1980 United States presidential election in Idaho

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1980 United States presidential election in Idaho

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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  | 4 | 0  | 0
Popular vote  | 290,699 | 110,192  | 27,058
Percentage  | 66.46% | 25.19%  | 6.19%

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County Results

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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.

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

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1980 United States presidential election in Idaho[4]

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Electoral votes
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 290,699 | 66.46% | 4
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter (incumbent)  | 110,192  | 25.19%  | 0
| Independent | John B. Anderson | 27,058  | 6.19%  | 0
| Libertarian | Edward Clark | 8,425  | 1.93%  | 0
| American | John Rarick | 1,057  | 0.24%  | 0
Totals | 437,431 | 100.00% | 4

### Results by county

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County[5] | Ronald Reagan
Republican  | Jimmy Carter
Democratic  | John B. Anderson
Independent  | Ed Clark
Libertarian  | John Rarick
American  | Margin  | Total votes cast

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Ada | 55,205  | 63.79%  | 21,324  | 24.64%  | 7,987  | 9.23%  | 1,874  | 2.17%  | 154  | 0.18%  | 33,881  | 39.15%  | 86,544
Adams | 1,189  | 62.68%  | 590  | 31.10%  | 88  | 4.64%  | 26  | 1.37%  | 4  | 0.21%  | 599  | 31.58%  | 1,897
Bannock | 18,477  | 61.88%  | 8,639  | 28.93%  | 1,896  | 6.35%  | 771  | 2.58%  | 76  | 0.25%  | 9,838  | 32.95%  | 29,859
Bear Lake | 2,941  | 82.45%  | 508  | 14.24%  | 63  | 1.77%  | 45  | 1.26%  | 10  | 0.28%  | 2,433  | 68.21%  | 3,567
Benewah | 2,111  | 54.89%  | 1,361  | 35.39%  | 286  | 7.44%  | 84  | 2.18%  | 4  | 0.10%  | 750  | 19.50%  | 3,846
Bingham | 11,781  | 76.07%  | 2,933  | 18.94%  | 489  | 3.16%  | 264  | 1.70%  | 20  | 0.13%  | 8,848  | 57.13%  | 15,487
Blaine | 2,716  | 49.12%  | 1,840  | 33.28%  | 775  | 14.02%  | 188  | 3.40%  | 10  | 0.18%  | 876  | 15.84%  | 5,529
Boise | 1,134  | 61.43%  | 518  | 28.06%  | 110  | 5.96%  | 81  | 4.39%  | 3  | 0.16%  | 616  | 33.37%  | 1,846
Bonner | 6,727  | 56.34%  | 4,060  | 34.00%  | 880  | 7.37%  | 250  | 2.09%  | 23  | 0.19%  | 2,667  | 22.34%  | 11,940
Bonneville | 24,715  | 77.55%  | 5,052  | 15.85%  | 1,355  | 4.25%  | 683  | 2.14%  | 64  | 0.20%  | 19,663  | 61.70%  | 31,869
Boundary | 2,088  | 59.44%  | 1,087  | 30.94%  | 225  | 6.40%  | 106  | 3.02%  | 7  | 0.20%  | 1,001  | 28.50%  | 3,513
Butte | 1,275  | 72.24%  | 424  | 24.02%  | 35  | 1.98%  | 28  | 1.59%  | 3  | 0.17%  | 851  | 48.22%  | 1,765
Camas | 360  | 67.92%  | 145  | 27.36%  | 16  | 3.02%  | 9  | 1.70%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 215  | 40.56%  | 530
Canyon | 24,375  | 67.68%  | 9,172  | 25.47%  | 1,798  | 4.99%  | 601  | 1.67%  | 70  | 0.19%  | 15,203  | 42.21%  | 36,016
Caribou | 3,234  | 83.09%  | 481  | 12.36%  | 106  | 2.72%  | 59  | 1.52%  | 12  | 0.31%  | 2,753  | 70.73%  | 3,892
Cassia | 6,511  | 78.84%  | 1,369  | 16.58%  | 212  | 2.57%  | 80  | 0.97%  | 87  | 1.05%  | 5,142  | 62.26%  | 8,259
Clark | 379  | 78.47%  | 87  | 18.01%  | 11  | 2.28%  | 6  | 1.24%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 292  | 60.46%  | 483
Clearwater | 2,178  | 50.49%  | 1,699  | 39.38%  | 291  | 6.75%  | 129  | 2.99%  | 17  | 0.39%  | 479  | 11.11%  | 4,314
Custer | 1,398  | 73.50%  | 398  | 20.93%  | 64  | 3.36%  | 40  | 2.10%  | 2  | 0.11%  | 1,000  | 52.57%  | 1,902
Elmore | 3,994  | 64.87%  | 1,760  | 28.59%  | 311  | 5.05%  | 88  | 1.43%  | 4  | 0.06%  | 2,234  | 36.28%  | 6,157
