1980 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". uselectionatlas.org.
- ^ "1980 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "NE US President Race, November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.
