1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries

1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries

←  1976 January 21 to June 3, 1980 1984  →
3,346 delegates to the Democratic National Convention 1,674 (majority) votes needed to win
Candidate Jimmy Carter Ted Kennedy Uncommitted Home state Georgia Massachusetts Delegate count 1,984 [a] [1] 1,237 [a] [1] 96 Contests won 37 13 1 Popular vote 10,043,016 7,381,693 1,288,423 Percentage 51.1% 37.6% 6.6%
First place by first-instance vote First place by delegate allocation First place by convention roll call      Carter     Kennedy     Uncommitted
Previous Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter

From January 21 to June 3, 1980, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Jimmy Carter was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses, culminating in the 1980 Democratic National Convention, held from August 11 to 14, 1980, in New York City.

Carter faced a major primary challenger in Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, who won 12 contests and received more than seven million votes nationwide, enough for him to refuse to concede the nomination until the second day of the convention. This remains the last primary election in which an incumbent president's party nomination was still contested going into the convention.

Carter would be the last incumbent president to lose a primary in any contest until Joe Biden lost to Jason Palmer in the 2024 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses. ^[2] For the Democrats in 1980, a then-record of 37 primary races were held. ^[3]

Primary race

At the time, Iran was experiencing a major uprising that severely damaged its oil infrastructure and greatly weakened its capability to produce oil. ^[4] In January 1979, shortly after Iran's leader Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi fled the country, lead Iranian opposition figure Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from a 14-year exile and with the help of the Iranian people toppled the Shah which in turn led to the installation of a new government that was hostile towards the United States. ^[4] The damage that resulted from Khomeini's rise to power was soon felt throughout many American cities. ^[4] In the spring and summer of 1979 inflation was on the rise and various parts of the country were experiencing energy shortages. ^[5] The gas lines last seen just after the Arab/Israeli war of 1973 were back and President Carter was widely blamed.

President Carter's approval ratings were very low—28% according to Gallup, ^[6] with some other polls giving even lower numbers. In July Carter returned from Camp David and announced a reshuffling of his cabinet on national television, giving a speech whose downcast demeanor resulted in it being widely labelled the "malaise speech." While the speech caused a brief upswing in the president's approval rating, the decision to dismiss several cabinet members was widely seen as a rash act of desperation, causing his approval rating to plummet back into the twenties. Some Democrats felt it worth the risk to mount a challenge to Carter in the primaries. Although Hugh Carey and William Proxmire decided not to run, Senator Edward M. Kennedy finally made his long-expected run at the presidency.

Ted Kennedy had been asked to take his brother Robert's place at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and had refused. He ran for Senate Majority Whip in 1969, with many thinking that he was going to use this as a platform for the 1972 race. ^[7] However, then came the notorious Chappaquiddick incident that killed Kennedy's car passenger Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy subsequently refused to run for president in 1972 and 1976. Many of his supporters suspected that Chappaquiddick had destroyed any ability he had to win on a national level. Despite this, in the summer of 1979, Kennedy consulted with his extended family, and that fall, he let it leak out that because of Carter's failings, 1980 might indeed be the year he would try for the nomination. Gallup had him beating the president by over two to one, but Carter remained confident, famously claiming at a June White House gathering of Congressmen that if Kennedy ran against him in the primary, he would "whip his ass." ^[8]

Kennedy's official announcement was scheduled for early November. A television interview with Roger Mudd of CBS a few days before the announcement went badly, however. Kennedy gave an "incoherent and repetitive" ^[9] answer to the question of why he was running, and the polls, which showed him leading the President by 58–25 in August now had him ahead 49–39. ^[10] Meanwhile, U.S. animosity towards the Khomeini régime greatly accelerated after 52 American hostages were taken by a group of Islamist students and militants at the U.S. embassy in Tehran and Carter's approval ratings jumped in the 60-percent range in some polls, due to a "rally ‘round the flag" effect ^[11] and an appreciation of Carter's calm handling of the crisis. Taking advantage of Kennedy's separation from his then-wife Joan, one notable campaign bumper sticker from the 1980 campaign read "Vote Jimmy Carter, Free Joan Kennedy." ^[12]

Kennedy was suddenly left far behind. Carter beat Kennedy decisively in Iowa and New Hampshire. Carter decisively defeated Kennedy everywhere except Massachusetts, until impatience began to build with the President's strategy on Iran. When the primaries in New York and Connecticut came around, it was Kennedy who won.

