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The1980 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states andThe District of Columbia were part of the1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Idaho was won by formerCalifornia GovernorRonald Reagan (R) by a 41-point landslide.[1] It is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state wasLyndon Johnson in1964,[2] and even Johnson won by merely five thousand votes in a national landslide. With 66.46 percent of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Reagan's second strongest state after neighboringUtah.[3]
| 1980 United States presidential election in Idaho[4] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||||
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 290,699 | 66.46% | 4 | ||||
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 110,192 | 25.19% | 0 | ||||
| Independent | John B. Anderson | 27,058 | 6.19% | 0 | ||||
| Libertarian | Edward Clark | 8,425 | 1.93% | 0 | ||||
| American | John Rarick | 1,057 | 0.24% | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 437,431 | 100.00% | 4 | |||||
| County[5] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | Ed Clark Libertarian | John Rarick American | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Ada | 55,205 | 63.79% | 21,324 | 24.64% | 7,987 | 9.23% | 1,874 | 2.17% | 154 | 0.18% | 33,881 | 39.15% | 86,544 |
| Adams | 1,189 | 62.68% | 590 | 31.10% | 88 | 4.64% | 26 | 1.37% | 4 | 0.21% | 599 | 31.58% | 1,897 |
| Bannock | 18,477 | 61.88% | 8,639 | 28.93% | 1,896 | 6.35% | 771 | 2.58% | 76 | 0.25% | 9,838 | 32.95% | 29,859 |
| Bear Lake | 2,941 | 82.45% | 508 | 14.24% | 63 | 1.77% | 45 | 1.26% | 10 | 0.28% | 2,433 | 68.21% | 3,567 |
| Benewah | 2,111 | 54.89% | 1,361 | 35.39% | 286 | 7.44% | 84 | 2.18% | 4 | 0.10% | 750 | 19.50% | 3,846 |
| Bingham | 11,781 | 76.07% | 2,933 | 18.94% | 489 | 3.16% | 264 | 1.70% | 20 | 0.13% | 8,848 | 57.13% | 15,487 |
| Blaine | 2,716 | 49.12% | 1,840 | 33.28% | 775 | 14.02% | 188 | 3.40% | 10 | 0.18% | 876 | 15.84% | 5,529 |
| Boise | 1,134 | 61.43% | 518 | 28.06% | 110 | 5.96% | 81 | 4.39% | 3 | 0.16% | 616 | 33.37% | 1,846 |
| Bonner | 6,727 | 56.34% | 4,060 | 34.00% | 880 | 7.37% | 250 | 2.09% | 23 | 0.19% | 2,667 | 22.34% | 11,940 |
| Bonneville | 24,715 | 77.55% | 5,052 | 15.85% | 1,355 | 4.25% | 683 | 2.14% | 64 | 0.20% | 19,663 | 61.70% | 31,869 |
| Boundary | 2,088 | 59.44% | 1,087 | 30.94% | 225 | 6.40% | 106 | 3.02% | 7 | 0.20% | 1,001 | 28.50% | 3,513 |
| Butte | 1,275 | 72.24% | 424 | 24.02% | 35 | 1.98% | 28 | 1.59% | 3 | 0.17% | 851 | 48.22% | 1,765 |
| Camas | 360 | 67.92% | 145 | 27.36% | 16 | 3.02% | 9 | 1.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 215 | 40.56% | 530 |
| Canyon | 24,375 | 67.68% | 9,172 | 25.47% | 1,798 | 4.99% | 601 | 1.67% | 70 | 0.19% | 15,203 | 42.21% | 36,016 |
| Caribou | 3,234 | 83.09% | 481 | 12.36% | 106 | 2.72% | 59 | 1.52% | 12 | 0.31% | 2,753 | 70.73% | 3,892 |
| Cassia | 6,511 | 78.84% | 1,369 | 16.58% | 212 | 2.57% | 80 | 0.97% | 87 | 1.05% | 5,142 | 62.26% | 8,259 |
| Clark | 379 | 78.47% | 87 | 18.01% | 11 | 2.28% | 6 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 292 | 60.46% | 483 |
| Clearwater | 2,178 | 50.49% | 1,699 | 39.38% | 291 | 6.75% | 129 | 2.99% | 17 | 0.39% | 479 | 11.11% | 4,314 |
