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The 1980 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 4, 1980, and was part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, Governor Ronald Reagan, over the Democratic nominee, President Jimmy Carter. Reagan won Pennsylvania by a margin of 7.11 percentage points.
Results
| United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1980[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | 2,261,872 | 49.59% | 27 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 1,937,540 | 42.48% | 0 | |
| Independent | John Anderson | 292,921 | 6.42% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Edward Clark | 33,263 | 0.73% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Clifton DeBerry | 20,291 | 0.44% | 0 | |
| Consumer | Barry Commoner | 10,430 | 0.23% | 0 | |
| Communist | Gus Hall | 5,184 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| Totals | 4,561,501 | 100.00% | 25 | ||
Results by county
| Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican |
James Earl Carter Democratic |
John Bayard Anderson Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
| Adams | 13,760 | 61.42% | 7,266 | 32.43% | 1,139 | 5.08% | 239 | 1.07% | 6,494 | 28.99% | 22,404 |
| Allegheny | 271,850 | 43.75% | 297,464 | 47.87% | 38,710 | 6.23% | 13,394 | 2.16% | -25,614 | -4.12% | 621,418 |
| Armstrong | 12,955 | 47.80% | 12,718 | 46.92% | 1,153 | 4.25% | 278 | 1.03% | 237 | 0.87% | 27,104 |
| Beaver | 30,496 | 38.23% | 43,955 | 55.11% | 4,549 | 5.70% | 765 | 0.96% | -13,459 | -16.87% | 79,765 |
| Bedford | 10,930 | 66.57% | 4,950 | 30.15% | 416 | 2.53% | 123 | 0.75% | 5,980 | 36.42% | 16,419 |
| Berks | 60,576 | 56.41% | 36,449 | 33.94% | 8,863 | 8.25% | 1,497 | 1.39% | 24,127 | 22.47% | 107,385 |
| Blair | 28,931 | 62.41% | 15,014 | 32.39% | 2,011 | 4.34% | 403 | 0.87% | 13,917 | 30.02% | 46,359 |
| Bradford | 13,139 | 62.97% | 6,439 | 30.86% | 1,068 | 5.12% | 219 | 1.05% | 6,700 | 32.11% | 20,865 |
| Bucks | 100,536 | 55.49% | 59,120 | 32.63% | 18,107 | 9.99% | 3,401 | 1.88% | 41,416 | 22.86% | 181,164 |
| Butler | 28,821 | 54.70% | 19,711 | 37.41% | 3,453 | 6.55% | 704 | 1.34% | 9,110 | 17.29% | 52,689 |
| Cambria | 33,072 | 45.85% | 36,121 | 50.08% | 2,398 | 3.32% | 540 | 0.75% | -3,049 | -4.23% | 72,131 |
| Cameron | 1,795 | 59.24% | 1,112 | 36.70% | 92 | 3.04% | 31 | 1.02% | 683 | 22.54% | 3,030 |
| Carbon | 10,042 | 51.95% | 8,009 | 41.44% | 956 | 4.95% | 322 | 1.67% | 2,033 | 10.52% | 19,329 |
| Centre | 20,605 | 48.33% | 15,987 | 37.50% | 5,247 | 12.31% | 792 | 1.86% | 4,618 | 10.83% | 42,631 |
| Chester | 73,046 | 60.92% | 34,307 | 28.61% | 10,911 | 9.10% | 1,632 | 1.36% | 38,739 | 32.31% | 119,896 |
| Clarion | 8,812 | 58.35% | 5,472 | 36.24% | 678 | 4.49% | 139 | 0.92% | 3,340 | 22.12% | 15,101 |
