1980 Presidential General Election Results - Washington

Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote Ronald Reagan George Bush Republican 865,244 49.66% 9 James Carter Walter Mondale Democrat 650,193 37.32% 0 John Anderson Patrick Lucey Independent 185,073 10.62% 0 Edward Clark David Koch Libertarian 29,213 1.68% 0 Barry Commoner LaDonna Harris Citizens 9,403 0.54% 0 Other (+) - - 3,268 0.19% 0 Map Key  > 40%  > 50%  > 60%  > 70% Turnout Maps Pop. (m) Rep. (m) Dem. (m) Ind. (m) Swg (m) Tnd (m)   Demographic Data 1980 Population: 4,132,353 Enum. 1980 Population Density: 24.0 persons/km2 1970 Population: 3,413,244 Enum. 1970 Population Density: 19.8 persons/km2 Total Electoral Vote: 9 Electoral Vote Density: 459,150 persons/EV Land Area (2000): 172,348 km2 Annual Pop Growth Rate: 1.9 % Election Data and Statistics: County Data (Table) (m) County Data (Graphs) Purchase Detailed Data Compare State Data by Year (Table) Compare State Data by Year (Graphs) View All 1980 Washington Data Compare State Maps by Year View All 1980 Washington Maps Washington JavaCompare (m) Election Tools Atlas Forum Image Code for Maps: County, Pop, Tnd, Swg Blog Interactive Map Widget Code for This Contest (uselectionatlas.org Weblogs) Data Sources: Source for Popular Vote data: Washington Secretary of State, "President and Vice President of the United States," 1980 General Election Returns for Legislative Races (Olympia, 1980) Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau. Results for and Individual County: (m) County Menu (m)