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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 | - | - |
26 |
0.00% | 0 |
| Deirdre Griswold | - | Write-in |
15 |
0.00% | 0 |
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| 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:
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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:
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