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The 1980 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Colorado was won by the Republican Party candidate, former California Governor Ronald Reagan by a landslide of 24 points, defeating Democratic incumbent president Jimmy Carter. John B. Anderson, an Illinois Republican congressman running on the National Unity ticket, received 11% of the vote. [1]
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last occasion where a Republican candidate carried the City and County of Denver. [2] Since then, Denver has remained a reliable Democratic stronghold in presidential elections, which would eventually cause the state to flip consistently Democratic from 2008 onward.
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
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Ronald Reagan of California | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 7 [1] | 652,264 | 55.07% |
Jimmy Carter | Walter Mondale | Democratic | 0 | 367,973 | 31.07% |
John B. Anderson | Patrick Lucey | National Unity | 0 | 130,633 | 11.03% |
Ed Clark | David Koch | Libertarian | 0 | 25,744 | 2.17% |
Barry Commoner | LaDonna Harris | Citizens | 0 | 5,614 | 0.47% |
Benjamin Bubar | Earl Dodge | Statesman | 0 | 1,180 | 0.10% |
Andrew Pulley | Matilde Zimmermann | Socialist Workers | 0 | 520 | 0.04% |
Gus Hall | Angela Davis | Communist | 0 | 487 | 0.04% |
County [3] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | Ed Clark Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 42,916 | 50.50% | 31,357 | 36.90% | 8,342 | 9.82% | 2,044 | 2.41% | 316 | 0.37% | 11,559 | 13.60% | 84,975 |
Alamosa | 2,601 | 53.87% | 1,821 | 37.72% | 289 | 5.99% | 96 | 1.99% | 21 | 0.43% | 780 | 16.15% | 4,828 |
Arapahoe | 79,594 | 62.19% | 30,148 | 23.56% | 15,329 | 11.98% | 2,307 | 1.80% | 602 | 0.47% | 49,446 | 38.63% | 127,980 |
Archuleta | 1,252 | 65.89% | 532 | 28.00% | 83 | 4.37% | 30 | 1.58% | 3 | 0.16% | 720 | 37.89% | 1,900 |
Baca | 1,999 | 74.26% | 551 | 20.47% | 106 | 3.94% | 35 | 1.30% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,448 | 53.79% | 2,692 |
Bent | 1,206 | 51.76% | 894 | 38.37% | 164 | 7.04% | 42 | 1.80% | 24 | 1.03% | 312 | 13.39% | 2,330 |
Boulder | 40,698 | 46.74% | 28,422 | 32.64% | 13,712 | 15.75% | 2,630 | 3.02% | 1,607 | 1.85% | 12,276 | 14.10% | 87,069 |
Chaffee | 3,327 | 60.73% | 1,583 | 28.90% | 432 | 7.89% | 102 | 1.86% | 34 | 0.62% | 1,744 | 31.83% | 5,478 |
Cheyenne | 816 | 65.86% | 322 | 25.99% | 76 | 6.13% | 19 | 1.53% | 6 | 0.48% | 494 | 39.87% | 1,239 |
Clear Creek | 1,784 | 56.22% | 837 | 26.38% | 402 | 12.67% | 126 | 3.97% | 24 | 0.76% | 947 | 29.84% | 3,173 |
Conejos | 1,597 | 49.41% | 1,503 | 46.50% | 90 | 2.78% | 40 | 1.24% | 2 | 0.06% | 94 | 2.91% | 3,232 |
Costilla | 489 | 30.89% | 1,036 | 65.45% | 38 | 2.40% | 15 | 0.95% | 5 | 0.32% | -547 | -34.56% | 1,583 |
