1980 United States presidential election in Virginia

Main article: 1980 United States presidential election

The 1980 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

1980 United States presidential election in Virginia

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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John B. Anderson Party Republican Democratic Independent Home state California Georgia Illinois Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Patrick Lucey Electoral vote 12 0 0 Popular vote 989,609 752,174 95,418 Percentage 53.0% 40.3% 5.1%

County and Independent City Results Reagan   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Carter   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

Virginia was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan with 53.03% of the vote, who was running against incumbent United States President Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois. The national election was ultimately won by Reagan with 50.75% of the vote.

As of the 2020 presidential election^[update], this is the last occasion when Franklin County, Isle of Wight County, Craig County, Louisa County and Pulaski County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. It is also the last time Arlington County and Alexandria City have voted for a Republican presidential candidate.^[1]

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Virginia^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan	989,609	53.03%	12
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter (inc.)	752,174	40.31%	0
	Independent	John B. Anderson	95,418	5.11%	0
	Independent	Barry Commoner	14,024	0.75%	0
	Libertarian	Ed Clark	12,821	0.69%	0
	Independent	Clifton DeBerry	1,986	0.11%	0
Totals			1,866,032	100.00%	12

Results by county

County or Independent City	Ronald Reagan^[3] Republican		Jimmy Carter^[3] Democratic		John B. Anderson^[3] Independent		Barry Commoner^[3] Independent		Edward E. Clark^[3] Libertarian		Clifton DeBerry^[3] Independent		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Accomack County	5,371	50.21%	4,872	45.54%	292	2.73%	78	0.73%	73	0.68%	12	0.11%	499	4.66%	10,698
Albemarle County	10,424	53.23%	7,293	37.24%	1,435	7.33%	140	0.71%	282	1.44%	8	0.04%	3,131	15.99%	19,582
Alleghany County	2,185	45.94%	2,411	50.69%	116	2.44%	16	0.34%	26	0.55%	2	0.04%	-226	-4.75%	4,756
Amelia County	1,969	53.20%	1,643	44.39%	52	1.41%	8	0.22%	23	0.62%	6	0.16%	326	8.81%	3,701
Amherst County	5,088	57.56%	3,476	39.32%	208	2.35%	20	0.23%	45	0.51%	3	0.03%	1,612	18.24%	8,840
Appomattox County	2,548	60.42%	1,492	35.38%	85	2.02%	64	1.52%	23	0.55%	5	0.12%	1,056	25.04%	4,217
