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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% | 43,903,230 |
| James Carter | Walter Mondale | Democratic |
35,480,115 |
41.01% | 35,480,115 |
| John Anderson | Patrick Lucey | Independent |
5,719,850 |
6.61% | 5,719,850 |
| Edward Clark | David Koch | Libertarian |
921,128 |
1.06% | 921,128 |
| Barry Commoner | LaDonna Harris | Citizens |
233,052 |
0.27% | 233,052 |
| Gus Hall | Angela Davis | Communist |
44,933 |
0.05% | 44,933 |
| John Rarick | Eileen Shearer | American Independent |
40,906 |
0.05% | 40,906 |
| Clifton DeBerry | Matilde Zimmermann | Socialist Workers |
38,738 |
0.04% | 38,738 |
| Ellen McCormack | Carroll Driscoll | Right to Life |
32,320 |
0.04% | 32,320 |
| Maureen Smith | Elizabeth Barron | Peace & Freedom |
18,116 |
0.02% | 18,116 |
| Write-ins | - | - |
14,347 |
0.02% | 14,347 |
| Deirdre Griswold | Larry Holmes | Workers World |
13,285 |
0.02% | 13,285 |
| No Candidate | - | - |
10,332 |
0.01% | 10,332 |
| Benjamin Bubar | Earl Dodge | Statesman |
7,206 |
0.01% | 7,206 |
| David McReynolds | Diane Drufenbrock | Socialist |
6,994 |
0.01% | 6,994 |
| Percy Greaves Jr. | Frank Varnum | American |
6,647 |
0.01% | 6,647 |
| Andrew Pulley | Matilde Zimmerman | Socialist Workers |
6,264 |
0.01% | 6,264 |
| Richard Congress | Matilde Zimmerman | Socialist Workers |
4,029 |
0.00% | 4,029 |
| Kurt Lynen | Harry Kieve | Middle Class |
3,694 |
0.00% | 3,694 |
| Bill Gahres | J. F. Loghlin | Down with Lawyers |
1,718 |
0.00% | 1,718 |
| Frank Shelton | George Jackson | American |
1,555 |
0.00% | 1,555 |
| Martin Wendelken | - | Independent |
923 |
0.00% | 923 |
| Harley McLain | Jewelie Goeller | Natural Peoples |
296 |
0.00% | 296 |
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| Demographic Data
1980 Population: | 226,542,204 | Enum. | 1980 Population Density: | 24.7 | persons/km2 | 1970 Population: | 203,302,031 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 22.2 | persons/km2 | Total Electoral Vote: | 86509678 | | Electoral Vote Density: | 3 | persons/EV | Land Area (2000): | 9,161,889 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.1 | % |
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Data Sources:
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- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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