1980 United States presidential election in Maine

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1980 United States presidential election in Maine
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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 vote400
Popular vote238,522220,97453,327
Percentage45.61%42.25%10.20%
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President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Maine was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a slim margin of 3%, [1] carrying fourteen out of sixteen counties. In recent years, however, the state has grown much more liberal, and no Republican presidential nominee has carried it since 1988. [2]

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The already embattled incumbent Democratic president Carter was hurt in the state by the strong third party candidacy of John B. Anderson, a liberal Republican Congressman who ran in 1980 as an independent after failing to win the Republican Party's own presidential nomination. Anderson proved very popular with liberal and moderate voters in New England who normally leaned Democratic but were dissatisfied with the policies of the Carter administration and viewed Reagan as too far to the right. New England overall would prove to be Anderson's strongest region in the nation, with all six New England states giving double-digit percentages to Anderson. However, Maine would prove to be Anderson's weakest state in New England with only 10.20% of the popular vote, whereas all five of the other states in New England gave Anderson over 12% of the popular vote, peaking at 15.15% in Massachusetts.

Along with Michigan, New York, Mississippi and Vermont, Maine was one of the few states in which President Carter won counties that had gone to Ford in the previous presidential election, as Carter flipped Cumberland County. As a result, Reagan was the first Republican to ever win a presidential election without this county. This was the last presidential election in which Hancock County was the most Republican county in Maine.

Primaries

1980 Democratic Caucus (02/10/80)
CandidateCDEDelegates
Jimmy Carter13,66010
Ted Kennedy12,04110
Jerry Brown4,4943
Totals30,19523

Results

Electoral results
Presidential candidatePartyHome statePopular voteElectoral
vote		Running mate
CountPercentageVice-presidential candidateHome stateElectoral vote
Ronald Reagan Republican California 238,52245.61%4 George H. W. Bush Texas 4
Jimmy Carter Democrat Georgia 220,97442.25%0 Walter Mondale Minnesota 0
John B. Anderson Independent Illinois 53,32710.20%0 Patrick Lucey Wisconsin 0
Ed Clark Libertarian California 5,1190.98%0 David Koch New York 0
Barry Commoner Citizens New York 4,3940.84%0 LaDonna Harris Oklahoma 0
Gus Hall Communist New York 5910.11%0 Angela Davis California 0
Write-in candidates ——840.02%0——0
Total523,011100%44
Needed to win270270

Results by congressional district

Reagan won both of Maine's congressional districts. [3]

DistrictReagan #Reagan %Carter #Carter %Anderson #Anderson %Clark #Clark %Commoner #Commoner %Representative
1st 126,274117,61330,8892,6462,756 David F. Emery
2nd 112,248103,36122,4382,4731,638 Olympia Snowe

Results by county

County [4] Ronald Reagan
Republican		Jimmy Carter
Democratic		John B. Anderson
Independent		Ed Clark
Libertarian		Barry Commoner
Citizens		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Androscoggin 18,39939.93%22,71549.29%4,3009.33%4140.90%2180.47%340.07%-4,316-9.36%46,080
Aroostook 16,34348.29%14,49242.82%2,5287.47%2750.81%1070.32%1010.30%1,8515.47%33,846
Cumberland 45,82042.64%47,33744.05%12,21411.37%8700.81%1,0881.01%1320.12%-1,517-1.41%107,461
Franklin 5,68046.83%4,97941.05%1,2059.94%1080.89%1451.20%110.09%7015.78%12,128
Hancock 11,43553.60%7,02732.94%2,30010.78%2701.27%2591.21%430.20%4,40820.66%21,334
Kennebec 21,51743.84%20,94342.67%5,55311.31%5051.03%5001.02%590.12%5741.17%49,077
Knox 7,63148.98%5,73236.79%1,84211.82%1651.06%1941.25%170.11%1,89912.19%15,581
Lincoln 7,43452.14%4,77633.49%1,55610.91%2371.66%2401.68%160.11%2,65818.65%14,259
Oxford 11,04147.04%9,91442.23%2,0638.79%2371.01%1860.79%330.14%1,1274.81%23,474
Penobscot 28,86945.97%26,51942.23%6,28710.01%6421.02%3930.63%830.13%2,3503.74%62,793
Piscataquis 4,01546.93%3,55041.50%7819.13%1471.72%560.65%60.07%4655.43%8,555
Sagadahoc 5,94645.23%5,66343.08%1,2529.52%1240.94%1511.15%90.07%2832.15%13,145
Somerset 9,28647.59%8,11541.59%1,6738.57%2501.28%1660.85%230.12%1,1716.00%19,513
Waldo 6,51449.57%4,88337.16%1,3049.92%2031.54%2121.61%240.18%1,63112.41%13,140
Washington 7,18048.55%6,05040.91%1,3018.80%1300.88%1080.73%190.13%1,1307.64%14,788
York 31,41246.31%28,27941.69%7,16810.57%5420.80%3710.55%650.10%3,1334.62%67,837
Totals238,52245.61%220,97442.25%53,32710.20%5,1190.98%4,3940.84%6750.13%17,5483.36%523,011

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. ↑ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Maine". uselectionatlas.org.
  2. ↑ Brownstein, Ronald (May 10, 2012). "Playing Their Hand". National Journal . Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ 1980 General Election: Presidential (Report). Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions. 1980.
  4. ↑ Our Campaigns; ME US President Race, November 04, 1980
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