Crowley | 926 | 62.86% | 472 | 32.04% | 57 | 3.87% | 17 | 1.15% | 1 | 0.07% | 454 | 30.82% | 1,473 |
Custer | 674 | 66.73% | 231 | 22.87% | 59 | 5.84% | 41 | 4.06% | 5 | 0.50% | 443 | 43.86% | 1,010 |
Delta | 6,179 | 66.97% | 2,348 | 25.45% | 455 | 4.93% | 160 | 1.73% | 85 | 0.92% | 3,831 | 41.52% | 9,227 |
Denver | 88,398 | 42.19% | 85,903 | 41.00% | 28,610 | 13.66% | 4,435 | 2.12% | 2,162 | 1.03% | 2,495 | 1.19% | 209,508 |
Dolores | 615 | 75.28% | 157 | 19.22% | 32 | 3.92% | 12 | 1.47% | 1 | 0.12% | 458 | 56.06% | 817 |
Douglas | 8,126 | 70.08% | 2,108 | 18.18% | 1,058 | 9.12% | 266 | 2.29% | 38 | 0.33% | 6,018 | 51.90% | 11,596 |
Eagle | 3,061 | 52.63% | 1,608 | 27.65% | 906 | 15.58% | 193 | 3.32% | 48 | 0.83% | 1,453 | 24.98% | 5,816 |
El Paso | 66,199 | 63.66% | 27,463 | 26.41% | 7,886 | 7.58% | 2,042 | 1.96% | 400 | 0.38% | 38,736 | 37.25% | 103,990 |
Elbert | 2,107 | 67.49% | 698 | 22.36% | 238 | 7.62% | 74 | 2.37% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,409 | 45.13% | 3,122 |
Fremont | 7,162 | 59.13% | 3,952 | 32.63% | 731 | 6.03% | 199 | 1.64% | 69 | 0.57% | 3,210 | 26.50% | 12,113 |
Garfield | 5,416 | 58.08% | 2,639 | 28.30% | 978 | 10.49% | 226 | 2.42% | 66 | 0.71% | 2,777 | 29.78% | 9,325 |
Gilpin | 694 | 50.04% | 441 | 31.80% | 175 | 12.62% | 55 | 3.97% | 22 | 1.59% | 253 | 18.24% | 1,387 |
Grand | 2,133 | 61.28% | 820 | 23.56% | 413 | 11.86% | 102 | 2.93% | 13 | 0.37% | 1,313 | 37.72% | 3,481 |
Gunnison | 2,756 | 55.45% | 1,297 | 26.10% | 704 | 14.16% | 135 | 2.72% | 78 | 1.57% | 1,459 | 29.35% | 4,970 |
Hinsdale | 232 | 69.05% | 76 | 22.62% | 13 | 3.87% | 12 | 3.57% | 3 | 0.89% | 156 | 46.43% | 336 |
Huerfano | 1,258 | 41.49% | 1,574 | 51.91% | 146 | 4.82% | 22 | 0.73% | 32 | 1.06% | -316 | -10.42% | 3,032 |
Jackson | 673 | 63.55% | 283 | 26.72% | 80 | 7.55% | 21 | 1.98% | 2 | 0.19% | 390 | 36.83% | 1,059 |
Jefferson | 97,008 | 59.66% | 41,525 | 25.54% | 19,530 | 12.01% | 3,929 | 2.42% | 619 | 0.38% | 55,483 | 34.12% | 162,611 |
Kiowa | 754 | 65.06% | 331 | 28.56% | 61 | 5.26% | 12 | 1.04% | 1 | 0.09% | 423 | 36.50% | 1,159 |
Kit Carson | 2,622 | 71.78% | 790 | 21.63% | 185 | 5.06% | 52 | 1.42% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,832 | 50.15% | 3,653 |
La Plata | 7,291 | 59.76% | 3,034 | 24.87% | 1,537 | 12.60% | 225 | 1.84% | 114 | 0.93% | 4,257 | 34.89% | 12,201 |
Lake | 1,375 | 45.45% | 1,213 | 40.10% | 289 | 9.55% | 120 | 3.97% | 28 | 0.93% | 162 | 5.35% | 3,025 |
Larimer | 36,240 | 56.51% | 17,072 | 26.62% | 8,887 | 13.86% | 1,484 | 2.31% | 446 | 0.70% | 19,168 | 29.89% | 64,129 |
Las Animas | 2,917 | 39.37% | 4,117 | 55.57% | 278 | 3.75% | 90 | 1.21% | 7 | 0.09% | -1,200 | -16.20% | 7,409 |
Lincoln | 1,535 | 64.74% | 602 | 25.39% | 175 | 7.38% | 57 | 2.40% | 2 | 0.08% | 933 | 39.35% | 2,371 |
Logan | 5,238 | 63.16% | 2,332 | 28.12% | 588 | 7.09% | 122 | 1.47% | 13 | 0.16% | 2,906 | 35.04% | 8,293 |
