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1980 United States presidential election in Delaware
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1980 United States presidential election
1980 United States presidential election in Delaware Delaware presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Delaware 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Delaware 1984 November 4, 1980 x160px Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 3 111,252 47.21% Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 105,754 44.87% John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg John B. Anderson Anderson Coalition Anderson’s party was listed on this state’s ballot as “Anderson Coalition”.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=10&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Delaware May 20, 2015 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas DCDCDC Illinois Patrick Lucey 0 16,288 6.91% 120px County results 120px State House district results Reagan
#f2b3be 40–50%
#e27f90 50–60%
#CC2F4A 60–70%
Carter
#B9D7FF 40–50%
#86B6F2 50–60%
#4389E3 60–70%
#1666CB 70–80%
#0645B4 80–90% President Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States)
The 1980 United States presidential election in Delaware 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 three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The election here was close, with Delaware being won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by two points. Notably, Reagan won New Castle County by just one vote over Carter.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
Results
1980 United States presidential election in DelawareWrightson Lewis C. State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1980 https://elections.delaware.gov/elections/resultsarchive/elect80/pdfs/1980.pdf Delaware Department of Elections 17 December 2025 2 PDF 1980
Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) 111,252 47.21%
Jimmy Carter (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 105,754 44.87%
John B. Anderson #DCDCDC Anderson Coalition 16,288 6.91%
Ed Clark Libertarian Party (United States) 1,974 0.84%
Percy L. Greaves Jr. American Party (1969) 400 0.17%
235,668 100.00%
By county
County Ronald ReaganRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Kent 14,882 49.84% 12,884 43.15% 2,096 7.01% 1,998 6.69% 29,862 New Castle 76,898 45.66% 76,897 45.66% 14,632 8.68% 1 0.00% 168,427 Sussex 19,472 52.09% 15,973 42.73% 1,934 5.18% 3,499 9.36% 37,379Totals111,25247.21%105,75444.87%18,6627.92%5,4982.34%235,668
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Kent
New Castle
Sussex
See also
United States presidential elections in Delaware
Notes
References
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