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The 1980 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Oklahoma was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 25-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
[edit]Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
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Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
Ronald Reagan | Republican | California | 695,570 | 60.50% | 8 | George H. W. Bush | Connecticut | 8 |
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | Democrat | Georgia | 402,026 | 34.97% | 0 | Walter Mondale (incumbent) | Minnesota | 0 |
John B. Anderson | Independent | Illinois | 38,284 | 3.33% | 0 | Patrick Lucey | Wisconsin | 0 |
Ed Clark | Libertarian | California | 13,828 | 1.20% | 0 | David Koch | New York | 0 |
Total | 1,149,708 | 100% | 8 | 8 | ||||
Needed to win | 270 | 270 |
Results by county
[edit]County | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic |
John B. Anderson Independent |
Ed Clark Libertarian |
Margin | Total | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 3,429 | 54.08% | 2,761 | 43.54% | 107 | 1.69% | 44 | 0.69% | 668 | 10.54% | 6,341 |
Alfalfa | 2,628 | 72.16% | 899 | 24.68% | 86 | 2.36% | 29 | 0.80% | 1,729 | 47.48% | 3,642 |
Atoka | 1,613 | 38.26% | 2,505 | 59.42% | 66 | 1.57% | 32 | 0.76% | -892 | -21.16% | 4,216 |
Beaver | 2,430 | 75.51% | 696 | 21.63% | 58 | 1.80% | 34 | 1.06% | 1,734 | 53.88% | 3,218 |
Beckham | 3,637 | 51.13% | 3,298 | 46.37% | 123 | 1.73% | 55 | 0.77% | 339 | 4.76% | 7,113 |
Blaine | 3,708 | 70.44% | 1,399 | 26.58% | 103 | 1.96% | 54 | 1.03% | 2,309 | 43.86% | 5,264 |
Bryan | 3,980 | 37.61% | 6,410 | 60.57% | 129 | 1.22% | 63 | 0.60% | -2,430 | -22.96% | 10,582 |
Caddo | 5,945 | 54.07% | 4,695 | 42.70% | 232 | 2.11% | 123 | 1.12% | 1,250 | 11.37% | 10,995 |
Canadian | 15,272 | 72.58% | 4,889 | 23.24% | 642 | 3.05% | 238 | 1.13% | 10,383 | 49.34% | 21,041 |
Carter | 9,262 | 57.34% | 6,509 | 40.29% | 258 | 1.60% | 125 | 0.77% | 2,753 | 17.05% | 16,154 |
Cherokee | 5,594 | 49.47% | 5,215 | 46.12% | 362 | 3.20% | 137 | 1.21% | 379 | 3.35% | 11,308 |
Choctaw | 2,394 | 39.84% | 3,507 | 58.36% | 73 | 1.21% | 35 | 0.58% | -1,113 | -18.52% | 6,009 |
Cimarron | 1,404 | 77.10% | 373 | 20.48% | 23 | 1.26% | 21 | 1.15% | 1,031 | 56.62% | 1,821 |
Cleveland | 31,178 | 61.86% | 14,536 | 28.84% | 3,910 | 7.76% | 777 | 1.54% | 16,642 | 33.02% | 50,401 |
Coal | 926 | 38.09% | 1,442 | 59.32% | 47 | 1.93% | 16 | 0.66% | -516 | -21.23% | 2,431 |
