American Psephology

The 1980 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 4, 1980, Alabama's voters voted for nine at-large electors. Ten electoral slates ran, none of whose contents are known. The presidential candidates are as follows:

The county returns are as follows:

Republicans Democrats Anderson Conservatives Libertarians Statesmen Communists Socialist Workers Socialists Citizens
Autauga 6292 4295 125 216 119 9 2 1 4 0
Baldwin 18652 8448 414 272 465 20 22 10 37 13
Barbour 4171 4458 65 202 80 6 2 5 5 7
Bibb 2491 3097 22 5 8 0 0 0 0 0
Blount 6819 5656 75 37 92 9 15 1 19 1
Bullock 1446 3960 29 158 33 2 8 1 0 0
Butler 3810 4156 59 205 107 14 4 5 3 5
Calhoun 17475 17017 433 90 286 98 47 4 52 39
Chambers 4864 6649 122 145 96 4 3 5 8 3
Cherokee 2482 3764 63 51 70 4 1 1 1 1
Chilton 6615 4706 60 17 46 27 1 1 3 1
Choctaw 2859 3680 22 5 14 0 0 0 0 0
Clarke 5059 5249 55 197 84 11 1 1 4 2
Clay 2764 2858 34 34 41 10 1 2 3 0
Cleburne 2389 2050 34 21 27 1 2 1 1 0
Coffee 6760 6140 189 153 137 9 4 5 2 0
Colbert 6619 12550 209 315 226 16 35 2 36 5
Conecuh 2948 3102 29 48 36 11 2 2 2 1
Coosa 1714 2383 19 55 25 8 2 1 2 0
Covington 7014 6305 110 55 70 36 5 2 7 4
Crenshaw 2478 2704 39 11 14 9 1 0 0 0
Cullman 10212 11525 228 81 124 59 2 1 2 6
Dale 7247 4936 134 112 130 4 1 3 2 4
Dallas 7647 9770 131 412 164 12 1 4 1 5
DeKalb 9673 8820 107 8 51 27 1 3 0 0
Elmore 8688 5947 171 219 140 12 3 5 1 4
Escambia 6513 5148 87 91 136 57 6 4 4 7
Etowah 16177 20790 358 147 234 72 6 5 6 11
Fayette 3315 3389 47 4 23 11 0 0 0 0
Franklin 4448 6136 51 30 66 15 3 7 1 6
Geneva 4747 4703 67 45 45 14 1 3 2 1
Greene 1034 3474 16 6 7 1 0 0 0 0
Hale 2074 3583 56 224 35 1 1 4 1 0
Henry 2813 2973 18 29 26 2 3 2 6 7
Houston 14884 7848 184 104 132 61 8 5 8 4
Jackson 4897 8776 156 185 176 8 2 1 2 0
Jefferson 132612 113069 3509 4054 3243 240 1150 1062 456 117
Lamar 2778 3366 16 5 15 5 1 0 0 0
Lauderdale 10467 15379 431 363 496 8 45 3 40 11
Lawrence 2456 6112 64 30 54 19 6 1 0 0
Lee 10982 9606 643 290 421 8 1 2 19 0
Limestone 4574 8180 183 258 172 11 3 3 0 0
Lowndes 1524 3577 15 172 27 6 2 3 2 1
Macon 1259 7028 36 366 38 4 21 2 19 1
Madison 30604 30469 2246 713 900 29 11 20 23 57
Marengo 4048 5178 35 255 113 7 12 1 9 2
Marion 5182 5450 61 3 28 14 0 0 0 0
Marshall 8159 10854 283 254 362 10 5 1 1 4
Mobile 67515 46180 1333 563 899 371 26 25 21 59
Monroe 4615 4262 43 51 71 21 2 1 2 4
Montgomery 35745 28018 985 1149 503 42 5 26 7 24
Morgan 13214 14703 457 297 444 14 60 4 71 7
Perry 2262 4208 28 7 13 3 1 0 0 0
Pickens 3582 4504 61 9 22 2 1 1 0 0
Pike 5220 4417 83 158 74 3 11 2 22 1
Randolph 3279 3378 58 169 168 14 13 2 11 2
Russell 4485 8123 137 522 213 8 1 5 4 2
Shelby 14957 7396 407 183 290 13 2 9 3 7
St. Clair 7768 5236 121 190 322 8 3 2 2 2
Sumter 2104 5015 45 8 16 4 2 1 4 0
Talladega 9902 10159 140 99 153 79 49 4 48 8
Tallapoosa 5958 7260 96 161 88 8 11 2 17 2
Tuscaloosa 19570 19103 789 582 397 37 11 25 4 22
Walker 8795 13616 82 96 152 77 2 6 2 0
Washington 3045 3520 24 2 31 3 0 0 0 0
Wilcox 2280 4951 13 7 8 2 0 0 0 0
Winston 4981 3368 39 5 20 18 2 2 1 0
Total 654,192 (48.75%) 646,730 (47.45%) 16,481 (1.23%) 15,010 (1.12%) 13,318 (.99%) 1743 (.13%) 1629 (.12%) 1303 (.10%) 1006 (.08%) 517 (.04%)

The Republican slate was duly elected, and voted for Reagan and Bush on December 15.