1980 United States presidential election in Arizona

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1980 United States presidential election in Arizona

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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 6 0 0
Popular vote 529,688 246,843 76,952
Percentage 60.61% 28.24% 8.81%

County Results

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arizona was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by a landslide of 32%.[1] This result left the state 22.62% more Republican than the nation at-large, a differential greater even than when Barry Goldwater narrowly won his home state during his 1964 landslide defeat, and the most Republican relative to the nation at-large Arizona has ever been since statehood in 1912.[2] Reagan's victory margin was at the time the largest by a Republican, though he would beat his own record four years later. Only Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 has won Arizona by a larger margin, whilst Carter's share of the popular vote remains the worst ever by a Democrat in Arizona.[2]

Reagan won every county except heavily unionized Greenlee, which would never vote Republican until 2000,[3] in the process duplicating the state's 1972 county map. This stands as the last election when predominantly Native American Apache County has supported the Republican nominee.[4]

Carter's insensitivity to essential issues in the West, especially water development,[5] ensured he would be comfortably beaten in this normally solidly Republican state, which had been the only state no Democrat carried during the dealigned 1960s and 1970s.

Primaries

1980 Arizona Caucus
Candidates CDs Delegates
Ted Kennedy 9,738 17
Jimmy Carter 7,592 13
Totals 17,330 30

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Arizona[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 529,688 60.61% 6
Democrat Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 246,843 28.24% 0
Independent John Anderson 76,952 8.81% 0
Libertarian Ed Clark 18,784 2.15% 0
Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry 1,110 0.13% 0
Citizens Barry Commoner 551 0.06% 0
Communist Gus Hall 25 0.00% 0
Workers World Deirdre Griswold 2 0.00% 0
Totals 873,945 100.00% 6
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) 44%/78%

Results by county

County[6] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Edward E. Clark
Libertarian
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Apache 5,991 56.55% 3,917 36.97% 495 4.67% 156 1.47% 36 0.34% 2,074 19.58% 10,595
Cochise 13,351 59.48% 7,028 31.31% 1,656 7.38% 375 1.67% 35 0.16% 6,323 28.17% 22,445
Coconino 14,613 55.78% 7,832 29.89% 2,815 10.74% 861 3.29% 78 0.30% 6,781 25.89% 26,199
Gila 7,405 55.27% 5,068 37.82% 656 4.90% 259 1.93% 11 0.08% 2,337 17.45% 13,399
Graham 4,765 59.85% 2,801 35.18% 268 3.37% 121 1.52% 6 0.08% 1,964 24.67% 7,961
Greenlee 1,537 40.64% 2,043 54.02% 150 3.97% 48 1.27% 4 0.11% -506 -13.38% 3,782
Maricopa 316,287 64.97% 119,752 24.60% 38,975 8.01% 10,825 2.22% 995 0.20% 196,535 40.37% 486,834
Mohave 13,809 68.86% 4,900 24.43% 978 4.88% 342 1.71% 25 0.12% 8,909 44.43% 20,054
Navajo 10,790 63.91% 5,110 30.27% 710 4.21% 248 1.47% 24 0.14% 5,680 33.64% 16,882
Pima 93,055 49.75% 64,418 34.44% 25,294 13.52% 3,944 2.11% 346 0.18% 28,637 15.31% 187,057
Pinal 12,195 52.43% 9,207 39.59% 1,346 5.79% 472 2.03% 38 0.16% 2,988 12.84% 23,258
Santa Cruz 2,674 50.07% 2,089 39.12% 482 9.03% 76 1.42% 19 0.36% 585 10.95% 5,340
Yavapai 19,823 68.37% 6,664 22.98% 1,754 6.05% 711 2.45% 42 0.14% 13,159 45.39% 28,994
Yuma 13,393 63.34% 6,014 28.44% 1,373 6.49% 346 1.64% 19 0.09% 7,379 34.90% 21,145
Totals 529,688 60.61% 246,843 28.24% 76,952 8.81% 18,784 2.34% 1,678 0.19% 282,845 32.37% 873,945

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. ^ a b "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Counting the Votes; Arizona Archived 2017-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  4. ^ Our Campaigns; AZ US President Race, November 04, 1980