1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota
The 1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1980, as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-president.
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After having leaned strongly Republican until the 1930s, Minnesota had become one of the most Democratic states in the country during the 1970s: in 1972 it was George McGovern’s second-best state in his disastrous landslide loss and more than one-seventh of the 130 counties he won nationally lay within the state. In 1974, Governor Wendell Anderson won every county in the state in a landslide gubernatorial triumph during the aftermath of Watergate.
Late in February, Carter won the state’s Democratic Party caucus over Ted Kennedy,[2] and defeated 1976 challenger Reagan did the same for the Republicans.[3] At the beginning of the campaign in July, Reagan aimed to focus on the problem of Carter and his lack of leadership in the industrial strongholds of the Midwest like Minnesota,[4] although by August polls were suggesting Carter was strong in the state despite John Anderson’s third-party candidacy.[5] However, by the middle of October Minnesota was once again rated as a “tossup”.[6]
Incumbent DFL president Jimmy Carter carried the state by 80,933 votes over former California Governor Ronald Reagan. This gave him one of just seven victories in the election (the others being Maryland, West Virginia, Hawaii, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia and his home state of Georgia). Carter became the first Democrat to win Minnesota consecutively since Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the state every year from 1932 to 1944. Despite Carter's win in Minnesota, Reagan became the first Republican to carry Mahnomen County since Warren G. Harding in 1920.[7]
Nationally, Reagan won the election with 489 electoral votes and 50.75% of the popular vote. Minnesota was the only state not to back Reagan in either of his presidential campaigns, casting its electoral votes in favor of Walter Mondale (a Minnesota native) in 1984.
Results
edit1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic–Farmer–Labor | Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 954,174 | 46.50% | 10 | |
Republican | Ronald Reagan | 873,241 | 42.56% | 0 | |
Anderson Coalition | John B. Anderson | 174,990 | 8.53% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Ed Clark | 31,592 | 1.54% | 0 | |
Citizens | Barry Commoner | 8,407 | 0.41% | 0 | |
American | No Candidate | 6,139 | 0.30% | 0 | |
Communist | Gus Hall | 1,184 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | Clifton DeBerry | 711 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Workers World | Deirdre Griswold | 698 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Socialist | David McReynolds | 536 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 281 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