Arlington County	30,854	46.15%	26,502	39.64%	8,042	12.03%	652	0.98%	744	1.11%	67	0.10%	4,352	6.51%	66,861
Augusta County	11,011	64.32%	5,202	30.39%	539	3.15%	254	1.48%	100	0.58%	14	0.08%	5,809	33.93%	17,120
Bath County	921	45.89%	999	49.78%	70	3.49%	1	0.05%	16	0.80%	0	0.00%	-78	-3.89%	2,007
Bedford County	6,608	55.81%	4,721	39.87%	336	2.84%	90	0.76%	66	0.56%	19	0.16%	1,887	15.94%	11,840
Bland County	1,278	54.50%	1,002	42.73%	35	1.49%	16	0.68%	11	0.47%	3	0.13%	276	11.77%	2,345
Botetourt County	4,408	51.24%	3,698	42.99%	329	3.82%	86	1.00%	71	0.83%	10	0.12%	710	8.25%	8,602
Brunswick County	2,310	39.39%	3,430	58.49%	70	1.19%	22	0.38%	26	0.44%	6	0.10%	-1,120	-19.10%	5,864
Buchanan County	4,554	42.85%	5,768	54.27%	95	0.89%	167	1.57%	37	0.35%	8	0.08%	-1,214	-11.42%	10,629
Buckingham County	1,864	47.51%	1,933	49.27%	77	1.96%	22	0.56%	20	0.51%	7	0.18%	-69	-1.76%	3,923
Campbell County	9,592	65.16%	4,473	30.39%	396	2.69%	167	1.13%	75	0.51%	18	0.12%	5,119	34.77%	14,721
Caroline County	2,071	40.18%	2,924	56.73%	116	2.25%	15	0.29%	27	0.52%	1	0.02%	-853	-16.55%	5,154
Carroll County	5,905	61.29%	3,437	35.68%	183	1.90%	37	0.38%	63	0.65%	9	0.09%	2,468	25.62%	9,634
Charles City County	506	23.74%	1,564	73.39%	39	1.83%	7	0.33%	10	0.47%	5	0.23%	-1,058	-49.65%	2,131
Charlotte County	2,322	51.26%	2,108	46.53%	59	1.30%	93	0.17%	353	0.66%	17	0.03%	214	4.72%	4,530
Chesterfield County	37,908	70.71%	13,060	24.36%	2,182	4.07%	14	0.43%	40	1.22%	3	0.09%	24,848	46.35%	53,613
Clarke County	1,876	57.44%	1,156	35.39%	177	5.42%	27	0.86%	13	0.41%	9	0.29%	720	22.05%	3,266
Craig County	768	43.17%	946	53.18%	41	2.30%	5	0.28%	18	1.01%	1	0.06%	-178	-10.01%	1,779
Culpeper County	4,312	59.43%	2,519	34.72%	231	3.18%	127	1.75%	55	0.76%	11	0.15%	1,793	24.71%	7,255
Cumberland County	1,515	50.10%	1,355	44.81%	51	1.69%	74	2.45%	19	0.63%	10	0.33%	160	5.29%	3,024
Dickenson County	3,687	46.12%	4,177	52.25%	77	0.96%	16	0.20%	31	0.39%	7	0.09%	-490	-6.13%	7,995
Dinwiddie County	3,369	48.01%	3,475	49.52%	107	1.52%	27	0.38%	30	0.43%	10	0.14%	-106	-1.51%	7,018
Essex County	1,581	52.93%	1,280	42.85%	76	2.54%	26	0.87%	20	0.67%	4	0.13%	301	10.08%	2,987
Fairfax County	137,620	57.41%	73,734	30.76%	24,605	10.26%	1,557	0.65%	1,933	0.81%	256	0.11%	63,886	26.65%	239,705
Fauquier County	6,782	58.11%	4,119	35.30%	548	4.70%	26	0.55%	45	0.95%	2	0.04%	2,663	22.82%	11,670
Floyd County	2,447	56.60%	1,642	37.98%	131	3.03%	59	1.36%	42	0.97%	2	0.05%	805	18.62%	4,323
Fluvanna County	1,605	50.41%	1,424	44.72%	108	3.39%	17	0.53%	28	0.88%	2	0.06%	181	5.68%	3,184
