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Elections in Arkansas |
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The 1980 United States presidential election in Arkansas 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.
The election was very close in Arkansas, with the state being won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by only 0.6 points. [1]
53% of white voters supported Reagan while 42% supported Carter. [2] [3]
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | |||
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Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
Ronald Reagan | Republican | California | 403,164 | 48.13% | 6 | George H. W. Bush | Texas | 6 |
Jimmy Carter | Democrat | Georgia | 398,041 | 47.52% | 0 | Walter Mondale | Minnesota | 0 |
John B. Anderson | Anderson Coalition [lower-alpha 1] | Illinois | 22,468 | 2.68% | 0 | Patrick Lucey | Wisconsin | 0 |
Ed Clark | Libertarian | California | 8,970 | 1.07% | 0 | David Koch | New York | 0 |
Barry Commoner | Citizens | New York | 2,345 | 0.28% | 0 | LaDonna Harris | Oklahoma | 0 |
Benjamin Bubar | Prohibition | Maine | 1,350 | 0.16% | 0 | Earl Dodge | Colorado | 0 |
Gus Hall | People Before Profits | New York | 1,244 | 0.15% | 0 | Angela Davis | California | 0 |
Total | 837,582 | 100% | 6 | 6 | ||||
Needed to win | 270 | 270 |
County [5] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Anderson Coalition | Ed Clark Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Arkansas | 3,409 | 42.69% | 4,303 | 53.89% | 193 | 2.42% | 16 | 0.20% | 64 | 0.80% | -894 | -11.20% | 7,985 |
Ashley | 3,960 | 45.27% | 4,552 | 52.03% | 130 | 1.49% | 45 | 0.51% | 61 | 0.70% | -592 | -6.76% | 8,748 |
Baxter | 9,684 | 63.93% | 4,789 | 31.62% | 494 | 3.26% | 132 | 0.87% | 48 | 0.32% | 4,895 | 32.31% | 15,147 |
Benton | 18,830 | 63.96% | 9,231 | 31.36% | 1,018 | 3.46% | 303 | 1.03% | 58 | 0.20% | 9,599 | 32.60% | 29,440 |
Boone | 6,778 | 56.07% | 4,576 | 37.86% | 429 | 3.55% | 159 | 1.32% | 146 | 1.21% | 2,202 | 18.21% | 12,088 |
Bradley | 1,650 | 33.74% | 3,139 | 64.19% | 66 | 1.35% | 24 | 0.49% | 11 | 0.22% | -1,489 | -30.45% | 4,890 |
Calhoun | 896 | 37.40% | 1,438 | 60.02% | 52 | 2.17% | 9 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.04% | -542 | -22.62% | 2,396 |
Carroll | 4,273 | 55.29% | 2,977 | 38.52% | 298 | 3.86% | 135 | 1.75% | 45 | 0.58% | 1,296 | 16.77% | 7,728 |
Chicot | 2,239 | 38.76% | 3,445 | 59.64% | 26 | 0.45% | 64 | 1.11% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,206 | -20.88% | 5,776 |
