United States presidential election in Missouri, 1980

United States presidential election in Missouri, 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 12 0 0 Popular vote 1,074,181 931,182 77,920 Percentage 51.2% 44.4% 3.7%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Missouri voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Since 1904, Missouri has voted for the eventual winner of the election in a presidential election, with the exceptions of the 1956, 2008, and 2012 elections.

Full results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
Ronald Reagan of California	George H. W. Bush	Republican	12[1]	1,074,181	51.16%
Jimmy Carter	Walter Mondale	Democratic	0	931,182	44.35%
John B. Anderson	Patrick Lucey	Independent	0	77,920	3.71%
Edward Clark	David Koch	Libertarian	0	14,422	0.69%
Clifton DeBerry	Matilde Zimmermann	Socialist Workers	0	1,515	0.07%
Write-ins			0	604	0.03%

Statewide winner in bold.

References

1. 1980 Presidential General Election Results - Missouri