1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana

1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Georgia
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 792,853 708,453
Percentage 51.20% 45.75%

Parish Results

President before election

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

The 1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Louisiana was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by 5.45 percentage points.[1] As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Livingston Parish and Beauregard Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]

  1. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

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