The 1980 United States presidential election in Nevada 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
Reagan 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
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Nevada was won by Former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R), who won the state with a 36-point landslide.[1] Reagan's margin of victory was especially impressive as four year earlier, Nevada had been a swing state, only going for Ford by a narrow 4.36%. Nevada swung nearly 32 points to towards the Republicans this election.
Starting with this election, the winner of every presidential election won Nevada, until 2016.
Likely owing to criticism of Carter for his inability to understand specifically Western issues, mainly the region's problems with water supply,[2] the 1980 result is the most Republican Nevada has ever been relative to the nation as a whole since statehood.[3]
Primaries
editCandidate | Votes | Delegates |
---|---|---|
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 25,159 | 5 |
Ted Kennedy | 19,296 | 4 |
Uncommitted | 22,493 | 5 |
Totals | 66,948 | 14 |
Candidate | Votes | Delegates |
---|---|---|
Ronald Reagan | 39,352 | 18 |
George H.W. Bush | 3,078 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 4,965 | 2 |
Totals | 47,395 | 20 |
Results
editPresidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ronald Reagan of California | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 3 | 155,017 | 62.54% |
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | Walter Mondale (incumbent) | Democratic | 0 | 66,666 | 26.89% |
John Anderson | Patrick Lucey | Independent | 0 | 17,651 | 7.12% |
Edward E. Clark | David Koch | Libertarian | 0 | 4,358 | 1.76% |
No Candidate | - | - | 0 | 4,193 | 1.69% |
Results by county
editCounty[4] | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic |
John B. Anderson Independent |
Ed Clark Libertarian |
No candidate None of the Above |
Margin | Total | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Carson City | 8,389 | 66.81% | 2,769 | 22.05% | 964 | 7.68% | 218 | 1.74% | 216 | 1.72% | 5,620 | 44.76% | 12,556 |
Churchill | 3,841 | 72.84% | 1,055 | 20.01% | 257 | 4.87% | 46 | 0.87% | 74 | 1.40% | 2,786 | 52.83% | 5,273 |
Clark | 76,194 | 59.80% | 38,313 | 30.07% | 8,702 | 6.83% | 2,092 | 1.64% | 2,123 | 1.67% | 37,881 | 29.73% | 127,424 |
Douglas | 5,254 | 71.55% | 1,352 | 18.41% | 511 | 6.96% | 131 | 1.78% | 95 | 1.29% | 3,902 | 53.14% | 7,343 |
Elko | 4,393 | 70.89% | 1,296 | 20.91% | 301 | 4.86% | 119 | 1.92% | 88 | 1.42% | 3,097 | 49.98% | 6,197 |
Esmeralda | 311 | 66.31% | 110 | 23.45% | 29 | 6.18% | 11 | 2.35% | 8 | 1.71% | 201 | 42.86% | 469 |
Eureka | 430 | 76.24% | 103 | 18.26% | 13 | 2.30% | 7 | 1.24% | 11 | 1.95% | 327 | 57.98% | 564 |
Humboldt | 1,950 | 68.59% | 684 | 24.06% | 128 | 4.50% | 42 | 1.48% | 39 | 1.37% | 1,266 | 44.53% | 2,843 |
Lander | 935 | 65.61% | 361 | 25.33% | 64 | 4.49% | 35 | 2.46% | 30 | 2.11% | 574 | 40.28% | 1,425 |
Lincoln | 1,087 | 68.54% | 396 | 24.97% | 38 | 2.40% | 30 | 1.89% | 35 | 2.21% | 691 | 43.57% | 1,586 |
Lyon | 3,709 | 67.98% | 1,288 | 23.61% | 271 | 4.97% | 115 | 2.11% | 73 | 1.34% | 2,421 | 44.37% | 5,456 |
Mineral | 1,628 | 63.94% | 631 | 24.78% | 147 | 5.77% | 53 | 2.08% | 87 | 3.42% | 997 | 39.16% | 2,546 |
Nye | 2,387 | 64.17% | 973 | 26.16% | 204 | 5.48% | 77 | 2.07% | 79 | 2.12% | 1,414 | 38.01% | 3,720 |
Pershing | 877 | 68.41% | 311 | 24.26% | 60 | 4.68% | 16 | 1.25% | 18 | 1.40% | 566 | 44.15% | 1,282 |
Storey | 460 | 58.75% | 222 | 28.35% | 62 | 7.92% | 25 | 3.19% | 14 | 1.79% | 238 | 30.40% | 783 |
Washoe | 41,276 | 63.54% | 15,621 | 24.05% | 5,705 | 8.78% | 1,245 | 1.92% | 1,109 | 1.71% | 25,655 | 39.49% | 64,956 |
White Pine | 1,896 | 54.77% | 1,181 | 34.11% | 195 | 5.63% | 96 | 2.77% | 94 | 2.72% | 715 | 20.66% | 3,462 |
Totals | 155,017 | 62.54% | 66,666 | 26.89% | 17,651 | 7.12% | 4,358 | 1.76% | 4,193 | 1.69% | 88,351 | 35.65% | 247,885 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Nevada". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ Reisner, Marc; Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water; p. 11 ISBN 0140178244
- ^ Counting the Votes; Nevada
- ^ Our Campaigns; NV US President 1980