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The1980 United States presidential election in Washington was held on November 4, 1980 as part of the1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Republican candidate Ronald Reagan won the state ofWashington with 49.66 percent of the vote. During the previous election in1976, Reagan, who was not on the ballot in any of the fifty states, received one of Washington's electoral votes byfaithless electorMike Padden.
Reagan won every county in the state exceptGrays Harbor andPacific Counties, neither of which ever voted Republican between1956 and2012. As of the2024 presidential election[update], Reagan's 1980 effort remains the last Republican win inJefferson County and was the last inCowlitz County until 2016.[1]
Third-party candidate John B. Anderson did well inWestern Washington, gaining many voters from disaffected major-party supporters and exceeding 14 percent of the vote inKitsap andSan Juan Counties. Anderson was less successful east of the Cascades, apart from college-influencedWhitman County. 1980 marks the last time in which Washington state voted more Republican than the nation at-large.[2]
| 1980 United States presidential election in Washington[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 865,244 | 49.66% | 9 | |
| Democrat | Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 650,193 | 37.32% | 0 | |
| Independent | John B. Anderson | 185,073 | 10.62% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Edward Clark | 29,213 | 1.68% | 0 | |
| Citizens | Barry Commoner | 9,403 | 0.54% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Clifton DeBerry | 1,137 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Socialist | David McReynolds | 956 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Communist | Gus Hall | 834 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Workers World | Deirdre Griswold | 341 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,742,394 | 100.0% | 9 | ||
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 3,248 | 68.01% | 1,223 | 25.61% | 255 | 5.34% | 50 | 1.05% | 2,025 | 42.40% | 4,776 |
| Asotin | 3,275 | 49.18% | 2,724 | 40.91% | 539 | 8.09% | 121 | 1.82% | 551 | 8.27% | 6,659 |
| Benton | 28,728 | 64.68% | 11,561 | 26.03% | 3,301 | 7.43% | 823 | 1.85% | 17,167 | 38.65% | 44,413 |
| Chelan | 11,299 | 56.92% | 6,483 | 32.66% | 1,608 | 8.10% | 460 | 2.32% | 4,816 | 24.26% | 19,850 |
| Clallam | 11,515 | 51.65% | 8,029 | 36.01% | 2,172 | 9.74% | 580 | 2.60% | 3,486 | 15.64% | 22,296 |
| Clark | 33,223 | 46.10% | 30,584 | 42.43% | 6,445 | 8.94% | 1,823 | 2.53% | 2,639 | 3.67% | 72,075 |
| Columbia | 1,349 | 64.67% | 587 | 28.14% | 119 | 5.70% | 31 | 1.49% | 762 | 36.53% | 2,086 |
| Cowlitz | 13,154 | 45.93% | 12,560 | 43.86% | 2,336 | 8.16% | 589 | 2.06% | 594 | 2.07% | 28,639 |
| Douglas | 5,171 | 59.38% | 2,833 | 32.53% | 564 | 6.48% | 141 | 1.62% | 2,338 | 26.85% | 8,709 |
| Ferry | 1,108 | 52.76% | 802 | 38.19% | 127 | 6.05% | 63 | 3.00% | 306 | 14.57% | 2,100 |
