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1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina
The 1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 4, 1980, as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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North Carolina barely voted for the Republican nominee, Governor Ronald Reagan, over the Democratic nominee, President Jimmy Carter in a close battle. Independent John B. Anderson, won 2% of the vote from Reagan and Carter in the state. The final numbers were 49.30% for Reagan to 47.18% for Carter and 2.85% for Anderson. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Cleveland, Currituck, Harnett, Lee, Person and Union.[1]
57% of white voters supported Reagan while 39% supported Carter.[2][3]
Campaign edit
Predictions edit
| Source | Rating | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Times and Democrat[4] | Tossup | September 23, 1980 |
| Bristol Herald Courier[5] | Likely D | October 5, 1980 |
| Boca Raton News[6] | Likely D | October 12, 1980 |
| Kansas City Star[7] | Likely D | October 12, 1980 |
| Fort Worth Star-Telegram[8] | Lean D | October 31, 1980 |
| The State[9] | Safe D | November 2, 1980 |
| Daily Press[10] | Likely D | November 3, 1980 |
Results edit
| 1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 915,018 | 49.30% | 13 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 875,635 | 47.18% | 0 | |
| Independent | John B. Anderson | 52,800 | 2.85% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Edward Clark | 9,677 | 0.52% | 0 | |
| Citizens | Barry Commoner | 2,287 | 0.12% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Clifton DeBerry | 416 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,855,833 | 100.0% | 13 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) | 54.52%/67.0% | — | |||
Results by county edit
| County[12] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | Ed Clark Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alamance | 18,077 | 53.06% | 15,042 | 44.16% | 760 | 2.23% | 164 | 0.48% | 23 | 0.07% | 3,035 | 8.90% | 34,066 |
| Alexander | 6,376 | 57.39% | 4,546 | 40.92% | 137 | 1.23% | 44 | 0.40% | 6 | 0.05% | 1,830 | 16.47% | 11,109 |
| Alleghany | 1,995 | 46.29% | 2,198 | 51.00% | 91 | 2.11% | 24 | 0.56% | 2 | 0.05% | -203 | -4.71% | 4,310 |
| Anson | 1,968 | 27.77% | 4,973 | 70.17% | 111 | 1.57% | 23 | 0.32% | 12 | 0.17% | -3,005 | -42.40% | 7,087 |
| Ashe | 5,643 | 54.72% | 4,461 | 43.26% | 154 | 1.49% | 47 | 0.46% | 7 | 0.07% | 1,182 | 11.46% | 10,312 |
| Avery | 3,480 | 67.16% | 1,527 | 29.47% | 147 | 2.84% | 22 | 0.42% | 6 | 0.12% | 1,953 | 37.68% | 5,183 |
| Beaufort | 6,773 | 51.95% | 6,024 | 46.21% | 186 | 1.43% | 49 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.04% | 749 | 5.74% | 13,037 |
| Bertie | 1,695 | 30.10% | 3,863 | 68.59% | 45 | 0.80% | 16 | 0.28% | 13 | 0.23% | -2,168 | -38.49% | 5,632 |
| Bladen | 2,745 | 30.70% | 6,104 | 68.27% | 64 | 0.72% | 26 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.02% | -3,359 | -37.57% | 8,941 |
