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Presidential
Candidate | Vice Presidential
Candidate | Political
Party | Popular Vote | Electoral Vote |
 | Ronald Reagan | George Bush | Republican |
43,903,230 |
50.75% |
489 |
90.9% |
 | James Carter | Walter Mondale | Democratic |
35,480,115 |
41.01% |
49 |
9.1% |
 | John Anderson | Patrick Lucey | Independent |
5,719,850 |
6.61% |
0 |
0.0% |
 | Edward Clark | David Koch | Libertarian |
921,128 |
1.06% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Barry Commoner | LaDonna Harris | Citizens |
233,052 |
0.27% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Gus Hall | Angela Davis | Communist |
44,933 |
0.05% |
0 |
0.0% |
| John Rarick | Eileen Shearer | American Independent |
40,906 |
0.05% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Clifton DeBerry | Matilde Zimmermann | Socialist Workers |
38,738 |
0.04% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Ellen McCormack | Carroll Driscoll | Right to Life |
32,320 |
0.04% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Maureen Smith | Elizabeth Barron | Peace & Freedom |
18,116 |
0.02% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Write-ins | - | - |
14,347 |
0.02% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Deirdre Griswold | Larry Holmes | Workers World |
13,285 |
0.02% |
0 |
0.0% |
| No Candidate | - | - |
10,332 |
0.01% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Benjamin Bubar | Earl Dodge | Statesman |
7,206 |
0.01% |
0 |
0.0% |
| David McReynolds | Diane Drufenbrock | Socialist |
6,994 |
0.01% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Percy Greaves Jr. | Frank Varnum | American |
6,647 |
0.01% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Andrew Pulley | Matilde Zimmerman | Socialist Workers |
6,264 |
0.01% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Richard Congress | Matilde Zimmerman | Socialist Workers |
4,029 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Kurt Lynen | Harry Kieve | Middle Class |
3,694 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Bill Gahres | J. F. Loghlin | Down with Lawyers |
1,718 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Frank Shelton | George Jackson | American |
1,555 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Martin Wendelken | - | Independent |
923 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.0% |
| Harley McLain | Jewelie Goeller | Natural Peoples |
296 |
0.00% |
0 |
0.0% | | Total | 86,509,678 | | 538 | |  | Map Key
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