United States presidential election in Montana, 1980

United States presidential election in Montana, 1980
Montana
November 4, 1980 (1980-11-04)
 
Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John 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 206,814 118,032 29,281
Percentage 56.82% 32.43% 8.05%

County results
President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

 Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elections in Montana

The 1980 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 4, 1980 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Montana overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, Governor Ronald Reagan, over the Democratic nominee, President Jimmy Carter. Reagan won Montana by a landslide margin of 24.39%.

Results

United States presidential [1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 206,814 56.82% 4
Democratic Jimmy Carter 118,032 32.43% 0
Independent John Anderson 29,281 8.05% 0
Libertarian Edward Clark 9,825 2.70% 0

References

  1. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html
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