1980 United States presidential election in Arizona

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1980 United States presidential election in Arizona
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  1976 November 4, 1980 1984  
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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John B. Anderson
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Home state California Georgia Illinois
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Patrick Lucey
Electoral vote600
Popular vote529,688246,84376,952
Percentage60.61%28.24%8.81%

Arizona Presidential Election Results 1980.svg
County Results

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Arizona 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 six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Arizona was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by a landslide of 32%. [1] This result left the state 22.62% more Republican than the nation at-large, a differential greater even than when Barry Goldwater narrowly won his home state during his 1964 landslide defeat, and the most Republican relative to the nation at-large Arizona has ever been since statehood in 1912. [2] Reagan's victory margin was at the time the largest by a Republican, though he would beat his own record four years later. Only Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 has won Arizona by a larger margin, whilst Carter's share of the popular vote remains the worst ever by a Democrat in Arizona. [2]

Reagan won every county except heavily unionized Greenlee, which would never vote Republican until 2000, [3] in the process duplicating the state's 1972 county map. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election that Apache County has supported the Republican nominee. [4]

Carter's insensitivity to essential issues in the West, especially water development, [5] ensured he would be comfortably beaten in this normally solidly Republican state, which had been the only state no Democrat carried during the dealigned 1960s and 1970s.

Primaries

1980 Arizona Caucus
CandidatesCDsDelegates
Ted Kennedy9,73817
Jimmy Carter (incumbent)7,59213
Totals17,33030

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Arizona [6]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 529,68860.61%6
Democrat Jimmy Carter (incumbent)246,84328.24%0
Independent John Anderson 76,9528.81%0
Libertarian Ed Clark 18,7842.15%0
Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry 1,1100.13%0
Citizens Barry Commoner (write-in)5510.06%0
Communist Gus Hall (write-in)250.00%0
Workers World Deirdre Griswold (write-in)20.00%0
Totals873,945100.00%6
Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters)44%/78%

Results by county

County [6] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Ed Clark
Libertarian
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Apache 5,99156.55%3,91736.97%4954.67%1561.47%360.34%2,07419.58%10,595
Cochise 13,35159.48%7,02831.31%1,6567.38%3751.67%350.16%6,32328.17%22,445
Coconino 14,61355.78%7,83229.89%2,81510.74%8613.29%780.30%6,78125.89%26,199
Gila 7,40555.27%5,06837.82%6564.90%2591.93%110.08%2,33717.45%13,399
Graham 4,76559.85%2,80135.18%2683.37%1211.52%60.08%1,96424.67%7,961
Greenlee 1,53740.64%2,04354.02%1503.97%481.27%40.11%-506-13.38%3,782
Maricopa 316,28764.97%119,75224.60%38,9758.01%10,8252.22%9950.20%196,53540.37%486,834
Mohave 13,80968.86%4,90024.43%9784.88%3421.71%250.12%8,90944.43%20,054
Navajo 10,79063.91%5,11030.27%7104.21%2481.47%240.14%5,68033.64%16,882
Pima 93,05549.75%64,41834.44%25,29413.52%3,9442.11%3460.18%28,63715.31%187,057
Pinal 12,19552.43%9,20739.59%1,3465.79%4722.03%380.16%2,98812.84%23,258
Santa Cruz 2,67450.07%2,08939.12%4829.03%761.42%190.36%58510.95%5,340
Yavapai 19,82368.37%6,66422.98%1,7546.05%7112.45%420.14%13,15945.39%28,994
Yuma 13,39363.34%6,01428.44%1,3736.49%3461.64%190.09%7,37934.90%21,145
Totals529,68860.61%246,84328.24%76,9528.81%18,7842.15%1,6780.19%282,84532.37%873,945

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

DistrictReaganCarterRepresentative
1st 63.6%27.6% John Jacob Rhodes
2nd 51.8%35.3% Mo Udall
3rd 66.1%27.0% Bob Stump
4th 66.7%25.9% Eldon Rudd

Electors

Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 9, 1980. [7]

Jimmy Carter
& Walter Mondale
Democratic Party
Ronald Reagan
& George H. W. Bush
Republican Party
John B. Anderson
& Patrick J. Lucey
Independent
Ed Clark
& David Koch
Libertarian Party
  • Marian S. Bauhs
  • Ora W. DeConcini
  • Joe Fuchs
  • Marcia G. Imber
  • Jeanne Perpich
  • Mat Wheeler
  • Karl Eller
  • Laura B. Lowry
  • Jane P. Lynch
  • Myrtle Stella Macy
  • Sam A. Phillips
  • John Scott Van Wyk
  • Mary Dent Crisp
  • Dorothy Blanch Levin
  • Armando Rivera
  • James Lee Sanders
  • Stewart Lee Udall
  • Jean H. Wilson
  • Janis Kathleen Blainer
  • Carl Brown
  • Edward R. Carlson
  • John Kannarr
  • James T. Kirk
  • Irene Leitch
Clifton DeBerry
& Matilde Zimmermann
Socialist Workers Party
Barry Commoner
& LaDonna Harris
Citizens Party
Gus Hall
& Angela Davis
Communist Party
Deirdre Griswold
& Gavrielle Holmes
Workers World Party
  • Joseph Callahan
  • Alberta J. Dannells
  • Jill Fein
  • Caroline Fowlkes
  • Eleanor Garcia
  • Betsy McDonald
  • Ed Clay
  • Bob England
  • Lois George
  • Paige Grant
  • Ken Gross
  • Ken Scott
  • Patricia J. Blawis
  • Alonzo S. Howard
  • John V. Mackoviak
  • Arvilla Padilla
  • Pelix Padilla
  • Jeanne K. Scanlon
  • Marianne Ditton
  • Jay Evenson
  • Patricia L. Jackson
  • Patricia J. James
  • Paul Teitelbaum
  • Eric Zeiters

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