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Apresidential election was held inIndiana on November 4, 1980, as part of the1980 United States presidential election. TheRepublican ticket of the formergovernor of CaliforniaRonald Reagan and the formerdirector of central intelligenceGeorge H. W. Bush defeated theDemocratic ticket of the incumbentpresident of the United StatesJimmy Carter and thevice president of the United StatesWalter Mondale. Reagan defeated Carter in the national election with 489electoral votes.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 419,016 | 73.73 | |
| Republican | George H. W. Bush | 92,955 | 16.36 | |
| Republican | John B. Anderson (withdrawn) | 56,342 | 9.91 | |
| Total votes | 568,313 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 398,949 | 67.68 | |
| Democratic | Ted Kennedy | 190,492 | 32.32 | |
| Total votes | 589,441 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush | 1,255,656 | 56.01 |  2.69 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale | 844,197 | 37.65 | 8.05 | |
| Independent | John B. Anderson Patrick Lucey | 111,639 | 4.98 | 4.98 | |
| Libertarian | Ed Clark David Koch | 19,627 | 0.88 | 0.88 | |
| Citizens | Barry Commoner LaDonna Harris | 4,852 | 0.22 | 0.22 | |
| American | Percy Greaves Jr. Frank Varnum | 4,750 | 0.21 | 0.42 | |
| Communist | Gus Hall Angela Davis | 702 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |
| Socialist Workers | Clifton DeBerry Matilde Zimmerman | 610 | 0.03 | 0.23 | |
| Total votes | 2,242,033 | 100.00 | |||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | Ed Clark Libertarian | Others | Margin | Total | ||||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Adams | 6,368 | 53.16% | 4,673 | 39.01% | 767 | 6.40% | 135 | 1.13% | 35 | 0.29% | 1,695 | 14.15% | 11,978 |
| Allen | 68,524 | 57.63% | 37,765 | 31.76% | 10,368 | 8.72% | 1,329 | 1.12% | 912 | 0.77% | 30,759 | 25.87% | 118,898 |
| Bartholomew | 15,801 | 58.58% | 9,260 | 34.33% | 1,604 | 5.95% | 219 | 0.81% | 90 | 0.33% | 6,541 | 24.25% | 26,974 |
| Benton | 3,189 | 64.26% | 1,520 | 30.63% | 187 | 3.77% | 58 | 1.17% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,669 | 33.63% | 4,963 |
| Blackford | 3,168 | 53.14% | 2,431 | 40.77% | 258 | 4.33% | 66 | 1.11% | 39 | 0.65% | 737 | 12.37% | 5,962 |
| Boone | 10,484 | 66.11% | 4,535 | 28.60% | 681 | 4.29% | 131 | 0.83% | 28 | 0.18% | 5,949 | 37.51% | 15,859 |
| Brown | 2,884 | 54.51% | 2,014 | 38.06% | 237 | 4.48% | 77 | 1.46% | 79 | 1.49% | 870 | 16.45% | 5,291 |
| Carroll | 5,262 | 60.49% | 2,966 | 34.10% | 338 | 3.89% | 107 | 1.23% | 26 | 0.30% | 2,296 | 26.39% | 8,699 |
