1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Indiana
1980 United States presidential election in Indiana
Election in Indiana
The 1980 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Main article: 1980 United States presidential election
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Indiana was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by 18 points.[1] The state has voted Republican in every election since 1968, except in 2008 when it voted for Barack Obama. Despite that, Republicans would maintain a similar margin to 1980 in Indiana in future elections.
More information Presidential Candidate, Running Mate ...
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
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Ronald Reagan of California | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 13 | 1,255,656 | 56.01% |
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | Walter Mondale (incumbent) | Democratic | 0 | 844,197 | 37.65% |
John B. Anderson | Patrick Lucey | Independent | 0 | 111,639 | 4.98% |
Ed Clark | David Koch | Libertarian | 0 | 19,627 | 0.88% |
Barry Commoner | LaDonna Harris | Citizens | 0 | 4,852 | 0.22% |
Percy Greaves Jr. | Frank Varnum | American | 0 | 4,750 | 0.21% |
Gus Hall | Angela Davis | Communist | 0 | 702 | 0.03% |
Clifton DeBerry | Matilde Zimmermann | Socialist | 0 | 610 | 0.03% |
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Results by county
More information County, Ronald Reagan Republican ...
County[2] | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic |
John B. Anderson Independent |
Ed Clark Libertarian |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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 |
Totals | 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 |
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- Our Campaigns; IN US President, November 04, 1980