The 1980 United States presidential election in Arkansas 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 six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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The election was very close in Arkansas, with the state being won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by only 0.6 points.[1]
53% of white voters supported Reagan while 42% supported Carter.[2][3]
Results
editPresidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
Ronald Reagan | Republican | California | 403,164 | 48.13% | 6 | George H. W. Bush | Texas | 6 |
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | Democrat | Georgia | 398,041 | 47.52% | 0 | Walter Mondale (incumbent) | Minnesota | 0 |
John B. Anderson | Anderson Coalition [a] | Illinois | 22,468 | 2.68% | 0 | Patrick Lucey | Wisconsin | 0 |
Ed Clark | Libertarian | California | 8,970 | 1.07% | 0 | David Koch | New York | 0 |
Barry Commoner | Citizens | New York | 2,345 | 0.28% | 0 | LaDonna Harris | Oklahoma | 0 |
Benjamin Bubar | Prohibition | Maine | 1,350 | 0.16% | 0 | Earl Dodge | Colorado | 0 |
Gus Hall | People Before Profits | New York | 1,244 | 0.15% | 0 | Angela Davis | California | 0 |
Total | 837,582 | 100% | 6 | 6 | ||||
Needed to win | 270 | 270 |
Results by county
editCounty[5] | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic |
John B. Anderson Anderson Coalition |
Ed Clark Libertarian |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Arkansas | 3,409 | 42.69% | 4,303 | 53.89% | 193 | 2.42% | 16 | 0.20% | 64 | 0.80% | -894 | -11.20% | 7,985 |
Ashley | 3,960 | 45.27% | 4,552 | 52.03% | 130 | 1.49% | 45 | 0.51% | 61 | 0.70% | -592 | -6.76% | 8,748 |
Baxter | 9,684 | 63.93% | 4,789 | 31.62% | 494 | 3.26% | 132 | 0.87% | 48 | 0.32% | 4,895 | 32.31% | 15,147 |
Benton | 18,830 | 63.96% | 9,231 | 31.36% | 1,018 | 3.46% | 303 | 1.03% | 58 | 0.20% | 9,599 | 32.60% | 29,440 |
Boone | 6,778 | 56.07% | 4,576 | 37.86% | 429 | 3.55% | 159 | 1.32% | 146 | 1.21% | 2,202 | 18.21% | 12,088 |
Bradley | 1,650 | 33.74% | 3,139 | 64.19% | 66 | 1.35% | 24 | 0.49% | 11 | 0.22% | -1,489 | -30.45% | 4,890 |
Calhoun | 896 | 37.40% | 1,438 | 60.02% | 52 | 2.17% | 9 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.04% | -542 | -22.62% | 2,396 |
Carroll | 4,273 | 55.29% | 2,977 | 38.52% | 298 | 3.86% | 135 | 1.75% | 45 | 0.58% | 1,296 | 16.77% | 7,728 |
Chicot | 2,239 | 38.76% | 3,445 | 59.64% | 26 | 0.45% | 64 | 1.11% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,206 | -20.88% | 5,776 |
