1980 United States presidential election in Iowa explained

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Election Name:	1980 United States presidential election in Iowa
Country:	Iowa
Flag Image:	Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1976 United States presidential election in Iowa
Previous Year:	1976
Next Election:	1984 United States presidential election in Iowa
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:	8
Popular Vote1:	676,026
Percentage1:	51.31%
Nominee2:	Jimmy Carter
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Georgia
Running Mate2:	Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	508,672
Percentage2:	38.60%
Image3:	John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg
Nominee3:	John B. Anderson
Color3:	DDDDBB
Party3:	Independent (Nominated By Petition)
Home State3:	Illinois
Running Mate3:	Patrick Lucey
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	115,633
Percentage3:	8.78%
Map Size:	280px
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 Iowa took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a comfortable margin of about 13 points.^[1], this is the last presidential election in which a Republican has won Iowa by more than 10 points, as well as the last time a Republican won Polk County,^[2] home to Iowa's capital and most populated city, Des Moines. It was also the last time until Donald Trump in 2016 that a Republican presidential candidate won the following counties: Boone, Cerro Gordo, Lee, Webster and Worth.^[2]

With Carter losing Iowa twice, he became the fifth American president and currently the last of 4 Democrats to have ever held office without winning the state in an election.

Caucus Results

1980 Democratic Caucus Results!Candidate!SDE!Delegates

Jimmy Carter (incumbent)	1,840	35
Ted Kennedy	995	19
Uncommitted	304	0
Totals	3,139	54

Note: SDE stands for 'State Delegate Equivalents' which (until 2020) was the closest thing to a popular vote available for the Democratic Caucus.

1980 Republican Caucus Results!Candidate!Votes!Delegates

George H.W. Bush	33,530	15
Ronald Reagan	31,348	15
Howard Baker	16,216	8
John Connally	9,861	0
Phil Crane	7,135	0
John Anderson	4,585	0
Uncommitted	1,800	0
Robert Dole	1,576	0
Totals	106,051	38

Results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
Ronald Reagan of California	George H. W. Bush	Republican	8	676,026	51.31%
Jimmy Carter (incumbent)	Walter Mondale (incumbent)	Democratic	0	508,672	38.60%
John B. Anderson	Patrick Lucey	Independent	0	115,633	8.78%
Edward E. Clark	David Koch	Libertarian	0	13,123	1.00%
Barry Commoner	LaDonna Harris	Citizens	0	2,273	0.17%
David McReynolds	Diane Drufenbrock	Socialist	0	534	0.04%
—	—	Write-ins	0	519	0.04%
Gus Hall	Angela Davis	Communist	0	298	0.02%
Clifton DeBerry	Matilde Zimmermann	Socialist Workers	0	244	0.02%
Percy Greaves Jr.	Frank Varnum	American	0	189	0.01%
Benjamin Bubar	Earl Dodge	Statesman	0	150	0.01%