| Cass | 11,500 | 62.93% | 5,838 | 31.95% | 696 | 3.81% | 150 | 0.82% | 90 | 0.49% | 5,662 | 30.98% | 18,274 |
| Clark | 15,508 | 49.74% | 14,137 | 45.34% | 1,102 | 3.53% | 160 | 0.51% | 274 | 0.88% | 1,371 | 4.40% | 31,181 |
| Clay | 6,980 | 59.09% | 4,363 | 36.94% | 311 | 2.63% | 132 | 1.12% | 26 | 0.22% | 2,617 | 22.15% | 11,812 |
| Clinton | 8,158 | 58.43% | 5,258 | 37.66% | 427 | 3.06% | 97 | 0.69% | 22 | 0.16% | 2,900 | 20.77% | 13,962 |
| Crawford | 2,554 | 52.51% | 2,130 | 43.79% | 124 | 2.55% | 40 | 0.82% | 16 | 0.33% | 424 | 8.72% | 4,864 |
| Daviess | 7,022 | 60.89% | 4,057 | 35.18% | 345 | 2.99% | 82 | 0.71% | 26 | 0.23% | 2,965 | 25.71% | 11,532 |
| Dearborn | 7,467 | 56.36% | 5,135 | 38.76% | 464 | 3.50% | 99 | 0.75% | 84 | 0.63% | 2,332 | 17.60% | 13,249 |
| Decatur | 5,819 | 58.48% | 3,646 | 36.64% | 377 | 3.79% | 75 | 0.75% | 34 | 0.34% | 2,173 | 21.84% | 9,951 |
| DeKalb | 7,886 | 56.53% | 4,911 | 35.20% | 883 | 6.33% | 160 | 1.15% | 110 | 0.79% | 2,975 | 21.33% | 13,950 |
| Delaware | 28,342 | 53.83% | 20,923 | 39.74% | 2,743 | 5.21% | 449 | 0.85% | 190 | 0.36% | 7,419 | 14.09% | 52,647 |
| Dubois | 6,775 | 47.46% | 6,700 | 46.93% | 578 | 4.05% | 108 | 0.76% | 115 | 0.81% | 75 | 0.53% | 14,276 |
| Elkhart | 30,081 | 61.40% | 14,883 | 30.38% | 3,256 | 6.65% | 435 | 0.89% | 339 | 0.69% | 15,198 | 31.02% | 48,994 |
| Fayette | 6,004 | 55.94% | 4,304 | 40.10% | 293 | 2.73% | 73 | 0.68% | 58 | 0.54% | 1,700 | 15.84% | 10,732 |
| Floyd | 12,456 | 48.91% | 11,543 | 45.33% | 1,047 | 4.11% | 166 | 0.65% | 255 | 1.00% | 913 | 3.58% | 25,467 |
| Fountain | 5,289 | 62.18% | 2,845 | 33.45% | 280 | 3.29% | 79 | 0.93% | 13 | 0.15% | 2,444 | 28.73% | 8,506 |
| Franklin | 4,551 | 59.10% | 2,834 | 36.80% | 234 | 3.04% | 66 | 0.86% | 16 | 0.21% | 1,717 | 22.30% | 7,701 |
| Fulton | 5,458 | 62.53% | 2,788 | 31.94% | 349 | 4.00% | 105 | 1.20% | 28 | 0.32% | 2,670 | 30.59% | 8,728 |
| Gibson | 7,643 | 50.32% | 6,834 | 44.99% | 591 | 3.89% | 102 | 0.67% | 19 | 0.13% | 809 | 5.33% | 15,189 |
| Grant | 19,078 | 61.72% | 10,390 | 33.61% | 1,043 | 3.37% | 233 | 0.75% | 165 | 0.53% | 8,688 | 28.11% | 30,909 |
| Greene | 7,452 | 52.86% | 6,027 | 42.75% | 299 | 2.12% | 135 | 0.96% | 185 | 1.31% | 1,425 | 10.11% | 14,098 |
| Hamilton | 26,218 | 74.22% | 7,036 | 19.92% | 1,736 | 4.91% | 265 | 0.75% | 72 | 0.20% | 19,182 | 54.30% | 35,327 |
| Hancock | 12,093 | 66.67% | 5,124 | 28.25% | 746 | 4.11% | 143 | 0.79% | 32 | 0.18% | 6,969 | 38.42% | 18,138 |
| Harrison | 6,287 | 54.23% | 4,865 | 41.96% | 341 | 2.94% | 70 | 0.60% | 31 | 0.27% | 1,422 | 12.27% | 11,594 |
