1980 United States presidential election in Indiana

The 1980 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1980 United States presidential election in Indiana

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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 13 0
Popular vote 1,255,656 844,197
Percentage 56.01% 37.65%

County Results

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Indiana was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by 18 points.[1] The state has voted Republican in every election since 1968, except in 2008 when it voted for Barack Obama. Despite that, Republicans would maintain a similar margin to 1980 in Indiana in future elections.

Ronald Reagan shaking hands with supporters at a campaign stop in Indiana.

Results

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Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Ronald Reagan of California George H. W. Bush Republican 13 1,255,656 56.01%
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) Walter Mondale (incumbent) Democratic 0 844,197 37.65%
John B. Anderson Patrick Lucey Independent 0 111,639 4.98%
Ed Clark David Koch Libertarian 0 19,627 0.88%
Barry Commoner LaDonna Harris Citizens 0 4,852 0.22%
Percy Greaves Jr. Frank Varnum American 0 4,750 0.21%
Gus Hall Angela Davis Communist 0 702 0.03%
Clifton DeBerry Matilde Zimmermann Socialist 0 610 0.03%

Results by county

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County[2] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Ed Clark
Libertarian
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 6,368 53.16% 4,673 39.01% 767 6.40% 135 1.13% 35 0.29% 1,695 14.15% 11,978
Allen 68,524 57.63% 37,765 31.76% 10,368 8.72% 1,329 1.12% 912 0.77% 30,759 25.87% 118,898
Bartholomew 15,801 58.58% 9,260 34.33% 1,604 5.95% 219 0.81% 90 0.33% 6,541 24.25% 26,974
Benton 3,189 64.26% 1,520 30.63% 187 3.77% 58 1.17% 9 0.18% 1,669 33.63% 4,963
Blackford 3,168 53.14% 2,431 40.77% 258 4.33% 66 1.11% 39 0.65% 737 12.37% 5,962
Boone 10,484 66.11% 4,535 28.60% 681 4.29% 131 0.83% 28 0.18% 5,949 37.51% 15,859
Brown 2,884 54.51% 2,014 38.06% 237 4.48% 77 1.46% 79 1.49% 870 16.45% 5,291
Carroll 5,262 60.49% 2,966 34.10% 338 3.89% 107 1.23% 26 0.30% 2,296 26.39% 8,699
Cass 11,500 62.93% 5,838 31.95% 696 3.81% 150 0.82% 90 0.49% 5,662 30.98% 18,274
Clark 15,508 49.74% 14,137 45.34% 1,102 3.53% 160 0.51% 274 0.88% 1,371 4.40% 31,181
Clay 6,980 59.09% 4,363 36.94% 311 2.63% 132 1.12% 26 0.22% 2,617 22.15% 11,812
Clinton 8,158 58.43% 5,258 37.66% 427 3.06% 97 0.69% 22 0.16% 2,900 20.77% 13,962
Crawford 2,554 52.51% 2,130 43.79% 124 2.55% 40 0.82% 16 0.33% 424 8.72% 4,864
Daviess 7,022 60.89% 4,057 35.18% 345 2.99% 82 0.71% 26 0.23% 2,965 25.71% 11,532
Dearborn 7,467 56.36% 5,135 38.76% 464 3.50% 99 0.75% 84 0.63% 2,332 17.60% 13,249
Decatur 5,819 58.48% 3,646 36.64% 377 3.79% 75 0.75% 34 0.34% 2,173 21.84% 9,951
DeKalb 7,886 56.53% 4,911 35.20% 883 6.33% 160 1.15% 110 0.79% 2,975 21.33% 13,950
Delaware 28,342 53.83% 20,923 39.74% 2,743 5.21% 449 0.85% 190 0.36% 7,419 14.09% 52,647
Dubois 6,775 47.46% 6,700 46.93% 578 4.05% 108 0.76% 115 0.81% 75 0.53% 14,276
