1980 United States presidential election
Statistics
Source (popular vote): Leip, David. "1980 Presidential Election Results".

1980 United States presidential election

Section Title: Statistics
Table Section Text: Source (popular vote): Leip, David. "1980 Presidential Election Results".

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote	Electoral vote	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

Ronald Wilson Reagan	Republican	California	43,903,230	50.75%	489	George Herbert Walker Bush	Texas	489

James Earl Carter, Jr. (incumbent)	Democratic	Georgia	35,480,115	41.01%	49	Walter Frederick Mondale	Minnesota	49

John Bayard Anderson	Independent	Illinois	5,719,850	6.61%	0	Patrick Joseph Lucey	Wisconsin	0

Ed Clark	Libertarian	California	921,128	1.06%	0	David Koch	Kansas	0

Barry Commoner	Citizens	Missouri	233,052	0.27%	0	LaDonna Harris	Oklahoma	0

Gus Hall	Communist	New York	44,933	0.05%	0	Angela Davis	California	0

John Rarick	American Independent	Louisiana	40,906	0.05%	0	Eileen Shearer	California	0

Clifton DeBerry	Socialist Workers	California	38,738	0.04%	0	Matilde Zimmermann	New York	0

Ellen McCormack	Right to Life	New York	32,320	0.04%	0	Carroll Driscoll	New Jersey	0

Maureen Smith	Peace and Freedom	California	18,116	0.02%	0	Elizabeth Barron	California	0

Harley McLain	Natural People's	North Dakota	18,116	0.02%	0	Jewelie Goeller	North Dakota	0

Other	296	0.000003%	—	Other	—

Total	86,509,678	100%	538	538

Needed to win	270	270

Sentence(s)

At the 1980 United States presidential election, the Communist Party USA ran Gus Hall for president, and Angela Davis for vice president.

final_sentence: At the 1980 United States presidential election, the Communist Party USA ran Gus Hall for president, and Angela Davis for vice president.