See main article: 1980 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1980 United States presidential election in Idaho |
| Country: | Idaho |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1976 United States presidential election in Idaho |
| Previous Year: | 1976 |
| Next Election: | 1984 United States presidential election in Idaho |
| 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: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 290,699 |
| Percentage1: | 66.46% |
| Nominee2: | Jimmy Carter |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Georgia |
| Running Mate2: | Walter Mondale |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 110,192 |
| Percentage2: | 25.19% |
| 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: | 27,058 |
| Percentage3: | 6.19% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| 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 Idaho 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 four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Idaho was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 41-point landslide.[1] It is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in 1964,[2] and even Johnson won by merely five thousand votes in a national landslide. With 66.46 percent of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Reagan's second strongest state after neighboring Utah.[3]
| 1980 United States presidential election in Idaho[4] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||||
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 290,699 | 66.46% | 4 | ||||
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 110,192 | 25.19% | 0 | ||||
| Independent | John B. Anderson | 27,058 | 6.19% | 0 | ||||
| Libertarian | Edward Clark | 8,425 | 1.93% | 0 | ||||
| American | John Rarick | 1,057 | 0.24% | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 437,431 | 100.00% | 4 | |||||
| County[5] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | Ed Clark Libertarian | John Rarick American | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ada | 55,205 | 63.79% | 21,324 | 24.64% | 7,987 | 9.23% | 1,874 | 2.17% | 154 | 0.18% | 33,881 | 39.15% | 86,544 | ||||||||||||||
| Adams | 1,189 | 62.68% | 590 | 31.10% | 88 | 4.64% | 26 | 1.37% | 4 | 0.21% | 599 | 31.58% | 1,897 | ||||||||||||||
| Bannock | 18,477 | 61.88% | 8,639 | 28.93% | 1,896 | 6.35% | 771 | 2.58% | 76 | 0.25% | 9,838 | 32.95% | 29,859 | ||||||||||||||
| Bear Lake | 2,941 | 82.45% | 508 | 14.24% | 63 | 1.77% | 45 | 1.26% | 10 | 0.28% | 2,433 | 68.21% | 3,567 | ||||||||||||||
| Benewah | 2,111 | 54.89% | 1,361 | 35.39% | 286 | 7.44% | 84 | 2.18% | 4 | 0.10% | 750 | 19.50% | 3,846 | ||||||||||||||
| Bingham | 11,781 | 76.07% | 2,933 | 18.94% | 489 | 3.16% | 264 | 1.70% | 20 | 0.13% | 8,848 | 57.13% | 15,487 | ||||||||||||||
| Blaine | 2,716 | 49.12% | 1,840 | 33.28% | 775 | 14.02% | 188 | 3.40% | 10 | 0.18% | 876 | 15.84% | 5,529 | ||||||||||||||
| Boise | 1,134 | 61.43% | 518 | 28.06% | 110 | 5.96% | 81 | 4.39% | 3 | 0.16% | 616 | 33.37% | 1,846 | ||||||||||||||
| Bonner | 6,727 | 56.34% | 4,060 | 34.00% | 880 | 7.37% | 250 | 2.09% | 23 | 0.19% | 2,667 | 22.34% | 11,940 | ||||||||||||||
| Bonneville | 24,715 | 77.55% | 5,052 | 15.85% | 1,355 | 4.25% | 683 | 2.14% | 64 | 0.20% | 19,663 | 61.70% | 31,869 | ||||||||||||||
| Boundary | 2,088 | 59.44% | 1,087 | 30.94% | 225 | 6.40% | 106 | 3.02% | 7 | 0.20% | 1,001 | 28.50% | 3,513 | ||||||||||||||
| Butte | 1,275 | 72.24% | 424 | 24.02% | 35 | 1.98% | 28 | 1.59% | 3 | 0.17% | 851 | 48.22% | 1,765 | ||||||||||||||
| Camas | 360 | 67.92% | 145 | 27.36% | 16 | 3.02% | 9 | 1.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 215 | 40.56% | 530 | ||||||||||||||
| Canyon | 24,375 | 67.68% | 9,172 | 25.47% | 1,798 | 4.99% | 601 | 1.67% | 70 | 0.19% | 15,203 | 42.21% | 36,016 | ||||||||||||||
| Caribou | 3,234 | 83.09% | 481 | 12.36% | 106 | 2.72% | 59 | 1.52% | 12 | 0.31% | 2,753 | 70.73% | 3,892 | ||||||||||||||
| Cassia | 6,511 | 78.84% | 1,369 | 16.58% | 212 | 2.57% | 80 | 0.97% | 87 | 1.05% | 5,142 | 62.26% | 8,259 | ||||||||||||||
