The 1980 United States presidential election in Iowa 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 eight electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
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Iowa
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was won by former California
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Ronald Reagan (R) by a comfortable margin of about 13 points.
, this is the last Presidential election in which a Republican has won Iowa by more than 10 points, as well as the last time a Republican won
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that a Republican presidential candidate won the following counties:
Boone,
Cerro Gordo,
Lee,
Webster and
Worth.
With Carter losing Iowa twice, he became the fifth American president and currently the last of 4 Democrats to have ever held office without winning the state in an election.
Caucus Results
Note: SDE stands for 'State Delegate Equivalents' which (until 2020) was the closest thing to a popular vote available for the Democratic Caucus.
General Election Results
Results by county
See also
*
United States presidential elections in Iowa
References
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Iowa
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1980
1980 Iowa elections