1980 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

The 1980 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1980 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Georgia
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 695,570 402,026
Percentage 60.50% 34.97%

County Results

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Oklahoma was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 25-point landslide.[1] It is a reliably Republican state, and the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state was Lyndon Johnson in 1964.[2]

Results

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Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote
Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
Ronald Reagan Republican California 695,570 60.50% 8 George H. W. Bush Connecticut 8
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) Democrat Georgia 402,026 34.97% 0 Walter Mondale (incumbent) Minnesota 0
John B. Anderson Independent Illinois 38,284 3.33% 0 Patrick Lucey Wisconsin 0
Ed Clark Libertarian California 13,828 1.20% 0 David Koch New York 0
Total 1,149,708 100% 8 8
Needed to win 270 270

Results by county

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County Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Ed Clark
Libertarian
Margin Total
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 3,429 54.08% 2,761 43.54% 107 1.69% 44 0.69% 668 10.54% 6,341
Alfalfa 2,628 72.16% 899 24.68% 86 2.36% 29 0.80% 1,729 47.48% 3,642
Atoka 1,613 38.26% 2,505 59.42% 66 1.57% 32 0.76% -892 -21.16% 4,216
Beaver 2,430 75.51% 696 21.63% 58 1.80% 34 1.06% 1,734 53.88% 3,218
Beckham 3,637 51.13% 3,298 46.37% 123 1.73% 55 0.77% 339 4.76% 7,113
Blaine 3,708 70.44% 1,399 26.58% 103 1.96% 54 1.03% 2,309 43.86% 5,264
Bryan 3,980 37.61% 6,410 60.57% 129 1.22% 63 0.60% -2,430 -22.96% 10,582
Caddo 5,945 54.07% 4,695 42.70% 232 2.11% 123 1.12% 1,250 11.37% 10,995
Canadian 15,272 72.58% 4,889 23.24% 642 3.05% 238 1.13% 10,383 49.34% 21,041
Carter 9,262 57.34% 6,509 40.29% 258 1.60% 125 0.77% 2,753 17.05% 16,154
Cherokee 5,594 49.47% 5,215 46.12% 362 3.20% 137 1.21% 379 3.35% 11,308
Choctaw 2,394 39.84% 3,507 58.36% 73 1.21% 35 0.58% -1,113 -18.52% 6,009
Cimarron 1,404 77.10% 373 20.48% 23 1.26% 21 1.15% 1,031 56.62% 1,821
Cleveland 31,178 61.86% 14,536 28.84% 3,910 7.76% 777 1.54% 16,642 33.02% 50,401
Coal 926 38.09% 1,442 59.32% 47 1.93% 16 0.66% -516 -21.23% 2,431
Comanche 16,609 59.51% 9,972 35.73% 1,000 3.58% 329 1.18% 6,637 23.78% 27,910
Cotton 1,702 53.09% 1,410 43.98% 63 1.97% 31 0.97% 292 9.11% 3,206
Craig 2,956 49.66% 2,801 47.06% 156 2.62% 39 0.66% 155 2.60% 5,952
Creek 11,749 59.55% 7,339 37.20% 460 2.33% 181 0.92% 4,410 22.35% 19,729