| Brunswick | 5,897 | 45.35% | 6,761 | 52.00% | 265 | 2.04% | 71 | 0.55% | 9 | 0.07% | -864 | -6.65% | 13,003 |
| Buncombe | 26,124 | 48.80% | 24,837 | 46.40% | 2,153 | 4.02% | 299 | 0.56% | 117 | 0.22% | 1,287 | 2.40% | 53,530 |
| Burke | 12,956 | 50.97% | 11,680 | 45.95% | 558 | 2.20% | 169 | 0.66% | 54 | 0.21% | 1,276 | 5.02% | 25,417 |
| Cabarrus | 15,143 | 59.19% | 9,768 | 38.18% | 562 | 2.20% | 96 | 0.38% | 16 | 0.06% | 5,375 | 21.01% | 25,585 |
| Caldwell | 12,965 | 58.11% | 8,738 | 39.17% | 440 | 1.97% | 135 | 0.61% | 32 | 0.14% | 4,227 | 18.94% | 22,310 |
| Camden | 813 | 38.94% | 1,212 | 58.05% | 45 | 2.16% | 12 | 0.57% | 6 | 0.29% | -399 | -19.11% | 2,088 |
| Carteret | 7,733 | 52.37% | 6,485 | 43.92% | 460 | 3.12% | 73 | 0.49% | 16 | 0.11% | 1,248 | 8.45% | 14,767 |
| Caswell | 2,156 | 37.32% | 3,529 | 61.09% | 66 | 1.14% | 21 | 0.36% | 5 | 0.09% | -1,373 | -23.77% | 5,777 |
| Catawba | 22,873 | 60.39% | 13,873 | 36.63% | 866 | 2.29% | 242 | 0.64% | 24 | 0.06% | 9,000 | 23.76% | 37,878 |
| Chatham | 5,414 | 41.00% | 7,144 | 54.10% | 481 | 3.64% | 99 | 0.75% | 67 | 0.51% | -1,730 | -13.10% | 13,205 |
| Cherokee | 3,849 | 54.37% | 3,114 | 43.99% | 80 | 1.13% | 33 | 0.47% | 3 | 0.04% | 735 | 10.38% | 7,079 |
| Chowan | 1,424 | 38.91% | 2,146 | 58.63% | 71 | 1.94% | 16 | 0.44% | 3 | 0.08% | -722 | -19.72% | 3,660 |
| Clay | 2,136 | 60.22% | 1,324 | 37.33% | 53 | 1.49% | 28 | 0.79% | 6 | 0.17% | 812 | 22.89% | 3,547 |
| Cleveland | 10,828 | 46.08% | 12,219 | 52.00% | 333 | 1.42% | 111 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.03% | -1,391 | -5.92% | 23,498 |
| Columbus | 5,522 | 34.64% | 10,212 | 64.07% | 148 | 0.93% | 55 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.02% | -4,690 | -29.43% | 15,940 |
| Craven | 8,554 | 50.97% | 7,781 | 46.36% | 356 | 2.12% | 81 | 0.48% | 11 | 0.07% | 773 | 4.61% | 16,783 |
| Cumberland | 21,540 | 47.63% | 22,073 | 48.80% | 1,261 | 2.79% | 293 | 0.65% | 61 | 0.13% | -533 | -1.17% | 45,228 |
| Currituck | 1,668 | 44.06% | 1,980 | 52.30% | 97 | 2.56% | 37 | 0.98% | 4 | 0.11% | -312 | -8.24% | 3,786 |
| Dare | 2,794 | 49.76% | 2,497 | 44.47% | 260 | 4.63% | 50 | 0.89% | 14 | 0.25% | 297 | 5.29% | 5,615 |
| Davidson | 22,794 | 59.56% | 14,579 | 38.10% | 679 | 1.77% | 202 | 0.53% | 15 | 0.04% | 8,215 | 21.46% | 38,269 |
| Davie | 6,302 | 63.79% | 3,289 | 33.29% | 223 | 2.26% | 63 | 0.64% | 3 | 0.03% | 3,013 | 30.50% | 9,880 |
| Duplin | 5,403 | 41.34% | 7,524 | 57.57% | 109 | 0.83% | 32 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,121 | -16.23% | 13,069 |
| Durham | 19,276 | 40.24% | 24,969 | 52.13% | 3,052 | 6.37% | 274 | 0.57% | 330 | 0.69% | -5,693 | -11.89% | 47,901 |
| Edgecombe | 5,916 | 42.09% | 7,945 | 56.52% | 148 | 1.05% | 36 | 0.26% | 11 | 0.08% | -2,029 | -14.43% | 14,056 |
| Forsyth | 42,389 | 49.99% | 38,870 | 45.84% | 2,897 | 3.42% | 527 | 0.62% | 115 | 0.13% | 3,519 | 4.15% | 84,798 |
| Franklin | 3,508 | 38.63% | 5,427 | 59.76% | 104 | 1.15% | 38 | 0.42% | 4 | 0.04% | -1,919 | -21.13% | 9,081 |
| Gaston | 25,139 | 55.61% | 19,016 | 42.07% | 823 | 1.82% | 201 | 0.44% | 25 | 0.06% | 6,123 | 13.54% | 45,204 |
