1980 United States presidential election in Iowa

none June 2025 September 2023 1980 United States presidential election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Iowa 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Iowa 1984 November 4, 1980 x160px Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 8 676,026 51.31% Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 508,672 38.60% John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg John B. Anderson DCDCDC Independent (Nominated By Petition) Illinois Patrick Lucey 0 115,633 8.78% 1980 United States presidential election in Iowa results map by county.svg 280px 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) The 1980 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Iowa was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a comfortable margin of about 13 points.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=19&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa uselectionatlas.org May 24, 2015 This was the last presidential election in which a Republican won Iowa by more than 10 points until 2024, as well as the last time a Republican won Polk County,Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 home to Iowa's capital and most populated city, Des Moines. It was also the last time until Donald Trump in 2016 that a Republican presidential candidate won the following counties: Boone, Cerro Gordo, Lee, Webster and Worth. Caucus Results +1980 Democratic Caucus ResultsCandidateSDEDelegatesJimmy Carter (incumbent)1,84035Ted Kennedy99519Uncommitted3040Totals3,13954 Note: SDE stands for 'State Delegate Equivalents' which (until 2020) was the closest thing to a popular vote available for the Democratic Caucus. +1980 Republican Caucus ResultsCandidateVotesDelegatesGeorge H.W. Bush33,53015Ronald Reagan31,34815Howard Baker16,2168John Connally9,8610Phil Crane7,1350John Anderson4,5850Uncommitted1,8000Robert Dole1,5760Totals106,05138 Results Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)Ronald Reagan of CaliforniaGeorge H. W. BushRepublican8676,02651.31%Jimmy Carter (incumbent)Walter Mondale (incumbent)Democratic0508,67238.60%John B. AndersonPatrick LuceyIndependent0115,6338.78%Edward E. ClarkDavid KochLibertarian013,1231.00%Barry CommonerLaDonna HarrisCitizens02,2730.17%David McReynoldsDiane DrufenbrockSocialist05340.04%——Write-ins05190.04%Gus HallAngela DavisCommunist02980.02%Clifton DeBerryMatilde ZimmermannSocialist Workers02440.02%Percy Greaves Jr.Frank VarnumAmerican01890.01%Benjamin BubarEarl DodgeStatesman01500.01% Results by county Countyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2282 IA US President Race, November 04, 1980 Our Campaigns Ronald ReaganRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic John B. AndersonIndependent Ed ClarkLibertarian Barry CommonerCitizens Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 2,821 60.16% 1,454 31.01% 356 7.59% 48 1.02% 8 0.17% 2 0.04% 1,367 29.15% 4,689 Adams 1,779 59.62% 940 31.50% 214 7.17% 45 1.51% 2 0.07% 4 0.13% 839 28.12% 2,984 Allamakee 4,000 60.73% 2,170 32.95% 343 5.21% 54 0.82% 11 0.17% 8 0.12% 