1980 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1980 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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  1976 November 4, 1980 1984  
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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 vote900
Popular vote865,244650,193185,073
Percentage49.66%37.32%10.62%

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County Results

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Washington was held on November 4, 1980 as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Republican candidate Ronald Reagan won the state of Washington with 49.66 percent of the vote. During the previous election in 1976, Reagan, who was not on the ballot in any of the fifty states, received one of Washington's electoral votes by faithless elector Mike Padden.

Reagan won every county in the state except Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties, neither of which ever voted Republican between 1956 and 2012. As of the 2020 presidential election , Reagan's 1980 effort remains the last Republican win in Jefferson County and was the last in Cowlitz County until 2016. [1]

Third-party candidate John B. Anderson did well in Western Washington, gaining many voters from disaffected major-party supporters and exceeding 14 percent of the vote in Kitsap and San Juan Counties. Anderson was less successful east of the Cascades, apart from college-influenced Whitman County. 1980 marks the last time in which Washington state voted more Republican than the nation at-large. [2]

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Washington [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 865,24449.66%9
Democrat Jimmy Carter (incumbent)650,19337.32%0
Independent John B. Anderson 185,07310.62%0
Libertarian Edward Clark 29,2131.68%0
Citizens Barry Commoner 9,4030.54%0
Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry 1,1370.07%0
Socialist David McReynolds 9560.05%0
Communist Gus Hall 8340.05%0
Workers World Deirdre Griswold 3410.02%0
Totals1,742,394100.0%9

Results by county

CountyRonald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [3]
# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 3,24868.01%1,22325.61%2555.34%501.05%2,02542.40%4,776
Asotin 3,27549.18%2,72440.91%5398.09%1211.82%5518.27%6,659
Benton 28,72864.68%11,56126.03%3,3017.43%8231.85%17,16738.65%44,413
Chelan 11,29956.92%6,48332.66%1,6088.10%4602.32%4,81624.26%19,850
Clallam 11,51551.65%8,02936.01%2,1729.74%5802.60%3,48615.64%22,296
Clark 33,22346.10%30,58442.43%6,4458.94%1,8232.53%2,6393.67%72,075
Columbia 1,34964.67%58728.14%1195.70%311.49%76236.53%2,086
Cowlitz 13,15445.93%12,56043.86%2,3368.16%5892.06%5942.07%28,639
Douglas 5,17159.38%2,83332.53%5646.48%1411.62%2,33826.85%8,709
Ferry 1,10852.76%80238.19%1276.05%633.00%30614.57%2,100
Franklin 7,32761.26%3,71931.09%6995.84%2161.81%3,60830.17%11,961
Garfield 87557.60%50933.51%1228.03%130.86%36624.09%1,519
Grant 11,15261.29%5,67331.18%1,0916.00%2801.54%5,47930.11%18,196
Grays Harbor 10,22640.19%11,29044.37%3,26712.84%6612.60%-1,064-4.18%25,444
Island 10,92658.87%5,42229.21%1,8009.70%4112.21%5,50429.66%18,559
Jefferson 3,64544.61%3,27940.13%87610.72%3704.53%3664.48%8,170
King 272,56745.42%235,04639.16%76,11912.68%16,4252.74%37,5216.26%600,157
Kitsap 29,42048.79%20,89334.65%8,52514.14%1,4582.42%8,52714.14%60,296
Kittitas 5,35949.86%4,07537.91%1,0669.92%2482.31%1,28411.95%10,748
Klickitat 3,11349.54%2,59641.31%4236.73%1522.42%5178.23%6,284
Lewis 13,63659.94%6,96230.60%1,6037.05%5482.41%6,67429.34%22,749
Lincoln 3,32462.28%1,59729.92%3576.69%591.11%1,72732.36%5,337
Mason 6,74549.10%5,24138.15%1,3539.85%3982.90%1,50410.95%13,737
Okanogan 6,46051.71%4,63437.09%1,0308.24%3692.95%1,82614.62%12,493
Pacific 3,13239.09%3,72746.52%94511.79%2082.60%-595-7.43%8,012
Pend Oreille 2,13655.70%1,39936.48%2215.76%792.06%73719.22%3,835
Pierce 90,24751.13%64,44436.51%18,34510.39%3,4751.97%25,80314.62%176,511
San Juan 2,36346.97%1,66633.11%72814.47%2745.45%69713.86%5,031
Skagit 15,52050.68%11,29936.90%2,8549.32%9503.10%4,22113.78%30,623
Skamania 1,41645.75%1,37344.36%2187.04%882.84%431.39%3,095
Snohomish 66,15348.68%52,00338.26%14,46510.64%3,2862.42%14,15010.42%135,907
Spokane 78,09655.51%49,26335.02%11,2588.00%2,0681.47%28,83320.49%140,685
Stevens 7,09461.53%3,58431.08%6015.21%2512.18%3,51030.45%11,530
Thurston 26,36948.10%20,50837.41%5,99310.93%1,9533.56%5,86110.69%54,823
Wahkiakum 82846.57%75142.24%1488.32%512.87%774.33%1,778
Walla Walla 11,22359.14%5,82530.70%1,5918.38%3381.78%5,39828.44%18,977
Whatcom 21,37146.40%18,43040.02%4,90610.65%1,3502.93%2,9416.38%46,057
Whitman 8,63650.73%5,72633.63%2,33113.69%3311.94%2,91017.10%17,024
Yakima 33,81555.21%21,87335.71%4,6727.63%8931.46%11,94219.50%61,253
Totals865,24449.66%650,19337.32%185,07310.62%41,8842.40%215,05112.34%1,742,394

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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