| Hendricks | 19,366 | 68.88% | 7,412 | 26.36% | 1,048 | 3.73% | 227 | 0.81% | 64 | 0.23% | 11,954 | 42.52% | 28,117 |
| Henry | 12,724 | 60.03% | 7,626 | 35.98% | 562 | 2.65% | 241 | 1.14% | 43 | 0.20% | 5,098 | 24.05% | 21,196 |
| Howard | 21,272 | 59.24% | 12,916 | 35.97% | 1,325 | 3.69% | 284 | 0.79% | 113 | 0.31% | 8,356 | 23.27% | 35,910 |
| Huntington | 9,497 | 59.59% | 5,415 | 33.98% | 824 | 5.17% | 150 | 0.94% | 51 | 0.32% | 4,082 | 25.61% | 15,937 |
| Jackson | 8,903 | 55.85% | 6,425 | 40.30% | 430 | 2.70% | 108 | 0.68% | 76 | 0.48% | 2,478 | 15.55% | 15,942 |
| Jasper | 6,316 | 68.09% | 2,544 | 27.43% | 283 | 3.05% | 60 | 0.65% | 73 | 0.79% | 3,772 | 40.66% | 9,276 |
| Jay | 5,351 | 58.06% | 3,256 | 35.33% | 484 | 5.25% | 101 | 1.10% | 25 | 0.27% | 2,095 | 22.73% | 9,217 |
| Jefferson | 6,831 | 52.20% | 5,496 | 42.00% | 477 | 3.64% | 109 | 0.83% | 174 | 1.33% | 1,335 | 10.20% | 13,087 |
| Jennings | 5,498 | 55.98% | 3,931 | 40.02% | 281 | 2.86% | 59 | 0.60% | 53 | 0.54% | 1,567 | 15.96% | 9,822 |
| Johnson | 20,018 | 66.34% | 8,445 | 27.99% | 1,348 | 4.47% | 298 | 0.99% | 65 | 0.22% | 11,573 | 38.35% | 30,174 |
| Knox | 10,083 | 53.57% | 7,829 | 41.59% | 617 | 3.28% | 150 | 0.80% | 143 | 0.76% | 2,254 | 11.98% | 18,822 |
| Kosciusko | 15,633 | 68.78% | 5,684 | 25.01% | 1,164 | 5.12% | 195 | 0.86% | 54 | 0.24% | 9,949 | 43.77% | 22,730 |
| LaGrange | 4,259 | 62.49% | 2,095 | 30.74% | 377 | 5.53% | 76 | 1.12% | 8 | 0.12% | 2,164 | 31.75% | 6,815 |
| Lake | 95,408 | 46.02% | 101,145 | 48.78% | 8,275 | 3.99% | 1,417 | 0.68% | 1,094 | 0.53% | -5,737 | -2.76% | 207,339 |
| LaPorte | 22,424 | 55.32% | 15,387 | 37.96% | 2,080 | 5.13% | 493 | 1.22% | 154 | 0.38% | 7,037 | 17.36% | 40,538 |
| Lawrence | 10,846 | 62.71% | 5,826 | 33.68% | 380 | 2.20% | 138 | 0.80% | 106 | 0.61% | 5,020 | 29.03% | 17,296 |
| Madison | 35,582 | 57.31% | 23,554 | 37.93% | 2,389 | 3.85% | 439 | 0.71% | 128 | 0.21% | 12,028 | 19.38% | 62,092 |
| Marion | 168,680 | 53.67% | 126,103 | 40.13% | 15,709 | 5.00% | 2,538 | 0.81% | 1,239 | 0.39% | 42,577 | 13.54% | 314,269 |
| Marshall | 10,209 | 62.21% | 5,113 | 31.16% | 836 | 5.09% | 148 | 0.90% | 105 | 0.64% | 5,096 | 31.05% | 16,411 |
| Martin | 3,082 | 53.33% | 2,479 | 42.90% | 149 | 2.58% | 63 | 1.09% | 6 | 0.10% | 603 | 10.43% | 5,779 |
| Miami | 8,672 | 60.63% | 4,927 | 34.44% | 508 | 3.55% | 112 | 0.78% | 85 | 0.59% | 3,745 | 26.19% | 14,304 |
| Monroe | 18,233 | 49.42% | 13,316 | 36.09% | 3,921 | 10.63% | 515 | 1.40% | 909 | 2.46% | 4,917 | 13.33% | 36,894 |