Comanche | 16,609 | 59.51% | 9,972 | 35.73% | 1,000 | 3.58% | 329 | 1.18% | 6,637 | 23.78% | 27,910 |
Cotton | 1,702 | 53.09% | 1,410 | 43.98% | 63 | 1.97% | 31 | 0.97% | 292 | 9.11% | 3,206 |
Craig | 2,956 | 49.66% | 2,801 | 47.06% | 156 | 2.62% | 39 | 0.66% | 155 | 2.60% | 5,952 |
Creek | 11,749 | 59.55% | 7,339 | 37.20% | 460 | 2.33% | 181 | 0.92% | 4,410 | 22.35% | 19,729 |
Custer | 6,469 | 65.65% | 3,008 | 30.53% | 290 | 2.94% | 87 | 0.88% | 3,461 | 35.12% | 9,854 |
Delaware | 5,302 | 54.00% | 4,244 | 43.22% | 177 | 1.80% | 96 | 0.98% | 1,058 | 10.78% | 9,819 |
Dewey | 1,943 | 67.56% | 826 | 28.72% | 70 | 2.43% | 37 | 1.29% | 1,117 | 38.84% | 2,876 |
Ellis | 1,908 | 74.82% | 561 | 22.00% | 54 | 2.12% | 27 | 1.06% | 1,347 | 52.82% | 2,550 |
Garfield | 17,989 | 72.45% | 5,718 | 23.03% | 846 | 3.41% | 275 | 1.11% | 12,271 | 49.42% | 24,828 |
Garvin | 5,520 | 50.83% | 5,033 | 46.34% | 210 | 1.93% | 97 | 0.89% | 487 | 4.49% | 10,860 |
Grady | 8,131 | 58.20% | 5,330 | 38.15% | 351 | 2.51% | 159 | 1.14% | 2,801 | 20.05% | 13,971 |
Grant | 2,411 | 69.44% | 927 | 26.70% | 84 | 2.42% | 50 | 1.44% | 1,484 | 42.74% | 3,472 |
Greer | 1,535 | 49.53% | 1,492 | 48.14% | 48 | 1.55% | 24 | 0.77% | 43 | 1.39% | 3,099 |
Harmon | 676 | 40.48% | 961 | 57.54% | 21 | 1.26% | 12 | 0.72% | -285 | -17.06% | 1,670 |
Harper | 1,652 | 74.08% | 517 | 23.18% | 40 | 1.79% | 21 | 0.94% | 1,135 | 50.90% | 2,230 |
Haskell | 2,024 | 40.39% | 2,874 | 57.35% | 65 | 1.30% | 48 | 0.96% | -850 | -16.96% | 5,011 |
Hughes | 2,170 | 39.35% | 3,211 | 58.22% | 85 | 1.54% | 49 | 0.89% | -1,041 | -18.87% | 5,515 |
Jackson | 4,327 | 50.58% | 4,031 | 47.12% | 144 | 1.68% | 52 | 0.61% | 296 | 3.46% | 8,554 |
Jefferson | 1,440 | 43.22% | 1,812 | 54.38% | 55 | 1.65% | 25 | 0.75% | -372 | -11.16% | 3,332 |
Johnston | 1,701 | 44.10% | 2,066 | 53.56% | 57 | 1.48% | 33 | 0.86% | -365 | -9.46% | 3,857 |
Kay | 15,004 | 67.17% | 6,449 | 28.87% | 665 | 2.98% | 219 | 0.98% | 8,555 | 38.30% | 22,337 |
Kingfisher | 4,962 | 77.31% | 1,282 | 19.98% | 122 | 1.90% | 52 | 0.81% | 3,680 | 57.33% | 6,418 |
Kiowa | 2,636 | 51.44% | 2,372 | 46.29% | 88 | 1.72% | 28 | 0.55% | 264 | 5.15% | 5,124 |
Latimer | 1,737 | 43.80% | 2,105 | 53.08% | 71 | 1.79% | 53 | 1.34% | -368 | -9.28% | 3,966 |
LeFlore | 6,807 | 49.47% | 6,668 | 48.46% | 174 | 1.26% | 110 | 0.80% | 139 | 1.01% | 13,759 |
Lincoln | 6,064 | 63.27% | 3,231 | 33.71% | 204 | 2.13% | 86 | 0.90% | 2,833 | 29.56% | 9,585 |
