1980 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1980 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Flag of West Virginia.svg
  1976 November 4, 1980 1984  
  Carter cropped.jpg Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg
Nominee Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Georgia California
Running mate Walter Mondale George H. W. Bush
Electoral vote60
Popular vote367,462334,206
Percentage49.81%45.30%

West Virginia 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 West Virginia took place on November 4, 1980, in West Virginia as part of the 1980 United States presidential election.

Contents

The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Jimmy Carter, won the state over former California Governor Ronald Reagan by 33,356 votes, giving him one of just seven victories in the election. West Virginia gave Carter his third best vote percentage after the District of Columbia and his home state of Georgia, but the only other states he carried were Maryland, Minnesota, Hawaii, and Rhode Island.

Nationally, Reagan won the election with 489 electoral votes and 50.75 percent of the popular vote.

Results

1980 United States presidential election in West Virginia [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Jimmy Carter (incumbent)367,46249.81%6
Republican Ronald Reagan 334,20645.30%0
Independent John B. Anderson 31,6914.30%0
Libertarian Ed Clark 4,3560.59%0

Results by county

County [2] Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Ronald Reagan
Republican
John B. Anderson
Independent
Ed Clark
Libertarian
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Barbour 3,45148.70%3,31146.73%2924.12%320.45%1401.97%7,086
Berkeley 6,78338.86%9,95557.04%6253.58%910.52%-3,172-18.18%17,454
Boone 7,51562.63%4,16434.70%2682.23%530.44%3,35127.93%12,000
Braxton 3,79559.22%2,40337.50%1732.70%370.58%1,39221.72%6,408
Brooke 6,43054.51%4,62239.19%6345.38%1090.92%1,80815.32%11,795
Cabell 17,73244.79%19,48249.21%2,1465.42%2280.58%-1,750-4.42%39,588
Calhoun 1,71749.90%1,60646.67%922.67%260.76%1113.23%3,441
Clay 2,18558.08%1,45238.60%1022.71%230.61%73319.48%3,762
Doddridge 1,04334.19%1,88861.88%1203.93%00.00%-845-27.69%3,051
Fayette 13,17566.63%5,78429.25%7253.67%900.46%7,39137.38%19,774
Gilmer 1,85453.18%1,45241.65%1534.39%270.77%40211.53%3,486
Grant 1,04122.67%3,45275.19%871.90%110.24%-2,411-52.52%4,591
Greenbrier 7,12850.90%6,22144.42%5463.90%1090.78%9076.48%14,004
Hampshire 2,52245.16%2,87951.55%1572.81%270.48%-357-6.39%5,585
Hancock 8,78453.32%6,61040.12%9175.57%1641.00%2,17413.20%16,475
Hardy 2,05045.57%2,32951.77%992.20%210.47%-279-6.20%4,499
Harrison 18,81354.37%14,25141.19%1,3393.87%1990.58%4,56213.18%34,602
Jackson 4,12038.94%6,04157.09%3523.33%680.64%-1,921-18.15%10,581
Jefferson 4,67947.66%4,45445.37%5725.83%1131.15%2252.29%9,818
Kanawha 42,82946.68%42,60446.43%5,8386.36%4890.53%2250.25%91,760
Lewis 3,45545.39%3,74749.23%3594.72%500.66%-292-3.84%7,611
Lincoln 5,31756.03%4,00942.24%1281.35%360.38%1,30813.79%9,490
Logan 12,02468.99%4,94528.37%3812.19%780.45%7,07940.62%17,428
Marion 14,18953.60%10,95241.37%1,1714.42%1590.60%3,23712.23%26,471
Marshall 7,83249.21%7,25245.56%7254.56%1070.67%5803.65%15,916
Mason 5,68346.94%6,04049.88%3122.58%730.60%-357-2.94%12,108
McDowell 9,82270.44%3,86227.70%2161.55%430.31%5,96042.74%13,943
Mercer 11,80447.71%12,27349.61%5632.28%1010.41%-469-1.90%24,741
Mineral 4,67141.43%6,12554.33%3863.42%920.82%-1,454-12.90%11,274
Mingo 9,32870.24%3,71627.98%2081.57%280.21%5,61242.26%13,280
Monongalia 12,88346.30%11,97243.02%2,7459.86%2260.81%9113.28%27,826
Monroe 2,87747.38%2,99949.39%1662.73%300.49%-122-2.01%6,072
Morgan 1,59434.45%2,83361.23%1723.72%280.61%-1,239-26.78%4,627
Nicholas 5,26555.33%3,88540.83%3223.38%440.46%1,38014.50%9,516
Ohio 10,97345.96%11,41447.81%1,3345.59%1520.64%-441-1.85%23,873
Pendleton 1,72449.20%1,67747.86%802.28%230.66%471.34%3,504
Pleasants 1,49443.34%1,85253.73%842.44%170.49%-358-10.39%3,447
Pocahontas 2,17049.83%2,01146.18%1503.44%240.55%1593.65%4,355
Preston 4,31740.17%5,82854.23%5154.79%860.80%-1,511-14.06%10,746
Putnam 6,40943.64%7,56151.48%6324.30%840.57%-1,152-7.84%14,686
Raleigh 16,95558.81%10,71337.16%1,0463.63%1170.41%6,24221.65%28,831
Randolph 5,93754.36%4,37440.05%5184.74%920.84%1,56314.31%10,921
Ritchie 1,45030.91%3,08165.68%1282.73%320.68%-1,631-34.77%4,691
Roane 2,49841.96%3,21954.07%1843.09%520.87%-721-12.11%5,953
Summers 3,11453.72%2,45642.37%2013.47%260.45%65811.35%5,797
Taylor 3,21649.58%3,01046.40%2333.59%280.43%2063.18%6,487
Tucker 1,86248.30%1,79846.64%1533.97%421.09%641.66%3,855
Tyler 1,48233.82%2,70761.78%1633.72%300.68%-1,225-27.96%4,382
Upshur 2,86735.40%4,75158.66%4155.12%660.81%-1,884-23.26%8,099
Wayne 8,68751.96%7,54145.10%4412.64%500.30%1,1466.86%16,719
Webster 2,57864.87%1,26231.76%1172.94%170.43%1,31633.11%3,974
Wetzel 4,03550.34%3,58844.77%3274.08%650.81%4475.57%8,015
Wirt 1,05846.14%1,17651.29%441.92%150.65%-118-5.15%2,293
Wood 13,62238.36%20,08056.54%1,5364.33%2740.77%-6,458-18.18%35,512
Wyoming 6,62457.54%4,53739.41%2992.60%520.45%2,08718.13%11,512
Totals367,46249.81%334,20645.30%31,6914.30%4,3560.59%33,2564.51%737,715

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References

  1. "1980 Presidential General Election Results – West Virginia". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  2. "WV US President — November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.