| Montgomery | 9,936 | 66.61% | 4,158 | 27.87% | 622 | 4.17% | 152 | 1.02% | 49 | 0.33% | 5,778 | 38.74% | 14,917 |
| Morgan | 13,321 | 68.53% | 5,439 | 27.98% | 498 | 2.56% | 125 | 0.64% | 55 | 0.28% | 7,882 | 40.55% | 19,438 |
| Newton | 3,850 | 66.81% | 1,649 | 28.61% | 194 | 3.37% | 56 | 0.97% | 14 | 0.24% | 2,201 | 38.20% | 5,763 |
| Noble | 7,624 | 57.40% | 4,721 | 35.54% | 749 | 5.64% | 130 | 0.98% | 58 | 0.44% | 2,903 | 21.86% | 13,282 |
| Ohio | 1,264 | 52.23% | 1,074 | 44.38% | 57 | 2.36% | 22 | 0.91% | 3 | 0.12% | 190 | 7.85% | 2,420 |
| Orange | 5,073 | 59.28% | 3,228 | 37.72% | 181 | 2.11% | 55 | 0.64% | 21 | 0.25% | 1,845 | 21.56% | 8,558 |
| Owen | 3,632 | 58.47% | 2,325 | 37.43% | 188 | 3.03% | 55 | 0.89% | 12 | 0.19% | 1,307 | 21.04% | 6,212 |
| Parke | 4,595 | 62.82% | 2,432 | 33.25% | 194 | 2.65% | 82 | 1.12% | 12 | 0.16% | 2,163 | 29.57% | 7,315 |
| Perry | 4,350 | 45.94% | 4,540 | 47.95% | 448 | 4.73% | 95 | 1.00% | 35 | 0.37% | -190 | -2.01% | 9,468 |
| Pike | 3,343 | 48.09% | 3,346 | 48.13% | 190 | 2.73% | 57 | 0.82% | 16 | 0.23% | -3 | -0.04% | 6,952 |
| Porter | 30,055 | 64.20% | 12,869 | 27.49% | 3,061 | 6.54% | 651 | 1.39% | 180 | 0.38% | 17,186 | 36.71% | 46,816 |
| Posey | 6,096 | 53.69% | 4,465 | 39.33% | 667 | 5.87% | 106 | 0.93% | 20 | 0.18% | 1,631 | 14.36% | 11,354 |
| Pulaski | 3,916 | 62.06% | 2,092 | 33.15% | 175 | 2.77% | 61 | 0.97% | 66 | 1.05% | 1,824 | 28.91% | 6,310 |
| Putnam | 7,090 | 60.35% | 3,996 | 34.01% | 501 | 4.26% | 122 | 1.04% | 39 | 0.33% | 3,094 | 26.34% | 11,748 |
| Randolph | 7,762 | 62.65% | 4,025 | 32.49% | 426 | 3.44% | 153 | 1.23% | 24 | 0.19% | 3,737 | 30.16% | 12,390 |
| Ripley | 5,770 | 56.39% | 4,022 | 39.30% | 303 | 2.96% | 102 | 1.00% | 36 | 0.35% | 1,748 | 17.09% | 10,233 |
| Rush | 4,829 | 64.29% | 2,388 | 31.79% | 224 | 2.98% | 59 | 0.79% | 11 | 0.15% | 2,441 | 32.50% | 7,511 |
| St. Joseph | 50,607 | 49.08% | 44,218 | 42.88% | 6,962 | 6.75% | 840 | 0.81% | 487 | 0.47% | 6,389 | 6.20% | 103,114 |
| Scott | 3,432 | 46.83% | 3,694 | 50.40% | 139 | 1.90% | 33 | 0.45% | 31 | 0.42% | -262 | -3.57% | 7,329 |
| Shelby | 10,496 | 61.20% | 5,861 | 34.17% | 614 | 3.58% | 128 | 0.75% | 51 | 0.30% | 4,635 | 27.03% | 17,150 |
| Spencer | 5,284 | 54.45% | 4,153 | 42.79% | 196 | 2.02% | 47 | 0.48% | 25 | 0.26% | 1,131 | 11.66% | 9,705 |
| Starke | 5,035 | 55.27% | 3,615 | 39.68% | 297 | 3.26% | 75 | 0.82% | 88 | 0.97% | 1,420 | 15.59% | 9,110 |
| Steuben | 5,670 | 62.94% | 2,606 | 28.93% | 602 | 6.68% | 100 | 1.11% | 30 | 0.33% | 3,064 | 34.01% | 9,008 |
| Sullivan | 4,465 | 49.05% | 4,335 | 47.62% | 212 | 2.33% | 70 | 0.77% | 21 | 0.23% | 130 | 1.43% | 9,103 |