1,830 27.78% 6,586 Appanoose 3,544 52.68% 2,769 41.16% 353 5.25% 50 0.74% 5 0.07% 7 0.10% 775 11.52% 6,728 Audubon 2,523 57.96% 1,546 35.52% 251 5.77% 25 0.57% 4 0.09% 4 0.09% 977 22.44% 4,353 Benton 5,329 50.11% 4,223 39.71% 948 8.91% 116 1.09% 6 0.06% 13 0.12% 1,106 10.40% 10,635 Black Hawk 29,627 46.49% 27,443 43.07% 5,847 9.18% 535 0.84% 121 0.19% 149 0.23% 2,184 3.42% 63,722 Boone 5,732 47.42% 5,126 42.41% 1,081 8.94% 120 0.99% 16 0.13% 12 0.10% 606 5.01% 12,087 Bremer 6,706 59.25% 3,527 31.16% 970 8.57% 97 0.86% 13 0.11% 5 0.04% 3,179 28.09% 11,318 Buchanan 5,041 53.50% 3,605 38.26% 689 7.31% 76 0.81% 6 0.06% 5 0.05% 1,436 15.24% 9,422 Buena Vista 5,272 54.49% 3,468 35.84% 771 7.97% 144 1.49% 8 0.08% 13 0.13% 1,804 18.65% 9,676 Butler 4,730 65.90% 1,990 27.73% 392 5.46% 56 0.78% 5 0.07% 4 0.06% 2,740 38.17% 7,177 Calhoun 3,633 57.41% 2,150 33.98% 407 6.43% 122 1.93% 4 0.06% 12 0.19% 1,483 23.43% 6,328 Carroll 5,017 51.53% 3,885 39.90% 736 7.56% 84 0.86% 7 0.07% 8 0.08% 1,132 11.63% 9,737 Cass 5,391 66.34% 2,176 26.78% 475 5.85% 70 0.86% 3 0.04% 11 0.14% 3,215 39.56% 8,126 Cedar 4,398 56.41% 2,589 33.21% 697 8.94% 83 1.06% 18 0.23% 12 0.15% 1,809 23.20% 7,797 Cerro Gordo 11,189 49.01% 9,363 41.02% 2,024 8.87% 185 0.81% 31 0.14% 36 0.16% 1,826 7.99% 22,828 Cherokee 4,087 54.49% 2,719 36.25% 599 7.99% 81 1.08% 2 0.03% 12 0.16% 1,368 18.24% 7,500 Chickasaw 3,929 52.86% 2,935 39.49% 500 6.73% 60 0.81% 2 0.03% 7 0.09% 994 13.37% 7,433 Clarke 2,417 54.88% 1,614 36.65% 310 7.04% 59 1.34% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 803 18.23% 4,404 Clay 4,479 51.11% 3,179 36.27% 991 11.31% 101 1.15% 7 0.08% 7 0.08% 1,300 14.84% 8,764 Clayton 5,115 55.56% 3,297 35.81% 669 7.27% 106 1.15% 9 0.10% 10 0.11% 1,818 19.75% 9,206 Clinton 13,025 51.66% 9,698 38.47% 2,140 8.49% 260 1.03% 35 0.14% 53 0.21% 3,327 13.19% 25,211 Crawford 4,883 61.02% 2,500 31.24% 509 6.36% 97 1.21% 10 0.12% 3 0.04% 2,383 29.78% 8,002 Dallas 6,296 48.57% 5,310 40.96% 1,200 9.26% 128 0.99% 16 0.12% 14 0.11% 986 7.61% 12,964 Davis 2,003 50.97% 1,689 42.98% 200 5.09% 32 0.81% 2 0.05% 4 0.10% 314 7.99% 3,930 Decatur 2,212 47.67% 2,048 44.14% 318 6.85% 50 1.08% 7 0.15% 5 0.11% 164 3.53% 4,640 Delaware 4,316 55.38% 2,671 34.27% 727 9.33% 62 0.80% 16 0.21% 2 0.03% 1,645 21.11% 7,794 Des Moines 9,158 44.85% 9,977 48.87% 1,041 5.10% 183 0.90% 29 0.14% 29 0.14% -819 -4.02% 20,417 Dickinson 4,028 54.13% 2,620 35.21% 687 9.23% 86 1.16% 11 0.15% 10 0.13% 1,408 18.92% 7,442 Dubuque 18,649 44.90% 18,689 44.99% 3,708 8.93% 368 0.89% 67 0.16% 58 0.14% -40 -0.09% 41,539 Emmet 3,062 53.49% 2,153 37.61% 446 7.79% 55 0.96% 4 0.07% 4 0.07% 909 15.88% 5,724 Fayette 6,374 55.32% 4,377 37.98% 647 5.61% 100 0.87% 10 0.09% 15 0.13% 1,997 17.34% 11,523 Floyd 4,665 51.16% 3,634 39.86% 728 7.98% 66 0.72% 5 0.05% 20 0.22% 1,031 11.30% 9,118 Franklin 3,290 57.90% 1,920 33.79% 406 7.15% 56 0.99% 3 0.05% 7 0.12% 1,370 24.11% 5,682 Fremont 2,693 65.19% 1,203 29.12% 191 4.62% 43 1.04% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,490 36.07% 4,131 Greene 3,154 53.11% 2,210 37.21% 510 8.59% 55 0.93% 5 0.08% 5 0.08% 944 15.90% 