| Gates | 957 | 27.60% | 2,435 | 70.23% | 61 | 1.76% | 11 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.09% | -1,478 | -42.63% | 3,467 |
| Graham | 1,961 | 54.25% | 1,608 | 44.48% | 36 | 1.00% | 6 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.11% | 353 | 9.77% | 3,615 |
| Granville | 3,513 | 37.99% | 5,556 | 60.09% | 133 | 1.44% | 29 | 0.31% | 15 | 0.16% | -2,043 | -22.10% | 9,246 |
| Greene | 2,221 | 43.44% | 2,835 | 55.45% | 34 | 0.66% | 20 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.06% | -614 | -12.01% | 5,113 |
| Guilford | 53,291 | 51.93% | 44,516 | 43.38% | 4,019 | 3.92% | 636 | 0.62% | 160 | 0.16% | 8,775 | 8.55% | 102,622 |
| Halifax | 6,033 | 41.19% | 8,364 | 57.10% | 180 | 1.23% | 56 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.10% | -2,331 | -15.91% | 14,648 |
| Harnett | 7,284 | 44.70% | 8,791 | 53.95% | 165 | 1.01% | 42 | 0.26% | 13 | 0.08% | -1,507 | -9.25% | 16,295 |
| Haywood | 7,217 | 41.33% | 9,814 | 56.20% | 349 | 2.00% | 66 | 0.38% | 16 | 0.09% | -2,597 | -14.87% | 17,462 |
| Henderson | 13,573 | 61.19% | 7,578 | 34.16% | 901 | 4.06% | 97 | 0.44% | 32 | 0.15% | 5,995 | 27.03% | 22,181 |
| Hertford | 1,854 | 30.59% | 4,102 | 67.69% | 80 | 1.32% | 20 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.07% | -2,248 | -37.10% | 6,060 |
| Hoke | 1,168 | 25.24% | 3,376 | 72.95% | 56 | 1.21% | 21 | 0.45% | 7 | 0.15% | -2,208 | -47.41% | 4,628 |
| Hyde | 807 | 38.95% | 1,221 | 58.93% | 37 | 1.79% | 5 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.10% | -414 | -19.98% | 2,072 |
| Iredell | 14,926 | 53.70% | 12,067 | 43.42% | 624 | 2.25% | 158 | 0.57% | 19 | 0.07% | 2,859 | 10.28% | 27,794 |
| Jackson | 4,140 | 44.47% | 4,857 | 52.17% | 246 | 2.64% | 50 | 0.54% | 17 | 0.18% | -717 | -7.70% | 9,310 |
| Johnston | 10,444 | 51.26% | 9,601 | 47.12% | 271 | 1.33% | 54 | 0.27% | 6 | 0.03% | 843 | 4.14% | 20,376 |
| Jones | 1,401 | 38.60% | 2,198 | 60.55% | 18 | 0.50% | 11 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.06% | -797 | -21.95% | 3,630 |
| Lee | 4,847 | 45.84% | 5,426 | 51.31% | 251 | 2.37% | 40 | 0.38% | 10 | 0.09% | -579 | -5.47% | 10,574 |
| Lenoir | 9,832 | 55.50% | 7,546 | 42.60% | 263 | 1.48% | 57 | 0.32% | 16 | 0.09% | 2,286 | 12.90% | 17,714 |
| Lincoln | 9,009 | 52.39% | 7,796 | 45.34% | 299 | 1.74% | 85 | 0.49% | 7 | 0.04% | 1,213 | 7.05% | 17,196 |
| Macon | 4,727 | 52.34% | 4,105 | 45.45% | 153 | 1.69% | 39 | 0.43% | 7 | 0.08% | 622 | 6.89% | 9,031 |
| Madison | 2,629 | 44.02% | 3,202 | 53.62% | 108 | 1.81% | 21 | 0.35% | 12 | 0.20% | -573 | -9.60% | 5,972 |
| Martin | 2,564 | 34.59% | 4,750 | 64.09% | 81 | 1.09% | 16 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,186 | -29.50% | 7,412 |
| McDowell | 5,680 | 53.55% | 4,703 | 44.34% | 175 | 1.65% | 44 | 0.41% | 4 | 0.04% | 977 | 9.21% | 10,606 |
| Mecklenburg | 68,384 | 47.80% | 66,995 | 46.83% | 6,560 | 4.59% | 956 | 0.67% | 163 | 0.11% | 1,389 | 0.97% | 143,058 |
| Mitchell | 4,322 | 68.93% | 1,765 | 28.15% | 146 | 2.33% | 32 | 0.51% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,557 | 40.78% | 6,270 |
