1980 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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The 1980 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 10 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Tennessee was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a very slim margin of 0.29%,[1] partly because of President Jimmy Carter's southern roots. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Tipton County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.This is the last time a Republican only carried Tennessee by a plurality.[2]
Results[]
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ronald Reagan | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 10 | 787,761 | 48.70% |
Jimmy Carter | Walter Mondale | Democratic | 0 | 783,051 | 48.41% |
John B. Anderson | Patrick Lucey | Independent | 0 | 35,991 | 2.22% |
Ed Clark | David Koch | Independent | 0 | 7,116 | 0.44% |
Barry Commoner | — | Independent | 0 | 1,112 | 0.07% |
Benjamin Bubar | Earl Dodge | Independent | 0 | 521 | 0.03% |
David McReynolds | Diane Drufenbrock | Independent | 0 | 519 | 0.03% |
Gus Hall | Angela Davis | Independent | 0 | 503 | 0.03% |
Clifton DeBerry | Matilde Zimmermann | Independent | 0 | 490 | 0.03% |
Deirdre Griswold | Larry Holmes | Independent | 0 | 400 | 0.02% |
— | — | Write-ins | 0 | 152 | 0.01% |
Results by county[]
County | Ronald Wilson Reagan[3] Republican |
James Earl Carter[3] Democratic |
John B. Anderson[4] Independent |
Edward E. Clark[4] Independent |
Various candidates[4] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Anderson | 14,235 | 55.31% | 10,194 | 39.61% | 1,161 | 4.51% | 102 | 0.40% | 44 | 0.17% | 4,041 | 15.70% | 25,736 |
Bedford | 3,377 | 35.24% | 5,987 | 62.48% | 159 | 1.66% | 40 | 0.42% | 20 | 0.21% | -2,610 | -27.24% | 9,583 |
Benton | 2,281 | 36.83% | 3,811 | 61.54% | 71 | 1.15% | 30 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,530 | -24.71% | 6,193 |
Bledsoe | 1,970 | 54.94% | 1,585 | 44.20% | 26 | 0.73% | 4 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.03% | 385 | 10.74% | 3,586 |
Blount | 17,959 | 63.81% | 9,412 | 33.44% | 620 | 2.20% | 110 | 0.39% | 43 | 0.15% | 8,547 | 30.37% | 28,144 |
Bradley | 11,869 | 59.63% | 7,638 | 38.37% | 316 | 1.59% | 68 | 0.34% | 14 | 0.07% | 4,231 | 21.26% | 19,905 |
Campbell | 5,537 | 52.99% | 4,752 | 45.47% | 120 | 1.15% | 24 | 0.23% | 17 | 0.16% | 785 | 7.51% | 10,450 |
Cannon | 1,403 | 36.76% | 2,351 | 61.59% | 41 | 1.07% | 11 | 0.29% | 11 | 0.29% | -948 | -24.84% | 3,817 |
Carroll | 5,681 | 50.98% | 5,277 | 47.36% | 125 | 1.12% | 42 | 0.38% | 18 | 0.16% | 404 | 3.63% | 11,143 |