Elkhart 30,081 61.40% 14,883 30.38% 3,256 6.65% 435 0.89% 339 0.69% 15,198 31.02% 48,994
Fayette 6,004 55.94% 4,304 40.10% 293 2.73% 73 0.68% 58 0.54% 1,700 15.84% 10,732
Floyd 12,456 48.91% 11,543 45.33% 1,047 4.11% 166 0.65% 255 1.00% 913 3.58% 25,467
Fountain 5,289 62.18% 2,845 33.45% 280 3.29% 79 0.93% 13 0.15% 2,444 28.73% 8,506
Franklin 4,551 59.10% 2,834 36.80% 234 3.04% 66 0.86% 16 0.21% 1,717 22.30% 7,701
Fulton 5,458 62.53% 2,788 31.94% 349 4.00% 105 1.20% 28 0.32% 2,670 30.59% 8,728
Gibson 7,643 50.32% 6,834 44.99% 591 3.89% 102 0.67% 19 0.13% 809 5.33% 15,189
Grant 19,078 61.72% 10,390 33.61% 1,043 3.37% 233 0.75% 165 0.53% 8,688 28.11% 30,909
Greene 7,452 52.86% 6,027 42.75% 299 2.12% 135 0.96% 185 1.31% 1,425 10.11% 14,098
Hamilton 26,218 74.22% 7,036 19.92% 1,736 4.91% 265 0.75% 72 0.20% 19,182 54.30% 35,327
Hancock 12,093 66.67% 5,124 28.25% 746 4.11% 143 0.79% 32 0.18% 6,969 38.42% 18,138
Harrison 6,287 54.23% 4,865 41.96% 341 2.94% 70 0.60% 31 0.27% 1,422 12.27% 11,594
Hendricks 19,366 68.88% 7,412 26.36% 1,048 3.73% 227 0.81% 64 0.23% 11,954 42.52% 28,117
Henry 12,724 60.03% 7,626 35.98% 562 2.65% 241 1.14% 43 0.20% 5,098 24.05% 21,196
Howard 21,272 59.24% 12,916 35.97% 1,325 3.69% 284 0.79% 113 0.31% 8,356 23.27% 35,910
Huntington 9,497 59.59% 5,415 33.98% 824 5.17% 150 0.94% 51 0.32% 4,082 25.61% 15,937
Jackson 8,903 55.85% 6,425 40.30% 430 2.70% 108 0.68% 76 0.48% 2,478 15.55% 15,942
Jasper 6,316 68.09% 2,544 27.43% 283 3.05% 60 0.65% 73 0.79% 3,772 40.66% 9,276
Jay 5,351 58.06% 3,256 35.33% 484 5.25% 101 1.10% 25 0.27% 2,095 22.73% 9,217
Jefferson 6,831 52.20% 5,496 42.00% 477 3.64% 109 0.83% 174 1.33% 1,335 10.20% 13,087
Jennings 5,498 55.98% 3,931 40.02% 281 2.86% 59 0.60% 53 0.54% 1,567 15.96% 9,822
Johnson 20,018 66.34% 8,445 27.99% 1,348 4.47% 298 0.99% 65 0.22% 11,573 38.35% 30,174
Knox 10,083 53.57% 7,829 41.59% 617 3.28% 150 0.80% 143 0.76% 2,254 11.98% 18,822
Kosciusko 15,633 68.78% 5,684 25.01% 1,164 5.12% 195 0.86% 54 0.24% 9,949 43.77% 22,730
LaGrange 4,259 62.49% 2,095 30.74% 377 5.53% 76 1.12% 8 0.12% 2,164 31.75% 6,815
Lake 95,408 46.02% 101,145 48.78% 8,275 3.99% 1,417 0.68% 1,094 0.53% -5,737 -2.76% 207,339
LaPorte 22,424 55.32% 15,387 37.96% 2,080 5.13% 493 1.22% 154 0.38% 7,037 17.36% 40,538
Lawrence 10,846 62.71% 5,826 33.68% 380 2.20% 138 0.80% 106 0.61% 5,020 29.03% 17,296
Madison 35,582 57.31% 23,554 37.93% 2,389 3.85% 439 0.71% 128 0.21% 12,028 19.38% 62,092
Marion 168,680 53.67% 126,103 40.13% 15,709 5.00% 2,538 0.81% 1,239 0.39% 42,577 13.54% 314,269
Marshall 10,209 62.21% 5,113 31.16% 836 5.09% 148 0.90% 105 0.64% 5,096 31.05% 16,411
Martin 3,082 53.33% 2,479 42.90% 149 2.58% 63 1.09% 6 0.10% 603 10.43% 5,779
Miami 8,672 60.63% 4,927 34.44% 508 3.55% 112 0.78% 85 0.59% 3,745 26.19% 14,304
Monroe 18,233 49.42% 13,316 36.09% 3,921 10.63% 515 1.40% 909 2.46% 4,917 13.33% 36,894
Montgomery 9,936 66.61% 4,158 27.87% 622 4.17% 152 1.02% 49 0.33% 5,778 38.74% 14,917
Morgan 13,321 68.53% 5,439 27.98% 498 2.56% 125 0.64% 55 0.28% 7,882 40.55% 19,438
Newton 3,850 66.81% 1,649 28.61% 194 3.37% 56 0.97% 14 0.24% 2,201 38.20% 5,763
