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Ronald Reagan campaigning in Florida.
In the 1980 United States presidential election , Florida was won comfortably by the Republican candidate, former California governor Ronald Reagan, over Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter. Reagan won by a wide 17.02% margin, a particularly strong performance in this conservative leaning state.[1] John B. Anderson , a liberal Republican congressman from Illinois who ran as an independent candidate, had Florida give him his strongest performance in a southern state by winning 5.14% of the popular vote. Florida, along with Virginia, were one of only two southern states to give Anderson over 5% of the vote. Although Carter lost Florida, he is the last Democrat to win a majority of counties in the state's northern region. Baker County , Bradford County , Columbia County , Liberty County , Lafayette County , Jackson County , Suwannee County , and Union County would never support a Democrat for president after this election.[2]
Results
Results by county
Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican
James Earl Carter Democratic
John Bayard Anderson Independent
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
County
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
Alachua
19,804
38.56%
26,849
52.27%
4,178
8.13%
533
1.04%
-7,045
-13.72%
51,364
Baker
2,283
45.88%
2,611
52.47%
56
1.13%
26
0.52%
-328
-6.59%
4,976
Bay
20,948
60.61%
12,389
35.85%
740
2.14%
484
1.40%
8,559
24.76%
34,561
Bradford
2,778
44.50%
3,347
53.61%
90
1.44%
28
0.45%
-569
-9.11%
6,243
Brevard
69,460
60.07%
39,007
33.73%
5,866
5.07%
1,303
1.13%
30,453
26.34%
115,636
Broward
229,693
55.95%
146,323
35.64%
31,554
7.69%
2,991
0.73%
83,370
20.31%
410,561
Calhoun
1,504
38.72%
2,300
59.22%
52
1.34%
28
0.72%
-796
-20.49%
3,884
Charlotte
20,486
64.62%
9,769
30.82%
1,210
3.82%
235
0.74%
10,717
33.81%
31,700
Citrus
14,286
58.48%
9,162
37.50%
787
3.22%
195
0.80%
5,124
20.97%
24,430
Clay
15,643
64.85%
7,630
31.63%
692
2.87%
157
0.65%
8,013
33.22%
24,122
Collier
23,900
71.10%
7,739
23.02%
1,678
4.99%
296
0.88%
16,161
48.08%
33,613
Columbia
5,643
48.45%
5,680
48.76%
248
2.13%
77
0.66%
-37
-0.32%
11,648
Dade
265,888
50.65%
210,868
40.17%
44,799
8.53%
3,350
0.64%
55,020
10.48%
524,905
Desoto
3,356
53.40%
2,713
43.17%
155
2.47%
61
0.97%
643
10.23%
6,285
Dixie
1,101
34.70%
2,010
63.35%
45
1.42%
17
0.54%
-909
-28.65%
3,173
Duval
98,664
50.45%
90,466
46.26%
5,184
2.65%
1,240
0.63%
8,198
4.19%
195,554
Escambia
51,794
58.49%
33,513
37.84%
2,634
2.97%
618
0.70%
18,281
20.64%
88,559
Flagler
2,895
51.70%
2,503
44.70%
154
2.75%
48
0.86%
392
7.00%
5,600
Franklin
1,508
44.59%
1,775
52.48%
54
1.60%
45
1.33%
-267
-7.89%
3,382
Gadsden
3,718
30.41%
8,222
67.26%
201
1.64%
84
0.69%
-4,504
-36.84%
12,225
Gilchrist
1,093
39.13%
1,627
58.25%
56
2.01%
17
0.61%
-534
-19.12%
2,793
Glades
1,098
45.96%
1,203
50.36%
61
2.55%
27
1.13%
-105
-4.40%
2,389
Gulf
2,127
43.18%
2,700
54.81%
61
1.24%
38
0.77%
-573
-11.63%
4,926
Hamilton
1,301
39.66%
1,923
58.63%
40
1.22%
16
0.49%
-622
-18.96%
3,280
Hardee
2,603
48.82%
2,599
48.74%
83
1.56%
47
0.88%
4
0.08%
5,332
Hendry
2,703
49.93%
2,543
46.97%
131
2.42%
37
0.68%
160
