1980 United States presidential election in Montana
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The 1980 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 4, 1980, and was part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose four 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%. As of the 2016 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Big Horn County voted for a Republican Presidential candidate. [1]
Results
1980 United States presidential election in Montana[2] | |||||
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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 | |
Totals | 363,952 | 100.00% | 4 |
Results by county
County | Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
John Bayard Anderson Independent |
Edward E. Clark Libertarian |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Beaverhead | 2,955 | 72.02% | 842 | 20.52% | 205 | 5.00% | 101 | 2.46% | 2,113 | 51.50% | 4,103 |
Big Horn | 1,730 | 46.32% | 1,644 | 44.02% | 308 | 8.25% | 53 | 1.42% | 86 | 2.30% | 3,735 |
Blaine | 1,686 | 56.29% | 1,107 | 36.96% | 163 | 5.44% | 39 | 1.30% | 579 | 19.33% | 2,995 |
Broadwater | 1,052 | 67.26% | 401 | 25.64% | 69 | 4.41% | 42 | 2.69% | 651 | 41.62% | 1,564 |
Carbon | 2,471 | 56.64% | 1,468 | 33.65% | 331 | 7.59% | 93 | 2.13% | 1,003 | 22.99% | 4,363 |
Carter | 766 | 72.40% | 237 | 22.40% | 37 | 3.50% | 18 | 1.70% | 529 | 50.00% | 1,058 |
Cascade | 17,664 | 54.80% | 11,105 | 34.45% | 2,655 | 8.24% | 810 | 2.51% | 6,559 | 20.35% | 32,234 |
Chouteau | 2,448 | 68.32% | 853 | 23.81% | 216 | 6.03% | 66 | 1.84% | 1,595 | 44.52% | 3,583 |
Custer | 3,533 | 60.75% | 1,822 | 31.33% | 369 | 6.34% | 92 | 1.58% | 1,711 | 29.42% | 5,816 |
Daniels | 1,086 | 65.19% | 483 | 28.99% | 77 | 4.62% | 20 | 1.20% | 603 | 36.19% | 1,666 |
Dawson | 3,045 | 59.50% | 1,543 | 30.15% | 424 | 8.28% | 106 | 2.07% | 1,502 | 29.35% | 5,118 |
Deer Lodge | 1,905 | 33.79% | 3,077 | 54.58% | 474 | 8.41% | 182 | 3.23% | -1,172 | -20.79% | 5,638 |
Fallon | 1,286 | 66.98% | 512 | 26.67% | 94 | 4.90% | 28 | 1.46% | 774 | 40.31% | 1,920 |
Fergus | 4,455 | 65.02% | 1,840 | 26.85% | 388 | 5.66% | 169 | 2.47% | 2,615 | 38.16% | 6,852 |
Flathead | 15,102 | 63.54% | 6,349 | 26.71% | 1,621 | 6.82% | 695 | 2.92% | 8,753 | 36.83% | 23,767 |
Gallatin | 12,738 | 58.63% | 5,747 | 26.45% | 2,432 | 11.19% | 809 | 3.72% | 6,991 | 32.18% | 21,726 |
Garfield | 760 | 78.03% | 169 | 17.35% | 29 | 2.98% | 16 | 1.64% | 591 | 60.68% | 974 |
Glacier | 2,283 | 55.78% | 1,394 | 34.06% | 297 | 7.26% | 119 | 2.91% | 889 | 21.72% | 4,093 |
Golden Valley | 362 | 65.11% | 155 | 27.88% | 28 | 5.04% | 11 | 1.98% | 207 | 37.23% | 556 |
Granite | 811 | 59.15% | 439 | 32.02% | 76 | 5.54% | 45 | 3.28% | 372 | 27.13% | 1,371 |
Hill | 4,448 | 54.99% | 2,875 | 35.54% | 604 | 7.47% | 162 | 2.00% | 1,573 | 19.45% | 8,089 |
Jefferson | 1,841 | 57.12% | 1,055 | 32.73% | 216 | 6.70% | 111 | 3.44% | 786 | 24.39% | 3,223 |
Judith Basin | 1,030 | 63.31% | 480 | 29.50% | 93 | 5.72% | 24 | 1.48% | 550 | 33.80% | 1,627 |
Lake | 5,083 | 59.58% | 2,615 | 30.65% | 573 | 6.72% | 261 | 3.06% | 2,468 | 28.93% | 8,532 |
Lewis and Clark | 12,128 | 57.18% | 6,815 | 32.13% | 1,793 | 8.45% | 476 | 2.24% | 5,313 | 25.05% | 21,212 |
