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1980 United States presidential election
1980 United States presidential election in Idaho Idaho presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Idaho 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Idaho 1984 November 4, 1980 x160px Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 4 290,699 66.46% Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 110,192 25.19% John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg John B. Anderson Independent Illinois Patrick Lucey 0 27,058 6.19% 1980 United States presidential election in Idaho results map by county.svg 200px County results
Reagan
#f2b3be 40–50%
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80%
#aa0000 80–90% President Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States)
The 1980 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Idaho was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 41-point landslide.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=16&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results - Idaho uselectionatlas.org May 24, 2015 It is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in 1964,http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/02/supertuesday.guide/ A super guide for Super Tuesday CNN February 4, 2008 May 24, 2015 and even Johnson won by merely five thousand votes in a national landslide. With 66.46 percent of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Reagan's second strongest state after neighboring Utah.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 Idahohttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&off=0&elect=0&fips=16&f=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho 2017-12-29 PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan 290,699 66.46% 4 Democratic Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 110,192 25.19% 0 Independent John B. Anderson 27,058 6.19% 0 Libertarian Edward Clark 8,425 1.93% 0 American John Rarick 1,057 0.24% 0 Totals 437,431 100.00% 4
Results by county
CountyOur Campaigns; ID US President, November 04, 1980 Ronald ReaganRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic John B. AndersonIndependent Ed ClarkLibertarian John RarickAmerican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Ada 55,205 63.79% 21,324 24.64% 7,987 9.23% 1,874 2.17% 154 0.18% 33,881 39.15% 86,544 Adams 1,189 62.68% 590 31.10% 88 4.64% 26 1.37% 4 0.21% 599 31.58% 1,897 Bannock 18,477 61.88% 8,639 28.93% 1,896 6.35% 771 2.58% 76 0.25% 9,838 32.95% 29,859 Bear Lake 2,941 82.45% 508 14.24% 63 1.77% 45 1.26% 10 0.28% 2,433 68.21% 3,567 Benewah 2,111 54.89% 1,361 35.39% 286 7.44% 84 2.18% 4 0.10% 750 19.50% 3,846 Bingham 11,781 76.07% 2,933 18.94% 489 3.16% 264 1.70% 20 0.13% 8,848 57.13% 15,487 Blaine 2,716 49.12% 1,840 33.28% 775 14.02% 188 3.40% 10 0.18% 876 15.84% 5,529 Boise 1,134 61.43% 518 28.06% 110 5.96% 81 4.39% 3 0.16% 616 33.37% 1,846 Bonner 6,727 56.34% 4,060 34.00% 880 7.37% 250 2.09% 23 0.19% 2,667 22.34% 11,940 Bonneville 24,715 77.55% 5,052 15.85% 1,355 4.25% 683 2.14% 64 0.20% 19,663 61.70% 31,869 Boundary 2,088 59.44% 