| Clearfield | 15,299 | 54.27% | 11,647 | 41.31% | 944 | 3.35% | 302 | 1.07% | 3,652 | 12.95% | 28,192 |
| Clinton | 6,288 | 52.36% | 4,842 | 40.32% | 733 | 6.10% | 147 | 1.22% | 1,446 | 12.04% | 12,010 |
| Columbia | 12,426 | 53.30% | 9,449 | 40.53% | 1,197 | 5.13% | 241 | 1.03% | 2,977 | 12.77% | 23,313 |
| Crawford | 16,552 | 53.55% | 11,778 | 38.11% | 2,095 | 6.78% | 484 | 1.57% | 4,774 | 15.45% | 30,909 |
| Cumberland | 41,152 | 61.18% | 19,789 | 29.42% | 5,437 | 8.08% | 882 | 1.31% | 21,363 | 31.76% | 67,260 |
| Dauphin | 44,039 | 56.18% | 27,252 | 34.77% | 6,034 | 7.70% | 1,062 | 1.35% | 16,787 | 21.42% | 78,387 |
| Delaware | 143,282 | 55.78% | 88,314 | 34.38% | 20,907 | 8.14% | 4,356 | 1.70% | 54,968 | 21.40% | 256,859 |
| Elk | 7,175 | 52.49% | 5,898 | 43.15% | 472 | 3.45% | 124 | 0.91% | 1,277 | 9.34% | 13,669 |
| Erie | 48,918 | 47.42% | 45,946 | 44.54% | 6,349 | 6.15% | 1,949 | 1.89% | 2,972 | 2.88% | 103,162 |
| Fayette | 19,252 | 38.99% | 27,963 | 56.62% | 1,348 | 2.73% | 820 | 1.66% | -8,711 | -17.64% | 49,383 |
| Forest | 1,206 | 56.12% | 819 | 38.11% | 93 | 4.33% | 31 | 1.44% | 387 | 18.01% | 2,149 |
| Franklin | 22,716 | 61.83% | 12,061 | 32.83% | 1,724 | 4.69% | 240 | 0.65% | 10,655 | 29.00% | 36,741 |
| Fulton | 2,740 | 64.90% | 1,342 | 31.79% | 107 | 2.53% | 33 | 0.78% | 1,398 | 33.11% | 4,222 |
| Greene | 5,336 | 37.79% | 8,193 | 58.02% | 450 | 3.19% | 142 | 1.01% | -2,857 | -20.23% | 14,121 |
| Huntingdon | 8,140 | 58.44% | 5,094 | 36.57% | 567 | 4.07% | 127 | 0.91% | 3,046 | 21.87% | 13,928 |
| Indiana | 15,607 | 49.62% | 13,828 | 43.97% | 1,708 | 5.43% | 308 | 0.98% | 1,779 | 5.66% | 31,451 |
| Jefferson | 9,628 | 57.38% | 6,296 | 37.53% | 687 | 4.09% | 167 | 1.00% | 3,332 | 19.86% | 16,778 |
| Juniata | 4,139 | 57.80% | 2,696 | 37.65% | 280 | 3.91% | 46 | 0.64% | 1,443 | 20.15% | 7,161 |
| Lackawanna | 44,242 | 46.35% | 45,257 | 47.42% | 4,209 | 4.41% | 1,739 | 1.82% | -1,015 | -1.06% | 95,447 |
| Lancaster | 79,963 | 67.25% | 30,026 | 25.25% | 7,442 | 6.26% | 1,466 | 1.23% | 49,937 | 42.00% | 118,897 |
| Lawrence | 18,404 | 45.77% | 19,506 | 48.51% | 1,908 | 4.74% | 395 | 0.98% | -1,102 | -2.74% | 40,213 |
| Lebanon | 24,495 | 68.99% | 8,281 | 23.32% | 2,314 | 6.52% | 417 | 1.17% | 16,214 | 45.66% | 35,507 |
| Lehigh | 50,782 | 52.91% | 34,827 | 36.28% | 8,977 | 9.35% | 1,399 | 1.46% | 15,955 | 16.62% | 95,985 |
| Luzerne | 67,822 | 50.21% | 59,976 | 44.40% | 4,947 | 3.66% | 2,335 | 1.73% | 7,846 | 5.81% | 135,080 |
| Lycoming | 23,415 | 57.74% | 14,609 | 36.02% | 2,034 | 5.02% | 495 | 1.22% | 8,806 | 21.71% | 40,553 |
| McKean | 9,229 | 60.85% | 5,064 | 33.39% | 661 | 4.36% | 212 | 1.40% | 4,165 | 27.46% | 15,166 |
| Mercer | 22,372 | 48.54% | 19,716 | 42.78% | 3,247 | 7.04% | 755 | 1.64% | 2,656 | 5.76% | 46,090 |
