1980 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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

1980 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John B. Anderson
Party Republican Democratic Anderson Coalition [a]
Home state California Georgia Illinois
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Patrick Lucey
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 677,210 541,732 171,807
Percentage 48.16% 38.52% 12.22%


President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Connecticut was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by 10 points.[2] President of the United States Jimmy Carter failed to gain reelection against Reagan. Connecticut election results reflect the Republican Party's re-consolidation under what is popularly called the "Reagan Revolution,"[3] which sounded overwhelming conservative electoral victories across the United States.

The already embattled incumbent Democratic president Carter was hurt in the state by the strong third party candidacy of John Anderson, a liberal Republican Congressman who ran in 1980 as an independent after failing to win the Republican Party's own presidential nomination. Anderson proved very popular with liberal and moderate voters in New England who normally leaned Democratic but were dissatisfied with the policies of the Carter Administration and viewed Reagan as too far to the right. New England overall would prove to be Anderson's strongest region in the nation, with all 6 New England states giving double-digit percentages to Anderson. In fact, Connecticut would prove to be Anderson's fifth strongest state in the nation after Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. His 12.22% of the vote in the state was nearly double the 6.61% he got nationwide.[4] Connecticut did however, vote approximately 0.1% more Democratic than the national average.

Results

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1980 United States presidential election in Connecticut[5]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Ronald Reagan of California George Bush of Texas 677,210 48.16% 8 100.00%
Democratic Jimmy Carter of Georgia (incumbent) Walter Mondale of Minnesota (incumbent) 541,732 38.52% 0 0.00%
Anderson Coalition John B. Anderson Patrick Lucey 171,807 12.22% 0 0.00%
Libertarian Ed Clark of California David H. Koch of Kansas 8,570 0.61% 0 0.00%
Citizens Barry Commoner of Missouri La Donna Harris of Oklahoma 6,130 0.44% 0 0.00%
Write-ins 836 0.06% 0 0.00%
Total 1,406,285 100.00% 8 100.00%

By county

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County Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Fairfield 201,997 54.88% 124,074 33.71% 42,027 11.41% 77,923 21.17% 368,098
Hartford 150,265 40.46% 164,643 44.33% 56,472 15.21% -14,378 -3.87% 371,380
Litchfield 38,725 50.72% 26,705 34.98% 10,924 14.30% 12,020 15.74% 76,354
Middlesex 28,989 45.53% 24,768 38.90% 9,915 15.57% 4,221 6.63% 63,672
New Haven 169,038 50.05% 130,913 38.76% 37,781 11.19% 38,125 11.29% 337,732
New London 47,217 47.96% 36,628 37.21% 14,603 14.83% 10,589 10.75% 98,448
Tolland 22,127 43.95% 18,557 36.86% 9,662 19.19% 3,570 7.09% 50,346
Windham 18,852 47.82% 15,444 39.18% 5,123 13.00% 3,408 8.64% 39,419
Totals 677,210 48.16% 541,732 38.52% 187,343 13.32% 135,478 9.64% 1,406,285

Counties flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Connecticut". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Jerry Lanson (November 6, 2008). "A historic victory. A changed nation. Now, can Obama deliver?". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  4. ^ "1980 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 17, 2015.

Notes

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  1. ^ Anderson’s party was listed on this state’s ballot as “Anderson Coalition”.[1]