United States presidential election in Colorado, 1980
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The 1980 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, who voted for
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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
was won by the Republican Party candidate, former California
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Ronald Reagan by a landslide of 24 points, defeating Democratic incumbent president
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. John B. Anderson, an Illinois Republican congressman running on the National Unity ticket, received 11% of the vote. , this is the last occasion where a Republican candidate carried the City and County of Denver.Sullivan, Robert David
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Since then, Denver has remained a reliable Democratic stronghold in presidential elections, which would eventually cause the state to flip consistently Democratic from
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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
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