Momentum built for Ted Kennedy after Carter's attempt to rescue the hostages on April 25 ended in disaster and drew further skepticism towards Carter's leadership ability. ^[13] Nevertheless, Carter was still able to maintain a substantial lead even after Kennedy won the key states of California and New Jersey in June. Despite this, Kennedy refused to drop out, and the 1980 Democratic National Convention was one of the nastiest on record. On the penultimate day, Kennedy conceded the nomination and called for a more liberal party platform in the Dream Shall Never Die speech, considered by many as the best speech of his career, and one of the best political speeches of the 20th Century. ^[14] On the stage on the final day, Kennedy for the most part ignored Carter.

Schedule and results

Date (daily totals)	Pledged delegates	Contest	Delegates won and popular vote [b]
			Jimmy Carter	Ted Kennedy	Jerry Brown	Lyndon LaRouche	Others	Uncommitted
January 21	3,220 SDEs	Iowa [15] [c] caucuses	1,830 SDEs	968 SDEs	–	–	–	297 SDEs
February 10	2,247 SDs	Maine [16] [d] caucuses (33,326)	1,017 SDs 14,528 (43.59%)	847 SDs 13,384 (40.16%)	263 SDs 4,626 (13.88%)	–	–	52 SDs 793 (2.38%)
February 26	0 (of 75)	Minnesota [17] [e] caucuses	(~73.7%)	(~10.4%)	–	–	–	–
	19	New Hampshire [18] 111,930	10 52,692 (47.08%)	9 41,745 (37.30%)	10,743 (9.60%)	2,326 (2.08%)	4,424 (3.95%)	–
March 4	111	Massachusetts [19] 907,323	34 260,401 (28.70%)	77 590,393 (65.07%)	31,498 (3.47%)	–	5,368 (0.59%)	19,663 (2.17%)
	0 (of 12)	Vermont [20] 39,703	29,015 (73.08%)	10,135 (25.53%)	358 (0.90%)	6 (0.02%)	189 (0.48%)	–
March 8	3,220 SDs	Iowa [21] county conventions	1,966 SDs	1,116 SDs	–	–	–	121 SDs
March 11 (207)	45	Alabama [22] 237,464	43 193,734 (81.59%)	2 31,382 (13.22%)	9,529 (4.01%)	1,149 (0.48%)	–	1,670 (0.70%)
	2,367 SDs	Alaska [23] [f] caucuses	392 SDs	110 SDs	10 SDs	–	–	847 SDs
	99	Florida [24] 1,098,003	76 666,321 (60.69%)	23 254,727 (23.20%)	53,474 (4.87%)	–	19,160 (1.75%)	1 104,321 (9.50%)
	63	Georgia [25] 384,780	62 338,772 (88.04%)	1 32,315 (8.40%)	7,255 (1.89%)	–	2,731 (0.71%)	3,707 [g] (0.96%)
	6,097 CDs	Oklahoma [26] [h] caucuses	4,638 CDs	593 CDs	19 CDs	–	–	847 CDs
March 15	0 (of 32)	Mississippi [26] [i] caucuses	(~78%)	(~5%)	(~1%)	–	(~1%)	(~16%)
	11,107 CDs	South Carolina [27] [j] caucuses	7,035 CDs	579 CDs	7 CDs	–	–	3,486 CDs
March 16	41	Puerto Rico [28] 870,235	21 449,681 (51.67%)	20 418,068 (48.04%)	1,660 (0.19%)	–	826 (0.10%)	–
March 18	179	Illinois [29] [30] [k] 1,201,067	165 780,787 (65.01%)	14 359,875 (29.96%)	39,168 (3.26%)	19,192 (1.60%)	2,045 (1.77%)	–
	9,811 CDs	Washington [31] caucuses	5,264 CDs	2,491 CDs	63 CDs	–	–	1,993 CDs
March 22	2,999 SDs	Virginia [32] [l] caucuses	2,169 SDs	355 SDs	1 SD	–	–	186 SDs
March 24	11,107 CDs	South Carolina [33] [m] county conventions	(~69%)	(~6%)	–	–	–	(~25%)
