United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1980

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1980

November 4, 1980

Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John Anderson Party Republican Democratic Independent Home state California Georgia Illinois Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Patrick Lucey Electoral vote 27 0 0 Popular vote 2,261,872 1,937,540 292,921 Percentage 49.59% 42.48% 6.42%

County results

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 4, 1980 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which 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.

Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, Governor Ronald Reagan, over the Democratic nominee, President Jimmy Carter. Reagan won Pennsylvania by a margin of 7.11%.

Results

United States presidential [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan	2,261,872	49.59%	27
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter	1,937,540	42.48%	0
	Independent	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

References

1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

See also