United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1980

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November 4, 1980

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Nominee	Jimmy Carter	Ronald Reagan	John B. Anderson
Party	Democratic	Republican	Independent
Home state	Georgia	California	Illinois
Running mate	Walter Mondale	George H. W. Bush	Patrick Lucey
Electoral vote	10	0	0
Popular vote	954,174	873,241	174,990
Percentage	46.5%	42.6%	8.5%

County Results

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1980 in Minnesota as part of the 1980 United States presidential election.

The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Jimmy Carter, won the state over former California Governor Ronald Reagan by 80,933 votes, giving him one of just seven victories in the election (other than Minnesota, Carter also carried Maryland, West Virginia, Hawaii, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia and his home state of Georgia).

Nationally, Reagan won the election with 489 electoral votes and 50.75% of the popular vote. Minnesota was the only state not to back Reagan in either of his presidential campaigns, casting its electoral votes in favor of Walter Mondale in 1984.

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