Carter | 11,648 | 64.44% | 6,006 | 33.22% | 326 | 1.80% | 70 | 0.39% | 27 | 0.15% | 5,642 | 31.21% | 18,077 |
Cheatham | 2,296 | 37.03% | 3,771 | 60.81% | 90 | 1.45% | 29 | 0.47% | 15 | 0.24% | -1,475 | -23.79% | 6,201 |
Chester | 2,751 | 55.69% | 2,123 | 42.98% | 52 | 1.05% | 9 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.10% | 628 | 12.71% | 4,940 |
Claiborne | 4,289 | 59.05% | 2,844 | 39.16% | 94 | 1.29% | 30 | 0.41% | 6 | 0.08% | 1,445 | 19.90% | 7,263 |
Clay | 1,344 | 48.61% | 1,376 | 49.76% | 27 | 0.98% | 15 | 0.54% | 3 | 0.11% | -32 | -1.16% | 2,765 |
Cocke | 6,802 | 74.39% | 2,139 | 23.39% | 139 | 1.52% | 38 | 0.42% | 26 | 0.28% | 4,663 | 51.00% | 9,144 |
Coffee | 5,454 | 40.72% | 7,612 | 56.84% | 239 | 1.78% | 66 | 0.49% | 22 | 0.16% | -2,158 | -16.11% | 13,393 |
Crockett | 2,117 | 46.14% | 2,422 | 52.79% | 27 | 0.59% | 18 | 0.39% | 4 | 0.09% | -305 | -6.65% | 4,588 |
Cumberland | 6,354 | 60.89% | 3,775 | 36.17% | 227 | 2.18% | 51 | 0.49% | 29 | 0.28% | 2,579 | 24.71% | 10,436 |
Davidson | 65,772 | 37.45% | 103,741 | 59.08% | 4,834 | 2.75% | 938 | 0.53% | 321 | 0.18% | -37,969 | -21.62% | 175,606 |
DeKalb | 1,841 | 37.82% | 2,948 | 60.56% | 48 | 0.99% | 19 | 0.39% | 12 | 0.25% | -1,107 | -22.74% | 4,868 |
Decatur | 2,095 | 48.95% | 2,139 | 49.98% | 35 | 0.82% | 8 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.07% | -44 | -1.03% | 4,280 |
Dickson | 3,636 | 34.74% | 6,622 | 63.27% | 157 | 1.50% | 37 | 0.35% | 15 | 0.14% | -2,986 | -28.53% | 10,467 |
Dyer | 5,475 | 48.00% | 5,713 | 50.08% | 158 | 1.39% | 49 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.11% | -238 | -2.09% | 11,407 |
Fayette | 2,944 | 40.92% | 4,141 | 57.55% | 75 | 1.04% | 24 | 0.33% | 11 | 0.15% | -1,197 | -16.64% | 7,195 |
Fentress | 2,493 | 60.76% | 1,543 | 37.61% | 49 | 1.19% | 14 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.10% | 950 | 23.15% | 4,103 |
Franklin | 3,995 | 36.02% | 6,760 | 60.96% | 251 | 2.26% | 59 | 0.53% | 25 | 0.23% | -2,765 | -24.93% | 11,090 |
Gibson | 6,792 | 40.13% | 9,829 | 58.08% | 227 | 1.34% | 52 | 0.31% | 23 | 0.14% | -3,037 | -17.95% | 16,923 |
Giles | 2,757 | 36.58% | 4,653 | 61.74% | 85 | 1.13% | 23 | 0.31% | 19 | 0.25% | -1,896 | -25.16% | 7,537 |
Grainger | 3,254 | 67.12% | 1,495 | 30.84% | 66 | 1.36% | 24 | 0.50% | 9 | 0.19% | 1,759 | 36.28% | 4,848 |
Greene | 10,704 | 63.13% | 5,822 | 34.34% | 338 | 1.99% | 64 | 0.38% | 28 | 0.17% | 4,882 | 28.79% | 16,956 |
Grundy | 1,139 | 28.34% | 2,837 | 70.59% | 33 | 0.82% | 3 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.17% | -1,698 | -42.25% | 4,019 |
