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1980 United States presidential election
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1980 United States presidential election in Maryland Maryland presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Maryland 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Maryland 1984 November 4, 1980 75.4%Maryland Manual, 1981-82 - Page 598 https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc1100/sc1198/000000/000002/000000/000065/pdf/mdsa_sc1198_2_65.pdf Maryland State Archives 160x160px Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 10 726,161 47.12% Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 0 680,606 44.18% John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg John B. Anderson Independent Illinois Patrick Lucey 0 119,537 7.76% 375px 375px County results
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#f2b3be 40–50%
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#cc2f4a 60–70% President Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States)
The 1980 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 4, 1980, as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maryland was won by incumbent President Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia), with 47.12% of the popular vote, over former Governor Ronald Reagan (R-California) with 44.18% of the popular vote and Republican US Representative John B. Anderson running as an independent candidate (I-Illinois) with 7.76% of the popular vote. Reagan ultimately won the national vote, defeating Carter; Maryland was one of only six states, along with the District of Columbia, to back the embattled incumbent.1980 Presidential General Election Results https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=24&f=0&off=0&elect=0 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 8 June 2012
On election night, several news outlets incorrectly called the state for Reagan. In a similar vein, many of the same news outlets also called Massachusetts for President Carter, despite the fact that Reagan would ultimately end up narrowly winning Massachusetts.
In this election, Maryland voted 12.7% to the left of the nation at-large, or an 8.69 percent bigger differential than in 1976.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ 2023-03-31 uselectionatlas.org As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last presidential election where the Democratic candidate won Maryland without carrying suburban Baltimore County, Howard County, or Montgomery County. This election marked the first time since 1908 in which Prince George’s County did not vote for the winner of the presidential election.Maryland - Google Drive https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1rNmmmt7JNQXoEGMiKmY7SvPD28z3WF1nCpikQc0gGZ8/htmlview 2022-08-13 docs.google.com This is one of three elections between 1888 and 2000, that the state voted for the national loser (along with 1948 and 1968).
Results
1980 United States presidential election in Marylandhttp://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000180/html/am180--585.html 585 Maryland Manual 1981–1982 The Hall of Records Commission of the State of Maryland May 12, 2019PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Jimmy Carter (Incumbent) 726,161 47.12% 10 Republican Ronald Reagan 680,606 44.18% 0 Independent John B. Anderson 119,537 7.76% 0 Libertarian Ed Clark 14,192 0.92% 0 Totals 1,540,496 100.0% 10
Results by county
County Jimmy CarterDemocratic Ronald ReaganRepublican John B. AndersonIndependent Ed ClarkLibertarian Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Allegany12,16738.65%17,51255.62%1,4864.72%3191.01%-5,345-16.97%31,484Anne Arundel50,78038.58%69,44352.76%10,0207.61%1,3891.06%-18,663-14.18%131,632Baltimore121,28043.33%132,49047.33%23,0968.25%3,051 1.09%-11,210-4.00%279,917Baltimore City191,91172.48%57,90221.87%13,1124.95%1,8500.70%134,00950.61%264,775Calvert4,74543.65%5,44050.05%5905.43%950.87%-695-6.40%10,870Caroline2,83341.88%3,58252.95%2914.30%590.87%-749-11.07%6,765Carroll10,39331.55%19,85960.29%2,2436.81%445 1.35%-9,466-28.74%32,940Cecil7,93742.12%9,67351.33%1,0375.50%1991.06%-1,736-9.21%18,846Charles8,88740.36%11,80753.62%1,1535.24%1730.79%-2,920-13.26%22,020Dorchester4,90846.52%5,16048.91%3603.41%1221.16%-252-2.39%10,550Frederick13,62934.83%22,03356.31%2,8917.39%5771.47%-8,404-21.48%39,130Garrett2,70831.69%5,47564.07%2703.16%921.08%-2,767-32.38%8,545Harford20,04239.34%26,71352.44%3,7617.38%4250.83%-6,671-13.10%50,941Howard20,70240.12%24,27247.04%6,02811.68%5971.16%-3,570-6.92%51,599Kent2,98647.37%2,88945.83%3715.89%580.92%971.54%6,304Montgomery105,82239.76%125,51547.16%32,73012.30%2,0840.78%-19,693-7.40%266,151Prince George's98,75750.91%78,97740.71%14,5747.51%1,6790.87%19,78010.20%193,987Queen Anne's3,82041.92%4,74952.12%4805.27%630.69%-929-10.20%9,112Somerset3,34248.18%3,31247.74%2153.10%680.98%300.44%6,937St. Mary's6,77342.18%8,26751.49%8925.56%1240.77%-1,494-9.31%16,056Talbot3,99537.30%6,04456.43%5705.32%1020.95%-2,049-19.13%10,711Washington14,11836.12%22,90158.60%1,6894.32%3750.96%-8,783-22.48%39,083Wicomico9,43143.05%11,22951.26%1,0924.99%153 0.70%-1,798-8.21%21,905Worcester4,19540.98%5,36252.38%5865.72%930.91%-1,167-11.40%10,236Totals726,16147.14%680,60644.18%119,5377.76%14,1920.92%45,5552.96%1,540,496
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Allegany
Calvert
Cecil
Charles
Montgomery
St. Mary's
See also
United States presidential elections in Maryland
1980 United States presidential election
1980 United States elections
References
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