March 25 (336)	54	Connecticut [34] 210,275	25 87,207 (41.47%)	29 98,662 (46.92%)	5,386 (2.56%)	5,617 (2.67%)	–	13,403 (6.37%)
	282	New York [35] [36] 989,062	118 406,305 (41.08%)	164 582,757 (58.92%)	–	–	–	–
March 29	932 SDs	Oklahoma [37] county conventions	723 SDs	88 SDs	–	–	1 SDs	120 SDs
April 1 (112)	37	Kansas [38] 193,918	23 109,807 (56.63%)	14 61,318 (31.62%)	9,434 (4.87%)	–	2,196 [n] (1.13%)	9,434 (4.87%)
	75	Wisconsin [39] 629,619	48 353,662 (56.17%)	26 189,520 (30.10%)	1 74,496 (11.83%)	6,896 (1.10%)	2,351 [o] (0.37%)	2,694 (0.43%)
April 5	51	Louisiana [40] 358,741	39 199,956 (55.74%)	12 80,797 (22.52%)	16,774 (4.68%)	–	19,600 [p] (5.46%)	41,614 (11.60%)
April 6	22 (of 32)	Mississippi [41] district conventions	22	–	–	–	–	–
April 12 (60)	0 (of 29)	Arizona [16] [q] caucuses (19,600)	8,342 (42.56%)	10,241 (52.25%)	95 (0.49%)	–	8 [r] (0.04%)	914 (4.66%)
	37	South Carolina [42] [s] convention	34	1	–	–	–	2
	23 (of 64)	Virginia [t] [43] district conventions	21	2	–	–	–	–
April 17	380 SDs	Idaho [44] caucuses	185 SDs	111 SDs	–	–	–	84 SDs
April 18	1,310 SDs	Washington [45] county conventions	744 SDs	368 SDs	–	–	–	198 SDs
April 19 (108)	34 (of 60)	Iowa [46] district conventions	21	11	–	–	–	2
	18 (of 75)	Minnesota [u] [47] district conventions	12	1	–	–	–	5
	10 (of 32)	Mississippi [48] district conventions	10	–	–	–	–	–
	29 (of 42) 932 SDs	Oklahoma [49] district conventions	24	3	–	–	–	2
	17 (of 64)	Virginia [v] [50] district conventions	14	3	–	–	–	–
April 22	793 SDs	Missouri [51] caucuses	550 SDs	108 SDs	–	–	–	135 SDs
	185	Pennsylvania [52] 1,613,223	91 732,332 (45.40%)	94 736,854 (45.68%)	37,669 (2.34%)	–	12,503 (0.78%)	93,865 (5.82%)
	1,535 SDs [w]	Vermont [53] caucuses	366 SDs	516 SDs	–	–	–	262 SDs
April 26	141	Michigan [54] caucuses	7,567 (46.68%)	7,793 (48.08%)	–	–	–	850 (5.24%)
May 3 (63)	33 (of 75)	Minnesota [x] [55] district conventions	15	4	–	–	–	14
	13 (of 42)	Oklahoma [56] convention (932 SDs)	10	–	–	–	–	3
	0 (of 152)	Texas [57] 1,377,356	770,390 (55.93%)	314,129 (22.81%)	35,585 (2.58%)	–	–	257,252 (18.68%)
	17 (of 64)	Virginia [y] [58] district conventions	4	–	–	–	–	–
May 5	2,918 SDs	Colorado [z] [59] [60] [61] caucuses	1,174 SDs	852 SDs	–	–	–	892 SDs
May 6 (223)	19	Washington, D.C. [62] 64,150	8 23,697 (36.94%)	11 39,561 (61.67%)	–	892 (1.39%)	–	–
	80	Indiana [63] 589,441	53 398,949 (67.68%)	27 190,492 (32.32%)	–	–	–	–
	69	North Carolina [64] 737,262	53 516,778 (70.09%)	13 130,684 (17.73%)	21,420 (2.91%)	–	–	68,380 (9.28%)
	55	Tennessee [64] 294,680	44 221,658 (75.22%)	11 53,258 (18.07%)	5,612 (1.90%)	925 (0.31%)	1,684 [aa] (0.57%)	11,515 (3.91%)
May 10	3,900 SDs [ab]	Texas [65] caucuses	1,431 SDs	644 SDs	–	–	–	312 SDs
	11	Wyoming [66] convention	8	3	–	–	–	–
May 13 (54)	30	Maryland [67] 477,090	32 226,528 (47.48%)	26 181,091 (37.96%)	14,313 (3.00%)	4,388 (0.92%)	4,891 [ac] (1.03%)	1 45,879 (9.62%)
