1980 Presidential Election

The **1980 Presidential Election** was the 49th quadrennial election in American history. It was held on Tuesday, November 4th, 1980. Concurrent to that day House and Senate elections were also held. In a closely contested election, Democratic Senator Henry Miltop of the Northeast and House Majority Leader Ron Hench Worth faced off against Republican Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker and incumbent Vice President Mike Gravel. Edward Einhowser and Theodore Johnson were third party candidates. For the first time since the election of 1824, no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. Miltop received 256 votes, Baker received 226 votes, and Einhowser received 56 votes.

## Recounts

### Democratic

* Virginia
	+ stays Republican
* Ohio
	+ Republican
* Michigan
	+ Flips Democrat

### Republican

* Pennsylvania
	+ stays Democrat

## Primaries

### Democratic Primaries

Representative Janet Jackson declared her intention to run for 1980 on June 23, 1979. Her running mate would be Jack Brogan, a police chief from Boston. Rice Carson announced his intention to run for 1980 on August 18, 1979 with Senate Majority Leader Gary Hart as his running mate. On October 19, Carson suspended his presidential campaign, intending to rerun as a representative. On October 21st, Senator Henry Miltop announced he was running for the ticket with his running mate being House Majority Leader Ron Hench Worth.

### Republican Primaries

Former president and representative Edward Einhowser announced his intention on August 3, 1979. He announced his running mate would be representative Theodore Johnson. Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker and his running mate House Minority Leader Robert Bork announced on August 18, 1973. John Warner announced he would be running on August 24th, 1979 with running mate businessman Alan Keyes. Former speaker Larry Erickson announced his campaign on August 27, after leaving the Democratic Party. Reagan announced his running mate on November 30th, after Gravel indicated he would not be running for the Vice Presidential nomination under Reagan.

## Contingent Election of 1980

### Votes

#### First Round

* NE -
* SE -
* MW -
* NW -
* SW -
* PA -

#### Second Round Voting

* NE - 2 Einhowser, 1 Baker
* SE - 3 Baker
* MW - 2 Einhowser, 1 Baker
* SW - 1 Einhowser
* NW - 2 Einhowser, 1 Baker
* PA - 3 Baker, 1 Einhowser

#### Results

* NE - Einhowser
* SE - Baker
* MW - Einhowser
* SW - Einhowser
* NW - Einhowser
* PA - Baker

**Baker - 2 Einhowser - 4**

## Results

### Close States

     Henry Miltop

     Howard Baker

     Edward Einhowser

States where the margin of victory was less than 1% (90)

1. Virginia, 0.27%
2. Pennsylvania, 0.35%
3. Nebraska, 0.39%
4. Ohio, 0.46%
5. Michigan, 0.56%

States where the margin of victory was greater than 1% and less than 5% (128)

1. Kansas, 1.04%
2. New Hampshire, 1.15%
3. Arkansas, 1.27%
4. Colorado, 1.32%
5. Minnesota, 1.60%
6. Oregon, 1.66%
7. Wisconsin, 1.78%
8. Washington, 2.83%
9. Massachusetts, 3.04%
10. Florida, 3.48%
11. Tennessee, 4.40%
12. Louisiana, 4.48%
13. New Jersey, 4.89%

States where the margin of victory was greater than 5% and less than 10% (170)

1. Vermont, 5.2%
2. West Virginia, 5.24%
3. Nevada, 5.27%
4. South Dakota, 5.92%
5. Connecticut, 6.05%
6. Texas, 6.17%
7. Kentucky, 6.3%
8. Georgia, 6.43%
9. Iowa, 6.64%
10. Oklahoma, 6.96%
11. Missouri, 7.3%
12. California, 8.83%
13. Illinois, 9.43%

### Results Table

 Howard Baker
 Edward Einhowser
 *Write ins* | 1,361,988
 Total