List of 1980 swing states

The 1980 U.S. Presidential election matched incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter against former Governor of California Ronald Reagan. Although Reagan won the electoral vote by a landslide, with Carter carrying only six states and the District of Columbia, the results in many states were very close. Below is a list of states with the lowest margins of victory (less than 2%), sorted by the margin percentages and color-coded for Reagan or Carter:

• Hawaii- 1.90% 5,767 votes

• Massachusetts- 0.15% 3,829 votes
• Tennessee- 0.29% 4,710 votes
• Arkansas- 0.61% 5,123 votes
• Alabama- 1.30% 17,462 votes
• Mississippi- 1.32% 11,808 votes
• Kentucky- 1.46% 18,857 votes
• South Carolina- 1.53% 13,647 votes

See also

• List of U.S. swing states
• Swing state