1980 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1980 United States presidential election in Iowa
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  1976 November 4, 1980 1984  
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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John B. Anderson
Party Republican Democratic Independent

(Nominated By Petition)

Home state California Georgia Illinois
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Patrick Lucey
Electoral vote800
Popular vote676,026508,672115,633
Percentage51.31%38.60%8.78%

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County Results

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

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.

Contents

Iowa was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a comfortable margin of about 13 points. [1] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last presidential election in which a Republican has won Iowa by more than 10 points, as well as the last time a Republican won Polk County, [2] 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. [2]

With Carter losing Iowa twice, he became the fifth American president and currently the last of 4 Democrats to have ever held office without winning the state in an election.

Caucus Results

1980 Democratic Caucus Results
CandidateSDEDelegates
Jimmy Carter1,84035
Ted Kennedy99519
Uncommitted3040
Totals3,13954

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 Results
CandidateVotesDelegates
George H.W. Bush33,53015
Ronald Reagan31,34815
Howard Baker16,2168
John Connally9,8610
Phil Crane7,1350
John Anderson4,5850
Uncommitted1,8000
Robert Dole1,5760
Totals106,05138

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Ronald Reagan of California George H. W. Bush Republican 8676,02651.31%
Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale Democratic 0508,67238.60%
John B. Anderson Patrick Lucey Independent 0115,6338.78%
Edward E. Clark David Koch Libertarian 013,1231.00%
Barry Commoner LaDonna Harris Citizens 02,2730.17%
David McReynolds Diane Drufenbrock Socialist 05340.04%
Write-ins 05190.04%
Gus Hall Angela Davis Communist 02980.02%
Clifton DeBerry Matilde Zimmermann Socialist Workers 02440.02%
Percy Greaves Jr. Frank Varnum American 01890.01%
Benjamin Bubar Earl Dodge Statesman 01500.01%

