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1980 United States presidential election in North Dakota
The 1980 United States presidential election in North Dakota 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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County Results
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North Dakota was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 38-point landslide.[1] With 64.23% of the popular vote, North Dakota would prove to be Reagan's fourth strongest state after Utah, Idaho and Nebraska.[2]
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Sioux County, home of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[3]
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 193,695 | 64.23% | |
| Democratic–NPL | Jimmy Carter | 79,189 | 26.26% | |
| Independent | John Anderson | 23,640 | 7.02% | |
| Libertarian | Edward Clark | 3,743 | 1.24% | |
| Citizens | Barry Commoner | 429 | 0.14% | |
| Independent | Harley McLain | 296 | 0.10% | |
| American | Percy Greaves Jr. | 235 | 0.08% | |
| Communist | Gus Hall | 93 | 0.03% | |
| Socialist Workers | Clifton DeBerry | 89 | 0.03% | |
| Socialist | David McReynolds | 82 | 0.03% | |
| Prohibition | Benjamin Bubar | 54 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 301,545 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county edit
| County[4] | Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican | James Earl Carter Democratic-NPL | John Bayard Anderson[5] Independent | Edward E. Clark[5] Libertarian | Various candidates[5] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,334 | 68.73% | 470 | 24.21% | 107 | 5.51% | 28 | 1.44% | 2 | 0.10% | 864 | 44.51% | 1,941 |
| Barnes | 4,392 | 59.79% | 2,128 | 28.97% | 705 | 9.60% | 84 | 1.14% | 37 | 0.50% | 2,264 | 30.82% | 7,346 |
| Benson | 2,149 | 59.91% | 1,119 | 31.20% | 262 | 7.30% | 50 | 1.39% | 7 | 0.20% | 1,030 | 28.71% | 3,587 |
| Billings | 524 | 76.05% | 122 | 17.71% | 33 | 4.79% | 9 | 1.31% | 1 | 0.15% | 402 | 58.35% | 689 |
| Bottineau | 3,394 | 70.30% | 1,090 | 22.58% | 267 | 5.53% | 66 | 1.37% | 11 | 0.23% | 2,304 | 47.72% | 4,828 |
| Bowman | 1,507 | 70.49% | 454 | 21.23% | 142 | 6.64% | 31 | 1.45% | 4 | 0.19% | 1,053 | 49.25% | 2,138 |
| Burke | 1,442 | 73.27% | 418 | 21.24% | 82 | 4.17% | 19 | 0.97% | 7 | 0.36% | 1,024 | 52.03% | 1,968 |
| Burleigh | 18,437 | 67.94% | 6,129 | 22.59% | 2,109 | 7.77% | 341 | 1.26% | 121 | 0.45% | 12,308 | 45.36% | 27,137 |
| Cass | 23,886 | 54.76% | 13,562 | 31.09% | 5,421 | 12.43% | 479 | 1.10% | 272 | 0.62% | 10,324 | 23.67% | 43,620 |
| Cavalier | 2,582 | 64.92% | 1,105 | 27.78% | 238 | 5.98% | 49 | 1.23% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,477 | 37.14% | 3,977 |
