1980 United States presidential election in Utah

none June 2025 September 2023 1980 United States presidential election in Utah Utah 1922 presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Utah 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Utah 1984 November 4, 1980 160x160px Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 4 439,687 72.77% Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 124,266 20.57% John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg John B. Anderson Independent Illinois Patrick Lucey 0 30,284 5.01% 1980 United States presidential election in Utah results map by county.svg 250px County results Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) 1980 United States presidential election The 1980 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Utah was won by former Governor of California Ronald Reagan, the Republican nominee, who was running against incumbent president and former Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter, the Democratic nominee. Reagan ran with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Carter ran with Walter Mondale, incumbent vice president and former senator from Minnesota. Reagan won the election nationally by a landslide. Utah weighed in as the most Republican state in the nation in this election.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1980&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1980 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 Carter's share of the popular vote remains the worst ever by a Democrat in Utah. Reagan won Carbon County by a mere three votes, but easily beat Carter throughout the rest of the state, who was widely criticized for his inability to understand issues specific to the West (especially water development).Reisner, Marc; Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water; p. 11 0140178244 Carter's next best county was Tooele where Reagan obtained 62.03 percent of the vote; Reagan surpassed three-quarters of the vote in seventeen of twenty-nine counties. In spite of Reagan's massive victory in the state, incumbent Democratic governor Scott M. Matheson was comfortably re-elected in the concurrent gubernatorial election - the last time a Democrat has won the Utah governorship to date. Liberal Republican John B. Anderson ran as an independent candidate with some success in the Northeast, the Pacific Northwest, Colorado1980 Presidential Election; Percentage of Vote for John B. Anderson and some college towns;Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 106-107 0786422173 however in largely conservative, Mormon Utah, Anderson possessed less appeal, getting 5.01 percent of the vote statewide, and could not exceed 9.42 percent of the vote in any county. Anderson polled a mere three votes and 0.42 percent of the vote in Piute County, and a very low 1.47 percent of the vote out of over 86,000 votes cast in the second most populated county in the state, Utah County. Results 1980 United States presidential election in Utah1980 Utah General Election Abstract https://vote.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1980Gen.pdf 29 December 2025 Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) 439,687 72.77% Jimmy Carter (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 124,266 20.57% John B. Anderson Independent 30,284 5.01% Ed Clark Libertarian Party (United States) 7,226 1.20% Barry Commoner #DCDCDC IndependentAffiliated with the Citizens Party nationally, officially listed in Utah as Independent 1,009 0.17% Percy L. Greaves American Party (1969) 965 0.16% John Rarick American Independent Party 522 0.09% Gus Hall #DCDCDC IndependentAffiliated with the Communist Party nationally, officially listed in Utah as Independent 139 0.02% Clifton DeBerry Socialist Workers Party (United States) 124 0.02% 604,222 100.00% Results by county County Ronald ReaganRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic John B. AndersonIndependent Ed ClarkLibertarian Other candidatesVarious parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Beaver 1,477 68.47% 621 28.79% 43 1.99% 13 0.60% 3 0.14% 856 39.68% 2,157 Box Elder 12,500 82.72% 2,142 14.18% 306 2.03% 125 0.83% 38 0.25% 10,358 68.54% 15,111 Cache 20,251 78.69% 3,639 14.14% 1,494 5.81% 223 0.87% 128 0.50% 16,612 64.55% 25,735 Carbon 4,320 47.67% 4,317 47.63% 309 3.41% 104 1.15% 13 0.14% 3 0.04% 9,063 Daggett 290 69.88% 109 26.27% 10 2.41% 6 1.45% 0 0.00% 181 43.61% 415 Davis 45,695 78.98% 9,065 15.67% 2,253 3.89% 656 1.13% 190 0.33% 36,630 63.31% 57,859 Duchesne 3,827 79.41% 854 17.72% 87 1.81% 34 0.71% 17 0.35% 2,973 61.69% 4,819 Emery 3,076 67.18% 1,315 28.72% 90 1.97% 76 1.66% 22 0.48% 1,761 38.46% 4,579 Garfield 1,578 78.31% 375 18.61% 50 2.48% 9 0.45% 3 0.15% 1,203 59.70% 2,015 Grand 2,362 70.42% 703 20.96% 205 6.11% 60 1.79% 24 0.72% 1,659 49.46% 3,354 Iron 6,207 79.54% 1,242 15.91% 240 3.08% 83 1.06% 32 0.41% 4,965 63.63% 7,804 Juab 1,872 69.31% 720 26.66% 51 1.89% 50 1.85% 8 0.30% 1,152 42.65% 2,701 Kane 1,492 81.35% 256 13.96% 59 3.22% 20 1.09% 7 0.38% 1,236 67.39% 1,834 Millard 3,620 79.79% 795 17.52% 72 1.59% 37 0.82% 13 0.29% 2,825 62.27% 4,537 Morgan 1,985 81.52% 373 15.32% 42 1.72% 28 1.15% 7 0.29% 1,612 66.20% 2,435 Piute 551 76.63% 157 21.84% 3 0.42% 6 0.83% 2 0.28% 394 54.79% 719 Rich 762 81.15% 143 15.23% 18 1.92% 13 1.38% 3 0.32% 619 65.92% 939 Salt Lake 169,411 67.00% 58,472 23.13% 19,547 7.73% 3,881 1.53% 1,524 0.60% 110,939 43.87% 252,835 San Juan 2,774 76.00% 763 20.90% 72 1.97% 18 0.49% 23 0.63% 2,011 55.10% 3,650 Sanpete 5,143 77.76% 1,260 19.05% 112 1.69% 63 0.95% 36 0.54% 3,883 58.71% 6,614 Sevier 5,614 80.79% 1,112 16.00% 117 1.68% 54 0.78% 52 0.75% 4,502 64.79% 6,949 Summit 3,330 65.38% 1,184 23.25% 480 9.42% 79 1.55% 20 0.39% 2,146 42.13% 5,093 Tooele 6,024 62.03% 3,132 32.25% 391 4.03% 133 1.37% 32 0.33% 2,892 29.78% 9,712 Uintah 6,045 82.45% 1,049 14.31% 155 2.11% 67 0.91% 16 0.22% 4,996 68.14% 7,332 Utah 71,859 83.44% 12,166 14.13% 1,264 1.47% 589 0.68% 243 0.28% 59,693 69.31% 86,121 Wasatch 2,799 70.93% 994 25.19% 113 2.86% 32 0.81% 8 0.20% 1,805 45.74% 3,946 Washington 10,181 83.47% 1,678 13.76% 185 1.52% 87 0.71% 66 0.54% 8,503 69.71% 12,197 Wayne 835 76.05% 226 20.58% 15 1.37% 18 1.64% 4 0.36% 609 55.47% 1,098 Weber 43,807 69.98% 15,404 24.61% 2,501 4.00% 662 1.06% 225 0.36% 28,403 45.37% 62,599Totals439,68772.77%124,26620.57%30,2845.01%7,2261.20%2,7590.46%315,42152.20%604,222 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carbon Emery See also United States presidential elections in Utah Iran–Contra affair Nicaragua guerrilla war Presidency of Ronald Reagan Notes References Utah 1980 Category:1980 Utah elections