1980 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

none June 2025 September 2023 1980 United States presidential election in Wisconsin Wisconsin 1913 presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1984 November 4, 1980 x160px Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) George H. W. Bush California 11 1,088,845 47.90% Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 981,584 43.18% John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg John B. Anderson Independent Illinois Patrick Lucey 0 160,657 7.07% 1980 United States presidential election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg 300px County results Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% 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 Wisconsin took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. In the earliest polls in August, Reagan was well ahead of Carter.‘Reagan Runs Ahead of Carter, Democratic Study Group says’; Boston Globe, August 9, 1980, p. 12 Independent candidate John B. Anderson, who had recently chosen former Badger State Governor Patrick Lucey as his running mate,Weaver, Warren, Jr.; ‘Anderson Chooses Lucey for His Ticket: Praises Ex-Wisconsin Governor as Qualified for the White House’; Special to The New York Times, August 26, 1980, p. A1 was ahead of Carter in some normally Democratic districts of the state. Anderson was the first of the three leading candidates to campaign in the state, doing so alongside his running mate early in September,‘Anderson Opens Campaign in Midwest: Are Debates Critical?’; Special to the New York Times, September 2, 1980, p. B8 Reagan campaigned in the state during the first week of October, when he was ahead by 5 points in a recent poll, and argued that his tax cuts are necessary to aid business and an economy affected by stagflation.Nyhan, David; ‘Reagan Aims at Economy for Votes in Key States’; Boston Globe, October 3, 1980, p. 1 Carter would not campaign in Wisconsin until the second week of October, when he argued against Reagan’s nuclear and military arms positions, arguing that they could lead to interventions that were “jingoistic”, “macho” and “guided by a desire to push everybody around”.Weisman, Steven R.; ‘Carter Presses Issue of “War and Peace”: In Illinois and Wisconsin, He Again Accuses Reagan of Backing Policies of Intervention’; Special to The New York Times, October 7, 1980, p. D21 In October, Reagan continued to lead in Wisconsin, although his lead fell as Anderson’s strength dropped below the 20 percent level where it had been during September.Broder, David S.; ‘The Post Survey: Reagan's Lead Is Big, But Carter Can Still Win: Reagan Leads; Carter Can Win’; The Washington Post, October 5, 1980, pp. D1, D5 Wisconsin was ultimately won by Reagan and his running mate, former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, against incumbent President Carter by 4.72 points. This was about what had been expected at the beginning of October.