United States presidential election in Kansas, 1980

United States presidential election in Kansas, 1980
South Dakota
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 7 0 0
Popular vote 566,812 326,150 68,231
Percentage 57.9% 33.3% 7%
President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

 Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose 7 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Kansas was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a margin of 7 points.[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]

References

  1. ↑ "1980 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". uselectionatlas.org.
  2. ↑ Fitzgerald, Thomas (February 1, 2008). "Clinton, Obama turn it down some In first one-on-one, they play nicer, spar some on Iraq". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
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