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Ronald Wilson
REAGAN
George Herbert Walker Bush

Party: REPUBLICAN
Home State:

PR: CA; VP: TX
Electoral Votes: 489
Pop. Vote: 43,898,770 (50.8%)

James Earl
CARTER, Jr.
Walter Frederick Mondale

Party: DEMOCRATIC
Home State:

PR: GA; VP: MN
Electoral Votes: 49
Pop. Vote: 35,480,948 (41.0%)

John Bayard
ANDERSON
Patrick Joseph Lucey

Party: IND / NATIONAL UNITY
Home State:

PR: IL; VP: WI
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 5,719,222 (6.6%)

Ed
CLARK
David Koch

Party: LIBERTARIAN
Home State:

PR: CA; VP: NY
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 920,049 (1.1%)

Other Candidates
Citizens, Socialist Workers, etc.

Party: SEVERAL
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 477,862 (0.6%)

Total electoral votes - 538 (from 50 states and D.C.)
Majority needed to win - 270
Total popular vote - 85,496,851

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In 1980, 538 electoral votes were available; 270 votes were needed to secure the win.
Percentages are rounded and based on votes to all candidates.

STATE REAGAN CARTER ANDERSON CLARK OTHERS EVs

ALABAMA 654,192
(48.8%) 636,730
(47.4%) 16,481
(1.2%) 13,318
(1.0%) 21,208
(1.6%) 9

ALASKA 86,112
(54.3%) 41,842
(26.4%) 11,155
(7.0%) 18,479
(11.7%) 857
(0.5%) 3

ARIZONA 529,688
(60.6%) 246,843
(28.2%) 76,952
(8.8%) 18,784
(2.1%) 1,678
(0.2%) 6

ARKANSAS 403,164
(48.1%) 398,041
(47.5%) 22,468
(2.7%) 8,970
(1.1%) 4,939
(0.6%) 6

CALIFORNIA 4,522,094
(52.7%) 3,082,943
(35.9%) 739,618
(8.6%) 148,390
(1.7%) 89,893
(1.1%) 45

COLORADO 652,264
(55.1%) 368,009
(31.1%) 130,633
(11.0%) 25,744
(2.2%) 7,800
(0.7%) 7

CONNECTICUT 677,210
(48.2%) 541,732
(38.5%) 171,807
(12.2%) 8,570
(0.6%) 6,966
(0.5%) 8

DELEWARE 111,252
(47.2%) 105,754
(44.9%) 16,288
(6.9%) 1,974
(0.8%) 400
(0.2%) 3

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 23,313
(13.4%) 130,231
(74.9%) 16,131
(9.3%) 1,104
(0.6%) 3,110
(1.8%) 3

FLORIDA 2,046,951
(55.5%) 1,419,475
(38.5%) 189,692
(5.1%) 30,524
(0.8%) 285
(>0.1%) 17

GEORGIA 654,168
(41.0%) 890,955
(55.8%) 36,055
(2.3%) 15,627
(1.0%) - 12

HAWAII 130,112
(42.9%) 135,879
(44.8%) 32,021
(10.6%) 3,269
(1.1%) 2,006
(0.7%) 4
IDAHO 290,699
(66.5%) 110,192
(25.2%) 27,058
(6.2%) 8,425
(1.9%) 1,057
(0.2%) 4

ILLINOIS 2,358,049
(49.6%) 1,981,413
(41.7%) 346,754
(7.3%) 38,939
(0.8%) 24,566
(0.5%) 26
INDIANA 1,255,656
(56.0%) 844,197
(37.7%) 111,639
(5.0%) 19,627
(0.8%) 10,914
(0.5%) 13

IOWA 676,026
(51.3%) 508,672
(38.6%) 115,633
(8.8%) 13,123
(1.0%) 4,207
(0.3%) 8

KANSAS 566,812
(57.9%) 326,150
(33.3%) 68,231
(7.0%) 14,470
(1.5%) 4,132
(0.4%) 7

KENTUCKY 635,274
(49.0%) 617,417
(47.6%) 32,127
(2.5%) 5,531
(0.4%) 6,278
(0.5%) 9

LOUISIANA 792,853
(51.2%) 708,453
(45.7%) 26,345
(1.7%) 8,240
(0.5%) 12,700
(0.8%) 10

MAINE 238,522
(45.6%) 220,974
(42.3%) 53,327
(10.2%) 5,119
(1.0%) 5,069
(1.0%) 4
MARYLAND 680,606
(44.2%) 726,161
(47.1%) 119,537
(7.8%) 14,192
(0.9%) - 10

MASSACHUSETTS 1,057,631
(41.9%) 1,053,802
(41.7%) 382,539
(15.2%) 22,038
(0.9%) 8,080
(0.3%) 14
MICHIGAN 1,915,225
(49.0%) 1,661,532
(42.5%) 275,223
(7.0%) 41,597
(1.1%) 16,148
(0.4%) 21

