Who won Kansas in the 1980 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Kansas in 1980, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kansas have in 1980?

Kansas cast 7 electoral votes in the 1980 presidential election.

Did Kansas vote for the national winner in 1980?

Yes. Kansas backed Ronald Reagan, who won the presidency that year.

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1980

Kansas: Reagan carries 7 EV.

Kansas cast its 7 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Kansas voted with the national winner this cycle.

Kansas in 1980

The 1980 contest saw Kansas line up behind Reagan, delivering 7 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Kansas ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Kansas backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Kansas did not move alone — neighboring Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado broke the same way in 1980. Across the 41 presidential elections Kansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (34 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Ronald Reagan took 489 of the 538 electoral votes, against Jimmy Carter's 49. Ronald Reagan led the national popular vote with 50.75% of the ballots cast.

The 1980 national map

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