1980 United States presidential election in Texas

The 1980 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states, and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Texas was won by Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against incumbent President Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Reagan ran with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Carter ran with Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Despite Texas' 1976 support of Carter, the state supported Reagan by a wide margin in the midst of a national landslide.

Despite his defeat, as of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Cherokee, Coke, Erath, Kaufman, Leon, Somervell, Van Zandt and Wise.

59% of white voters supported Reagan while 37% supported Carter.

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

 * Anderson
 * Aransas
 * Archer
 * Armstrong
 * Atascosa
 * Bailey
 * Bee
 * Bell
 * Bexar
 * Borden
 * Bsoque
 * Bowie
 * Brazoria
 * Briscoe
 * Brown
 * Burnet
 * Calhoun
 * Callahan
 * Carson
 * Castro
 * Chambers
 * Childress
 * Cochran
 * Coleman
 * Collingsworth
 * Colorado
 * Coryell
 * Crockett
 * Culberson
 * Dallam
 * Donley
 * Eastland
 * Ellis
 * El Paso
 * Fayette
 * Floyd
 * Gaines
 * Garza
 * Goliad
 * Gonzales
 * Grayson
 * Hale
 * Hall
 * Hamilton
 * Harrison
 * Hays
 * Hockley
 * Hood
 * Howard
 * Hudspeth
 * Hunt
 * Jack
 * Jackson
 * Jeff Davis
 * Johnson
 * Karnes
 * King
 * Kinney
 * Lamb
 * Lampasas
 * Lavaca
 * Lee
 * Live Oak
 * Llano
 * Lynn
 * McLennan
 * Martin
 * Mason
 * Matagordo
 * Medina
 * Menard
 * Mitchell
 * Moore
 * Motley
 * Oldham
 * Panola
 * Parker
 * Parmer
 * Real
 * Reeves
 * Shackelford
 * Sherman
 * Sterling
 * Terry
 * Terrell
 * Val Verde
 * Walker
 * Wheeler
 * Wichita
 * Wilbarger
 * Williamson
 * Wilson
 * Wood
 * Young