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| Turnout | 77.24% (of registered voters) 4.29pp57.04% (of eligible voters) 0.28pp[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1980 United States presidential election in California took place on November 4, 1980, as part of the1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose 45 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
California voted for theRepublican nominee,the state's former governorRonald Reagan, in a landslide over theDemocratic incumbent,Jimmy Carter. Reagan won his home state by a wide 16.78% point margin and carried all but three counties. Carter carried only three of the state's 58 counties:Alameda,San Francisco andYolo.
As of the2024 presidential election, this is the last time for a Republican candidate to carry the counties ofMarin andSanta Cruz in a presidential election.[2] This election was also the most Republican California has voted relative to the whole nation since1928 and was the last time it was more Republican than the nation as a whole.[citation needed] It was widely believed that Carter lacked understanding of critical Western issues, most importantly water development.[3] This also remains the last time a Republican won theSan Francisco Bay Area, and the last one in whichSan Francisco gave less than 60% of the vote to the Democratic candidate.
| Candidate | Votes | Delegates |
|---|---|---|
| Ted Kennedy | 1,507,142 | 151 |
| Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 1,266,216 | 127 |
| Jerry Brown | 135,962 | 0 |
| Others | 71,779 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 382,759 | 38 |
| Totals | 3,363,858 | 317 |
| Candidate | Votes | Delegates |
|---|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan | 2,057,923 | 146 |
| John Anderson | 349,315 | 25 |
| George H.W. Bush | 125,113 | 0 |
| Others | 31,707 | 0 |
| Totals | 2,564,058 | 171 |
| 1980 United States presidential election in California[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | ||||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 158,531 | 37.96% | 201,720 | 48.30% | 40,834 | 9.78% | 16,532 | 3.96% | -43,189 | -10.34% | 417,617 |
| Alpine | 254 | 55.10% | 133 | 28.85% | 50 | 10.85% | 24 | 5.21% | 121 | 26.25% | 461 |
| Amador | 5,401 | 55.85% | 3,191 | 33.00% | 788 | 8.15% | 290 | 3.00% | 2,210 | 22.85% | 9,670 |
| Butte | 38,188 | 57.85% | 19,520 | 29.57% | 6,108 | 9.25% | 2,196 | 3.33% | 18,668 | 28.28% | 66,012 |
| Calaveras | 6,054 | 58.92% | 3,076 | 29.94% | 776 | 7.55% | 369 | 3.59% | 2,978 | 28.98% | 10,275 |
| Colusa | 2,897 | 58.00% | 1,605 | 32.13% | 325 | 6.51% | 168 | 3.36% | 1,292 | 25.87% | 4,995 |
