United States presidential election in Iowa, 1980

United States presidential election in Iowa, 1980

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 8 0 0 Popular vote 676,026 508,672 115,633 Percentage 51.3% 38.6% 8.8%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

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The 1980 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a comfortable margin of 12 points.^[1] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last Presidential election in which a Republican has won Iowa by more than 10 points, and the last in which Polk County voted for the Republican candidate.

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