Nationwide opinion polling for the 1980 United States presidential election

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This article provides a list of scientific, nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the 1980 United States presidential election.

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Presidential election

Ronald Reagan vs Jimmy Carter

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Ronald
Reagan (R)
Jimmy
Carter (D)
John
Anderson (I)
OtherUndecidedMargin
Gallup [1] March 31 – April 3, 197846%50%-1%3%4
ABC-Harris [2] May 14–20 [lower-alpha 1] , 197847%46%--7%1
Gallup [3] July 7–10, 197843%52%-1%4%9
Gallup [4] December 8–11, 197835%57%-2%5%22
ABC-Harris [5] December 21–26, 197838%55%--7%17
Gallup [6] March 23–26, 197938%52%-3%7%14
ABC-Harris [7] March, 197946%49%--5%3
ABC-Harris [8] May, 197945%47%--8%2
ABC-Harris [9] June, 197951%43%--6%8
Gallup [10] June 22–25, 197949%45%-1%5%4
Gallup [11] July 13–15, 197952%42%-2%4%10
ABC-Harris [12] July 28–29, 197951%44%--5%7
Gallup [13] August 3–6, 197942%47%-4%7%5
ABC-Harris [14] September 1–5, 197950%45%--5%5
Gallup [15] September 7–10, 197946%47%-2%5%1
ABC-Harris [16] September 26 – October 1, 197945%52%--3%7
Gallup [15] October 12–15, 197942%48%-3%7%6
ABC-Harris [17] November 7–10, 197942%53%--5%11
Gallup [18] November 16–19, 197941%53%-1%5%12
Gallup [19] December 7–9, 197936%60%-1%3%24
ABC-Harris [20] December 14–16, 197936%59%--5%23
Gallup [21] January 4–6, 198032%63%-1%4%31
ABC-Harris [22] January 22, 198031%65%--4%34
Gallup [23] February 1–3, 198032%59%-3%6%27
ABC-Harris [24] January 31 – February 4, 198032%64%--4%32
Gallup [25] February 29 – March 2, 198034%57%-3%6%23
ABC-Harris [24] March 5–8, 198040%58%--2%18
ABC-Harris [26] March 13–15, 198040%55%--5%15
ABC-Harris [26] March 26–30, 198047%50%--3%3
Gallup [27] March 28–30, 198043%48%-2%7%5
34%39%21%1%5%5
ABC-Harris [26] April 8, 198048%45%--7%3
38%38%22%-1%0
Gallup [27] April 11–13, 198044%49%-1%6%5
34%41%18%1%6%7
ABC-Harris [28] April 25, 198042%33%19%-6%9
Gallup [29] April 26–27, 198043%47%--10%4
35%40%19%-6%5
ABC-Harris [30] April 26–30, 198039%33%23%-5%6
Gallup [31] May 2–5, 198040%47%--13%7
33%38%21%-7%5
Gallup [31] May 16–18, 198041%49%--10%8
32%40%21%-7%8
Gallup [32] May 30 – June 2, 198039%50%--11%11
32%39%21%-8%7
ABC-Harris [33] June 5–9, 198051%44%--5%7
39%34%24%-3%5
Gallup [32] [34] June 13–16, 198045%42%--13%3
33%35%24%-8%2
Gallup [32] [34] June 27–30, 198047%41%--12%6
37%32%22%-9%5
Gallup [35] [34] July 11–14, 198037%34%21%-8%3
Gallup [36] July 11–13, 198043% [lower-alpha 2] 34% [lower-alpha 3] 16%-7%9
July 14–17: Republican National Convention
ABC-Harris [37] [38] July 18–21, 198061%33%--6%28
49%23%25%-3%24
Gallup [39] August 1–3, 198045%31% [lower-alpha 4] 14%-10%14
ABC-Harris [40] August 5–6, 198057%36%--7%21
48%28%19%-5%20
August 11–14: Democratic National Convention
Gallup [41] [42] August 15–17, 198040%46%--14%6
39%38%14%1%8%1
ABC-Harris [43] August 14–18, 198042%36%17%-5%6
Gallup [44] August 15–18, 198038%39%13%-10%1
ABC-Harris [45] September 3–7, 198041%37%17%-5%4
Gallup [44] [46] September 12–15, 198041%37%15%-7%4
ABC-Harris [47] September 22, 198042%36%19%-3%6
48%46%--6%2
ABC-Harris [48] October 3–6, 198043%39%14%-4%4
Gallup [46] October 10–12, 198045%42%8%-5%3
ABC-Harris [49] October 14–16, 198042%39%12%-7%3
Gallup [50] October 17–20, 198040%41%10%-9%1
ABC-Harris [51] October 22–25, 198045%42%10%-3%3
Washington Post [52] October 26–27, 198043%39%7%-11%4
Newsweek-Gallup [52] October 29–30, 198044%43%7%1%5%4
ABC-Harris[ citation needed ]October 30 – November 1, 198045%40%10%1%4%5
CBS-New York Times[ citation needed ]October 30 – November 1, 198044%43%8%-5%1
Gallup [53] October 30 – November 1, 198046%43%7%1%3%3
Election ResultsNov. 4, 198050.75%41.01%6.61%1.63%-9.74