Totals | 2,079,451 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
Voter turnout | 75% | — |
Results by county
editCounty[9] | Jimmy Carter DFL |
Ronald Reagan Republican |
John B. Anderson Anderson Coalition |
Ed Clark Libertarian |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Aitkin | 3,677 | 47.94% | 3,396 | 44.28% | 380 | 4.95% | 163 | 2.13% | 54 | 0.70% | 281 | 3.66% | 7,670 |
Anoka | 45,532 | 51.83% | 33,100 | 37.68% | 6,828 | 7.77% | 1,631 | 1.86% | 752 | 0.86% | 12,432 | 14.15% | 87,843 |
Becker | 5,221 | 39.75% | 6,848 | 52.14% | 866 | 6.59% | 151 | 1.15% | 48 | 0.37% | -1,627 | -12.39% | 13,134 |
Beltrami | 7,432 | 47.83% | 6,481 | 41.71% | 1,254 | 8.07% | 253 | 1.63% | 117 | 0.75% | 951 | 6.12% | 15,537 |
Benton | 5,272 | 44.75% | 5,513 | 46.79% | 646 | 5.48% | 213 | 1.81% | 138 | 1.17% | -241 | -2.04% | 11,782 |
Big Stone | 1,814 | 44.34% | 1,950 | 47.67% | 249 | 6.09% | 56 | 1.37% | 22 | 0.54% | -136 | -3.33% | 4,091 |
Blue Earth | 10,930 | 41.82% | 11,966 | 45.78% | 2,698 | 10.32% | 327 | 1.25% | 217 | 0.83% | -1,036 | -3.96% | 26,138 |
Brown | 4,915 | 34.80% | 8,051 | 57.01% | 842 | 5.96% | 256 | 1.81% | 58 | 0.41% | -3,136 | -22.21% | 14,122 |
Carlton | 8,822 | 59.48% | 4,760 | 32.09% | 883 | 5.95% | 279 | 1.88% | 89 | 0.60% | 4,062 | 27.39% | 14,833 |
Carver | 6,621 | 35.83% | 9,909 | 53.62% | 1,496 | 8.09% | 333 | 1.80% | 122 | 0.66% | -3,288 | -17.79% | 18,481 |
Cass | 4,717 | 41.07% | 6,119 | 53.28% | 434 | 3.78% | 178 | 1.55% | 37 | 0.32% | -1,402 | -12.21% | 11,485 |
Chippewa | 3,164 | 39.08% | 4,252 | 52.51% | 532 | 6.57% | 117 | 1.44% | 32 | 0.40% | -1,088 | -13.43% | 8,097 |
Chisago | 6,240 | 49.83% | 5,017 | 40.06% | 939 | 7.50% | 264 | 2.11% | 63 | 0.50% | 1,223 | 9.77% | 12,523 |
Clay | 8,940 | 39.72% | 10,447 | 46.41% | 2,773 | 12.32% | 221 | 0.98% | 127 | 0.56% | -1,507 | -6.69% | 22,508 |
Clearwater | 1,955 | 47.26% | 1,919 | 46.39% | 185 | 4.47% | 60 | 1.45% | 18 | 0.44% | 36 | 0.87% | 4,137 |
Cook | 871 | 38.44% | 1,147 | 50.62% | 182 | 8.03% | 48 | 2.12% | 18 | 0.79% | -276 | -12.18% | 2,266 |
Cottonwood | 2,958 | 37.70% | 4,258 | 54.26% | 535 | 6.82% | 77 | 0.98% | 19 | 0.24% | -1,300 | -16.56% | 7,847 |
Crow Wing | 9,323 | 43.01% | 10,844 | 50.03% | 1,046 | 4.83% | 367 | 1.69% | 97 | 0.45% | -1,521 | -7.02% | 21,677 |
Dakota | 43,433 | 45.84% | 40,708 | 42.96% | 8,588 | 9.06% | 1,526 | 1.61% | 500 | 0.53% | 2,725 | 2.88% | 94,755 |
Dodge | 2,698 | 38.00% | 3,900 | 54.93% | 367 | 5.17% | 92 | 1.30% | 43 | 0.61% | -1,202 | -16.93% | 7,100 |
Douglas | 5,530 | 38.28% | 7,778 | 53.85% | 844 | 5.84% | 226 | 1.56% | 67 | 0.46% | -2,248 | -15.57% | 14,445 |
Faribault | 3,620 | 34.54% | 6,206 | 59.21% | 525 | 5.01% | 105 | 1.00% | 25 | 0.24% | -2,586 | -24.67% | 10,481 |
Fillmore | 4,010 | 35.45% | 6,452 | 57.04% | 650 | 5.75% | 157 | 1.39% | 43 | 0.38% | -2,442 | -21.59% | 11,312 |