Results by county

County^[3]	Ronald Reagan Republican		Jimmy Carter Democratic		John B. Anderson Nominated By Petition		Ed Clark Libertarian		Barry Commoner Citizens		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adair		2,821		60.16%		1,454		31.01%		356		7.59%		48		1.02%		8		0.17%		2		0.04%		1,367		29.15%		4,689
	Adams		1,779		59.62%		940		31.50%		214		7.17%		45		1.51%		2		0.07%		4		0.13%		839		28.12%		2,984
	Allamakee		4,000		60.73%		2,170		32.95%		343		5.21%		54		0.82%		11		0.17%		8		0.12%		1,830		27.78%		6,586
	Appanoose		3,544		52.68%		2,769		41.16%		353		5.25%		50		0.74%		5		0.07%		7		0.10%		775		11.52%		6,728
	Audubon		2,523		57.96%		1,546		35.52%		251		5.77%		25		0.57%		4		0.09%		4		0.09%		977		22.44%		4,353
	Benton		5,329		50.11%		4,223		39.71%		948		8.91%		116		1.09%		6		0.06%		13		0.12%		1,106		10.40%		10,635
	Black Hawk		29,627		46.49%		27,443		43.07%		5,847		9.18%		535		0.84%		121		0.19%		149		0.23%		2,184		3.42%		63,722
	Boone		5,732		47.42%		5,126		42.41%		1,081		8.94%		120		0.99%		16		0.13%		12		0.10%		606		5.01%		12,087
	Bremer		6,706		59.25%		3,527		31.16%		970		8.57%		97		0.86%		13		0.11%		5		0.04%		3,179		28.09%		11,318
	Buchanan		5,041		53.50%		3,605		38.26%		689		7.31%		76		0.81%		6		0.06%		5		0.05%		1,436		15.24%		9,422
	Buena Vista		5,272		54.49%		3,468		35.84%		771		7.97%		144		1.49%		8		0.08%		13		0.13%		1,804		18.65%		9,676
	Butler		4,730		65.90%		1,990		27.73%		392		5.46%		56		0.78%		5		0.07%		4		0.06%		2,740		38.17%		7,177
	Calhoun		3,633		57.41%		2,150		33.98%		407		6.43%		122		1.93%		4		0.06%		12		0.19%		1,483		23.43%		6,328
	Carroll		5,017		51.53%		3,885		39.90%		736		7.56%		84		0.86%		7		0.07%		8		0.08%		1,132		11.63%		9,737
	Cass		5,391		66.34%		2,176		26.78%		475		5.85%		70		0.86%		3		0.04%		11		0.14%		3,215		39.56%		8,126
	Cedar		4,398		56.41%		2,589		33.21%		697		8.94%		83		1.06%		18		0.23%		12		0.15%		1,809		23.20%		7,797
	Cerro Gordo		11,189		49.01%		9,363		41.02%		2,024		8.87%		185		0.81%		31		0.14%		36		0.16%		1,826		7.99%		22,828
	Cherokee		4,087		54.49%		2,719		36.25%		599		7.99%		81		1.08%		2		0.03%		12		0.16%		1,368		18.24%		7,500
	Chickasaw		3,929		52.86%		2,935		39.49%		500		6.73%		60		0.81%		2		0.03%		7		0.09%		994		13.37%		7,433
	Clarke		2,417		54.88%		1,614		36.65%		310		7.04%		59		1.34%		1		0.02%		3		0.07%		803		18.23%		4,404
	Clay		4,479		51.11%		3,179		36.27%		991		11.31%		101		1.15%		7		0.08%		7		0.08%		1,300		14.84%		8,764
	Clayton		5,115		55.56%		3,297		35.81%		669		7.27%		106		1.15%		9		0.10%		10		0.11%		1,818		19.75%		9,206
	Clinton		13,025		51.66%		9,698		38.47%		2,140		8.49%		260		1.03%		35		0.14%		53		0.21%		3,327		13.19%		25,211
	Crawford		4,883		61.02%		2,500		31.24%		509		6.36%		97		1.21%		10		0.12%		3		0.04%		2,383		29.78%		8,002
	Dallas		6,296		48.57%		5,310		40.96%		1,200		9.26%		128		0.99%		16		0.12%		14		0.11%		986		7.61%		12,964
