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)

Clark received 921,128 votes.

final_sentence: Clark received 921,128 votes.