1,087 30.94% 225 6.40% 106 3.02% 7 0.20% 1,001 28.50% 3,513 Butte 1,275 72.24% 424 24.02% 35 1.98% 28 1.59% 3 0.17% 851 48.22% 1,765 Camas 360 67.92% 145 27.36% 16 3.02% 9 1.70% 0 0.00% 215 40.56% 530 Canyon 24,375 67.68% 9,172 25.47% 1,798 4.99% 601 1.67% 70 0.19% 15,203 42.21% 36,016 Caribou 3,234 83.09% 481 12.36% 106 2.72% 59 1.52% 12 0.31% 2,753 70.73% 3,892 Cassia 6,511 78.84% 1,369 16.58% 212 2.57% 80 0.97% 87 1.05% 5,142 62.26% 8,259 Clark 379 78.47% 87 18.01% 11 2.28% 6 1.24% 0 0.00% 292 60.46% 483 Clearwater 2,178 50.49% 1,699 39.38% 291 6.75% 129 2.99% 17 0.39% 479 11.11% 4,314 Custer 1,398 73.50% 398 20.93% 64 3.36% 40 2.10% 2 0.11% 1,000 52.57% 1,902 Elmore 3,994 64.87% 1,760 28.59% 311 5.05% 88 1.43% 4 0.06% 2,234 36.28% 6,157 Franklin 3,669 85.31% 511 11.88% 61 1.42% 54 1.26% 6 0.14% 3,158 73.43% 4,301 Fremont 4,167 79.33% 926 17.63% 108 2.06% 48 0.91% 4 0.08% 3,241 61.70% 5,253 Gem 3,766 65.77% 1,613 28.17% 218 3.81% 104 1.82% 25 0.44% 2,153 37.60% 5,726 Gooding 3,897 68.43% 1,481 26.01% 218 3.83% 86 1.51% 13 0.23% 2,416 42.42% 5,695 Idaho 4,425 62.56% 2,078 29.38% 409 5.78% 136 1.92% 25 0.35% 2,347 33.18% 7,073 Jefferson 5,860 84.52% 833 12.02% 135 1.95% 91 1.31% 14 0.20% 5,027 72.50% 6,933 Jerome 4,962 74.90% 1,368 20.65% 178 2.69% 101 1.52% 16 0.24% 3,594 54.25% 6,625 Kootenai 17,022 63.25% 7,521 27.95% 1,808 6.72% 476 1.77% 85 0.32% 9,501 35.30% 26,912 Latah 6,967 46.78% 5,037 33.82% 2,465 16.55% 389 2.61% 34 0.23% 1,930 12.96% 14,892 Lemhi 2,646 71.53% 794 21.47% 167 4.51% 85 2.30% 7 0.19% 1,852 50.06% 3,699 Lewis 1,088 53.00% 774 37.70% 160 7.79% 30 1.46% 1 0.05% 314 15.30% 2,053 Lincoln 1,294 69.12% 462 24.68% 83 4.43% 30 1.60% 3 0.16% 832 44.44% 1,872 Madison 6,555 88.41% 728 9.82% 64 0.86% 51 0.69% 16 0.22% 5,827 78.59% 7,414 Minidoka 6,035 74.22% 1,689 20.77% 260 3.20% 135 1.66% 12 0.15% 4,346 53.45% 8,131 Nez Perce 7,495 47.61% 6,565 41.70% 1,344 8.54% 314 1.99% 26 0.17% 930 5.91% 15,744 Oneida 1,461 74.16% 434 22.03% 50 2.54% 23 1.17% 2 0.10% 1,027 52.13% 1,970 Owyhee 2,257 71.88% 732 23.31% 93 2.96% 53 1.69% 5 0.16% 1,525 48.57% 3,140 Payette 4,508 67.14% 1,828 27.23% 253 3.77% 105 1.56% 20 0.30% 2,680 39.91% 6,714 Power 2,235 71.11% 727 23.13% 119 3.79% 57 1.81% 5 0.16% 1,508 47.98% 3,143 Shoshone 3,994 52.04% 3,102 40.42% 407 5.30% 148 1.93% 24 0.31% 892 11.62% 7,675 Teton 1,227 72.78% 360 21.35% 67 3.97% 28 1.66% 4 0.24% 867 51.43% 1,686 Twin Falls 17,425 73.50% 4,835 20.39% 976 4.12% 344 1.45% 128 0.54% 12,590 53.11% 23,708 Valley 2,041 62.38% 926 28.30% 245 7.49% 58 1.77% 2 0.06% 1,115 34.08% 3,272 Washington 2,915 63.58% 1,421 30.99% 172 3.75% 67 1.46% 10 0.22% 1,494 32.59% 4,585Totals290,69966.46%110,19225.19%27,0586.19%8,4251.93%1,0570.24%180,50741.27%437,431
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Benewah
Clearwater
Lewis
Nez Perce
Results by congressional district
District Reagan Carter RepresentativeIdaho 1 1st 63.0% 29.5%Steve Symms (96th Congress)Larry Craig (97th Congress)Idaho 2 2nd 73.4% 21.6%George V. Hansen
See also
United States presidential elections in Idaho
Presidency of Ronald Reagan
References
Idaho
1980
Category:1980 Idaho elections