1980 United States presidential election in Arizona

1980 United States presidential election in Arizona
Reagan 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%	Carter 50–60%
President before election; Jimmy Carter; Democratic	Elected President ; Ronald Reagan; Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arizona was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by a landslide of 32%.^[1] This result left the state 22.62% more Republican than the nation at-large, a differential greater even than when Barry Goldwater narrowly won his home state during his 1964 landslide defeat, and the most Republican relative to the nation at-large Arizona has ever been since statehood in 1912.^[2] Reagan's victory margin was at the time the largest by a Republican, though he would beat his own record four years later. Only Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 has won Arizona by a larger margin, whilst Carter's share of the popular vote remains the worst ever by a Democrat in Arizona.^[2]

Reagan won every county except heavily unionized Greenlee, which would never vote Republican until 2000,^[3] in the process duplicating the state's 1972 county map. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election that Apache County has supported the Republican nominee.^[4]

Carter's insensitivity to essential issues in the West, especially water development,^[5] ensured he would be comfortably beaten in this normally solidly Republican state, which had been the only state no Democrat carried during the dealigned 1960s and 1970s.

^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Counting the Votes; Arizona Archived 2017-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
^ Menendez Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 121 ISBN 0786422173
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ Reisner, Marc; Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water; p. 11 ISBN 0140178244

[Leip-1] "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 17, 2015.

[Counting-2] Counting the Votes; Arizona Archived 2017-02-23 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Menendez Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 121 ISBN 0786422173

[How-4] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[5] Reisner, Marc; Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water; p. 11 ISBN 0140178244

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