| Montgomery | 3,587 | 45.74% | 4,129 | 52.65% | 99 | 1.26% | 25 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.03% | -542 | -6.91% | 7,842 |
| Moore | 10,158 | 53.71% | 8,084 | 42.75% | 563 | 2.98% | 91 | 0.48% | 15 | 0.08% | 2,074 | 10.96% | 18,911 |
| Nash | 11,043 | 56.34% | 8,184 | 41.75% | 293 | 1.49% | 74 | 0.38% | 7 | 0.04% | 2,859 | 14.59% | 19,601 |
| New Hanover | 17,243 | 53.48% | 13,670 | 42.40% | 1,114 | 3.45% | 182 | 0.56% | 35 | 0.11% | 3,573 | 11.08% | 32,244 |
| Northampton | 1,847 | 26.92% | 4,933 | 71.90% | 62 | 0.90% | 16 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.04% | -3,086 | -44.98% | 6,861 |
| Onslow | 8,861 | 52.95% | 7,371 | 44.04% | 400 | 2.39% | 90 | 0.54% | 14 | 0.08% | 1,490 | 8.91% | 16,736 |
| Orange | 9,261 | 32.39% | 15,226 | 53.26% | 3,364 | 11.77% | 300 | 1.05% | 438 | 1.53% | -5,965 | -20.87% | 28,589 |
| Pamlico | 1,504 | 39.55% | 2,224 | 58.48% | 48 | 1.26% | 20 | 0.53% | 7 | 0.18% | -720 | -18.93% | 3,803 |
| Pasquotank | 3,340 | 43.39% | 4,128 | 53.62% | 179 | 2.33% | 37 | 0.48% | 14 | 0.18% | -788 | -10.23% | 7,698 |
| Pender | 3,018 | 40.05% | 4,382 | 58.15% | 103 | 1.37% | 26 | 0.35% | 7 | 0.09% | -1,364 | -18.10% | 7,536 |
| Perquimans | 1,210 | 42.40% | 1,560 | 54.66% | 63 | 2.21% | 17 | 0.60% | 4 | 0.14% | -350 | -12.26% | 2,854 |
| Person | 3,281 | 43.55% | 4,111 | 54.57% | 104 | 1.38% | 34 | 0.45% | 4 | 0.05% | -830 | -11.02% | 7,534 |
| Pitt | 12,816 | 48.60% | 12,590 | 47.74% | 827 | 3.14% | 101 | 0.38% | 37 | 0.14% | 226 | 0.86% | 26,371 |
| Polk | 3,021 | 53.86% | 2,375 | 42.34% | 160 | 2.85% | 49 | 0.87% | 4 | 0.07% | 646 | 11.52% | 5,609 |
| Randolph | 19,881 | 64.72% | 10,107 | 32.90% | 563 | 1.83% | 145 | 0.47% | 21 | 0.07% | 9,774 | 31.82% | 30,717 |
| Richmond | 3,911 | 33.69% | 7,416 | 63.88% | 224 | 1.93% | 49 | 0.42% | 9 | 0.08% | -3,505 | -30.19% | 11,609 |
| Robeson | 6,982 | 27.89% | 17,618 | 70.39% | 331 | 1.32% | 72 | 0.29% | 27 | 0.11% | -10,636 | -42.50% | 25,030 |
| Rockingham | 11,205 | 47.64% | 11,708 | 49.77% | 463 | 1.97% | 130 | 0.55% | 16 | 0.07% | -503 | -2.13% | 23,522 |
| Rowan | 18,566 | 59.68% | 11,671 | 37.52% | 707 | 2.27% | 155 | 0.50% | 10 | 0.03% | 6,895 | 22.16% | 31,109 |
| Rutherford | 8,363 | 49.29% | 8,315 | 49.01% | 203 | 1.20% | 78 | 0.46% | 7 | 0.04% | 48 | 0.28% | 16,966 |
| Sampson | 8,097 | 46.06% | 9,090 | 51.71% | 308 | 1.75% | 58 | 0.33% | 25 | 0.14% | -993 | -5.65% | 17,578 |
| Scotland | 2,133 | 31.45% | 4,446 | 65.56% | 155 | 2.29% | 41 | 0.60% | 7 | 0.10% | -2,313 | -34.11% | 6,782 |
| Stanly | 9,734 | 54.54% | 7,784 | 43.62% | 248 | 1.39% | 69 | 0.39% | 11 | 0.06% | 1,950 | 10.92% | 17,846 |
| Stokes | 7,275 | 54.93% | 5,764 | 43.52% | 151 | 1.14% | 50 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.04% | 1,511 | 11.41% | 13,245 |
| Surry | 10,065 | 51.86% | 8,987 | 46.31% | 256 | 1.32% | 92 | 0.47% | 8 | 0.04% | 1,078 | 5.55% | 19,408 |
| Swain | 1,457 | 41.39% | 1,987 | 56.45% | 70 | 1.99% | 5 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | -530 | -15.06% | 3,520 |
