Reagan took 57.74% of the vote to Carter's 30.95%, a margin of 29.39%. Anderson finished in a relatively strong third for a third party candidate, receiving 12.94% of the vote.
The already embattled incumbent Democratic president Carter was hurt in the state by the strong third party candidacy of John 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. The defection of these voters would push Carter below 30% of the vote and greatly widen Reagan's margin of victory over Carter in New Hampshire. New England overall would prove to be Anderson's strongest region in the nation, with all 6 New England states giving double-digit percentages to Anderson. In fact, New Hampshire would prove to be Anderson's fourth strongest state in the nation after Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island, his 12.94% of the vote in the state was nearly double the 6.61% he got nationwide.[1]
New Hampshire in this era normally leaned Republican; in 1976, the state had been won comfortably by moderate Republican Gerald Ford, who took 54.75% of the vote to Carter's 43.47%, a GOP victory margin of 11.28%, even as Carter narrowly won the election nationwide.
However the challenger Reagan would prove to be unusually popular among New Hampshire voters. Reagan won most Northeastern states by single-digit margins and with pluralities of less than 50% of the vote, potentially making Anderson, who took double-digit support, a spoiler that cost Carter victories in many of these normally liberal states. In neighboring Vermont, Reagan won the state with only 44% of the vote and a margin of 5.96%. Reagan won neighboring Maine by an even smaller 3.36% margin. Relative to the nation, Vermont would trend Democratic by 17 points and Maine would trend Democratic by over 9 points in the 1980 election. However, New Hampshire, sandwiched in the middle, had a unique conservative streak to its politics for a Northeastern state. New Hampshire would ultimately be the only state in New England to give Reagan an absolute majority of the vote, with a commanding 57.74%. The state would trend 6 points toward the GOP relative to the nation in the 1980 election.
On the county map, Reagan swept all 10 of New Hampshire's counties, the only state in the Northeast to have all of its counties give majorities to Reagan. Reagan broke 60% of the vote in 3 counties.
One notable county result in 1980 that reflected both Reagan's unique popularity in New Hampshire as well as Carter's 15-point drop in support in the state relative to 1976, was the result in rural Coos County in the far north of the state. In 1976, Ford had won the state comfortably while winning 9 out of the state's counties, while Carter had scored one county win with a 51–49 victory in Coös County. Carter's sole county win in 1976 would swing so dramatically as to be one of only 3 of the state's 10 counties to give Reagan more than 60% of the vote in 1980, as Reagan received 60.08% of the vote in Coös County.
Reagan's decisive victory in New Hampshire would make the state 7% more Republican than the national average in the 1980 election.
^"1980 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
^"1980 Presidential General Election Results – New Hampshire". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
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Main article 1980 United States presidential election The 1980 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 4 1980 as part of the 1980 United States presidential election which was held throughout all 50 states and D C Voters chose four representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1980 United States presidential election in New Hampshire 1976 November 4 1980 1984 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 vote 4 0 0 Popular vote 221 705 108 864 49 693 Percentage 57 74 28 35 12 94 County ResultsMunicipality ResultsReagan 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Carter 30 40 60 70 Anderson 40 50 Clark 90 100 President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican New Hampshire was won by the Republican nominees former actor and Governor Ronald Reagan of California and former CIA Director George H W Bush of Texas Reagan and Bush defeated the Democratic nominees incumbent President Jimmy Carter of Georgia and his running mate incumbent Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota Also in the running was former Republican Congressman John B Anderson of Illinois who ran as an Independent with former Ambassador and Governor Patrick Lucey of Wisconsin Reagan took 57 74 of the vote to Carter s 30 95 a margin of 29 39 Anderson finished in a relatively strong third for a third party candidate receiving 12 94 of the vote The already embattled incumbent Democratic president Carter was hurt in the state by the strong third party candidacy of John 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 The defection of these voters would push Carter below 30 of the vote and greatly widen Reagan s margin of victory over Carter in New Hampshire New England overall would prove to be Anderson s strongest region in the nation with all 6 New England states giving double digit percentages to Anderson In fact New