| Dickey | 2,455 | 68.69% | 917 | 25.66% | 161 | 4.50% | 38 | 1.06% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,538 | 43.03% | 3,574 |
| Divide | 1,267 | 66.06% | 509 | 26.54% | 109 | 5.68% | 27 | 1.41% | 6 | 0.31% | 758 | 39.52% | 1,918 |
| Dunn | 1,706 | 71.50% | 532 | 22.30% | 115 | 4.82% | 28 | 1.17% | 5 | 0.21% | 1,174 | 49.20% | 2,386 |
| Eddy | 1,153 | 61.23% | 539 | 28.62% | 145 | 7.70% | 37 | 1.96% | 9 | 0.48% | 614 | 32.61% | 1,883 |
| Emmons | 2,369 | 77.57% | 502 | 16.44% | 132 | 4.32% | 39 | 1.28% | 12 | 0.39% | 1,867 | 61.13% | 3,054 |
| Foster | 1,534 | 66.61% | 586 | 25.45% | 152 | 6.60% | 29 | 1.26% | 2 | 0.09% | 948 | 41.16% | 2,303 |
| Golden Valley | 1,006 | 74.57% | 259 | 19.20% | 62 | 4.60% | 20 | 1.48% | 2 | 0.15% | 747 | 55.37% | 1,349 |
| Grand Forks | 14,257 | 57.65% | 6,997 | 28.29% | 2,932 | 11.86% | 349 | 1.41% | 196 | 0.79% | 7,260 | 29.36% | 24,731 |
| Grant | 1,891 | 80.85% | 317 | 13.55% | 110 | 4.70% | 15 | 0.64% | 6 | 0.26% | 1,574 | 67.29% | 2,339 |
| Griggs | 1,342 | 61.84% | 636 | 29.31% | 158 | 7.28% | 27 | 1.24% | 7 | 0.32% | 706 | 32.53% | 2,170 |
| Hettinger | 1,699 | 75.28% | 434 | 19.23% | 104 | 4.61% | 15 | 0.66% | 5 | 0.22% | 1,265 | 56.05% | 2,257 |
| Kidder | 1,474 | 77.05% | 326 | 17.04% | 85 | 4.44% | 16 | 0.84% | 12 | 0.63% | 1,148 | 60.01% | 1,913 |
| LaMoure | 2,136 | 64.88% | 850 | 25.82% | 254 | 7.72% | 41 | 1.25% | 11 | 0.33% | 1,286 | 39.06% | 3,292 |
| Logan | 1,474 | 79.03% | 283 | 15.17% | 69 | 3.70% | 32 | 1.72% | 7 | 0.38% | 1,191 | 63.86% | 1,865 |
| McHenry | 2,922 | 71.20% | 939 | 22.88% | 190 | 4.63% | 44 | 1.07% | 9 | 0.22% | 1,983 | 48.32% | 4,104 |
| McIntosh | 2,471 | 86.01% | 308 | 10.72% | 72 | 2.51% | 14 | 0.49% | 8 | 0.28% | 2,163 | 75.29% | 2,873 |
| McKenzie | 2,265 | 67.25% | 867 | 25.74% | 182 | 5.40% | 49 | 1.45% | 5 | 0.15% | 1,398 | 41.51% | 3,368 |
| McLean | 4,234 | 67.79% | 1,613 | 25.82% | 318 | 5.09% | 71 | 1.14% | 10 | 0.16% | 2,621 | 41.96% | 6,246 |
| Mercer | 3,224 | 68.00% | 1,209 | 25.50% | 204 | 4.30% | 92 | 1.94% | 12 | 0.25% | 2,015 | 42.50% | 4,741 |
| Morton | 7,659 | 66.84% | 2,861 | 24.97% | 742 | 6.48% | 148 | 1.29% | 48 | 0.42% | 4,798 | 41.87% | 11,458 |
| Mountrail | 2,165 | 60.36% | 1,183 | 32.98% | 182 | 5.07% | 45 | 1.25% | 12 | 0.33% | 982 | 27.38% | 3,587 |
| Nelson | 1,611 | 62.08% | 726 | 27.98% | 226 | 8.71% | 23 | 0.89% | 9 | 0.35% | 885 | 34.10% | 2,595 |
| Oliver | 966 | 73.40% | 270 | 20.52% | 55 | 4.18% | 19 | 1.44% | 6 | 0.46% | 696 | 52.89% | 1,316 |
| Pembina | 3,101 | 65.73% | 1,239 | 26.26% | 303 | 6.42% | 67 | 1.42% | 8 | 0.17% | 1,862 | 39.47% | 4,718 |
