1980 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1980 United States presidential election 1980 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Indiana 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Indiana 1984 November 4, 1980 57.7%Madison 1986 330 2.4 pp 200x200px Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 13 1,255,656 56.01% Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 844,197 37.65% 1980 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 180px County results Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% President Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 4, 1980, as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the former governor of California Ronald Reagan and the former director of central intelligence George H. W. Bush defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Jimmy Carter and the vice president of the United States Walter Mondale. Reagan defeated Carter in the national election with 489 electoral votes.Congressional Quarterly 1985 365, 312 Primary elections Republican Party 1980 Republican Party presidential primaries Indiana Republican primary, May 6, 1980McGillivray Scammon 1994 888 Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) 419,016 73.73 George H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) 92,955 16.36 John B. Anderson (withdrawn) Republican Party (United States) 56,342 9.91 568,313 100.00 Democratic Party 1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries Indiana Democratic primary, May 6, 1980McGillivray Scammon 1994 888 Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) 398,949 67.68 Ted Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) 190,492 32.32 589,441 100.00 General election Results 1980 United States presidential election in IndianaSimcox 1980 37–38 Ronald ReaganGeorge H. W. Bush Republican Party (United States) 1,255,656 56.01 2.69 Jimmy CarterWalter Mondale Democratic Party (United States) 844,197 37.65 8.05 John B. AndersonPatrick Lucey Independent politician 111,639 4.98 4.98 Ed ClarkDavid Koch Libertarian Party (United States) 19,627 0.88 0.88 Barry CommonerLaDonna Harris Citizens Party (United States) 4,852 0.22 0.22 Percy Greaves Jr.Frank Varnum American Party (1969) 4,750 0.21 0.42 Gus HallAngela Davis Communist Party USA 702 0.03 0.03 Clifton DeBerryMatilde Zimmerman Socialist Workers Party (United States) 610 0.03 0.23 2,242,033 100.00 Results by county + 1980 United States presidential election in Indiana by countySimcox 1980 37–38 County Ronald ReaganRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic John B. AndersonIndependent Ed ClarkLibertarian Others Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Adams 6,368 53.16% 4,673 39.01% 767 6.40% 135 1.13% 35 0.29% 1,695 14.15% 11,978 Allen 68,524 57.63% 37,765 31.76% 10,368 8.72% 1,329 1.12% 912 0.77% 30,759 25.87% 118,898 Bartholomew 15,801 58.58% 9,260 34.33% 1,604 5.95% 219 0.81% 90 0.33% 6,541 24.25% 26,974 Benton 3,189 64.26% 1,520 30.63% 187 3.77% 58 1.17% 