	24	Nebraska [68] 153,881	14 72,120 (46.87%)	10 57,826 (37.58%)	5,478 (3.56%)	1,169 (0.76%)	1,247 (0.81%)	16,041 (10.42%)
May 17 (53)	11	Alaska [69] convention	0.61	1.83	–	–	–	8.56
	22	Maine [70] convention	11	11	–	–	–	–
	20 (of 64)	Virginia [71] convention	20	–	–	–	–	–
May 20	0 (of 141)	Michigan [72] 78,424	–	–	23,043 (29.38%)	8,948 (11.41%)	10,048 (12.81%)	36,385 (46.40%)
	39	Oregon [73] 367,204	26 208,693 (56.83%)	13 114,651 (31.22%)	34,409 (9.37%)	–	9,451 (2.57%)	–
	3,760 SDs	Utah [74] caucuses	1,779 SDs	876 SDs	–	–	–	1,105 SDs
May 24 (48)	22	Arizona [75] convention	13	16	–	–	–	–
	14	Delaware [76] convention	10	4	–	–	–	–
	12	Vermont [77] convention	5	7	–	–	–	–
May 27 (95)	33	Arkansas [78] [79] 448,290	23 269,375 (60.09%)	5 78,542 (17.52%)	–	–	19,469 [ad] (4.34%)	5 80,904 (18.05%)
	0 (of 20)	Idaho [80] 50,482	31,383 (62.17%)	11,087 (21.96%)	2,078 (4.12%)	–	–	5,934 (11.76%)
	50	Kentucky [80] 240,331	38 160,819 (66.92%)	12 55,167 (22.96%)	–	–	5,126 [ae] (2.13%)	19,219 (8.00%)
	12	Nevada [80] 66,948	5 25,159 (37.58%)	3 19,296 (28.82%)	–	–	–	4 22,493 (33.60%)
May 30	19	Hawaii [81] convention	15	4	–	–	–	–
May 31	6 (of 40)	Colorado [af] [82] district conventions	3	2	–	–	–	1
June 3 (738)	298	California [83] 3,363,969	137 1,266,276 (37.64%)	167 1,507,142 (44.80%)	135,962 (4.04%)	71,779 (2.13%)	51 (0.00%)	382,759 (11.38%)
	53 (of 77)	Missouri [ag] [84] district conventions	40	5	–	–	–	8
	19	Montana [85] 130,059	10 66,922 (51.46%)	9 47,671 (36.65%)	–	–	–	15,466 (11.89%)
	113	New Jersey [86] 560,908	45 212,387 (37.87%)	68 315,109 (56.18%)	–	13,913 (2.48%)	–	19,499 (3.48%)
	20	New Mexico [87] 159,364	10 66,621 (41.80%)	10 73,721 (46.26%)	–	4,798 (3.01%)	4,490 [ah] (2.82%)	9,734 (6.11%)
	161	Ohio [88] 1,186,410	84 605,744 (51.06%)	77 523,874 (44.16%)	–	35,268 (2.97%)	21,524 (1.81%)	–
	23	Rhode Island [89] 38,327	6 9,907 (25.85%)	17 26,179 (68.30%)	310 (0.81%)	1,160 (3.03%)	–	771 (2.01%)
	19	South Dakota [90] 68,763	9 31,251 (45.45%)	10 33,418 (48.60%)	–	–	–	4,094 (5.95%)
	32	West Virginia [91] 317,934	24 197,687 (62.18%)	8 120,247 (37.82%)	–	–	–	–
June 7	24 (of 75)	Minnesota [92] convention	12	7	–	–	–	5
June 8	14	North Dakota [93] convention	7	5	–	–	–	2
June 14 (132)	13 (of 40)	Colorado [94] convention	6	4	–	–	–	3
	21 (of 40)	Colorado [ai] [aj] [94] district conventions	11	8	–	–	–	2
	16 (of 60)	Iowa [95] convention	10	6	–	–	–	–
	24 (of 77)	Missouri [96] convention	17	–	–	–	–	7
	58	Washington [97] convention	36	21	–	–	–	1
June 21	152	Texas [98] convention	104	38	–	–	–	10
June 28	17	Idaho [44] convention	8	5	–	–	–	4
July 12	20	Utah [99] convention (3,760 SDs)	10	4	–	–	–	6
3,346 delegates 19,649,458 votes			1,979.61 10,043,016 (51.11%)	1,229.83 7,381,693 (37.57%)	1 575,296 (2.93%)	0 177,784 (0.91%)	0 183,246 (0.93%)	96.56 1,288,423 (6.56%)

