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The1980 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states andThe District of Columbia were part of the1980 United States presidential election.Washington, D.C. voters chose 3 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Washington, D.C. was won by incumbent PresidentJimmy Carter (D) by a 61-point landslide.[1]
Carter's 74.9% of the vote represents the lowest vote won by a Democrat in the District of Columbia, while also being the sole presidential election when the Democratic candidate (albeit very narrowly) did not earn at least 75% of the district's vote. Anderson's 9.3% is also the highest a non-major party candidate ever got in D.C.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Jimmy Carter (incumbent) Walter Mondale (incumbent) | 130,231 | 74.89% | –6.74% | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush | 23,313 | 13.41% | –3.10% | |
| Independent | John B. Anderson Patrick Lucey | 16,131 | 9.28% | ||
| Citizens | Barry Commoner LaDonna Harris | 1,826 | 1.05% | ||
| Libertarian | Edward Clark David Koch | 1,104 | 0.63% | ||
| All Others | All Others | 1,284 | 0.74% | ||
| Total votes | 173,889 | 100.00% | |||
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