Clark | 2,743 | 29.97% | 6,122 | 66.89% | 215 | 2.35% | 59 | 0.64% | 14 | 0.15% | -3,379 | -36.92% | 9,153 |
Clay | 3,091 | 42.17% | 3,985 | 54.37% | 121 | 1.65% | 126 | 1.72% | 7 | 0.10% | -894 | -12.20% | 7,330 |
Cleburne | 4,042 | 48.38% | 4,021 | 48.13% | 204 | 2.44% | 82 | 0.98% | 6 | 0.07% | 21 | 0.25% | 8,355 |
Cleveland | 1,124 | 36.76% | 1,856 | 60.69% | 36 | 1.18% | 33 | 1.08% | 9 | 0.29% | -732 | -23.93% | 3,058 |
Columbia | 5,259 | 52.76% | 4,445 | 44.60% | 107 | 1.07% | 131 | 1.31% | 25 | 0.25% | 814 | 8.16% | 9,967 |
Conway | 4,145 | 45.11% | 4,698 | 51.13% | 232 | 2.52% | 102 | 1.11% | 12 | 0.13% | -553 | -6.02% | 9,189 |
Craighead | 11,010 | 51.31% | 9,231 | 43.02% | 708 | 3.30% | 283 | 1.32% | 224 | 1.04% | 1,779 | 8.29% | 21,456 |
Crawford | 8,542 | 66.22% | 3,948 | 30.61% | 245 | 1.90% | 131 | 1.02% | 33 | 0.26% | 4,594 | 35.61% | 12,899 |
Crittenden | 6,248 | 45.20% | 7,022 | 50.80% | 185 | 1.34% | 224 | 1.62% | 144 | 1.04% | -774 | -5.60% | 13,823 |
Cross | 2,895 | 44.59% | 3,471 | 53.47% | 89 | 1.37% | 35 | 0.54% | 2 | 0.03% | -576 | -8.88% | 6,492 |
Dallas | 1,596 | 35.16% | 2,838 | 62.52% | 74 | 1.63% | 25 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.13% | -1,242 | -27.36% | 4,539 |
Desha | 2,057 | 34.07% | 3,748 | 62.08% | 77 | 1.28% | 47 | 0.78% | 108 | 1.79% | -1,691 | -28.01% | 6,037 |
Drew | 2,272 | 36.74% | 3,757 | 60.75% | 117 | 1.89% | 32 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.10% | -1,485 | -24.01% | 6,184 |
Faulkner | 7,544 | 44.19% | 8,528 | 49.95% | 769 | 4.50% | 181 | 1.06% | 51 | 0.30% | -984 | -5.76% | 17,073 |
Franklin | 3,448 | 53.66% | 2,716 | 42.27% | 197 | 3.07% | 61 | 0.95% | 4 | 0.06% | 732 | 11.39% | 6,426 |
Fulton | 2,101 | 49.35% | 2,037 | 47.85% | 83 | 1.95% | 30 | 0.70% | 6 | 0.14% | 64 | 1.50% | 4,257 |
Garland | 15,739 | 52.96% | 12,515 | 42.11% | 1,042 | 3.51% | 250 | 0.84% | 171 | 0.58% | 3,224 | 10.85% | 29,717 |
Grant | 2,007 | 38.04% | 3,078 | 58.34% | 102 | 1.93% | 55 | 1.04% | 34 | 0.64% | -1,071 | -20.30% | 5,276 |
Greene | 4,514 | 41.64% | 5,996 | 55.31% | 219 | 2.02% | 106 | 0.98% | 6 | 0.06% | -1,482 | -13.67% | 10,841 |
Hempstead | 3,852 | 44.65% | 4,671 | 54.14% | 72 | 0.83% | 31 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.02% | -819 | -9.49% | 8,628 |
Hot Spring | 3,561 | 32.92% | 6,897 | 63.76% | 244 | 2.26% | 87 | 0.80% | 28 | 0.26% | -3,336 | -30.84% | 10,817 |
Howard | 2,386 | 47.12% | 2,564 | 50.63% | 63 | 1.24% | 28 | 0.55% | 23 | 0.45% | -178 | -3.51% | 5,064 |
Independence | 5,076 | 45.63% | 5,683 | 51.08% | 276 | 2.48% | 69 | 0.62% | 21 | 0.19% | -607 | -5.45% | 11,125 |
