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The1980 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states andThe District of Columbia, were part of the1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Connecticut was won by former CaliforniaGovernorRonald Reagan by 10 points.[3]President of the United StatesJimmy Carter failed to gain reelection against Reagan. Connecticut election results reflect theRepublican Party's re-consolidation under what is popularly called the "Reagan Revolution,"[4] which sounded overwhelmingconservative electoral victories across the United States.
The already embattled incumbent Democratic president Carter was hurt in the state by the strongthird party candidacy of John Anderson, aliberal Republican Congressman who ran in 1980 as an independent after failing to win the Republican Party's own presidential nomination. Anderson proved very popular with liberal and moderate voters inNew England who normally leaned Democratic but were dissatisfied with the policies of the Carter Administration and viewed Reagan as too far to the right. New England overall would prove to be Anderson's strongest region in the nation, with all 6 New England states giving double-digit percentages to Anderson. In fact, Connecticut would prove to be Anderson's fifth strongest state in the nation afterMassachusetts,Vermont,Rhode Island andNew Hampshire. His 12.22% of the vote in the state was nearly double the 6.61% he got nationwide.[5]Connecticut did however, vote approximately 0.1% more Democratic than the national average.
| 1980 United States presidential election in Connecticut[6] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Ronald Reagan ofCalifornia | George Bush ofTexas | 677,210 | 48.16% | 8 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter ofGeorgia (incumbent) | Walter Mondale ofMinnesota (incumbent) | 541,732 | 38.52% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Anderson Coalition | John B. Anderson | Patrick Lucey | 171,807 | 12.22% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Libertarian | Ed Clark ofCalifornia | David H. Koch ofKansas | 8,570 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Citizens | Barry Commoner ofMissouri | La Donna Harris ofOklahoma | 6,130 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Write-ins | 836 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | ||||
| Total | 1,406,285 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Fairfield | 201,997 | 54.88% | 124,074 | 33.71% | 42,027 | 11.41% | 77,923 | 21.17% | 368,098 |
| Hartford | 150,265 | 40.46% | 164,643 | 44.33% | 56,472 | 15.21% | -14,378 | -3.87% | 371,380 |
| Litchfield | 38,725 | 50.72% | 26,705 | 34.98% | 10,924 | 14.30% | 12,020 | 15.74% | 76,354 |
| Middlesex | 28,989 | 45.53% | 24,768 | 38.90% | 9,915 | 15.57% | 4,221 | 6.63% | 63,672 |
| New Haven | 169,038 | 50.05% | 130,913 | 38.76% | 37,781 | 11.19% | 38,125 | 11.29% | 337,732 |
| New London | 47,217 | 47.96% | 36,628 | 37.21% | 14,603 | 14.83% | 10,589 | 10.75% | 98,448 |
| Tolland | 22,127 | 43.95% | 18,557 | 36.86% | 9,662 | 19.19% | 3,570 | 7.09% | 50,346 |
| Windham | 18,852 | 47.82% | 15,444 | 39.18% | 5,123 | 13.00% | 3,408 | 8.64% | 39,419 |
| Totals | 677,210 | 48.16% | 541,732 | 38.52% | 187,343 | 13.32% | 135,478 | 9.64% | 1,406,285 |
| District | Reagan | Carter | Representative |
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| 1st | 39.2% | 46.2% | William R. Cotter |
| 2nd | 46.9% | 38.7% | Chris Dodd (96th Congress) |
| Sam Gejdenson (97th Congress) | |||
| 3rd | 50.8% | 39.2% | Robert Giaimo (96th Congress) |
| Lawrence J. DeNardis (97th Congress) | |||
| 4th | 53.1% | 36.9% | Stewart McKinney |
| 5th | 54.6% | 34.3% | William R. Ratchford |
| 6th | 47.7% | 38.6% | Toby Moffett |
State and district results of the1980 United States presidential election | ||
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