| Pierce | 2,273 | 76.07% | 517 | 17.30% | 168 | 5.62% | 28 | 0.94% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,756 | 58.77% | 2,988 |
| Ramsey | 4,078 | 64.88% | 1,607 | 25.57% | 514 | 8.18% | 67 | 1.07% | 19 | 0.30% | 2,471 | 39.32% | 6,285 |
| Ransom | 1,883 | 59.93% | 974 | 31.00% | 237 | 7.54% | 44 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.13% | 909 | 28.93% | 3,142 |
| Renville | 1,154 | 62.65% | 570 | 30.94% | 98 | 5.32% | 18 | 0.98% | 2 | 0.11% | 584 | 31.70% | 1,842 |
| Richland | 5,711 | 61.17% | 2,698 | 28.90% | 750 | 8.03% | 152 | 1.63% | 26 | 0.28% | 3,013 | 32.27% | 9,337 |
| Rolette | 1,599 | 44.84% | 1,660 | 46.55% | 265 | 7.43% | 33 | 0.93% | 9 | 0.25% | -61 | -1.71% | 3,566 |
| Sargent | 1,565 | 55.44% | 1,048 | 37.12% | 174 | 6.16% | 29 | 1.03% | 7 | 0.25% | 517 | 18.31% | 2,823 |
| Sheridan | 1,326 | 82.51% | 208 | 12.94% | 65 | 4.04% | 4 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.25% | 1,118 | 69.57% | 1,607 |
| Sioux | 620 | 56.88% | 383 | 35.14% | 72 | 6.61% | 9 | 0.83% | 6 | 0.55% | 237 | 21.74% | 1,090 |
| Slope | 462 | 71.41% | 128 | 19.78% | 45 | 6.96% | 8 | 1.24% | 4 | 0.62% | 334 | 51.62% | 647 |
| Stark | 6,312 | 70.11% | 2,016 | 22.39% | 512 | 5.69% | 131 | 1.46% | 32 | 0.36% | 4,296 | 47.72% | 9,003 |
| Steele | 997 | 53.32% | 617 | 32.99% | 229 | 12.25% | 19 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.43% | 380 | 20.32% | 1,870 |
| Stutsman | 6,545 | 63.86% | 2,573 | 25.10% | 960 | 9.37% | 108 | 1.05% | 63 | 0.61% | 3,972 | 38.76% | 10,249 |
| Towner | 1,375 | 64.89% | 568 | 26.81% | 152 | 7.17% | 23 | 1.09% | 1 | 0.05% | 807 | 38.08% | 2,119 |
| Traill | 3,092 | 60.91% | 1,428 | 28.13% | 512 | 10.09% | 35 | 0.69% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,664 | 32.78% | 5,076 |
| Walsh | 4,488 | 64.69% | 1,850 | 26.66% | 485 | 6.99% | 98 | 1.41% | 17 | 0.25% | 2,638 | 38.02% | 6,938 |
| Ward | 14,997 | 67.59% | 5,554 | 25.03% | 1,234 | 5.56% | 328 | 1.48% | 76 | 0.34% | 9,443 | 42.56% | 22,189 |
| Wells | 2,660 | 73.91% | 746 | 20.73% | 148 | 4.11% | 38 | 1.06% | 7 | 0.19% | 1,914 | 53.18% | 3,599 |
| Williams | 6,530 | 65.93% | 2,545 | 25.70% | 592 | 5.98% | 130 | 1.31% | 107 | 1.08% | 3,985 | 40.24% | 9,904 |
| Totals | 193,695 | 64.23% | 79,189 | 26.26% | 23,640 | 7.84% | 3,743 | 1.24% | 1,278 | 0.42% | 114,506 | 37.97% | 301,545 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results - North Dakota". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ "1980 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Géoelections; 1980 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b c Géoelections; Popular Vote for John B. Anderson (.xlsx file for €15)