	Davis		2,003		50.97%		1,689		42.98%		200		5.09%		32		0.81%		2		0.05%		4		0.10%		314		7.99%		3,930
	Decatur		2,212		47.67%		2,048		44.14%		318		6.85%		50		1.08%		7		0.15%		5		0.11%		164		3.53%		4,640
	Delaware		4,316		55.38%		2,671		34.27%		727		9.33%		62		0.80%		16		0.21%		2		0.03%		1,645		21.11%		7,794
	Des Moines		9,158		44.85%		9,977		48.87%		1,041		5.10%		183		0.90%		29		0.14%		29		0.14%		-819		-4.02%		20,417
	Dickinson		4,028		54.13%		2,620		35.21%		687		9.23%		86		1.16%		11		0.15%		10		0.13%		1,408		18.92%		7,442
	Dubuque		18,649		44.90%		18,689		44.99%		3,708		8.93%		368		0.89%		67		0.16%		58		0.14%		-40		-0.09%		41,539
	Emmet		3,062		53.49%		2,153		37.61%		446		7.79%		55		0.96%		4		0.07%		4		0.07%		909		15.88%		5,724
	Fayette		6,374		55.32%		4,377		37.98%		647		5.61%		100		0.87%		10		0.09%		15		0.13%		1,997		17.34%		11,523
	Floyd		4,665		51.16%		3,634		39.86%		728		7.98%		66		0.72%		5		0.05%		20		0.22%		1,031		11.30%		9,118
	Franklin		3,290		57.90%		1,920		33.79%		406		7.15%		56		0.99%		3		0.05%		7		0.12%		1,370		24.11%		5,682
	Fremont		2,693		65.19%		1,203		29.12%		191		4.62%		43		1.04%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		1,490		36.07%		4,131
	Greene		3,154		53.11%		2,210		37.21%		510		8.59%		55		0.93%		5		0.08%		5		0.08%		944		15.90%		5,939
	Grundy		4,644		66.10%		1,869		26.60%		440		6.26%		56		0.80%		10		0.14%		7		0.10%		2,775		39.50%		7,026
	Guthrie		3,214		58.29%		1,866		33.84%		384		6.96%		44		0.80%		3		0.05%		3		0.05%		1,348		24.45%		5,514
	Hamilton		4,745		57.40%		2,741		33.16%		679		8.21%		82		0.99%		11		0.13%		8		0.10%		2,004		24.24%		8,266
	Hancock		3,681		60.42%		1,918		31.48%		462		7.58%		17		0.28%		8		0.13%		6		0.10%		1,763		28.94%		6,092
	Hardin		5,329		53.72%		3,757		37.87%		730		7.36%		89		0.90%		3		0.03%		12		0.12%		1,572		15.85%		9,920
	Harrison		4,502		63.83%		2,152		30.51%		311		4.41%		81		1.15%		1		0.01%		6		0.09%		2,350		33.32%		7,053
	Henry		4,430		52.35%		3,317		39.20%		629		7.43%		70		0.83%		11		0.13%		5		0.06%		1,113		13.15%		8,462
	Howard		2,975		53.35%		2,214		39.71%		336		6.03%		42		0.75%		5		0.09%		4		0.07%		761		13.64%		5,576
	Humboldt		3,575		60.60%		1,840		31.19%		394		6.68%		77		1.31%		7		0.12%		6		0.10%		1,735		29.41%		5,899
	Ida		2,825		64.88%		1,235		28.36%		254		5.83%		37		0.85%		1		0.02%		2		0.05%		1,590		36.52%		4,354
	Iowa		4,153		55.21%		2,606		34.65%		667		8.87%		84		1.12%		5		0.07%		7		0.09%		1,547		20.56%		7,522
	Jackson		4,479		51.17%		3,518		40.19%		622		7.11%		106		1.21%		16		0.18%		13		0.15%		961		10.98%		8,754
	Jasper		8,286		48.84%		7,258		42.78%		1,221		7.20%		152		0.90%		28		0.17%		21		0.12%		1,028		6.06%		16,966
	Jefferson		4,099		56.16%		2,577		35.31%		505		6.92%		99		1.36%		9		0.12%		10		0.14%		1,522		20.85%		7,299
	Johnson		13,642		31.73%		20,122		46.80%		8,101		18.84%		508		1.18%		403		0.94%		221		0.51%		-6,480		-15.07%		42,997
	Jones		4,506		50.56%		3,521		39.50%		759		8.52%		114		1.28%		4		0.04%		9		0.10%		985		11.06%		8,913
