President / Vice President, 1980 Election
General
| Date: | November 4, 1980 |
| Cycle: | 1980 |
| Office: | President / Vice President |
| State: | Minnesota |
| District: | Statewide |
| Candidate | Gender | Running mate | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Carter Incumbent | Man | Walter Mondale (Man) Incumbent | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | 954,174 | 46.50 | +3.94 |
| Ronald Reagan | Man | George H.W. Bush (Man) | Independent-Republican | 873,241 | 42.56 | |
| John B. Anderson | Man | Patrick Lucey (Man) | Anderson Coalition | 174,990 | 8.53 | |
| Edward Clark | Man | David Koch (Man) | Libertarian | 31,592 | 1.54 | |
| Barry Commoner | Man | LaDonna Harris (Woman) | Citizens | 8,407 | 0.41 | |
| (No candidate specified) | American | 6,139 | 0.30 | |||
| Gus Hall | Man | Angela Davis (Woman) | Communist | 1,184 | 0.06 | |
| Clifton DeBerry | Man | Matilde Zimmermann (Woman) | Socialist Workers | 711 | 0.03 | |
| Deirdre Griswold | Woman | Larry Holmes (Man) | Workers World | 698 | 0.03 | |
| David McReynolds | Man | Diane Drufenbrock (Woman) | Socialist | 536 | 0.03 |
Carter and Mondales each received Minnesota's 10 Electoral College votes. For the third consecutive cycle, the Democratic ticket performed better in Minnesota than in any state in the 12-state Midwest region.
Sources
- Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1980 (p. 31).