1980 United States presidential election in Colorado
County Results
Reagan
30-40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Carter
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
The 1980 United States presidential election in Colorado 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 seven electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Colorado was won by the Republican Party candidate, former California Governor Ronald Reagan by a landslide of 24 points, defeating Democratic incumbent president Jimmy Carter . John B. Anderson , an Illinois Republican congressman running on the National Unity ticket, received 11% of the vote.[1]
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last occasion where a Republican candidate carried the City and County of Denver .[2] Since then, Denver has remained a reliable Democratic stronghold in presidential elections, which would eventually cause the state to flip consistently Democratic from 2008 onward.
County[3]
Ronald Reagan Republican
Jimmy Carter Democratic
John B. Anderson Independent
Ed Clark Libertarian
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
42,916
50.50%
31,357
36.90%
8,342
9.82%
2,044
2.41%
316
0.37%
11,559
13.60%
84,975
Alamosa
2,601
53.87%
1,821
37.72%
289
5.99%
96
1.99%
21
0.43%
780
16.15%
4,828
Arapahoe
79,594
62.19%
30,148
23.56%
15,329
11.98%
2,307
1.80%
602
0.47%
49,446
38.63%
127,980
Archuleta
1,252
65.89%
532
28.00%
83
4.37%
30
1.58%
3
0.16%
720
37.89%
1,900
Baca
1,999
74.26%
551
20.47%
106
3.94%
35
1.30%
1
0.04%
1,448
53.79%
2,692
Bent
1,206
51.76%
894
38.37%
164
7.04%
42
1.80%
24
1.03%
312
13.39%
2,330
Boulder
40,698
46.74%
28,422
32.64%
13,712
15.75%
2,630
3.02%
1,607
1.85%
12,276
14.10%
87,069
Chaffee
3,327
60.73%
1,583
28.90%
432
7.89%
102
1.86%
34
0.62%
1,744
31.83%
5,478
Cheyenne
816
65.86%
322
25.99%
76
6.13%
19
1.53%
6
0.48%
494
39.87%
1,239
Clear Creek
1,784
56.22%
837
26.38%
402
12.67%
126
3.97%
24
0.76%
947
29.84%
3,173
Conejos
1,597
49.41%
1,503
46.50%
90
2.78%
40
1.24%
2
0.06%
94
2.91%
3,232
Costilla
489
30.89%
1,036
65.45%
38
2.40%
15
0.95%
5
0.32%
-547
-34.56%
1,583
Crowley
926
62.86%
472
32.04%
57
3.87%
17
1.15%
1
0.07%
454
30.82%
1,473
Custer
674
66.73%
231
22.87%
59
5.84%
41
4.06%
5
0.50%
443
43.86%
1,010
Delta
6,179
66.97%
2,348
25.45%
455
4.93%
160
1.73%
85
0.92%
3,831
41.52%
9,227
Denver
88,398
42.19%
85,903
41.00%
28,610
13.66%
4,435
2.12%
2,162
1.03%
2,495
1.19%
209,508
Dolores
615
75.28%
157
19.22%
32
3.92%
12
1.47%
1
0.12%
458
56.06%
817
Douglas
8,126
70.08%
2,108
18.18%
1,058
9.12%
266
2.29%
38
0.33%
6,018
51.90%
11,596
Eagle
3,061
52.63%
1,608
27.65%
906
15.58%
193
3.32%
48
0.83%
1,453
24.98%
5,816
El Paso
66,199
63.66%
27,463
26.41%
7,886
7.58%
2,042
1.96%
400
0.38%
38,736
37.25%
103,990
Elbert
2,107
67.49%
698
22.36%
238
7.62%
74
2.37%
5
0.16%
1,409
45.13%
3,122
Fremont
7,162
59.13%
3,952
32.63%
731
6.03%
199
1.64%
69
0.57%
3,210
26.50%
12,113
Garfield
5,416
58.08%
2,639
28.30%
978
10.49%
226
2.42%
66
0.71%
2,777
29.78%
9,325
Gilpin
694
50.04%
441
31.80%
175
12.62%
55
3.97%
22
1.59%
253
18.24%
1,387
Grand
2,133
61.28%
820
23.56%
413
11.86%
102
2.93%
13
0.37%
1,313
37.72%
3,481
Gunnison
2,756