Clark | 2,743 | 29.97% | 6,122 | 66.89% | 215 | 2.35% | 59 | 0.64% | 14 | 0.15% | -3,379 | -36.92% | 9,153 |
Clay | 3,091 | 42.17% | 3,985 | 54.37% | 121 | 1.65% | 126 | 1.72% | 7 | 0.10% | -894 | -12.20% | 7,330 |
Cleburne | 4,042 | 48.38% | 4,021 | 48.13% | 204 | 2.44% | 82 | 0.98% | 6 | 0.07% | 21 | 0.25% | 8,355 |
Cleveland | 1,124 | 36.76% | 1,856 | 60.69% | 36 | 1.18% | 33 | 1.08% | 9 | 0.29% | -732 | -23.93% | 3,058 |
Columbia | 5,259 | 52.76% | 4,445 | 44.60% | 107 | 1.07% | 131 | 1.31% | 25 | 0.25% | 814 | 8.16% | 9,967 |
Conway | 4,145 | 45.11% | 4,698 | 51.13% | 232 | 2.52% | 102 | 1.11% | 12 | 0.13% | -553 | -6.02% | 9,189 |
Craighead | 11,010 | 51.31% | 9,231 | 43.02% | 708 | 3.30% | 283 | 1.32% | 224 | 1.04% | 1,779 | 8.29% | 21,456 |
Crawford | 8,542 | 66.22% | 3,948 | 30.61% | 245 | 1.90% | 131 | 1.02% | 33 | 0.26% | 4,594 | 35.61% | 12,899 |
Crittenden | 6,248 | 45.20% | 7,022 | 50.80% | 185 | 1.34% | 224 | 1.62% | 144 | 1.04% | -774 | -5.60% | 13,823 |
Cross | 2,895 | 44.59% | 3,471 | 53.47% | 89 | 1.37% | 35 | 0.54% | 2 | 0.03% | -576 | -8.88% | 6,492 |
Dallas | 1,596 | 35.16% | 2,838 | 62.52% | 74 | 1.63% | 25 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.13% | -1,242 | -27.36% | 4,539 |
Desha | 2,057 | 34.07% | 3,748 | 62.08% | 77 | 1.28% | 47 | 0.78% | 108 | 1.79% | -1,691 | -28.01% | 6,037 |
Drew | 2,272 | 36.74% | 3,757 | 60.75% | 117 | 1.89% | 32 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.10% | -1,485 | -24.01% | 6,184 |
Faulkner | 7,544 | 44.19% | 8,528 | 49.95% | 769 | 4.50% | 181 | 1.06% | 51 | 0.30% | -984 | -5.76% | 17,073 |
Franklin | 3,448 | 53.66% | 2,716 | 42.27% | 197 | 3.07% | 61 | 0.95% | 4 | 0.06% | 732 | 11.39% | 6,426 |
Fulton | 2,101 | 49.35% | 2,037 | 47.85% | 83 | 1.95% | 30 | 0.70% | 6 | 0.14% | 64 | 1.50% | 4,257 |
Garland | 15,739 | 52.96% | 12,515 | 42.11% | 1,042 | 3.51% | 250 | 0.84% | 171 | 0.58% | 3,224 | 10.85% | 29,717 |
Grant | 2,007 | 38.04% | 3,078 | 58.34% | 102 | 1.93% | 55 | 1.04% | 34 | 0.64% | -1,071 | -20.30% | 5,276 |
Greene | 4,514 | 41.64% | 5,996 | 55.31% | 219 | 2.02% | 106 | 0.98% | 6 | 0.06% | -1,482 | -13.67% | 10,841 |
Hempstead | 3,852 | 44.65% | 4,671 | 54.14% | 72 | 0.83% | 31 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.02% | -819 | -9.49% | 8,628 |
Hot Spring | 3,561 | 32.92% | 6,897 | 63.76% | 244 | 2.26% | 87 | 0.80% | 28 | 0.26% | -3,336 | -30.84% | 10,817 |
Howard | 2,386 | 47.12% | 2,564 | 50.63% | 63 | 1.24% | 28 | 0.55% | 23 | 0.45% | -178 | -3.51% | 5,064 |
Independence | 5,076 | 45.63% | 5,683 | 51.08% | 276 | 2.48% | 69 | 0.62% | 21 | 0.19% | -607 | -5.45% | 11,125 |