9 0.18% 1,669 33.63% 4,963 Blackford 3,168 53.14% 2,431 40.77% 258 4.33% 66 1.11% 39 0.65% 737 12.37% 5,962 Boone 10,484 66.11% 4,535 28.60% 681 4.29% 131 0.83% 28 0.18% 5,949 37.51% 15,859 Brown 2,884 54.51% 2,014 38.06% 237 4.48% 77 1.46% 79 1.49% 870 16.45% 5,291 Carroll 5,262 60.49% 2,966 34.10% 338 3.89% 107 1.23% 26 0.30% 2,296 26.39% 8,699 Cass 11,500 62.93% 5,838 31.95% 696 3.81% 150 0.82% 90 0.49% 5,662 30.98% 18,274 Clark 15,508 49.74% 14,137 45.34% 1,102 3.53% 160 0.51% 274 0.88% 1,371 4.40% 31,181 Clay 6,980 59.09% 4,363 36.94% 311 2.63% 132 1.12% 26 0.22% 2,617 22.15% 11,812 Clinton 8,158 58.43% 5,258 37.66% 427 3.06% 97 0.69% 22 0.16% 2,900 20.77% 13,962 Crawford 2,554 52.51% 2,130 43.79% 124 2.55% 40 0.82% 16 0.33% 424 8.72% 4,864 Daviess 7,022 60.89% 4,057 35.18% 345 2.99% 82 0.71% 26 0.23% 2,965 25.71% 11,532 Dearborn 7,467 56.36% 5,135 38.76% 464 3.50% 99 0.75% 84 0.63% 2,332 17.60% 13,249 Decatur 5,819 58.48% 3,646 36.64% 377 3.79% 75 0.75% 34 0.34% 2,173 21.84% 9,951 DeKalb 7,886 56.53% 4,911 35.20% 883 6.33% 160 1.15% 110 0.79% 2,975 21.33% 13,950 Delaware 28,342 53.83% 20,923 39.74% 2,743 5.21% 449 0.85% 190 0.36% 7,419 14.09% 52,647 Dubois 6,775 47.46% 6,700 46.93% 578 4.05% 108 0.76% 115 0.81% 75 0.53% 14,276 Elkhart 30,081 61.40% 14,883 30.38% 3,256 6.65% 435 0.89% 339 0.69% 15,198 31.02% 48,994 Fayette 6,004 55.94% 4,304 40.10% 293 2.73% 73 0.68% 58 0.54% 1,700 15.84% 10,732 Floyd 12,456 48.91% 11,543 45.33% 1,047 4.11% 166 0.65% 255 1.00% 913 3.58% 25,467 Fountain 5,289 62.18% 2,845 33.45% 280 3.29% 79 0.93% 13 0.15% 2,444 28.73% 8,506 Franklin 4,551 59.10% 2,834 36.80% 234 3.04% 66 0.86% 16 0.21% 1,717 22.30% 7,701 Fulton 5,458 62.53% 2,788 31.94% 349 4.00% 105 1.20% 28 0.32% 2,670 30.59% 8,728 Gibson 7,643 50.32% 6,834 44.99% 591 3.89% 102 0.67% 19 0.13% 809 5.33% 15,189 Grant 19,078 61.72% 10,390 33.61% 1,043 3.37% 233 0.75% 165 0.53% 8,688 28.11% 30,909 Greene 7,452 52.86% 6,027 42.75% 299 2.12% 135 0.96% 185 1.31% 1,425 10.11% 14,098 Hamilton 26,218 74.22% 7,036 19.92% 1,736 4.91% 265 0.75% 72 0.20% 19,182 54.30% 35,327 Hancock 12,093 66.67% 5,124 28.25% 746 4.11% 143 0.79% 32 0.18% 6,969 38.42% 18,138 Harrison 6,287 54.23% 4,865 41.96% 341 2.94% 70 0.60% 31 0.27% 1,422 12.27% 11,594 Hendricks 19,366 68.88% 7,412 26.36% 1,048 3.73% 227 0.81% 64 0.23% 11,954 42.52% 28,117 Henry 12,724 60.03% 7,626 35.98% 562 2.65% 241 1.14% 43 0.20% 5,098 24.05% 21,196 Howard 21,272 59.24% 12,916 35.97% 1,325 3.69% 284 0.79% 113 0.31% 8,356 23.27% 35,910 Huntington 9,497 59.59% 5,415 33.98% 824 5.17% 150 0.94% 51 0.32% 4,082 25.61% 15,937 Jackson 8,903 55.85% 6,425 40.30% 430 2.70% 108 0.68% 76 0.48% 2,478 15.55% 15,942 Jasper 6,316 68.09% 2,544 27.43% 283 3.05% 60 0.65% 73 0.79% 3,772 40.66% 9,276 Jay 5,351 58.06% 3,256 35.33% 484 5.25% 101 1.10% 25 0.27% 2,095 22.73% 9,217 Jefferson 6,831 52.20% 5,496 42.00% 477 3.64% 109 0.83% 174 1.33% 1,335 10.20% 13,087 Jennings 5,498 55.98% 3,931 40.02% 281 2.86% 59 0.60% 53 0.54% 1,567 15.96% 9,822 Johnson 20,018 