1980 ELECTION

Ronald Reagan shaking hands with supporters on a campaign stop in Indiana (National Archives)
1976 ELECTION
PREVIOUS
39. CARTER
NEXT
40. REAGAN
HOME
HOME
1984 ELECTION

ELECTION RESULTS: 

REPUBLICANS:
RONALD REAGAN (PRESIDENT)

GEORGE H.W. BUSH (PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 489 (90.9%)
Popular Vote: 43, 904,153 (50.7%)

DEMOCRATS:
JIMMY CARTER (PRESIDENT)

WALTER MONDALE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 49 (9.1%)
Popular Vote: 35,483,883 (41.9%)

INDEPENDENTS: 
JOHN ANDERSON (PRESIDENT)
PATRICK LUCEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0.0%)
Popular Vote : 5,720, 060 (6.6%)

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES: 

Ronald Reagan (R-CA)
RONALD REAGAN
George H.W. Bush
GEORGE H.W. BUSH

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES:

Jimmy Carter (D-GA)
JIMMY CARTER (PRESIDENT)
Walter Mondale
WALTER MONDALE (VICE PRESIDENT)

INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES:

JOHN B. ANDERSON
PATRICK LUCEY

RESOURCES:

American Presidency Project
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
The Living Room Candidate
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

SPEECHES:

Reagan Convention, 7/17/1980 (Transcript, Video)
Bush Convention, 7/18/1980 (Video)
Carter Convention, 8/14/1980 (Transcript, Video)
Mondale Convention, 8/14/1980 (Video)
Carter Concession, 11/4/1980 (TranscriptVideo)
Reagan Victory, 11/4/1980 (Transcript, Video)

DEBATES:

10/28/1980: California Governor Ronald Reagan greets President Jimmy Carter before the presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio. (Jimmy Carter Presidential Library)

9/21/1980 (Transcript, Video)
10/28/1980 (Transcript, Video)

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Front Pages (NYT, WP, St.LP-D)
Results, 11/5/1980 (NYT, WP)
Analysis, 11/5/1980 (NYT, NYT)
Entire NYT (11/5/1980, 11/6/1980)
NBC Election Coverage
NYT Convention Coverage