1980 United States presidential election in Ohio

none June 2025 September 2023 1980 United States presidential election 1980 United States presidential election in Ohio Ohio presidential no 1976 United States presidential election in Ohio 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Ohio 1984 November 4, 1980 73.88%https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/election-results-and-data/historical-election-comparisons/voter-turnout-in-general-elections/ Voter Turnout in General Elections Ohio Secretary of State 1980 United States presidential election in Ohio results map by county.svg 250px Map of election results by county County results Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% x160px Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 25 2,206,545 51.51% Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 1,752,414 40.91% John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg John B. Anderson Independent Illinois Patrick Lucey 0 254,472 5.94% President Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) The 1980 United States presidential election in Ohio 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 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Because of Ohio's long-time bellwether status, Carter and Reagan campaigned heavily in the state from the start of the presidential primaries.Weisman, Steven R.; ‘Carter and Reagan 'Debate' in Ohio, Six Blocks Apart: Two Images of the U.S.’; The New York Times Special, May 29, 1980, p. A1 At the beginning of the campaign, it was clear that inflation and the Iranian hostage crisis were cutting heavily into Carter's popularity in the industrial areas of the state,Schellhardt, Timothy D.; ‘Midwest Mood: Carter's Support Slides In a Blue-Collar Town That Backed Him in ‘76’; Wall Street Journal, June 2, 1980, p. 1 although Reagan was not viewed warmly by the state's electorate either.Smith, Terence; ‘Visits by Carter and Reagan to Put Ohio's Capital on the Political Map: Little Enthusiasm for Candidates – “Turned His Back on the State”’; New York Times Special, May 29, 1980. p. B6 Despite the coldness with which the incumbent President was received on his first visit to Columbus, Carter did gain a critical victory over challenger Ted Kennedy in Ohio's presidential primary on June 4, owing to his dominance of Ohio's heavily Appalachian rural countiesNyhan, David and Black, Chris; ‘Carter Is Over Top; Kennedy Will Fight On – Ohio to President; N.J. to Senator; California Close’; The Boston Globe, June 4, 1980, p. 1 plus the endorsement of both Buckeye State Senator John Glenn‘Campaign Report: Carter Gets Endorsement From Senator Glenn of Ohio’; The New York Times, May 22, 1980, p. B8 and Cleveland's Plain Dealer newspaper.