66.34% 8,445 27.99% 1,348 4.47% 298 0.99% 65 0.22% 11,573 38.35% 30,174 Knox 10,083 53.57% 7,829 41.59% 617 3.28% 150 0.80% 143 0.76% 2,254 11.98% 18,822 Kosciusko 15,633 68.78% 5,684 25.01% 1,164 5.12% 195 0.86% 54 0.24% 9,949 43.77% 22,730 LaGrange 4,259 62.49% 2,095 30.74% 377 5.53% 76 1.12% 8 0.12% 2,164 31.75% 6,815 Lake 95,408 46.02% 101,145 48.78% 8,275 3.99% 1,417 0.68% 1,094 0.53% -5,737 -2.76% 207,339 LaPorte 22,424 55.32% 15,387 37.96% 2,080 5.13% 493 1.22% 154 0.38% 7,037 17.36% 40,538 Lawrence 10,846 62.71% 5,826 33.68% 380 2.20% 138 0.80% 106 0.61% 5,020 29.03% 17,296 Madison 35,582 57.31% 23,554 37.93% 2,389 3.85% 439 0.71% 128 0.21% 12,028 19.38% 62,092 Marion 168,680 53.67% 126,103 40.13% 15,709 5.00% 2,538 0.81% 1,239 0.39% 42,577 13.54% 314,269 Marshall 10,209 62.21% 5,113 31.16% 836 5.09% 148 0.90% 105 0.64% 5,096 31.05% 16,411 Martin 3,082 53.33% 2,479 42.90% 149 2.58% 63 1.09% 6 0.10% 603 10.43% 5,779 Miami 8,672 60.63% 4,927 34.44% 508 3.55% 112 0.78% 85 0.59% 3,745 26.19% 14,304 Monroe 18,233 49.42% 13,316 36.09% 3,921 10.63% 515 1.40% 909 2.46% 4,917 13.33% 36,894 Montgomery 9,936 66.61% 4,158 27.87% 622 4.17% 152 1.02% 49 0.33% 5,778 38.74% 14,917 Morgan 13,321 68.53% 5,439 27.98% 498 2.56% 125 0.64% 55 0.28% 7,882 40.55% 19,438 Newton 3,850 66.81% 1,649 28.61% 194 3.37% 56 0.97% 14 0.24% 2,201 38.20% 5,763 Noble 7,624 57.40% 4,721 35.54% 749 5.64% 130 0.98% 58 0.44% 2,903 21.86% 13,282 Ohio 1,264 52.23% 1,074 44.38% 57 2.36% 22 0.91% 3 0.12% 190 7.85% 2,420 Orange 5,073 59.28% 3,228 37.72% 181 2.11% 55 0.64% 21 0.25% 1,845 21.56% 8,558 Owen 3,632 58.47% 2,325 37.43% 188 3.03% 55 0.89% 12 0.19% 1,307 21.04% 6,212 Parke 4,595 62.82% 2,432 33.25% 194 2.65% 82 1.12% 12 0.16% 2,163 29.57% 7,315 Perry 4,350 45.94% 4,540 47.95% 448 4.73% 95 1.00% 35 0.37% -190 -2.01% 9,468 Pike 3,343 48.09% 3,346 48.13% 190 2.73% 57 0.82% 16 0.23% -3 -0.04% 6,952 Porter 30,055 64.20% 12,869 27.49% 3,061 6.54% 651 1.39% 180 0.38% 17,186 36.71% 46,816 Posey 6,096 53.69% 4,465 39.33% 667 5.87% 106 0.93% 20 0.18% 1,631 14.36% 11,354 Pulaski 3,916 62.06% 2,092 33.15% 175 2.77% 61 0.97% 66 1.05% 1,824 28.91% 6,310 Putnam 7,090 60.35% 3,996 34.01% 501 4.26% 122 1.04% 39 0.33% 3,094 26.34% 11,748 Randolph 7,762 62.65% 4,025 32.49% 426 3.44% 153 1.23% 24 0.19% 3,737 30.16% 12,390 Ripley 5,770 56.39% 4,022 39.30% 303 2.96% 102 1.00% 36 0.35% 1,748 17.09% 10,233 Rush 4,829 64.29% 2,388 31.79% 224 2.98% 59 0.79% 11 0.15% 2,441 32.50% 7,511 St. Joseph 50,607 49.08% 44,218 42.88% 6,962 6.75% 840 0.81% 487 0.47% 6,389 6.20% 103,114 Scott 3,432 46.83% 3,694 50.40% 139 1.90% 33 0.45% 31 0.42% -262 -3.57% 7,329 Shelby 10,496 61.20% 5,861 34.17% 614 3.58% 128 0.75% 51 0.30% 4,635 27.03% 17,150 Spencer 5,284 54.45% 4,153 42.79% 196 2.02% 47 0.48% 25 0.26% 1,131 11.66% 9,705 Starke 5,035 55.27% 3,615 39.68% 297 3.26% 75 0.82% 88 0.97% 1,420 15.59% 9,110 Steuben 5,670 62.94% 2,606 28.93% 602 6.68% 100 1.11% 30 0.33% 3,064 34.01% 9,008 Sullivan 4,465 49.05% 4,335 47.62% 212 2.33% 70 