The 1980 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nevada was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R), who won the state with a 36-point landslide. Reagan's margin of victory was especially impressive as four years earlier, Nevada had been a swing state, only going for Ford by a narrow 4.36%. Nevada swung nearly 32 points to towards the Republicans this election.

Likely owing to criticism of Carter for his inability to understand specifically Western issues, mainly the region's problems with water supply,Reisner, Marc; Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water; p. 11 Reagan won the state handily. Starting with this election, the winner of every presidential election won Nevada until 2016. Nevada came out 26% more Republican than the nation at-large.Counting the Votes; Nevada

In July of that year, Reagan campaigned with Republican House of Representatives candidate Vince Saunders. Despite this, in the House of Representatives election, Democrat James David Santini won with more than 70% of the vote.

Primaries +1980 Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotesDelegatesJimmy Carter (incumbent)25,1595Ted Kennedy19,2964Uncommitted22,4935Totals66,94814 +1980 Republican PrimaryCandidateVotesDelegatesRonald Reagan39,35218George H.W. Bush3,0780Uncommitted4,9652Totals47,39520

Results

Results by county CountyRonald ReaganRepublicanJimmy CarterDemocraticJohn B. AndersonIndependentEd ClarkLibertarianNone of These CandidatesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%#%#% Carson City 8,389 66.81% 2,769 22.05% 964 7.68% 218 1.74% 216 1.72% 5,620 44.76% 12,556 Churchill 3,841 72.84% 1,055 20.01% 257 4.87% 46 0.87% 74 1.40% 2,786 52.83% 5,273 Clark 76,194 59.80% 38,313 30.07% 8,702 6.83% 2,092 1.64% 2,123 1.67% 37,881 29.73% 127,424 Douglas 5,254 71.55% 1,352 18.41% 511 6.96% 131 1.78% 95 1.29% 3,902 53.14% 7,343 Elko 4,393 70.89% 1,296 20.91% 301 4.86% 119 1.92% 88 1.42% 3,097 49.98% 6,197 Esmeralda 311 66.31% 110 23.45% 29 6.18% 11 2.35% 8 1.71% 201 42.86% 469 Eureka 430 76.24% 103 18.26% 13 2.30% 7 1.24% 11 1.95% 327 57.98% 564 Humboldt 1,950 68.59% 684 24.06% 128 4.50% 42 1.48% 39 1.37% 1,266 44.53% 2,843 Lander 935 65.61% 361 25.33% 64 4.49% 35 2.46% 30 2.11% 574 40.28% 1,425 Lincoln 1,087 68.54% 396 24.97% 38 2.40% 30 1.89% 35 2.21% 691 43.57% 1,586 Lyon 3,709 67.98% 1,288 23.61% 271 4.97% 115 2.11% 73 1.34% 2,421 44.37% 5,456 Mineral 1,628 63.94% 631 24.78% 147 5.77% 53 2.08% 87 3.42% 997 39.16% 2,546 Nye 2,387 64.17% 973 26.16% 204 5.48% 77 2.07% 79 2.12% 1,414 38.01% 3,720 Pershing 877 68.41% 311 24.26% 60 4.68% 16 1.25% 18 1.40% 566 44.15% 1,282 Storey 460 58.75% 222 28.35% 62 7.92% 25 3.19% 14 1.79% 238 30.40% 783 Washoe 41,276 63.54% 15,621 24.05% 5,705 8.78% 1,245 1.92% 1,109 1.71% 25,655 39.49% 64,956 White Pine 1,896 54.77% 1,181 34.11% 195 5.63% 96 2.77% 94 2.72% 715 20.66% 3,462Totals155,01762.54%66,66626.89%17,6517.12%4,3581.76%4,1931.69%88,35135.65%247,885

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clark Esmeralda Nye Mineral Storey White Pine

See also United States presidential elections in Nevada

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