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1980 United States presidential election in Florida

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Field	Value
election_name	1980 United States presidential election in Florida
country	Florida
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1976 United States presidential election in Florida
previous_year	1976
next_election	1984 United States presidential election in Florida
next_year	1984
election_date	November 4, 1980
image_size	x160px
image1	Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg
nominee1	Ronald Reagan
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	California
running_mate1	George H. W. Bush
electoral_vote1	17
popular_vote1	2,046,951
percentage1	55.52%
image2	Carter cropped.jpg
nominee2	Jimmy Carter
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Georgia
running_mate2	Walter Mondale
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	1,419,475
percentage2	38.50%
image3	John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg
nominee3	John B. Anderson
party3	Independent
home_state3	Illinois
running_mate3	Patrick Lucey
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	189,692
percentage3	5.14%
map_image	350px
map_size	350px
map_caption	County Results
title	President
before_election	Jimmy Carter
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Ronald Reagan
after_party	Republican Party (United States)
flag_year	1900
turnout	77%

Reagan Carter Main article: 1980 United States presidential election

The 1980 United States presidential election in Florida took place on Tuesday, November 4, 1980, as part of the 1980 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Florida voters chose 17 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter and his running mate, Vice President Walter Mondale, against Republican challenger and former California Governor Ronald Reagan and his running mate and former Director of the CIA, George H. W. Bush.

The Republican ticket won Florida by a wide 17.02% margin, a particularly strong performance in this conservative leaning state that voted for Carter in 1976 by a 5.29% margin. John B. Anderson, a liberal Republican Congressman from Illinois who ran as an Independent with former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Patrick Lucey, received his strongest performance of any former Confederate state in Florida, where he won 5.14% of the vote. Florida, along with Virginia, were one of only two southern states to give Anderson over 5% of the vote. Although Carter lost Florida, he is the last Democrat to win a majority of counties in the state's northern region. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is also the last time for a Democrat to win the counties of Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Jackson, Lafayette, Liberty, Suwannee, and Union. This cycle also marks the most recent time that an incumbent president standing for re-election would fail to carry Florida, irrespective of the national outcome.

Reagan's victory was the first of four consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Florida would not vote Democratic again until Bill Clinton won the state in his re-election bid in 1996. Whether Florida is a swing state or a Republican-leaning state today is disputed among political observers.

Among white voters, 62% supported Reagan while 31% supported Carter.

Results

Primary election results

Republican

The Republican primary was held on March 11, 1980. Ronald Reagan won the Florida primary.

Candidate	Votes received	#
Ronald Reagan	345,093	56.2%
George H. W. Bush	185,527	30.2%
John B. Anderson	56,447	9.2%
Phil Crane	11,974	2.0%
Howard H. Baker, Jr.	6,294	1.0%
John B. Connally	4,909	0.8%
Harold Stassen	1,365	0.2%
Bob Dole	1,081	0.2%

Democratic

The Democratic presidential primary was also held on March 11, 1980. Incumbent president Jimmy Carter won the Florida primary.

Candidate	Votes received	#
Jimmy Carter	665,683	60.6%
Ted Kennedy	256,564	23.3%
Jerry Brown	53,422	4.9%
Richard B. Kay	19,148	1.7%
No preference	104,252	9.5%

