1980 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
The 1980 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 4, 1980, and was part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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| Elections in Pennsylvania |
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Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, former Governor Ronald Reagan, over the Democratic nominee, President Jimmy Carter. Reagan won Pennsylvania by a margin of 7.11%. This result nonetheless made Pennsylvania about 2.6% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.
Primaries
Republican primary
| Candidate | Votes | Delegates | Percent |
| George H. W. Bush | 626,759 | 46 | 51.72% |
| Ronald Reagan | 527,916 | 39 | 43.56% |
| Howard Baker Jr. | 30,848 | 0 | 2.55% |
| Others | 26,311 | 0 | 2.17% |
| Totals | 1,211,834 | 85 | Turnout: 55.32% |
Democratic primary
| Candidate | Votes | Delegates | Percent |
| Ted Kennedy | 736,954 | 99 | 46.04% |
| Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 732,332 | 99 | 45.75% |
| Others | 131,534 | 0 | 8.22% |
| Totals | 1,600,820 | 198 | Turnout: 52.10% |
Results
| 1980 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 2,261,872 | 49.59% | 27 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 1,937,540 | 42.48% | 0 | |
| Anderson Coalition | John Anderson | 292,921 | 6.42% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Edward Clark | 33,263 | 0.73% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Clifton DeBerry | 20,291 | 0.44% | 0 | |
| Consumer | Barry Commoner | 10,430 | 0.23% | 0 | |
| Communist | Gus Hall | 5,184 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| Totals | 4,561,501 | 100.00% | 27 | ||
Results by county
| County | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Jimmy Carter Democratic |
John B. Anderson Anderson Coalition |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 13,760 | 61.42% | 7,266 | 32.43% | 1,139 | 5.08% | 239 | 1.07% | 6,494 | 28.99% | 22,404 |
| Allegheny | 271,850 | 43.75% | 297,464 | 47.87% | 38,710 | 6.23% | 13,394 | 2.16% | -25,614 | -4.12% | 621,418 |
| Armstrong | 12,955 | 47.80% | 12,718 | 46.92% | 1,153 | 4.25% | 278 | 1.03% | 237 | 0.88% | 27,104 |
| Beaver | 30,496 | 38.23% | 43,955 | 55.11% | 4,549 | 5.70% | 765 | 0.96% | -13,459 | -16.88% | 79,765 |
| Bedford | 10,930 | 66.57% | 4,950 | 30.15% | 416 | 2.53% | 123 | 0.75% | 5,980 | 36.42% | 16,419 |
| Berks | 60,576 | 56.41% | 36,449 | 33.94% | 8,863 | 8.25% | 1,497 | 1.39% | 24,127 | 22.47% | 107,385 |
| Blair | 28,931 | 62.41% | 15,014 | 32.39% | 2,011 | 4.34% | 403 | 0.87% | 13,917 | 30.02% | 46,359 |
| Bradford | 13,139 | 62.97% | 6,439 | 30.86% | 1,068 | 5.12% | 219 | 1.05% | 6,700 | 32.11% | 20,865 |
| Bucks | 100,536 | 55.49% | 59,120 | 32.63% | 18,107 | 9.99% | 3,401 | 1.88% | 41,416 | 22.86% | 181,164 |
| Butler | 28,821 | 54.70% | 19,711 | 37.41% | 3,453 | 6.55% | 704 | 1.34% | 9,110 | 17.29% | 52,689 |
| Cambria | 33,072 | 45.85% | 36,121 | 50.08% | 2,398 | 3.32% | 540 | 0.75% | -3,049 | -4.23% | 72,131 |