‘Campaign Report: Kennedy Warns of Threats Of Unrest in Inner Cities; Carter and Reagan Lead In Poll of Jersey Residents; Cleveland Plain Dealer Endorses Carter and Reagan’; The New York Times, May 26, 1980, p. A13 In the earliest polls after the nominations were settled, Reagan was slightly ahead of Carter,‘Reagan Leads, Poll Indicates’; The Boston Globe, June 16, 1980, p. 1 and from midsummer the GOP nominee targeted Ohio as part of his strategy of appealing to industrial workers in the Northeast and Great Lakes region.Sperling, Godfrey, Jr.; ‘How Reagan plans to beat Carter in November; “Northeast strategy” targets Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, banks on big 'blue collar' vote’; The Christian Science Monitor, July 16, 1980 Ohio gained further attention from a court case that allowed independent candidate and former Republican rival to Reagan John B. Anderson to be on the state's ballot,‘Campaign Report: Anderson Wins Court Battle To Be on the Ohio Ballot’; The New York Times, July 18, 1980, p. A7 but Reagan continued his strategy of seeking the support of Ohio's industrial workers during the remainder of the summer.Broder, David S. ‘Reagan, Citing 'the Carter Depression,' Courts Labor: Decrying 'the Carter Depression,' Reagan Courts Support of Labor’; The Washington Post, August 28, 1980, p. A1 However, after the challenger being ahead for the first half of the fall – although never by an irreversible margin – by mid-October Ohio was seen as close because Reagan was not gaining so much support from industrial workers as he had hoped in August,Clymer, Adam; ‘Ohio Race Expected to Be Close As Labor Mobilizes for President’; New York Times Special, October 16, 1980, p. A1 with voters simply debating “which candidate they liked least”.Hunt, Albert R.; ‘Buckeye Ambivalence: In Pivotal Ohio, With Reagan Slightly Ahead, Voters Debate Which Candidate They Like Least’; The Wall Street Journal, October 9, 1098. p. 48 However, by the beginning of November, Ohio was viewed as the most problematic of the three “key” Midwestern statesMichigan and Illinois were the other two states considered in this context, and Carter also lost them, though by smaller margins than Ohio. for Carter's re-election battle, as he was only seventy-five thousand votes ahead in Cuyahoga County, which he had won by over 93,000 votes in his 11,000-vote statewide triumph four years previously.Healy, Robert L.; ‘Ohio, Mich, and Illinois may decide the election’; The Boston Globe, November 1, 1980, p. 1 The Equal Rights Amendment and abortion were also seen as severely handicapping Carter in the Southern-leaning Appalachian counties where he had done well in 1976. Ohio was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by 11%.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=39&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio uselectionatlas.org Ohio voted very close to the nation for both Carter and Reagan, although Anderson was 0.7% below his national percentage. Reagan was the first Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 to carry heavily populated Lucas County.