United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1980

United States presidential election in Connecticut, 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 677,210 541,732 171,807 Percentage 48.2% 38.5% 12.2%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

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

Connecticut was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by 10 points.^[1] President of the United States Jimmy Carter failed to gain reelection against Reagan. Connecticut election results reflect the Republican Party's re-consolidation under what is popularly call the "Reagan Revolution,"^[2] which sounded overwhelming conservative electoral victories across the United States.

Results

United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1980[3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Ronald Reagan of California	George Bush of Texas	677,210	48.2%	8	100.00%
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter of Georgia	Walter Mondale of Minnesota	541,732	38.5%	0	0.00%
	Independent	John B. Anderson of Illinois	Patrick Lucey of Wisconsin	171,807	12.2%	0	0.00%
	Libertarian	Ed Clark of California	David H. Koch of Kansas	8,570	0.6%	0	0.00%
	Citizens	Barry Commoner of Missouri	La Donna Harris of Oklahoma	6,130	0.4%	0	0.00%
	{{{party}}}	Write-ins	Write-ins	836	0.1%	0	0.00%
Total				1,406,285	100.00%	8	100.00%

References

1. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
2. Jerry Lanson (2008-11-06). "A historic victory. A changed nation. Now, can Obama deliver?". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
3. "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 17 March 2015.