1980 United States presidential election in Nebraska

1980 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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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 5 0 0
Popular vote 419,937 166,851 44,993
Percentage 65.53% 26.04% 7.02%

County Results
Reagan
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%
  90-100%


President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

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

Nebraska was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a 39.5-point landslide.[1] With 65.53% of the popular vote, Nebraska was Reagan's third strongest state after Utah and Idaho.[2]

Results

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1980 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ronald Reagan 419,937 65.53%
Democratic Jimmy Carter (incumbent) 166,851 26.04%
Independent John B. Anderson 44,993 7.02%
Libertarian Edward Clark 9,073 1.42%
Majority 253,086 39.49%
Total votes 640,854 100.00%
Turnout ≈55%
Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county

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County[3] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
John B. Anderson
Independent
Ed Clark
Libertarian
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 8,500 65.52% 3,372 25.99% 885 6.82% 216 1.66% 5,128 39.53% 12,973
Antelope 3,192 78.68% 659 16.24% 150 3.70% 56 1.38% 2,533 62.44% 4,057
Arthur 245 76.80% 57 17.87% 9 2.82% 8 2.51% 188 58.93% 319
Banner 481 90.41% 33 6.20% 14 2.63% 4 0.75% 448 84.21% 532
Blaine 361 81.67% 63 14.25% 15 3.39% 3 0.68% 298 67.42% 442
Boone 2,598 72.11% 769 21.34% 176 4.88% 60 1.67% 1,829 50.77% 3,603
Box Butte 3,912 70.72% 1,208 21.84% 307 5.55% 105 1.90% 2,704 48.88% 5,532
Boyd 1,261 72.76% 376 21.70% 62 3.58% 34 1.96% 885 51.06% 1,733
Brown 1,615 77.38% 341 16.34% 105 5.03% 26 1.25% 1,274 61.04% 2,087
Buffalo 9,769 68.59% 3,167 22.24% 1,028 7.22% 279 1.96% 6,602 46.35% 14,243
Burt 2,806 72.08% 814 20.91% 232 5.96% 41 1.05% 1,992 51.17% 3,893
Butler 2,596 66.07% 1,112 28.30% 159 4.05% 62 1.58% 1,484 37.77% 3,929
Cass 5,193 66.42% 2,007 25.67% 487 6.23% 131 1.68% 3,186 40.75% 7,818
Cedar 3,259 67.09% 1,265 26.04% 273 5.62% 61 1.26% 1,994 41.05% 4,858
Chase 1,593 75.75% 324 15.41% 91 4.33% 95 4.52% 1,269 60.34% 2,103
Cherry 2,517 79.78% 489 15.50% 105 3.33% 44 1.39% 2,028 64.28% 3,155
Cheyenne 3,073 74.81% 776 18.89% 196 4.77% 63 1.53% 2,297 55.92% 4,108
Clay 2,739 71.63% 840 21.97% 190 4.97% 55 1.44% 1,899 49.66% 3,824
Colfax 3,259 73.17% 893 20.05% 230 5.16% 72 1.62% 2,366 53.12% 4,454
Cuming 4,006 78.07% 803 15.65% 267 5.20% 55 1.07% 3,203 62.42% 5,131