Hamblen | 9,741 | 60.60% | 5,890 | 36.65% | 336 | 2.09% | 87 | 0.54% | 19 | 0.12% | 3,851 | 23.96% | 16,073 |
Hamilton | 57,575 | 56.40% | 41,913 | 41.05% | 2,087 | 2.04% | 374 | 0.37% | 143 | 0.14% | 15,662 | 15.34% | 102,092 |
Hancock | 1,734 | 69.72% | 704 | 28.31% | 32 | 1.29% | 10 | 0.40% | 7 | 0.28% | 1,030 | 41.42% | 2,487 |
Hardeman | 2,931 | 40.68% | 4,153 | 57.64% | 73 | 1.01% | 19 | 0.26% | 29 | 0.40% | -1,222 | -16.96% | 7,205 |
Hardin | 4,152 | 55.84% | 3,164 | 42.56% | 76 | 1.02% | 31 | 0.42% | 12 | 0.16% | 988 | 13.29% | 7,435 |
Hawkins | 7,836 | 57.92% | 5,283 | 39.05% | 310 | 2.29% | 63 | 0.47% | 37 | 0.27% | 2,553 | 18.87% | 13,529 |
Haywood | 2,435 | 40.97% | 3,445 | 57.97% | 49 | 0.82% | 11 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,010 | -16.99% | 5,943 |
Henderson | 5,108 | 64.45% | 2,702 | 34.09% | 78 | 0.98% | 28 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.13% | 2,406 | 30.36% | 7,926 |
Henry | 4,299 | 38.49% | 6,601 | 59.11% | 200 | 1.79% | 52 | 0.47% | 16 | 0.14% | -2,302 | -20.61% | 11,168 |
Hickman | 1,903 | 36.39% | 3,225 | 61.66% | 78 | 1.49% | 17 | 0.33% | 7 | 0.13% | -1,322 | -25.28% | 5,230 |
Houston | 738 | 29.04% | 1,757 | 69.15% | 31 | 1.22% | 6 | 0.24% | 9 | 0.35% | -1,019 | -40.10% | 2,541 |
Humphreys | 1,897 | 31.80% | 3,974 | 66.61% | 74 | 1.24% | 18 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.05% | -2,077 | -34.81% | 5,966 |
Jackson | 995 | 28.15% | 2,480 | 70.16% | 27 | 0.76% | 27 | 0.76% | 6 | 0.17% | -1,485 | -42.01% | 3,535 |
Jefferson | 6,944 | 66.82% | 3,180 | 30.60% | 201 | 1.93% | 42 | 0.40% | 25 | 0.24% | 3,764 | 36.22% | 10,392 |
Johnson | 3,716 | 74.99% | 1,141 | 23.03% | 66 | 1.33% | 22 | 0.44% | 10 | 0.20% | 2,575 | 51.97% | 4,955 |
Knox | 66,153 | 56.26% | 45,634 | 38.81% | 4,801 | 4.08% | 570 | 0.48% | 427 | 0.36% | 20,519 | 17.45% | 117,585 |
Lake | 823 | 32.11% | 1,718 | 67.03% | 11 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.31% | -895 | -34.92% | 2,563 |
Lauderdale | 2,818 | 38.95% | 4,318 | 59.68% | 73 | 1.01% | 16 | 0.22% | 10 | 0.14% | -1,500 | -20.73% | 7,235 |
Lawrence | 6,532 | 48.47% | 6,082 | 45.13% | 212 | 1.57% | 158 | 1.17% | 493 | 3.66% | 450 | 3.34% | 13,477 |
Lewis | 1,076 | 32.52% | 2,190 | 66.18% | 33 | 1.00% | 5 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.15% | -1,114 | -33.67% | 3,309 |
Lincoln | 2,856 | 33.96% | 5,387 | 64.06% | 119 | 1.42% | 34 | 0.40% | 13 | 0.15% | -2,531 | -30.10% | 8,409 |
Loudon | 6,382 | 61.51% | 3,699 | 35.65% | 235 | 2.26% | 40 | 0.39% | 20 | 0.19% | 2,683 | 25.86% | 10,376 |