Candidates

Nominee

Candidate			Most recent office	Home state	Campaign	Popular vote	Contests won	Running mate
Jimmy Carter			President of the United States (1977–1981)	Georgia	(Campaign • Positions) Secured nomination:August 11, 1980	10,043,016 (51.13%)	36 IA, ME, NH, VT, AL, FL, GA, PR, IL, KS, WI, LA, TX, IN, NC, TN, NE, MD, OK, AR ID, KY, NV, MT, OH, WV, MO, OR, WA	Walter Mondale

Other major candidates

These candidates participated in multiple state primaries or were included in multiple major national polls.

Candidate			Most recent office	Home state	Campaign	Popular vote	Contests won
Ted Kennedy			U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1962–2009)	Massachusetts	(Campaign) Announced campaign: November 7, 1979 Withdrew at convention: August 11, 1980	7,381,693 (37.58%)	12 AZ, MA, CT, NY, PA, ND, DC, CA, NJ, NM, RI, SD, VT, AK, MI
Jerry Brown			Governor of California (1975–1983) Secretary of State of California (1971–1975)	California	(Campaign) Withdrew: April 2, 1980	575,296 (2.93%)	None

Minor candidates

Lyndon LaRouche	Cliff Finch	David Duke
Leader of ths National Caucus of Labor Committees (1968–2019)	Governor of Mississippi (1976–1980)	Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
177,784 votes	48,032 votes	[ data missing ]

Far-right politician David Duke tried to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Despite being six years too young to be qualified to run for president, Duke attempted to place his name onto the ballot in twelve states stating that he wanted to be a power broker who could "select issues and form a platform representing the majority of this country" at the Democratic National Convention. ^{[100] [101]}

Alice Tripp attempted to run in order to garner support for the anti-power line movement. ^[102] She was unable to gain the required number of delegate signatures^{[ clarification needed ]} and endorsed Ron Dellums and spoke in his support at the national convention. ^{[102] [103]} She ultimately received votes from two delegates at the convention. ^[104]

Declined to run

• Governor Hugh Carey of New York
• Representative Ron Dellums of California
• Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin

Polling

National polling

Poll source	Publication	Jerry Brown	Jimmy Carter	Ted Kennedy	Other	Undecided
Gallup	April 1978	12%	29%	36%	16%	7%
Gallup	July 1978	11%	20%	44%	16%	9%
Gallup	September 1978	8%	34%	39%	12%	7%
Gallup	November 1978	10%	32%	58%	–
Gallup	April 1979	9%	31%	58%	2%
Gallup	June 1979	8%	17%	52%	9%	14%
Gallup	June 1979	9%	22%	54%	6%	9%
Gallup	July 1979	9%	21%	53%	16%	1%
Gallup	November 1979	9%	34%	51%	6%
Gallup	November 1979	8%	32%	39%	5%	16%
Gallup	December 1979	–	46%	42%	12%
Gallup	January 1980	–	51%	37%	12%
Gallup	January 1980	–	63%	24%	13%
Gallup	February 1980	–	61%	32%	7%
Gallup	March 1980	–	66%	27%	7%
Gallup	March 1980	–	60%	28%	12%
Gallup	March 1980	–	59%	31%	10%
Gallup	April 1980	–	53%	33%	14%
Gallup	May 1980	–	51%	36%	13%
Gallup	May 1980	–	58%	31%	11%
Gallup	July 1980	–	60%	34%	6%
Gallup	August 1980	–	48%	38%	14%

