United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 1980

United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 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 8 0 0 Popular vote 695,570 402,026 38,284 Percentage 60.5% 35.0% 3.33%

President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Oklahoma voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

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 his 1964 presidential campaign.^[2]

References

1. "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Oklahoma". uselectionatlas.org.
2. Gust, Steve (October 6, 2012). "Oklahoma student who attended Democratic National Convention anticipates lifetime in politics". The Oklahoman. Retrieved May 22, 2015.