Freeborn | 8,212 | 46.17% | 8,475 | 47.65% | 808 | 4.54% | 225 | 1.27% | 65 | 0.37% | -263 | -1.48% | 17,785 |
Goodhue | 8,566 | 42.31% | 9,329 | 46.07% | 1,964 | 9.70% | 288 | 1.42% | 101 | 0.50% | -763 | -3.76% | 20,248 |
Grant | 1,822 | 42.65% | 2,054 | 48.08% | 333 | 7.79% | 54 | 1.26% | 9 | 0.21% | -232 | -5.43% | 4,272 |
Hennepin | 239,592 | 47.41% | 194,898 | 38.57% | 56,390 | 11.16% | 6,647 | 1.32% | 7,845 | 1.55% | 44,694 | 8.84% | 505,372 |
Houston | 3,218 | 33.94% | 5,582 | 58.88% | 477 | 5.03% | 149 | 1.57% | 55 | 0.58% | -2,364 | -24.94% | 9,481 |
Hubbard | 2,840 | 37.80% | 4,172 | 55.53% | 365 | 4.86% | 105 | 1.40% | 31 | 0.41% | -1,332 | -17.73% | 7,513 |
Isanti | 5,457 | 50.49% | 4,480 | 41.45% | 641 | 5.93% | 179 | 1.66% | 52 | 0.48% | 977 | 9.04% | 10,809 |
Itasca | 12,134 | 54.59% | 8,368 | 37.65% | 1,080 | 4.86% | 487 | 2.19% | 159 | 0.72% | 3,766 | 16.94% | 22,228 |
Jackson | 3,062 | 43.35% | 3,391 | 48.00% | 463 | 6.55% | 123 | 1.74% | 25 | 0.35% | -329 | -4.65% | 7,064 |
Kanabec | 2,654 | 48.18% | 2,500 | 45.39% | 269 | 4.88% | 68 | 1.23% | 17 | 0.31% | 154 | 2.79% | 5,508 |
Kandiyohi | 8,038 | 44.42% | 8,480 | 46.86% | 1,244 | 6.87% | 276 | 1.53% | 57 | 0.32% | -442 | -2.44% | 18,095 |
Kittson | 1,407 | 39.33% | 1,875 | 52.42% | 243 | 6.79% | 36 | 1.01% | 16 | 0.45% | -468 | -13.09% | 3,577 |
Koochiching | 4,181 | 50.68% | 3,433 | 41.61% | 496 | 6.01% | 110 | 1.33% | 30 | 0.36% | 748 | 9.07% | 8,250 |
Lac qui Parle | 2,457 | 41.62% | 2,981 | 50.50% | 334 | 5.66% | 112 | 1.90% | 19 | 0.32% | -524 | -8.88% | 5,903 |
Lake | 3,864 | 55.75% | 2,414 | 34.83% | 443 | 6.39% | 160 | 2.31% | 50 | 0.72% | 1,450 | 20.92% | 6,931 |
Lake of the Woods | 763 | 38.15% | 1,052 | 52.60% | 128 | 6.40% | 44 | 2.20% | 13 | 0.65% | -289 | -14.45% | 2,000 |
Le Sueur | 5,161 | 44.40% | 5,478 | 47.12% | 731 | 6.29% | 187 | 1.61% | 68 | 0.58% | -317 | -2.72% | 11,625 |
Lincoln | 1,640 | 39.80% | 2,122 | 51.49% | 295 | 7.16% | 48 | 1.16% | 16 | 0.39% | -482 | -11.69% | 4,121 |
Lyon | 5,626 | 43.58% | 5,852 | 45.33% | 1,129 | 8.74% | 237 | 1.84% | 67 | 0.52% | -226 | -1.75% | 12,911 |
Mahnomen | 1,175 | 44.59% | 1,275 | 48.39% | 153 | 5.81% | 23 | 0.87% | 9 | 0.34% | -100 | -3.80% | 2,635 |
Marshall | 2,636 | 38.91% | 3,638 | 53.70% | 397 | 5.86% | 80 | 1.18% | 24 | 0.35% | -1,002 | -14.79% | 6,775 |
Martin | 4,301 | 34.98% | 7,057 | 57.40% | 751 | 6.11% | 148 | 1.20% | 37 | 0.30% | -2,756 | -22.42% | 12,294 |
McLeod | 4,987 | 35.53% | 7,819 | 55.71% | 852 | 6.07% | 308 | 2.19% | 69 | 0.49% | -2,832 | -20.18% | 14,035 |
Meeker | 4,238 | 41.98% | 5,032 | 49.85% | 668 | 6.62% | 124 | 1.23% | 33 | 0.33% | -794 | -7.87% | 10,095 |
Mille Lacs | 4,443 | 49.30% | 3,860 | 42.83% | 550 | 6.10% | 126 | 1.40% | 34 | 0.38% | 583 | 6.47% | 9,013 |
Morrison | 6,930 | 49.44% | 6,296 | 44.91% | 559 | 3.99% | 174 | 1.24% | 59 | 0.42% | 634 | 4.53% | 14,018 |
