The 1980 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and

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were part of the

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. State voters chose six electors to the

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, who voted for

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and

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was won by former California

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by a landslide of 32%. This result left the state 22.62% more Republican than the nation at-large, a differential greater even than when

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narrowly won his home state during his

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landslide defeat, and the most Republican relative to the nation at-large Arizona has ever been since statehood in 1912.Counting the Votes
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Reagan's victory margin was at the time the largest by a Republican, though he would beat his own record four years later. Only

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and

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has won Arizona by a larger margin, whilst Carter's share of the popular vote remains the worst ever by a Democrat in Arizona. Reagan won every county except heavily unionized

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, which would never vote Republican until

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, in the process duplicating the state's

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county map. As of the

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, this is the last election that

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has supported the Republican nominee.Sullivan, Robert David
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''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016 Carter's insensitivity to essential issues in the West, especially water development, ensured he would be comfortably beaten in this normally solidly Republican state, which had been the only state no Democrat carried during the dealigned 1960s and 1970s.

Primaries

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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* Gila *

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* Pinal

Results by congressional district

Electors

Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 9, 1980.

References

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1980 Arizona elections