1980 United States presidential election in Michigan

The 1980 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1980 United States presidential election in Michigan

November 4, 1980
All 21 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
Turnout	61.1% [1]
Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter John B. Anderson Party Republican Democratic National Unity Home state California Georgia Illinois Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale Patrick Lucey Electoral vote 21 0 0 Popular vote 1,915,225 1,661,532 275,223 Percentage 48.99% 42.50% 7.04%
County Results Reagan   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Carter   40-50%   50-60%
President before election Jimmy Carter Democratic Elected President Ronald Reagan Republican

Michigan was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by 6%.[2]

Results

1980 United States presidential election in Michigan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald Reagan	1,915,225	48.99%
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter (inc.)	1,661,532	42.50%
	Independent	John B. Anderson	275,223	7.04%
	Libertarian	Ed Clark	41,597	1.06%
	Citizens	Barry Commoner	11,930	0.31%
	Communist	Gus Hall	3,262	0.08%
	Write-ins		891	0.02%
Total votes			3,909,660	100%

Results by county

County	Ronald Wilson Reagan[3] Republican		James Earl Carter[3] Democratic		John Bayard Anderson[4] Independent		Edward E. Clark Libertarian		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Alcona	2,905	57.29%	1,857	36.62%	247	4.87%	53	1.05%	9	0.18%	1,048	20.67%	5,071
Alger	2,059	44.10%	2,242	48.02%	263	5.63%	83	1.78%	22	0.47%	-183	-3.92%	4,669
Allegan	20,560	62.04%	9,877	29.81%	1,984	5.99%	610	1.84%	107	0.32%	10,683	32.24%	33,138
Alpena	6,901	49.79%	5,834	42.09%	913	6.59%	184	1.33%	28	0.20%	1,067	7.70%	13,860
Antrim	4,706	56.04%	2,909	34.64%	602	7.17%	147	1.75%	34	0.40%	1,797	21.40%	8,398
Arenac	3,436	53.32%	2,547	39.53%	333	5.17%	115	1.78%	13	0.20%	889	13.80%	6,444
Baraga	2,046	51.86%	1,609	40.79%	201	5.10%	65	1.65%	24	0.61%	437	11.08%	3,945
Barry	12,006	57.89%	6,857	33.06%	1,399	6.75%	392	1.89%	85	0.41%	5,149	24.83%	20,739
Bay	25,331	46.26%	24,517	44.77%	3,886	7.10%	858	1.57%	168	0.31%	814	1.49%	54,760
Benzie	3,054	55.12%	1,842	33.24%	455	8.21%	147	2.65%	43	0.78%	1,212	21.87%	5,541
Berrien	41,458	60.83%	22,152	32.50%	3,422	5.02%	946	1.39%	172	0.25%	19,306	28.33%	68,150
Branch	10,224	62.82%	4,635	28.48%	1,102	6.77%	269	1.65%	44	0.27%	5,589	34.34%	16,274
Calhoun	30,912	52.09%	23,022	38.80%	4,468	7.53%	774	1.30%	165	0.28%	7,890	13.30%	59,341
Cass	11,206	56.66%	7,058	35.69%	1,156	5.85%	315	1.59%	41	0.21%	4,148	20.97%	19,776
Charlevoix	5,053	51.35%	3,741	38.02%	816	8.29%	186	1.89%	44	0.45%	1,312	13.33%	9,840
Cheboygan	5,221	52.31%	3,938	39.46%	638	6.39%	157	1.57%	26	0.26%	1,283	12.86%	9,980
Chippewa	7,059	52.17%	5,268	38.94%	951	7.03%	216	1.60%	36	0.27%	1,791	13.24%	13,530
Clare	5,719	53.18%	4,164	38.72%	663	6.17%	172	1.60%	36	0.33%	1,555	14.46%	10,754
