1980 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1980 United States presidential election in Nevada
Flag of Nevada (1929-1991).svg
  1976 November 4, 1980 1984  
  Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Carter cropped.jpg John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John B. Anderson
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Home state California Georgia Illinois
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Patrick Lucey
Electoral vote300
Popular vote155,01766,66617,651
Percentage62.54%26.89%7.12%

Nevada Presidential Election Results 1980.svg
County Results
Reagan
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%

The 1980 United States presidential election in Nevada 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.

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Nevada was won by Former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R), who won the state with a 36-point landslide. [1] Reagan's margin of victory was especially impressive as four year earlier, Nevada had been a swing state, only going for Ford by a narrow 4.36%. Nevada swung nearly 32 points to towards the Republicans this election.

Starting with this election, the winner of every presidential election won Nevada, until 2016.

Likely owing to criticism of Carter for his inability to understand specifically Western issues, mainly the region's problems with water supply, [2] the 1980 result is the most Republican Nevada has ever been relative to the nation as a whole since statehood. [3]

Primaries

1980 Democratic Primary
CandidateVotesDelegates
Jimmy Carter25,1595
Ted Kennedy19,2964
Uncommitted22,4935
Totals66,94814
1980 Republican Primary
CandidateVotesDelegates
Ronald Reagan39,35218
George H.W. Bush3,0780
Uncommitted4,9652
Totals47,39520

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Ronald Reagan of California George H. W. Bush Republican 3155,01762.54%
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) Walter Mondale (incumbent) Democratic 066,66626.89%
John Anderson Patrick Lucey Independent 017,6517.12%
Edward E. Clark David Koch Libertarian 04,3581.76%
No Candidate--04,1931.69%

Results by county

County [4] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Ed Clark
Libertarian
No candidate
None of the Above
MarginTotal
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Carson City 8,38966.81%2,76922.05%9647.68%2181.74%2161.72%5,62044.76%12,556
Churchill 3,84172.84%1,05520.01%2574.87%460.87%741.40%2,78652.83%5,273
Clark 76,19459.80%38,31330.07%8,7026.83%2,0921.64%2,1231.67%37,88129.73%127,424
Douglas 5,25471.55%1,35218.41%5116.96%1311.78%951.29%3,90253.14%7,343
Elko 4,39370.89%1,29620.91%3014.86%1191.92%881.42%3,09749.98%6,197
Esmeralda 31166.31%11023.45%296.18%112.35%81.71%20142.86%469
Eureka 43076.24%10318.26%132.30%71.24%111.95%32757.98%564
Humboldt 1,95068.59%68424.06%1284.50%421.48%391.37%1,26644.53%2,843
Lander 93565.61%36125.33%644.49%352.46%302.11%57440.28%1,425
Lincoln 1,08768.54%39624.97%382.40%301.89%352.21%69143.57%1,586
Lyon 3,70967.98%1,28823.61%2714.97%1152.11%731.34%2,42144.37%5,456
Mineral 1,62863.94%63124.78%1475.77%532.08%873.42%99739.16%2,546
Nye 2,38764.17%97326.16%2045.48%772.07%792.12%1,41438.01%3,720
Pershing 87768.41%31124.26%604.68%161.25%181.40%56644.15%1,282
Storey 46058.75%22228.35%627.92%253.19%141.79%23830.40%783
Washoe 41,27663.54%15,62124.05%5,7058.78%1,2451.92%1,1091.71%25,65539.49%64,956
White Pine 1,89654.77%1,18134.11%1955.63%962.77%942.72%71520.66%3,462
Totals155,01762.54%66,66626.89%17,6517.12%4,3581.76%4,1931.69%88,35135.65%247,885

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Nevada". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  2. Reisner, Marc; Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water ; p. 11 ISBN   0140178244
  3. Counting the Votes; Nevada
  4. Our Campaigns; NV US President 1980