1980 United States presidential election in Hawaii

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1980 United States presidential election in Hawaii
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  1976 November 4, 1980 1984  
  Carter cropped.jpg Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg
Nominee Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan John B. Anderson
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Home state Georgia California Illinois
Running mate Walter Mondale George H. W. Bush Patrick Lucey
Electoral vote400
Popular vote135,879130,11232,021
Percentage44.80%42.90%10.56%

Hawaii 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 Hawaii took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Hawaii voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Hawaii was one of the six states that President Jimmy Carter (D) won. His margin was 1.9 points, his narrowest victory margin in any state. [1] Hawaii is a very liberal state, and both of the state's U.S. senators have been Democrats since 1977, [2] which is partly the reason Reagan lost, albeit very narrowly. As of 2020, this is the second of two times (the first being 1960) in which not all of Hawaii's counties voted for the same candidate. This was the second of three times in which Oahu supported a Republican on the presidential level.

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Hawaii [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Jimmy Carter (incumbent)135,87944.80%4
Republican Ronald Reagan 130,11242.90%0
Independent John Anderson 32,03110.56%0
Libertarian Ed Clark 3,2691.08%0
Citizens Barry Commoner 1,5480.51%0
Communist Gus Hall 4580.15%0
Totals303,287100.00%4

Results by county

CountyJimmy Carter
Democratic
Ronald Reagan
Republican
John B. Anderson
Independent
Other Candidates
MarginTotal votes cast [4]
# %# %# %# %# %#
Hawaii 17,63049.16%14,24739.73%3,0918.62%8932.49%3,3839.43%35,861
Honolulu 96,47242.88%99,59644.27%25,33111.26%3,5961.60%-3,124-1.39%224,995
Kauai 9,08154.64%5,88335.39%1,3528.13%3051.84%3,19819.25%16,621
Maui 12,67449.22%10,35940.23%2,2378.69%4811.87%2,3158.99%25,751
Totals135,87944.80%130,11242.90%32,02110.56%5,2751.74%5,7671.90%303,287

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

DistrictReaganCarterRepresentative
1st 44.9%43.6% Cecil Heftel
2nd 42.7%47.2% Daniel Akaka

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