Custer 4,563 76.90% 1,011 17.04% 286 4.82% 74 1.25% 3,552 59.86% 5,934
Dakota 3,165 57.67% 1,930 35.17% 317 5.78% 76 1.38% 1,235 22.50% 5,488
Dawes 3,283 76.24% 705 16.37% 228 5.29% 90 2.09% 2,578 59.87% 4,306
Dawson 6,689 77.70% 1,463 16.99% 357 4.15% 100 1.16% 5,226 60.71% 8,609
Deuel 946 77.54% 192 15.74% 63 5.16% 19 1.56% 754 61.80% 1,220
Dixon 2,328 68.77% 822 24.28% 200 5.91% 35 1.03% 1,506 44.49% 3,385
Dodge 9,522 66.82% 3,564 25.01% 988 6.93% 176 1.24% 5,958 41.81% 14,250
Douglas 96,908 59.12% 51,668 31.52% 13,237 8.07% 2,117 1.29% 45,240 27.60% 163,930
Dundy 1,138 80.65% 192 13.61% 55 3.90% 26 1.84% 946 67.04% 1,411
Fillmore 2,435 65.00% 1,025 27.36% 221 5.90% 65 1.74% 1,410 37.64% 3,746
Franklin 1,675 73.95% 441 19.47% 109 4.81% 40 1.77% 1,234 54.48% 2,265
Frontier 1,346 79.27% 259 15.25% 84 4.95% 9 0.53% 1,087 64.02% 1,698
Furnas 2,483 78.28% 536 16.90% 113 3.56% 40 1.26% 1,947 61.38% 3,172
Gage 6,089 66.18% 2,259 24.55% 723 7.86% 130 1.41% 3,830 41.63% 9,201
Garden 1,297 82.09% 202 12.78% 63 3.99% 18 1.14% 1,095 69.31% 1,580
Garfield 811 73.19% 238 21.48% 43 3.88% 16 1.44% 573 51.71% 1,108
Gosper 783 76.09% 181 17.59% 47 4.57% 18 1.75% 602 58.50% 1,029
Grant 373 80.22% 76 16.34% 13 2.80% 3 0.65% 297 63.88% 465
Greeley 1,028 63.26% 495 30.46% 78 4.80% 24 1.48% 533 32.80% 1,625
Hall 12,166 68.13% 4,422 24.76% 987 5.53% 282 1.58% 7,744 43.37% 17,857
Hamilton 3,200 74.92% 778 18.22% 245 5.74% 48 1.12% 2,422 56.70% 4,271
Harlan 1,690 72.94% 486 20.98% 109 4.70% 32 1.38% 1,204 51.96% 2,317
Hayes 617 84.52% 82 11.23% 21 2.88% 10 1.37% 535 73.29% 730
Hitchcock 1,474 75.09% 329 16.76% 115 5.86% 45 2.29% 1,145 58.33% 1,963
Holt 4,495 77.00% 1,016 17.40% 245 4.20% 82 1.40% 3,479 59.60% 5,838
Hooker 386 81.78% 63 13.35% 18 3.81% 5 1.06% 323 68.43% 472
Howard 1,971 66.36% 789 26.57% 170 5.72% 40 1.35% 1,182 39.79% 2,970
Jefferson 3,090 67.59% 1,125 24.61% 297 6.50% 60 1.31% 1,965 42.98% 4,572
Johnson 1,719 67.02% 626 24.41% 182 7.10% 38 1.48% 1,093 42.61% 2,565
Kearney 2,512 71.16% 726 20.57% 227 6.43% 65 1.84% 1,786 50.59% 3,530
Keith 3,381 77.65% 710 16.31% 199 4.57% 64 1.47% 2,671 61.34% 4,354
Keya Paha 526 76.45% 130 18.90% 27 3.92% 5 0.73% 396 57.55% 688
Kimball 1,615 75.61% 385 18.02% 97 4.54% 39 1.83% 1,230 57.59% 2,136
Knox 3,404 71.08% 1,057 22.07% 245 5.12% 83 1.73% 2,347 49.01% 4,789
Lancaster 38,780 50.87% 27,162 35.63% 9,281 12.17% 1,010 1.32% 11,618 15.24% 76,233
Lincoln 9,643 66.60% 3,768 26.02% 843 5.82% 225 1.55% 5,875 40.58% 14,479
Logan 442 82.46% 71 13.25% 17 3.17% 6 1.12% 371 69.21% 536
Loup 368 78.30% 74 15.74% 21 4.47% 7 1.49% 294 62.56% 470
Madison 9,718 78.82% 1,926 15.62% 555 4.50% 130 1.05% 7,792 63.20% 12,329