Results by county

County [3] Ronald Wilson Reagan
Republican
James Earl Carter
Democratic
John Bayard Anderson
Nominated By Petition
Edward E. Clark
Libertarian
Barry Commoner
Citizens
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 2,82160.16%1,45431.01%3567.59%481.02%80.17%20.04%1,36729.15%4,689
Adams 1,77959.62%94031.50%2147.17%451.51%20.07%40.13%83928.12%2,984
Allamakee 4,00060.73%2,17032.95%3435.21%540.82%110.17%80.12%1,83027.79%6,586
Appanoose 3,54452.68%2,76941.16%3535.25%500.74%50.07%70.10%77511.52%6,728
Audubon 2,52357.96%1,54635.52%2515.77%250.57%40.09%40.09%97722.44%4,353
Benton 5,32950.11%4,22339.71%9488.91%1161.09%60.06%130.12%1,10610.40%10,635
Black Hawk 29,62746.49%27,44343.07%5,8479.18%5350.84%1210.19%1490.23%2,1843.43%63,722
Boone 5,73247.42%5,12642.41%1,0818.94%1200.99%160.13%120.10%6065.01%12,087
Bremer 6,70659.25%3,52731.16%9708.57%970.86%130.11%50.04%3,17928.09%11,318
Buchanan 5,04153.50%3,60538.26%6897.31%760.81%60.06%50.05%1,43615.24%9,422
Buena Vista 5,27254.49%3,46835.84%7717.97%1441.49%80.08%130.13%1,80418.64%9,676
Butler 4,73065.90%1,99027.73%3925.46%560.78%50.07%40.06%2,74038.18%7,177
Calhoun 3,63357.41%2,15033.98%4076.43%1221.93%40.06%120.19%1,48323.44%6,328
Carroll 5,01751.53%3,88539.90%7367.56%840.86%70.07%80.08%1,13211.63%9,737
Cass 5,39166.34%2,17626.78%4755.85%700.86%30.04%110.14%3,21539.56%8,126
Cedar 4,39856.41%2,58933.21%6978.94%831.06%180.23%120.15%1,80923.20%7,797
Cerro Gordo 11,18949.01%9,36341.02%2,0248.87%1850.81%310.14%360.16%1,8268.00%22,828
Cherokee 4,08754.49%2,71936.25%5997.99%811.08%20.03%120.16%1,36818.24%7,500
Chickasaw 3,92952.86%2,93539.49%5006.73%600.81%20.03%70.09%99413.37%7,433
Clarke 2,41754.88%1,61436.65%3107.04%591.34%10.02%30.07%80318.23%4,404
Clay 4,47951.11%3,17936.27%99111.31%1011.15%70.08%70.08%1,30014.83%8,764
Clayton 5,11555.56%3,29735.81%6697.27%1061.15%90.10%100.11%1,81819.75%9,206
Clinton 13,02551.66%9,69838.47%2,1408.49%2601.03%350.14%530.21%3,32713.20%25,211
Crawford 4,88361.02%2,50031.24%5096.36%971.21%100.12%30.04%2,38329.78%8,002
Dallas 6,29648.57%5,31040.96%1,2009.26%1280.99%160.12%140.11%9867.61%12,964
Davis 2,00350.97%1,68942.98%2005.09%320.81%20.05%40.10%3147.99%3,930
Decatur 2,21247.67%2,04844.14%3186.85%501.08%70.15%50.11%1643.53%4,640
Delaware 4,31655.38%2,67134.27%7279.33%620.80%160.21%20.03%1,64521.11%7,794
Des Moines 9,15844.85%9,97748.87%1,0415.10%1830.90%290.14%290.14%-819-4.01%20,417
Dickinson 4,02854.13%2,62035.21%6879.23%861.16%110.15%100.13%1,40818.92%7,442
Dubuque 18,64944.90%18,68944.99%3,7088.93%3680.89%670.16%580.14%-40-0.10%41,539
Emmet 3,06253.49%2,15337.61%4467.79%550.96%40.07%40.07%90915.88%5,724
Fayette 6,37455.32%4,37737.98%6475.61%1000.87%100.09%150.13%1,99717.33%11,523
Floyd 4,66551.16%3,63439.86%7287.98%660.72%50.05%200.22%1,03111.31%9,118
Franklin 3,29057.90%1,92033.79%4067.15%560.99%30.05%70.12%1,37024.11%5,682
Fremont 2,69365.19%1,20329.12%1914.62%431.04%10.02%00.00%1,49036.07%4,131
Greene 3,15453.11%2,21037.21%5108.59%550.93%50.08%50.08%94415.89%5,939
Grundy 4,64466.10%1,86926.60%4406.26%560.80%100.14%70.10%2,77539.50%7,026
Guthrie 3,21458.29%1,86633.84%3846.96%440.80%30.05%30.05%1,34824.45%5,514
Hamilton 4,74557.40%2,74133.16%6798.21%820.99%110.13%80.10%2,00424.24%8,266
Hancock 3,68160.42%1,91831.48%4627.58%170.28%80.13%60.10%1,76328.94%6,092
Hardin 5,32953.72%3,75737.87%7307.36%890.90%30.03%120.12%1,57215.85%9,920
Harrison 4,50263.83%2,15230.51%3114.41%811.15%10.01%60.09%2,35033.32%7,053
Henry 4,43052.35%3,31739.20%6297.43%700.83%110.13%50.06%1,11313.15%8,462
Howard 2,97553.35%2,21439.71%3366.03%420.75%50.09%40.07%76113.65%5,576
Humboldt 3,57560.60%1,84031.19%3946.68%771.31%70.12%60.10%1,73529.41%5,899
Ida 2,82564.88%1,23528.36%2545.83%370.85%10.02%20.05%1,59036.52%4,354
Iowa 4,15355.21%2,60634.65%6678.87%841.12%50.07%70.09%1,54720.57%7,522
Jackson 4,47951.17%3,51840.19%6227.11%1061.21%160.18%130.15%96110.98%8,754
