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The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 1980. The Republican nominee, former California governor Ronald Reagan, defeated incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory.
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Presidential election year: Election day: November 4: Incumbent president: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) Next Congress: 97th: Presidential election; Partisan control: Republican gain: Popular vote margin: Republican +9.7%: Electoral vote: Ronald Reagan (R) 489: Jimmy Carter (D) 49: 1980 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by ...
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1980 Republican Party presidential primaries. From January 21 to June 3, 1980, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election. Retired Hollywood actor and two-term California governor Ronald Reagan was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses ...
1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries. From January 21 to June 3, 1980, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Jimmy Carter was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses, culminating in the 1980 Democratic ...
Date(daily Totals)ContestTotalpledged DelegatesJanuary 21IowaCaucuses3,220 SDs0 (of 50)February 10MaineCaucuses2,247 SDs33,3260 (of 50)February 26MinnesotaCaucuses0 (of 75)February 26New HampshirePrimary111,93019 (of 19)From its inception in 1980 through the election of 2008, the winner of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary has gone on to win the nomination. In the 2012 Republican primaries , Newt Gingrich initially finished poorly in the early states, but then scored an upset victory in South Carolina over frontrunner Mitt Romney . [49]
The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan, as well as Republican Congressman John B. Anderson, who ran as an independent. Reagan, aided by the Iran hostage crisis and a worsening economy at home, won the election in a landslide.
The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1980. The Republican ticket of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush defeated incumbent Democratic president Jimmy Carter and incumbent vice president Walter Mondale in a landslide victory.