55.45%
1,297
26.10%
704
14.16%
135
2.72%
78
1.57%
1,459
29.35%
4,970
Hinsdale
232
69.05%
76
22.62%
13
3.87%
12
3.57%
3
0.89%
156
46.43%
336
Huerfano
1,258
41.49%
1,574
51.91%
146
4.82%
22
0.73%
32
1.06%
-316
-10.42%
3,032
Jackson
673
63.55%
283
26.72%
80
7.55%
21
1.98%
2
0.19%
390
36.83%
1,059
Jefferson
97,008
59.66%
41,525
25.54%
19,530
12.01%
3,929
2.42%
619
0.38%
55,483
34.12%
162,611
Kiowa
754
65.06%
331
28.56%
61
5.26%
12
1.04%
1
0.09%
423
36.50%
1,159
Kit Carson
2,622
71.78%
790
21.63%
185
5.06%
52
1.42%
4
0.11%
1,832
50.15%
3,653
La Plata
7,291
59.76%
3,034
24.87%
1,537
12.60%
225
1.84%
114
0.93%
4,257
34.89%
12,201
Lake
1,375
45.45%
1,213
40.10%
289
9.55%
120
3.97%
28
0.93%
162
5.35%
3,025
Larimer
36,240
56.51%
17,072
26.62%
8,887
13.86%
1,484
2.31%
446
0.70%
19,168
29.89%
64,129
Las Animas
2,917
39.37%
4,117
55.57%
278
3.75%
90
1.21%
7
0.09%
-1,200
-16.20%
7,409
Lincoln
1,535
64.74%
602
25.39%
175
7.38%
57
2.40%
2
0.08%
933
39.35%
2,371
Logan
5,238
63.16%
2,332
28.12%
588
7.09%
122
1.47%
13
0.16%
2,906
35.04%
8,293
Mesa
22,686
68.92%
7,549
22.93%
2,004
6.09%
582
1.77%
95
0.29%
15,137
45.99%
32,916
Mineral
271
60.22%
125
27.78%
41
9.11%
13
2.89%
0
0.00%
146
32.44%
450
Moffat
3,344
67.90%
1,079
21.91%
329
6.68%
139
2.82%
34
0.69%
2,265
45.99%
4,925
Montezuma
4,120
68.60%
1,467
24.43%
275
4.58%
124
2.06%
20
0.33%
2,653
44.17%
6,006
Montrose
6,685
68.21%
2,232
22.78%
635
6.48%
225
2.30%
23
0.23%
4,453
45.43%
9,800
Morgan
5,209
62.50%
2,246
26.95%
693
8.32%
136
1.63%
50
0.60%
2,963
35.55%
8,334
Otero
4,801
54.55%
3,294
37.43%
572
6.50%
99
1.12%
35
0.40%
1,507
17.12%
8,801
Ouray
813
67.69%
237
19.73%
129
10.74%
14
1.17%
8
0.67%
576
47.96%
1,201
Park
1,623
59.34%
674
24.64%
293
10.71%
122
4.46%
23
0.84%
949
34.70%
2,735
Phillips
1,488
63.21%
640
27.19%
193
8.20%
29
1.23%
4
0.17%
848
36.02%
2,354
Pitkin
2,153
39.75%
1,760
32.49%
1,128
20.82%
285
5.26%
91
1.68%
393
7.26%
5,417
Prowers
3,115
59.77%
1,669
32.02%
340
6.52%
57
1.09%
31
0.59%
1,446
27.75%
5,212
Pueblo
20,770
44.72%
21,874
47.10%
3,102
6.68%
585
1.26%
110
0.24%
-1,104
-2.38%
46,441
Rio Blanco
1,971
74.46%
462
17.45%
143
5.40%
63
2.38%
8
0.30%
1,509
57.01%
2,647
Rio Grande
2,844
63.37%
1,370
30.53%
185
4.12%
84
1.87%
5
0.11%
1,474
32.84%
4,488
Routt
3,574
53.33%
1,944
29.01%
920
13.73%
230
3.43%
34
0.51%
1,630
24.32%
6,702
Saguache
1,124
52.65%
893
41.83%
71
3.33%
41
1.92%
6
0.28%
231
10.82%
2,135
San Juan
268
48.82%
146
26.59%
94
17.12%
36
6.56%
5
0.91%
122
22.23%
549
San Miguel
774
42.79%
651
35.99%
297
16.42%
55
3.04%
32
1.77%
123
6.80%
1,809
Sedgwick
1,151
67.39%
438
25.64%
100
5.85%
15
0.88%
4
0.23%
713
41.75%
1,708
Summit
2,027
46.54%
1,285
29.51%
845
19.40%
167
3.83%
31
0.71%
742
17.03%
4,355
Teller
2,457
66.28%
802
21.63%
322
8.69%
107
2.89%
19
0.51%
1,655
44.65%
3,707
Washington
2,007
71.40%
568
20.21%
160
5.69%
70
2.49%
6
0.21%
1,439
51.19%
2,811
Weld
23,901
58.80%
11,433
28.13%
4,309
10.60%
790
1.94%
213
0.52%
12,468
30.67%
40,646
Yuma
3,220
68.89%
1,043
22.31%
319
6.82%
87
1.86%
5
0.11%
2,177
46.58%
4,674
Total
652,264
55.07%
367,973
31.07%
130,633
11.03%
25,744
2.17%
7,801
0.65%
284,291
24.00%
1,184,415
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ]