1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota Turnout 72.14%[ 1] County Results
Carter
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Reagan
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
The1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1980, as part of the1980 United States presidential election . State voters chose ten representatives, or electors to theElectoral College , who voted forPresident andVice-president .
After having leaned strongly Republican until the 1930s,Minnesota had become one of the most Democratic states in the country during the 1970s: in1972 it wasGeorge McGovern ’s second-best state in his disastrous landslide loss and more than one-seventh of the 130 counties he won nationally lay within the state.In 1974 , GovernorWendell Anderson won every county in the state in a landslide gubernatorial triumph during the aftermath ofWatergate .
Late in February, Carter won the state’s Democratic Party caucus overTed Kennedy ,[ 2] [ 3] the Midwest like Minnesota,[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Incumbent Democratic presidentJimmy Carter carried the state by 80,933 votes over formerCalifornia Governor Ronald Reagan . This gave him one of just seven victories in the election (the others beingMaryland ,West Virginia ,Hawaii ,Rhode Island , theDistrict of Columbia and his home state ofGeorgia ). Carter became the first Democrat to win Minnesota consecutively sinceFranklin D. Roosevelt , who won the state every year from1932 to1944 . Despite Carter's win in Minnesota, Reagan became the first Republican to carryMahnomen County sinceWarren G. Harding in1920 . Freeborn County would not vote Republican again until 2016 and Big Stone County until 2012.[ 7]
Nationally, Reagan won the election with 489 electoral votes and 50.75% of the popular vote. Minnesota was the only state not to back Reagan in either of his presidential campaigns, casting its electoral votes in favor ofWalter Mondale (a Minnesota native) in1984 .
County[ 9] Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan John B. Anderson Ed Clark Various candidates Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Aitkin 3,677 47.94% 3,396 44.28% 380 4.95% 163 2.13% 54 0.70% 281 3.66% 7,670 Anoka 45,532 51.83% 33,100 37.68% 6,828 7.77% 1,631 1.86% 752 0.86% 12,432 14.15% 87,843 Becker 5,221 39.75% 6,848 52.14% 866 6.59% 151 1.15% 48 0.37% -1,627 -12.39% 13,134 Beltrami 7,432 47.83% 6,481 41.71% 1,254 8.07% 253 1.63% 117 0.75% 951 6.12% 15,537 Benton 5,272 44.75% 5,513 46.79% 646 5.48% 213 1.81% 138 1.17% -241 -2.04% 11,782 Big Stone 1,814 44.34% 1,950 47.67% 249 6.09% 56 1.37% 22 0.54% -136 -3.33% 4,091 Blue Earth 10,930 41.82% 11,966 45.78% 2,698 10.32% 327 1.25% 217 0.83% -1,036 -3.96% 26,138 Brown 4,915 34.80% 8,051 57.01% 842 5.96% 256 1.81% 58 0.41% -3,136 -22.21% 14,122 Carlton 8,822 59.48% 4,760 32.09% 883 5.95% 279 1.88% 89 0.60% 4,062 27.39% 14,833 Carver 6,621 35.83% 9,909 53.62% 1,496 8.09% 333 1.80% 122 0.66% -3,288 -17.79% 18,481 Cass 4,717 41.07% 6,119 53.28% 434 3.78% 178 1.55% 37 0.32% -1,402 -12.21% 11,485 Chippewa 3,164 39.08% 4,252 52.51% 532 6.57% 117 1.44% 32 0.40% -1,088 -13.43% 8,097 Chisago 6,240 49.83% 5,017 40.06% 939 7.50% 264 2.11% 63 0.50% 1,223 9.77% 12,523 Clay 8,940 39.72% 10,447 46.41% 2,773 12.32% 221 0.98% 127 0.56% -1,507 -6.69% 22,508 Clearwater 1,955 47.26% 1,919 46.39% 185 4.47% 60 1.45% 18 0.44% 36 0.87% 4,137 Cook 871 38.44% 1,147 50.62% 182 8.03% 48 2.12% 18 0.79% -276 -12.18% 2,266 Cottonwood 2,958 37.70% 4,258 54.26% 535 6.82% 77 0.98% 19 0.24% -1,300 -16.56% 7,847 Crow Wing 9,323 43.01% 10,844 50.03% 1,046 4.83% 367 1.69% 97 0.45% -1,521 -7.02% 21,677 Dakota 43,433 45.84% 40,708 42.96% 8,588 9.06% 1,526 1.61% 500 0.53% 2,725 2.88% 94,755 Dodge 2,698 38.00% 3,900 54.93% 367 5.17% 92 1.30% 43 0.61% -1,202 -16.93% 7,100 Douglas 5,530 38.28% 7,778 53.85% 844 5.84% 226 1.56% 67 0.46% -2,248 -15.57% 14,445 Faribault 3,620 34.54% 6,206 59.21% 525 5.01% 105 1.00% 25 0.24% -2,586 -24.67% 10,481 Fillmore 4,010 35.45% 6,452 57.04% 650 5.75% 157 1.39% 43 0.38% -2,442 -21.59% 11,312 Freeborn 8,212 46.17% 8,475 47.65% 808 4.54% 225 1.27% 65 0.37% -263 -1.48% 17,785 Goodhue 8,566 42.31% 9,329 46.07% 1,964 9.70% 288 1.42% 101 0.50% -763 -3.76% 20,248 Grant 1,822 42.65% 2,054 48.08% 333 7.79% 54 1.26% 9 0.21% -232 -5.43% 4,272 Hennepin 239,592 47.41% 194,898 38.57% 56,390 11.16% 6,647 1.32% 7,845 1.55% 44,694 8.84% 505,372 Houston 3,218 33.94% 5,582 58.88% 477 5.03% 149 1.57% 55 0.58% -2,364 -24.94% 9,481 Hubbard 2,840 37.80% 4,172 55.53% 365 4.86% 105 1.40% 31 0.41% -1,332 -17.73% 7,513 Isanti 5,457 50.49% 4,480 41.45% 641 5.93% 179 1.66% 52 0.48% 977 9.04% 10,809 Itasca 12,134 54.59% 8,368 37.65% 1,080 4.86% 487 2.19% 159 0.72% 3,766 16.94% 22,228 Jackson 3,062 43.35% 3,391 48.00% 463 6.55% 123 1.74% 25 0.35% -329 -4.65% 7,064 Kanabec 2,654 48.18% 2,500 45.39% 269 4.88% 68 1.23% 17 0.31% 154 2.79% 5,508 Kandiyohi 8,038 44.42% 8,480 46.86% 1,244 6.87% 276 1.53% 57 0.32% -442 -2.44% 18,095 Kittson 1,407 39.33% 1,875 52.42% 243 6.79% 36 1.01% 16 0.45% -468 -13.09% 3,577 Koochiching 4,181 50.68% 3,433 41.61% 496 6.01% 110 1.33% 30 0.36% 748 9.07% 8,250 Lac qui Parle 2,457 41.62% 2,981 50.50% 334 5.66% 112 1.90% 19 0.32% -524 -8.88% 5,903 Lake 3,864 55.75% 2,414 34.83% 443 6.39% 160 2.31% 50 0.72% 1,450 20.92% 6,931 Lake of the Woods 763 38.15% 1,052 52.60% 128 6.40% 44 2.20% 13 0.65% -289 -14.45% 2,000 Le Sueur 5,161 44.40% 5,478 47.12% 731 6.29% 187 1.61% 68 0.58% -317 -2.72% 11,625 Lincoln 1,640 39.80% 2,122 51.49% 295 7.16% 48 1.16% 16 0.39% -482 -11.69% 4,121 Lyon 5,626 43.58% 5,852 45.33% 1,129 8.74% 237 1.84% 67 0.52% -226 -1.75% 12,911 Mahnomen 1,175 44.59% 1,275 48.39% 153 5.81% 23 0.87% 9 0.34% -100 -3.80% 2,635 Marshall 2,636 38.91% 3,638 53.70% 397 5.86% 80 1.18% 24 0.35% -1,002 -14.79% 6,775 Martin 4,301 34.98% 7,057 57.40% 751 6.11% 148 1.20% 37 0.30% -2,756 -22.42% 12,294 McLeod 4,987 35.53% 7,819 55.71% 852 6.07% 308 2.19% 69 0.49% -2,832 -20.18% 14,035 Meeker 4,238 41.98% 5,032 49.85% 668 6.62% 124 1.23% 33 0.33% -794 -7.87% 10,095 Mille Lacs 4,443 49.30% 3,860 42.83% 550 6.10% 126 1.40% 34 0.38% 583 6.47% 9,013 Morrison 6,930 49.44% 6,296 44.91% 559 3.99% 174 1.24% 59 0.42% 634 4.53% 14,018 Mower 10,538 51.85% 7,908 38.91% 1,465 7.21% 281 1.38% 133 0.65% 2,630 12.94% 20,325 Murray 2,714 43.87% 3,004 48.56% 359 5.80% 88 1.42% 21 0.34% -290 -4.69% 6,186 Nicollet 5,400 39.64% 6,436 47.25% 1,519 11.15% 201 1.48% 66 0.48% -1,036 -7.61% 13,622 Nobles 4,703 45.37% 4,706 45.40% 657 6.34% 178 1.72% 121 1.17% -3 -0.03% 10,365 Norman 2,253 46.17% 2,192 44.92% 369 7.56% 46 0.94% 20 0.41% 61 1.25% 4,880 Olmsted 13,983 34.18% 22,704 55.50% 3,638 8.89% 438 1.07% 148 0.36% -8,721 -21.32% 40,911 Otter Tail 9,108 34.85% 15,091 57.74% 1,538 5.88% 331 1.27% 70 0.27% -5,983 -22.89% 26,138 Pennington 3,101 41.81% 3,715 50.09% 465 6.27% 69 0.93% 66 0.89% -614 -8.28% 7,416 Pine 5,121 52.86% 3,899 40.25% 467 4.82% 152 1.57% 48 0.50% 1,222 12.61% 9,687 Pipestone 2,392 38.31% 3,207 51.37% 561 8.99% 72 1.15% 11 0.18% -815 -13.06% 6,243 Polk 7,151 40.53% 9,036 51.21% 1,207 6.84% 163 0.92% 87 0.49% -1,885 -10.68% 17,644 Pope 2,527 41.07% 3,159 51.34% 354 5.75% 75 1.22% 38 0.62% -632 -10.27% 6,153 Ramsey 124,774 53.61% 78,860 33.88% 23,222 9.98% 3,650 1.57% 2,238 0.96% 45,914 19.73% 232,744 Red Lake 1,318 48.69% 1,223 45.18% 116 4.29% 31 1.15% 19 0.70% 95 3.51% 2,707 Redwood 2,952 30.44% 5,993 61.79% 548 5.65% 151 1.56% 55 0.57% -3,041 -31.35% 9,699 Renville 4,058 38.85% 5,544 53.08% 653 6.25% 155 1.48% 34 0.33% -1,486 -14.23% 10,444 Rice 9,531 46.10% 8,168 39.51% 2,414 11.68% 350 1.69% 210 1.02% 1,363 6.59% 20,673 Rock 2,089 36.57% 3,164 55.38% 397 6.95% 54 0.95% 9 0.16% -1,075 -18.81% 5,713 Roseau 2,616 41.41% 3,358 53.16% 259 4.10% 55 0.87% 29 0.46% -742 -11.75% 6,317 St. Louis 69,403 60.52% 33,407 29.13% 8,719 7.60% 2,202 1.92% 943 0.82% 35,996 31.39% 114,674 Scott 