Mower | 10,538 | 51.85% | 7,908 | 38.91% | 1,465 | 7.21% | 281 | 1.38% | 133 | 0.65% | 2,630 | 12.94% | 20,325 |
Murray | 2,714 | 43.87% | 3,004 | 48.56% | 359 | 5.80% | 88 | 1.42% | 21 | 0.34% | -290 | -4.69% | 6,186 |
Nicollet | 5,400 | 39.64% | 6,436 | 47.25% | 1,519 | 11.15% | 201 | 1.48% | 66 | 0.48% | -1,036 | -7.61% | 13,622 |
Nobles | 4,703 | 45.37% | 4,706 | 45.40% | 657 | 6.34% | 178 | 1.72% | 121 | 1.17% | -3 | -0.03% | 10,365 |
Norman | 2,253 | 46.17% | 2,192 | 44.92% | 369 | 7.56% | 46 | 0.94% | 20 | 0.41% | 61 | 1.25% | 4,880 |
Olmsted | 13,983 | 34.18% | 22,704 | 55.50% | 3,638 | 8.89% | 438 | 1.07% | 148 | 0.36% | -8,721 | -21.32% | 40,911 |
Otter Tail | 9,108 | 34.85% | 15,091 | 57.74% | 1,538 | 5.88% | 331 | 1.27% | 70 | 0.27% | -5,983 | -22.89% | 26,138 |
Pennington | 3,101 | 41.81% | 3,715 | 50.09% | 465 | 6.27% | 69 | 0.93% | 66 | 0.89% | -614 | -8.28% | 7,416 |
Pine | 5,121 | 52.86% | 3,899 | 40.25% | 467 | 4.82% | 152 | 1.57% | 48 | 0.50% | 1,222 | 12.61% | 9,687 |
Pipestone | 2,392 | 38.31% | 3,207 | 51.37% | 561 | 8.99% | 72 | 1.15% | 11 | 0.18% | -815 | -13.06% | 6,243 |
Polk | 7,151 | 40.53% | 9,036 | 51.21% | 1,207 | 6.84% | 163 | 0.92% | 87 | 0.49% | -1,885 | -10.68% | 17,644 |
Pope | 2,527 | 41.07% | 3,159 | 51.34% | 354 | 5.75% | 75 | 1.22% | 38 | 0.62% | -632 | -10.27% | 6,153 |
Ramsey | 124,774 | 53.61% | 78,860 | 33.88% | 23,222 | 9.98% | 3,650 | 1.57% | 2,238 | 0.96% | 45,914 | 19.73% | 232,744 |
Red Lake | 1,318 | 48.69% | 1,223 | 45.18% | 116 | 4.29% | 31 | 1.15% | 19 | 0.70% | 95 | 3.51% | 2,707 |
Redwood | 2,952 | 30.44% | 5,993 | 61.79% | 548 | 5.65% | 151 | 1.56% | 55 | 0.57% | -3,041 | -31.35% | 9,699 |
Renville | 4,058 | 38.85% | 5,544 | 53.08% | 653 | 6.25% | 155 | 1.48% | 34 | 0.33% | -1,486 | -14.23% | 10,444 |
Rice | 9,531 | 46.10% | 8,168 | 39.51% | 2,414 | 11.68% | 350 | 1.69% | 210 | 1.02% | 1,363 | 6.59% | 20,673 |
Rock | 2,089 | 36.57% | 3,164 | 55.38% | 397 | 6.95% | 54 | 0.95% | 9 | 0.16% | -1,075 | -18.81% | 5,713 |
Roseau | 2,616 | 41.41% | 3,358 | 53.16% | 259 | 4.10% | 55 | 0.87% | 29 | 0.46% | -742 | -11.75% | 6,317 |
St. Louis | 69,403 | 60.52% | 33,407 | 29.13% | 8,719 | 7.60% | 2,202 | 1.92% | 943 | 0.82% | 35,996 | 31.39% | 114,674 |
Scott | 9,115 | 45.49% | 9,018 | 45.00% | 1,475 | 7.36% | 356 | 1.78% | 74 | 0.37% | 97 | 0.49% | 20,038 |
Sherburne | 6,229 | 45.73% | 6,035 | 44.31% | 985 | 7.23% | 300 | 2.20% | 71 | 0.52% | 194 | 1.42% | 13,620 |
Sibley | 2,521 | 32.99% | 4,460 | 58.36% | 509 | 6.66% | 121 | 1.58% | 31 | 0.41% | -1,939 | -25.37% | 7,642 |
Stearns | 21,862 | 42.43% | 24,888 | 48.31% | 3,555 | 6.90% | 861 | 1.67% | 356 | 0.69% | -3,026 | -5.88% | 51,522 |
Steele | 5,095 | 35.68% | 7,805 | 54.66% | 1,087 | 7.61% | 240 | 1.68% | 52 | 0.36% | -2,710 | -18.98% | 14,279 |
Stevens | 2,559 | 39.52% | 3,283 | 50.69% | 524 | 8.09% | 74 | 1.14% | 36 | 0.56% | -724 | -11.17% | 6,476 |
