1980 United States presidential election in Colorado

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1980 United States presidential election in Colorado
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  1976 November 4, 1980 1984  
  Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Carter cropped.jpg John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John B. Anderson
Party Republican Democratic National Unity
Home state California Georgia Illinois
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Patrick Lucey
Electoral vote700
Popular vote652,264367,973130,633
Percentage55.07%31.07%11.03%

Colorado 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 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.

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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 2024 presidential election , 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.

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Ronald Reagan of California George H. W. Bush Republican 7 [1] 652,26455.07%
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) Walter Mondale (incumbent) Democratic 0367,97331.07%
John B. Anderson Patrick Lucey National Unity 0130,63311.03%
Ed Clark David Koch Libertarian 025,7442.17%
Barry Commoner LaDonna Harris Citizens 05,6140.47%
Benjamin Bubar Earl Dodge Statesman 01,1800.10%
Andrew Pulley Matilde Zimmermann Socialist Workers 05200.04%
Gus Hall Angela Davis Communist 04870.04%

Results by county

County [3] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Ed Clark
Libertarian
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adams 42,91650.50%31,35736.90%8,3429.82%2,0442.41%3160.37%11,55913.60%84,975
Alamosa 2,60153.87%1,82137.72%2895.99%961.99%210.43%78016.15%4,828
Arapahoe 79,59462.19%30,14823.56%15,32911.98%2,3071.80%6020.47%49,44638.63%127,980
Archuleta 1,25265.89%53228.00%834.37%301.58%30.16%72037.89%1,900
Baca 1,99974.26%55120.47%1063.94%351.30%10.04%1,44853.79%2,692
Bent 1,20651.76%89438.37%1647.04%421.80%241.03%31213.39%2,330
Boulder 40,69846.74%28,42232.64%13,71215.75%2,6303.02%1,6071.85%12,27614.10%87,069
Chaffee 3,32760.73%1,58328.90%4327.89%1021.86%340.62%1,74431.83%5,478
Cheyenne 81665.86%32225.99%766.13%191.53%60.48%49439.87%1,239
Clear Creek 1,78456.22%83726.38%40212.67%1263.97%240.76%94729.84%3,173
Conejos 1,59749.41%1,50346.50%902.78%401.24%20.06%942.91%3,232
Costilla 48930.89%1,03665.45%382.40%150.95%50.32%-547-34.56%1,583
Crowley 92662.86%47232.04%573.87%171.15%10.07%45430.82%1,473
Custer 67466.73%23122.87%595.84%414.06%50.50%44343.86%1,010
Delta 6,17966.97%2,34825.45%4554.93%1601.73%850.92%3,83141.52%9,227
Denver 88,39842.19%85,90341.00%28,61013.66%4,4352.12%2,1621.03%2,4951.19%209,508
Dolores 61575.28%15719.22%323.92%121.47%10.12%45856.06%817
Douglas 8,12670.08%2,10818.18%1,0589.12%2662.29%380.33%6,01851.90%11,596
Eagle 3,06152.63%1,60827.65%90615.58%1933.32%480.83%1,45324.98%5,816
El Paso 66,19963.66%27,46326.41%7,8867.58%2,0421.96%4000.38%38,73637.25%103,990
Elbert 2,10767.49%69822.36%2387.62%742.37%50.16%1,40945.13%3,122
Fremont 7,16259.13%3,95232.63%7316.03%1991.64%690.57%3,21026.50%12,113
Garfield 5,41658.08%2,63928.30%97810.49%2262.42%660.71%2,77729.78%9,325