Macon | 2,925 | 58.96% | 1,947 | 39.25% | 65 | 1.31% | 19 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.10% | 978 | 19.71% | 4,961 |
Madison | 13,667 | 50.27% | 12,986 | 47.77% | 363 | 1.34% | 103 | 0.38% | 68 | 0.25% | 681 | 2.50% | 27,187 |
Marion | 3,902 | 45.10% | 4,623 | 53.44% | 93 | 1.08% | 26 | 0.30% | 7 | 0.08% | -721 | -8.33% | 8,651 |
Marshall | 2,282 | 34.23% | 4,277 | 64.16% | 78 | 1.17% | 24 | 0.36% | 5 | 0.08% | -1,995 | -29.93% | 6,666 |
Maury | 6,637 | 44.16% | 7,957 | 52.94% | 225 | 1.50% | 134 | 0.89% | 77 | 0.51% | -1,320 | -8.78% | 15,030 |
McMinn | 7,825 | 57.76% | 5,460 | 40.30% | 200 | 1.48% | 53 | 0.39% | 9 | 0.07% | 2,365 | 17.46% | 13,547 |
McNairy | 4,603 | 54.06% | 3,801 | 44.64% | 76 | 0.89% | 25 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.11% | 802 | 9.42% | 8,514 |
Meigs | 1,278 | 55.18% | 999 | 43.13% | 31 | 1.34% | 6 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.09% | 279 | 12.05% | 2,316 |
Monroe | 6,246 | 56.45% | 4,612 | 41.68% | 125 | 1.13% | 44 | 0.40% | 38 | 0.34% | 1,634 | 14.77% | 11,065 |
Montgomery | 8,503 | 41.08% | 11,573 | 55.91% | 490 | 2.37% | 85 | 0.41% | 47 | 0.23% | -3,070 | -14.83% | 20,698 |
Moore | 551 | 34.55% | 993 | 62.26% | 34 | 2.13% | 14 | 0.88% | 3 | 0.19% | -442 | -27.71% | 1,595 |
Morgan | 2,823 | 56.29% | 2,094 | 41.75% | 70 | 1.40% | 21 | 0.42% | 7 | 0.14% | 729 | 14.54% | 5,015 |
Obion | 5,397 | 47.49% | 5,766 | 50.73% | 138 | 1.21% | 34 | 0.30% | 30 | 0.26% | -369 | -3.25% | 11,365 |
Overton | 1,869 | 35.49% | 3,343 | 63.47% | 38 | 0.72% | 15 | 0.28% | 2 | 0.04% | -1,474 | -27.99% | 5,267 |
Perry | 783 | 35.08% | 1,401 | 62.77% | 32 | 1.43% | 13 | 0.58% | 3 | 0.13% | -618 | -27.69% | 2,232 |
Pickett | 1,319 | 62.75% | 758 | 36.06% | 12 | 0.57% | 5 | 0.24% | 8 | 0.38% | 561 | 26.69% | 2,102 |
Polk | 2,414 | 48.67% | 2,470 | 49.80% | 45 | 0.91% | 18 | 0.36% | 13 | 0.26% | -56 | -1.13% | 4,960 |
Putnam | 6,235 | 42.26% | 8,084 | 54.80% | 342 | 2.32% | 66 | 0.45% | 26 | 0.18% | -1,849 | -12.53% | 14,753 |
Rhea | 4,689 | 59.44% | 3,070 | 38.91% | 93 | 1.18% | 24 | 0.30% | 13 | 0.16% | 1,619 | 20.52% | 7,889 |
Roane | 11,096 | 61.03% | 6,473 | 35.60% | 481 | 2.65% | 93 | 0.51% | 39 | 0.21% | 4,623 | 25.43% | 18,182 |
Robertson | 3,560 | 32.00% | 7,381 | 66.34% | 127 | 1.14% | 45 | 0.40% | 13 | 0.12% | -3,821 | -34.34% | 11,126 |
Rutherford | 11,208 | 40.98% | 15,213 | 55.62% | 703 | 2.57% | 153 | 0.56% | 73 | 0.27% | -4,005 | -14.64% | 27,350 |
Scott | 3,014 | 62.38% | 1,724 | 35.68% | 63 | 1.30% | 17 | 0.35% | 14 | 0.29% | 1,290 | 26.70% | 4,832 |
Sequatchie | 1,512 | 49.54% | 1,509 | 49.44% | 23 | 0.75% | 6 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.10% | 3,052 |
