United States presidential election in Idaho, 1980

United States presidential election in Idaho, 1980
Idaho
November 4, 1980

 
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 66.5% 25.3% 6.2%

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Idaho voters chose 4 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 his 1964 presidential campaign.[2]

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.
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