Clinton	14,968	60.25%	7,539	30.35%	1,736	6.99%	448	1.80%	152	0.61%	7,429	29.90%	24,843
Crawford	2,652	53.30%	1,826	36.70%	390	7.84%	96	1.93%	12	0.24%	826	16.60%	4,976
Delta	8,146	45.94%	8,475	47.79%	849	4.79%	222	1.25%	41	0.23%	-329	-1.86%	17,733
Dickinson	6,614	50.49%	5,694	43.47%	596	4.55%	173	1.32%	23	0.18%	920	7.02%	13,100
Eaton	22,927	57.07%	12,742	31.72%	3,533	8.79%	775	1.93%	199	0.50%	10,185	25.35%	40,176
Emmet	5,930	53.58%	3,724	33.65%	1,134	10.25%	218	1.97%	61	0.55%	2,206	19.93%	11,067
Genesee	78,572	42.56%	90,393	48.96%	12,274	6.65%	2,661	1.44%	723	0.39%	-11,821	-6.40%	184,623
Gladwin	4,509	51.01%	3,733	42.23%	463	5.24%	120	1.36%	14	0.16%	776	8.78%	8,839
Gogebic	4,388	42.71%	5,254	51.14%	493	4.80%	117	1.14%	22	0.21%	-866	-8.43%	10,274
Grand Traverse	14,484	58.42%	7,150	28.84%	2,568	10.36%	504	2.03%	87	0.35%	7,334	29.58%	24,793
Gratiot	9,294	59.12%	4,916	31.27%	1,193	7.59%	269	1.71%	48	0.31%	4,378	27.85%	15,720
Hillsdale	10,951	66.15%	4,375	26.43%	882	5.33%	291	1.76%	55	0.33%	6,576	39.72%	16,554
Houghton	7,926	47.62%	6,858	41.21%	1,423	8.55%	327	1.96%	109	0.65%	1,068	6.42%	16,643
Huron	10,553	65.15%	4,434	27.37%	976	6.03%	204	1.26%	31	0.19%	6,119	37.78%	16,198
Ingham	56,777	44.60%	48,278	37.93%	17,139	13.46%	3,437	2.70%	1,667	1.31%	8,499	6.68%	127,298
Ionia	12,040	57.17%	7,039	33.43%	1,539	7.31%	364	1.73%	77	0.37%	5,001	23.75%	21,059
Iosco	6,680	56.43%	4,255	35.94%	739	6.24%	141	1.19%	23	0.19%	2,425	20.48%	11,838
Iron	3,507	45.22%	3,742	48.25%	371	4.78%	112	1.44%	24	0.31%	-235	-3.03%	7,756
Isabella	10,407	49.74%	7,293	34.85%	2,511	12.00%	504	2.41%	209	1.00%	3,114	14.88%	20,924
Jackson	33,749	53.78%	23,685	37.74%	4,165	6.64%	981	1.56%	175	0.28%	10,064	16.04%	62,755
Kalamazoo	48,669	50.65%	34,528	35.94%	10,833	11.27%	1,587	1.65%	464	0.48%	14,141	14.72%	96,081
Kalkaska	2,802	56.24%	1,807	36.27%	260	5.22%	97	1.95%	16	0.32%	995	19.97%	4,982
Kent	112,604	54.32%	72,790	35.11%	17,913	8.64%	2,983	1.44%	1,005	0.48%	39,814	19.21%	207,295
Keweenaw	583	46.09%	570	45.06%	87	6.88%	20	1.58%	5	0.40%	13	1.03%	1,265
Lake	1,730	43.13%	2,041	50.89%	187	4.66%	45	1.12%	8	0.20%	-311	-7.75%	4,011
Lapeer	15,996	56.85%	9,671	34.37%	1,868	6.64%	534	1.90%	66	0.23%	6,325	22.48%	28,135
Leelanau	4,585	57.46%	2,348	29.43%	839	10.52%	163	2.04%	44	0.55%	2,237	28.04%	7,979
Lenawee	20,366	56.28%	12,935	35.75%	2,230	6.16%	554	1.53%	100	0.28%	7,431	20.54%	36,185
Livingston	25,012	59.98%	12,626	30.28%	3,247	7.79%	685	1.64%	134	0.32%	12,386	29.70%	41,704
Luce	1,659	57.44%	992	34.35%	177	6.13%	54	1.87%	6	0.21%	667	23.10%	2,888
Mackinac	3,021	52.12%	2,262	39.03%	415	7.16%	86	1.48%	12	0.21%	759	13.10%	5,796
Macomb	154,155	51.75%	120,125	40.32%	18,975	6.37%	3,864	1.30%	786	0.26%	34,030	11.42%	297,905
Manistee	5,662	52.75%	4,164	38.79%	699	6.51%	177	1.65%	32	0.30%	1,498	13.96%	10,734
Marquette	13,181	44.49%	13,312	44.93%	2,481	8.37%	505	1.70%	150	0.51%	-131	-0.44%	29,629
Mason	7,137	57.98%	4,134	33.58%	825	6.70%	180	1.46%	34	0.28%	3,003	24.39%	12,310