Mesa | 22,686 | 68.92% | 7,549 | 22.93% | 2,004 | 6.09% | 582 | 1.77% | 95 | 0.29% | 15,137 | 45.99% | 32,916 |
Mineral | 271 | 60.22% | 125 | 27.78% | 41 | 9.11% | 13 | 2.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 146 | 32.44% | 450 |
Moffat | 3,344 | 67.90% | 1,079 | 21.91% | 329 | 6.68% | 139 | 2.82% | 34 | 0.69% | 2,265 | 45.99% | 4,925 |
Montezuma | 4,120 | 68.60% | 1,467 | 24.43% | 275 | 4.58% | 124 | 2.06% | 20 | 0.33% | 2,653 | 44.17% | 6,006 |
Montrose | 6,685 | 68.21% | 2,232 | 22.78% | 635 | 6.48% | 225 | 2.30% | 23 | 0.23% | 4,453 | 45.43% | 9,800 |
Morgan | 5,209 | 62.50% | 2,246 | 26.95% | 693 | 8.32% | 136 | 1.63% | 50 | 0.60% | 2,963 | 35.55% | 8,334 |
Otero | 4,801 | 54.55% | 3,294 | 37.43% | 572 | 6.50% | 99 | 1.12% | 35 | 0.40% | 1,507 | 17.12% | 8,801 |
Ouray | 813 | 67.69% | 237 | 19.73% | 129 | 10.74% | 14 | 1.17% | 8 | 0.67% | 576 | 47.96% | 1,201 |
Park | 1,623 | 59.34% | 674 | 24.64% | 293 | 10.71% | 122 | 4.46% | 23 | 0.84% | 949 | 34.70% | 2,735 |
Phillips | 1,488 | 63.21% | 640 | 27.19% | 193 | 8.20% | 29 | 1.23% | 4 | 0.17% | 848 | 36.02% | 2,354 |
Pitkin | 2,153 | 39.75% | 1,760 | 32.49% | 1,128 | 20.82% | 285 | 5.26% | 91 | 1.68% | 393 | 7.26% | 5,417 |
Prowers | 3,115 | 59.77% | 1,669 | 32.02% | 340 | 6.52% | 57 | 1.09% | 31 | 0.59% | 1,446 | 27.75% | 5,212 |
Pueblo | 20,770 | 44.72% | 21,874 | 47.10% | 3,102 | 6.68% | 585 | 1.26% | 110 | 0.24% | -1,104 | -2.38% | 46,441 |
Rio Blanco | 1,971 | 74.46% | 462 | 17.45% | 143 | 5.40% | 63 | 2.38% | 8 | 0.30% | 1,509 | 57.01% | 2,647 |
Rio Grande | 2,844 | 63.37% | 1,370 | 30.53% | 185 | 4.12% | 84 | 1.87% | 5 | 0.11% | 1,474 | 32.84% | 4,488 |
Routt | 3,574 | 53.33% | 1,944 | 29.01% | 920 | 13.73% | 230 | 3.43% | 34 | 0.51% | 1,630 | 24.32% | 6,702 |
Saguache | 1,124 | 52.65% | 893 | 41.83% | 71 | 3.33% | 41 | 1.92% | 6 | 0.28% | 231 | 10.82% | 2,135 |
San Juan | 268 | 48.82% | 146 | 26.59% | 94 | 17.12% | 36 | 6.56% | 5 | 0.91% | 122 | 22.23% | 549 |
San Miguel | 774 | 42.79% | 651 | 35.99% | 297 | 16.42% | 55 | 3.04% | 32 | 1.77% | 123 | 6.80% | 1,809 |
Sedgwick | 1,151 | 67.39% | 438 | 25.64% | 100 | 5.85% | 15 | 0.88% | 4 | 0.23% | 713 | 41.75% | 1,708 |
Summit | 2,027 | 46.54% | 1,285 | 29.51% | 845 | 19.40% | 167 | 3.83% | 31 | 0.71% | 742 | 17.03% | 4,355 |
Teller | 2,457 | 66.28% | 802 | 21.63% | 322 | 8.69% | 107 | 2.89% | 19 | 0.51% | 1,655 | 44.65% | 3,707 |
Washington | 2,007 | 71.40% | 568 | 20.21% | 160 | 5.69% | 70 | 2.49% | 6 | 0.21% | 1,439 | 51.19% | 2,811 |
Weld | 23,901 | 58.80% | 11,433 | 28.13% | 4,309 | 10.60% | 790 | 1.94% | 213 | 0.52% | 12,468 | 30.67% | 40,646 |
Yuma | 3,220 | 68.89% | 1,043 | 22.31% | 319 | 6.82% | 87 | 1.86% | 5 | 0.11% | 2,177 | 46.58% | 4,674 |
Total | 652,264 | 55.07% | 367,973 | 31.07% | 130,633 | 11.03% | 25,744 | 2.17% | 7,801 | 0.65% | 284,291 | 24.00% | 1,184,415 |
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