Noble 7,624 57.40% 4,721 35.54% 749 5.64% 130 0.98% 58 0.44% 2,903 21.86% 13,282
Ohio 1,264 52.23% 1,074 44.38% 57 2.36% 22 0.91% 3 0.12% 190 7.85% 2,420
Orange 5,073 59.28% 3,228 37.72% 181 2.11% 55 0.64% 21 0.25% 1,845 21.56% 8,558
Owen 3,632 58.47% 2,325 37.43% 188 3.03% 55 0.89% 12 0.19% 1,307 21.04% 6,212
Parke 4,595 62.82% 2,432 33.25% 194 2.65% 82 1.12% 12 0.16% 2,163 29.57% 7,315
Perry 4,350 45.94% 4,540 47.95% 448 4.73% 95 1.00% 35 0.37% -190 -2.01% 9,468
Pike 3,343 48.09% 3,346 48.13% 190 2.73% 57 0.82% 16 0.23% -3 -0.04% 6,952
Porter 30,055 64.20% 12,869 27.49% 3,061 6.54% 651 1.39% 180 0.38% 17,186 36.71% 46,816
Posey 6,096 53.69% 4,465 39.33% 667 5.87% 106 0.93% 20 0.18% 1,631 14.36% 11,354
Pulaski 3,916 62.06% 2,092 33.15% 175 2.77% 61 0.97% 66 1.05% 1,824 28.91% 6,310
Putnam 7,090 60.35% 3,996 34.01% 501 4.26% 122 1.04% 39 0.33% 3,094 26.34% 11,748
Randolph 7,762 62.65% 4,025 32.49% 426 3.44% 153 1.23% 24 0.19% 3,737 30.16% 12,390
Ripley 5,770 56.39% 4,022 39.30% 303 2.96% 102 1.00% 36 0.35% 1,748 17.09% 10,233
Rush 4,829 64.29% 2,388 31.79% 224 2.98% 59 0.79% 11 0.15% 2,441 32.50% 7,511
St. Joseph 50,607 49.08% 44,218 42.88% 6,962 6.75% 840 0.81% 487 0.47% 6,389 6.20% 103,114
Scott 3,432 46.83% 3,694 50.40% 139 1.90% 33 0.45% 31 0.42% -262 -3.57% 7,329
Shelby 10,496 61.20% 5,861 34.17% 614 3.58% 128 0.75% 51 0.30% 4,635 27.03% 17,150
Spencer 5,284 54.45% 4,153 42.79% 196 2.02% 47 0.48% 25 0.26% 1,131 11.66% 9,705
Starke 5,035 55.27% 3,615 39.68% 297 3.26% 75 0.82% 88 0.97% 1,420 15.59% 9,110
Steuben 5,670 62.94% 2,606 28.93% 602 6.68% 100 1.11% 30 0.33% 3,064 34.01% 9,008
Sullivan 4,465 49.05% 4,335 47.62% 212 2.33% 70 0.77% 21 0.23% 130 1.43% 9,103
Switzerland 1,584 47.14% 1,704 50.71% 38 1.13% 24 0.71% 10 0.30% -120 -3.57% 3,360
Tippecanoe 27,589 56.92% 14,636 30.20% 5,141 10.61% 558 1.15% 546 1.13% 12,953 26.72% 48,470
Tipton 5,150 63.81% 2,547 31.56% 285 3.53% 49 0.61% 40 0.50% 2,603 32.25% 8,071
Union 1,766 63.53% 898 32.30% 92 3.31% 21 0.76% 3 0.11% 868 31.23% 2,780
Vanderburgh 36,248 51.07% 29,930 42.17% 4,150 5.85% 464 0.65% 190 0.27% 6,318 8.90% 70,982
Vermillion 4,195 49.94% 3,793 45.15% 269 3.20% 127 1.51% 16 0.19% 402 4.79% 8,400
Vigo 24,133 51.87% 19,261 41.40% 2,484 5.34% 533 1.15% 116 0.25% 4,872 10.47% 46,527
Wabash 8,738 60.82% 4,620 32.15% 797 5.55% 137 0.95% 76 0.53% 4,118 28.67% 14,368
Warren 2,665 64.11% 1,287 30.96% 145 3.49% 55 1.32% 5 0.12% 1,378 33.15% 4,157
Warrick 8,681 52.39% 6,845 41.31% 890 5.37% 131 0.79% 23 0.14% 1,836 11.08% 16,570
Washington 5,234 56.30% 3,663 39.40% 191 2.05% 58 0.62% 151 1.62% 1,571 16.90% 9,297
Wayne 16,981 60.53% 9,599 34.22% 1,174 4.19% 216 0.77% 82 0.29% 7,382 26.31% 28,052
Wells 5,864 56.14% 3,760 36.00% 717 6.86% 85 0.81% 19 0.18% 2,104 20.14% 10,445
White 6,999 64.48% 3,247 29.91% 466 4.29% 120 1.11% 23 0.21% 3,752 34.57% 10,855
Whitley 7,146 55.74% 4,497 35.08% 928 7.24% 206 1.61% 44 0.34% 2,649 20.66% 12,821
Totals 1,255,656 56.01% 844,197 37.65% 111,639 4.98% 19,627 0.88% 10,914 0.49% 411,459 18.36% 2,242,033

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ Our Campaigns; IN US President, November 04, 1980