1. This is an estimate provided by the source.
2. This should not be taken as a finalized list of results. While a significant amount of research was done, there were a number of Delegates who were not bound by the instruction, or "Pledged" to a candidate, and to simplify the data these delegates were considered "Uncommitted". Some states also held primaries for the delegate positions, and these on occasion were where slates or candidates pledge to a certain candidate might be elected; however, as these elections allowed for a single person to vote for multiple candidates, as many as the number of positions being filled, it is difficult to determine how many people actually voted in these primaries. For this reason, while the results of some are in the table, they are not included in the popular vote summaries at the bottom of the table.
3. Three percent of the precincts had not yet reported their results in the source used.
4. 20 communities of 503 had not yet reported their results in the source used.
5. Only 98 of 100 precincts were tallied in the source, and only by percentages.
6. Only 57% of the seats were decided in the source.
7. Includes 1,378 votes (0.36%) for Cliff Finch, 513 votes (0.13%) for Lyndon LaRouche.
8. Only 82% of the precincts were called in the source. The number of delegates elected was also unclear.
9. Only 63% of the delegate selections were given in the source, and only by percentages.
10. Only 1,079 of 1,629 precincts were called in the source.
11. There were two primaries in this state: a non-binding preference primary in which eligible voters cast ballots directly for a candidate and a delegate primary in which delegates to the National Convention were elected.
12. Only 90% of meetings were accounted for in the source.
13. Only 37 of 45 counties were called in the source.
14. Includes 629 votes (0.32%) for Cliff Finch.
15. Includes 1,842 votes (0.29%) for Cliff Finch.
16. Includes 11,153 votes (3.11%) for Cliff Finch.
17. 8 polling places out of 84 had not yet reported their results in the source used.
18. Includes 5 votes (0.03%) for Cliff Finch.
19. Only 37 of 45 counties were called in the source.
20. Only five of ten districts held conventions on this date.
21. Only three of eight districts held conventions on this date.
22. Only four of ten districts held conventions on this date.
23. Results only for 1,144 of the 1,535 Delegates were accounted for in the source.
24. Only five of eight districts held conventions on this date.
25. Only one of ten districts held conventions on this date.
26. With only 65% of precincts tallied, no vote beyond percentages.
27. Includes 1,663 votes (0.56%) for Cliff Finch.
28. Results only for 2,387 of the 3,900 Delegates were accounted for in the source.
29. All votes for Cliff Finch.
30. All votes for Cliff Finch.
31. Includes 2,517 votes (1.05%) for Cliff Finch.
32. Only one of five districts held conventions on this date.
33. All ten districts held conventions on this date.
34. All votes for Cliff Finch.
35. Only four of five districts held conventions on this date.
36. This is an assumption; no sources were found for the other District Conventions, but they occurred sometime before or during the State Convention.

Endorsements

Jimmy Carter
U.S. senators Senator Joe Biden of Delaware Senator John Glenn of Ohio [105] Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut [106] Federal officials Former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young [106] Governors Governor Brendan T. Byrne of New Jersey [106] Governor Edward J. King of Massachusetts [107] State officials State Representative Mary O. Boyle of Ohio [105] Secretary of State Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., of Ohio [105] Treasurer Gertrude Donahey of Ohio [105] State Senate president Oliver Ocasek of Ohio [105] Municipal officials Mayor Dianne Feinstein of San Francisco [106] Mayor Maynard Jackson of Atlanta [106] Mayor William Donald Schaefer of Baltimore [108] Individuals Singer Johnny Cash [109] Singer Tom T. Hall [109] Singer Willie Nelson [109] Musician Hank Snow [109] Glenn Watts, president of the Communications Workers of America [106]