Jasper 8,28648.84%7,25842.78%1,2217.20%1520.90%280.17%210.12%1,0286.06%16,966
Jefferson 4,09956.16%2,57735.31%5056.92%991.36%90.12%100.14%1,52220.85%7,299
Johnson 13,64231.73%20,12246.80%8,10118.84%5081.18%4030.94%2210.51%-6,480-15.07%42,997
Jones 4,50650.56%3,52139.50%7598.52%1141.28%40.04%90.10%98511.05%8,913
Keokuk 3,14552.64%2,39040.00%3696.18%621.04%10.02%80.13%75512.64%5,975
Kossuth 5,56854.26%3,81037.13%7757.55%940.92%100.10%50.05%1,75817.13%10,262
Lee 8,79348.14%8,20444.92%1,0475.73%1831.00%210.11%170.09%5893.22%18,265
Linn 36,25446.35%31,95040.84%8,77311.22%9941.27%1070.14%1460.19%4,3045.50%78,224
Louisa 2,53055.19%1,70037.09%2916.35%571.24%40.09%20.04%83018.11%4,584
Lucas 2,59352.61%1,98940.35%2915.90%490.99%60.12%10.02%60412.25%4,929
Lyon 4,34970.05%1,43123.05%3756.04%480.77%20.03%30.05%2,91847.00%6,208
Madison 3,32051.79%2,49638.93%5057.88%721.12%70.11%110.17%82412.85%6,411
Mahaska 5,65054.52%3,96838.29%6035.82%1061.02%210.20%150.14%1,68216.23%10,363
Marion 6,66549.30%5,49040.61%1,2329.11%1080.80%100.07%130.10%1,1758.69%13,518
Marshall 10,70754.56%7,11436.25%1,5417.85%1880.96%370.19%390.20%3,59318.31%19,626
Mills 3,58169.09%1,24424.00%2815.42%601.16%60.12%110.21%2,33745.09%5,183
Mitchell 3,40158.00%2,04034.79%3616.16%490.84%50.09%80.14%1,36123.21%5,864
Monona 3,26861.85%1,66031.42%2755.20%691.31%60.11%60.11%1,60830.43%5,284
Monroe 2,00348.65%1,86645.32%2165.25%220.53%40.10%60.15%1373.33%4,117
Montgomery 4,11567.97%1,55625.70%3014.97%651.07%50.08%120.20%2,55942.27%6,054
Muscatine 7,82951.69%5,59736.96%1,52210.05%1601.06%210.14%160.11%2,23214.74%15,145
O'Brien 4,93763.61%2,21028.48%5366.91%630.81%80.10%70.09%2,72735.14%7,761
Osceola 2,17762.45%1,05130.15%2346.71%200.57%20.06%20.06%1,12632.30%3,486
Page 5,61871.93%1,77222.69%3564.56%490.63%50.06%100.13%3,84649.24%7,810
Palo Alto 3,02550.69%2,46341.27%4126.90%601.01%40.07%40.07%5629.42%5,968
Plymouth 6,51562.97%2,96528.66%7567.31%920.89%80.08%100.10%3,55034.31%10,346
Pocahontas 3,19456.17%1,95934.45%3976.98%1131.99%70.12%160.28%1,23521.72%5,686
Polk 64,15644.63%61,98443.12%15,81911.00%1,3010.90%3090.21%1890.13%2,1721.51%143,758
Pottawattamie 20,22260.96%10,70932.29%1,8705.64%3190.96%170.05%330.10%9,51328.68%33,170
Poweshiek 4,59850.52%3,52938.77%8219.02%720.79%660.73%160.18%1,06911.74%9,102
Ringgold 1,88457.95%1,15035.37%1915.88%250.77%10.03%00.00%73422.58%3,251
Sac 3,72559.47%1,97631.55%4677.46%891.42%10.02%60.10%1,74927.92%6,264
Scott 34,70151.09%26,39138.85%5,7608.48%8321.22%1430.21%990.15%8,31012.23%67,926
Shelby 4,14764.03%1,89229.21%3725.74%540.83%70.11%50.08%2,25534.82%6,477
Sioux 10,76876.01%2,69819.04%6104.31%640.45%170.12%100.07%8,07056.96%14,167
Story 15,82942.36%13,52936.20%7,25219.41%5031.35%1840.49%740.20%2,3006.15%37,371
Tama 4,84056.27%3,04935.45%5936.89%981.14%80.09%140.16%1,79120.82%8,602
Taylor 2,71564.44%1,22629.10%2405.70%280.66%10.02%30.07%1,48935.34%4,213
Union 3,37256.40%2,18236.49%3686.15%460.77%30.05%80.13%1,19019.90%5,979
Van Buren 2,14258.21%1,31135.63%1834.97%360.98%20.05%60.16%83122.58%3,680
Wapello 7,47542.31%8,92350.50%1,0505.94%1761.00%270.15%170.10%-1,448-8.20%17,668
Warren 7,36047.43%6,61042.59%1,3698.82%1310.84%220.14%270.17%7504.83%15,519
Washington 3,96752.01%2,87737.72%7039.22%670.88%40.05%90.12%1,09014.29%7,627
Wayne 2,22154.12%1,62739.64%2185.31%360.88%20.05%00.00%59414.47%4,104
Webster 10,43849.63%9,00142.80%1,3866.59%1540.73%280.13%230.11%1,4376.83%21,030
Winnebago 3,80858.77%2,20834.08%4176.44%350.54%40.06%70.11%1,60024.70%6,479
Winneshiek 5,03354.10%3,20134.40%93810.08%810.87%390.42%120.13%1,83219.69%9,304
Woodbury 23,55354.43%15,93036.81%3,1847.36%4891.13%410.09%780.18%7,62317.62%43,275
Worth 2,24752.13%1,72139.93%3016.98%310.72%50.12%50.12%52612.20%4,310
Wright 3,93655.07%2,64537.01%4976.95%570.80%40.06%80.11%1,29118.06%7,147
Totals676,02651.31%508,67238.60%115,6338.78%13,1231.00%2,2770.17%1,9300.15%167,35412.70%1,317,661

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