1980 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

none June 2025 September 2023 1980 United States presidential election 1980 United States presidential election in Rhode Island Rhode Island presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1976 79.0%This figure is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast in 1980 (432,686) by an estimate of the number of registered voters in Rhode Island in 1980 (547,472). See General Election November 2, 1980 http://www.elections.ri.gov/elections/results/1980/ February 6, 2018 Rhode Island Board of Elections 2.6 pp 1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1984 November 4, 1980 x160px Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 4 198,342 47.67% Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 0 154,793 37.20% John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg John B. Anderson Anderson for PresidentAnderson’s party was listed on this state’s ballot as “Anderson for President”.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=44&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Rhode Island May 20, 2015 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas Illinois Patrick Lucey 0 59,819 14.38% 250px County results 250px Municipality results Carter #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% Reagan #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% President Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) The 1980 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 1980, as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Jimmy Carter, won the state of Rhode Island over former California Governor Ronald Reagan by 43,549 votes, giving him one of just seven victories in the election (other than Rhode Island, Carter also carried Maryland, Minnesota, Hawaii, West Virginia, the District of Columbia and his home state of Georgia). Rhode Island was the only state in New England that Carter carried in his re-election campaign. While Carter was able to win Rhode Island by more than 10%, some of his votes were taken away by the strong third party candidacy of John B. Anderson, a liberal Republican Congressman who ran in 1980 as an independent after failing to win the Republican Party's own presidential nomination. Anderson proved very popular with liberal and moderate voters in New England who viewed Reagan as too far to the right and with normally leaning Democratic voters who were dissatisfied with the policies of the Carter Administration. New England would prove to be Anderson's strongest region in the nation, with all six New England states giving double-digit percentages to Anderson. In fact, Rhode Island would ultimately prove to be John Anderson's third strongest state in the nation after neighboring Massachusetts and Vermont, his 14.38% of the vote in the state more than double the 6.61% he got nationwide. As of 2024, this election marks only the third and last time (after 1852 and 1972) that Rhode Island has not voted for the same candidate as neighboring Massachusetts.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 Results 1980 United States presidential election in Rhode Islandhttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=44&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2015-05-20 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Rhode Island Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 198,342 47.67% 4 Republican Ronald Reagan 154,793 37.20% 0 Anderson for President John B. Anderson 59,819 14.38% 0 By county County Jimmy CarterDemocratic Ronald ReaganRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Bristol 9,851 45.08% 8,508 38.93% 3,493 15.99% 1,343 6.15% 21,852 Kent 31,350 44.15% 28,331 39.90% 11,324 15.95% 3,019 4.25% 71,005 Newport 13,904 40.47% 14,555 42.37% 5,897 17.16% -651 -1.90% 34,356 Providence 126,808 51.15% 86,467 34.88% 34,652 13.97% 40,341 16.27% 247,927 Washington 16,429 40.24% 16,932 41.47% 7,466 18.29% -503 -1.23% 40,827Totals198,34247.67%154,79337.20%62,93715.13%43,54910.47%416,072 Counties flipped from Democratic to Republican Newport Washington See also United States presidential elections in Rhode Island References Notes lower-alpha Rhode Island 1980 Category:1980 Rhode Island elections