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 276-280 0786422173 thumb|right|Ronald Reagan campaigning in Youngstown, Ohio on October 8, 1980 Results 1980 United States presidential election in OhioMcGillivray Scammon 1994 579-580PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes RepublicanRonald Reagan2,206,54551.51%25 DemocraticJimmy Carter (incumbent)1,752,41440.91%0 Not designatedJohn Anderson254,4725.94%0 Not designatedEd Clark49,0331.14%0 Not designatedBarry Commoner8,5640.20%0 Not designatedGus Hall4,7290.11%0 Not designatedRichard Congress4,0290.09%0 Not designatedDeirdre Griswold3,7900.09%0 Write-inBenjamin Bubar270.00%0 Totals 4,283,603 100.00% 25 Results by county County Ronald ReaganRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic John B. AndersonNot designated Edward E. ClarkNot designated Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes castMcGillivray Scammon 1994 579-580 # % # % # % # % # % # % Adams 5,336 53.75% 4,161 41.91% 303 3.05% 99 1.00% 29 0.29% 1,175 11.84% 9,928 Allen 29,070 65.84% 13,140 29.76% 1,439 3.26% 419 0.95% 86 0.19% 15,930 36.08% 44,154 Ashland 11,691 62.56% 5,142 27.51% 1,128 6.04% 427 2.28% 301 1.61% 6,549 35.05% 18,689 Ashtabula 19,847 49.04% 17,363 42.91% 2,481 6.13% 600 1.48% 176 0.43% 2,484 6.13% 40,467 Athens 8,170 41.26% 9,514 48.05% 1,544 7.80% 378 1.91% 195 0.98% -1,344 -6.79% 19,801 Auglaize 11,537 65.34% 5,022 28.44% 785 4.45% 212 1.20% 101 0.57% 6,515 36.90% 17,657 Belmont 13,601 42.47% 16,653 52.00% 1,432 4.47% 251 0.78% 87 0.27% -3,052 -9.53% 32,024 Brown 6,065 53.50% 4,706 41.51% 339 2.99% 151 1.33% 76 0.67% 1,359 11.99% 11,337 Butler 61,231 61.91% 31,796 32.15% 4,717 4.77% 826 0.84% 331 0.33% 29,435 29.76% 98,901 Carroll 5,806 58.94% 3,476 35.29% 406 4.12% 137 1.39% 26 0.26% 2,330 23.65% 9,851 Champaign 7,356 60.17% 4,109 33.61% 596 4.88% 132 1.08% 32 0.26% 3,247 26.56% 12,225 Clark 27,237 50.42% 22,630 41.90% 3,414 6.32% 569 1.05% 165 0.31% 4,607 8.52% 54,015 Clermont 26,674 63.37% 13,199 31.36% 1,697 4.03% 448 1.06% 73 0.17% 13,475 32.01% 42,091 Clinton 7,675 61.90% 3,967 31.99% 608 4.90% 116 0.94% 34 0.27% 3,708 29.91% 12,400 Columbiana 20,798 50.55% 17,459 42.43% 2,320 5.64% 464 1.13% 102 0.25% 3,339 8.12% 41,143 Coshocton 8,359 60.33% 4,725 34.10% 525 3.79% 161 1.16% 86 0.62% 3,634 26.23% 13,856 Crawford 12,424 62.89% 6,058 30.67% 915 4.63% 307 1.55% 51 0.26% 6,366 32.22% 19,755 Cuyahoga 254,883 41.47% 307,448 50.02% 40,750 6.63% 6,915 1.12% 4,686 0.76% -52,565 -8.55% 614,682 Darke 12,773 58.17% 7,635 34.77% 1,198 5.46% 288 1.31% 64 0.29% 5,138 23.40% 21,958 Defiance 9,358 59.84% 5,096 32.59% 896 5.73% 240 1.53% 49 0.31% 4,262 27.25% 15,639 Delaware 14,740 64.48% 6,417 28.07% 1,278 5.59% 336 1.47% 90 0.39% 8,323 36.41% 22,861 Erie 15,628 51.29% 12,343 40.51% 1,908 6.26% 348 1.14% 243 0.80% 3,285 10.78% 30,470 Fairfield 24,096 60.98% 13,144 33.26% 1,689 4.27% 498 1.26% 88 0.22% 10,952 27.72% 39,515 Fayette 5,827 64.26% 2,810 30.99% 327 3.61% 86 0.95% 18 0.20% 3,017 33.27% 9,068 Franklin 200,948 53.87% 143,932 38.58% 21,269 5.70% 4,429 1.19% 2,467 0.66% 57,016 15.29% 