5,939 Grundy 4,644 66.10% 1,869 26.60% 440 6.26% 56 0.80% 10 0.14% 7 0.10% 2,775 39.50% 7,026 Guthrie 3,214 58.29% 1,866 33.84% 384 6.96% 44 0.80% 3 0.05% 3 0.05% 1,348 24.45% 5,514 Hamilton 4,745 57.40% 2,741 33.16% 679 8.21% 82 0.99% 11 0.13% 8 0.10% 2,004 24.24% 8,266 Hancock 3,681 60.42% 1,918 31.48% 462 7.58% 17 0.28% 8 0.13% 6 0.10% 1,763 28.94% 6,092 Hardin 5,329 53.72% 3,757 37.87% 730 7.36% 89 0.90% 3 0.03% 12 0.12% 1,572 15.85% 9,920 Harrison 4,502 63.83% 2,152 30.51% 311 4.41% 81 1.15% 1 0.01% 6 0.09% 2,350 33.32% 7,053 Henry 4,430 52.35% 3,317 39.20% 629 7.43% 70 0.83% 11 0.13% 5 0.06% 1,113 13.15% 8,462 Howard 2,975 53.35% 2,214 39.71% 336 6.03% 42 0.75% 5 0.09% 4 0.07% 761 13.64% 5,576 Humboldt 3,575 60.60% 1,840 31.19% 394 6.68% 77 1.31% 7 0.12% 6 0.10% 1,735 29.41% 5,899 Ida 2,825 64.88% 1,235 28.36% 254 5.83% 37 0.85% 1 0.02% 2 0.05% 1,590 36.52% 4,354 Iowa 4,153 55.21% 2,606 34.65% 667 8.87% 84 1.12% 5 0.07% 7 0.09% 1,547 20.56% 7,522 Jackson 4,479 51.17% 3,518 40.19% 622 7.11% 106 1.21% 16 0.18% 13 0.15% 961 10.98% 8,754 Jasper 8,286 48.84% 7,258 42.78% 1,221 7.20% 152 0.90% 28 0.17% 21 0.12% 1,028 6.06% 16,966 Jefferson 4,099 56.16% 2,577 35.31% 505 6.92% 99 1.36% 9 0.12% 10 0.14% 1,522 20.85% 7,299 Johnson 13,642 31.73% 20,122 46.80% 8,101 18.84% 508 1.18% 403 0.94% 221 0.51% -6,480 -15.07% 42,997 Jones 4,506 50.56% 3,521 39.50% 759 8.52% 114 1.28% 4 0.04% 9 0.10% 985 11.06% 8,913 Keokuk 3,145 52.64% 2,390 40.00% 369 6.18% 62 1.04% 1 0.02% 8 0.13% 755 12.64% 5,975 Kossuth 5,568 54.26% 3,810 37.13% 775 7.55% 94 0.92% 10 0.10% 5 0.05% 1,758 17.13% 10,262 Lee 8,793 48.14% 8,204 44.92% 1,047 5.73% 183 1.00% 21 0.11% 17 0.09% 589 3.22% 18,265 Linn 36,254 46.35% 31,950 40.84% 8,773 11.22% 994 1.27% 107 0.14% 146 0.19% 4,304 5.51% 78,224 Louisa 2,530 55.19% 1,700 37.09% 291 6.35% 57 1.24% 4 0.09% 2 0.04% 830 18.10% 4,584 Lucas 2,593 52.61% 1,989 40.35% 291 5.90% 49 0.99% 6 0.12% 1 0.02% 604 12.26% 4,929 Lyon 4,349 70.05% 1,431 23.05% 375 6.04% 48 0.77% 2 0.03% 3 0.05% 2,918 47.00% 6,208 Madison 3,320 51.79% 2,496 38.93% 505 7.88% 72 1.12% 7 0.11% 11 0.17% 824 12.86% 6,411 Mahaska 5,650 54.52% 3,968 38.29% 603 5.82% 106 1.02% 21 0.20% 15 0.14% 1,682 16.23% 10,363 Marion 6,665 49.30% 5,490 40.61% 1,232 9.11% 108 0.80% 10 0.07% 13 0.10% 1,175 8.69% 13,518 Marshall 10,707 54.56% 7,114 36.25% 1,541 7.85% 188 0.96% 37 0.19% 39 0.20% 3,593 18.31% 19,626 Mills 3,581 69.09% 1,244 24.00% 281 5.42% 60 1.16% 6 0.12% 11 0.21% 2,337 45.09% 5,183 Mitchell 3,401 58.00% 2,040 34.79% 361 6.16% 49 0.84% 5 0.09% 8 0.14% 1,361 23.21% 5,864 Monona 3,268 61.85% 1,660 31.42% 275 5.20% 69 1.31% 6 0.11% 6 0.11% 1,608 30.43% 5,284 Monroe 2,003 48.65% 1,866 45.32% 216 5.25% 22 0.53% 4 0.10% 6 0.15% 137 3.33% 4,117 Montgomery 4,115 67.97% 1,556 25.70% 301 4.97% 65 1.07% 5 0.08% 12 0.20% 2,559 42.27% 6,054 Muscatine 7,829 51.69% 5,597 36.96% 1,522 10.05% 160 1.06% 21 0.14% 16 0.11% 2,232 14.73% 15,145 O'Brien 4,937 63.61% 2,210 28.48% 536 6.91% 63 0.81% 8 0.10% 7 0.09% 2,727 35.13% 7,761 Osceola 2,177 62.45% 1,051 30.15% 234 6.71% 20 0.57% 2 0.06% 2 0.06% 1,126 32.30% 3,486 Page 5,618 