Izard | 2,266 | 43.13% | 2,750 | 52.34% | 160 | 3.05% | 54 | 1.03% | 24 | 0.46% | -484 | -9.21% | 5,254 |
Jackson | 3,191 | 39.49% | 4,651 | 57.55% | 174 | 2.15% | 51 | 0.63% | 14 | 0.17% | -1,460 | -18.06% | 8,081 |
Jefferson | 10,697 | 35.60% | 17,292 | 57.55% | 802 | 2.67% | 625 | 2.08% | 630 | 2.10% | -6,595 | -21.95% | 30,046 |
Johnson | 3,619 | 47.39% | 3,709 | 48.57% | 187 | 2.45% | 93 | 1.22% | 28 | 0.37% | -90 | -1.18% | 7,636 |
Lafayette | 1,756 | 46.50% | 1,947 | 51.56% | 47 | 1.24% | 21 | 0.56% | 5 | 0.13% | -191 | -5.06% | 3,776 |
Lawrence | 3,245 | 46.60% | 3,547 | 50.94% | 117 | 1.68% | 51 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.04% | -302 | -4.34% | 6,963 |
Lee | 1,711 | 35.09% | 3,103 | 63.64% | 47 | 0.96% | 12 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.06% | -1,392 | -28.55% | 4,876 |
Lincoln | 1,243 | 32.29% | 2,517 | 65.39% | 56 | 1.45% | 30 | 0.78% | 3 | 0.08% | -1,274 | -33.10% | 3,849 |
Little River | 2,272 | 45.22% | 2,631 | 52.37% | 41 | 0.82% | 43 | 0.86% | 37 | 0.74% | -359 | -7.15% | 5,024 |
Logan | 4,511 | 50.61% | 4,098 | 45.98% | 166 | 1.86% | 117 | 1.31% | 21 | 0.24% | 413 | 4.63% | 8,913 |
Lonoke | 5,619 | 48.50% | 5,605 | 48.38% | 246 | 2.12% | 84 | 0.73% | 31 | 0.27% | 14 | 0.12% | 11,585 |
Madison | 3,180 | 54.50% | 2,434 | 41.71% | 126 | 2.16% | 75 | 1.29% | 20 | 0.34% | 746 | 12.79% | 5,835 |
Marion | 3,059 | 57.11% | 2,046 | 38.20% | 160 | 2.99% | 84 | 1.57% | 7 | 0.13% | 1,013 | 18.91% | 5,356 |
Miller | 6,770 | 52.40% | 5,996 | 46.41% | 105 | 0.81% | 40 | 0.31% | 10 | 0.08% | 774 | 5.99% | 12,921 |
Mississippi | 7,170 | 43.67% | 8,908 | 54.26% | 234 | 1.43% | 88 | 0.54% | 17 | 0.10% | -1,738 | -10.59% | 16,417 |
Monroe | 2,027 | 41.98% | 2,686 | 55.62% | 82 | 1.70% | 28 | 0.58% | 6 | 0.12% | -659 | -13.64% | 4,829 |
Montgomery | 1,585 | 43.88% | 1,878 | 51.99% | 86 | 2.38% | 38 | 1.05% | 25 | 0.69% | -293 | -8.11% | 3,612 |
Nevada | 1,697 | 38.22% | 2,631 | 59.26% | 50 | 1.13% | 46 | 1.04% | 16 | 0.36% | -934 | -21.04% | 4,440 |
Newton | 2,423 | 60.08% | 1,436 | 35.61% | 100 | 2.48% | 57 | 1.41% | 17 | 0.42% | 987 | 24.47% | 4,033 |
Ouachita | 4,329 | 35.46% | 7,152 | 58.58% | 248 | 2.03% | 110 | 0.90% | 369 | 3.02% | -2,823 | -23.12% | 12,208 |
Perry | 1,459 | 45.79% | 1,606 | 50.41% | 73 | 2.29% | 43 | 1.35% | 5 | 0.16% | -147 | -4.62% | 3,186 |
Phillips | 4,270 | 38.31% | 6,642 | 59.59% | 163 | 1.46% | 44 | 0.39% | 27 | 0.24% | -2,372 | -21.28% | 11,146 |