| Contra Costa | 144,112 | 50.12% | 107,398 | 37.35% | 28,209 | 9.81% | 7,826 | 2.72% | 36,714 | 12.77% | 287,545 |
| Del Norte | 4,016 | 57.48% | 2,338 | 33.46% | 486 | 6.96% | 147 | 2.10% | 1,678 | 24.02% | 6,987 |
| El Dorado | 21,238 | 58.27% | 10,765 | 29.53% | 3,287 | 9.02% | 1,159 | 3.18% | 10,473 | 28.74% | 36,449 |
| Fresno | 82,515 | 51.13% | 65,254 | 40.43% | 10,727 | 6.65% | 2,890 | 1.79% | 17,261 | 10.70% | 161,386 |
| Glenn | 5,386 | 64.80% | 2,227 | 26.79% | 537 | 6.46% | 162 | 1.95% | 3,159 | 38.01% | 8,312 |
| Humboldt | 24,047 | 49.39% | 17,113 | 35.15% | 5,440 | 11.17% | 2,092 | 4.30% | 6,934 | 14.24% | 48,692 |
| Imperial | 12,068 | 55.92% | 7,961 | 36.89% | 1,203 | 5.57% | 347 | 1.61% | 4,107 | 19.03% | 21,579 |
| Inyo | 5,201 | 64.79% | 2,080 | 25.91% | 515 | 6.42% | 231 | 2.88% | 3,121 | 38.88% | 8,027 |
| Kern | 72,842 | 59.65% | 41,097 | 33.65% | 5,799 | 4.75% | 2,383 | 1.95% | 31,745 | 26.00% | 122,121 |
| Kings | 10,531 | 55.37% | 7,299 | 38.37% | 901 | 4.74% | 290 | 1.52% | 3,232 | 17.00% | 19,021 |
| Lake | 8,934 | 53.64% | 5,978 | 35.90% | 1,157 | 6.95% | 585 | 3.51% | 2,956 | 17.74% | 16,654 |
| Lassen | 4,464 | 54.45% | 2,941 | 35.87% | 543 | 6.62% | 250 | 3.05% | 1,523 | 18.58% | 8,198 |
| Los Angeles | 1,224,533 | 50.18% | 979,830 | 40.15% | 175,882 | 7.21% | 59,940 | 2.46% | 244,703 | 10.03% | 2,440,185 |
| Madera | 10,599 | 53.58% | 7,783 | 39.35% | 1,013 | 5.12% | 385 | 1.95% | 2,816 | 14.23% | 19,780 |
| Marin | 49,678 | 45.78% | 39,231 | 36.16% | 13,805 | 12.72% | 5,793 | 5.34% | 10,447 | 9.62% | 108,507 |
| Mariposa | 3,082 | 54.96% | 1,889 | 33.68% | 458 | 8.17% | 179 | 3.19% | 1,193 | 21.28% | 5,608 |
| Mendocino | 12,432 | 44.05% | 10,784 | 38.21% | 2,747 | 9.73% | 2,261 | 8.01% | 1,648 | 5.84% | 28,224 |
| Merced | 18,043 | 48.77% | 15,886 | 42.94% | 2,316 | 6.26% | 751 | 2.03% | 2,157 | 5.83% | 36,996 |
| Modoc | 2,579 | 64.48% | 1,046 | 26.15% | 293 | 7.32% | 82 | 2.05% | 1,533 | 38.33% | 4,000 |
| Mono | 2,132 | 62.32% | 865 | 25.29% | 302 | 8.83% | 122 | 3.57% | 1,267 | 37.03% | 3,421 |
| Monterey | 47,452 | 54.67% | 29,086 | 33.51% | 8,008 | 9.23% | 2,248 | 2.59% | 18,366 | 21.16% | 86,794 |
| Napa | 23,632 | 53.67% | 14,898 | 33.83% | 4,218 | 9.58% | 1,287 | 2.92% | 8,734 | 19.84% | 44,035 |
| Nevada | 15,207 | 57.91% | 7,605 | 28.96% | 2,235 | 8.51% | 1,214 | 4.62% | 7,602 | 28.95% | 26,261 |
| Orange | 529,797 | 67.90% | 176,704 | 22.65% | 55,299 | 7.09% | 18,412 | 2.36% | 353,093 | 45.25% | 780,212 |
| Placer | 28,179 | 54.78% | 17,311 | 33.65% | 4,356 | 8.47% | 1,594 | 3.10% | 10,868 | 21.13% | 51,440 |
