1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_West_Virginia
1980 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Election in West Virginia
The 1980 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 4, 1980, in West Virginia as part of the 1980 United States presidential election.
Main article: 1980 United States presidential election
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The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Jimmy Carter, won the state over former California Governor Ronald Reagan by 33,356 votes, giving him one of just seven victories in the election. West Virginia gave Carter his third best vote percentage after the District of Columbia and his home state of Georgia, but the only other states he carried were Maryland, Minnesota, Hawaii, and Rhode Island.
Nationally, Reagan won the election with 489 electoral votes and 50.75 percent of the popular vote.
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| 1980 United States presidential election in West Virginia[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 367,462 | 49.81% | 6 | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 334,206 | 45.30% | 0 | |
| Independent | John B. Anderson | 31,691 | 4.30% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Ed Clark | 4,356 | 0.59% | 0 | |
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Results by county
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| County[2] | Jimmy Carter Democratic |
Ronald Reagan Republican |
John B. Anderson Independent |
Ed Clark Libertarian |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 3,451 | 48.70% | 3,311 | 46.73% | 292 | 4.12% | 32 | 0.45% | 140 | 1.97% | 7,086 |
| Berkeley | 6,783 | 38.86% | 9,955 | 57.04% | 625 | 3.58% | 91 | 0.52% | -3,172 | -18.18% | 17,454 |
| Boone | 7,515 | 62.63% | 4,164 | 34.70% | 268 | 2.23% | 53 | 0.44% | 3,351 | 27.93% | 12,000 |
| Braxton | 3,795 | 59.22% | 2,403 | 37.50% | 173 | 2.70% | 37 | 0.58% | 1,392 | 21.72% | 6,408 |
| Brooke | 6,430 | 54.51% | 4,622 | 39.19% | 634 | 5.38% | 109 | 0.92% | 1,808 | 15.32% | 11,795 |
| Cabell | 17,732 | 44.79% | 19,482 | 49.21% | 2,146 | 5.42% | 228 | 0.58% | -1,750 | -4.42% | 39,588 |
| Calhoun | 1,717 | 49.90% | 1,606 | 46.67% | 92 | 2.67% | 26 | 0.76% | 111 | 3.23% | 3,441 |
| Clay | 2,185 | 58.08% | 1,452 | 38.60% | 102 | 2.71% | 23 | 0.61% | 733 | 19.48% | 3,762 |
| Doddridge | 1,043 | 34.19% | 1,888 | 61.88% | 120 | 3.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -845 | -27.69% | 3,051 |
| Fayette | 13,175 | 66.63% | 5,784 | 29.25% | 725 | 3.67% | 90 | 0.46% | 7,391 | 37.38% | 19,774 |
| Gilmer | 1,854 | 53.18% | 1,452 | 41.65% | 153 | 4.39% | 27 | 0.77% | 402 | 11.53% | 3,486 |
| Grant | 1,041 | 22.67% | 3,452 | 75.19% | 87 | 1.90% | 11 | 0.24% | -2,411 | -52.52% | 4,591 |
| Greenbrier | 7,128 | 50.90% | 6,221 | 44.42% | 546 | 3.90% | 109 | 0.78% | 907 | 6.48% | 14,004 |
| Hampshire | 2,522 | 45.16% | 2,879 | 51.55% | 157 | 2.81% | 27 | 0.48% | -357 | -6.39% | 5,585 |
| Hancock | 8,784 | 53.32% | 6,610 | 40.12% | 917 | 5.57% | 164 | 1.00% | 2,174 | 13.20% | 16,475 |
| Hardy | 2,050 | 45.57% | 2,329 | 51.77% | 99 | 2.20% | 21 | 0.47% | -279 | -6.20% | 4,499 |
| Harrison | 18,813 | 54.37% | 14,251 | 41.19% | 1,339 | 3.87% | 199 | 0.58% | 4,562 | 13.18% | 34,602 |
| Jackson | 4,120 | 38.94% | 6,041 | 57.09% | 352 | 3.33% | 68 | 0.64% | -1,921 | -18.15% | 10,581 |
| Jefferson | 4,679 | 47.66% | 4,454 | 45.37% | 572 | 5.83% | 113 | 1.15% | 225 | 2.29% | 9,818 |
| Kanawha | 42,829 | 46.68% | 42,604 | 46.43% | 5,838 | 6.36% | 489 | 0.53% | 225 | 0.25% | 91,760 |
| Lewis | 3,455 | 45.39% | 3,747 | 49.23% | 359 | 4.72% | 50 | 0.66% | -292 | -3.84% | 7,611 |
