United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1980

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1980
South Dakota
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 198,343 103,855 21,431
Percentage 60.5% 31.7% 6.5%

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. South Dakota voters chose 4 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

South Dakota was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 29-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]

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