Liberty | 872 | 69.43% | 283 | 22.53% | 71 | 5.65% | 30 | 2.39% | 589 | 46.89% | 1,256 |
Lincoln | 4,202 | 57.19% | 2,422 | 32.96% | 485 | 6.60% | 239 | 3.25% | 1,780 | 24.22% | 7,348 |
McCone | 1,000 | 67.98% | 349 | 23.73% | 86 | 5.85% | 36 | 2.45% | 651 | 44.26% | 1,471 |
Madison | 2,220 | 70.59% | 676 | 21.49% | 174 | 5.53% | 75 | 2.38% | 1,544 | 49.09% | 3,145 |
Meagher | 689 | 69.60% | 247 | 24.95% | 41 | 4.14% | 13 | 1.31% | 442 | 44.65% | 990 |
Mineral | 800 | 48.28% | 660 | 39.83% | 138 | 8.33% | 59 | 3.56% | 140 | 8.45% | 1,657 |
Missoula | 16,161 | 46.72% | 13,115 | 37.91% | 3,847 | 11.12% | 1,471 | 4.25% | 3,046 | 8.80% | 34,594 |
Musselshell | 1,279 | 58.03% | 784 | 35.57% | 106 | 4.81% | 35 | 1.59% | 495 | 22.46% | 2,204 |
Park | 3,929 | 63.42% | 1,663 | 26.84% | 459 | 7.41% | 144 | 2.32% | 2,266 | 36.58% | 6,195 |
Petroleum | 225 | 65.98% | 90 | 26.39% | 15 | 4.40% | 11 | 3.23% | 135 | 39.59% | 341 |
Phillips | 1,723 | 64.95% | 745 | 28.08% | 146 | 5.50% | 39 | 1.47% | 978 | 36.86% | 2,653 |
Pondera | 2,270 | 66.14% | 897 | 26.14% | 207 | 6.03% | 58 | 1.69% | 1,373 | 40.01% | 3,432 |
Powder River | 985 | 68.26% | 336 | 23.28% | 94 | 6.51% | 28 | 1.94% | 649 | 44.98% | 1,443 |
Powell | 1,770 | 59.14% | 883 | 29.50% | 198 | 6.62% | 142 | 4.74% | 887 | 29.64% | 2,993 |
Prairie | 580 | 62.57% | 283 | 30.53% | 57 | 6.15% | 7 | 0.76% | 297 | 32.04% | 927 |
Ravalli | 7,268 | 63.73% | 3,063 | 26.86% | 743 | 6.52% | 330 | 2.89% | 4,205 | 36.87% | 11,404 |
Richland | 3,348 | 66.45% | 1,252 | 24.85% | 343 | 6.81% | 95 | 1.89% | 2,096 | 41.60% | 5,038 |
Roosevelt | 2,298 | 55.24% | 1,504 | 36.15% | 304 | 7.31% | 54 | 1.30% | 794 | 19.09% | 4,160 |
Rosebud | 1,875 | 54.46% | 1,167 | 33.89% | 265 | 7.70% | 136 | 3.95% | 708 | 20.56% | 3,443 |
Sanders | 2,194 | 54.86% | 1,395 | 34.88% | 291 | 7.28% | 119 | 2.98% | 799 | 19.98% | 3,999 |
Sheridan | 1,658 | 56.94% | 955 | 32.80% | 247 | 8.48% | 52 | 1.79% | 703 | 24.14% | 2,912 |
Silver Bow | 7,301 | 37.68% | 9,721 | 50.17% | 1,752 | 9.04% | 603 | 3.11% | -2,420 | -12.49% | 19,377 |
Stillwater | 1,828 | 61.26% | 919 | 30.80% | 181 | 6.07% | 56 | 1.88% | 909 | 30.46% | 2,984 |
Sweet Grass | 1,169 | 67.22% | 440 | 25.30% | 98 | 5.64% | 32 | 1.84% | 729 | 41.92% | 1,739 |
Teton | 2,415 | 67.76% | 902 | 25.31% | 186 | 5.22% | 61 | 1.71% | 1,513 | 42.45% | 3,564 |
Toole | 2,000 | 70.18% | 634 | 22.25% | 154 | 5.40% | 62 | 2.18% | 1,366 | 47.93% | 2,850 |
Treasure | 321 | 57.94% | 181 | 32.67% | 34 | 6.14% | 18 | 3.25% | 140 | 25.27% | 554 |
Valley | 3,242 | 62.47% | 1,567 | 30.19% | 264 | 5.09% | 117 | 2.25% | 1,675 | 32.27% | 5,190 |
Wheatland | 742 | 60.33% | 381 | 30.98% | 88 | 7.15% | 19 | 1.54% | 361 | 29.35% | 1,230 |
Wibaux | 450 | 61.56% | 219 | 29.96% | 45 | 6.16% | 17 | 2.33% | 231 | 31.60% | 731 |
Yellowstone | 27,332 | 56.57% | 15,272 | 31.61% | 4,590 | 9.50% | 1,119 | 2.32% | 12,060 | 24.96% | 48,313 |
Totals | 206,814 | 56.82% | 118,032 | 32.43% | 29,281 | 8.05% | 9,825 | 2.70% | 88,782 | 24.39% | 363,952 |
References
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ David Leip. "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2008-03-18.