The 1980 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November4, 1980. All fifty states and the District of Columbia participated in the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan was won by former California governor Ronald Reagan (R) by 6.5%. This result nonetheless made Michigan 3.2% more Democratic than the nation at large. This is despite the fact that it voted to the right of the nation by over seven points in 1976, when favorite son Gerald Ford won Michigan.

Along with Maine, New York, Mississippi, and Vermont, Michigan was one of the few states in which President Carter won counties that had gone to Ford in the previous presidential election, as Carter flipped both Washtenaw and Marquette.

Primary election Michigan held presidential primary elections on May 20, 1980.

Democratic party

Turnout for the Democratic primary was exceptionally low as the party had already awarded its delegates in party caucuses on April 26th and the primary results were non-binding. Neither Carter nor Kennedy appeared on the primary ballot. Results

Republican party

Unlike the Democratic primary, the Republican primary did award delegates and thus saw significantly higher turnout. Results

General election Results

Results by county CountyRonald ReaganRepublicanJimmy CarterDemocraticJohn B. AndersonAnderson CoalitionAll OthersVariousMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%Alcona2,90557.39%1,85736.69%2474.88%531.05%1,04820.70%5,062Alger2,05944.31%2,24248.25%2635.66%831.79%-183-3.94%4,647Allegan20,56062.24%9,87729.90%1,9846.01%6101.85%10,68332.34%33,031Alpena6,90149.89%5,83442.18%9136.60%1841.33%1,0677.71%13,832Antrim4,70656.26%2,90934.78%6027.20%1471.76%1,79721.48%8,364Arenac3,43653.43%2,54739.61%3335.18%1151.79%88913.82%6,431Baraga2,04652.18%1,60941.04%2015.13%651.66%43711.14%3,921Barry12,00658.13%6,85733.20%1,3996.77%3921.90%5,14924.93%20,654Bay25,33146.40%24,51744.91%3,8867.12%8581.57%8141.49%54,592Benzie3,05455.55%1,84233.50%4558.28%1472.67%1,21222.05%5,498Berrien41,45860.99%22,15232.59%3,4225.03%9461.39%19,30628.40%67,978Branch10,22462.99%4,63528.56%1,1026.79%2691.66%5,58934.43%16,230Calhoun30,91252.24%23,02238.90%4,4687.55%7741.31%7,89013.34%59,176Cass11,20656.78%7,05835.76%1,1565.86%3151.60%4,14821.02%19,735Charlevoix5,05351.58%3,74138.19%8168.33%1861.90%1,31213.39%9,796Cheboygan5,22152.45%3,93839.56%6386.41%1571.58%1,28312.89%9,954Chippewa7,05952.31%5,26839.04%9517.05%2161.60%1,79113.27%13,494Clare5,71953.36%4,16438.85%6636.19%1721.60%1,55514.51%10,718Clinton14,96860.62%7,53930.53%1,7367.03%4481.81%7,42930.09%24,691Crawford2,65253.42%1,82636.78%3907.86%961.93%82616.64%4,964Delta8,14646.04%8,47547.90%8494.80%2221.25%-329-1.86%17,692Dickinson6,61450.58%5,69443.54%5964.56%1731.32%9207.04%13,077Eaton22,92757.35%12,74231.87%3,5338.84%7751.94%10,18525.48%39,977Emmet5,93053.88%3,72433.84%1,13410.30%2181.98%2,20620.04%11,006Genesee78,57242.73%90,39349.15%12,2746.67%2,6611.45%-11,821-6.42%183,900Gladwin4,50951.09%3,73342.30%4635.25%1201.36%7768.79%8,825Gogebic4,38842.80%5,25451.25%4934.81%1171.14%-866-8.45%10,252Grand