1980 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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Elections in South Dakota |
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The 1980 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
South Dakota was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 29-point landslide.[1] It is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in 1964.[2]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ronald Reagan | 198,343 | 60.53% | |
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 103,855 | 31.69% | |
Independent | John B. Anderson | 21,431 | 6.54% | |
Libertarian | Edward Clark | 3,824 | 1.17% | |
Socialist Workers | Andrew Pulley | 250 | 0.08% | |
Majority | 94,488 | 28.84% | ||
Total votes | 327,703 | 100.00% | ||
Republican win |
Results by county[]
County[3] | Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
John Bayard Anderson Independent |
Edward E. Clark Independent |
Cleve Andrew Pulley Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Aurora | 1,251 | 58.93% | 709 | 33.40% | 125 | 5.89% | 35 | 1.65% | 3 | 0.14% | 542 | 25.53% | 2,123 |
Beadle | 5,921 | 58.60% | 3,521 | 34.85% | 545 | 5.39% | 109 | 1.08% | 8 | 0.08% | 2,400 | 23.75% | 10,104 |
Bennett | 919 | 69.41% | 350 | 26.44% | 42 | 3.17% | 13 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 569 | 42.98% | 1,324 |
Bon Homme | 2,794 | 65.91% | 1,191 | 28.10% | 214 | 5.05% | 38 | 0.90% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,603 | 37.82% | 4,239 |
Brookings | 5,727 | 52.15% | 3,934 | 35.83% | 1,169 | 10.65% | 140 | 1.27% | 11 | 0.10% | 1,793 | 16.33% | 10,981 |
Brown | 10,550 | 58.61% | 6,050 | 33.61% | 1,143 | 6.35% | 231 | 1.28% | 25 | 0.14% | 4,500 | 25.00% | 17,999 |
Brule | 1,674 | 59.79% | 925 | 33.04% | 153 | 5.46% | 47 | 1.68% | 1 | 0.04% | 749 | 26.75% | 2,800 |
Buffalo | 272 | 59.65% | 147 | 32.24% | 26 | 5.70% | 11 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 125 | 27.41% | 456 |
Butte | 2,850 | 73.11% | 843 | 21.63% | 150 | 3.85% | 53 | 1.36% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,007 | 51.49% | 3,898 |
Campbell | 1,271 | 84.85% | 182 | 12.15% | 39 | 2.60% | 6 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,089 | 72.70% | 1,498 |
Charles Mix | 2,608 | 56.71% | 1,741 | 37.86% | 203 | 4.41% | 40 | 0.87% | 7 | 0.15% | 867 | 18.85% | 4,599 |
Clark | 1,963 | 67.43% | 774 | 26.59% | 151 | 5.19% | 22 | 0.76% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,189 | 40.85% | 2,911 |
Clay | 3,004 | 47.56% | 2,271 | 35.96% | 906 | 14.34% | 111 | 1.76% | 24 | 0.38% | 733 | 11.61% | 6,316 |
Codington | 5,903 | 59.09% | 3,353 | 33.56% | 638 | 6.39% | 85 | 0.85% | 11 | 0.11% | 2,550 | 25.53% | 9,990 |
Corson | 1,233 | 66.47% | 522 | 28.14% | 82 | 4.42% | 16 | 0.86% | 2 | 0.11% | 711 | 38.33% | 1,855 |
Custer | 2,057 | 69.61% | 708 | 23.96% | 129 | 4.37% | 60 | 2.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,349 | 45.65% | 2,955 |
Davison | 4,743 | 55.72% | 3,107 | 36.50% | 568 | 6.67% | 89 | 1.05% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,636 | 19.22% | 8,512 |
Day | 2,507 | 55.18% | 1,720 | 37.86% | 259 | 5.70% | 56 | 1.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 787 | 17.32% | 4,543 |
