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There are 538 electoral college votes in the US presidential election, and the number of electoral college votes to win the presidential election is 270 or more.
In 1980, Ronald Reagan (Republican Party) won 489 electoral votes and Jimmy Carter (Democratic Party) won 49 electoral votes.
Ronald Reagan won the election and became the 40th president of the United States.
| # | State | Abb. | Reagan (R) | Carter (D) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | AL | 9 | 9 | |
| 2 | Alaska | AK | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Arizona | AZ | 6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Arkansas | AR | 6 | 6 | |
| 5 | California | CA | 45 | 45 | |
| 6 | Colorado | CO | 7 | 7 | |
| 7 | Connecticut | CT | 8 | 8 | |
| 8 | Delaware | DE | 3 | 3 | |
| 9 | District of Columbia | DC | 3 | 3 | |
| 10 | Florida | FL | 17 | 17 | |
| 11 | Georgia | GA | 12 | 12 | |
| 12 | Hawaii | HI | 4 | 4 | |
| 13 | Idaho | ID | 4 | 4 | |
| 14 | Illinois | IL | 26 | 26 | |
| 15 | Indiana | IN | 13 | 13 | |
| 16 | Iowa | IA | 8 | 8 | |
| 17 | Kansas | KS | 7 | 7 | |
| 18 | Kentucky | KY | 9 | 9 | |
| 19 | Louisiana | LA | 10 | 10 | |
| 20 | Maine | ME | 4 | 4 | |
| 21 | Maryland | MD | 10 | 10 | |
| 22 | Massachusetts | MA | 14 | 14 | |
| 23 | Michigan | MI | 21 | 21 | |
| 24 | Minnesota | MN | 10 | 10 | |
| 25 | Mississippi | MS | 7 | 7 | |
| 26 | Missouri | MO | 12 | 12 | |
| 27 | Montana | MT | 4 | 4 | |
| 28 | Nebraska | NE | 5 | 5 | |
| 29 | Nevada | NV | 3 | 3 | |
| 30 | New Hampshire | NH | 4 | 4 | |
| 31 | New Jersey | NJ | 17 | 17 | |
| 32 | New Mexico | NM | 4 | 4 | |
| 33 | New York | NY | 41 | 41 | |
| 34 | North Carolina | NC | 13 | 13 | |
| 35 | North Dakota | ND | 3 | 3 | |
| 36 | Ohio | OH | 25 | 25 | |
| 37 | Oklahoma | OK | 8 | 8 | |
| 38 | Oregon | OR | 6 | 6 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania | PA | 27 | 27 | |
| 40 | Rhode Island | RI | 4 | 4 | |
| 41 | South Carolina | SC | 8 | 8 | |
| 42 | South Dakota | SD | 4 | 4 | |
| 43 | Tennessee | TN | 10 | 10 | |
| 44 | Texas | TX | 26 | 26 | |
| 45 | Utah | UT | 4 | 4 | |
| 46 | Vermont | VT | 3 | 3 | |
| 47 | Virginia | VA | 12 | 12 | |
| 48 | Washington | WA | 9 | 9 | |
| 49 | West Virginia | WV | 6 | 6 | |
| 50 | Wisconsin | WI | 11 | 11 | |
| 51 | Wyoming | WY | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | 489 | 49 | 538 | ||