Franklin County	4,993	45.02%	5,685	51.26%	304	2.74%	40	0.36%	63	0.57%	5	0.05%	-692	-6.24%	11,090
Frederick County	7,293	67.61%	2,948	27.33%	455	4.22%	26	0.24%	62	0.57%	3	0.03%	4,345	40.28%	10,787
Giles County	2,978	42.91%	3,627	52.26%	211	3.04%	54	0.78%	63	0.91%	7	0.10%	-649	-9.35%	6,940
Gloucester County	4,261	53.96%	3,138	39.74%	354	4.48%	76	0.96%	56	0.71%	12	0.15%	1,123	14.22%	7,897
Goochland County	2,423	49.68%	2,290	46.96%	113	2.32%	11	0.23%	32	0.66%	8	0.16%	133	2.73%	4,877
Grayson County	3,494	53.37%	2,875	43.91%	106	1.62%	26	0.40%	39	0.60%	7	0.11%	619	9.45%	6,547
Greene County	1,702	60.55%	925	32.91%	105	3.74%	47	1.67%	22	0.78%	10	0.36%	777	27.64%	2,811
Greensville County	1,583	41.66%	2,142	56.37%	39	1.03%	18	0.47%	12	0.32%	6	0.16%	-559	-14.71%	3,800
Halifax County	5,088	51.73%	4,528	46.03%	125	1.27%	57	0.58%	30	0.31%	8	0.08%	560	5.69%	9,836
Hanover County	14,262	70.02%	5,383	26.43%	589	2.89%	32	0.16%	99	0.49%	3	0.01%	8,879	43.59%	20,368
Henrico County	50,505	66.85%	21,023	27.83%	2,956	3.91%	595	0.79%	422	0.56%	50	0.07%	29,482	39.02%	75,551
Henry County	8,258	46.44%	8,800	49.49%	355	2.00%	247	1.39%	103	0.58%	20	0.11%	-542	-3.05%	17,783
Highland County	751	58.76%	487	38.11%	25	1.96%	10	0.78%	5	0.39%	0	0.00%	264	20.66%	1,278
Isle of Wight County	3,526	45.30%	3,951	50.76%	197	2.53%	35	0.45%	64	0.82%	11	0.14%	-425	-5.46%	7,784
James City County	4,289	53.29%	3,068	38.12%	551	6.85%	71	0.88%	55	0.68%	14	0.17%	1,221	15.17%	8,048
King and Queen County	949	44.14%	1,128	52.47%	43	2.00%	5	0.23%	21	0.98%	4	0.19%	-179	-8.33%	2,150
King George County	1,784	53.54%	1,318	39.56%	185	5.55%	7	0.21%	35	1.05%	3	0.09%	466	13.99%	3,332
King William County	2,036	56.54%	1,446	40.16%	80	2.22%	14	0.39%	24	0.67%	1	0.03%	590	16.38%	3,601
Lancaster County	2,780	61.01%	1,567	34.39%	106	2.33%	69	1.51%	24	0.53%	11	0.24%	1,213	26.62%	4,557
Lee County	4,417	47.10%	4,758	50.74%	137	1.46%	28	0.30%	33	0.35%	4	0.04%	-341	-3.64%	9,377
Loudoun County	12,076	58.93%	6,694	32.67%	1,312	6.40%	201	0.98%	166	0.81%	43	0.21%	5,382	26.26%	20,492
Louisa County	2,633	46.14%	2,809	49.23%	160	2.80%	38	0.67%	58	1.02%	8	0.14%	-176	-3.08%	5,706
Lunenburg County	2,045	49.44%	1,958	47.34%	59	1.43%	55	1.33%	8	0.19%	11	0.27%	87	2.10%	4,136
Madison County	1,959	55.64%	1,351	38.37%	156	4.43%	27	0.77%	27	0.77%	1	0.03%	608	17.27%	3,521
Mathews County	2,204	59.31%	1,300	34.98%	148	3.98%	37	1.00%	19	0.51%	8	0.22%	904	24.33%	3,716
Mecklenburg County	4,853	54.45%	3,790	42.52%	142	1.59%	81	0.91%	32	0.36%	15	0.17%	1,063	11.93%	8,913
Middlesex County	1,810	54.13%	1,395	41.72%	90	2.69%	25	0.75%	15	0.45%	9	0.27%	415	12.41%	3,344