| Lincoln | 5,317 | 56.03% | 4,009 | 42.24% | 128 | 1.35% | 36 | 0.38% | 1,308 | 13.79% | 9,490 |
| Logan | 12,024 | 68.99% | 4,945 | 28.37% | 381 | 2.19% | 78 | 0.45% | 7,079 | 40.62% | 17,428 |
| Marion | 14,189 | 53.60% | 10,952 | 41.37% | 1,171 | 4.42% | 159 | 0.60% | 3,237 | 12.23% | 26,471 |
| Marshall | 7,832 | 49.21% | 7,252 | 45.56% | 725 | 4.56% | 107 | 0.67% | 580 | 3.65% | 15,916 |
| Mason | 5,683 | 46.94% | 6,040 | 49.88% | 312 | 2.58% | 73 | 0.60% | -357 | -2.94% | 12,108 |
| McDowell | 9,822 | 70.44% | 3,862 | 27.70% | 216 | 1.55% | 43 | 0.31% | 5,960 | 42.74% | 13,943 |
| Mercer | 11,804 | 47.71% | 12,273 | 49.61% | 563 | 2.28% | 101 | 0.41% | -469 | -1.90% | 24,741 |
| Mineral | 4,671 | 41.43% | 6,125 | 54.33% | 386 | 3.42% | 92 | 0.82% | -1,454 | -12.90% | 11,274 |
| Mingo | 9,328 | 70.24% | 3,716 | 27.98% | 208 | 1.57% | 28 | 0.21% | 5,612 | 42.26% | 13,280 |
| Monongalia | 12,883 | 46.30% | 11,972 | 43.02% | 2,745 | 9.86% | 226 | 0.81% | 911 | 3.28% | 27,826 |
| Monroe | 2,877 | 47.38% | 2,999 | 49.39% | 166 | 2.73% | 30 | 0.49% | -122 | -2.01% | 6,072 |
| Morgan | 1,594 | 34.45% | 2,833 | 61.23% | 172 | 3.72% | 28 | 0.61% | -1,239 | -26.78% | 4,627 |
| Nicholas | 5,265 | 55.33% | 3,885 | 40.83% | 322 | 3.38% | 44 | 0.46% | 1,380 | 14.50% | 9,516 |
| Ohio | 10,973 | 45.96% | 11,414 | 47.81% | 1,334 | 5.59% | 152 | 0.64% | -441 | -1.85% | 23,873 |
| Pendleton | 1,724 | 49.20% | 1,677 | 47.86% | 80 | 2.28% | 23 | 0.66% | 47 | 1.34% | 3,504 |
| Pleasants | 1,494 | 43.34% | 1,852 | 53.73% | 84 | 2.44% | 17 | 0.49% | -358 | -10.39% | 3,447 |
| Pocahontas | 2,170 | 49.83% | 2,011 | 46.18% | 150 | 3.44% | 24 | 0.55% | 159 | 3.65% | 4,355 |
| Preston | 4,317 | 40.17% | 5,828 | 54.23% | 515 | 4.79% | 86 | 0.80% | -1,511 | -14.06% | 10,746 |
| Putnam | 6,409 | 43.64% | 7,561 | 51.48% | 632 | 4.30% | 84 | 0.57% | -1,152 | -7.84% | 14,686 |
| Raleigh | 16,955 | 58.81% | 10,713 | 37.16% | 1,046 | 3.63% | 117 | 0.41% | 6,242 | 21.65% | 28,831 |
| Randolph | 5,937 | 54.36% | 4,374 | 40.05% | 518 | 4.74% | 92 | 0.84% | 1,563 | 14.31% | 10,921 |
| Ritchie | 1,450 | 30.91% | 3,081 | 65.68% | 128 | 2.73% | 32 | 0.68% | -1,631 | -34.77% | 4,691 |
| Roane | 2,498 | 41.96% | 3,219 | 54.07% | 184 | 3.09% | 52 | 0.87% | -721 | -12.11% | 5,953 |
| Summers | 3,114 | 53.72% | 2,456 | 42.37% | 201 | 3.47% | 26 | 0.45% | 658 | 11.35% | 5,797 |
| Taylor | 3,216 | 49.58% | 3,010 | 46.40% | 233 | 3.59% | 28 | 0.43% | 206 | 3.18% | 6,487 |
| Tucker | 1,862 | 48.30% | 1,798 | 46.64% | 153 | 3.97% | 42 | 1.09% | 64 | 1.66% | 3,855 |
| Tyler | 1,482 | 33.82% | 2,707 | 61.78% | 163 | 3.72% | 30 | 0.68% | -1,225 | -27.96% | 4,382 |
| Upshur | 2,867 | 35.40% | 4,751 | 58.66% | 415 | 5.12% | 66 | 0.81% | -1,884 | -23.26% | 8,099 |
| Wayne | 8,687 | 51.96% | 7,541 | 45.10% | 441 | 2.64% | 50 | 0.30% | 1,146 | 6.86% | 16,719 |
| Webster | 2,578 | 64.87% | 1,262 | 31.76% | 117 | 2.94% | 17 | 0.43% | 1,316 | 33.11% | 3,974 |
| Wetzel | 4,035 | 50.34% | 3,588 | 44.77% | 327 | 4.08% | 65 | 0.81% | 447 | 5.57% | 8,015 |
| Wirt | 1,058 | 46.14% | 1,176 | 51.29% | 44 | 1.92% | 15 | 0.65% | -118 | -5.15% | 2,293 |
| Wood | 13,622 | 38.36% | 20,080 | 56.54% | 1,536 | 4.33% | 274 | 0.77% | -6,458 | -18.18% | 35,512 |
| Wyoming | 6,624 | 57.54% | 4,537 | 39.41% | 299 | 2.60% | 52 | 0.45% | 2,087 | 18.13% | 11,512 |
| Totals | 367,462 | 49.81% | 334,206 | 45.30% | 31,691 | 4.30% | 4,356 | 0.59% | 33,256 | 4.51% | 737,715 |
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- "1980 Presidential General Election Results – West Virginia". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- "WV US President — November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.