| Plumas | 4,182 | 51.24% | 2,911 | 35.67% | 783 | 9.59% | 285 | 3.49% | 1,271 | 15.57% | 8,161 |
| Riverside | 145,642 | 59.87% | 76,650 | 31.51% | 16,362 | 6.73% | 4,624 | 1.90% | 68,992 | 28.36% | 243,278 |
| Sacramento | 153,721 | 47.72% | 130,031 | 40.37% | 29,655 | 9.21% | 8,713 | 2.70% | 23,690 | 7.35% | 322,120 |
| San Benito | 4,054 | 53.33% | 2,749 | 36.16% | 552 | 7.26% | 247 | 3.25% | 1,305 | 17.17% | 7,602 |
| San Bernardino | 172,957 | 59.68% | 91,790 | 31.67% | 19,106 | 6.59% | 5,959 | 2.06% | 81,167 | 28.01% | 289,812 |
| San Diego | 435,910 | 60.81% | 195,410 | 27.26% | 67,491 | 9.41% | 18,055 | 2.52% | 240,500 | 33.55% | 716,866 |
| San Francisco | 80,967 | 31.87% | 133,184 | 52.43% | 29,365 | 11.56% | 10,512 | 4.14% | -52,217 | -20.56% | 254,028 |
| San Joaquin | 64,718 | 55.38% | 41,551 | 35.56% | 8,416 | 7.20% | 2,178 | 1.86% | 23,167 | 19.82% | 116,863 |
| San Luis Obispo | 38,631 | 55.56% | 20,508 | 29.50% | 8,407 | 12.09% | 1,981 | 2.85% | 18,123 | 26.06% | 69,527 |
| San Mateo | 116,491 | 48.82% | 87,335 | 36.60% | 27,985 | 11.73% | 6,826 | 2.86% | 29,156 | 12.22% | 238,637 |
| Santa Barbara | 69,629 | 53.98% | 40,650 | 31.51% | 14,786 | 11.46% | 3,930 | 3.05% | 28,979 | 22.47% | 128,995 |
| Santa Clara | 229,048 | 48.02% | 166,995 | 35.01% | 65,481 | 13.73% | 15,479 | 3.25% | 62,053 | 13.01% | 477,003 |
| Santa Cruz | 37,347 | 43.53% | 32,346 | 37.70% | 10,590 | 12.34% | 5,521 | 6.43% | 5,001 | 5.83% | 85,804 |
| Shasta | 27,547 | 58.09% | 15,364 | 32.40% | 3,220 | 6.79% | 1,287 | 2.71% | 12,183 | 25.69% | 47,418 |
| Sierra | 855 | 49.77% | 651 | 37.89% | 156 | 9.08% | 56 | 3.26% | 204 | 11.88% | 1,718 |
| Siskiyou | 9,331 | 55.75% | 5,664 | 33.84% | 1,269 | 7.58% | 474 | 2.83% | 3,667 | 21.91% | 16,738 |
| Solano | 40,919 | 50.72% | 30,952 | 38.37% | 6,713 | 8.32% | 2,092 | 2.59% | 9,967 | 12.35% | 80,676 |
| Sonoma | 60,722 | 48.20% | 45,596 | 36.19% | 14,068 | 11.17% | 5,599 | 4.44% | 15,126 | 12.01% | 125,985 |
| Stanislaus | 41,595 | 49.41% | 33,683 | 40.01% | 7,134 | 8.47% | 1,774 | 2.11% | 7,912 | 9.40% | 84,186 |
| Sutter | 11,778 | 63.47% | 5,103 | 27.50% | 1,089 | 5.87% | 587 | 3.16% | 6,675 | 35.97% | 18,557 |
| Tehama | 9,140 | 59.13% | 4,832 | 31.26% | 1,014 | 6.56% | 471 | 3.05% | 4,308 | 27.87% | 15,457 |
| Trinity | 3,048 | 54.96% | 1,734 | 31.27% | 506 | 9.12% | 258 | 4.65% | 1,314 | 23.69% | 5,546 |
| Tulare | 41,317 | 58.32% | 25,155 | 35.51% | 3,244 | 4.58% | 1,130 | 1.60% | 16,162 | 22.81% | 70,846 |
| Tuolumne | 8,810 | 54.85% | 5,449 | 33.92% | 1,390 | 8.65% | 414 | 2.58% | 3,361 | 20.93% | 16,063 |
| Ventura | 114,930 | 60.28% | 56,311 | 29.54% | 14,887 | 7.81% | 4,522 | 2.37% | 58,619 | 30.74% | 190,650 |