Montgomery County	8,222	47.41%	7,455	42.98%	1,400	8.07%	93	0.54%	161	0.93%	13	0.07%	767	4.42%	17,344
Nelson County	1,866	41.50%	2,410	53.60%	143	3.18%	35	0.78%	41	0.91%	1	0.02%	-544	-12.10%	4,496
New Kent County	1,739	57.30%	1,204	39.67%	68	2.24%	9	0.30%	15	0.49%	0	0.00%	535	17.63%	3,035
Northampton County	2,165	45.65%	2,363	49.82%	114	2.40%	53	1.12%	34	0.72%	14	0.30%	-198	-4.17%	4,743
Northumberland County	2,598	60.00%	1,551	35.82%	109	2.52%	42	0.97%	20	0.46%	10	0.23%	1,047	24.18%	4,330
Nottoway County	2,813	50.13%	2,593	46.21%	113	2.01%	63	1.12%	22	0.39%	7	0.12%	220	3.92%	5,611
Orange County	3,381	54.90%	2,420	39.30%	241	3.91%	54	0.88%	58	0.94%	4	0.06%	961	15.61%	6,158
Page County	4,297	60.20%	2,607	36.52%	161	2.26%	27	0.38%	41	0.57%	5	0.07%	1,690	23.68%	7,138
Patrick County	3,436	56.12%	2,382	38.90%	105	1.71%	154	2.52%	35	0.57%	11	0.18%	1,054	17.21%	6,123
Pittsylvania County	12,022	59.28%	7,653	37.74%	250	1.23%	275	1.36%	54	0.27%	26	0.13%	4,369	21.54%	20,280
Powhatan County	2,933	64.18%	1,484	32.47%	98	2.14%	9	0.20%	39	0.85%	7	0.15%	1,449	31.71%	4,570
Prince Edward County	2,774	49.55%	2,553	45.61%	137	2.45%	82	1.46%	41	0.73%	11	0.20%	221	3.95%	5,598
Prince George County	3,389	57.56%	2,310	39.23%	130	2.21%	12	0.20%	40	0.68%	7	0.12%	1,079	18.33%	5,888
Prince William County	23,061	58.95%	12,787	32.69%	2,676	6.84%	226	0.58%	313	0.80%	56	0.14%	10,274	26.26%	39,119
Pulaski County	5,747	47.73%	5,769	47.92%	343	2.85%	92	0.76%	81	0.67%	8	0.07%	-22	-0.18%	12,040
Rappahannock County	1,179	49.81%	1,055	44.57%	99	4.18%	11	0.46%	21	0.89%	2	0.08%	124	5.24%	2,367
Richmond County	1,567	62.81%	854	34.23%	49	1.96%	8	0.32%	14	0.56%	3	0.12%	713	28.58%	2,495
Roanoke County	17,182	55.76%	12,114	39.31%	1,286	4.17%	45	0.15%	180	0.58%	7	0.02%	5,068	16.45%	30,814
Rockbridge County	2,784	49.04%	2,475	43.60%	296	5.21%	62	1.09%	54	0.95%	6	0.11%	309	5.44%	5,677
Rockingham County	11,397	63.82%	5,294	29.64%	771	4.32%	233	1.30%	143	0.80%	21	0.12%	6,103	34.17%	17,859
Russell County	4,778	43.94%	5,764	53.01%	125	1.15%	159	1.46%	38	0.35%	10	0.09%	-986	-9.07%	10,874
Scott County	4,744	50.54%	4,314	45.96%	153	1.63%	145	1.54%	27	0.29%	4	0.04%	430	4.58%	9,387
Shenandoah County	7,517	67.10%	3,137	28.00%	385	3.44%	59	0.53%	95	0.85%	10	0.09%	4,380	39.10%	11,203
Smyth County	6,033	50.86%	5,335	44.98%	224	1.89%	190	1.60%	64	0.54%	15	0.13%	698	5.88%	11,861
Southampton County	2,997	45.50%	3,347	50.81%	163	2.47%	24	0.36%	49	0.74%	7	0.11%	-350	-5.31%	6,587
Spotsylvania County	5,385	53.82%	4,039	40.37%	464	4.64%	29	0.29%	72	0.72%	16	0.16%	1,346	13.45%	10,005
Stafford County	7,106	58.85%	4,211	34.87%	623	5.16%	28	0.23%	100	0.83%	7	0.06%	2,895	23.98%	12,075