| Mifflin | 7,541 | 55.78% | 5,226 | 38.65% | 578 | 4.28% | 175 | 1.29% | 2,315 | 17.12% | 13,520 |
| Monroe | 12,357 | 55.44% | 7,551 | 33.88% | 1,967 | 8.82% | 414 | 1.86% | 4,806 | 21.56% | 22,289 |
| Montgomery | 156,996 | 57.81% | 84,289 | 31.04% | 26,133 | 9.62% | 4,135 | 1.52% | 72,707 | 26.77% | 271,553 |
| Montour | 3,399 | 55.76% | 2,272 | 37.27% | 375 | 6.15% | 50 | 0.82% | 1,127 | 18.49% | 6,096 |
| Northampton | 35,787 | 47.07% | 31,920 | 41.98% | 6,823 | 8.97% | 1,507 | 1.98% | 3,867 | 5.09% | 76,037 |
| Northumberland | 20,608 | 56.79% | 13,750 | 37.89% | 1,515 | 4.17% | 417 | 1.15% | 6,858 | 18.90% | 36,290 |
| Perry | 8,026 | 63.70% | 3,681 | 29.22% | 717 | 5.69% | 175 | 1.39% | 4,345 | 34.49% | 12,599 |
| Philadelphia | 244,108 | 33.99% | 421,253 | 58.66% | 42,967 | 5.98% | 9,772 | 1.36% | -177,145 | -24.67% | 718,100 |
| Pike | 5,249 | 65.83% | 2,132 | 26.74% | 452 | 5.67% | 140 | 1.76% | 3,117 | 39.09% | 7,973 |
| Potter | 4,073 | 61.07% | 2,299 | 34.47% | 225 | 3.37% | 72 | 1.08% | 1,774 | 26.60% | 6,669 |
| Schuylkill | 36,273 | 55.83% | 24,968 | 38.43% | 3,079 | 4.74% | 649 | 1.00% | 11,305 | 17.40% | 64,969 |
| Snyder | 7,634 | 72.08% | 2,418 | 22.83% | 451 | 4.26% | 88 | 0.83% | 5,216 | 49.25% | 10,591 |
| Somerset | 17,729 | 58.21% | 11,695 | 38.40% | 815 | 2.68% | 216 | 0.71% | 6,034 | 19.81% | 30,455 |
| Sullivan | 1,676 | 57.75% | 1,074 | 37.01% | 130 | 4.48% | 22 | 0.76% | 602 | 20.74% | 2,902 |
| Susquehanna | 8,994 | 61.23% | 4,660 | 31.72% | 786 | 5.35% | 249 | 1.70% | 4,334 | 29.51% | 14,689 |
| Tioga | 8,770 | 63.33% | 4,273 | 30.85% | 664 | 4.79% | 142 | 1.03% | 4,497 | 32.47% | 13,849 |
| Union | 6,798 | 66.28% | 2,687 | 26.20% | 628 | 6.12% | 143 | 1.39% | 4,111 | 40.08% | 10,256 |
| Venango | 11,547 | 56.04% | 7,800 | 37.86% | 1,015 | 4.93% | 242 | 1.17% | 3,747 | 18.19% | 20,604 |
| Warren | 9,165 | 57.37% | 5,560 | 34.81% | 922 | 5.77% | 327 | 2.05% | 3,605 | 22.57% | 15,974 |
| Washington | 32,532 | 39.66% | 45,295 | 55.23% | 3,413 | 4.16% | 778 | 0.95% | -12,763 | -15.56% | 82,018 |
| Wayne | 8,468 | 67.48% | 3,375 | 26.90% | 496 | 3.95% | 209 | 1.67% | 5,093 | 40.59% | 12,548 |
| Westmoreland | 63,140 | 45.06% | 68,627 | 48.97% | 5,985 | 4.27% | 2,387 | 1.70% | -5,487 | -3.92% | 140,139 |
| Wyoming | 5,919 | 64.57% | 2,766 | 30.17% | 384 | 4.19% | 98 | 1.07% | 3,153 | 34.40% | 9,167 |
| York | 61,098 | 59.96% | 33,406 | 32.79% | 5,779 | 5.67% | 1,608 | 1.58% | 27,692 | 27.18% | 101,891 |
| Totals | 2,261,872 | 49.59% | 1,937,540 | 42.48% | 292,921 | 6.42% | 69,168 | 1.52% | 324,332 | 7.11% | 4,561,501 |
References
- ^ David Leip. "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
See also
This page was last edited on 19 May 2019, at 15:05