1980 United States presidential election in California

Main article: United States presidential election, 1980

United States presidential election in California, 1980

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 45 0 0 Popular vote 4,524,858 3,083,661 739,833 Percentage 52.69% 35.91% 8.62%

County Results   Carter—50-60%   Carter—<50%   Reagan—<50%   Reagan—50-60%   Reagan—60-70%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in California refers to how California participated in the 1980 United States presidential election. California voted for the Republican nominee, the state's former governor Ronald Reagan, in a landslide over the Democratic incumbent, Jimmy Carter. Reagan won his home state by a wide 16.78% margin and carried all but three counties. Among the counties Reagan won was Plumas, the first Republican victory in that county since 1920. Reagan is also the last Republican candidate to carry the counties of Marin and Santa Cruz in a presidential election.

Results

United States presidential election in California, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan	4,524,858	52.69%	45
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter (incumbent)	3,083,661	35.91%	0
	Independent	John B. Anderson	739,833	8.62%	0
	Libertarian	Ed Clark	148,434	1.73%	0
	Independent	Barry Commoner	61,063	0.71%	0
	Peace and Freedom	Maureen Smith	18,116	0.21%	0
	American Independent	John Rarick	9,856	0.11%	0
	No party	Gus Hall (write-in)	847	0.01%	0
	No party	Andrew Pulley (write-in)	231	0.00%	0
	No party	Percy Greaves, Jr. (write-in)	87	0.00%	0
	No party	Ben Bubar (write-in)	36	0.00%	0
	No party	Write-ins	26	0.00%	0
	No party	Deirdre Griswold (write-in)	15	0.00%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			8,587,063	100.00%	45
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Reagan	Votes	Carter	Votes	Anderson	Votes	Others	Votes
Orange	67.90%	529,797	22.65%	176,704	7.09%	55,299	2.36%	18,412
Glenn	64.80%	5,386	26.79%	2,227	6.46%	537	1.95%	162
Inyo	64.79%	5,201	25.91%	2,080	6.42%	515	2.88%	231
Modoc	64.48%	2,579	26.15%	1,046	7.32%	293	2.05%	82
Sutter	63.47%	11,778	27.50%	5,103	5.87%	1,089	3.16%	587
Mono	62.32%	2,132	25.29%	865	8.83%	302	3.57%	122
San Diego	60.81%	435,910	27.26%	195,410	9.41%	67,491	2.52%	18,055
Ventura	60.28%	114,930	29.54%	56,311	7.81%	14,887	2.37%	4,522
Riverside	59.87%	145,642	31.51%	76,650	6.73%	16,362	1.90%	4,624
San Bernardino	59.68%	172,957	31.67%	91,790	6.59%	19,106	2.06%	5,959
Kern	59.65%	72,842	33.65%	41,097	4.75%	5,799	1.95%	2,383
Tehama	59.13%	9,140	31.26%	4,832	6.56%	1,014	3.05%	471
Calaveras	58.92%	6,054	29.94%	3,076	7.55%	776	3.59%	369
Tulare	58.32%	41,317	35.51%	25,155	4.58%	3,244	1.60%	1,130
El Dorado	58.27%	21,238	29.53%	10,765	9.02%	3,287	3.18%	1,159
Shasta	58.09%	27,547	32.40%	15,364	6.79%	3,220	2.71%	1,287
Colusa	58.00%	2,897	32.13%	1,605	6.51%	325	3.36%	168
Nevada	57.91%	15,207	28.96%	7,605	8.51%	2,235	4.62%	1,214
Butte	57.85%	38,188	29.57%	19,520	9.25%	6,108	3.33%	2,196
Del Norte	57.48%	4,016	33.46%	2,338	6.96%	486	2.10%	147
Yuba	56.28%	7,942	34.70%	4,896	6.22%	878	2.80%	395
Imperial	55.92%	12,068	36.89%	7,961	5.57%	1,203	1.61%	347
Amador	55.85%	5,401	33.00%	3,191	8.15%	788	3.00%	290
Siskiyou	55.75%	9,331	33.84%	5,664	7.58%	1,269	2.83%	474
San Luis Obispo	55.56%	38,631	29.50%	20,508	12.09%	8407	2.85%	1981
San Joaquin	55.38%	64,718	35.56%	41,551	7.20%	8,416	1.86%	2,178
Kings	55.37%	10,531	38.37%	7,299	4.74%	901	1.52%	290
Alpine	55.10%	254	28.85%	133	10.85%	50	5.21%	24
Mariposa	54.96%	3,082	33.68%	1,889	8.17%	458	3.19%	179
Trinity	54.96%	3,048	31.27%	1,734	9.12%	506	4.65%	258
Tuolumne	54.85%	8,810	33.92%	5,449	8.65%	1390	2.58%	414
Placer	54.78%	28,179	33.65%	17,311	8.47%	4,356	3.10%	1,594
Monterey	54.67%	47,452	33.51%	29,086	9.23%	8,008	2.59%	2,248
Lassen	54.45%	4,464	35.87%	2,941	6.62%	543	3.05%	250
Santa Barbara	53.98%	69,629	31.51%	40,650	11.46%	14,786	3.05%	3,930
Napa	53.67%	23,632	33.83%	14,898	9.58%	4,218	2.92%	1,287
Lake	53.64%	8,934	35.90%	5,978	6.95%	1,157	3.51%	585
Madera	53.58%	10,599	39.35%	7,783	5.12%	1,013	1.95%	385
San Benito	53.33%	4,054	36.16%	2,749	7.26%	552	3.25%	247
Plumas	51.24%	4,182	35.67%	2,911	9.59%	783	3.49%	285
Fresno	51.13%	82,515	40.43%	65,254	6.65%	10,727	1.79%	2,890
Solano	50.72%	40,919	38.37%	30,952	8.32%	6,713	2.59%	2,092
Los Angeles	50.18%	1,224,533	40.15%	979,830	7.21%	175,882	2.46%	59940
Contra Costa	50.12%	144,112	37.35%	107,398	9.81%	28,209	2.72%	7,826
Sierra	49.77%	855	37.89%	651	9.08%	156	3.26%	56
Stanislaus	49.41%	41,595	40.01%	33,683	8.47%	7,134	2.11%	1,774
Humboldt	49.39%	24,047	35.15%	17,113	11.17%	5,440	4.30%	2,092
San Mateo	48.82%	116,491	36.60%	87,335	11.73%	27,985	2.86%	6,826
Merced	48.77%	18,043	42.94%	15,886	6.26%	2,316	2.03%	751
Sonoma	48.20%	60,722	36.19%	45,596	11.17%	14,068	4.44%	5,599
Santa Clara	48.02%	229,048	35.01%	166,995	13.73%	65,481	3.25%	15,479
Sacramento	47.72%	153,721	40.37%	130,031	9.21%	29,655	2.70%	8,713
Marin	45.78%	49,678	36.16%	39,231	12.72%	13,805	5.34%	5,793
Mendocino	44.05%	12,432	38.21%	10,784	9.73%	2,747	8.01%	2,261
Santa Cruz	43.53%	37,347	37.70%	32,346	12.34%	10,590	6.43%	5,521
Yolo	39.45%	19,603	43.32%	21,527	13.42%	6,669	3.81%	1,891
Alameda	37.96%	158,531	48.30%	201,720	9.78%	40,834	3.96%	16,532
San Francisco	31.87%	80,967	52.43%	133,184	11.56%	29,365	4.14%	10,512