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The 1980 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Dakota was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 29-point landslide.[1] Despite it voting consistently for the Republican Nominee from 1940 to this election (except for 1964), For the last two elections South Dakota had been considered competitive. In 1972, It was Democratic Nominee George McGovern's home state and despite a national landslide, it was the only state that swung to the left from 1968. In 1976, President Gerald Ford only narrowly won the State over Carter by a slim 1.5%. Given this competitive streak for South Dakota, Reagan's overwhelming win in the state was especially surprising with the state swinging 27.4 points to the right this election.[1]

Results

1980 United States presidential election in South Dakota[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ronald Reagan 198,343 60.53%
Democratic Jimmy Carter 103,855 31.69%
Independent John B. Anderson 21,431 6.54%
Libertarian Edward Clark 3,824 1.17%
Socialist Workers Andrew Pulley 250 0.08%
Majority 94,488 28.84%
Total votes 327,703 100.00%
Republican win

Results by county

County[2] Ronald Wilson Reagan
Republican
James Earl Carter
Democratic
John Bayard Anderson
Independent
Edward E. Clark
Independent
Cleve Andrew Pulley
Independent
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Aurora 1,251 58.93% 709 33.40% 125 5.89% 35 1.65% 3 0.14% 542 25.53% 2,123
Beadle 5,921 58.60% 3,521 34.85% 545 5.39% 109 1.08% 8 0.08% 2,400 23.75% 10,104
Bennett 919 69.41% 350 26.44% 42 3.17% 13 0.98% 0 0.00% 569 42.98% 1,324
Bon Homme 2,794 65.91% 1,191 28.10% 214 5.05% 38 0.90% 2 0.05% 1,603 37.82% 4,239
Brookings 5,727 52.15% 3,934 35.83% 1,169 10.65% 140 1.27% 11 0.10% 1,793 16.33% 10,981
Brown 10,550 58.61% 6,050 33.61% 1,143 6.35% 231 1.28% 25 0.14% 4,500 25.00% 17,999
Brule 1,674 59.79% 925 33.04% 153 5.46% 47 1.68% 1 0.04% 749 26.75% 2,800
Buffalo 272 59.65% 147 32.24% 26 5.70% 11 2.41% 0 0.00% 125 27.41% 456
Butte 2,850 73.11% 843 21.63% 150 3.85% 53 1.36% 2 0.05% 2,007 51.49% 3,898
Campbell 1,271 84.85% 182 12.15% 39 2.60% 6 0.40% 0 0.00% 1,089 72.70% 1,498
Charles Mix 2,608 56.71% 1,741 37.86% 203 4.41% 40 0.87% 7 0.15% 867 18.85% 4,599
Clark 1,963 67.43% 774 26.59% 151 5.19% 22 0.76% 1 0.03% 1,189 40.85% 2,911
Clay 3,004 47.56% 2,271 35.96% 906 14.34% 111 1.76% 24 0.38% 733 11.61% 6,316
Codington 5,903 59.09% 3,353 33.56% 638 6.39% 85 0.85% 11 0.11% 2,550 25.53% 9,990
Corson 1,233 66.47% 522 28.14% 82 4.42% 16 0.86% 2 0.11% 711 38.33% 1,855
Custer 2,057 69.61% 708 23.96% 129 4.37% 60 2.03% 1 0.03% 1,349 45.65% 2,955
Davison 4,743 55.72% 3,107 36.50% 568 6.67% 89 1.05% 5 0.06% 1,636 19.22% 8,512
Day 2,507 55.18% 1,720 37.86% 259 5.70% 56 1.23% 1 0.02% 787 17.32% 4,543
Deuel 1,657 60.39% 891 32.47% 169 6.16% 27 0.98% 0 0.00% 766 27.92% 2,744
Dewey 1,045 59.14% 600 33.96% 109 6.17% 11 0.62% 2 0.11% 445 25.18% 1,767
Douglas 1,855 75.31% 508 20.63% 91 3.69% 9 0.37% 0 0.00% 1,347 54.69% 2,463
Edmunds 1,881 64.55% 883 30.30% 125 4.29% 25 0.86% 0 0.00% 998 34.25% 2,914
Fall River 2,831 69.61% 982 24.15% 184 4.52% 67 1.65% 3 0.07% 1,849 45.46% 4,067
Faulk 1,300 66.84% 520 26.74% 110 5.66% 15 0.77% 0 0.00% 780 40.10% 1,945
Grant 2,691 58.58% 1,602 34.87% 254 5.53% 44 0.96% 3 0.07% 1,089 23.70% 4,594
