1980 United States presidential election in Idaho

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1980 United States presidential election in Idaho
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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 290,699 110,192 27,058
Percentage 66.46% 25.19% 6.19%
County Results
Reagan
  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%

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Jimmy Carter
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Ronald Reagan
Republican

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The 1980 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Idaho was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 41-point landslide.[1] It is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in 1964,[2] and even Johnson won by merely five thousand votes in a national landslide. With 66.46 percent of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Reagan's second strongest state after neighboring Utah.[3]

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Idaho[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 290,699 66.46% 4
Democratic Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 110,192 25.19% 0
Independent John B. Anderson 27,058 6.19% 0
Libertarian Edward Clark 8,425 1.93% 0
American John Rarick 1,057 0.24% 0
Totals 437,431 100.00% 4

Results by county

County[5] Ronald Reagan
Republican 		Jimmy Carter
Democratic 		John B. Anderson
Independent 		Ed Clark
Libertarian 		John Rarick
American 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Ada 55,205 63.79% 21,324 24.64% 7,987 9.23% 1,874 2.17% 154 0.18% 33,881 39.15% 86,544
Adams 1,189 62.68% 590 31.10% 88 4.64% 26 1.37% 4 0.21% 599 31.58% 1,897
Bannock 18,477 61.88% 8,639 28.93% 1,896 6.35% 771 2.58% 76 0.25% 9,838 32.95% 29,859
Bear Lake 2,941 82.45% 508 14.24% 63 1.77% 45 1.26% 10 0.28% 2,433 68.21% 3,567
Benewah 2,111 54.89% 1,361 35.39% 286 7.44% 84 2.18% 4 0.10% 750 19.50% 3,846
Bingham 11,781 76.07% 2,933 18.94% 489 3.16% 264 1.70% 20 0.13% 8,848 57.13% 15,487
Blaine 2,716 49.12% 1,840 33.28% 775 14.02% 188 3.40% 10 0.18% 876 15.84% 5,529
Boise 1,134 61.43% 518 28.06% 110 5.96% 81 4.39% 3 0.16% 616 33.37% 1,846
Bonner 6,727 56.34% 4,060 34.00% 880 7.37% 250 2.09% 23 0.19% 2,667 22.34% 11,940
Bonneville 24,715 77.55% 5,052 15.85% 1,355 4.25% 683 2.14% 64 0.20% 19,663 61.70% 31,869
Boundary 2,088 59.44% 1,087 30.94% 225 6.40% 106 3.02% 7 0.20% 1,001 28.50% 3,513
Butte 1,275 72.24% 424 24.02% 35 1.98% 28 1.59% 3 0.17% 851 48.22% 1,765
Camas 360 67.92% 145 27.36% 16 3.02% 9 1.70% 0 0.00% 215 40.56% 530
Canyon 24,375 67.68% 9,172 25.47% 1,798 4.99% 601 1.67% 70 0.19% 15,203 42.21% 36,016
Caribou 3,234 83.09% 481 12.36% 106 2.72% 59 1.52% 12 0.31% 2,753 70.73% 3,892
Cassia 6,511 78.84% 1,369 16.58% 212 2.57% 80 0.97% 87 1.05% 5,142 62.26% 8,259
Clark 379 78.47% 87 18.01% 11 2.28% 6 1.24% 0 0.00% 292 60.46% 483
Clearwater 2,178 50.49% 1,699 39.38% 291 6.75% 129 2.99% 17 0.39% 479 11.11% 4,314
Custer 1,398 73.50% 398 20.93% 64 3.36% 40 2.10% 2 0.11% 1,000 52.57% 1,902
Elmore 3,994 64.87% 1,760 28.59% 311 5.05% 88 1.43% 4 0.06% 2,234 36.28% 6,157
Franklin 3,669 85.31% 511 11.88% 61 1.42% 54 1.26% 6 0.14% 3,158 73.43% 4,301
Fremont 4,167 79.33% 926 17.63% 108 2.06% 48 0.91% 4 0.08% 3,241 61.70% 5,253
Gem 3,766 65.77% 1,613 28.17% 218 3.81% 104 1.82% 25 0.44% 2,153 37.60% 5,726
Gooding 3,897 68.43% 1,481 26.01% 218 3.83% 86 1.51% 13 0.23% 2,416 42.42% 5,695
Idaho 4,425 62.56% 2,078 29.38% 409 5.78% 136 1.92% 25 0.35% 2,347 33.18% 7,073
Jefferson 5,860 84.52% 833 12.02% 135 1.95% 91 1.31% 14 0.20% 5,027 72.50% 6,933
Jerome 4,962 74.90% 1,368 20.65% 178 2.69% 101 1.52% 16 0.24% 3,594 54.25% 6,625
Kootenai 17,022 63.25% 7,521 27.95% 1,808 6.72% 476 1.77% 85 0.32% 9,501 35.30% 26,912
Latah 6,967 46.78% 5,037 33.82% 2,465 16.55% 389 2.61% 34 0.23% 1,930 12.96% 14,892
Lemhi 2,646 71.53% 794 21.47% 167 4.51% 85 2.30% 7 0.19% 1,852 50.06% 3,699
Lewis 1,088 53.00% 774 37.70% 160 7.79% 30 1.46% 1 0.05% 314 15.30% 2,053
Lincoln 1,294 69.12% 462 24.68% 83 4.43% 30 1.60% 3 0.16% 832 44.44% 1,872
Madison 6,555 88.41% 728 9.82% 64 0.86% 51 0.69% 16 0.22% 5,827 78.59% 7,414
Minidoka 6,035 74.22% 1,689 20.77% 260 3.20% 135 1.66% 12 0.15% 4,346 53.45% 8,131
Nez Perce 7,495 47.61% 6,565 41.70% 1,344 8.54% 314 1.99% 26 0.17% 930 5.91% 15,744
Oneida 1,461 74.16% 434 22.03% 50 2.54% 23 1.17% 2 0.10% 1,027 52.13% 1,970
Owyhee 2,257 71.88% 732 23.31% 93 2.96% 53 1.69% 5 0.16% 1,525 48.57% 3,140
Payette 4,508 67.14% 1,828 27.23% 253 3.77% 105 1.56% 20 0.30% 2,680 39.91% 6,714
Power 2,235 71.11% 727 23.13% 119 3.79% 57 1.81% 5 0.16% 1,508 47.98% 3,143
Shoshone 3,994 52.04% 3,102 40.42% 407 5.30% 148 1.93% 24 0.31% 892 11.62% 7,675
Teton 1,227 72.78% 360 21.35% 67 3.97% 28 1.66% 4 0.24% 867 51.43% 1,686
Twin Falls 17,425 73.50% 4,835 20.39% 976 4.12% 344 1.45% 128 0.54% 12,590 53.11% 23,708
Valley 2,041 62.38% 926 28.30% 245 7.49% 58 1.77% 2 0.06% 1,115 34.08% 3,272
Washington 2,915 63.58% 1,421 30.99% 172 3.75% 67 1.46% 10 0.22% 1,494 32.59% 4,585
Totals 290,699 66.46% 110,192 25.19% 27,058 6.19% 8,425 1.93% 1,057 0.24% 180,507 41.27% 437,431

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Idaho". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "A super guide for Super Tuesday". CNN. February 4, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "1980 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho". Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  5. ^ Our Campaigns; ID US President, November 04, 1980