Logan | 6,311 | 63.16% | 3,246 | 32.49% | 259 | 2.59% | 176 | 1.76% | 3,065 | 30.67% | 9,992 |
Love | 1,449 | 47.12% | 1,578 | 51.32% | 31 | 1.01% | 17 | 0.55% | -129 | -4.20% | 3,075 |
McClain | 4,284 | 56.87% | 2,990 | 39.69% | 185 | 2.46% | 74 | 0.98% | 1,294 | 17.18% | 7,533 |
McCurtain | 5,189 | 45.63% | 5,953 | 52.35% | 149 | 1.31% | 81 | 0.71% | -764 | -6.72% | 11,372 |
McIntosh | 2,925 | 43.25% | 3,654 | 54.03% | 118 | 1.74% | 66 | 0.98% | -729 | -10.78% | 6,763 |
Major | 3,059 | 81.81% | 584 | 15.62% | 62 | 1.66% | 34 | 0.91% | 2,475 | 66.19% | 3,739 |
Marshall | 1,961 | 46.75% | 2,157 | 51.42% | 52 | 1.24% | 25 | 0.60% | -196 | -4.67% | 4,195 |
Mayes | 6,633 | 53.67% | 5,344 | 43.24% | 256 | 2.07% | 125 | 1.01% | 1,289 | 10.43% | 12,358 |
Murray | 2,494 | 49.22% | 2,384 | 47.05% | 126 | 2.49% | 63 | 1.24% | 110 | 2.17% | 5,067 |
Muskogee | 11,511 | 44.76% | 13,341 | 51.88% | 633 | 2.46% | 230 | 0.89% | -1,830 | -7.12% | 25,715 |
Noble | 3,663 | 69.90% | 1,398 | 26.68% | 124 | 2.37% | 55 | 1.05% | 2,265 | 43.22% | 5,240 |
Nowata | 2,640 | 59.06% | 1,694 | 37.90% | 75 | 1.68% | 61 | 1.36% | 946 | 21.16% | 4,470 |
Okfuskee | 2,126 | 48.31% | 2,177 | 49.47% | 58 | 1.32% | 40 | 0.91% | -51 | -1.16% | 4,401 |
Oklahoma | 139,538 | 66.05% | 58,765 | 27.81% | 9,190 | 4.35% | 3,780 | 1.79% | 80,773 | 38.24% | 211,273 |
Okmulgee | 6,652 | 46.57% | 7,236 | 50.65% | 286 | 2.00% | 111 | 0.78% | -584 | -4.08% | 14,285 |
Osage | 8,044 | 56.46% | 5,687 | 39.92% | 363 | 2.55% | 152 | 1.07% | 2,357 | 16.54% | 14,246 |
Ottawa | 6,362 | 49.25% | 6,143 | 47.55% | 317 | 2.45% | 97 | 0.75% | 219 | 1.70% | 12,919 |
Pawnee | 3,902 | 63.44% | 2,020 | 32.84% | 161 | 2.62% | 68 | 1.11% | 1,882 | 30.60% | 6,151 |
Payne | 15,955 | 62.10% | 7,466 | 29.06% | 1,812 | 7.05% | 458 | 1.78% | 8,489 | 33.04% | 25,691 |
Pittsburg | 7,062 | 44.54% | 8,292 | 52.29% | 339 | 2.14% | 164 | 1.03% | -1,230 | -7.75% | 15,857 |
Pontotoc | 6,232 | 49.34% | 5,942 | 47.04% | 335 | 2.65% | 122 | 0.97% | 290 | 2.30% | 12,631 |
Pottawatomie | 12,466 | 57.05% | 8,526 | 39.02% | 625 | 2.86% | 233 | 1.07% | 3,940 | 18.03% | 21,850 |
Pushmataha | 1,989 | 41.65% | 2,666 | 55.83% | 65 | 1.36% | 55 | 1.15% | -677 | -14.18% | 4,775 |
Roger Mills | 1,221 | 56.24% | 877 | 40.40% | 50 | 2.30% | 23 | 1.06% | 344 | 15.84% | 2,171 |
Rogers | 11,581 | 62.12% | 6,399 | 34.33% | 461 | 2.47% | 201 | 1.08% | 5,182 | 27.79% | 18,642 |
Seminole | 5,067 | 49.95% | 4,726 | 46.58% | 224 | 2.21% | 128 | 1.26% | 341 | 3.37% | 10,145 |