9,115 45.49% 9,018 45.00% 1,475 7.36% 356 1.78% 74 0.37% 97 0.49% 20,038 Sherburne 6,229 45.73% 6,035 44.31% 985 7.23% 300 2.20% 71 0.52% 194 1.42% 13,620 Sibley 2,521 32.99% 4,460 58.36% 509 6.66% 121 1.58% 31 0.41% -1,939 -25.37% 7,642 Stearns 21,862 42.43% 24,888 48.31% 3,555 6.90% 861 1.67% 356 0.69% -3,026 -5.88% 51,522 Steele 5,095 35.68% 7,805 54.66% 1,087 7.61% 240 1.68% 52 0.36% -2,710 -18.98% 14,279 Stevens 2,559 39.52% 3,283 50.69% 524 8.09% 74 1.14% 36 0.56% -724 -11.17% 6,476 Swift 3,245 47.56% 2,943 43.13% 511 7.49% 102 1.49% 22 0.32% 302 4.43% 6,823 Todd 4,975 41.08% 6,451 53.27% 451 3.72% 194 1.60% 40 0.33% -1,476 -12.19% 12,111 Traverse 1,258 41.52% 1,574 51.95% 159 5.25% 28 0.92% 11 0.36% -316 -10.43% 3,030 Wabasha 3,712 39.27% 4,986 52.75% 549 5.81% 165 1.75% 41 0.43% -1,274 -13.48% 9,453 Wadena 2,635 37.10% 4,089 57.57% 265 3.73% 97 1.37% 17 0.24% -1,454 -20.47% 7,103 Waseca 3,535 38.01% 4,801 51.62% 777 8.35% 163 1.75% 25 0.27% -1,266 -13.61% 9,301 Washington 25,634 46.69% 22,718 41.38% 5,050 9.20% 1,183 2.15% 317 0.58% 2,916 5.31% 54,902 Watonwan 2,442 37.07% 3,629 55.09% 415 6.30% 80 1.21% 21 0.32% -1,187 -18.02% 6,587 Wilkin 1,496 36.43% 2,224 54.15% 318 7.74% 58 1.41% 11 0.27% -728 -17.72% 4,107 Winona 9,814 42.85% 10,332 45.11% 1,780 7.77% 573 2.50% 404 1.76% -518 -2.26% 22,903 Wright 12,383 45.88% 12,293 45.54% 1,692 6.27% 526 1.95% 97 0.36% 90 0.34% 26,991 Yellow Medicine 2,833 38.18% 4,004 53.95% 456 6.14% 111 1.50% 17 0.23% -1,171 -15.77% 7,421 Totals 954,174 46.50% 873,241 42.56% 174,990 8.53% 31,592 1.54% 17,956 0.88% 80,933 3.94% 2,051,953
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ] ^ "Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State" .www.sos.state.mn.us . RetrievedJuly 22, 2017 .^ ‘Carter Beats Kennedy In Minnesota Voting; Reagan Takes a Lead: Carter Runaway Was Expected’;The New York Times ^ ‘Carter and Reagan Win in Minnesota’;The Boston Globe ^ ‘Reagan to Attack “Failed Presidency”: Reagan to Make Carter the Issue in Democratic Strongholds’;The Washington Post ^ Cattani, richard J.; ‘Carter, Reagan hustle to bolster bids in key states’;The Christian Science Monitor ^ ‘Campaign Report: Associated Press-NBC Poll Says Reagan Leads Carter’;The New York Times , October 14, 1980, p. D22 ^ Menendez, Albert J.The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 , pp. 228-232ISBN 0786422173 ^ "1980 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota" . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. RetrievedJanuary 23, 2014 .^ "MN US President Race, November 04, 1980" . Our Campaigns.
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