Surry County	962	34.10%	1,756	62.25%	63	2.23%	9	0.32%	24	0.85%	7	0.25%	-794	-28.15%	2,821
Sussex County	1,664	38.94%	2,447	57.27%	86	2.01%	31	0.73%	26	0.61%	19	0.44%	-783	-18.32%	4,273
Tazewell County	7,021	48.67%	7,003	48.55%	225	1.56%	110	0.76%	61	0.42%	5	0.03%	18	0.12%	14,425
Warren County	3,861	55.79%	2,597	37.53%	297	4.29%	104	1.50%	46	0.66%	15	0.22%	1,264	18.27%	6,920
Washington County	8,402	53.87%	6,390	40.97%	382	2.45%	320	2.05%	79	0.51%	24	0.15%	2,012	12.90%	15,597
Westmoreland County	2,510	50.31%	2,271	45.52%	133	2.67%	44	0.88%	24	0.48%	7	0.14%	239	4.79%	4,989
Wise County	5,767	43.89%	6,779	51.59%	258	1.96%	267	2.03%	50	0.38%	20	0.15%	-1,012	-7.70%	13,141
Wythe County	4,758	54.28%	3,677	41.95%	164	1.87%	95	1.08%	61	0.70%	11	0.13%	1,081	12.33%	8,766
York County	6,744	55.58%	4,532	37.35%	723	5.96%	36	0.30%	95	0.78%	3	0.02%	2,212	18.23%	12,133
Alexandria City	17,865	44.23%	17,134	42.42%	4,546	11.26%	458	1.13%	326	0.81%	59	0.15%	731	1.81%	40,388
Bedford City	1,145	47.26%	1,149	47.42%	75	3.10%	32	1.32%	20	0.83%	2	0.08%	-4	-0.17%	2,423
Bristol City	3,432	52.68%	2,889	44.34%	160	2.46%	3	0.05%	31	0.48%	0	0.00%	543	8.33%	6,515
Buena Vista City	942	45.09%	1,031	49.35%	59	2.82%	38	1.82%	12	0.57%	7	0.34%	-89	-4.26%	2,089
Charlottesville City	5,907	40.56%	6,866	47.15%	1,377	9.46%	25	0.55%	8	0.18%	8	0.18%	-959	-6.59%	14,562
Chesapeake City	17,888	48.47%	17,155	46.49%	1,189	3.22%	245	1.68%	148	1.02%	19	0.13%	733	1.99%	36,904
Clifton Forge City	716	39.23%	1,012	55.45%	68	3.73%	388	1.05%	216	0.59%	68	0.18%	-296	-16.22%	1,825
Colonial Heights City	5,012	70.96%	1,692	23.96%	219	3.10%	21	1.15%	6	0.33%	2	0.11%	3,320	47.01%	7,063
Covington City	1,187	37.68%	1,813	57.56%	101	3.21%	99	1.40%	38	0.54%	3	0.04%	-626	-19.87%	3,150
Danville City	10,665	61.43%	6,138	35.35%	296	1.70%	198	1.14%	56	0.32%	9	0.05%	4,527	26.07%	17,362
Emporia City	988	51.95%	855	44.95%	41	2.16%	7	0.37%	8	0.42%	3	0.16%	133	6.99%	1,902
Fairfax City	4,475	55.91%	2,614	32.66%	800	10.00%	42	0.52%	65	0.81%	8	0.10%	1,861	23.25%	8,004
Falls Church City	2,485	52.23%	1,703	35.79%	497	10.45%	113	0.97%	93	0.80%	15	0.13%	782	16.44%	4,758
Franklin City	1,045	42.55%	1,324	53.91%	62	2.52%	5	0.20%	15	0.61%	5	0.20%	-279	-11.36%	2,456
Fredericksburg City	2,502	50.36%	2,174	43.76%	245	4.93%	9	0.18%	34	0.68%	4	0.08%	328	6.60%	4,968
Galax City	1,188	51.81%	1,061	46.27%	31	1.35%	3	0.13%	6	0.26%	4	0.17%	127	5.54%	2,293
Hampton City	17,023	45.08%	18,517	49.03%	1,598	4.23%	329	0.87%	234	0.62%	64	0.17%	-1,494	-3.96%	37,765
Harrisonburg City	3,388	58.45%	1,896	32.71%	403	6.95%	61	1.05%	39	0.67%	9	0.16%	1,492	25.74%	5,796