Custer 6,469 65.65% 3,008 30.53% 290 2.94% 87 0.88% 3,461 35.12% 9,854
Delaware 5,302 54.00% 4,244 43.22% 177 1.80% 96 0.98% 1,058 10.78% 9,819
Dewey 1,943 67.56% 826 28.72% 70 2.43% 37 1.29% 1,117 38.84% 2,876
Ellis 1,908 74.82% 561 22.00% 54 2.12% 27 1.06% 1,347 52.82% 2,550
Garfield 17,989 72.45% 5,718 23.03% 846 3.41% 275 1.11% 12,271 49.42% 24,828
Garvin 5,520 50.83% 5,033 46.34% 210 1.93% 97 0.89% 487 4.49% 10,860
Grady 8,131 58.20% 5,330 38.15% 351 2.51% 159 1.14% 2,801 20.05% 13,971
Grant 2,411 69.44% 927 26.70% 84 2.42% 50 1.44% 1,484 42.74% 3,472
Greer 1,535 49.53% 1,492 48.14% 48 1.55% 24 0.77% 43 1.39% 3,099
Harmon 676 40.48% 961 57.54% 21 1.26% 12 0.72% -285 -17.06% 1,670
Harper 1,652 74.08% 517 23.18% 40 1.79% 21 0.94% 1,135 50.90% 2,230
Haskell 2,024 40.39% 2,874 57.35% 65 1.30% 48 0.96% -850 -16.96% 5,011
Hughes 2,170 39.35% 3,211 58.22% 85 1.54% 49 0.89% -1,041 -18.87% 5,515
Jackson 4,327 50.58% 4,031 47.12% 144 1.68% 52 0.61% 296 3.46% 8,554
Jefferson 1,440 43.22% 1,812 54.38% 55 1.65% 25 0.75% -372 -11.16% 3,332
Johnston 1,701 44.10% 2,066 53.56% 57 1.48% 33 0.86% -365 -9.46% 3,857
Kay 15,004 67.17% 6,449 28.87% 665 2.98% 219 0.98% 8,555 38.30% 22,337
Kingfisher 4,962 77.31% 1,282 19.98% 122 1.90% 52 0.81% 3,680 57.33% 6,418
Kiowa 2,636 51.44% 2,372 46.29% 88 1.72% 28 0.55% 264 5.15% 5,124
Latimer 1,737 43.80% 2,105 53.08% 71 1.79% 53 1.34% -368 -9.28% 3,966
LeFlore 6,807 49.47% 6,668 48.46% 174 1.26% 110 0.80% 139 1.01% 13,759
Lincoln 6,064 63.27% 3,231 33.71% 204 2.13% 86 0.90% 2,833 29.56% 9,585
Logan 6,311 63.16% 3,246 32.49% 259 2.59% 176 1.76% 3,065 30.67% 9,992
Love 1,449 47.12% 1,578 51.32% 31 1.01% 17 0.55% -129 -4.20% 3,075
McClain 4,284 56.87% 2,990 39.69% 185 2.46% 74 0.98% 1,294 17.18% 7,533
McCurtain 5,189 45.63% 5,953 52.35% 149 1.31% 81 0.71% -764 -6.72% 11,372
McIntosh 2,925 43.25% 3,654 54.03% 118 1.74% 66 0.98% -729 -10.78% 6,763
Major 3,059 81.81% 584 15.62% 62 1.66% 34 0.91% 2,475 66.19% 3,739
Marshall 1,961 46.75% 2,157 51.42% 52 1.24% 25 0.60% -196 -4.67% 4,195
Mayes 6,633 53.67% 5,344 43.24% 256 2.07% 125 1.01% 1,289 10.43% 12,358
Murray 2,494 49.22% 2,384 47.05% 126 2.49% 63 1.24% 110 2.17% 5,067
Muskogee 11,511 44.76% 13,341 51.88% 633 2.46% 230 0.89% -1,830 -7.12% 25,715
Noble 3,663 69.90% 1,398 26.68% 124 2.37% 55 1.05% 2,265 43.22% 5,240
Nowata 2,640 59.06% 1,694 37.90% 75 1.68% 61 1.36% 946 21.16% 4,470
Okfuskee 2,126 48.31% 2,177 49.47% 58 1.32% 40 0.91% -51 -1.16% 4,401
Oklahoma 139,538 66.05% 58,765 27.81% 9,190 4.35% 3,780 1.79% 80,773 38.24% 211,273
Okmulgee 6,652 46.57% 7,236 50.65% 286 2.00% 111 0.78% -584 -4.08% 14,285
Osage 8,044 56.46% 5,687 39.92% 363 2.55% 152 1.07% 2,357 16.54% 14,246