Sevier | 10,576 | 73.25% | 3,450 | 23.89% | 338 | 2.34% | 48 | 0.33% | 27 | 0.19% | 7,126 | 49.35% | 14,439 |
Shelby | 140,157 | 45.43% | 159,240 | 51.61% | 7,180 | 2.33% | 1,362 | 0.44% | 578 | 0.19% | -19,083 | -6.19% | 308,517 |
Smith | 1,755 | 31.73% | 3,674 | 66.43% | 69 | 1.25% | 23 | 0.42% | 10 | 0.18% | -1,919 | -34.70% | 5,531 |
Stewart | 985 | 29.69% | 2,274 | 68.54% | 42 | 1.27% | 11 | 0.33% | 6 | 0.18% | -1,289 | -38.85% | 3,318 |
Sullivan | 25,963 | 51.44% | 22,341 | 44.27% | 1,874 | 3.71% | 196 | 0.39% | 96 | 0.19% | 3,622 | 7.18% | 50,470 |
Sumner | 11,876 | 44.42% | 14,150 | 52.93% | 540 | 2.02% | 138 | 0.52% | 31 | 0.12% | -2,274 | -8.51% | 26,735 |
Tipton | 4,339 | 46.15% | 4,934 | 52.48% | 109 | 1.16% | 16 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.03% | -595 | -6.33% | 9,401 |
Trousdale | 629 | 26.72% | 1,674 | 71.11% | 30 | 1.27% | 14 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.30% | -1,045 | -44.39% | 2,354 |
Unicoi | 3,828 | 65.50% | 1,880 | 32.17% | 97 | 1.66% | 18 | 0.31% | 21 | 0.36% | 1,948 | 33.33% | 5,844 |
Union | 2,453 | 62.09% | 1,435 | 36.32% | 45 | 1.14% | 12 | 0.30% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,018 | 25.77% | 3,951 |
Van Buren | 499 | 35.54% | 886 | 63.11% | 11 | 0.78% | 4 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.28% | -387 | -27.56% | 1,404 |
Warren | 3,680 | 37.16% | 6,021 | 60.79% | 148 | 1.49% | 41 | 0.41% | 14 | 0.14% | -2,341 | -23.64% | 9,904 |
Washington | 17,457 | 57.71% | 11,599 | 38.35% | 934 | 3.09% | 173 | 0.57% | 86 | 0.28% | 5,858 | 19.37% | 30,249 |
Wayne | 3,418 | 64.53% | 1,633 | 30.83% | 78 | 1.47% | 38 | 0.72% | 130 | 2.45% | 1,785 | 33.70% | 5,297 |
Weakley | 5,668 | 48.15% | 5,910 | 50.21% | 136 | 1.16% | 51 | 0.43% | 6 | 0.05% | -242 | -2.06% | 11,771 |
White | 2,100 | 37.41% | 3,415 | 60.84% | 64 | 1.14% | 28 | 0.50% | 6 | 0.11% | -1,315 | -23.43% | 5,613 |
Williamson | 11,597 | 54.98% | 8,815 | 41.79% | 551 | 2.61% | 104 | 0.49% | 28 | 0.13% | 2,782 | 13.19% | 21,095 |
Wilson | 7,535 | 39.09% | 11,248 | 58.36% | 380 | 1.97% | 92 | 0.48% | 19 | 0.10% | -3,713 | -19.26% | 19,274 |
Totals | 787,761 | 48.70% | 783,051 | 48.41% | 35,991 | 2.22% | 7,116 | 0.44% | 3,697 | 0.23% | 4,710 | 0.29% | 1,617,616 |
References[]
- ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Tennessee". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Jump up to: a b Géoelections; 1980 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Géoelections; Popular Vote for John B. Anderson (.xlsx file for €15)
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