1980 United States presidential election in Arizona

The 1980 United States presidential election in Arizona 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 six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arizona was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by a landslide of 32%. This result left the state 22.62% more Republican than the nation at-large, a differential greater even than when Barry Goldwater narrowly won his home state during his 1964 landslide defeat, and the most Republican relative to the nation at-large Arizona has ever been since statehood in 1912.Counting the Votes; Arizona Reagan's victory margin was at the time the largest by a Republican, though he would beat his own record four years later. Only Franklin D. Roosevelt won Arizona by a larger margin in 1932 and 1936, whilst Carter's share of the popular vote remains the worst ever by a Democrat in Arizona.

Reagan won every county except for heavily unionized Greenlee, which would never vote Republican until 2000,Menendez Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 121 in the process duplicating the state's 1972 county map. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election that Apache County has supported the Republican nominee.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

Carter's insensitivity to essential issues in the West, especially water supply,Reisner, Marc; Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water; p. 11 ensured he would be comfortably beaten in this normally solidly Republican state, which had been the only state no Democrat carried during the dealigned 1960s and 1970s.

Primaries +1980 Arizona CaucusCandidatesCDsDelegatesTed Kennedy9,73817Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 7,59213Totals17,33030

Results 1980 United States presidential election in ArizonaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Ronald Reagan 529,688 60.61% 6 Democrat Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 246,843 28.24% 0 Independent John Anderson 76,952 8.81% 0 Libertarian Ed Clark 18,784 2.15% 0 Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry 1,110 0.13% 0 Citizens Barry Commoner (write-in) 551 0.06% 0 Communist Gus Hall (write-in) 25 0.00% 0 Workers World Deirdre Griswold (write-in) 2 0.00% 0 Totals 873,945 100.00% 6 Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered voters) 44%/78%

Results by county CountyRonald ReaganRepublicanJimmy CarterDemocraticJohn B. AndersonIndependentEd ClarkLibertarianVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Apache5,99156.55%3,91736.97%4954.67%1561.47%360.34%2,07419.58%10,595Cochise13,35159.48%7,02831.31%1,6567.38%3751.67%350.16%6,32328.17%22,445Coconino14,61355.78%7,83229.89%2,81510.74%8613.29%780.30%6,78125.89%26,199Gila7,40555.27%5,06837.82%6564.90%2591.93%110.08%2,33717.45%13,399Graham4,76559.85%2,80135.18%2683.37%1211.52%60.08%1,96424.67%7,961Greenlee1,53740.64%2,04354.02%1503.97%481.27%40.11%-506-13.38%3,782Maricopa316,28764.97%119,75224.60%38,9758.01%10,8252.22%9950.20%196,53540.37%486,834Mohave13,80968.86%4,90024.43%9784.88%3421.71%250.12%8,90944.43%20,054Navajo10,79063.91%5,11030.27%7104.21%2481.47%240.14%5,68033.64%16,882Pima93,05549.75%64,41834.44%25,29413.52%3,9442.11%3460.18%28,63715.31%187,057Pinal12,19552.43%9,20739.59%1,3465.79%4722.03%380.16%2,98812.84%23,258Santa Cruz2,67450.07%2,08939.12%4829.03%761.42%190.36%58510.95%5,340Yavapai19,82368.37%6,66422.98%1,7546.05%7112.45%420.14%13,15945.39%28,994Yuma13,39363.34%6,01428.44%1,3736.49%3461.64%190.09%7,37934.90%21,145Totals529,68860.61%246,84328.24%76,9528.81%18,7842.15%1,6780.19%282,84532.37%873,945

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Apache Gila Navajo Pinal

Results by congressional district District Reagan Carter Representative 63.6% 27.6%John Jacob Rhodes 51.8% 35.3%Mo Udall 66.1% 27.0%Bob Stump 66.7% 25.9%Eldon Rudd

Electors Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 9, 1980. Jimmy Carter & Walter MondaleDemocratic Party Ronald Reagan & George H. W. BushRepublican Party John B. Anderson & Patrick J. LuceyIndependent Ed Clark & David KochLibertarian Party Clifton DeBerry & Matilde ZimmermannSocialist Workers Party Barry Commoner & LaDonna HarrisCitizens Party Gus Hall & Angela DavisCommunist Party Deirdre Griswold & Gavrielle HolmesWorkers World Party

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