373,045 Fulton 9,519 64.72% 3,972 27.01% 1,026 6.98% 152 1.03% 38 0.26% 5,547 37.71% 14,707 Gallia 6,469 56.73% 4,406 38.64% 401 3.52% 93 0.82% 35 0.31% 2,063 18.09% 11,404 Geauga 17,762 58.81% 9,542 31.59% 2,359 7.81% 421 1.39% 120 0.40% 8,220 27.22% 30,204 Greene 24,922 51.03% 20,068 41.09% 3,160 6.47% 469 0.96% 223 0.46% 4,854 9.94% 48,842 Guernsey 8,180 58.08% 5,121 36.36% 604 4.29% 129 0.92% 50 0.36% 3,059 21.72% 14,084 Hamilton 206,979 57.73% 129,114 36.01% 17,898 4.99% 3,155 0.88% 1,395 0.39% 77,865 21.72% 358,541 Hancock 18,264 67.62% 6,843 25.34% 1,467 5.43% 283 1.05% 153 0.57% 11,421 42.28% 27,010 Hardin 7,457 61.51% 3,863 31.87% 528 4.36% 201 1.66% 74 0.61% 3,594 29.64% 12,123 Harrison 3,639 52.62% 2,848 41.18% 331 4.79% 74 1.07% 24 0.35% 791 11.44% 6,916 Henry 7,584 66.01% 3,059 26.63% 691 6.01% 116 1.01% 39 0.34% 4,525 39.38% 11,489 Highland 7,359 59.35% 4,363 35.19% 454 3.66% 107 0.86% 117 0.94% 2,996 24.16% 12,400 Hocking 4,588 52.02% 3,765 42.69% 312 3.54% 122 1.38% 32 0.36% 823 9.33% 8,819 Holmes 3,860 60.37% 2,094 32.75% 329 5.15% 90 1.41% 21 0.33% 1,766 27.62% 6,394 Huron 11,173 58.32% 6,537 34.12% 1,110 5.79% 279 1.46% 60 0.31% 4,636 24.20% 19,159 Jackson 5,902 55.06% 4,409 41.13% 274 2.56% 85 0.79% 49 0.46% 1,493 13.93% 10,719 Jefferson 15,777 40.99% 20,382 52.95% 1,797 4.67% 395 1.03% 140 0.36% -4,605 -11.96% 38,491 Knox 10,384 57.07% 6,586 36.20% 987 5.42% 190 1.04% 48 0.26% 3,798 20.87% 18,195 Lake 43,485 50.31% 35,246 40.78% 5,925 6.86% 1,381 1.60% 391 0.45% 8,239 9.53% 86,428 Lawrence 13,799 52.68% 11,366 43.39% 813 3.10% 157 0.60% 59 0.23% 2,433 9.29% 26,194 Licking 28,425 58.28% 17,208 35.28% 2,419 4.96% 544 1.12% 173 0.35% 11,217 23.00% 48,769 Logan 9,727 64.87% 4,319 28.80% 718 4.79% 197 1.31% 33 0.22% 5,408 36.07% 14,994 Lorain 51,034 49.51% 40,919 39.69% 7,324 7.10% 2,909 2.82% 898 0.87% 10,115 9.82% 103,084 Lucas 86,653 45.30% 85,341 44.61% 16,636 8.70% 1,538 0.80% 1,130 0.59% 1,312 0.69% 191,298 Madison 7,166 63.14% 3,565 31.41% 438 3.86% 119 1.05% 62 0.55% 3,601 31.73% 11,350 Mahoning 50,153 40.07% 63,677 50.88% 9,490 7.58% 1,009 0.81% 832 0.66% -13,524 -10.81% 125,161 Marion 14,605 56.98% 9,419 36.75% 1,255 4.90% 294 1.15% 58 0.23% 5,186 20.23% 25,631 Medina 24,723 58.79% 13,573 32.28% 2,965 7.05% 654 1.56% 135 0.32% 11,150 26.51% 42,050 Meigs 4,911 53.56% 3,827 41.73% 294 3.21% 112 1.22% 26 0.28% 1,084 11.83% 9,170 Mercer 8,673 56.54% 5,506 35.90% 941 6.13% 174 1.13% 45 0.29% 3,167 20.64% 15,339 Miami 19,928 55.65% 12,893 36.01% 2,429 6.78% 463 1.29% 95 0.27% 7,035 19.64% 35,808 Monroe 2,870 45.03% 3,166 49.68% 266 4.17% 47 0.74% 24 0.38% -296 -4.65% 6,373 Montgomery 101,443 45.49% 105,110 47.13% 13,817 6.20% 1,797 0.81% 842 0.38% -3,667 -1.64% 223,009 Morgan 3,236 60.31% 1,875 34.94% 156 2.91% 80 1.49% 19 0.35% 1,361 25.37% 5,366 Morrow 6,179 61.96% 3,239 32.48% 383 3.84% 142 1.42% 29 0.29% 2,940 29.48% 9,972 Muskingum 17,921 54.82% 12,584 38.50% 1,329 4.07% 456 1.40% 398 1.22% 5,337 16.32% 32,688 Noble 3,025 