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United States presidential election in Virginia, 1980

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752,174
  
95,418

40.31%
  
5.11%

989,609
  
752,174

53.03%
  
40.31%

Start date
  
November 4, 1980

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1980

The 1980 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President of the United States.

Virginia was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan of California with 53.03% of the vote, who was running against incumbent United States President Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois. The national election was ultimately won by Reagan with 50.75% of the vote.

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