McPherson 285 83.09% 49 14.29% 5 1.46% 4 1.17% 236 68.80% 343
Merrick 2,710 73.36% 712 19.27% 212 5.74% 60 1.62% 1,998 54.09% 3,694
Morrill 1,893 74.53% 512 20.16% 96 3.78% 39 1.54% 1,381 54.37% 2,540
Nance 1,442 67.29% 561 26.18% 100 4.67% 40 1.87% 881 41.11% 2,143
Nemaha 2,695 68.91% 930 23.78% 221 5.65% 65 1.66% 1,765 45.13% 3,911
Nuckolls 2,180 66.42% 899 27.39% 159 4.84% 44 1.34% 1,281 39.03% 3,282
Otoe 4,611 70.30% 1,471 22.43% 391 5.96% 86 1.31% 3,140 47.87% 6,559
Pawnee 1,418 71.15% 431 21.63% 122 6.12% 22 1.10% 987 49.52% 1,993
Perkins 1,342 76.16% 313 17.76% 83 4.71% 24 1.36% 1,029 58.40% 1,762
Phelps 3,465 77.95% 734 16.51% 192 4.32% 54 1.21% 2,731 61.44% 4,445
Pierce 2,938 80.74% 517 14.21% 155 4.26% 29 0.80% 2,421 66.53% 3,639
Platte 8,803 73.51% 2,389 19.95% 547 4.57% 236 1.97% 6,414 53.56% 11,975
Polk 2,206 75.14% 538 18.32% 149 5.07% 43 1.46% 1,668 56.82% 2,936
Red Willow 4,050 76.73% 899 17.03% 256 4.85% 73 1.38% 3,151 59.70% 5,278
Richardson 3,634 68.00% 1,350 25.26% 264 4.94% 96 1.80% 2,284 42.74% 5,344
Rock 855 80.74% 146 13.79% 39 3.68% 19 1.79% 709 66.95% 1,059
Saline 2,934 54.17% 1,908 35.23% 480 8.86% 94 1.74% 1,026 18.94% 5,416
Sarpy 15,552 67.03% 5,689 24.52% 1,686 7.27% 275 1.19% 9,863 42.51% 23,202
Saunders 5,223 66.06% 2,034 25.73% 516 6.53% 133 1.68% 3,189 40.33% 7,906
Scotts Bluff 9,504 71.73% 2,854 21.54% 681 5.14% 210 1.59% 6,650 50.19% 13,249
Seward 3,527 59.13% 1,803 30.23% 533 8.94% 102 1.71% 1,724 28.90% 5,965
Sheridan 2,749 84.04% 370 11.31% 121 3.70% 31 0.95% 2,379 72.73% 3,271
Sherman 1,254 63.65% 578 29.34% 116 5.89% 22 1.12% 676 34.31% 1,970
Sioux 760 81.55% 120 12.88% 33 3.54% 19 2.04% 640 68.67% 932
Stanton 1,945 78.87% 362 14.68% 118 4.79% 41 1.66% 1,583 64.19% 2,466
Thayer 2,514 68.88% 926 25.37% 178 4.88% 32 0.88% 1,588 43.51% 3,650
Thomas 306 76.12% 65 16.17% 26 6.47% 5 1.24% 241 59.95% 402
Thurston 1,454 61.71% 726 30.81% 140 5.94% 36 1.53% 728 30.90% 2,356
Valley 2,101 71.73% 655 22.36% 124 4.23% 49 1.67% 1,446 49.37% 2,929
Washington 4,570 70.71% 1,454 22.50% 358 5.54% 81 1.25% 3,116 48.21% 6,463
Wayne 2,844 72.53% 733 18.69% 301 7.68% 43 1.10% 2,111 53.84% 3,921
Webster 1,676 69.75% 547 22.76% 138 5.74% 42 1.75% 1,129 46.99% 2,403
Wheeler 374 74.65% 93 18.56% 22 4.39% 12 2.40% 281 56.09% 501
York 5,089 76.71% 1,131 17.05% 324 4.88% 90 1.36% 3,958 59.66% 6,634
Totals 419,937 65.53% 166,851 26.04% 44,993 7.02% 9,073 1.42% 253,086 39.49% 640,854

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 – Nebraska". uselectionatlas.org.
  2. ^ "1980 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "NE US President Race, November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.