Pike | 1,916 | 46.77% | 2,094 | 51.11% | 58 | 1.42% | 23 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.15% | -178 | -4.34% | 4,097 |
Poinsett | 4,040 | 44.01% | 4,894 | 53.31% | 153 | 1.67% | 83 | 0.90% | 10 | 0.11% | -854 | -9.30% | 9,180 |
Polk | 3,993 | 58.51% | 2,617 | 38.35% | 139 | 2.04% | 69 | 1.01% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,376 | 20.16% | 6,824 |
Pope | 7,217 | 50.72% | 6,364 | 44.72% | 471 | 3.31% | 153 | 1.08% | 25 | 0.18% | 853 | 6.00% | 14,230 |
Prairie | 1,855 | 47.63% | 1,928 | 49.50% | 64 | 1.64% | 35 | 0.90% | 13 | 0.33% | -73 | -1.87% | 3,895 |
Pulaski | 52,125 | 46.15% | 54,839 | 48.56% | 4,657 | 4.12% | 1,003 | 0.89% | 313 | 0.28% | -2,714 | -2.41% | 112,937 |
Randolph | 2,579 | 43.50% | 3,070 | 51.78% | 125 | 2.11% | 144 | 2.43% | 11 | 0.19% | -491 | -8.28% | 5,929 |
St. Francis | 4,485 | 42.77% | 5,816 | 55.46% | 132 | 1.26% | 51 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.03% | -1,331 | -12.69% | 10,487 |
Saline | 8,330 | 42.60% | 10,368 | 53.02% | 643 | 3.29% | 191 | 0.98% | 23 | 0.12% | -2,038 | -10.42% | 19,555 |
Scott | 2,228 | 48.16% | 2,236 | 48.34% | 92 | 1.99% | 60 | 1.30% | 10 | 0.22% | -8 | -0.18% | 4,626 |
Searcy | 2,459 | 58.79% | 1,536 | 36.72% | 101 | 2.41% | 70 | 1.67% | 17 | 0.41% | 923 | 22.07% | 4,183 |
Sebastian | 23,403 | 63.46% | 10,141 | 27.50% | 1,023 | 2.77% | 902 | 2.45% | 1,410 | 3.82% | 13,262 | 35.96% | 36,879 |
Sevier | 2,502 | 45.52% | 2,854 | 51.92% | 97 | 1.76% | 39 | 0.71% | 5 | 0.09% | -352 | -6.40% | 5,497 |
Sharp | 3,420 | 53.30% | 2,774 | 43.24% | 160 | 2.49% | 56 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.09% | 646 | 10.06% | 6,416 |
Stone | 1,793 | 45.11% | 1,968 | 49.51% | 133 | 3.35% | 66 | 1.66% | 15 | 0.38% | -175 | -4.40% | 3,975 |
Union | 9,401 | 55.10% | 6,852 | 40.16% | 313 | 1.83% | 337 | 1.98% | 160 | 0.94% | 2,549 | 14.94% | 17,063 |
Van Buren | 3,090 | 49.11% | 2,968 | 47.17% | 153 | 2.43% | 67 | 1.06% | 14 | 0.22% | 122 | 1.94% | 6,292 |
Washington | 20,788 | 58.69% | 12,276 | 34.66% | 1,737 | 4.90% | 485 | 1.37% | 135 | 0.38% | 8,512 | 24.03% | 35,421 |
White | 8,079 | 46.66% | 8,750 | 50.54% | 309 | 1.78% | 125 | 0.72% | 50 | 0.29% | -671 | -3.88% | 17,313 |
Woodruff | 1,204 | 32.06% | 2,452 | 65.28% | 74 | 1.97% | 21 | 0.56% | 5 | 0.13% | -1,248 | -33.22% | 3,756 |
Yell | 3,187 | 44.65% | 3,702 | 51.87% | 181 | 2.54% | 61 | 0.85% | 6 | 0.08% | -515 | -7.22% | 7,137 |
Totals | 403,164 | 48.13% | 398,041 | 47.52% | 22,468 | 2.68% | 8,970 | 1.07% | 4,939 | 0.59% | 5,123 | 0.61% | 837,582 |
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