MINNESOTA 873,268
(42.6%) 954,173
(46.5%) 174,997
(8.5%) 31,593
(1.5%) 17,885
(0.9%) 10

MISSISSIPPI 441,089
(49.5%) 429,281
(48.1%) 12,036
(1.4%) 4,702
(0.5%) 4,642
(0.5%) 7

MISSOURI 1,074,181
(51.2%) 931,182
(44.3%) 77,920
(3.7%) 14,422
(0.7%) 2,119
(0.1%) 12

MONTANA 206,814
(56.8%) 118,032
(32.4%) 29,281
(8.1%) 9,825
(2.7%) - 4
NEBRASKA 419,214
(65.6%) 166,424
(26.0%) 44,854
(7.0%) 9,041
(1.4%) - 5
NEVADA 155,017
(63.6%) 66,666
(27.4%) 17,651
(7.2%) 4,358
(1.8%) - 3
NEW HAMPSHIRE 221,705
(57.7%) 108,864
(28.4%) 49,693
(12.9%) 2,064
(0.5%) 1,664
(0.4%) 4
NEW JERSEY 1,546,557
(52.0%) 1,147,364
(38.6%) 234,632
(7.9%) 20,652
(0.7%) 26,479
(0.9%) 17
NEW MEXICO 250,779
(55.0%) 167,826
(36.8%) 29,459
(6.5%) 4,365
(1.0%) 3,808
(0.8%) 4
NEW YORK 2,893,831
(46.7%) 2,728,372
(44.0%) 467,801
(7.5%) 52,648
(0.8%) 59,307
(1.0%) 41
NORTH CAROLINA 915,018
(49.3%) 875,635
(47.2%) 52,800
(2.9%) 9,677
(0.5%) 2,703
(0.2%) 13

NORTH DAKOTA 193,695
(64.3%) 79,189
(26.3%) 23,640
(7.9%) 3,743
(1.2%) 849
(0.3%) 3
OHIO 2,206,545
(51.5%) 1,752,414
(40.9%) 254,472
(5.9%) 49,033
(1.1%) 21,139
(0.5%) 25
OKLAHOMA 695,570
(60.5%) 402,026
(35.0%) 38,284
(3.3%) 13,828
(1.2%) - 8
OREGON 571,044
(48.3%) 456,890
(38.7%) 112,389
(9.5%) 25,838
(2.2%) 15,355
(1.3%) 6
PENNSYLVANIA 2,261,872
(49.6%) 1,937,540
(42.5%) 292,921
(6.4%) 33,263
(0.7%) 35,905
(0.8%) 27
RHODE ISLAND 154,793
(37.2%) 198,342
(47.7%) 59,810
(14.4%) 2,458
(0.6%) 555
(0.1%) 4
SOUTH CAROLINA 439,277
(49.5%) 428,220
(48.2%) 13,868
(1.6%) 4,807
(0.5%) 2,086
(0.2%) 8
SOUTH DAKOTA 198,343
(60.5%) 103,855
(31.7%) 21,431
(6.5%) 3,824
(1.2%) 250
(>0.1%) 4
TENNESSEE 787,761
(48.7%) 783,051
(48.4%) 35,991
(2.2%) 7,116
(0.4%) 3,697
(0.2%) 10
TEXAS 2,510,705
(55.3%) 1,881,147
(41.4%) 111,613
(2.5%) 37,643
(0.8%) 528
(>0.1%) 26
UTAH 439,687
(72.8%) 124,266
(20.6%) 30,284
(5.0%) 7,156
(1.2%) 2,759
(0.5%) 4

VERMONT 94,628
(44.4%) 81,952
(38.4%) 31,761
(14.9%) 1,900
(0.9%) 3,058
(1.4%) 3
VIRGINIA 989,609
(53.0%) 752,174
(40.3%) 95,418
(5.1%) 12,821
(0.7%) 16,010
(0.9%) 12
WASHINGTON 865,244
(49.7%) 650,193
(37.3%) 185,073
(10.6%) 29,213
(1.7%) 12.671
(0.7%) 9
WEST VIRGINIA 334,206
(45.3%) 367,462
(49.8%) 31,691
(4.3%) 4,356
(0.6%) - 6

WISCONSIN 1,088,845
(47.9%) 981,584
(43.2%) 160,657
(7.1%) 29,135
(1.3%) 13,000
(0.6%) 11
WYOMING 110,700
(62.6%) 49,427
(28.0%) 12,072
(6.8%) 4,514
(2.6%) - 3

TOTALS 43,898,770
(50.8%) 35,480,948
(41.0%) 5,719,222
(6.6%) 920,049
(1.1%) 477,862
(0.6%) .

ELECTORAL
VOTES 489 49 0 0 0 .

In 1988, 538 electoral votes were available; 270 votes were needed to secure the win.
Percentages are rounded and based on votes to all candidates.

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Candidate Party Votes

Barry Commoner (NY) /
LaDonna Harris (NM) Citizens 232,538

Clifton De Berry (NY) or
Andrew Pulley (IL) or
Richard Congress (OH) /
Matilde Zimmerman (NY) Socialist Workers 48,650

Gus Hall (NY) /
Angela Davis (CA)
Communist 43,896

John R. Rarick (LA) /
Eileen Shearer (CA) American Independent 41,157

Ellen McCormack (NY) /
Carroll Driscoll (NJ) independent or
Right to Life or
Respect For Life 32,319
Maureen Smith (CA) /
Elizabeth Cervantes Barron (CA) Peace and Freedom 18,106

Percy L. Greaves, Jr. (NY) or others/
Frank Varnum (CA) American 14,230

Deirdre Griswold (NJ) /
Larry Holmes (NY) Workers World 13,213

Benjamin C. Bubar (ME) /
Earl F. Dodge (CO) National Statesman (Prohibition) 7,127

David McReynolds (NY) /
Diane Drufenbrock (WI) Socialist 6,720

Kurt Lynen Middle Class 3,694

Bill Gahres Down With Lawyers 1,718

Martin Wendelken independent 923

Harley McLain Natural People's League 296

None of the above n/a 4,193

Other write-ins several 13,280

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