Hypothetical Polling

Ronald Reagan vs Edward Kennedy

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Ronald
Reagan (R)
Edward
Kennedy (D)
John
Anderson (I)
OtherUndecidedMargin
ABC-Harris [54] May 14–20 [lower-alpha 5] , 197842%54%--4%12
Gallup [55] May 19–22, 197836%56%-1%7%20
Gallup [3] July 7–10, 197836%59%-1%4%23
ABC-Harris [5] December 21–26, 197839%55%--6%16
ABC-Harris [7] March, 197938%58%--4%20
Gallup [56] May 18–21, 197935%56%-3%6%21
Gallup [11] July 13–15, 197938%56%-2%4%18
ABC-Harris [12] July 28–29, 197936%59%--5%23
Gallup [13] August 3–6, 197932%61%-3%4%29
ABC-Harris [14] September 1–5, 197939%58%--3%19
Gallup [57] September 7–10, 197933%61%-2%4%28
ABC-Harris [16] September 26 – October 1, 197934%64%--2%30
Gallup [15] October 12–15, 197938%54%-2%6%16
ABC-Harris [17] November 7–10, 197938%58%--4%20
Gallup [19] December 7–9, 197944%49%-2%5%5
ABC-Harris [20] December 14–16, 197949%46%--5%3
Gallup [21] January 4–6, 198042%50%-2%6%8
Gallup [23] February 1–3, 198048%39%-6%7%9
Gallup [58] February 29 – March 3, 198053%34%--13%19
Gallup [58] May 16–19, 198051%38%--11%13
Gallup [58] June 13–15, 198058%32%--10%26
Gallup [39] August 1–3, 198048%27%18%-7%21

Ronald Reagan vs Jerry Brown

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Ronald
Reagan (R)
Jerry
Brown (D)
OtherUndecidedMargin
ABC-Lou Harris [2] May 14–20 [lower-alpha 6] , 197852%40%-8%12

Ronald Reagan vs Scoop Jackson

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Ronald
Reagan (R)
Scoop
Jackson (D)
John
Anderson (I)
OtherUndecidedMargin
Gallup [39] August 1–3, 198046%21%20%-13%25

Ronald Reagan vs Walter Mondale

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Ronald
Reagan (R)
Walter
Mondale (D)
John
Anderson (I)
OtherUndecidedMargin
Gallup [39] August 1–3, 198047%27%18%-8%20

Ronald Reagan vs Edmund Muskie

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Ronald
Reagan (R)
Edmund
Muskie (D)
John
Anderson (I)
OtherUndecidedMargin
ABC-Harris [59] June 5–9, 198048%48%-4%0
Gallup [39] August 1–3, 198045%31%16%-8%14

George Bush vs Jimmy Carter

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
George
Bush (R)
Jimmy
Carter (D)
OtherUndecidedMargin
ABC-Harris [22] January 22, 198032%62%-6%30
Gallup [23] February 1–3, 198035%54%2%9%19
Gallup [25] February 29 – March 2, 198032%57%-11%25

