1980 United States presidential election in Alaska

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1980 United States presidential election in Alaska

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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Party Republican Democratic Home state California Georgia Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 86,112 41,842 Percentage 54.35% 26.41%   Nominee Ed Clark John B. Anderson Party Libertarian Independent Home state California Illinois Running mate David Koch Patrick Lucey Electoral vote 0 0 Popular vote 18,479 11,155 Percentage 11.66% 7.04%

Borough and Census Area Results Borough and Census Area Results (historical) State House District Results Reagan   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Carter   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 4, 1980, as part of the nationwide presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Alaska was easily won by Ronald Reagan (R – CA) with 54.3% of the popular vote over incumbent President Jimmy Carter (D – GA)'s 26.4%. ^[1] Alaska has only voted Democratic once in its history, in 1964 amidst a national Democratic landslide. With Reagan overwhelmingly winning the national election in 1980, the state fell safely into the Republican column.

Libertarian candidate Ed Clark had his strongest showing in Alaska and set the record for the best performance of a Libertarian presidential candidate on a statewide level. He also beat independent candidate John B. Anderson in this state, despite Anderson winning more votes than Clark nationally. ^{[1] [2] [3]} In part due to the strong showings of both Clark and Anderson, Carter's vote share remains the lowest for any Democrat in Alaska history. Reagan was the first Republican to ever win without Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Northwest Arctic Borough, and Dillingham Census Area.

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Alaska [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan	86,112	54.35%	3
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter (inc.)	41,842	26.41%	0
	Libertarian	Ed Clark	18,479	11.66%	0
	Independent	John B. Anderson	11,155	7.04%	0
	N/A	Write-in	857	0.54%	0
Totals			158,445	100.00%	3

Boroughs and Census Areas that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Nome Census Area
• Yukon-Kuyokuk Census Area
• Dillingham Census Area

Boroughs and Census Areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• North Slope Borough
• Yakutat

See also

• United States presidential elections in Alaska

References

1. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). clerk.house.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2022.
2. "1980 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
3. "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Alaska". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved April 14, 2013.