Deuel | 1,657 | 60.39% | 891 | 32.47% | 169 | 6.16% | 27 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 766 | 27.92% | 2,744 |
Dewey | 1,045 | 59.14% | 600 | 33.96% | 109 | 6.17% | 11 | 0.62% | 2 | 0.11% | 445 | 25.18% | 1,767 |
Douglas | 1,855 | 75.31% | 508 | 20.63% | 91 | 3.69% | 9 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,347 | 54.69% | 2,463 |
Edmunds | 1,881 | 64.55% | 883 | 30.30% | 125 | 4.29% | 25 | 0.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 998 | 34.25% | 2,914 |
Fall River | 2,831 | 69.61% | 982 | 24.15% | 184 | 4.52% | 67 | 1.65% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,849 | 45.46% | 4,067 |
Faulk | 1,300 | 66.84% | 520 | 26.74% | 110 | 5.66% | 15 | 0.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 780 | 40.10% | 1,945 |
Grant | 2,691 | 58.58% | 1,602 | 34.87% | 254 | 5.53% | 44 | 0.96% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,089 | 23.70% | 4,594 |
Gregory | 2,283 | 68.35% | 883 | 26.44% | 121 | 3.62% | 50 | 1.50% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,400 | 41.92% | 3,340 |
Haakon | 1,162 | 79.32% | 255 | 17.41% | 38 | 2.59% | 10 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 907 | 61.91% | 1,465 |
Hamlin | 1,885 | 62.69% | 903 | 30.03% | 197 | 6.55% | 20 | 0.67% | 2 | 0.07% | 982 | 32.66% | 3,007 |
Hand | 2,066 | 67.38% | 803 | 26.19% | 159 | 5.19% | 38 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,263 | 41.19% | 3,066 |
Hanson | 1,015 | 58.84% | 598 | 34.67% | 93 | 5.39% | 18 | 1.04% | 1 | 0.06% | 417 | 24.17% | 1,725 |
Harding | 727 | 74.64% | 205 | 21.05% | 28 | 2.87% | 14 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 522 | 53.59% | 974 |
Hughes | 4,652 | 66.00% | 1,751 | 24.84% | 554 | 7.86% | 82 | 1.16% | 9 | 0.13% | 2,901 | 41.16% | 7,048 |
Hutchinson | 3,789 | 73.15% | 1,145 | 22.10% | 228 | 4.40% | 15 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,644 | 51.04% | 5,180 |
Hyde | 864 | 70.76% | 273 | 22.36% | 60 | 4.91% | 21 | 1.72% | 3 | 0.25% | 591 | 48.40% | 1,221 |
Jackson | 929 | 68.71% | 354 | 26.18% | 50 | 3.70% | 19 | 1.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 575 | 42.53% | 1,352 |
Jerauld | 1,018 | 58.88% | 595 | 34.41% | 103 | 5.96% | 12 | 0.69% | 1 | 0.06% | 423 | 24.47% | 1,729 |
Jones | 689 | 74.97% | 189 | 20.57% | 37 | 4.03% | 4 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 500 | 54.41% | 919 |
Kingsbury | 2,376 | 62.41% | 1,132 | 29.73% | 258 | 6.78% | 40 | 1.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,244 | 32.68% | 3,807 |
Lake | 3,093 | 52.85% | 2,207 | 37.71% | 504 | 8.61% | 47 | 0.80% | 1 | 0.02% | 886 | 15.14% | 5,852 |
Lawrence | 5,306 | 63.14% | 2,259 | 26.88% | 574 | 6.83% | 250 | 2.98% | 14 | 0.17% | 3,047 | 36.26% | 8,403 |
Lincoln | 3,848 | 57.45% | 2,261 | 33.76% | 524 | 7.82% | 57 | 0.85% | 8 | 0.12% | 1,587 | 23.69% | 6,698 |
Lyman | 1,256 | 66.88% | 486 | 25.88% | 106 | 5.64% | 29 | 1.54% | 1 | 0.05% | 770 | 41.00% | 1,878 |
Marshall | 1,710 | 56.98% | 1,120 | 37.32% | 147 | 4.90% | 22 | 0.73% | 2 | 0.07% | 590 | 19.66% | 3,001 |
McCook | 2,014 | 56.83% | 1,223 | 34.51% | 269 | 7.59% | 36 | 1.02% | 2 | 0.06% | 791 | 22.32% | 3,544 |