Izard | 2,266 | 43.13% | 2,750 | 52.34% | 160 | 3.05% | 54 | 1.03% | 24 | 0.46% | -484 | -9.21% | 5,254 |
Jackson | 3,191 | 39.49% | 4,651 | 57.55% | 174 | 2.15% | 51 | 0.63% | 14 | 0.17% | -1,460 | -18.06% | 8,081 |
Jefferson | 10,697 | 35.60% | 17,292 | 57.55% | 802 | 2.67% | 625 | 2.08% | 630 | 2.10% | -6,595 | -21.95% | 30,046 |
Johnson | 3,619 | 47.39% | 3,709 | 48.57% | 187 | 2.45% | 93 | 1.22% | 28 | 0.37% | -90 | -1.18% | 7,636 |
Lafayette | 1,756 | 46.50% | 1,947 | 51.56% | 47 | 1.24% | 21 | 0.56% | 5 | 0.13% | -191 | -5.06% | 3,776 |
Lawrence | 3,245 | 46.60% | 3,547 | 50.94% | 117 | 1.68% | 51 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.04% | -302 | -4.34% | 6,963 |
Lee | 1,711 | 35.09% | 3,103 | 63.64% | 47 | 0.96% | 12 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.06% | -1,392 | -28.55% | 4,876 |
Lincoln | 1,243 | 32.29% | 2,517 | 65.39% | 56 | 1.45% | 30 | 0.78% | 3 | 0.08% | -1,274 | -33.10% | 3,849 |
Little River | 2,272 | 45.22% | 2,631 | 52.37% | 41 | 0.82% | 43 | 0.86% | 37 | 0.74% | -359 | -7.15% | 5,024 |
Logan | 4,511 | 50.61% | 4,098 | 45.98% | 166 | 1.86% | 117 | 1.31% | 21 | 0.24% | 413 | 4.63% | 8,913 |
Lonoke | 5,619 | 48.50% | 5,605 | 48.38% | 246 | 2.12% | 84 | 0.73% | 31 | 0.27% | 14 | 0.12% | 11,585 |
Madison | 3,180 | 54.50% | 2,434 | 41.71% | 126 | 2.16% | 75 | 1.29% | 20 | 0.34% | 746 | 12.79% | 5,835 |
Marion | 3,059 | 57.11% | 2,046 | 38.20% | 160 | 2.99% | 84 | 1.57% | 7 | 0.13% | 1,013 | 18.91% | 5,356 |
Miller | 6,770 | 52.40% | 5,996 | 46.41% | 105 | 0.81% | 40 | 0.31% | 10 | 0.08% | 774 | 5.99% | 12,921 |
Mississippi | 7,170 | 43.67% | 8,908 | 54.26% | 234 | 1.43% | 88 | 0.54% | 17 | 0.10% | -1,738 | -10.59% | 16,417 |
Monroe | 2,027 | 41.98% | 2,686 | 55.62% | 82 | 1.70% | 28 | 0.58% | 6 | 0.12% | -659 | -13.64% | 4,829 |
Montgomery | 1,585 | 43.88% | 1,878 | 51.99% | 86 | 2.38% | 38 | 1.05% | 25 | 0.69% | -293 | -8.11% | 3,612 |
Nevada | 1,697 | 38.22% | 2,631 | 59.26% | 50 | 1.13% | 46 | 1.04% | 16 | 0.36% | -934 | -21.04% | 4,440 |
Newton | 2,423 | 60.08% | 1,436 | 35.61% | 100 | 2.48% | 57 | 1.41% | 17 | 0.42% | 987 | 24.47% | 4,033 |
Ouachita | 4,329 | 35.46% | 7,152 | 58.58% | 248 | 2.03% | 110 | 0.90% | 369 | 3.02% | -2,823 | -23.12% | 12,208 |
Perry | 1,459 | 45.79% | 1,606 | 50.41% | 73 | 2.29% | 43 | 1.35% | 5 | 0.16% | -147 | -4.62% | 3,186 |
Phillips | 4,270 | 38.31% | 6,642 | 59.59% | 163 | 1.46% | 44 | 0.39% | 27 | 0.24% | -2,372 | -21.28% | 11,146 |
Pike | 1,916 | 46.77% | 2,094 | 51.11% | 58 | 1.42% | 23 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.15% | -178 | -4.34% | 4,097 |
