United States presidential election in Washington (state), 1980

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United States presidential election in Washington, 1980

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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 vote 9 0 0
Popular vote 865,244 650,193 185,073
Percentage 49.66% 37.32% 10.62%

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. Republican candidate Ronald Reagan won the state of Washington with 49.66% of the vote, carrying the state's 9 electoral votes. In the previous election in 1976, Reagan, who was not on the ballot in any of the 50 states, received one of Washington's electoral votes by faithless elector Mike Padden.

Results

United States presidential election in Washington, 1980[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan 865,244 49.66% 9
Democrat Jimmy Carter 650,193 37.32% 0
Independent John B. Anderson 185,073 10.62% 0
Libertarian Edward Clark 29,213 1.68% 0
Citizens Barry Commoner 9,403 0.54% 0
- Other 3,268 0.19% 0
Totals 1,742,394 100.0% 9

References

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