	Keokuk		3,145		52.64%		2,390		40.00%		369		6.18%		62		1.04%		1		0.02%		8		0.13%		755		12.64%		5,975
	Kossuth		5,568		54.26%		3,810		37.13%		775		7.55%		94		0.92%		10		0.10%		5		0.05%		1,758		17.13%		10,262
	Lee		8,793		48.14%		8,204		44.92%		1,047		5.73%		183		1.00%		21		0.11%		17		0.09%		589		3.22%		18,265
	Linn		36,254		46.35%		31,950		40.84%		8,773		11.22%		994		1.27%		107		0.14%		146		0.19%		4,304		5.51%		78,224
	Louisa		2,530		55.19%		1,700		37.09%		291		6.35%		57		1.24%		4		0.09%		2		0.04%		830		18.10%		4,584
	Lucas		2,593		52.61%		1,989		40.35%		291		5.90%		49		0.99%		6		0.12%		1		0.02%		604		12.26%		4,929
	Lyon		4,349		70.05%		1,431		23.05%		375		6.04%		48		0.77%		2		0.03%		3		0.05%		2,918		47.00%		6,208
	Madison		3,320		51.79%		2,496		38.93%		505		7.88%		72		1.12%		7		0.11%		11		0.17%		824		12.86%		6,411
	Mahaska		5,650		54.52%		3,968		38.29%		603		5.82%		106		1.02%		21		0.20%		15		0.14%		1,682		16.23%		10,363
	Marion		6,665		49.30%		5,490		40.61%		1,232		9.11%		108		0.80%		10		0.07%		13		0.10%		1,175		8.69%		13,518
	Marshall		10,707		54.56%		7,114		36.25%		1,541		7.85%		188		0.96%		37		0.19%		39		0.20%		3,593		18.31%		19,626
	Mills		3,581		69.09%		1,244		24.00%		281		5.42%		60		1.16%		6		0.12%		11		0.21%		2,337		45.09%		5,183
	Mitchell		3,401		58.00%		2,040		34.79%		361		6.16%		49		0.84%		5		0.09%		8		0.14%		1,361		23.21%		5,864
	Monona		3,268		61.85%		1,660		31.42%		275		5.20%		69		1.31%		6		0.11%		6		0.11%		1,608		30.43%		5,284
	Monroe		2,003		48.65%		1,866		45.32%		216		5.25%		22		0.53%		4		0.10%		6		0.15%		137		3.33%		4,117
	Montgomery		4,115		67.97%		1,556		25.70%		301		4.97%		65		1.07%		5		0.08%		12		0.20%		2,559		42.27%		6,054
	Muscatine		7,829		51.69%		5,597		36.96%		1,522		10.05%		160		1.06%		21		0.14%		16		0.11%		2,232		14.73%		15,145
	O'Brien		4,937		63.61%		2,210		28.48%		536		6.91%		63		0.81%		8		0.10%		7		0.09%		2,727		35.13%		7,761
	Osceola		2,177		62.45%		1,051		30.15%		234		6.71%		20		0.57%		2		0.06%		2		0.06%		1,126		32.30%		3,486
	Page		5,618		71.93%		1,772		22.69%		356		4.56%		49		0.63%		5		0.06%		10		0.13%		3,846		49.24%		7,810
	Palo Alto		3,025		50.69%		2,463		41.27%		412		6.90%		60		1.01%		4		0.07%		4		0.07%		562		9.42%		5,968
	Plymouth		6,515		62.97%		2,965		28.66%		756		7.31%		92		0.89%		8		0.08%		10		0.10%		3,550		34.31%		10,346
	Pocahontas		3,194		56.17%		1,959		34.45%		397		6.98%		113		1.99%		7		0.12%		16		0.28%		1,235		21.72%		5,686
	Polk		64,156		44.63%		61,984		43.12%		15,819		11.00%		1,301		0.90%		309		0.21%		189		0.13%		2,172		1.51%		143,758
	Pottawattamie		20,222		60.96%		10,709		32.29%		1,870		5.64%		319		0.96%		17		0.05%		33		0.10%		9,513		28.67%		33,170
	Poweshiek		4,598		50.52%		3,529		38.77%		821		9.02%		72		0.79%		66		0.73%		16		0.18%		1,069		11.75%		9,102
	Ringgold		1,884		57.95%		1,150		35.37%		191		5.88%		25		0.77%		1		0.03%		0		0.00%		734		22.58%		3,251
