The 1980 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and Washington, D.C., The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the United States Electoral College, Electoral College, who voted for President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president.
Nevada was won by Former List of governors of California, California Governor Ronald Reagan (R), who won the state with a 36-point landslide.
Starting with this election, the winner of every presidential election won Nevada, until 2016 United States presidential election in Nevada, 2016.
Likely owing to criticism of Carter for his inability to understand specifically Western issues, mainly the region's problems with water supply, the 1980 result is the most Republican Nevada has ever been relative to the nation as a whole since statehood.
[Counting the Votes]
Nevada
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Primaries
Results
Results by county
See also
*United States presidential elections in Nevada
References
1980 United States presidential election by state, Nevada
United States presidential elections in Nevada, 1980
1980 Nevada elections
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