Ottawa 6,362 49.25% 6,143 47.55% 317 2.45% 97 0.75% 219 1.70% 12,919
Pawnee 3,902 63.44% 2,020 32.84% 161 2.62% 68 1.11% 1,882 30.60% 6,151
Payne 15,955 62.10% 7,466 29.06% 1,812 7.05% 458 1.78% 8,489 33.04% 25,691
Pittsburg 7,062 44.54% 8,292 52.29% 339 2.14% 164 1.03% -1,230 -7.75% 15,857
Pontotoc 6,232 49.34% 5,942 47.04% 335 2.65% 122 0.97% 290 2.30% 12,631
Pottawatomie 12,466 57.05% 8,526 39.02% 625 2.86% 233 1.07% 3,940 18.03% 21,850
Pushmataha 1,989 41.65% 2,666 55.83% 65 1.36% 55 1.15% -677 -14.18% 4,775
Roger Mills 1,221 56.24% 877 40.40% 50 2.30% 23 1.06% 344 15.84% 2,171
Rogers 11,581 62.12% 6,399 34.33% 461 2.47% 201 1.08% 5,182 27.79% 18,642
Seminole 5,067 49.95% 4,726 46.58% 224 2.21% 128 1.26% 341 3.37% 10,145
Sequoyah 5,987 53.24% 4,983 44.31% 178 1.58% 98 0.87% 1,004 8.93% 11,246
Stephens 10,199 57.13% 7,191 40.28% 310 1.74% 152 0.85% 3,008 16.85% 17,852
Texas 5,503 77.52% 1,451 20.44% 93 1.31% 52 0.73% 4,052 57.08% 7,099
Tillman 2,450 52.27% 2,144 45.74% 69 1.47% 24 0.51% 306 6.53% 4,687
Tulsa 124,643 66.25% 53,438 28.40% 7,802 4.15% 2,265 1.20% 71,205 37.85% 188,148
Wagoner 8,969 60.90% 5,235 35.55% 369 2.51% 154 1.05% 3,734 25.35% 14,727
Washington 16,563 70.47% 5,854 24.91% 851 3.62% 235 1.00% 10,709 45.56% 23,503
Washita 3,206 59.67% 2,044 38.04% 71 1.32% 52 0.97% 1,162 21.63% 5,373
Woods 3,592 68.97% 1,364 26.19% 191 3.67% 61 1.17% 2,228 42.78% 5,208
Woodward 5,318 72.96% 1,703 23.36% 175 2.40% 93 1.28% 3,615 49.60% 7,289
Totals 695,570 60.50% 402,026 34.97% 38,284 3.33% 13,828 1.20% 293,544 25.53% 1,149,708

Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican

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Slates of Electors

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Democrat: Tobie Branch, Joe Johnson, Marzee Douglas, Sweet Pea Abernathy, Linnie Clayton Spann, Al Tesio, Loretta Jackson, Bert Russell

Republican: Robert Scott Petty, Lanny Joe Reed, Frank Douglas Stickney Sr, Ronald Neal Allen, Thomas J. Harris, Kenneth Floyd Musick, Grace Ward Boulton, Paul E. Thornbrugh

Libertarian: Mary Laurent, Fred Bross, Loren Baker, Roger Phares, Anatolly Arutunoff, Thomas Winter, Paul Woodard, Charles Burris

Independent: Aileen E. Ginther, Juanita L. Learned, Arlie J. Nixon, Linda M. Remer, James Heinicke, John Lowe, Laura Shepperd, John W. Reskovac Sr [3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Oklahoma". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ Gust, Steve (October 6, 2012). "Oklahoma student who attended Democratic National Convention anticipates lifetime in politics". The Oklahoman. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  3. ^ "1980 Primary Election Results" (PDF). www.ok.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2020.