Hampshire would prove to be Anderson s fourth strongest state in the nation after Massachusetts Vermont and Rhode Island his 12 94 of the vote in the state was nearly double the 6 61 he got nationwide 1 New Hampshire in this era normally leaned Republican in 1976 the state had been won comfortably by moderate Republican Gerald Ford who took 54 75 of the vote to Carter s 43 47 a GOP victory margin of 11 28 even as Carter narrowly won the election nationwide However the challenger Reagan would prove to be unusually popular among New Hampshire voters Reagan won most Northeastern states by single digit margins and with pluralities of less than 50 of the vote potentially making Anderson who took double digit support a spoiler that cost Carter victories in many of these normally liberal states In neighboring Vermont Reagan won the state with only 44 of the vote and a margin of 5 96 Reagan won neighboring Maine by an even smaller 3 36 margin Relative to the nation Vermont would trend Democratic by 17 points and Maine would trend Democratic by over 9 points in the 1980 election However New Hampshire sandwiched in the middle had a unique conservative streak to its politics for a Northeastern state New Hampshire would ultimately be the only state in New England to give Reagan an absolute majority of the vote with a commanding 57 74 The state would trend 6 points toward the GOP relative to the nation in the 1980 election Contents 1 Primaries 2 Results 2 1 Results by county 2 1 1 Counties flipped from Democratic to Republican 3 Analysis 4 See also 5 ReferencesPrimaries edit1980 Democratic Primary Candidate Votes Delegates Jimmy Carter 52 648 11 Ted Kennedy 41 687 9 Jerry Brown 10 686 0 Others 6 574 0 Totals 111 595 20 1980 Republican Primary Candidate Votes Delegates Ronald Reagan 72 983 14 George Bush 33 443 6 Howard Baker 18 943 3 John Anderson 14 458 0 Others 6 707 0 Totals 146 534 23Results edit1980 United States presidential election in New Hampshire 2 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan 221 705 57 74 4 Democratic Jimmy Carter 108 864 28 35 0 Independent John B Anderson 49 693 12 94 0 Libertarian Ed Clark 2 067 0 54 0 Citizens Barry Commoner 1 325 0 35 0 Communist Gus Hall 129 0 03 0 Workers World Deirdre Griswold 76 0 02 0 Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry 72 0 02 0 Write ins Write ins 68 0 02 0 Totals 383 999 100 00 4 Voter Turnout Voting age Registered 57 70 Results by county edit County Ronald Reagan 3 Republican Jimmy Carter 3 Democratic John B Anderson 3 Independent Ed Clark 3 Libertarian Barry Commoner 3 Citizens Various candidates 3 Other parties Margin Total votes cast Belknap 12 077 65 12 4 365 23 54 1 996 10 76 71 0 38 33 0 18 4 0 02 7 712 41 58 18 546 Carroll 9 980 67 25 3 119 21 02 1 584 10 67 86 0 58 63 0 42 9 0 06 6 861 46 23 14 841 Cheshire 13 242 52 00 7 835 30 77 4 090 16 06 116 0 46 175 0 69 9 0 04 5 407 21 23 25 467 Coos 8 724 60 08 4 749 32 71 941 6 48 71 0 49 20 0 14 15 0 10 3 975 27 37 14 520 Grafton 15 273 56 25 7 282 26 82 4 279 15 76 153 0 56 139 0 51 25 0 09 7 991 29 43 27 151 Hillsborough 68 994 59 84 31 789 27 57 13 613 11 81 581 0 50 262 0 23 65 0 06 37 205 32 27 115 304 Merrimack 23 584 56 21 12 083 28 80 5 894 14 05 202 0 48 135 0 32 62 0 15 11 501 27 41 41 960 Rockingham 45 960 57 83 21 712 27 32 10 974 13 81 504 0 63 269 0 34 55 0 07 24 248 30 51 79 474 Strafford 16 399 50 41 11 041 33 94 4 700 14 45 204 0 63 160 0 49 27 0 08 5 358 16 47 32 531 Sullivan 7 472 52 85 4 889 34 58 1 622 11 47 79 0 56 69 0 49 6 0 04 2 583 18 27 14 137 Totals 221 705 57 74 108 864 28 35 49 693 12 94 2 067 0 54 1 325 0 35 345 0 09 112 841 29 39 383 999 Counties flipped from Democratic to Republican edit CoosAnalysis editOn the county map Reagan swept all 10 of New Hampshire s counties the only state in the Northeast to have all of its counties give majorities to Reagan Reagan broke 60 of the vote in 3 counties One notable county result in 1980 that reflected both Reagan s unique popularity in New Hampshire as well as Carter s 15 point drop in support in the state relative to 1976 was the result in rural Coos County in the far north of the state In 1976 Ford had won the state comfortably while winning 9 out of the state s counties while Carter had scored one county win with a 51 49 victory in Coos County Carter s sole county win in 1976 would swing so dramatically as to be one of only 3 of the state s 10 counties to give Reagan more than 60 of the vote in 1980 as Reagan received 60 08 of the vote in Coos County Reagan s decisive victory in New Hampshire would make the state 7 more Republican than the national average in the 1980 election See also editPresidency of Ronald Reagan United States presidential elections in New HampshireReferences edit 1980 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved March 5 2018 1980 Presidential General Election Results New Hampshire Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved November 16 2013 a b c d e f Our Campaigns NH US President Race November 04 1980 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1980 United States presidential election in New Hampshire amp oldid 1218141300, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