Ted Kennedy
U.S. senators Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Senate Majority Leader Ambassador at Large and United States Coordinator for Refugee Affairs and former Senator Dick Clark of Iowa [110] Former Senator William Hathaway of Maine [111] Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson of Washington Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, former presidential candidate [112] Senator Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio [105] Senator Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts [113] Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey [114] House of Representatives Representative Eugene Atkinson of Pennsylvania [115] Representative Shirley Chisholm of New York [116] Representative William R. Cotter of Connecticut [117] Representative Chris Dodd of Connecticut [117] Representative Walter Fauntroy of the District of Columbia [118] Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts [113] Representative Barbara Mikulski of Maryland [108] Representative Toby Moffett of Connecticut [117] Representative William R. Ratchford of Connecticut [117] Representative Paul Simon of Illinois [119] Representative Louis Stokes of Ohio [105] Representative Mo Udall of Arizona [106] Cabinet officials Roswell Gilpatrick, 10th Deputy Secretary of Defense (1961–1964) [120] Stewart Udall, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior (1961–1969) [121] Governors Governor Joseph Brennan of Maine [106] Former Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon of Puerto Rico [122] Former Governor Michael DiSalle of Ohio [105] Former Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts [123] Former Governor Patrick Lucey of Wisconsin [124] Former Governor Thomas P. Salmon of Vermont [125] State officials State Senator Julian Bond of Georgia [106] Bill Christiansen, Former Lieutenant Governor of Montana [126] State Representative Frank Giglio of Illinois [119] Joan Growe, Secretary of State of Minnesota [127] James A. Guest, Secretary of State of Iowa [128] Tom Miller, Attorney General of Iowa [129] Frank Murray, Secretary of State of Montana [130] Thomas P. O'Neill III, 65th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1975–1983) [131] Municipal officials Carol Bellamy, president of the New York City Council [106] Mayor Jane Byrne of Chicago [119] Francis J. Caine, former mayor of Burlington, Vermont [125] Alderman Wilson Frost of Chicago's 34th Ward [119] Richard Fulton, mayor of Nashville, Tennessee [132] Mayor William J. Green III of Philadelphia [115] Earle Grueskin, former mayor of Sioux City, Iowa [133] City Treasurer Cecil A. Partee of Chicago [119] Alderman Eugene Sawyer of Chicago's 6th Ward [119] Former Mayor Jerry Springer of Cincinnati [105] Alderman Edward Vrdolyak of Chicago's 10th Ward [119] Party officials Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chairman Tim Hagan [105] Labor unions AFL-CIO [134] Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees [135] International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers [136] International Union of Police Associations [137] New York State United Teachers [138] United Automobile Workers [139] United Paperworkers' International Union [140] Organizations Americans for Democratic Action [141] Individuals Actor Warren Beatty [142] [109] Douglas A. Fraser, president of the United Auto Workers [106] Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Local 617 president Phil Hare [119] Actress Goldie Hawn [109] Actor Jack Lemmon [109] Author Norman Mailer of New York [143] Actor Carroll O'Connor [144] J. B. Pritzker, high school student and member of the Pritzker family [145] Actress Eva Marie Saint [109] Singer Andy Williams [109]

Jerry Brown
Individuals Band Chicago [109] Band The Doobie Brothers [109] Band Eagles [109] Actress Jane Fonda [109] Singer Helen Reddy [109] Singer Linda Rondstadt [109] Singer JD Souther [109]

Convention

Main article: 1980 Democratic National Convention

Presidential tally ^[146]

• Jimmy Carter (inc.) – 2,123 (64.04%)
• Ted Kennedy – 1,151 (34.72%)
• William Proxmire – 10 (0.30%)
• Koryne Kaneski Horbal – 5 (0.15%)
• Scott M. Matheson – 5 (0.15%)
• Ron Dellums – 3 (0.09%)
• Robert Byrd – 2 (0.06%)
• John Culver – 2 (0.06%)
• Kent Hance – 2 (0.06%)
• Jennings Randolph – 2 (0.06%)
• Warren Spannaus – 2 (0.06%)
• Alice Tripp – 2 (0.06%)
• Jerry Brown – 1 (0.03%)
• Dale Bumpers – 1 (0.03%)
• Hugh L. Carey – 1 (0.03%)
• Walter Mondale – 1 (0.03%)
• Edmund Muskie – 1 (0.03%)
• Thomas J. Steed – 1 (0.03%)

In the vice-presidential roll call, Mondale was re-nominated with 2,428.7 votes to 723.3 not voting and 179 scattering.

Results

County results:

  Carter

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

  Kennedy

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

  Uncommitted

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

  Brown

•   30–40%
•   40–50%

  Others

•   30–40%
•   40–50%

  Tie

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%

  No data

See also

• 1980 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Jimmy Carter rabbit incident
• 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Notes

1. Only partial county returns were available for Arizona and Washington. Additionally, states where no county data was available are shaded according to the statewide winners share of the vote or by the percentage of delegate allocation. Only township level data was available for Connecticut.

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Further reading

• Norrander, Barbara (1986). "Correlates of Vote Choice in the 1980 Presidential Primaries". Journal of Politics. 48 (1): 156–166. doi:10.2307/2130931. JSTOR   2130931. S2CID   143610156.
• Southwell, Priscilla L. (1986). "The Politics of Disgruntlement: Nonvoting and Defection among Supporters of Nomination Losers, 1968–1984". Political Behavior. 8 (1): 81–95. doi:10.1007/BF00987593. S2CID   154450840.
• Stanley, Timothy (2010). Kennedy vs. Carter: The 1980 Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul. University Press of Kansas. ISBN   978-0-7006-1702-9.
• Stone, Walter J. (1984). "Prenomination Candidate Choice and General Election Behavior: Iowa Presidential Activists in 1980". American Journal of Political Science. 28 (2): 361–378. doi:10.2307/2110877. JSTOR   2110877.
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