United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1980

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 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 4 0 0 Popular vote 198,343 103,855 21,431 Percentage 60.5% 31.7% 6.5%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

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

South Dakota was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 29-point landslide.^[1] It is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 presidential campaign.^[2]

References

1. "1980 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". uselectionatlas.org.
2. Cohen, Micah (August 24, 2012). "In South Dakota, Only the Farm Trumps Conservatism". New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2015.