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=55&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin May 19, 2015 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas This result made Wisconsin almost 5% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Primaries Democratic primary +CandidateVotesDelegatesJimmy Carter (incumbent)353,66246Ted Kennedy189,52025Jerry Brown74,49610Others11,4910Totals629,91681 Republican primary +CandidateVotesDelegatesRonald Reagan364,89815George H. W. Bush276,16411John B. Anderson248,62310Howard Baker3,2980Others9,9190Totals902,90237 Results 1980 United States presidential election in WisconsinPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan 1,088,845 47.90% 11 Democratic Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 981,584 43.18% 0 Independent John B. Anderson 160,657 7.07% 0 Libertarian Ed Clark 29,135 1.28% 0 Independent Barry Commoner 7,767 0.34% 0 Constitution John Rarick 1,519 0.07% 0 Write-Ins 1,337 0.06% 0 Independent David McReynolds 808 0.04% 0 Independent Gus Hall 772 0.03% 0 Independent Deirdre Griswold 414 0.02% 0 Independent Clifton DeBerry 383The DeBerry votes were not separated by county but listed only as a state-wide total.Our Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2316 WI US President Race, November 04, 1980 0.02% 0 Totals 2,272,838 100.0% 11 Results by county County Ronald ReaganRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic John B. AndersonIndependent Ed ClarkLibertarian Barry CommonerIndependent Other candidatesVarious parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % # % Adams 3,304 50.69% 2,773 42.54% 318 4.88% 103 1.58% 8 0.12% 12 0.18% 531 8.15% 6,518 Ashland 3,262 37.56% 4,469 51.46% 685 7.89% 125 1.44% 108 1.24% 36 0.41% -1,207 -13.90% 8,685 Barron 8,791 47.05% 8,654 46.32% 883 4.73% 287 1.54% 54 0.29% 16 0.09% 137 0.73% 18,685 Bayfield 3,278 42.08% 3,705 47.57% 554 7.11% 148 1.90% 87 1.12% 17 0.22% -427 -5.49% 7,789 Brown 47,067 56.72% 29,796 35.91% 4,680 5.64% 1,127 1.36% 205 0.25% 102 0.12% 17,271 20.81% 82,977 Buffalo 3,569 48.11% 3,276 44.16% 404 5.45% 144 1.94% 17 0.23% 8 0.11% 293 3.95% 7,418 Burnett 3,027 44.81% 3,200 47.37% 393 5.82% 103 1.52% 24 0.36% 8 0.12% -173 -2.56% 6,755 Calumet 7,885 55.17% 5,036 35.23% 1,064 7.44% 232 1.62% 13 0.09% 63 0.44% 2,849 19.94% 14,293 Chippewa 10,531 48.06% 9,836 44.89% 1,160 5.29% 332 1.52% 28 0.13% 25 0.11% 695 3.17% 21,912 Clark 7,921 52.73% 6,091 40.54% 679 4.52% 300 2.00% 16 0.11% 16 0.11% 1,830 12.19% 15,023 Columbia 10,478 49.90% 8,715 41.51% 1,373 6.54% 332 1.58% 48 0.23% 50 0.24% 1,763 8.39% 20,996 Crawford 3,934 50.08% 3,392 43.18% 371 4.72% 110 1.40% 39 0.50% 10 0.13% 542 6.90% 7,856 Dane 57,545 34.17% 85,609 50.84% 19,772 11.74% 2,216 1.32% 2,807 1.67% 456 0.27% -28,064 -16.67% 168,405 Dodge 19,435 57.70% 11,966 35.53% 1,709 5.07% 484 1.44% 34 