| Custer | 1,398 | 73.50% | 398 | 20.93% | 64 | 3.36% | 40 | 2.10% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,000 | 52.57% | 1,902 |
| Elmore | 3,994 | 64.87% | 1,760 | 28.59% | 311 | 5.05% | 88 | 1.43% | 4 | 0.06% | 2,234 | 36.28% | 6,157 |
| Franklin | 3,669 | 85.31% | 511 | 11.88% | 61 | 1.42% | 54 | 1.26% | 6 | 0.14% | 3,158 | 73.43% | 4,301 |
| Fremont | 4,167 | 79.33% | 926 | 17.63% | 108 | 2.06% | 48 | 0.91% | 4 | 0.08% | 3,241 | 61.70% | 5,253 |
| Gem | 3,766 | 65.77% | 1,613 | 28.17% | 218 | 3.81% | 104 | 1.82% | 25 | 0.44% | 2,153 | 37.60% | 5,726 |
| Gooding | 3,897 | 68.43% | 1,481 | 26.01% | 218 | 3.83% | 86 | 1.51% | 13 | 0.23% | 2,416 | 42.42% | 5,695 |
| Idaho | 4,425 | 62.56% | 2,078 | 29.38% | 409 | 5.78% | 136 | 1.92% | 25 | 0.35% | 2,347 | 33.18% | 7,073 |
| Jefferson | 5,860 | 84.52% | 833 | 12.02% | 135 | 1.95% | 91 | 1.31% | 14 | 0.20% | 5,027 | 72.50% | 6,933 |
| Jerome | 4,962 | 74.90% | 1,368 | 20.65% | 178 | 2.69% | 101 | 1.52% | 16 | 0.24% | 3,594 | 54.25% | 6,625 |
| Kootenai | 17,022 | 63.25% | 7,521 | 27.95% | 1,808 | 6.72% | 476 | 1.77% | 85 | 0.32% | 9,501 | 35.30% | 26,912 |
| Latah | 6,967 | 46.78% | 5,037 | 33.82% | 2,465 | 16.55% | 389 | 2.61% | 34 | 0.23% | 1,930 | 12.96% | 14,892 |
| Lemhi | 2,646 | 71.53% | 794 | 21.47% | 167 | 4.51% | 85 | 2.30% | 7 | 0.19% | 1,852 | 50.06% | 3,699 |
| Lewis | 1,088 | 53.00% | 774 | 37.70% | 160 | 7.79% | 30 | 1.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 314 | 15.30% | 2,053 |
| Lincoln | 1,294 | 69.12% | 462 | 24.68% | 83 | 4.43% | 30 | 1.60% | 3 | 0.16% | 832 | 44.44% | 1,872 |
| Madison | 6,555 | 88.41% | 728 | 9.82% | 64 | 0.86% | 51 | 0.69% | 16 | 0.22% | 5,827 | 78.59% | 7,414 |
| Minidoka | 6,035 | 74.22% | 1,689 | 20.77% | 260 | 3.20% | 135 | 1.66% | 12 | 0.15% | 4,346 | 53.45% | 8,131 |
| Nez Perce | 7,495 | 47.61% | 6,565 | 41.70% | 1,344 | 8.54% | 314 | 1.99% | 26 | 0.17% | 930 | 5.91% | 15,744 |
| Oneida | 1,461 | 74.16% | 434 | 22.03% | 50 | 2.54% | 23 | 1.17% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,027 | 52.13% | 1,970 |
| Owyhee | 2,257 | 71.88% | 732 | 23.31% | 93 | 2.96% | 53 | 1.69% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,525 | 48.57% | 3,140 |
| Payette | 4,508 | 67.14% | 1,828 | 27.23% | 253 | 3.77% | 105 | 1.56% | 20 | 0.30% | 2,680 | 39.91% | 6,714 |
| Power | 2,235 | 71.11% | 727 | 23.13% | 119 | 3.79% | 57 | 1.81% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,508 | 47.98% | 3,143 |
| Shoshone | 3,994 | 52.04% | 3,102 | 40.42% | 407 | 5.30% | 148 | 1.93% | 24 | 0.31% | 892 | 11.62% | 7,675 |
| Teton | 1,227 | 72.78% | 360 | 21.35% | 67 | 3.97% | 28 | 1.66% | 4 | 0.24% | 867 | 51.43% | 1,686 |
| Twin Falls | 17,425 | 73.50% | 4,835 | 20.39% | 976 | 4.12% | 344 | 1.45% | 128 | 0.54% | 12,590 | 53.11% | 23,708 |
| Valley | 2,041 | 62.38% | 926 | 28.30% | 245 | 7.49% | 58 | 1.77% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,115 | 34.08% | 3,272 |
| Washington | 2,915 | 63.58% | 1,421 | 30.99% | 172 | 3.75% | 67 | 1.46% | 10 | 0.22% | 1,494 | 32.59% | 4,585 |
| Totals | 290,699 | 66.46% | 110,192 | 25.19% | 27,058 | 6.19% | 8,425 | 1.93% | 1,057 | 0.24% | 180,507 | 41.27% | 437,431 |
| District | Reagan | Carter | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 63.0% | 29.5% | Steve Symms (96th Congress) |
| Larry Craig (97th Congress) | |||
| 2nd | 73.4% | 21.6% | George V. Hansen |
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