71.93% 1,772 22.69% 356 4.56% 49 0.63% 5 0.06% 10 0.13% 3,846 49.24% 7,810 Palo Alto 3,025 50.69% 2,463 41.27% 412 6.90% 60 1.01% 4 0.07% 4 0.07% 562 9.42% 5,968 Plymouth 6,515 62.97% 2,965 28.66% 756 7.31% 92 0.89% 8 0.08% 10 0.10% 3,550 34.31% 10,346 Pocahontas 3,194 56.17% 1,959 34.45% 397 6.98% 113 1.99% 7 0.12% 16 0.28% 1,235 21.72% 5,686 Polk 64,156 44.63% 61,984 43.12% 15,819 11.00% 1,301 0.90% 309 0.21% 189 0.13% 2,172 1.51% 143,758 Pottawattamie 20,222 60.96% 10,709 32.29% 1,870 5.64% 319 0.96% 17 0.05% 33 0.10% 9,513 28.67% 33,170 Poweshiek 4,598 50.52% 3,529 38.77% 821 9.02% 72 0.79% 66 0.73% 16 0.18% 1,069 11.75% 9,102 Ringgold 1,884 57.95% 1,150 35.37% 191 5.88% 25 0.77% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 734 22.58% 3,251 Sac 3,725 59.47% 1,976 31.55% 467 7.46% 89 1.42% 1 0.02% 6 0.10% 1,749 27.92% 6,264 Scott 34,701 51.09% 26,391 38.85% 5,760 8.48% 832 1.22% 143 0.21% 99 0.15% 8,310 12.24% 67,926 Shelby 4,147 64.03% 1,892 29.21% 372 5.74% 54 0.83% 7 0.11% 5 0.08% 2,255 34.82% 6,477 Sioux 10,768 76.01% 2,698 19.04% 610 4.31% 64 0.45% 17 0.12% 10 0.07% 8,070 56.97% 14,167 Story 15,829 42.36% 13,529 36.20% 7,252 19.41% 503 1.35% 184 0.49% 74 0.20% 2,300 6.16% 37,371 Tama 4,840 56.27% 3,049 35.45% 593 6.89% 98 1.14% 8 0.09% 14 0.16% 1,791 20.82% 8,602 Taylor 2,715 64.44% 1,226 29.10% 240 5.70% 28 0.66% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 1,489 35.34% 4,213 Union 3,372 56.40% 2,182 36.49% 368 6.15% 46 0.77% 3 0.05% 8 0.13% 1,190 19.91% 5,979 Van Buren 2,142 58.21% 1,311 35.63% 183 4.97% 36 0.98% 2 0.05% 6 0.16% 831 22.58% 3,680 Wapello 7,475 42.31% 8,923 50.50% 1,050 5.94% 176 1.00% 27 0.15% 17 0.10% -1,448 -8.19% 17,668 Warren 7,360 47.43% 6,610 42.59% 1,369 8.82% 131 0.84% 22 0.14% 27 0.17% 750 4.84% 15,519 Washington 3,967 52.01% 2,877 37.72% 703 9.22% 67 0.88% 4 0.05% 9 0.12% 1,090 14.29% 7,627 Wayne 2,221 54.12% 1,627 39.64% 218 5.31% 36 0.88% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 594 14.48% 4,104 Webster 10,438 49.63% 9,001 42.80% 1,386 6.59% 154 0.73% 28 0.13% 23 0.11% 1,437 6.83% 21,030 Winnebago 3,808 58.77% 2,208 34.08% 417 6.44% 35 0.54% 4 0.06% 7 0.11% 1,600 24.69% 6,479 Winneshiek 5,033 54.10% 3,201 34.40% 938 10.08% 81 0.87% 39 0.42% 12 0.13% 1,832 19.70% 9,304 Woodbury 23,553 54.43% 15,930 36.81% 3,184 7.36% 489 1.13% 41 0.09% 78 0.18% 7,623 17.62% 43,275 Worth 2,247 52.13% 1,721 39.93% 301 6.98% 31 0.72% 5 0.12% 5 0.12% 526 12.20% 4,310 Wright 3,936 55.07% 2,645 37.01% 497 6.95% 57 0.80% 4 0.06% 8 0.11% 1,291 18.06% 7,147Totals676,02651.31%508,67238.60%115,6338.78%13,1231.00%2,2730.17%1,9340.15%167,35412.71%1,317,661 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 18em Adams Appanoose Audubon Benton Boone Carroll Cerro Gordo Chickasaw Clarke Crawford Dallas Davis Decatur Floyd Greene Guthrie Hamilton Henry Howard Jackson Jasper Keokuk Kossuth Lee Linn Lucas Madison Marion Mitchell Monona Monroe Palo Alto Pocahontas Polk Poweshiek Ringgold Tama Union Van Buren Warren Webster Wayne Worth Wright See also United States presidential elections in Iowa References Iowa 1980 Category:1980 Iowa elections