0.10% 54 0.16% 7,469 22.17% 33,682 Door 7,170 55.23% 4,961 38.21% 655 5.05% 154 1.19% 26 0.20% 16 0.12% 2,209 17.02% 12,982 Douglas 7,258 34.24% 11,703 55.21% 1,728 8.15% 400 1.89% 51 0.24% 59 0.28% -4,445 -20.97% 21,199 Dunn 7,428 43.47% 7,743 45.31% 1,565 9.16% 235 1.38% 92 0.54% 25 0.15% -315 -1.84% 17,088 Eau Claire 17,304 44.46% 17,602 45.22% 3,486 8.96% 389 1.00% 105 0.27% 36 0.09% -298 -0.76% 38,922 Florence 1,187 52.52% 943 41.73% 86 3.81% 31 1.37% 6 0.27% 7 0.31% 244 10.79% 2,260 Fond du Lac 24,196 56.97% 15,293 36.01% 2,191 5.16% 668 1.57% 62 0.15% 60 0.14% 8,903 20.96% 42,470 Forest 2,070 44.29% 2,402 51.39% 141 3.02% 55 1.18% 3 0.06% 3 0.06% -332 -7.10% 4,674 Grant 13,298 55.82% 8,406 35.28% 1,690 7.09% 368 1.54% 44 0.18% 18 0.08% 4,892 20.54% 23,824 Green 7,714 54.03% 5,336 37.37% 947 6.63% 245 1.72% 29 0.20% 6 0.04% 2,378 16.66% 14,277 Green Lake 5,868 63.42% 2,851 30.81% 368 3.98% 151 1.63% 7 0.08% 7 0.08% 3,017 32.61% 9,252 Iowa 4,068 45.24% 4,154 46.20% 546 6.07% 166 1.85% 48 0.53% 10 0.11% -86 -0.96% 8,992 Iron 1,811 45.04% 1,941 48.27% 219 5.45% 39 0.97% 7 0.17% 4 0.10% -130 -3.23% 4,021 Jackson 4,327 50.80% 3,629 42.61% 413 4.85% 115 1.35% 21 0.25% 12 0.14% 698 8.19% 8,517 Jefferson 16,174 53.91% 11,335 37.78% 1,925 6.42% 446 1.49% 59 0.20% 61 0.20% 4,839 16.13% 30,000 Juneau 5,591 55.14% 3,884 38.30% 463 4.57% 169 1.67% 15 0.15% 18 0.18% 1,707 16.84% 10,140 Kenosha 24,481 43.82% 26,738 47.86% 3,802 6.81% 684 1.22% 64 0.11% 94 0.17% -2,257 -4.04% 55,863 Kewaunee 5,577 57.05% 3,706 37.91% 318 3.25% 147 1.50% 15 0.15% 12 0.12% 1,871 19.14% 9,775 La Crosse 23,427 51.73% 17,304 38.21% 3,652 8.06% 480 1.06% 371 0.82% 51 0.11% 6,123 13.52% 45,285 Lafayette 4,421 51.46% 3,598 41.88% 450 5.24% 107 1.25% 8 0.09% 7 0.08% 823 9.58% 8,591 Langlade 4,866 49.30% 4,498 45.57% 369 3.74% 112 1.13% 16 0.16% 10 0.10% 368 3.73% 9,871 Lincoln 6,473 50.75% 5,438 42.63% 630 4.94% 192 1.51% 13 0.10% 9 0.07% 1,035 8.12% 12,755 Manitowoc 18,591 48.00% 17,330 44.74% 2,014 5.20% 653 1.69% 51 0.13% 93 0.24% 1,261 3.26% 38,732 Marathon 25,868 48.34% 23,281 43.50% 3,257 6.09% 914 1.71% 102 0.19% 92 0.17% 2,587 4.84% 53,514 Marinette 10,444 54.49% 7,718 40.27% 683 3.56% 283 1.48% 22 0.11% 17 0.09% 2,726 14.22% 19,167 Marquette 3,166 54.78% 2,180 37.72% 270 4.67% 126 2.18% 10 0.17% 27 0.47% 986 17.06% 5,779 Menominee 302 32.26% 544 58.12% 57 6.09% 11 1.18% 6 0.64% 16 1.71% -242 -25.86% 936 Milwaukee 183,450 39.54% 240,174 51.76% 34,281 7.39% 3,843 0.83% 1,105 0.24% 1,155 0.25% -56,724 -12.22% 464,008 Monroe 8,136 51.87% 6,521 41.58% 780 4.97% 202 1.29% 33 0.21% 12 0.08% 1,615 10.29% 15,684 Oconto 8,292 58.01% 5,352 37.44% 440 3.08% 176 1.23% 20 0.14% 13 0.09% 2,940 20.57% 14,293 Oneida 8,602 51.19% 7,008 41.70% 832 4.95% 306 1.82% 40 0.24% 17 0.10% 1,594 9.49% 16,805 Outagamie 31,500 52.99% 21,284 35.81% 5,735 9.65% 749 1.26% 110 0.19% 63 0.11% 10,216 17.18% 59,441 Ozaukee 21,371 61.00% 