Because of Ohio's long-time bellwether status, Carter and Reagan campaigned heavily in the state from the start of the presidential primaries.[1] At the beginning of the campaign, it was clear that inflation and the Iranian hostage crisis were cutting heavily into Carter's popularity in the industrial areas of the state,[2] although Reagan was not viewed warmly by the state's electorate either.[3]
Despite the coldness with which the incumbent President was received on his first visit to Columbus, Carter did gain a critical victory over challenger Ted Kennedy in Ohio's presidential primary on June 4, owing to his dominance of Ohio's heavily Appalachian rural counties[4] plus the endorsement of both Buckeye State Senator John Glenn[5] and Cleveland's Plain Dealer newspaper.[6]
In the earliest polls after the nominations were settled, Reagan was slightly ahead of Carter,[7] and from midsummer the GOP nominee targeted Ohio as part of his strategy of appealing to industrial workers in the Northeast and Great Lakes region.[8] Ohio gained further attention from a court case that allowed independent candidate and former Republican rival to Reagan John B. Anderson to be on the state's ballot,[9] but Reagan continued his strategy of seeking the support of Ohio's industrial workers during the remainder of the summer.[10] However, after the challenger being ahead for the first half of the fall – although never by an irreversible margin – by mid-October Ohio was seen as close because Reagan was not gaining so much support from industrial workers as he had hoped in August,[11] with voters simply debating “which candidate they liked least”.[12] However, by the beginning of November, Ohio was viewed as the most problematic of the three “key” Midwestern states[a] for Carter's re-election battle, as he was only seventy-five thousand votes ahead in Cuyahoga County, which he had won by over 93,000 votes in his 11,000-vote statewide triumph four years previously.[13] The Equal Rights Amendment and abortion were also seen as severely handicapping Carter in the Southern-leaning Appalachian counties where he had done well in 1976.[13]
Ohio was won by former California GovernorRonald Reagan (R) by 11%.[14] Ohio voted very close to the nation for both Carter and Reagan, although Anderson was 0.7% below his national percentage. Reagan was the first Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 to carry heavily populated Lucas County.[15]
^Michigan and Illinois were the other two states considered in this context, and Carter also lost them, though by smaller margins than Ohio.
Referencesedit
^Weisman, Steven R.; ‘Carter and Reagan 'Debate' in Ohio, Six Blocks Apart: Two Images of the U.S.’; The New York Times Special, May 29, 1980, p. A1
^Schellhardt, Timothy D.; ‘Midwest Mood: Carter's Support Slides In a Blue-Collar Town That Backed Him in ‘76’; Wall Street Journal, June 2, 1980, p. 1
^Smith, Terence; ‘Visits by Carter and Reagan to Put Ohio's Capital on the Political Map: Little Enthusiasm for Candidates – “Turned His Back on the State”’; New York Times Special, May 29, 1980. p. B6
^Nyhan, David and Black, Chris; ‘Carter Is Over Top; Kennedy Will Fight On – Ohio to President; N.J. to Senator; California Close’; The Boston Globe, June 4, 1980, p. 1
^‘Campaign Report: Carter Gets Endorsement From Senator Glenn of Ohio’; The New York Times, May 22, 1980, p. B8
^‘Campaign Report: Kennedy Warns of Threats Of Unrest in Inner Cities; Carter and Reagan Lead In Poll of Jersey Residents; Cleveland Plain Dealer Endorses Carter and Reagan’; The New York Times, May 26, 1980, p. A13
^‘Reagan Leads, Poll Indicates’; The Boston Globe, June 16, 1980, p. 1
^Sperling, Godfrey, Jr.; ‘How Reagan plans to beat Carter in November; “Northeast strategy” targets Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, banks on big 'blue collar' vote’; The Christian Science Monitor, July 16, 1980
^‘Campaign Report: Anderson Wins Court Battle To Be on the Ohio Ballot’; The New York Times, July 18, 1980, p. A7
^Broder, David S. ‘Reagan, Citing 'the Carter Depression,' Courts Labor: Decrying 'the Carter Depression,' Reagan Courts Support of Labor’; The Washington Post, August 28, 1980, p. A1
^Clymer, Adam; ‘Ohio Race Expected to Be Close As Labor Mobilizes for President’; New York Times Special, October 16, 1980, p. A1
^Hunt, Albert R.; ‘Buckeye Ambivalence: In Pivotal Ohio, With Reagan Slightly Ahead, Voters Debate Which Candidate They Like Least’; The Wall Street Journal, October 9, 1098. p. 48
^ abHealy, Robert L.; ‘Ohio, Mich, and Illinois may decide the election’; The Boston Globe, November 1, 1980, p. 1
^"1980 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio". uselectionatlas.org.
^Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 276-280 ISBN0786422173
McGillivray, Alice; Scammon, Richard, eds. (1994). America At The Polls: 1960-1992: Kennedy To Clinton: A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics. Congressional Quarterly. ISBN1568020589.
January 01, 1970
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Main article 1980 United States presidential election The 1980 United States presidential election in Ohio 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 25 electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1980 United States presidential election in Ohio 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 25 0 0 Popular vote 2 206 545 1 752 414 254 472 Percentage 51 51 40 91 5 94 County Results Reagan 40 50 50 60 60 70 Carter 40 50 50 60 President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican Because of Ohio s long time bellwether status Carter and Reagan campaigned heavily in the state from the start of the presidential primaries 1 At the beginning of the campaign it was clear that inflation and the Iranian hostage crisis were cutting heavily into Carter s popularity in the industrial areas of the state 2 although Reagan was not viewed warmly by the state s electorate either 3 Despite the coldness with which the incumbent President was received on his first visit to Columbus Carter did gain a critical victory over challenger Ted Kennedy in Ohio s presidential primary on June 4 owing to his dominance of Ohio s heavily Appalachian rural counties 4 plus the endorsement of both Buckeye State Senator John Glenn 5 and Cleveland s Plain Dealer newspaper 6 In the earliest polls after the nominations were settled Reagan was slightly ahead of Carter 7 and from midsummer the GOP nominee targeted Ohio as part of his strategy of appealing to industrial workers in the Northeast and Great Lakes region 8 Ohio gained further attention from a court case that allowed independent candidate and former Republican rival to Reagan John B Anderson to be on the state s ballot 9 but Reagan continued his strategy of seeking the support of Ohio s industrial workers during the remainder of the summer 10 However after the challenger being ahead for the first half of the fall although never by an irreversible margin by mid October Ohio was seen as close because Reagan was not gaining so much support from industrial workers as he had hoped in August 11 with voters simply debating which candidate they liked least 12 However by the beginning of November Ohio was viewed as the most problematic of the three key Midwestern states a for Carter s re election battle as he was only seventy five thousand votes ahead in Cuyahoga County which he had won by over 93 000 votes in his 11 000 vote statewide triumph four years previously 13 The Equal Rights Amendment and abortion were also seen as severely handicapping Carter in the Southern leaning Appalachian counties where he had done well in 1976 13 Ohio was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan R by 11 14 Ohio voted very close to the nation for both Carter and Reagan although Anderson was 0 7 below his national percentage Reagan was the first Republican since Dwight D Eisenhower in 1956 to carry heavily populated Lucas County 15 Ronald Reagan campaigning in Youngstown Ohio on October 8 1980 