Gregory 2,283 68.35% 883 26.44% 121 3.62% 50 1.50% 3 0.09% 1,400 41.92% 3,340
Haakon 1,162 79.32% 255 17.41% 38 2.59% 10 0.68% 0 0.00% 907 61.91% 1,465
Hamlin 1,885 62.69% 903 30.03% 197 6.55% 20 0.67% 2 0.07% 982 32.66% 3,007
Hand 2,066 67.38% 803 26.19% 159 5.19% 38 1.24% 0 0.00% 1,263 41.19% 3,066
Hanson 1,015 58.84% 598 34.67% 93 5.39% 18 1.04% 1 0.06% 417 24.17% 1,725
Harding 727 74.64% 205 21.05% 28 2.87% 14 1.44% 0 0.00% 522 53.59% 974
Hughes 4,652 66.00% 1,751 24.84% 554 7.86% 82 1.16% 9 0.13% 2,901 41.16% 7,048
Hutchinson 3,789 73.15% 1,145 22.10% 228 4.40% 15 0.29% 3 0.06% 2,644 51.04% 5,180
Hyde 864 70.76% 273 22.36% 60 4.91% 21 1.72% 3 0.25% 591 48.40% 1,221
Jackson 929 68.71% 354 26.18% 50 3.70% 19 1.41% 0 0.00% 575 42.53% 1,352
Jerauld 1,018 58.88% 595 34.41% 103 5.96% 12 0.69% 1 0.06% 423 24.47% 1,729
Jones 689 74.97% 189 20.57% 37 4.03% 4 0.44% 0 0.00% 500 54.41% 919
Kingsbury 2,376 62.41% 1,132 29.73% 258 6.78% 40 1.05% 1 0.03% 1,244 32.68% 3,807
Lake 3,093 52.85% 2,207 37.71% 504 8.61% 47 0.80% 1 0.02% 886 15.14% 5,852
Lawrence 5,306 63.14% 2,259 26.88% 574 6.83% 250 2.98% 14 0.17% 3,047 36.26% 8,403
Lincoln 3,848 57.45% 2,261 33.76% 524 7.82% 57 0.85% 8 0.12% 1,587 23.69% 6,698
Lyman 1,256 66.88% 486 25.88% 106 5.64% 29 1.54% 1 0.05% 770 41.00% 1,878
Marshall 1,710 56.98% 1,120 37.32% 147 4.90% 22 0.73% 2 0.07% 590 19.66% 3,001
McCook 2,014 56.83% 1,223 34.51% 269 7.59% 36 1.02% 2 0.06% 791 22.32% 3,544
McPherson 2,056 85.60% 287 11.95% 54 2.25% 5 0.21% 0 0.00% 1,769 73.65% 2,402
Meade 5,349 70.93% 1,721 22.82% 342 4.54% 127 1.68% 2 0.03% 3,628 48.11% 7,541
Mellette 624 64.80% 279 28.97% 46 4.78% 14 1.45% 0 0.00% 345 35.83% 963
Miner 1,172 53.98% 833 38.37% 148 6.82% 17 0.78% 1 0.05% 339 15.61% 2,171
Minnehaha 26,256 51.00% 20,008 38.87% 4,658 9.05% 531 1.03% 25 0.05% 6,248 12.14% 51,478
Moody 1,807 51.93% 1,364 39.20% 279 8.02% 29 0.83% 1 0.03% 443 12.73% 3,480
Pennington 18,991 67.33% 7,121 25.25% 1,650 5.85% 433 1.54% 9 0.03% 11,870 42.09% 28,204
Perkins 1,931 72.73% 595 22.41% 93 3.50% 33 1.24% 3 0.11% 1,336 50.32% 2,655
Potter 1,633 75.29% 436 20.10% 81 3.73% 18 0.83% 1 0.05% 1,197 55.19% 2,169
Roberts 2,904 57.98% 1,829 36.51% 235 4.69% 37 0.74% 4 0.08% 1,075 21.46% 5,009
Sanborn 1,178 60.97% 628 32.51% 107 5.54% 19 0.98% 0 0.00% 550 28.47% 1,932
Shannon 438 25.96% 1,132 67.10% 91 5.39% 20 1.19% 6 0.36% -694 -41.14% 1,687
Spink 2,915 60.30% 1,572 32.52% 294 6.08% 50 1.03% 3 0.06% 1,343 27.78% 4,834
Stanley 892 68.67% 339 26.10% 55 4.23% 12 0.92% 1 0.08% 553 42.57% 1,299
Sully 852 74.15% 220 19.15% 60 5.22% 17 1.48% 0 0.00% 632 55.00% 1,149
Todd 803 41.76% 972 50.55% 112 5.82% 30 1.56% 6 0.31% -169 -8.79% 1,923
Tripp 2,669 70.68% 947 25.08% 130 3.44% 26 0.69% 4 0.11% 1,722 45.60% 3,776
Turner 3,343 66.43% 1,369 27.21% 281 5.58% 37 0.74% 2 0.04% 1,974 39.23% 5,032
Union 2,788 55.16% 1,830 36.21% 359 7.10% 74 1.46% 3 0.06% 958 18.96% 5,054
Walworth 2,675 74.55% 753 20.99% 139 3.87% 19 0.53% 2 0.06% 1,922 53.57% 3,588
Yankton 5,355 61.22% 2,698 30.84% 553 6.32% 127 1.45% 14 0.16% 2,657 30.38% 8,747
Ziebach 523 65.05% 246 30.60% 30 3.73% 5 0.62% 0 0.00% 277 34.45% 804
Totals 198,343 60.53% 103,855 31.69% 21,431 6.54% 3,824 1.17% 250 0.08% 94,488 28.83% 327,703

=Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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