United States presidential election in Idaho, 1980

United States presidential election in Idaho, 1980

November 4, 1980

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 66.5% 25.3% 6.2%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

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The 1980 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Idaho voters chose 4 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 his 1964 presidential campaign.^[2]

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