Mecosta	7,754	53.11%	5,228	35.81%	1,322	9.05%	224	1.53%	72	0.49%	2,526	17.30%	14,600
Menominee	6,170	52.43%	4,962	42.16%	452	3.84%	165	1.40%	20	0.17%	1,208	10.26%	11,769
Midland	17,828	52.91%	12,019	35.67%	3,152	9.35%	611	1.81%	88	0.26%	5,809	17.24%	33,698
Missaukee	3,221	63.33%	1,563	30.73%	230	4.52%	61	1.20%	11	0.22%	1,658	32.60%	5,086
Monroe	25,612	51.17%	20,578	41.11%	3,111	6.22%	663	1.32%	89	0.18%	5,034	10.06%	50,053
Montcalm	10,822	56.31%	6,706	34.90%	1,309	6.81%	313	1.63%	67	0.35%	4,116	21.42%	19,217
Montmorency	2,400	55.58%	1,654	38.30%	195	4.52%	59	1.37%	10	0.23%	746	17.28%	4,318
Muskegon	36,512	53.60%	26,645	39.11%	4,094	6.01%	703	1.03%	171	0.25%	9,867	14.48%	68,125
Newaygo	8,918	58.35%	5,236	34.26%	850	5.56%	219	1.43%	60	0.39%	3,682	24.09%	15,283
Oakland	253,211	54.45%	164,869	35.45%	38,273	8.23%	6,975	1.50%	1,710	0.37%	88,342	19.00%	465,038
Oceana	5,465	56.93%	3,386	35.27%	570	5.94%	143	1.49%	35	0.36%	2,079	21.66%	9,599
Ogemaw	4,169	51.17%	3,426	42.05%	425	5.22%	108	1.33%	19	0.23%	743	9.12%	8,147
Ontonagon	2,569	48.84%	2,375	45.15%	237	4.51%	67	1.27%	12	0.23%	194	3.69%	5,260
Osceola	4,902	59.77%	2,650	32.31%	466	5.68%	146	1.78%	38	0.46%	2,252	27.46%	8,202
Oscoda	1,915	55.12%	1,325	38.14%	183	5.27%	43	1.24%	8	0.23%	590	16.98%	3,474
Otsego	3,771	53.55%	2,666	37.86%	493	7.00%	93	1.32%	19	0.27%	1,105	15.69%	7,042
Ottawa	51,217	67.64%	18,435	24.34%	4,903	6.47%	929	1.23%	240	0.32%	32,782	43.29%	75,724
Presque Isle	3,486	50.31%	2,952	42.60%	382	5.51%	92	1.33%	17	0.25%	534	7.71%	6,929
Roscommon	5,280	54.61%	3,763	38.92%	508	5.25%	108	1.12%	10	0.10%	1,517	15.69%	9,669
Saginaw	45,233	48.08%	41,650	44.28%	5,677	6.03%	1,239	1.32%	272	0.29%	3,583	3.81%	94,071
Sanilac	12,158	66.98%	4,898	26.98%	863	4.75%	198	1.09%	36	0.20%	7,260	39.99%	18,153
Schoolcraft	2,097	47.74%	1,964	44.71%	243	5.53%	70	1.59%	19	0.43%	133	3.03%	4,393
Shiawassee	15,756	51.51%	11,985	39.18%	2,121	6.93%	608	1.99%	118	0.39%	3,771	12.33%	30,588
St. Clair	31,021	55.46%	20,410	36.49%	3,592	6.42%	756	1.35%	154	0.28%	10,611	18.97%	55,933
St. Joseph	13,631	63.09%	6,318	29.24%	1,283	5.94%	338	1.56%	37	0.17%	7,313	33.85%	21,607
Tuscola	13,306	58.98%	7,632	33.83%	1,266	5.61%	301	1.33%	54	0.24%	5,674	25.15%	22,559
Van Buren	14,451	55.80%	9,248	35.71%	1,691	6.53%	434	1.68%	73	0.28%	5,203	20.09%	25,897
Washtenaw	48,699	41.28%	51,013	43.24%	13,463	11.41%	3,004	2.55%	1,795	1.52%	-2,314	-1.96%	117,974
Wayne	315,532	35.30%	522,024	58.39%	43,608	4.88%	9,680	1.08%	3,133	0.35%	-206,492	-23.10%	893,977
Wexford	6,027	53.76%	4,173	37.23%	752	6.71%	208	1.86%	50	0.45%	1,854	16.54%	11,210
Totals	1,915,225	48.78%	1,661,532	42.32%	275,223	7.01%	57,745	1.47%	16,148	0.41%	253,693	6.46%	3,925,873

References

1. http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8722-29616--,00.html
2. "1980 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". uselectionatlas.org.
3. Géoelections; 1980 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
4. Géoelections; Popular Vote for John B. Anderson (.xlsx file for €15)