0.77% 21 0.23% 130 1.43% 9,103 Switzerland 1,584 47.14% 1,704 50.71% 38 1.13% 24 0.71% 10 0.30% -120 -3.57% 3,360 Tippecanoe 27,589 56.92% 14,636 30.20% 5,141 10.61% 558 1.15% 546 1.13% 12,953 26.72% 48,470 Tipton 5,150 63.81% 2,547 31.56% 285 3.53% 49 0.61% 40 0.50% 2,603 32.25% 8,071 Union 1,766 63.53% 898 32.30% 92 3.31% 21 0.76% 3 0.11% 868 31.23% 2,780 Vanderburgh 36,248 51.07% 29,930 42.17% 4,150 5.85% 464 0.65% 190 0.27% 6,318 8.90% 70,982 Vermillion 4,195 49.94% 3,793 45.15% 269 3.20% 127 1.51% 16 0.19% 402 4.79% 8,400 Vigo 24,133 51.87% 19,261 41.40% 2,484 5.34% 533 1.15% 116 0.25% 4,872 10.47% 46,527 Wabash 8,738 60.82% 4,620 32.15% 797 5.55% 137 0.95% 76 0.53% 4,118 28.67% 14,368 Warren 2,665 64.11% 1,287 30.96% 145 3.49% 55 1.32% 5 0.12% 1,378 33.15% 4,157 Warrick 8,681 52.39% 6,845 41.31% 890 5.37% 131 0.79% 23 0.14% 1,836 11.08% 16,570 Washington 5,234 56.30% 3,663 39.40% 191 2.05% 58 0.62% 151 1.62% 1,571 16.90% 9,297 Wayne 16,981 60.53% 9,599 34.22% 1,174 4.19% 216 0.77% 82 0.29% 7,382 26.31% 28,052 Wells 5,864 56.14% 3,760 36.00% 717 6.86% 85 0.81% 19 0.18% 2,104 20.14% 10,445 White 6,999 64.48% 3,247 29.91% 466 4.29% 120 1.11% 23 0.21% 3,752 34.57% 10,855 Whitley 7,146 55.74% 4,497 35.08% 928 7.24% 206 1.61% 44 0.34% 2,649 20.66% 12,821 TOTAL 1,255,656 56.01% 844,197 37.65% 111,639 4.98% 19,627 0.88% 10,914 0.49% 411,459 18.36% 2,242,033 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 10em Blackford Clark Crawford Dearborn Dubois Floyd Gibson Greene Harrison Jefferson Knox Martin Ohio Owen Posey Spencer Starke Sullivan Vermillion Vigo Warrick Washington Results by congressional district thumb|right|300px|Ronald Reagan shaking hands with supporters at a campaign stop in Indiana. District Reagan Carter RepresentativeIndiana 1 1st 41.3% 54.8%Adam Benjamin Jr.Indiana 2 2nd 64.5% 29.2%Floyd FithianIndiana 3 3rd 54.4% 39.3%John Brademas (96th Congress)John P. Hiler (97th Congress)Indiana 4 4th 59.3% 33.2%Dan Quayle (96th Congress)Dan Coats (97th Congress)Indiana 5 5th 63.5% 31.8%Elwood HillisIndiana 6 6th 62.7% 32.9%David W. EvansIndiana 7 7th 57.4% 37.4%John T. MyersIndiana 8 8th 53.5% 42.3%H. Joel DeckardIndiana 9 9th 54.6% 41.7%Lee H. HamiltonIndiana 10 10th 59.4% 36.1%Philip SharpIndiana 11 11th 53.9% 41.3%Andrew Jacobs Jr. See also United States presidential elections in Indiana References Bibliography Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections 2nd 1985 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0000unse Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi McGillivray Alice V. Scammon Richard M. America at the Polls, 1960–1992: Kennedy to Clinton; A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics 1994 Congressional Quarterly Washington, D.C. https://archive.org/details/americaatpollsha1960unse Simcox Edwin J. 1980 Election Report State of Indiana 1980 Indiana Secretary of State Indianapolis https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16066coll37/id/1978 Indiana 1980 Category:1980 Indiana elections