1980 Presidential General Election Results - California

Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote Ronald Reagan George Bush Republican 4,524,858 52.69% 45 James Carter Walter Mondale Democrat 3,083,661 35.91% 0 John Anderson Patrick Lucey Independent 739,833 8.62% 0 Edward Clark David Koch Libertarian 148,434 1.73% 0 Barry Commoner LaDonna Harris Independent 61,063 0.71% 0 Maureen Smith Elizabeth Barron Peace & Freedom 18,116 0.21% 0 John Rarick Eileen Shearer American Ind. 9,856 0.11% 0 Gus Hall - Write-in 847 0.01% 0 Andrew Pulley - Write-in 231 0.00% 0 Percy Greaves Jr. - Write-in 87 0.00% 0 Benjamin Bubar - Write-in 36 0.00% 0 Write-ins #REF! - 26 0.00% 0 Deirdre Griswold - Write-in 15 0.00% 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: 23,667,765 Enum. 1980 Population Density: 58.6 persons/km2 1970 Population: 19,971,069 Enum. 1970 Population Density: 49.4 persons/km2 Total Electoral Vote: 45 Electoral Vote Density: 525,950 persons/EV Land Area (2000): 403,933 km2 Annual Pop Growth Rate: 1.7 % 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 California Data Compare State Maps by Year View All 1980 California Maps California 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: California Secretary of State, comp., "President," Statement of Vote General Election November 4, 1980 (Sacramento, 1980) Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau. Results for and Individual County: (m) County Menu (m)