660
Marion
5,182
48.26%
5,450
50.75%
61
0.57%
45
0.42%
10,738
Marshall
8,159
40.93%
10,854
54.45%
283
1.42%
637
3.20%
19,933
Mobile
67,515
57.71%
46,180
39.47%
1,333
1.14%
1,964
1.68%
116,992
Monroe
4,615
50.87%
4,262
46.98%
43
0.47%
152
1.68%
9,072
Montgomery
35,745
53.75%
28,018
42.13%
985
1.48%
1,756
2.64%
66,504
Morgan
13,214
45.14%
14,703
50.23%
457
1.56%
897
3.06%
29,271
Perry
2,262
34.68%
4,208
64.52%
28
0.43%
24
0.37%
6,522
Pickens
3,582
43.78%
4,504
55.05%
61
0.75%
35
0.43%
8,182
Pike
5,220
52.25%
4,417
44.21%
83
0.83%
271
2.71%
9,991
Randolph
3,279
46.22%
3,378
47.62%
58
0.82%
379
5.34%
7,094
Russell
4,485
33.22%
8,123
60.17%
137
1.01%
755
5.59%
13,500
St. Clair
7,768
56.89%
5,236
38.35%
121
0.89%
529
3.87%
13,654
Shelby
14,957
64.28%
7,396
31.79%
407
1.75%
507
2.18%
23,267
Sumter
2,104
29.23%
5,015
69.66%
45
0.63%
35
0.49%
7,199
Talladega
9,902
47.97%
10,159
49.22%
140
0.68%
440
2.13%
20,641
Tallapoosa
5,958
43.80%
7,260
53.37%
96
0.71%
289
2.12%
13,603
Tuscaloosa
19,750
48.50%
19,103
46.91%
789
1.94%
1,078
2.65%
40,720
Walker
8,795
38.53%
13,616
59.65%
82
0.36%
335
1.47%
22,828
Washington
3,045
45.96%
3,520
53.13%
24
0.36%
36
0.54%
6,625
Wilcox
2,280
31.40%
4,951
68.19%
13
0.18%
17
0.23%
7,261
Winston
4,981
59.04%
3,368
39.92%
39
0.46%
48
0.57%
8,436
Totals
654,192
48.75%
636,730
47.45%
16,481
1.23%
34,526
2.57%
1,341,929
References