1980 United States presidential election in Arizona explained

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Election Name:1980 United States presidential election in Arizona
Country:Arizona
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1976 United States presidential election in Arizona
Previous Year:1976
Next Election:1984 United States presidential election in Arizona
Next Year:1984
Election Date:November 4, 1980
Image1:Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg
Nominee1:Ronald Reagan
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:California
Running Mate1:George H. W. Bush
Electoral Vote1:6
Popular Vote1:529,688
Percentage1:60.61%
Nominee2:Jimmy Carter
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Georgia
Running Mate2:Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:246,843
Percentage2:28.24%
Image3:John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg
Nominee3:John B. Anderson
Party3:Independent (United States)
Home State3:Illinois
Running Mate3:Patrick Lucey
Electoral Vote3:0
Popular Vote3:76,952
Percentage3:8.81%
Map Size:250px
President
Before Election:Jimmy Carter
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Ronald Reagan
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1980 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arizona was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by a landslide of 32%.[1] This result left the state 22.62% more Republican than the nation at-large, a differential greater even than when Barry Goldwater narrowly won his home state during his 1964 landslide defeat, and the most Republican relative to the nation at-large Arizona has ever been since statehood in 1912.[2] Reagan's victory margin was at the time the largest by a Republican, though he would beat his own record four years later. Only Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 has won Arizona by a larger margin, whilst Carter's share of the popular vote remains the worst ever by a Democrat in Arizona.[2]

Reagan won every county except heavily unionized Greenlee, which would never vote Republican until 2000,[3] in the process duplicating the state's 1972 county map. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election that Apache County has supported the Republican nominee.[4]

Carter's insensitivity to essential issues in the West, especially water development,[5] ensured he would be comfortably beaten in this normally solidly Republican state, which had been the only state no Democrat carried during the dealigned 1960s and 1970s.

Primaries

1980 Arizona Caucus!Candidates!CDs!Delegates
Ted Kennedy9,73817
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 7,59213
Totals17,33030

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Arizona[6]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanRonald Reagan529,68860.61%6
DemocratJimmy Carter (incumbent)246,84328.24%0
IndependentJohn Anderson76,9528.81%0
LibertarianEd Clark18,7842.15%0
Socialist WorkersClifton DeBerry1,1100.13%0
CitizensBarry Commoner (write-in)5510.06%0
CommunistGus Hall (write-in)250.00%0
Workers WorldDeirdre Griswold (write-in)20.00%0
Totals873,945100.00%6
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters)44%/78%

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican		Jimmy Carter
Democratic		John B. Anderson
Independent		Ed Clark
Libertarian		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast
%%%%%%
Apache5,99156.55%3,91736.97%4954.67%1561.47%360.34%2,07419.58%10,595
Cochise13,35159.48%7,02831.31%1,6567.38%3751.67%350.16%6,32328.17%22,445
Coconino14,61355.78%7,83229.89%2,81510.74%8613.29%780.30%6,78125.89%26,199
Gila7,40555.27%5,06837.82%6564.90%2591.93%110.08%2,33717.45%13,399
Graham4,76559.85%2,80135.18%2683.37%1211.52%60.08%1,96424.67%7,961
Greenlee1,53740.64%2,04354.02%1503.97%481.27%40.11%-506-13.38%3,782
Maricopa316,28764.97%119,75224.60%38,9758.01%10,8252.22%9950.20%196,53540.37%486,834
Mohave13,80968.86%4,90024.43%9784.88%3421.71%250.12%8,90944.43%20,054
Navajo10,79063.91%5,11030.27%7104.21%2481.47%240.14%5,68033.64%16,882
Pima93,05549.75%64,41834.44%25,29413.52%3,9442.11%3460.18%28,63715.31%187,057
Pinal12,19552.43%9,20739.59%1,3465.79%4722.03%380.16%2,98812.84%23,258
Santa Cruz2,67450.07%2,08939.12%4829.03%761.42%190.36%58510.95%5,340
Yavapai19,82368.37%6,66422.98%1,7546.05%7112.45%420.14%13,15945.39%28,994
Yuma13,39363.34%6,01428.44%1,3736.49%3461.64%190.09%7,37934.90%21,145
Totals529,68860.61%246,84328.24%76,9528.81%18,7842.15%1,6780.19%282,84532.37%873,945

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Electors

Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 9, 1980.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona. May 17, 2015. Uselectionatlas.org.
  2. Counting the Votes; Arizona
  3. Menendez Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 121
  4. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  5. Reisner, Marc; ; p. 11
  6. Web site: Official Canvass General Election - November 4, 1980. Arizona Secretary of State. 2024-07-30.
  7. Web site: Official Canvass Primary Election - September 9, 1980. Arizona Secretary of State. 2024-07-30.

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