Franklin | 3,669  | 85.31%  | 511  | 11.88%  | 61  | 1.42%  | 54  | 1.26%  | 6  | 0.14%  | 3,158  | 73.43%  | 4,301
Fremont | 4,167  | 79.33%  | 926  | 17.63%  | 108  | 2.06%  | 48  | 0.91%  | 4  | 0.08%  | 3,241  | 61.70%  | 5,253
Gem | 3,766  | 65.77%  | 1,613  | 28.17%  | 218  | 3.81%  | 104  | 1.82%  | 25  | 0.44%  | 2,153  | 37.60%  | 5,726
Gooding | 3,897  | 68.43%  | 1,481  | 26.01%  | 218  | 3.83%  | 86  | 1.51%  | 13  | 0.23%  | 2,416  | 42.42%  | 5,695
Idaho | 4,425  | 62.56%  | 2,078  | 29.38%  | 409  | 5.78%  | 136  | 1.92%  | 25  | 0.35%  | 2,347  | 33.18%  | 7,073
Jefferson | 5,860  | 84.52%  | 833  | 12.02%  | 135  | 1.95%  | 91  | 1.31%  | 14  | 0.20%  | 5,027  | 72.50%  | 6,933
Jerome | 4,962  | 74.90%  | 1,368  | 20.65%  | 178  | 2.69%  | 101  | 1.52%  | 16  | 0.24%  | 3,594  | 54.25%  | 6,625
Kootenai | 17,022  | 63.25%  | 7,521  | 27.95%  | 1,808  | 6.72%  | 476  | 1.77%  | 85  | 0.32%  | 9,501  | 35.30%  | 26,912
Latah | 6,967  | 46.78%  | 5,037  | 33.82%  | 2,465  | 16.55%  | 389  | 2.61%  | 34  | 0.23%  | 1,930  | 12.96%  | 14,892
Lemhi | 2,646  | 71.53%  | 794  | 21.47%  | 167  | 4.51%  | 85  | 2.30%  | 7  | 0.19%  | 1,852  | 50.06%  | 3,699
Lewis | 1,088  | 53.00%  | 774  | 37.70%  | 160  | 7.79%  | 30  | 1.46%  | 1  | 0.05%  | 314  | 15.30%  | 2,053
Lincoln | 1,294  | 69.12%  | 462  | 24.68%  | 83  | 4.43%  | 30  | 1.60%  | 3  | 0.16%  | 832  | 44.44%  | 1,872
Madison | 6,555  | 88.41%  | 728  | 9.82%  | 64  | 0.86%  | 51  | 0.69%  | 16  | 0.22%  | 5,827  | 78.59%  | 7,414
Minidoka | 6,035  | 74.22%  | 1,689  | 20.77%  | 260  | 3.20%  | 135  | 1.66%  | 12  | 0.15%  | 4,346  | 53.45%  | 8,131
Nez Perce | 7,495  | 47.61%  | 6,565  | 41.70%  | 1,344  | 8.54%  | 314  | 1.99%  | 26  | 0.17%  | 930  | 5.91%  | 15,744
Oneida | 1,461  | 74.16%  | 434  | 22.03%  | 50  | 2.54%  | 23  | 1.17%  | 2  | 0.10%  | 1,027  | 52.13%  | 1,970
Owyhee | 2,257  | 71.88%  | 732  | 23.31%  | 93  | 2.96%  | 53  | 1.69%  | 5  | 0.16%  | 1,525  | 48.57%  | 3,140
Payette | 4,508  | 67.14%  | 1,828  | 27.23%  | 253  | 3.77%  | 105  | 1.56%  | 20  | 0.30%  | 2,680  | 39.91%  | 6,714
Power | 2,235  | 71.11%  | 727  | 23.13%  | 119  | 3.79%  | 57  | 1.81%  | 5  | 0.16%  | 1,508  | 47.98%  | 3,143
Shoshone | 3,994  | 52.04%  | 3,102  | 40.42%  | 407  | 5.30%  | 148  | 1.93%  | 24  | 0.31%  | 892  | 11.62%  | 7,675
Teton | 1,227  | 72.78%  | 360  | 21.35%  | 67  | 3.97%  | 28  | 1.66%  | 4  | 0.24%  | 867  | 51.43%  | 1,686
Twin Falls | 17,425  | 73.50%  | 4,835  | 20.39%  | 976  | 4.12%  | 344  | 1.45%  | 128  | 0.54%  | 12,590  | 53.11%  | 23,708
Valley | 2,041  | 62.38%  | 926  | 28.30%  | 245  | 7.49%  | 58  | 1.77%  | 2  | 0.06%  | 1,115  | 34.08%  | 3,272
Washington | 2,915  | 63.58%  | 1,421  | 30.99%  | 172  | 3.75%  | 67  | 1.46%  | 10  | 0.22%  | 1,494  | 32.59%  | 4,585
Totals | 290,699 | 66.46% | 110,192 | 25.19% | 27,058 | 6.19% | 8,425 | 1.93% | 1,057 | 0.24% | 180,507 | 41.27% | 437,431

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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* Benewah
* Clearwater
* Lewis
* Nez Perce

## See also

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* United States presidential elections in Idaho
* Presidency of Ronald Reagan

## References

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1. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Idaho". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
2. ^ "A super guide for Super Tuesday". CNN. February 4, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
3. ^ "1980 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
4. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho". Retrieved December 29, 2017.
5. ^ Our Campaigns; ID US President, November 04, 1980

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