| Cameron | 1,795 | 59.24% | 1,112 | 36.70% | 92 | 3.04% | 31 | 1.02% | 683 | 22.54% | 3,030 |
| Carbon | 10,042 | 51.95% | 8,009 | 41.44% | 956 | 4.95% | 322 | 1.67% | 2,033 | 10.51% | 19,329 |
| Centre | 20,605 | 48.33% | 15,987 | 37.50% | 5,247 | 12.31% | 792 | 1.86% | 4,618 | 10.83% | 42,631 |
| Chester | 73,046 | 60.92% | 34,307 | 28.61% | 10,911 | 9.10% | 1,632 | 1.36% | 38,739 | 32.31% | 119,896 |
| Clarion | 8,812 | 58.35% | 5,472 | 36.24% | 678 | 4.49% | 139 | 0.92% | 3,340 | 22.11% | 15,101 |
| Clearfield | 15,299 | 54.27% | 11,647 | 41.31% | 944 | 3.35% | 302 | 1.07% | 3,652 | 12.96% | 28,192 |
| Clinton | 6,288 | 52.36% | 4,842 | 40.32% | 733 | 6.10% | 147 | 1.22% | 1,446 | 12.04% | 12,010 |
| Columbia | 12,426 | 53.30% | 9,449 | 40.53% | 1,197 | 5.13% | 241 | 1.03% | 2,977 | 12.77% | 23,313 |
| Crawford | 16,552 | 53.55% | 11,778 | 38.11% | 2,095 | 6.78% | 484 | 1.57% | 4,774 | 15.44% | 30,909 |
| Cumberland | 41,152 | 61.18% | 19,789 | 29.42% | 5,437 | 8.08% | 882 | 1.31% | 21,363 | 31.76% | 67,260 |
| Dauphin | 44,039 | 56.18% | 27,252 | 34.77% | 6,034 | 7.70% | 1,062 | 1.35% | 16,787 | 21.41% | 78,387 |
| Delaware | 143,282 | 55.78% | 88,314 | 34.38% | 20,907 | 8.14% | 4,356 | 1.70% | 54,968 | 21.40% | 256,859 |
| Elk | 7,175 | 52.49% | 5,898 | 43.15% | 472 | 3.45% | 124 | 0.91% | 1,277 | 9.34% | 13,669 |
| Erie | 48,918 | 47.42% | 45,946 | 44.54% | 6,349 | 6.15% | 1,949 | 1.89% | 2,972 | 2.88% | 103,162 |
| Fayette | 19,252 | 38.99% | 27,963 | 56.62% | 1,348 | 2.73% | 820 | 1.66% | -8,711 | -17.63% | 49,383 |
| Forest | 1,206 | 56.12% | 819 | 38.11% | 93 | 4.33% | 31 | 1.44% | 387 | 18.01% | 2,149 |
| Franklin | 22,716 | 61.83% | 12,061 | 32.83% | 1,724 | 4.69% | 240 | 0.65% | 10,655 | 29.00% | 36,741 |
| Fulton | 2,740 | 64.90% | 1,342 | 31.79% | 107 | 2.53% | 33 | 0.78% | 1,398 | 33.11% | 4,222 |
| Greene | 5,336 | 37.79% | 8,193 | 58.02% | 450 | 3.19% | 142 | 1.01% | -2,857 | -20.23% | 14,121 |
| Huntingdon | 8,140 | 58.44% | 5,094 | 36.57% | 567 | 4.07% | 127 | 0.91% | 3,046 | 21.87% | 13,928 |
| Indiana | 15,607 | 49.62% | 13,828 | 43.97% | 1,708 | 5.43% | 308 | 0.98% | 1,779 | 5.65% | 31,451 |
| Jefferson | 9,628 | 57.38% | 6,296 | 37.53% | 687 | 4.09% | 167 | 1.00% | 3,332 | 19.85% | 16,778 |
| Juniata | 4,139 | 57.80% | 2,696 | 37.65% | 280 | 3.91% | 46 | 0.64% | 1,443 | 20.15% | 7,161 |
| Lackawanna | 44,242 | 46.35% | 45,257 | 47.42% | 4,209 | 4.41% | 1,739 | 1.82% | -1,015 | -1.07% | 95,447 |
| Lancaster | 79,963 | 67.25% | 30,026 | 25.25% | 7,442 | 6.26% | 1,466 | 1.23% | 49,937 | 42.00% | 118,897 |
| Lawrence | 18,404 | 45.77% | 19,506 | 48.51% | 1,908 | 4.74% | 395 | 0.98% | -1,102 | -2.74% | 40,213 |
| Lebanon | 24,495 | 68.99% | 8,281 | 23.32% | 2,314 | 6.52% | 417 | 1.17% | 16,214 | 45.67% | 35,507 |
| Lehigh | 50,782 | 52.91% | 34,827 | 36.28% | 8,977 | 9.35% | 1,399 | 1.46% | 15,955 | 16.63% | 95,985 |
| Luzerne | 67,822 | 50.21% | 59,976 | 44.40% | 4,947 | 3.66% | 2,335 | 1.73% | 7,846 | 5.81% | 135,080 |
| Lycoming | 23,415 | 57.74% | 14,609 | 36.02% | 2,034 | 5.02% | 495 | 1.22% | 8,806 | 21.72% | 40,553 |