| Franklin | 7,327 | 61.26% | 3,719 | 31.09% | 699 | 5.84% | 216 | 1.81% | 3,608 | 30.17% | 11,961 |
| Garfield | 875 | 57.60% | 509 | 33.51% | 122 | 8.03% | 13 | 0.86% | 366 | 24.09% | 1,519 |
| Grant | 11,152 | 61.29% | 5,673 | 31.18% | 1,091 | 6.00% | 280 | 1.54% | 5,479 | 30.11% | 18,196 |
| Grays Harbor | 10,226 | 40.19% | 11,290 | 44.37% | 3,267 | 12.84% | 661 | 2.60% | -1,064 | -4.18% | 25,444 |
| Island | 10,926 | 58.87% | 5,422 | 29.21% | 1,800 | 9.70% | 411 | 2.21% | 5,504 | 29.66% | 18,559 |
| Jefferson | 3,645 | 44.61% | 3,279 | 40.13% | 876 | 10.72% | 370 | 4.53% | 366 | 4.48% | 8,170 |
| King | 272,567 | 45.42% | 235,046 | 39.16% | 76,119 | 12.68% | 16,425 | 2.74% | 37,521 | 6.26% | 600,157 |
| Kitsap | 29,420 | 48.79% | 20,893 | 34.65% | 8,525 | 14.14% | 1,458 | 2.42% | 8,527 | 14.14% | 60,296 |
| Kittitas | 5,359 | 49.86% | 4,075 | 37.91% | 1,066 | 9.92% | 248 | 2.31% | 1,284 | 11.95% | 10,748 |
| Klickitat | 3,113 | 49.54% | 2,596 | 41.31% | 423 | 6.73% | 152 | 2.42% | 517 | 8.23% | 6,284 |
| Lewis | 13,636 | 59.94% | 6,962 | 30.60% | 1,603 | 7.05% | 548 | 2.41% | 6,674 | 29.34% | 22,749 |
| Lincoln | 3,324 | 62.28% | 1,597 | 29.92% | 357 | 6.69% | 59 | 1.11% | 1,727 | 32.36% | 5,337 |
| Mason | 6,745 | 49.10% | 5,241 | 38.15% | 1,353 | 9.85% | 398 | 2.90% | 1,504 | 10.95% | 13,737 |
| Okanogan | 6,460 | 51.71% | 4,634 | 37.09% | 1,030 | 8.24% | 369 | 2.95% | 1,826 | 14.62% | 12,493 |
| Pacific | 3,132 | 39.09% | 3,727 | 46.52% | 945 | 11.79% | 208 | 2.60% | -595 | -7.43% | 8,012 |
| Pend Oreille | 2,136 | 55.70% | 1,399 | 36.48% | 221 | 5.76% | 79 | 2.06% | 737 | 19.22% | 3,835 |
| Pierce | 90,247 | 51.13% | 64,444 | 36.51% | 18,345 | 10.39% | 3,475 | 1.97% | 25,803 | 14.62% | 176,511 |
| San Juan | 2,363 | 46.97% | 1,666 | 33.11% | 728 | 14.47% | 274 | 5.45% | 697 | 13.86% | 5,031 |
| Skagit | 15,520 | 50.68% | 11,299 | 36.90% | 2,854 | 9.32% | 950 | 3.10% | 4,221 | 13.78% | 30,623 |
| Skamania | 1,416 | 45.75% | 1,373 | 44.36% | 218 | 7.04% | 88 | 2.84% | 43 | 1.39% | 3,095 |
| Snohomish | 66,153 | 48.68% | 52,003 | 38.26% | 14,465 | 10.64% | 3,286 | 2.42% | 14,150 | 10.42% | 135,907 |
| Spokane | 78,096 | 55.51% | 49,263 | 35.02% | 11,258 | 8.00% | 2,068 | 1.47% | 28,833 | 20.49% | 140,685 |
| Stevens | 7,094 | 61.53% | 3,584 | 31.08% | 601 | 5.21% | 251 | 2.18% | 3,510 | 30.45% | 11,530 |
| Thurston | 26,369 | 48.10% | 20,508 | 37.41% | 5,993 | 10.93% | 1,953 | 3.56% | 5,861 | 10.69% | 54,823 |
| Wahkiakum | 828 | 46.57% | 751 | 42.24% | 148 | 8.32% | 51 | 2.87% | 77 | 4.33% | 1,778 |
| Walla Walla | 11,223 | 59.14% | 5,825 | 30.70% | 1,591 | 8.38% | 338 | 1.78% | 5,398 | 28.44% | 18,977 |
| Whatcom | 21,371 | 46.40% | 18,430 | 40.02% | 4,906 | 10.65% | 1,350 | 2.93% | 2,941 | 6.38% | 46,057 |
| Whitman | 8,636 | 50.73% | 5,726 | 33.63% | 2,331 | 13.69% | 331 | 1.94% | 2,910 | 17.10% | 17,024 |
| Yakima | 33,815 | 55.21% | 21,873 | 35.71% | 4,672 | 7.63% | 893 | 1.46% | 11,942 | 19.50% | 61,253 |
| Totals | 865,244 | 49.66% | 650,193 | 37.32% | 185,073 | 10.62% | 41,884 | 2.40% | 215,051 | 12.34% | 1,742,394 |
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