1980 United States presidential election in Indiana explained

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Election Name:	1980 United States presidential election in Indiana
Country:	Indiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1976 United States presidential election in Indiana
Previous Year:	1976
Next Election:	1984 United States presidential election in Indiana
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:	13
Popular Vote1:	1,255,656
Percentage1:	56.01%
Nominee2:	Jimmy Carter
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Georgia
Running Mate2:	Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	844,197
Percentage2:	37.65%
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 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.

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.

Results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
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%

Results by county

County^[2]	Ronald Reagan Republican		Jimmy Carter Democratic		John B. Anderson Independent		Ed Clark Libertarian		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Blackford
• Clark
• Crawford
• Dearborn
• Dubois
• Floyd
• Gibson
• Greene
• Harrison
• Jefferson
• Knox
• Martin
• Ohio
• Owen
• Posey
• Spencer
• Starke
• Sullivan
• Vermillion
• Vigo
• Warrick
• Washington

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
2. Our Campaigns; IN US President, November 04, 1980