George Bush vs Edward Kennedy

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
George
Bush (R)
Edward
Kennedy (D)
OtherUndecidedMargin
Gallup [23] February 1–3, 198052%37%3%8%15

Howard Baker vs Jimmy Carter

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Howard
Baker (R)
Jimmy
Carter (D)
OtherUndecidedMargin
ABC-Harris [9] June, 197946%45%-9%1
Gallup [11] July 13–15, 197947%44%1%8%3
ABC-Harris [12] July 28–29, 197948%43%-9%5

Howard Baker vs Edward Kennedy

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Howard
Baker (R)
Edward
Kennedy (D)
OtherUndecidedMargin
Gallup [11] July 13–15, 197936%57%2%5%21
ABC-Harris [12] July 28–29, 197934%60%-6%26

John Connally vs Jimmy Carter

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
John
Connally (R)
Jimmy
Carter (D)
OtherUndecidedMargin
Gallup [60] February 2–5, 197933%53%3%11%20
ABC-Harris [9] June, 197941%52%-7%11
Gallup [10] June 22–25, 197938%53%1%8%15
Gallup [11] July 13–15, 197943%49%3%5%6
ABC-Harris [61] July 28–29, 197940%52%-8%12

John Connally vs Edward Kennedy

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
John
Connally (R)
Edward
Kennedy (D)
OtherUndecidedMargin
Gallup [56] May 18–21, 197924%63%3%10%39
Gallup [10] June 22–25, 197925%67%1%7%42
Gallup [11] July 13–15, 197930%62%3%5%32

Gerald Ford vs Jimmy Carter

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Gerald
Ford (R)
Jimmy
Carter (D)
OtherUndecidedMargin
Gallup [1] March 31 – April 3, 197845%51%1%3%6
ABC-Harris [62] April, 197842%50%-8%8
ABC-Harris [2] May 14–20 [lower-alpha 7] , 197848%43%-9%5
Gallup [3] July 7–10, 197846%47%2%5%1
Gallup [63] September 22–25, 197840%53%2%5%13
Gallup [4] December 8–11, 197839%53%3%5%14
Gallup [6] March 23–26, 197941%48%4%7%7
Gallup [10] June 22–25, 197950%43%1%6%7
Gallup [11] [13] July 13–15, 197955%40%2%3%15
Gallup [13] August 3–6, 197948%42%4%6%6
Gallup [15] September 7–10, 197951%42%3%4%9
ABC-Harris [64] September 26 – October 1, 197955%42%-3%13
Gallup [65] October 12–15, 197947%41%4%8%6
ABC-Harris [17] November 7–10, 197950%46%-4%4
Gallup [19] December 7–9, 197939%57%1%3%18
Gallup [21] January 4–6, 198038%57%1%4%19
Gallup [23] February 1–3, 198041%52%2%5%11
ABC-Harris [24] March 5–8, 198044%54%-2%10

Gerald Ford vs Edward Kennedy

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Gerald
Ford (R)
Edward
Kennedy (D)
OtherUndecidedMargin
ABC-Harris [54] May 14–20 [lower-alpha 8] , 197843%52%-5%9
Gallup [55] May 19–22, 197841%51%1%7%10
Gallup [3] July 7–10, 197840%57%-3%17
Gallup [56] May 18–21, 197938%52%4%6%14
Gallup [11] July 13–15, 197941%54%2%3%13
Gallup [13] August 3–6, 197935%57%3%5%22
Gallup [57] September 7–10, 197938%58%1%3%20
ABC-Harris [64] September 26 – October 1, 197940%58%-2%18
Gallup [65] October 12–15, 197942%51%2%5%9
Gallup [19] December 7–9, 197951%43%1%5%8
Gallup [21] January 4–6, 198049%44%2%5%5
Gallup [23] February 1–3, 198057%34%3%6%23

Gerald Ford vs Jerry Brown

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Gerald
Ford (R)
Jerry
Brown (D)
OtherUndecidedMargin
ABC-Harris [2] May 14–20 [lower-alpha 9] , 197852%38%-10%14

Notes

  1. Date is approximate
  2. With George Bush
  3. With Walter Mondale
  4. With Walter Mondale
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