Who won Missouri in the 1980 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Missouri in 1980, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Missouri have in 1980?

Missouri cast 12 electoral votes in the 1980 presidential election.

Did Missouri vote for the national winner in 1980?

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

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1980

Missouri: Reagan carries 12 EV.

Missouri cast its 12 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Missouri voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Missouri, 1980

In 1980, Missouri awarded its 12 electoral votes to Reagan of the Republican party. Missouri ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

The result flipped Missouri away from the Democratic it had supported in 1976. Missouri did not move alone — neighboring Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska broke the same way in 1980. Across the 52 presidential elections Missouri has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (33 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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