57.38% 1,944 36.87% 208 3.95% 66 1.25% 29 0.55% 1,081 20.51% 5,272 Ottawa 8,641 51.18% 6,753 40.00% 1,281 7.59% 176 1.04% 32 0.19% 1,888 11.18% 16,883 Paulding 4,971 58.52% 2,778 32.71% 550 6.48% 159 1.87% 36 0.42% 2,193 25.81% 8,494 Perry 5,725 53.77% 4,383 41.16% 369 3.47% 136 1.28% 35 0.33% 1,342 12.61% 10,648 Pickaway 9,289 61.23% 5,052 33.30% 515 3.39% 229 1.51% 85 0.56% 4,237 27.93% 15,170 Pike 4,426 45.08% 4,938 50.30% 257 2.62% 59 0.60% 138 1.41% -512 -5.22% 9,818 Portage 22,829 47.37% 20,570 42.69% 3,798 7.88% 769 1.60% 224 0.46% 2,259 4.68% 48,190 Preble 8,376 56.89% 5,416 36.79% 687 4.67% 185 1.26% 59 0.40% 2,960 20.10% 14,723 Putnam 9,752 68.71% 3,742 26.37% 533 3.76% 140 0.99% 26 0.18% 6,010 42.34% 14,193 Richland 29,213 57.48% 18,253 35.91% 2,586 5.09% 596 1.17% 176 0.35% 10,960 21.57% 50,824 Ross 13,251 55.54% 9,355 39.21% 812 3.40% 293 1.23% 148 0.62% 3,896 16.33% 23,859 Sandusky 13,420 55.53% 8,482 35.10% 1,851 7.66% 299 1.24% 114 0.47% 4,938 20.43% 24,166 Scioto 15,881 48.76% 15,552 47.75% 816 2.51% 243 0.75% 76 0.23% 329 1.01% 32,568 Seneca 14,172 60.93% 7,303 31.40% 1,415 6.08% 294 1.26% 75 0.32% 6,869 29.53% 23,259 Shelby 8,988 54.33% 6,425 38.84% 895 5.41% 192 1.16% 44 0.27% 2,563 15.49% 16,544 Stark 87,769 55.87% 59,005 37.56% 8,030 5.11% 1,875 1.19% 427 0.27% 28,764 18.31% 157,106 Summit 92,299 43.35% 102,459 48.12% 15,002 7.05% 2,449 1.15% 710 0.33% -10,160 -4.77% 212,919 Trumbull 41,056 44.15% 44,366 47.70% 6,281 6.75% 877 0.94% 422 0.45% -3,310 -3.55% 93,002 Tuscarawas 15,708 52.21% 12,117 40.27% 1,779 5.91% 417 1.39% 65 0.22% 3,591 11.94% 30,086 Union 7,576 67.73% 3,038 27.16% 421 3.76% 131 1.17% 20 0.18% 4,538 40.57% 11,186 Van Wert 7,866 61.11% 4,070 31.62% 741 5.76% 160 1.24% 35 0.27% 3,796 29.49% 12,872 Vinton 2,484 49.05% 2,381 47.02% 138 2.73% 44 0.87% 17 0.34% 103 2.03% 5,064 Warren 22,430 63.14% 11,306 31.83% 1,348 3.79% 332 0.93% 106 0.30% 11,124 31.31% 35,522 Washington 14,310 59.70% 7,936 33.11% 1,121 4.68% 504 2.10% 100 0.42% 6,374 26.59% 23,971 Wayne 18,962 55.87% 12,129 35.73% 2,313 6.81% 419 1.23% 119 0.35% 6,833 20.14% 33,942 Williams 9,146 64.31% 4,015 28.23% 872 6.13% 151 1.06% 37 0.26% 5,131 36.08% 14,221 Wood 23,315 55.23% 14,139 33.49% 4,156 9.85% 416 0.99% 187 0.44% 9,176 21.74% 42,213 Wyandot 5,786 63.06% 2,757 30.05% 407 4.44% 151 1.65% 74 0.81% 3,029 33.01% 9,175Totals2,206,54551.51%1,752,41440.91%254,4725.94%49,0331.14%21,1390.49%454,13110.60%4,283,603 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Adams Ashtabula Brown Columbiana Harrison Hocking Jackson Lake Lawrence Lorain Lucas Meigs Ottawa Perry Portage Scioto Tuscarawas Vinton See also United States presidential elections in Ohio Notes References Works cited McGillivray Alice Scammon Richard America At The Polls: 1960-1992: Kennedy To Clinton: A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics Congressional Quarterly 1994 1568020589 https://archive.org/details/americaatpollsha0000unse_w3n2 Ohio 1980 Category:1980 Ohio elections