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 1 1 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 Works citedResults edit1980 United States presidential election in Ohio 16 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan 2 206 545 51 51 25 Democrat Jimmy Carter incumbent 1 752 414 40 91 0 Not Designated John Anderson 254 472 5 94 0 Not Designated Ed Clark 49 033 1 14 0 Not Designated Barry Commoner 8 564 0 20 0 Not Designated Gus Hall 4 729 0 11 0 Not Designated Richard Congress 4 029 0 09 0 Not Designated Deirdre Griswold 3 790 0 09 0 Write in Benjamin Bubar 27 0 00 0 Totals 4 283 603 100 00 25 Results by county edit County Ronald ReaganRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic John B AndersonNot Designated Edward E ClarkNot Designated Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast 16 Adams 5 336 53 75 4 161 41 91 303 3 05 99 1 00 29 0 29 1 175 11 84 9 928 Allen 29 070 65 84 13 140 29 76 1 439 3 26 419 0 95 86 0 19 15 930 36 08 44 154 Ashland 11 691 62 56 5 142 27 51 1 128 6 04 427 2 28 301 1 61 6 549 35 05 18 689 Ashtabula 19 847 49 04 17 363 42 91 2 481 6 13 600 1 48 176 0 43 2 484 6 13 40 467 Athens 8 170 41 26 9 514 48 05 1 544 7 80 378 1 91 195 0 98 1 344 6 79 19 801 Auglaize 11 537 65 34 5 022 28 44 785 4 45 212 1 20 101 0 57 6 515 36 90 17 657 Belmont 13 601 42 47 16 653 52 00 1 432 4 47 251 0 78 87 0 27 3 052 9 53 32 024 Brown 6 065 53 50 4 706 41 51 339 2 99 151 1 33 76 0 67 1 359 11 99 11 337 Butler 61 231 61 91 31 796 32 15 4 717 4 77 826 0 84 331 0 33 29 435 29 76 98 901 Carroll 5 806 58 94 3 476 35 29 406 4 12 137 1 39 26 0 26 2 330 23 65 9 851 Champaign 7 356 60 17 4 109 33 61 596 4 88 132 1 08 32 0 26 3 247 26 56 12 225 Clark 27 237 50 42 22 630 41 90 3 414 6 32 569 1 05 165 0 31 4 607 8 52 54 015 Clermont 26 674 63 37 13 199 31 36 1 697 4 03 448 1 06 73 0 17 13 475 32 01 42 091 Clinton 7 675 61 90 3 967 31 99 608 4 90 116 0 94 34 0 27 3 708 29 91 12 400 Columbiana 20 798 50 55 17 459 42 43 2 320 5 64 464 1 13 102 0 25 3 339 8 12 41 143 Coshocton 8 359 60 33 4 725 34 10 525 3 79 161 1 16 86 0 62 3 634 26 23 13 856 Crawford 12 424 62 89 6 058 30 67 915 4 63 307 1 55 51 0 26 6 366 32 22 19 755 Cuyahoga 254 883 41 47 307 448 50 02 40 750 6 63 6 915 1 12 4 686 0 76 52 565 8 55 614 682 Darke 12 773 58 17 7 635 34 77 1 198 5 46 288 1 31 64 0 29 5 138 23 40 21 958 Defiance 9 358 59 84 5 096 32 59 896 5 73 240 1 53 49 0 31 4 262 27 25 15 639 Delaware 14 740 64 48 6 417 28 07 1 278 5 59 336 1 47 90 0 39 8 323 36 41 22 861 Erie 15 628 51 29 12 343 40 51 1 908 6 26 348 1 14 243 0 80 3 285 10 78 30 470 Fairfield 24 096 60 98 13 144 33 26 1 689 4 27 498 1 26 88 0 22 10 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75 0 32 6 869 29 53 23 259 Shelby 8 988 54 33 6 425 38 84 895 5 41 192 1 16 44 0 27 2 563 15 49 16 544 Stark 87 769 55 87 59 005 37 56 8 030 5 11 1 875 1 19 427 0 27 28 764 18 31 157 106 Summit 92 299 43 35 102 459 48 12 15 002 7 05 2 449 1 15 710 0 33 10 160 4 77 212 919 Trumbull 41 056 44 15 44 366 47 70 6 281 6 75 877 0 94 422 0 45 3 310 3 55 93 002 Tuscarawas 15 708 52 21 12 117 40 27 1 779 5 91 417 1 39 65 0 22 3 591 11 94 30 086 Union 7 576 67 73 3 038 27 16 421 3 76 131 1 17 20 0 18 4 538 40 57 11 186 Van Wert 7 866 61 11 4 070 31 62 741 5 76 160 1 24 35 0 27 3 796 29 49 12 872 Vinton 2 484 49 05 2 381 47 02 138 2 73 44 0 87 17 0 34 103 2 03 5 064 Warren 22 430 