United States presidential election in Alaska, 1980

United States presidential election in Alaska, 1980

November 4, 1980

Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Party Republican Democratic Home state California Georgia Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 86,112 41,842 Percentage 54.35% 26.41%   Nominee Ed Clark John B. Anderson Party Libertarian Independent Home state California Illinois Running mate David H. Koch Patrick J. Lucey Electoral vote 0 0 Popular vote 18,479 11,155 Percentage 11.66% 7.04%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

Elections in Alaska
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The 1980 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 4, 1980, as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Alaska was won by Ronald Reagan (R–California) with 54.3% of the popular vote against incumbent President Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia) with 26.4%.^[1] Reagan ultimately won the national vote, defeating Carter and becoming the next President. Alaska has only voted Democratic once, and that was in 1964 for Lyndon B. Johnson.

Libertarian candidate Ed Clark had his strongest showing in Alaska and set the record for the best performance of a Libertarian Presidential candidate on a statewide level. He also beat Independent candidate John B. Anderson in this state despite Anderson winning more votes than Clark nationally.^[1][2][3]

Results

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