| Switzerland | 1,584 | 47.14% | 1,704 | 50.71% | 38 | 1.13% | 24 | 0.71% | 10 | 0.30% | -120 | -3.57% | 3,360 |
| Tippecanoe | 27,589 | 56.92% | 14,636 | 30.20% | 5,141 | 10.61% | 558 | 1.15% | 546 | 1.13% | 12,953 | 26.72% | 48,470 |
| Tipton | 5,150 | 63.81% | 2,547 | 31.56% | 285 | 3.53% | 49 | 0.61% | 40 | 0.50% | 2,603 | 32.25% | 8,071 |
| Union | 1,766 | 63.53% | 898 | 32.30% | 92 | 3.31% | 21 | 0.76% | 3 | 0.11% | 868 | 31.23% | 2,780 |
| Vanderburgh | 36,248 | 51.07% | 29,930 | 42.17% | 4,150 | 5.85% | 464 | 0.65% | 190 | 0.27% | 6,318 | 8.90% | 70,982 |
| Vermillion | 4,195 | 49.94% | 3,793 | 45.15% | 269 | 3.20% | 127 | 1.51% | 16 | 0.19% | 402 | 4.79% | 8,400 |
| Vigo | 24,133 | 51.87% | 19,261 | 41.40% | 2,484 | 5.34% | 533 | 1.15% | 116 | 0.25% | 4,872 | 10.47% | 46,527 |
| Wabash | 8,738 | 60.82% | 4,620 | 32.15% | 797 | 5.55% | 137 | 0.95% | 76 | 0.53% | 4,118 | 28.67% | 14,368 |
| Warren | 2,665 | 64.11% | 1,287 | 30.96% | 145 | 3.49% | 55 | 1.32% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,378 | 33.15% | 4,157 |
| Warrick | 8,681 | 52.39% | 6,845 | 41.31% | 890 | 5.37% | 131 | 0.79% | 23 | 0.14% | 1,836 | 11.08% | 16,570 |
| Washington | 5,234 | 56.30% | 3,663 | 39.40% | 191 | 2.05% | 58 | 0.62% | 151 | 1.62% | 1,571 | 16.90% | 9,297 |
| Wayne | 16,981 | 60.53% | 9,599 | 34.22% | 1,174 | 4.19% | 216 | 0.77% | 82 | 0.29% | 7,382 | 26.31% | 28,052 |
| Wells | 5,864 | 56.14% | 3,760 | 36.00% | 717 | 6.86% | 85 | 0.81% | 19 | 0.18% | 2,104 | 20.14% | 10,445 |
| White | 6,999 | 64.48% | 3,247 | 29.91% | 466 | 4.29% | 120 | 1.11% | 23 | 0.21% | 3,752 | 34.57% | 10,855 |
| Whitley | 7,146 | 55.74% | 4,497 | 35.08% | 928 | 7.24% | 206 | 1.61% | 44 | 0.34% | 2,649 | 20.66% | 12,821 |
| TOTAL | 1,255,656 | 56.01% | 844,197 | 37.65% | 111,639 | 4.98% | 19,627 | 0.88% | 10,914 | 0.49% | 411,459 | 18.36% | 2,242,033 |
| District | Reagan | Carter | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 41.3% | 54.8% | Adam Benjamin Jr. |
| 2nd | 64.5% | 29.2% | Floyd Fithian |
| 3rd | 54.4% | 39.3% | John Brademas (96th Congress) |
| John P. Hiler (97th Congress) | |||
| 4th | 59.3% | 33.2% | Dan Quayle (96th Congress) |
| Dan Coats (97th Congress) | |||
| 5th | 63.5% | 31.8% | Elwood Hillis |
| 6th | 62.7% | 32.9% | David W. Evans |
| 7th | 57.4% | 37.4% | John T. Myers |
| 8th | 53.5% | 42.3% | H. Joel Deckard |
| 9th | 54.6% | 41.7% | Lee H. Hamilton |
| 10th | 59.4% | 36.1% | Philip Sharp |
| 11th | 53.9% | 41.3% | Andrew Jacobs Jr. |
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