63 14 11 306 31 83 1 348 3 79 332 0 93 106 0 30 11 124 31 31 35 522 Washington 14 310 59 70 7 936 33 11 1 121 4 68 504 2 10 100 0 42 6 374 26 59 23 971 Wayne 18 962 55 87 12 129 35 73 2 313 6 81 419 1 23 119 0 35 6 833 20 14 33 942 Williams 9 146 64 31 4 015 28 23 872 6 13 151 1 06 37 0 26 5 131 36 08 14 221 Wood 23 315 55 23 14 139 33 49 4 156 9 85 416 0 99 187 0 44 9 176 21 74 42 213 Wyandot 5 786 63 06 2 757 30 05 407 4 44 151 1 65 74 0 81 3 029 33 01 9 175 Totals 2 206 545 51 51 1 752 414 40 91 254 472 5 94 49 033 1 14 21 139 0 49 454 131 10 60 4 283 603 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit Adams Ashtabula Brown Columbiana Harrison Hocking Jackson Lake Lawrence Lorain Lucas Meigs Ottawa Perry Portage Scioto Tuscarawas VintonSee also editUnited States presidential elections in OhioNotes edit Michigan and Illinois were the other two states considered in this context and Carter also lost them though by smaller margins than Ohio References edit Weisman Steven R Carter and Reagan Debate in Ohio Six Blocks Apart Two Images of the U S The New York Times Special May 29 1980 p A1 Schellhardt Timothy D Midwest Mood Carter s Support Slides In a Blue Collar Town That Backed Him in 76 Wall Street Journal June 2 1980 p 1 Smith Terence Visits by Carter and Reagan to Put Ohio s Capital on the Political Map Little Enthusiasm for Candidates Turned His Back on the State New York Times Special May 29 1980 p B6 Nyhan David and Black Chris Carter Is Over Top Kennedy Will Fight On Ohio to President N J to Senator California Close The Boston Globe June 4 1980 p 1 Campaign Report Carter Gets Endorsement From Senator Glenn of Ohio The New York Times May 22 1980 p B8 Campaign Report Kennedy Warns of Threats Of Unrest in Inner Cities Carter and Reagan Lead In Poll of Jersey Residents Cleveland Plain Dealer Endorses Carter and Reagan The New York Times May 26 1980 p A13 Reagan Leads Poll Indicates The Boston Globe June 16 1980 p 1 Sperling Godfrey Jr How Reagan plans to beat Carter in November Northeast strategy targets Ohio Illinois Michigan banks on big blue collar vote The Christian Science Monitor July 16 1980 Campaign Report Anderson Wins Court Battle To Be on the Ohio Ballot The New York Times July 18 1980 p A7 Broder David S Reagan Citing the Carter Depression Courts Labor Decrying the Carter Depression Reagan Courts Support of Labor The Washington Post August 28 1980 p A1 Clymer Adam Ohio Race Expected to Be Close As Labor Mobilizes for President New York Times Special October 16 1980 p A1 Hunt Albert R Buckeye Ambivalence In Pivotal Ohio With Reagan Slightly Ahead Voters Debate Which Candidate They Like Least The Wall Street Journal October 9 1098 p 48 a b Healy Robert L Ohio Mich and Illinois may decide the election The Boston Globe November 1 1980 p 1 1980 Presidential General Election Results Ohio uselectionatlas org Menendez Albert J The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States 1868 2004 pp 276 280 ISBN 0786422173 a b McGillivray amp Scammon 1994 pp 579 580 Works cited editMcGillivray Alice Scammon Richard eds 1994 America At The Polls 1960 1992 Kennedy To Clinton A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics Congressional Quarterly ISBN 1568020589 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1980 United States 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