10,779 30.77% 2,463 7.03% 347 0.99% 46 0.13% 27 0.08% 10,592 30.23% 35,033 Pepin 1,541 44.40% 1,673 48.20% 183 5.27% 54 1.56% 12 0.35% 8 0.23% -132 -3.80% 3,471 Pierce 6,209 39.68% 7,312 46.73% 1,752 11.20% 293 1.87% 62 0.40% 18 0.12% -1,103 -7.05% 15,646 Polk 7,207 44.23% 7,607 46.68% 1,102 6.76% 328 2.01% 35 0.21% 17 0.10% -400 -2.45% 16,296 Portage 10,465 34.09% 16,443 53.56% 2,851 9.29% 463 1.51% 399 1.30% 81 0.26% -5,978 -19.47% 30,702 Price 4,028 49.30% 3,595 44.00% 394 4.82% 125 1.53% 20 0.24% 9 0.11% 433 5.30% 8,171 Racine 39,683 49.76% 33,565 42.09% 5,167 6.48% 1,054 1.32% 114 0.14% 159 0.20% 6,118 7.67% 79,742 Richland 4,601 53.57% 3,413 39.74% 413 4.81% 132 1.54% 20 0.23% 9 0.10% 1,188 13.83% 8,588 Rock 30,960 50.60% 24,740 40.44% 4,408 7.20% 888 1.45% 116 0.19% 70 0.11% 6,220 10.16% 61,182 Rusk 3,704 47.52% 3,584 45.98% 340 4.36% 135 1.73% 22 0.28% 10 0.13% 120 1.54% 7,795 Sauk 9,992 49.48% 8,456 41.87% 1,405 6.96% 290 1.44% 43 0.21% 9 0.04% 1,536 7.61% 20,195 Sawyer 3,548 50.07% 3,065 43.25% 323 4.56% 125 1.76% 18 0.25% 7 0.10% 483 6.82% 7,086 Shawano 9,922 60.96% 5,410 33.24% 652 4.01% 232 1.43% 27 0.17% 33 0.20% 4,512 27.72% 16,276 Sheboygan 23,036 47.42% 20,974 43.18% 3,859 7.94% 588 1.21% 58 0.12% 60 0.12% 2,062 4.24% 48,575 St. Croix 9,265 42.56% 10,203 46.87% 1,867 8.58% 364 1.67% 50 0.23% 18 0.08% -938 -4.31% 21,767 Taylor 4,596 51.31% 3,739 41.74% 403 4.50% 195 2.18% 18 0.20% 7 0.08% 857 9.57% 8,958 Trempealeau 5,992 49.52% 5,390 44.54% 558 4.61% 122 1.01% 30 0.25% 9 0.07% 602 4.98% 12,101 Vernon 6,528 51.11% 5,501 43.07% 494 3.87% 190 1.49% 44 0.34% 16 0.13% 1,027 8.04% 12,773 Vilas 6,034 60.80% 3,293 33.18% 421 4.24% 140 1.41% 24 0.24% 12 0.12% 2,741 27.62% 9,924 Walworth 19,194 56.90% 11,344 33.63% 2,581 7.65% 522 1.55% 58 0.17% 31 0.09% 7,850 23.27% 33,730 Washburn 3,193 46.41% 3,172 46.10% 355 5.16% 124 1.80% 35 0.51% 1 0.01% 21 0.31% 6,880 Washington 23,213 58.81% 12,944 32.79% 2,654 6.72% 561 1.42% 33 0.08% 66 0.17% 10,269 26.02% 39,471 Waukesha 81,059 58.25% 46,612 33.50% 9,778 7.03% 1,396 1.00% 149 0.11% 154 0.11% 34,447 24.75% 139,148 Waupaca 12,568 61.71% 6,401 31.43% 1,072 5.26% 268 1.32% 42 0.21% 15 0.07% 6,167 30.28% 20,366 Waushara 5,576 61.43% 2,987 32.91% 335 3.69% 141 1.55% 22 0.24% 16 0.18% 2,589 28.52% 9,077 Winnebago 34,286 53.28% 24,203 37.61% 4,779 7.43% 844 1.31% 137 0.21% 104 0.16% 10,083 15.67% 64,353 Wood 17,987 52.19% 13,804 40.05% 2,010 5.83% 555 1.61% 84 0.24% 27 0.08% 4,183 12.14% 34,467Totals1,088,84547.90%981,58443.18%160,6577.07%29,1351.28%7,7670.34%5,2330.23%107,2614.72%2,273,221 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Adams Barron Buffalo Chippewa Clark Crawford Florence Jackson Lincoln Manitowoc Marathon Juneau Kewaunee Oconto Price Rusk Sawyer Sheboygan Taylor Trempealeau Washburn See also United States presidential elections in Wisconsin Notes References Wisconsin 1980 United States presidential election