| Yolo | 19,603 | 39.45% | 21,527 | 43.32% | 6,669 | 13.42% | 1,891 | 3.81% | -1,924 | -3.87% | 49,690 |
| Yuba | 7,942 | 56.28% | 4,896 | 34.70% | 878 | 6.22% | 395 | 2.80% | 3,046 | 21.58% | 14,111 |
| Total | 4,524,858 | 52.69% | 3,083,661 | 35.91% | 739,833 | 8.62% | 238,711 | 2.78% | 1,441,197 | 16.78% | 8,587,063 |
| District | Reagan | Carter | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 59.0% | 32.7% | Harold T. Johnson (96th Congress) |
| Eugene A. Chappie (97th Congress) | |||
| 2nd | 51.7% | 37.4% | Donald H. Clausen |
| 3rd | 49.2% | 41.1% | Bob Matsui |
| 4th | 49.2% | 41.1% | Vic Fazio |
| 5th | 40.6% | 45.9% | John L. Burton |
| 6th | 34.2% | 54.8% | Phillip Burton |
| 7th | 50.2% | 40.2% | George Miller |
| 8th | 33.5% | 54.8% | Ron Dellums |
| 9th | 46.0% | 44.9% | Pete Stark |
| 10th | 46.5% | 42.5% | Don Edwards |
| 11th | 50.4% | 38.0% | William Royer (96th Congress) |
| Tom Lantos (97th Congress) | |||
| 12th | 47.5% | 36.1% | Pete McCloskey |
| 13th | 54.2% | 32.7% | Norman Mineta |
| 14th | 57.0% | 35.0% | Norman D. Shumway |
| 15th | 48.5% | 44.4% | Tony Coelho |
| 16th | 52.6% | 35.7% | Leon Panetta |
| 17th | 57.2% | 36.7% | Chip Pashayan |
| 18th | 63.9% | 31.0% | Bill Thomas |
| 19th | 55.6% | 33.9% | Bob Lagomarsino |
| 20th | 65.5% | 26.3% | Barry Goldwater Jr. |
| 21st | 52.6% | 39.2% | James C. Corman (96th Congress) |
| Bobbi Fiedler (97th Congress) | |||
| 22nd | 62.4% | 30.2% | Carlos Moorhead |
| 23rd | 47.4% | 42.0% | Anthony Beilenson |
| 24th | 42.8% | 48.4% | Henry Waxman |
| 25th | 36.0% | 57.5% | Edward R. Roybal |
| 26th | 65.3% | 28.0% | John H. Rousselot |
| 27th | 59.1% | 31.2% | Bob Dornan |
| 28th | 24.8% | 69.9% | Julian Dixon |
| 29th | 17.5% | 80.3% | Augustus Hawkins |
| 30th | 44.8% | 49.1% | George E. Danielson |
| 31st | 35.1% | 60.3% | Charles H. Wilson (96th Congress) |
| Mervyn Dymally (97th Congress) | |||
| 32nd | 49.3% | 44.1% | Glenn M. Anderson |
| 33rd | 64.0% | 29.6% | Wayne R. Grisham |
| 34th | 62.4% | 29.7% | Dan Lungren |
| 35th | 63.2% | 29.5% | James F. Lloyd (96th Congress) |
| David Dreier (97th Congress) | |||
| 36th | 54.0% | 38.3% | George Brown Jr. |
| 37th | 64.0% | 29.7% | Jerry Lewis |
| 38th | 64.8% | 28.5% | Jerry M. Patterson |
| 39th | 71.4% | 21.8% | William E. Dannemeyer |
| 40th | 70.8% | 21.4% | Robert Badham |
| 41st | 59.0% | 29.2% | Bob Wilson (96th Congress) |
| Bill Lowery (97th Congress) | |||
| 42nd | 53.9% | 37.5% | Lionel Van Deerlin (96th Congress) |
| Duncan L. Hunter (97th Congress) | |||
| 43rd | 67.6% | 24.2% | Clair Burgener |
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