1980 United States presidential election in Idaho

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1980 United States presidential election in Idaho
Flag of Idaho.svg
  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 Independent
Home state California Georgia Illinois
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Patrick Lucey
Electoral vote400
Popular vote290,699110,19227,058
Percentage66.46%25.19%6.19%

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County Results
Reagan
  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%

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

Contents

Idaho was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 41-point landslide. [1] It is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in 1964, [2] and even Johnson won by merely five thousand votes in a national landslide. With 66.46 percent of the popular vote, Idaho would prove to be Reagan's second strongest state after neighboring Utah. [3]

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Idaho [4]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 290,69966.46%4
Democratic Jimmy Carter (incumbent)110,19225.19%0
Independent John B. Anderson 27,0586.19%0
Libertarian Edward Clark 8,4251.93%0
American John Rarick 1,0570.24%0
Totals437,431100.00%4

Results by county

County [5] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Ed Clark
Libertarian
John Rarick
American
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Ada 55,20563.79%21,32424.64%7,9879.23%1,8742.17%1540.18%33,88139.15%86,544
Adams 1,18962.68%59031.10%884.64%261.37%40.21%59931.58%1,897
Bannock 18,47761.88%8,63928.93%1,8966.35%7712.58%760.25%9,83832.95%29,859
Bear Lake 2,94182.45%50814.24%631.77%451.26%100.28%2,43368.21%3,567
Benewah 2,11154.89%1,36135.39%2867.44%842.18%40.10%75019.50%3,846
Bingham 11,78176.07%2,93318.94%4893.16%2641.70%200.13%8,84857.13%15,487
Blaine 2,71649.12%1,84033.28%77514.02%1883.40%100.18%87615.84%5,529
Boise 1,13461.43%51828.06%1105.96%814.39%30.16%61633.37%1,846
Bonner 6,72756.34%4,06034.00%8807.37%2502.09%230.19%2,66722.34%11,940
Bonneville 24,71577.55%5,05215.85%1,3554.25%6832.14%640.20%19,66361.70%31,869
Boundary 2,08859.44%1,08730.94%2256.40%1063.02%70.20%1,00128.50%3,513
Butte 1,27572.24%42424.02%351.98%281.59%30.17%85148.22%1,765
Camas 36067.92%14527.36%163.02%91.70%00.00%21540.56%530
Canyon 24,37567.68%9,17225.47%1,7984.99%6011.67%700.19%15,20342.21%36,016
Caribou 3,23483.09%48112.36%1062.72%591.52%120.31%2,75370.73%3,892
Cassia 6,51178.84%1,36916.58%2122.57%800.97%871.05%5,14262.26%8,259
Clark 37978.47%8718.01%112.28%61.24%00.00%29260.46%483
Clearwater 2,17850.49%1,69939.38%2916.75%1292.99%170.39%47911.11%4,314
Custer 1,39873.50%39820.93%643.36%402.10%20.11%1,00052.57%1,902
Elmore 3,99464.87%1,76028.59%3115.05%881.43%40.06%2,23436.28%6,157
Franklin 3,66985.31%51111.88%611.42%541.26%60.14%3,15873.43%4,301
Fremont 4,16779.33%92617.63%1082.06%480.91%40.08%3,24161.70%5,253
Gem 3,76665.77%1,61328.17%2183.81%1041.82%250.44%2,15337.60%5,726
Gooding 3,89768.43%1,48126.01%2183.83%861.51%130.23%2,41642.42%5,695
Idaho 4,42562.56%2,07829.38%4095.78%1361.92%250.35%2,34733.18%7,073
Jefferson 5,86084.52%83312.02%1351.95%911.31%140.20%5,02772.50%6,933
Jerome 4,96274.90%1,36820.65%1782.69%1011.52%160.24%3,59454.25%6,625
Kootenai 17,02263.25%7,52127.95%1,8086.72%4761.77%850.32%9,50135.30%26,912
Latah 6,96746.78%5,03733.82%2,46516.55%3892.61%340.23%1,93012.96%14,892
Lemhi 2,64671.53%79421.47%1674.51%852.30%70.19%1,85250.06%3,699
Lewis 1,08853.00%77437.70%1607.79%301.46%10.05%31415.30%2,053
Lincoln 1,29469.12%46224.68%834.43%301.60%30.16%83244.44%1,872
Madison 6,55588.41%7289.82%640.86%510.69%160.22%5,82778.59%7,414
Minidoka 6,03574.22%1,68920.77%2603.20%1351.66%120.15%4,34653.45%8,131
Nez Perce 7,49547.61%6,56541.70%1,3448.54%3141.99%260.17%9305.91%15,744
Oneida 1,46174.16%43422.03%502.54%231.17%20.10%1,02752.13%1,970
Owyhee 2,25771.88%73223.31%932.96%531.69%50.16%1,52548.57%3,140
Payette 4,50867.14%1,82827.23%2533.77%1051.56%200.30%2,68039.91%6,714
Power 2,23571.11%72723.13%1193.79%571.81%50.16%1,50847.98%3,143
Shoshone 3,99452.04%3,10240.42%4075.30%1481.93%240.31%89211.62%7,675
Teton 1,22772.78%36021.35%673.97%281.66%40.24%86751.43%1,686
Twin Falls 17,42573.50%4,83520.39%9764.12%3441.45%1280.54%12,59053.11%23,708
Valley 2,04162.38%92628.30%2457.49%581.77%20.06%1,11534.08%3,272
Washington 2,91563.58%1,42130.99%1723.75%671.46%100.22%1,49432.59%4,585
Totals290,69966.46%110,19225.19%27,0586.19%8,4251.93%1,0570.24%180,50741.27%437,431

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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