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1980 United States presidential election in Texas

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United States presidential election in Texas, 1980

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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Georgia
Running mate George H.W. Bush Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 26 0
Popular vote 2,510,705 1,881,147
Percentage 55.28% 41.42%

Results by county.
  Reagan
  Carter

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Texas voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President of the United States.

Texas was won by Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against incumbent President Jimmy Carter of Georgia. Reagan ran with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Carter ran with Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Despite Texas's 1976 support of Carter, the state supported Reagan by a wide margin in the midst of a national landslide.[1]

References

  1. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Texas". Retrieved 16 June 2017.