2.96%
5,414
Hernando
12,115
54.99%
8,858
40.21%
852
3.87%
207
0.94%
3,257
14.78%
22,032
Highlands
11,925
61.95%
6,688
34.74%
531
2.76%
105
0.55%
5,237
27.21%
19,249
Hillsborough
106,160
51.71%
88,271
42.99%
8,965
4.37%
1,918
0.93%
17,889
8.71%
205,314
Holmes
3,221
52.41%
2,767
45.02%
69
1.12%
89
1.45%
454
7.39%
6,146
Indian River
15,568
62.98%
7,759
31.39%
1,185
4.79%
205
0.83%
7,809
31.59%
24,717
Jackson
6,348
44.76%
7,567
53.36%
159
1.12%
107
0.75%
-1,219
-8.60%
14,181
Jefferson
1,623
39.19%
2,367
57.16%
96
2.32%
55
1.33%
-744
-17.97%
4,141
Lafayette
795
42.67%
1,034
55.50%
22
1.18%
12
0.64%
-239
-12.83%
1,863
Lake
26,798
64.53%
13,128
31.61%
1,244
3.00%
358
0.86%
13,670
32.92%
41,528
Lee
61,033
64.51%
28,125
29.73%
4,229
4.47%
1,226
1.30%
32,908
34.78%
94,613
Leon
24,919
43.47%
28,450
49.63%
3,193
5.57%
764
1.33%
-3,531
-6.16%
57,326
Levy
3,210
42.26%
4,170
54.90%
175
2.30%
41
0.54%
-960
-12.64%
7,596
Liberty
899
43.81%
1,114
54.29%
25
1.22%
14
0.68%
-215
-10.48%
2,052
Madison
2,280
41.39%
3,134
56.89%
65
1.18%
30
0.54%
-854
-15.50%
5,509
Manatee
40,535
61.81%
21,679
33.06%
2,928
4.47%
434
0.66%
18,856
28.75%
65,576
Marion
23,743
58.49%
15,400
37.94%
1,187
2.92%
262
0.65%
8,343
20.55%
40,592
Martin
20,521
68.05%
8,087
26.82%
1,321
4.38%
225
0.75%
12,434
41.23%
30,154
Monroe
11,644
53.40%
7,920
36.32%
1,932
8.86%
310
1.42%
3,724
17.08%
21,806
Nassau
5,440
50.60%
5,074
47.20%
183
1.70%
54
0.50%
366
3.40%
10,751
Okaloosa
28,072
69.62%
10,845
26.90%
1,116
2.77%
290
0.72%
17,227
42.72%
40,323
Okeechobee
2,783
44.81%
3,228
51.98%
156
2.51%
43
0.69%
-445
-7.17%
6,210
Orange
87,454
61.06%
48,767
34.05%
5,403
3.77%
1,595
1.11%
38,687
27.01%
143,219
Osceola
10,863
59.67%
6,603
36.27%
564
3.10%
175
0.96%
4,260
23.40%
18,205
Palm Beach
143,639
56.79%
91,991
36.37%
15,193
6.01%
2,107
0.83%
51,648
20.42%
252,930
Pasco
50,120
56.67%
34,054
38.50%
3,569
4.04%
699
0.79%
16,066
18.17%
88,442
Pinellas
185,728
53.83%
138,428
40.12%
17,839
5.17%
3,008
0.87%
47,300
13.71%
345,003
Polk
59,651
56.11%
43,327
40.75%
2,627
2.47%
710
0.67%
16,324
15.35%
106,315
Putnam
8,273
46.67%
8,906
50.24%
414
2.34%
134
0.76%
-633
-3.57%
17,727
St. Johns
11,234
59.67%
6,898
36.64%
554
2.94%
140
0.74%
4,336
23.03%
18,826
St. Lucie
18,126
60.76%
10,347
34.69%
1,113
3.73%
244
0.82%
7,779
26.08%
29,830
Santa Rosa
13,802
63.93%
6,964
32.26%
606
2.81%
218
1.01%
6,838
31.67%
21,590
Sarasota
68,065
68.57%
25,621
25.81%
4,796
4.83%
783
0.79%
42,444
42.76%
99,265
Seminole
39,989
66.16%
17,443
28.86%
2,459
4.07%
548
0.91%
22,546
37.30%
60,439
Sumter
3,671
44.41%
4,380
52.98%
141
1.71%
75
0.91%
-709
-8.58%
8,267
Suwannee
3,899
46.22%
4,345
51.51%
135
1.60%
57
0.68%
-446
-5.29%
8,436
Taylor
2,776
47.31%
2,963
50.49%
78
1.33%
51
0.87%
-187
-3.19%
5,868
Union
1,123
46.35%
1,237
51.05%
45
1.86%
18
0.74%
-114
-4.70%
2,423
Volusia
52,663
51.69%
44,513
43.69%
3,310
3.25%
1,396
1.37%
8,150
8.00%
101,882
Wakulla
2,021
47.26%
2,082
48.69%
112
2.62%
61
1.43%
-61
-1.43%
4,276
Walton
4,694
50.28%
4,360
46.70%
199
2.13%
83
0.89%
334
3.58%
9,336
Washington
3,251
49.92%
3,110
47.75%
93
1.43%
59
0.91%
141
2.16%
6,513
Totals
2,046,951
55.52%
1,419,475
38.50%
189,692
5.14%
30,908
0.84%
627,476
17.02%
3,687,026
References