General election results

Results by county

County	Ronald Reagan
Republican	Jimmy Carter
Democratic	John B. Anderson
Independent	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	2,046,951	55.52%	1,419,475	38.50%	189,692	5.14%	30,908	0.84%	627,476	17.02%	3,687,026
	Alachua		19,804		38.56%		26,849		52.27%		4,178		8.13%		533		1.04%		-7,045		-13.71%		51,364
	Baker		2,283		45.88%		2,611		52.47%		56		1.13%		26		0.52%		-328		-6.59%		4,976
	Bay		20,948		60.61%		12,389		35.85%		740		2.14%		484		1.40%		8,559		24.76%		34,561
	Bradford		2,778		44.50%		3,347		53.61%		90		1.44%		28		0.45%		-569		-9.11%		6,243
	Brevard		69,460		60.07%		39,007		33.73%		5,866		5.07%		1,303		1.13%		30,453		26.34%		115,636
	Broward		229,693		55.95%		146,323		35.64%		31,554		7.69%		2,991		0.73%		83,370		20.31%		410,561
	Calhoun		1,504		38.72%		2,300		59.22%		52		1.34%		28		0.72%		-796		-20.50%		3,884
	Charlotte		20,486		64.62%		9,769		30.82%		1,210		3.82%		235		0.74%		10,717		33.80%		31,700
	Citrus		14,286		58.48%		9,162		37.50%		787		3.22%		195		0.80%		5,124		20.98%		24,430
	Clay		15,643		64.85%		7,630		31.63%		692		2.87%		157		0.65%		8,013		33.22%		24,122
	Collier		23,900		71.10%		7,739		23.02%		1,678		4.99%		296		0.88%		16,161		48.08%		33,613
	Columbia		5,643		48.45%		5,680		48.76%		248		2.13%		77		0.66%		-37		-0.31%		11,648
	Dade		265,888		50.65%		210,868		40.17%		44,799		8.53%		3,350		0.64%		55,020		10.48%		524,905
	DeSoto		3,356		53.40%		2,713		43.17%		155		2.47%		61		0.97%		643		10.23%		6,285
	Dixie		1,101		34.70%		2,010		63.35%		45		1.42%		17		0.54%		-909		-28.65%		3,173
	Duval		98,664		50.45%		90,466		46.26%		5,184		2.65%		1,240		0.63%		8,198		4.19%		195,554
	Escambia		51,794		58.49%		33,513		37.84%		2,634		2.97%		618		0.70%		18,281		20.65%		88,559
	Flagler		2,895		51.70%		2,503		44.70%		154		2.75%		48		0.86%		392		7.00%		5,600
	Franklin		1,508		44.59%		1,775		52.48%		54		1.60%		45		1.33%		-267		-7.89%		3,382
	Gadsden		3,718		30.41%		8,222		67.26%		201		1.64%		84		0.69%		-4,504		-36.85%		12,225
	Gilchrist		1,093		39.13%		1,627		58.25%		56		2.01%		17		0.61%		-534		-19.12%		2,793
	Glades		1,098		45.96%		1,203		50.36%		61		2.55%		27		1.13%		-105		-4.40%		2,389
	Gulf		2,127		43.18%		2,700		54.81%		61		1.24%		38		0.77%		-573		-11.63%		4,926
	Hamilton		1,301		39.66%		1,923		58.63%		40		1.22%		16		0.49%		-622		-18.97%		3,280
	Hardee		2,603		48.82%		2,599		48.74%		83		1.56%		47		0.88%		4		0.08%		5,332
	Hendry		2,703		49.93%		2,543		46.97%		131		2.42%		37		0.68%		160		2.96%		5,414
	Hernando		12,115		54.99%		8,858		40.21%		852		3.87%		207		0.94%		3,257		14.78%		22,032
	Highlands		11,925		61.95%		6,688		34.74%		531		2.76%		105		0.55%		5,237		27.21%		19,249
	Hillsborough		106,160		51.71%		88,271		42.99%		8,965		4.37%		1,918		0.93%		17,889		8.72%		205,314
	Holmes		3,221		52.41%		2,767		45.02%		69		1.12%		89		1.45%		454		7.39%		6,146
	Indian River		15,568		62.98%		7,759		31.39%		1,185		4.79%		205		0.83%		7,809		31.59%		24,717
	Jackson		6,348		44.76%		7,567		53.36%		159		1.12%		107		0.75%		-1,219		-8.60%		14,181
	Jefferson		1,623		39.19%		2,367		57.16%		96		2.32%		55		1.33%		-744		-17.97%		4,141
	Lafayette		795		42.67%		1,034		55.50%		22		1.18%		12		0.64%		-239		-12.83%		1,863
	Lake		26,798		64.53%		13,128		31.61%		1,244		3.00%		358		0.86%		13,670		32.92%		41,528
	Lee		61,033		64.51%		28,125		29.73%		4,229		4.47%		1,226		1.30%		32,908		34.78%		94,613
	Leon		24,919		43.47%		28,450		49.63%		3,193		5.57%		764		1.33%		-3,531		-6.16%		57,326
	Levy		3,210		42.26%		4,170		54.90%		175		2.30%		41		0.54%		-960		-12.64%		7,596
	Liberty		899		43.81%		1,114		54.29%		25		1.22%		14		0.68%		-215		-10.48%		2,052