Poinsett | 4,040 | 44.01% | 4,894 | 53.31% | 153 | 1.67% | 83 | 0.90% | 10 | 0.11% | -854 | -9.30% | 9,180 |
Polk | 3,993 | 58.51% | 2,617 | 38.35% | 139 | 2.04% | 69 | 1.01% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,376 | 20.16% | 6,824 |
Pope | 7,217 | 50.72% | 6,364 | 44.72% | 471 | 3.31% | 153 | 1.08% | 25 | 0.18% | 853 | 6.00% | 14,230 |
Prairie | 1,855 | 47.63% | 1,928 | 49.50% | 64 | 1.64% | 35 | 0.90% | 13 | 0.33% | -73 | -1.87% | 3,895 |
Pulaski | 52,125 | 46.15% | 54,839 | 48.56% | 4,657 | 4.12% | 1,003 | 0.89% | 313 | 0.28% | -2,714 | -2.41% | 112,937 |
Randolph | 2,579 | 43.50% | 3,070 | 51.78% | 125 | 2.11% | 144 | 2.43% | 11 | 0.19% | -491 | -8.28% | 5,929 |
St. Francis | 4,485 | 42.77% | 5,816 | 55.46% | 132 | 1.26% | 51 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.03% | -1,331 | -12.69% | 10,487 |
Saline | 8,330 | 42.60% | 10,368 | 53.02% | 643 | 3.29% | 191 | 0.98% | 23 | 0.12% | -2,038 | -10.42% | 19,555 |
Scott | 2,228 | 48.16% | 2,236 | 48.34% | 92 | 1.99% | 60 | 1.30% | 10 | 0.22% | -8 | -0.18% | 4,626 |
Searcy | 2,459 | 58.79% | 1,536 | 36.72% | 101 | 2.41% | 70 | 1.67% | 17 | 0.41% | 923 | 22.07% | 4,183 |
Sebastian | 23,403 | 63.46% | 10,141 | 27.50% | 1,023 | 2.77% | 902 | 2.45% | 1,410 | 3.82% | 13,262 | 35.96% | 36,879 |
Sevier | 2,502 | 45.52% | 2,854 | 51.92% | 97 | 1.76% | 39 | 0.71% | 5 | 0.09% | -352 | -6.40% | 5,497 |
Sharp | 3,420 | 53.30% | 2,774 | 43.24% | 160 | 2.49% | 56 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.09% | 646 | 10.06% | 6,416 |
Stone | 1,793 | 45.11% | 1,968 | 49.51% | 133 | 3.35% | 66 | 1.66% | 15 | 0.38% | -175 | -4.40% | 3,975 |
Union | 9,401 | 55.10% | 6,852 | 40.16% | 313 | 1.83% | 337 | 1.98% | 160 | 0.94% | 2,549 | 14.94% | 17,063 |
Van Buren | 3,090 | 49.11% | 2,968 | 47.17% | 153 | 2.43% | 67 | 1.06% | 14 | 0.22% | 122 | 1.94% | 6,292 |
Washington | 20,788 | 58.69% | 12,276 | 34.66% | 1,737 | 4.90% | 485 | 1.37% | 135 | 0.38% | 8,512 | 24.03% | 35,421 |
White | 8,079 | 46.66% | 8,750 | 50.54% | 309 | 1.78% | 125 | 0.72% | 50 | 0.29% | -671 | -3.88% | 17,313 |
Woodruff | 1,204 | 32.06% | 2,452 | 65.28% | 74 | 1.97% | 21 | 0.56% | 5 | 0.13% | -1,248 | -33.22% | 3,756 |
Yell | 3,187 | 44.65% | 3,702 | 51.87% | 181 | 2.54% | 61 | 0.85% | 6 | 0.08% | -515 | -7.22% | 7,137 |
Totals | 403,164 | 48.13% | 398,041 | 47.52% | 22,468 | 2.68% | 8,970 | 1.07% | 4,939 | 0.59% | 5,123 | 0.61% | 837,582 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ "AR US President Race, November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.