Sequoyah | 5,987 | 53.24% | 4,983 | 44.31% | 178 | 1.58% | 98 | 0.87% | 1,004 | 8.93% | 11,246 |
Stephens | 10,199 | 57.13% | 7,191 | 40.28% | 310 | 1.74% | 152 | 0.85% | 3,008 | 16.85% | 17,852 |
Texas | 5,503 | 77.52% | 1,451 | 20.44% | 93 | 1.31% | 52 | 0.73% | 4,052 | 57.08% | 7,099 |
Tillman | 2,450 | 52.27% | 2,144 | 45.74% | 69 | 1.47% | 24 | 0.51% | 306 | 6.53% | 4,687 |
Tulsa | 124,643 | 66.25% | 53,438 | 28.40% | 7,802 | 4.15% | 2,265 | 1.20% | 71,205 | 37.85% | 188,148 |
Wagoner | 8,969 | 60.90% | 5,235 | 35.55% | 369 | 2.51% | 154 | 1.05% | 3,734 | 25.35% | 14,727 |
Washington | 16,563 | 70.47% | 5,854 | 24.91% | 851 | 3.62% | 235 | 1.00% | 10,709 | 45.56% | 23,503 |
Washita | 3,206 | 59.67% | 2,044 | 38.04% | 71 | 1.32% | 52 | 0.97% | 1,162 | 21.63% | 5,373 |
Woods | 3,592 | 68.97% | 1,364 | 26.19% | 191 | 3.67% | 61 | 1.17% | 2,228 | 42.78% | 5,208 |
Woodward | 5,318 | 72.96% | 1,703 | 23.36% | 175 | 2.40% | 93 | 1.28% | 3,615 | 49.60% | 7,289 |
Totals | 695,570 | 60.50% | 402,026 | 34.97% | 38,284 | 3.33% | 13,828 | 1.20% | 293,544 | 25.53% | 1,149,708 |
Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Adair
- Beckham
- Caddo
- Cherokee
- Carter
- Cimarron
- Cotton
- Craig
- Creek
- Delaware
- Dewey
- Garvin
- Grady
- Grant
- Greer
- Jackson
- Kiowa
- LeFlore
- Lincoln
- Logan
- McClain
- Mayes
- Murray
- Nowata
- Osage
- Ottawa
- Pontotoc
- Pottawatomie
- Roger Mills
- Rogers
- Seminole
- Sequoyah
- Stephens
- Tillman
- Wagoner
- Washita
Slates of Electors
[edit]Democrat: Tobie Branch, Joe Johnson, Marzee Douglas, Sweet Pea Abernathy, Linnie Clayton Spann, Al Tesio, Loretta Jackson, Bert Russell
Republican: Robert Scott Petty, Lanny Joe Reed, Frank Douglas Stickney Sr, Ronald Neal Allen, Thomas J. Harris, Kenneth Floyd Musick, Grace Ward Boulton, Paul E. Thornbrugh
Libertarian: Mary Laurent, Fred Bross, Loren Baker, Roger Phares, Anatolly Arutunoff, Thomas Winter, Paul Woodard, Charles Burris
Independent: Aileen E. Ginther, Juanita L. Learned, Arlie J. Nixon, Linda M. Remer, James Heinicke, John Lowe, Laura Shepperd, John W. Reskovac Sr [3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Oklahoma". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ Gust, Steve (October 6, 2012). "Oklahoma student who attended Democratic National Convention anticipates lifetime in politics". The Oklahoman. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
- ^ "1980 Primary Election Results" (PDF). www.ok.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2020.