McPherson | 2,056 | 85.60% | 287 | 11.95% | 54 | 2.25% | 5 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,769 | 73.65% | 2,402 |
Meade | 5,349 | 70.93% | 1,721 | 22.82% | 342 | 4.54% | 127 | 1.68% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,628 | 48.11% | 7,541 |
Mellette | 624 | 64.80% | 279 | 28.97% | 46 | 4.78% | 14 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 345 | 35.83% | 963 |
Miner | 1,172 | 53.98% | 833 | 38.37% | 148 | 6.82% | 17 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.05% | 339 | 15.61% | 2,171 |
Minnehaha | 26,256 | 51.00% | 20,008 | 38.87% | 4,658 | 9.05% | 531 | 1.03% | 25 | 0.05% | 6,248 | 12.14% | 51,478 |
Moody | 1,807 | 51.93% | 1,364 | 39.20% | 279 | 8.02% | 29 | 0.83% | 1 | 0.03% | 443 | 12.73% | 3,480 |
Pennington | 18,991 | 67.33% | 7,121 | 25.25% | 1,650 | 5.85% | 433 | 1.54% | 9 | 0.03% | 11,870 | 42.09% | 28,204 |
Perkins | 1,931 | 72.73% | 595 | 22.41% | 93 | 3.50% | 33 | 1.24% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,336 | 50.32% | 2,655 |
Potter | 1,633 | 75.29% | 436 | 20.10% | 81 | 3.73% | 18 | 0.83% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,197 | 55.19% | 2,169 |
Roberts | 2,904 | 57.98% | 1,829 | 36.51% | 235 | 4.69% | 37 | 0.74% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,075 | 21.46% | 5,009 |
Sanborn | 1,178 | 60.97% | 628 | 32.51% | 107 | 5.54% | 19 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 550 | 28.47% | 1,932 |
Shannon | 438 | 25.96% | 1,132 | 67.10% | 91 | 5.39% | 20 | 1.19% | 6 | 0.36% | -694 | -41.14% | 1,687 |
Spink | 2,915 | 60.30% | 1,572 | 32.52% | 294 | 6.08% | 50 | 1.03% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,343 | 27.78% | 4,834 |
Stanley | 892 | 68.67% | 339 | 26.10% | 55 | 4.23% | 12 | 0.92% | 1 | 0.08% | 553 | 42.57% | 1,299 |
Sully | 852 | 74.15% | 220 | 19.15% | 60 | 5.22% | 17 | 1.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 632 | 55.00% | 1,149 |
Todd | 803 | 41.76% | 972 | 50.55% | 112 | 5.82% | 30 | 1.56% | 6 | 0.31% | -169 | -8.79% | 1,923 |
Tripp | 2,669 | 70.68% | 947 | 25.08% | 130 | 3.44% | 26 | 0.69% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,722 | 45.60% | 3,776 |
Turner | 3,343 | 66.43% | 1,369 | 27.21% | 281 | 5.58% | 37 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,974 | 39.23% | 5,032 |
Union | 2,788 | 55.16% | 1,830 | 36.21% | 359 | 7.10% | 74 | 1.46% | 3 | 0.06% | 958 | 18.96% | 5,054 |
Walworth | 2,675 | 74.55% | 753 | 20.99% | 139 | 3.87% | 19 | 0.53% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,922 | 53.57% | 3,588 |
Yankton | 5,355 | 61.22% | 2,698 | 30.84% | 553 | 6.32% | 127 | 1.45% | 14 | 0.16% | 2,657 | 30.38% | 8,747 |
Ziebach | 523 | 65.05% | 246 | 30.60% | 30 | 3.73% | 5 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 277 | 34.45% | 804 |
Totals | 198,343 | 60.53% | 103,855 | 31.69% | 21,431 | 6.54% | 3,824 | 1.17% | 250 | 0.08% | 94,488 | 28.83% | 327,703 |
References[]
- ^ a b "1980 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ Cohen, Micah (August 24, 2012). "In South Dakota, Only the Farm Trumps Conservatism". The New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ Our Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 04, 1980
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