United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1980

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United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1980

November 4, 1980

Nominee Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan John B. Anderson Party Democratic Republican Independent Home state Georgia California Illinois Running mate Walter Mondale George H. W. Bush Patrick Lucey Electoral vote 10 0 0 Popular vote 954,174 873,241 174,990 Percentage 46.50% 42.56% 8.53%

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President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1980 in Minnesota as part of the 1980 United States presidential election.

The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Jimmy Carter, won the state over former California Governor Ronald Reagan by 80,933 votes, giving him one of just seven victories in the election (other than Minnesota, Carter also carried Maryland, West Virginia, Hawaii, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia and his home state of Georgia).

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 in 1984.

Results

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter (incumbent)	954,174	46.50%	10
	Republican	Ronald Reagan	873,241	42.56%	0
	Independent	John B. Anderson	174,990	8.53%	0
	Libertarian	Ed Clark	31,592	1.54%	0
	Citizens	Barry Commoner	8,407	0.41%	0
	No Candidate	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%		—