	Madison		2,280		41.39%		3,134		56.89%		65		1.18%		30		0.54%		-854		-15.50%		5,509
	Manatee		40,535		61.81%		21,679		33.06%		2,928		4.47%		434		0.66%		18,856		28.75%		65,576
	Marion		23,743		58.49%		15,400		37.94%		1,187		2.92%		262		0.65%		8,343		20.55%		40,592
	Martin		20,521		68.05%		8,087		26.82%		1,321		4.38%		225		0.75%		12,434		41.23%		30,154
	Monroe		11,644		53.40%		7,920		36.32%		1,932		8.86%		310		1.42%		3,724		17.08%		21,806
	Nassau		5,440		50.60%		5,074		47.20%		183		1.70%		54		0.50%		366		3.40%		10,751
	Okaloosa		28,072		69.62%		10,845		26.90%		1,116		2.77%		290		0.72%		17,227		42.72%		40,323
	Okeechobee		2,783		44.81%		3,228		51.98%		156		2.51%		43		0.69%		-445		-7.17%		6,210
	Orange		87,454		61.06%		48,767		34.05%		5,403		3.77%		1,595		1.11%		38,687		27.01%		143,219
	Osceola		10,863		59.67%		6,603		36.27%		564		3.10%		175		0.96%		4,260		23.40%		18,205
	Palm Beach		143,639		56.79%		91,991		36.37%		15,193		6.01%		2,107		0.83%		51,648		20.42%		252,930
	Pasco		50,120		56.67%		34,054		38.50%		3,569		4.04%		699		0.79%		16,066		18.17%		88,442
	Pinellas		185,728		53.83%		138,428		40.12%		17,839		5.17%		3,008		0.87%		47,300		13.71%		345,003
	Polk		59,651		56.11%		43,327		40.75%		2,627		2.47%		710		0.67%		16,324		15.36%		106,315
	Putnam		8,273		46.67%		8,906		50.24%		414		2.34%		134		0.76%		-633		-3.57%		17,727
	St. Johns		11,234		59.67%		6,898		36.64%		554		2.94%		140		0.74%		4,336		23.03%		18,826
	St. Lucie		18,126		60.76%		10,347		34.69%		1,113		3.73%		244		0.82%		7,779		26.07%		29,830
	Santa Rosa		13,802		63.93%		6,964		32.26%		606		2.81%		218		1.01%		6,838		31.67%		21,590
	Sarasota		68,065		68.57%		25,621		25.81%		4,796		4.83%		783		0.79%		42,444		42.76%		99,265
	Seminole		39,989		66.16%		17,443		28.86%		2,459		4.07%		548		0.91%		22,546		37.30%		60,439
	Sumter		3,671		44.41%		4,380		52.98%		141		1.71%		75		0.91%		-709		-8.57%		8,267
	Suwannee		3,899		46.22%		4,345		51.51%		135		1.60%		57		0.68%		-446		-5.29%		8,436
	Taylor		2,776		47.31%		2,963		50.49%		78		1.33%		51		0.87%		-187		-3.18%		5,868
	Union		1,123		46.35%		1,237		51.05%		45		1.86%		18		0.74%		-114		-4.70%		2,423
	Volusia		52,663		51.69%		44,513		43.69%		3,310		3.25%		1,396		1.37%		8,150		8.00%		101,882
	Wakulla		2,021		47.26%		2,082		48.69%		112		2.62%		61		1.43%		-61		-1.43%		4,276
	Walton		4,694		50.28%		4,360		46.70%		199		2.13%		83		0.89%		334		3.58%		9,336
	Washington		3,251		49.92%		3,110		47.75%		93		1.43%		59		0.91%		141		2.17%		6,513

Results by congressional district

Reagan	Carter	Representative
	54.7%	43.2%		Earl Hutto
	42.2%	53.6%		Don Fuqua
	46.6%	51.1%		Charles E. Bennett
	57.1%	39.8%		Bill Chappell
59.2%	36.9%		Richard Kelly (96th Congress)
Bill McCollum (97th Congress)
	53.3%	41.5%		Bill Young
	52.5%	43.0%		Sam Gibbons
	59.9%	36.4%		Andy Ireland
	62.6%	32.8%		Bill Nelson
	64.8%	30.9%		Skip Bafalis
	57.1%	36.3%		Dan Mica
56.1%	36.3%		Edward J. Stack (96th Congress)
Clay Shaw (97th Congress)
	41.8%	50.2%		William Lehman
	55.2%	37.9%		Claude Pepper
	55.7%	34.2%		Dante Fascell

References

Works cited

References

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(26 November 2022). "DeSantis, Republicans win big: How Florida went from swing state to red state — in visuals". www.usatoday.com.
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(9 November 2022). "Florida shifts from swing state to solid GOP". The Hill.
(28 November 2022). "Opinion {{!}} Florida is no longer a swing state. That's good news for U.S. foreign policy.". Washington Post.
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