Gilpin 69450.04%44131.80%17512.62%553.97%221.59%25318.24%1,387
Grand 2,13361.28%82023.56%41311.86%1022.93%130.37%1,31337.72%3,481
Gunnison 2,75655.45%1,29726.10%70414.16%1352.72%781.57%1,45929.35%4,970
Hinsdale 23269.05%7622.62%133.87%123.57%30.89%15646.43%336
Huerfano 1,25841.49%1,57451.91%1464.82%220.73%321.06%-316-10.42%3,032
Jackson 67363.55%28326.72%807.55%211.98%20.19%39036.83%1,059
Jefferson 97,00859.66%41,52525.54%19,53012.01%3,9292.42%6190.38%55,48334.12%162,611
Kiowa 75465.06%33128.56%615.26%121.04%10.09%42336.50%1,159
Kit Carson 2,62271.78%79021.63%1855.06%521.42%40.11%1,83250.15%3,653
La Plata 7,29159.76%3,03424.87%1,53712.60%2251.84%1140.93%4,25734.89%12,201
Lake 1,37545.45%1,21340.10%2899.55%1203.97%280.93%1625.35%3,025
Larimer 36,24056.51%17,07226.62%8,88713.86%1,4842.31%4460.70%19,16829.89%64,129
Las Animas 2,91739.37%4,11755.57%2783.75%901.21%70.09%-1,200-16.20%7,409
Lincoln 1,53564.74%60225.39%1757.38%572.40%20.08%93339.35%2,371
Logan 5,23863.16%2,33228.12%5887.09%1221.47%130.16%2,90635.04%8,293
Mesa 22,68668.92%7,54922.93%2,0046.09%5821.77%950.29%15,13745.99%32,916
Mineral 27160.22%12527.78%419.11%132.89%00.00%14632.44%450
Moffat 3,34467.90%1,07921.91%3296.68%1392.82%340.69%2,26545.99%4,925
Montezuma 4,12068.60%1,46724.43%2754.58%1242.06%200.33%2,65344.17%6,006
Montrose 6,68568.21%2,23222.78%6356.48%2252.30%230.23%4,45345.43%9,800
Morgan 5,20962.50%2,24626.95%6938.32%1361.63%500.60%2,96335.55%8,334
Otero 4,80154.55%3,29437.43%5726.50%991.12%350.40%1,50717.12%8,801
Ouray 81367.69%23719.73%12910.74%141.17%80.67%57647.96%1,201
Park 1,62359.34%67424.64%29310.71%1224.46%230.84%94934.70%2,735
Phillips 1,48863.21%64027.19%1938.20%291.23%40.17%84836.02%2,354
Pitkin 2,15339.75%1,76032.49%1,12820.82%2855.26%911.68%3937.26%5,417
Prowers 3,11559.77%1,66932.02%3406.52%571.09%310.59%1,44627.75%5,212
Pueblo 20,77044.72%21,87447.10%3,1026.68%5851.26%1100.24%-1,104-2.38%46,441
Rio Blanco 1,97174.46%46217.45%1435.40%632.38%80.30%1,50957.01%2,647
Rio Grande 2,84463.37%1,37030.53%1854.12%841.87%50.11%1,47432.84%4,488
Routt 3,57453.33%1,94429.01%92013.73%2303.43%340.51%1,63024.32%6,702
Saguache 1,12452.65%89341.83%713.33%411.92%60.28%23110.82%2,135
San Juan 26848.82%14626.59%9417.12%366.56%50.91%12222.23%549
San Miguel 77442.79%65135.99%29716.42%553.04%321.77%1236.80%1,809
Sedgwick 1,15167.39%43825.64%1005.85%150.88%40.23%71341.75%1,708
Summit 2,02746.54%1,28529.51%84519.40%1673.83%310.71%74217.03%4,355
Teller 2,45766.28%80221.63%3228.69%1072.89%190.51%1,65544.65%3,707
Washington 2,00771.40%56820.21%1605.69%702.49%60.21%1,43951.19%2,811
Weld 23,90158.80%11,43328.13%4,30910.60%7901.94%2130.52%12,46830.67%40,646
Yuma 3,22068.89%1,04322.31%3196.82%871.86%50.11%2,17746.58%4,674
Total652,26455.07%367,97331.07%130,63311.03%25,7442.17%7,8010.65%284,29124.00%1,184,415

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

DistrictReaganCarterRepresentative
1st 44.3%41.1% Pat Schroeder
2nd 55.5%31.0% Tim Wirth
3rd 56.5%36.5% Ray Kogovsek
4th 60.0%28.8% James Paul Johnson (96th Congress)
Hank Brown (97th Congress)
5th 63.5%26.3% Ken Kramer

References

  1. 1 2 "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. Our Campaigns; CO US President, November 04, 1980