United States presidential election in Florida, 1980

In the 1980 United States presidential election, Florida was won overwhelmingly by the Republican candidate, former California governor Ronald Reagan, over Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter. Reagan won by a wide 17.02% margin, a particularly strong performance in this conservative leaning state. John B. Anderson, a liberal Republican congressman from Illinois who ran as an independent candidate, had Florida give him his strongest performance in a southern state by winning 5.14% of the popular vote. Florida, along with Virginia, were one of only two southern states to give Anderson over 5% of the vote. Although Carter lost Florida, he is the last Democrat to win a majority of counties in the state's northern region.