A county result
Portage County, presidential election of 1980
Portage County
47.37%Ronald Reagan (R), the most votes48,190Votes counted for president
What this is
Portage County counted 48,190 votes for president across 5 candidates in 1980. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.
The count, as certified
Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan | Republican | 22,829 | 47.37% |
| Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 20,570 | 42.69% |
| John B. Anderson | Independent | 3,798 | 7.88% |
| Edward "Ed" Clark | Libertarian | 769 | 1.60% |
| Other | Other | 224 | 0.46% |
Turnout: None found in the records checked
This year in context
Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.
- Ohio that year
- Ohio went to Ronald Reagan (Republican) with 51.51%, a 10.6-point margin over Jimmy Carter. The country elected Ronald Reagan.
- Against the state
- Portage County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+4.7 against Ohio's R+10.6: 5.9 points more Democratic than Ohio. It ranked 75th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1976
- From 1976 to 1980 the county's lean moved 19.5 points toward the Republicans, from D+14.8 to R+4.7.
- Matched
- Portage County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.
Every field this record holds
The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.
Not yet researched
Where this appears
The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.
Sources
Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1980 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1980 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1980-11-04 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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