| McKean | 9,229 | 60.85% | 5,064 | 33.39% | 661 | 4.36% | 212 | 1.40% | 4,165 | 27.46% | 15,166 |
| Mercer | 22,372 | 48.54% | 19,716 | 42.78% | 3,247 | 7.04% | 755 | 1.64% | 2,656 | 5.76% | 46,090 |
| Mifflin | 7,541 | 55.78% | 5,226 | 38.65% | 578 | 4.28% | 175 | 1.29% | 2,315 | 17.13% | 13,520 |
| Monroe | 12,357 | 55.44% | 7,551 | 33.88% | 1,967 | 8.82% | 414 | 1.86% | 4,806 | 21.56% | 22,289 |
| Montgomery | 156,996 | 57.81% | 84,289 | 31.04% | 26,133 | 9.62% | 4,135 | 1.52% | 72,707 | 26.77% | 271,553 |
| Montour | 3,399 | 55.76% | 2,272 | 37.27% | 375 | 6.15% | 50 | 0.82% | 1,127 | 18.49% | 6,096 |
| Northampton | 35,787 | 47.07% | 31,920 | 41.98% | 6,823 | 8.97% | 1,507 | 1.98% | 3,867 | 5.09% | 76,037 |
| Northumberland | 20,608 | 56.79% | 13,750 | 37.89% | 1,515 | 4.17% | 417 | 1.15% | 6,858 | 18.90% | 36,290 |
| Perry | 8,026 | 63.70% | 3,681 | 29.22% | 717 | 5.69% | 175 | 1.39% | 4,345 | 34.48% | 12,599 |
| Philadelphia | 244,108 | 33.99% | 421,253 | 58.66% | 42,967 | 5.98% | 9,772 | 1.36% | -177,145 | -24.67% | 718,100 |
| Pike | 5,249 | 65.83% | 2,132 | 26.74% | 452 | 5.67% | 140 | 1.76% | 3,117 | 39.09% | 7,973 |
| Potter | 4,073 | 61.07% | 2,299 | 34.47% | 225 | 3.37% | 72 | 1.08% | 1,774 | 26.60% | 6,669 |
| Schuylkill | 36,273 | 55.83% | 24,968 | 38.43% | 3,079 | 4.74% | 649 | 1.00% | 11,305 | 17.40% | 64,969 |
| Snyder | 7,634 | 72.08% | 2,418 | 22.83% | 451 | 4.26% | 88 | 0.83% | 5,216 | 49.25% | 10,591 |
| Somerset | 17,729 | 58.21% | 11,695 | 38.40% | 815 | 2.68% | 216 | 0.71% | 6,034 | 19.81% | 30,455 |
| Sullivan | 1,676 | 57.75% | 1,074 | 37.01% | 130 | 4.48% | 22 | 0.76% | 602 | 20.74% | 2,902 |
| Susquehanna | 8,994 | 61.23% | 4,660 | 31.72% | 786 | 5.35% | 249 | 1.70% | 4,334 | 29.51% | 14,689 |
| Tioga | 8,770 | 63.33% | 4,273 | 30.85% | 664 | 4.79% | 142 | 1.03% | 4,497 | 32.48% | 13,849 |
| Union | 6,798 | 66.28% | 2,687 | 26.20% | 628 | 6.12% | 143 | 1.39% | 4,111 | 40.08% | 10,256 |
| Venango | 11,547 | 56.04% | 7,800 | 37.86% | 1,015 | 4.93% | 242 | 1.17% | 3,747 | 18.18% | 20,604 |
| Warren | 9,165 | 57.37% | 5,560 | 34.81% | 922 | 5.77% | 327 | 2.05% | 3,605 | 22.56% | 15,974 |
| Washington | 32,532 | 39.66% | 45,295 | 55.23% | 3,413 | 4.16% | 778 | 0.95% | -12,763 | -15.57% | 82,018 |
| Wayne | 8,468 | 67.48% | 3,375 | 26.90% | 496 | 3.95% | 209 | 1.67% | 5,093 | 40.58% | 12,548 |
| Westmoreland | 63,140 | 45.06% | 68,627 | 48.97% | 5,985 | 4.27% | 2,387 | 1.70% | -5,487 | -3.91% | 140,139 |
| Wyoming | 5,919 | 64.57% | 2,766 | 30.17% | 384 | 4.19% | 98 | 1.07% | 3,153 | 34.40% | 9,167 |
| York | 61,098 | 59.96% | 33,406 | 32.79% | 5,779 | 5.67% | 1,608 | 1.58% | 27,692 | 27.17% | 101,891 |
| Totals | 2,261,872 | 49.59% | 1,937,540 | 42.48% | 292,921 | 6.42% | 69,168 | 1.52% | 324,332 | 7.11% | 4,561,501 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
References
- David Leip. "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. election Atlas. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
Notes
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