| Transylvania | 4,826 | 52.60% | 4,008 | 43.68% | 274 | 2.99% | 58 | 0.63% | 9 | 0.10% | 818 | 8.92% | 9,175 |
| Tyrrell | 466 | 34.01% | 887 | 64.74% | 14 | 1.02% | 3 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -421 | -30.73% | 1,370 |
| Union | 9,012 | 45.77% | 10,073 | 51.16% | 487 | 2.47% | 102 | 0.52% | 14 | 0.07% | -1,061 | -5.39% | 19,688 |
| Vance | 4,217 | 43.15% | 5,415 | 55.40% | 101 | 1.03% | 35 | 0.36% | 6 | 0.06% | -1,198 | -12.25% | 9,774 |
| Wake | 49,768 | 47.31% | 49,003 | 46.58% | 5,455 | 5.19% | 741 | 0.70% | 226 | 0.22% | 765 | 0.73% | 105,193 |
| Warren | 1,582 | 29.13% | 3,750 | 69.06% | 74 | 1.36% | 15 | 0.28% | 9 | 0.17% | -2,168 | -39.93% | 5,430 |
| Washington | 1,943 | 38.57% | 3,008 | 59.72% | 68 | 1.35% | 15 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.06% | -1,065 | -21.15% | 5,037 |
| Watauga | 6,149 | 51.42% | 5,022 | 42.00% | 645 | 5.39% | 105 | 0.88% | 37 | 0.31% | 1,127 | 9.42% | 11,958 |
| Wayne | 12,860 | 56.31% | 9,586 | 41.98% | 322 | 1.41% | 62 | 0.27% | 6 | 0.03% | 3,274 | 14.33% | 22,836 |
| Wilkes | 14,462 | 62.74% | 8,184 | 35.51% | 282 | 1.22% | 102 | 0.44% | 19 | 0.08% | 6,278 | 27.23% | 23,049 |
| Wilson | 8,329 | 49.86% | 8,042 | 48.14% | 243 | 1.45% | 71 | 0.43% | 19 | 0.11% | 287 | 1.72% | 16,704 |
| Yadkin | 7,530 | 65.08% | 3,850 | 33.28% | 136 | 1.18% | 50 | 0.43% | 4 | 0.03% | 3,680 | 31.80% | 11,570 |
| Yancey | 3,363 | 44.57% | 4,010 | 53.14% | 110 | 1.46% | 31 | 0.41% | 32 | 0.42% | -647 | -8.57% | 7,546 |
| Totals | 915,018 | 49.30% | 875,635 | 47.18% | 52,800 | 2.85% | 9,677 | 0.52% | 2,703 | 0.15% | 39,383 | 2.12% | 1,855,833 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit
References edit
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- ^ "Visit Might Put Reagan "Over the Top" in S.C.". The Times and Democrat. Orangeburg, South Carolina. The Associated Press. September 23, 1980. p. 9b.
- ^ Pettys, Dick (October 5, 1980). "Dixie Remains Political Background with No "Home Turf Odds" for Carter". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. p. 5A.
- ^ Tyson, Remer (October 12, 1980). "Long Shot Strategy: Reagan's Efforts in South Paying Off". Boca Raton News. p. 12A.
- ^ Mears, Walter R. (October 26, 1980). "Carter–Reagan Race Tightens Near Finish". Kansas City Star. pp. 1A, 14A.
- ^ Pettys, Dick (October 31, 1980). "Reagan Quietly Undermining Carter's '76 Support". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The Associated Press. p. 8A.
- ^ Stucker, Jan (November 2, 1980). "Carter in the Carolinas — A Tale of Two States". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. p. B1.
- ^ "Down by the Wire: State by State, It's Just too Close to Call". Daily Press. Victorville, California. November 3, 1980. p. B-1.
- ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1980 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina
- ^ "NC US President Race, November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.
Works cited edit
- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.