| Clark | 379 | 78.47% | 87 | 18.01% | 11 | 2.28% | 6 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 292 | 60.46% | 483 | ||||||||||||||
| Clearwater | 2,178 | 50.49% | 1,699 | 39.38% | 291 | 6.75% | 129 | 2.99% | 17 | 0.39% | 479 | 11.11% | 4,314 | ||||||||||||||
| Custer | 1,398 | 73.50% | 398 | 20.93% | 64 | 3.36% | 40 | 2.10% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,000 | 52.57% | 1,902 | ||||||||||||||
| Elmore | 3,994 | 64.87% | 1,760 | 28.59% | 311 | 5.05% | 88 | 1.43% | 4 | 0.06% | 2,234 | 36.28% | 6,157 | ||||||||||||||
| Franklin | 3,669 | 85.31% | 511 | 11.88% | 61 | 1.42% | 54 | 1.26% | 6 | 0.14% | 3,158 | 73.43% | 4,301 | ||||||||||||||
| Fremont | 4,167 | 79.33% | 926 | 17.63% | 108 | 2.06% | 48 | 0.91% | 4 | 0.08% | 3,241 | 61.70% | 5,253 | ||||||||||||||
| Gem | 3,766 | 65.77% | 1,613 | 28.17% | 218 | 3.81% | 104 | 1.82% | 25 | 0.44% | 2,153 | 37.60% | 5,726 | ||||||||||||||
| Gooding | 3,897 | 68.43% | 1,481 | 26.01% | 218 | 3.83% | 86 | 1.51% | 13 | 0.23% | 2,416 | 42.42% | 5,695 | ||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 4,425 | 62.56% | 2,078 | 29.38% | 409 | 5.78% | 136 | 1.92% | 25 | 0.35% | 2,347 | 33.18% | 7,073 | ||||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 5,860 | 84.52% | 833 | 12.02% | 135 | 1.95% | 91 | 1.31% | 14 | 0.20% | 5,027 | 72.50% | 6,933 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerome | 4,962 | 74.90% | 1,368 | 20.65% | 178 | 2.69% | 101 | 1.52% | 16 | 0.24% | 3,594 | 54.25% | 6,625 | ||||||||||||||
| Kootenai | 17,022 | 63.25% | 7,521 | 27.95% | 1,808 | 6.72% | 476 | 1.77% | 85 | 0.32% | 9,501 | 35.30% | 26,912 | ||||||||||||||
| Latah | 6,967 | 46.78% | 5,037 | 33.82% | 2,465 | 16.55% | 389 | 2.61% | 34 | 0.23% | 1,930 | 12.96% | 14,892 | ||||||||||||||
| Lemhi | 2,646 | 71.53% | 794 | 21.47% | 167 | 4.51% | 85 | 2.30% | 7 | 0.19% | 1,852 | 50.06% | 3,699 | ||||||||||||||
| Lewis | 1,088 | 53.00% | 774 | 37.70% | 160 | 7.79% | 30 | 1.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 314 | 15.30% | 2,053 | ||||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,294 | 69.12% | 462 | 24.68% | 83 | 4.43% | 30 | 1.60% | 3 | 0.16% | 832 | 44.44% | 1,872 | ||||||||||||||
| Madison | 6,555 | 88.41% | 728 | 9.82% | 64 | 0.86% | 51 | 0.69% | 16 | 0.22% | 5,827 | 78.59% | 7,414 | ||||||||||||||
| Minidoka | 6,035 | 74.22% | 1,689 | 20.77% | 260 | 3.20% | 135 | 1.66% | 12 | 0.15% | 4,346 | 53.45% | 8,131 | ||||||||||||||
| Nez Perce | 7,495 | 47.61% | 6,565 | 41.70% | 1,344 | 8.54% | 314 | 1.99% | 26 | 0.17% | 930 | 5.91% | 15,744 | ||||||||||||||
| Oneida | 1,461 | 74.16% | 434 | 22.03% | 50 | 2.54% | 23 | 1.17% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,027 | 52.13% | 1,970 | ||||||||||||||
| Owyhee | 2,257 | 71.88% | 732 | 23.31% | 93 | 2.96% | 53 | 1.69% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,525 | 48.57% | 3,140 | ||||||||||||||
| Payette | 4,508 | 67.14% | 1,828 | 27.23% | 253 | 3.77% | 105 | 1.56% | 20 | 0.30% | 2,680 | 39.91% | 6,714 | ||||||||||||||
| Power | 2,235 | 71.11% | 727 | 23.13% | 119 | 3.79% | 57 | 1.81% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,508 | 47.98% | 3,143 | ||||||||||||||
| Shoshone | 3,994 | 52.04% | 3,102 | 40.42% | 407 | 5.30% | 148 | 1.93% | 24 | 0.31% | 892 | 11.62% | 7,675 | ||||||||||||||
| Teton | 1,227 | 72.78% | 360 | 21.35% | 67 | 3.97% | 28 | 1.66% | 4 | 0.24% | 867 | 51.43% | 1,686 | ||||||||||||||
| Twin Falls | 17,425 | 73.50% | 4,835 | 20.39% | 976 | 4.12% | 344 | 1.45% | 128 | 0.54% | 12,590 | 53.11% | 23,708 | ||||||||||||||
| Valley | 2,041 | 62.38% | 926 | 28.30% | 245 | 7.49% | 58 | 1.77% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,115 | 34.08% | 3,272 | ||||||||||||||
| Washington | 2,915 | 63.58% | 1,421 | 30.99% | 172 | 3.75% | 67 | 1.46% | 10 | 0.22% | 1,494 | 32.59% | 4,585 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 290,699 | 66.46% | 110,192 | 25.19% | 27,058 | 6.19% | 8,425 | 1.93% | 1,057 | 0.24% | 180,507 | 41.27% | 437,431 | ||||||||||||||