Reagan's Electoral Dominance A State-by-State Breakdown of His 1980 Landslide

Every four years in the United States, the electoral college system is used to determine the winner of the presidential election. Two vice presidents, Hannibal Hamlin and Henry Wallace, were dropped from the ticket after their first term, only to see their successors become president ... The United States presidential election of 1980 featured a contest between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican opponent, Ronald Reagan. The 1980 election, which brought a conservative Republican, Ronald Reagan, to the White House for the first of his two terms as president. IN THE broadest terms, the 1980 presidential election in Illinois was simply a landslide for Ronald Reagan, who garnered a whopping 376,681 more votes than ... American presidential election held on November 4, 1980, in which Republican Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic Pres. Jimmy Carter. Reagan's landslide challenges the pulse-taker profession For weeks before the presidential election, the gurus of public opinion polling ... With the Electoral College votes now cast, here is a recap of how Americans voted in 2024. Minnesota was, at the time, a very blue state and was also the home state of Walter Mondale. By a narrow margin of less than 4,000 votes, it ... For the fifth time in U.S. history, and the second time this century, a presidential candidate has won the White House while losing the ...