Traverse14,48458.63%7,15028.94%2,56810.39%5042.04%7,33429.69%24,706Gratiot9,29459.30%4,91631.37%1,1937.61%2691.72%4,37827.93%15,672Hillsdale10,95166.37%4,37526.52%8825.35%2911.76%6,57639.85%16,499Houghton7,92647.94%6,85841.48%1,4238.61%3271.98%1,0686.46%16,534Huron10,55365.27%4,43427.43%9766.04%2041.26%6,11937.84%16,167Ingham56,77745.19%48,27838.43%17,13913.64%3,4372.74%8,4996.76%125,631Ionia12,04057.38%7,03933.55%1,5397.33%3641.73%5,00123.83%20,982Iosco6,68056.54%4,25536.01%7396.25%1411.19%2,42520.53%11,815Iron3,50745.36%3,74248.40%3714.80%1121.45%-235-3.04%7,732Isabella10,40750.24%7,29335.21%2,51112.12%5042.43%3,11415.03%20,715Jackson33,74953.93%23,68537.85%4,1656.66%9811.57%10,06416.08%62,580Kalamazoo48,66950.90%34,52836.11%10,83311.33%1,5871.66%14,14114.79%95,617Kalkaska2,80256.42%1,80736.39%2605.24%971.95%99520.03%4,966Kent112,60454.59%72,79035.29%17,9138.68%2,9831.45%39,81419.30%206,290Keweenaw58346.27%57045.24%876.90%201.59%131.03%1,260Lake1,73043.22%2,04150.99%1874.67%451.12%-311-7.77%4,003Lapeer15,99656.99%9,67134.45%1,8686.66%5341.90%6,32522.54%28,069Leelanau4,58557.78%2,34829.59%83910.57%1632.05%2,23728.19%7,935Lenawee20,36656.44%12,93535.85%2,2306.18%5541.54%7,43120.59%36,085Livingston25,01260.17%12,62630.37%3,2477.81%6851.65%12,38629.80%41,570Luce1,65957.56%99234.42%1776.14%541.87%66723.14%2,882Mackinac3,02152.23%2,26239.11%4157.17%861.49%75913.12%5,784Macomb154,15551.88%120,12540.43%18,9756.39%3,8641.30%34,03011.45%297,119Manistee5,66252.91%4,16438.91%6996.53%1771.65%1,49814.00%10,702Marquette13,18144.71%13,31245.16%2,4818.42%5051.71%-131-0.45%29,479Mason7,13758.14%4,13433.68%8256.72%1801.47%3,00324.46%12,276Mecosta7,75453.37%5,22835.99%1,3229.10%2241.54%2,52617.38%14,528Menominee6,17052.52%4,96242.23%4523.85%1651.40%1,20810.29%11,749Midland17,82853.04%12,01935.76%3,1529.38%6111.82%5,80917.28%33,610Missaukee3,22163.47%1,56330.80%2304.53%611.20%1,65832.67%5,075Monroe25,61251.26%20,57841.19%3,1116.23%6631.33%5,03410.07%49,964Montcalm10,82256.51%6,70635.02%1,3096.84%3131.63%4,11621.49%19,150Montmorency2,40055.71%1,65438.39%1954.53%591.37%74617.32%4,308Muskegon36,51253.73%26,64539.21%4,0946.02%7031.03%9,86714.52%67,954Newaygo8,91858.58%5,23634.40%8505.58%2191.44%3,68224.18%15,223Oakland253,21154.65%164,86935.58%38,2738.26%6,9751.51%88,34219.07%463,328Oceana5,46557.14%3,38635.40%5705.96%1431.50%2,07921.74%9,564Ogemaw4,16951.29%3,42642.15%4255.23%1081.33%7439.14%8,128Ontonagon2,56948.95%2,37545.26%2374.52%671.28%1943.69%5,248Osceola4,90260.04%2,65032.46%4665.71%1461.79%2,25227.58%8,164Oscoda1,91555.25%1,32538.23%1835.28%1431.24%59017.02%3,466Otsego3,77153.70%2,66637.96%4937.02%931.32%1,10515.74%7,023Ottawa51,21767.85%18,43524.42%4,9036.50%9291.23%32,78243.43%75,484Presque Isle3,48650.43%2,95242.71%3825.53%921.33%5347.72%6,912Roscommon5,28054.66%3,76338.96%5085.26%1081.12%1,51715.70%9,659Saginaw45,23348.22%41,65044.40%5,6776.05%1,2391.32%3,5833.82%93,799Sanilac12,15867.11%4,89827.04%8634.76%1981.09%7,26040.07%18,117Schoolcraft2,09747.94%1,96444.90%2435.56%701.60%1333.04%4,374Shiawassee15,75651.71%11,98539.33%2,1216.96%6082.00%3,77112.38%30,470St. Clair31,02155.61%20,41036.59%3,5926.44%7561.36%10,61119.02%55,779St. Joseph13,63163.19%6,31829.29%1,2835.95%3381.57%7,31333.90%21,570Tuscola13,30659.12%7,63233.91%1,2665.63%3011.34%5,67425.21%22,505Van Buren14,45155.96%9,24835.81%1,6916.55%4341.68%5,20320.15%25,824Washtenaw48,69941.92%51,01343.91%13,46311.59%3,0042.59%-2,314-1.99%116,179Wayne315,53235.42%522,02458.60%43,6084.90%9,6801.09%-206,492-23.18%890,844Wexford6,02754.01%4,17337.39%7526.74%2081.86%1,85416.62%11,160Totals1,915,22548.99%1,661,53242.50%275,2237.04%57,7451.48%253,6936.49%3,909,725

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Arenac Bay Dickinson Keweenaw Monroe Ogemaw Ontonagon Schoolcraft

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Marquette Washtenaw

See also United States presidential elections in Michigan

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