	Sac		3,725		59.47%		1,976		31.55%		467		7.46%		89		1.42%		1		0.02%		6		0.10%		1,749		27.92%		6,264
	Scott		34,701		51.09%		26,391		38.85%		5,760		8.48%		832		1.22%		143		0.21%		99		0.15%		8,310		12.24%		67,926
	Shelby		4,147		64.03%		1,892		29.21%		372		5.74%		54		0.83%		7		0.11%		5		0.08%		2,255		34.82%		6,477
	Sioux		10,768		76.01%		2,698		19.04%		610		4.31%		64		0.45%		17		0.12%		10		0.07%		8,070		56.97%		14,167
	Story		15,829		42.36%		13,529		36.20%		7,252		19.41%		503		1.35%		184		0.49%		74		0.20%		2,300		6.16%		37,371
	Tama		4,840		56.27%		3,049		35.45%		593		6.89%		98		1.14%		8		0.09%		14		0.16%		1,791		20.82%		8,602
	Taylor		2,715		64.44%		1,226		29.10%		240		5.70%		28		0.66%		1		0.02%		3		0.07%		1,489		35.34%		4,213
	Union		3,372		56.40%		2,182		36.49%		368		6.15%		46		0.77%		3		0.05%		8		0.13%		1,190		19.91%		5,979
	Van Buren		2,142		58.21%		1,311		35.63%		183		4.97%		36		0.98%		2		0.05%		6		0.16%		831		22.58%		3,680
	Wapello		7,475		42.31%		8,923		50.50%		1,050		5.94%		176		1.00%		27		0.15%		17		0.10%		-1,448		-8.19%		17,668
	Warren		7,360		47.43%		6,610		42.59%		1,369		8.82%		131		0.84%		22		0.14%		27		0.17%		750		4.84%		15,519
	Washington		3,967		52.01%		2,877		37.72%		703		9.22%		67		0.88%		4		0.05%		9		0.12%		1,090		14.29%		7,627
	Wayne		2,221		54.12%		1,627		39.64%		218		5.31%		36		0.88%		2		0.05%		0		0.00%		594		14.48%		4,104
	Webster		10,438		49.63%		9,001		42.80%		1,386		6.59%		154		0.73%		28		0.13%		23		0.11%		1,437		6.83%		21,030
	Winnebago		3,808		58.77%		2,208		34.08%		417		6.44%		35		0.54%		4		0.06%		7		0.11%		1,600		24.69%		6,479
	Winneshiek		5,033		54.10%		3,201		34.40%		938		10.08%		81		0.87%		39		0.42%		12		0.13%		1,832		19.70%		9,304
	Woodbury		23,553		54.43%		15,930		36.81%		3,184		7.36%		489		1.13%		41		0.09%		78		0.18%		7,623		17.62%		43,275
	Worth		2,247		52.13%		1,721		39.93%		301		6.98%		31		0.72%		5		0.12%		5		0.12%		526		12.20%		4,310
	Wright		3,936		55.07%		2,645		37.01%		497		6.95%		57		0.80%		4		0.06%		8		0.11%		1,291		18.06%		7,147
Totals	676,026	51.31%	508,672	38.60%	115,633	8.78%	13,123	1.00%	2,273	0.17%	1,934	0.15%	167,354	12.71%	1,317,661

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• • • • • • • • Adams Appanoose Audubon Benton Boone Carroll Cerro Gordo Chickasaw
• Clarke
• Crawford
• Dallas
  • • Davis Decatur Floyd
      • • Greene Guthrie Hamilton Henry Howard
• Jackson
  • Jasper Keokuk
• Kossuth
• Lee
• Linn
• Lucas
  • Madison Marion
• Mitchell
  • Monona Monroe
  • Palo Alto Pocahontas
• Polk
• Poweshiek
• Ringgold
• Tama
• Union
• Van Buren
  • • • • Warren Webster Wayne Worth Wright

See also

• United States presidential elections in Iowa

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1980 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa. uselectionatlas.org. May 24, 2015.
2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
3. Web site: IA US President Race, November 04, 1980. Our Campaigns.