Swift | 3,245 | 47.56% | 2,943 | 43.13% | 511 | 7.49% | 102 | 1.49% | 22 | 0.32% | 302 | 4.43% | 6,823 |
Todd | 4,975 | 41.08% | 6,451 | 53.27% | 451 | 3.72% | 194 | 1.60% | 40 | 0.33% | -1,476 | -12.19% | 12,111 |
Traverse | 1,258 | 41.52% | 1,574 | 51.95% | 159 | 5.25% | 28 | 0.92% | 11 | 0.36% | -316 | -10.43% | 3,030 |
Wabasha | 3,712 | 39.27% | 4,986 | 52.75% | 549 | 5.81% | 165 | 1.75% | 41 | 0.43% | -1,274 | -13.48% | 9,453 |
Wadena | 2,635 | 37.10% | 4,089 | 57.57% | 265 | 3.73% | 97 | 1.37% | 17 | 0.24% | -1,454 | -20.47% | 7,103 |
Waseca | 3,535 | 38.01% | 4,801 | 51.62% | 777 | 8.35% | 163 | 1.75% | 25 | 0.27% | -1,266 | -13.61% | 9,301 |
Washington | 25,634 | 46.69% | 22,718 | 41.38% | 5,050 | 9.20% | 1,183 | 2.15% | 317 | 0.58% | 2,916 | 5.31% | 54,902 |
Watonwan | 2,442 | 37.07% | 3,629 | 55.09% | 415 | 6.30% | 80 | 1.21% | 21 | 0.32% | -1,187 | -18.02% | 6,587 |
Wilkin | 1,496 | 36.43% | 2,224 | 54.15% | 318 | 7.74% | 58 | 1.41% | 11 | 0.27% | -728 | -17.72% | 4,107 |
Winona | 9,814 | 42.85% | 10,332 | 45.11% | 1,780 | 7.77% | 573 | 2.50% | 404 | 1.76% | -518 | -2.26% | 22,903 |
Wright | 12,383 | 45.88% | 12,293 | 45.54% | 1,692 | 6.27% | 526 | 1.95% | 97 | 0.36% | 90 | 0.34% | 26,991 |
Yellow Medicine | 2,833 | 38.18% | 4,004 | 53.95% | 456 | 6.14% | 111 | 1.50% | 17 | 0.23% | -1,171 | -15.77% | 7,421 |
Totals | 954,174 | 46.50% | 873,241 | 42.56% | 174,990 | 8.53% | 31,592 | 1.54% | 17,956 | 0.88% | 80,933 | 3.94% | 2,051,953 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
edit- Becker
- Benton
- Big Stone
- Blue Earth
- Chippewa
- Clay
- Cass
- Crow Wing
- Douglas
- Freeborn
- Grant
- Hubbard
- Jackson
- Kandiyohi
- Kittson
- Lac qui Parle
- Lake of the Woods
- Le Sueur
- Lincoln
- Lyon
- Mahnomen
- Marshall
- Meeker
- Murray
- Nobles
- Pennington
- Pipestone
- Red Lake
- Polk
- Pope
- Renville
- Roseau
- Stevens
- Stearns
- Todd
- Traverse
- Wadena
- Winona
- Wilkin
- Yellow Medicine
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ ‘Carter Beats Kennedy In Minnesota Voting; Reagan Takes a Lead: Carter Runaway Was Expected’; The New York Times, February 27, 1980, p. A18
- ^ ‘Carter and Reagan Win in Minnesota’; The Boston Globe, February 27, 1980, p. 1
- ^ ‘Reagan to Attack “Failed Presidency”: Reagan to Make Carter the Issue in Democratic Strongholds’; The Washington Post, 19 July 1980, p. A1
- ^ Cattani, richard J.; ‘Carter, Reagan hustle to bolster bids in key states’; The Christian Science Monitor; September 22, 1980
- ^ ‘Campaign Report: Associated Press-NBC Poll Says Reagan Leads Carter’; The New York Times, October 14, 1980, p. D22
- ^ Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 228-232 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ "1980 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ^ "MN US President Race, November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.