Hopewell City	4,423	56.19%	3,102	39.41%	178	2.26%	97	1.23%	57	0.72%	15	0.19%	1,321	16.78%	7,872
Lexington City	956	45.90%	963	46.23%	129	6.19%	16	0.77%	19	0.91%	0	0.00%	-7	-0.34%	2,083
Lynchburg City	15,245	62.44%	7,783	31.88%	854	3.50%	373	1.53%	128	0.52%	34	0.14%	7,462	30.56%	24,417
Manassas City	3,009	60.76%	1,565	31.60%	318	6.42%	23	0.46%	31	0.63%	6	0.12%	1,444	29.16%	4,952
Manassas Park City	729	58.13%	447	35.65%	52	4.15%	7	0.56%	19	1.52%	0	0.00%	282	22.49%	1,254
Martinsville City	3,433	48.82%	3,337	47.45%	162	2.30%	70	1.00%	22	0.31%	8	0.11%	96	1.37%	7,032
Newport News City	22,423	47.73%	22,066	46.97%	2,068	4.40%	114	0.24%	268	0.57%	43	0.09%	357	0.76%	46,982
Norfolk City	27,506	40.93%	35,118	52.26%	3,333	4.96%	623	0.93%	488	0.73%	132	0.20%	-7,612	-11.33%	67,200
Norton City	572	40.86%	762	54.43%	42	3.00%	12	0.86%	11	0.79%	1	0.07%	-190	-13.57%	1,400
Petersburg City	5,001	37.67%	7,931	59.73%	254	1.91%	21	0.16%	63	0.47%	7	0.05%	-2,930	-22.07%	13,277
Poquoson City	2,338	68.78%	877	25.80%	158	4.65%	5	0.15%	21	0.62%	0	0.00%	1,461	42.98%	3,399
Portsmouth City	13,660	38.00%	20,900	58.14%	1,124	3.13%	79	0.22%	171	0.48%	15	0.04%	-7,240	-20.14%	35,949
Radford City	1,964	44.01%	2,225	49.85%	233	5.22%	18	0.40%	21	0.47%	2	0.04%	-261	-5.85%	4,463
Richmond City	34,629	39.76%	47,975	55.08%	3,502	4.02%	330	0.38%	625	0.72%	45	0.05%	-13,346	-15.32%	87,106
Roanoke City	15,164	43.39%	18,139	51.91%	1,350	3.86%	75	0.21%	207	0.59%	11	0.03%	-2,975	-8.51%	34,946
Salem City	4,862	51.78%	4,091	43.57%	359	3.82%	17	0.18%	50	0.53%	10	0.11%	771	8.21%	9,389
South Boston City	1,615	60.97%	971	36.66%	51	1.93%	5	0.19%	6	0.23%	1	0.04%	644	24.31%	2,649
Staunton City	4,819	60.79%	2,658	33.53%	311	3.92%	89	1.12%	42	0.53%	8	0.10%	2,161	27.26%	7,927
Suffolk City	7,179	42.82%	9,064	54.07%	360	2.15%	56	0.33%	98	0.58%	8	0.05%	-1,885	-11.24%	16,765
Virginia Beach City	47,936	60.50%	24,895	31.42%	4,830	6.10%	690	0.87%	764	0.96%	120	0.15%	23,041	29.08%	79,235
Waynesboro City	3,697	61.84%	1,926	32.22%	255	4.27%	72	1.20%	23	0.38%	5	0.08%	1,771	29.63%	5,978
Williamsburg City	1,344	45.51%	1,199	40.60%	340	11.51%	41	1.39%	26	0.88%	3	0.10%	145	4.91%	2,953
Winchester City	4,240	64.02%	2,006	30.29%	320	4.83%	18	0.27%	34	0.51%	5	0.08%	2,234	33.73%	6,623
Totals	989,609	53.03%	752,174	40.31%	95,418	5.11%	14,024	0.75%	12,821	0.69%	1,986	0.11%	237,435	12.72%	1,866,032

References

1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
2. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). clerk.house.gov. (PDF) from the original on April 5, 2022.
3. Our Campaigns; VA US Presidential Race, November 04, 1980