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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 abstract "The 1980 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 4, 1980 as part of the 1980 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.Massachusetts was very narrowly carried by the Republican nominee, former Governor Ronald Reagan of California, over incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Independent candidate Congressman John B. Anderson of Illinois. On election day, Reagan won a plurality of 41.90% of the vote in the state to Carter's 41.75%, with Anderson in third at 15.15%, giving Reagan a razor-thin margin of 0.15%.With President Carter a greatly weakened incumbent by 1980, Reagan won a comfortable election victory nationwide. However, Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960. In 1972, Massachusetts was the only state in the nation to vote for Democrat George McGovern over Republican Richard Nixon in his 49-state landslide. Thus Reagan's victory made 1980 the first time a Republican had won Massachusetts' electoral votes since the landslide re-election of Dwight Eisenhower in 1956.A major contributing factor to Reagan's win in Massachusetts was the strong third party candidacy of John Anderson, a liberal Republican Congressman who ran in 1980 as an independent after failing to win the Republican Party's own presidential nomination. Anderson proved very popular with liberal and moderate voters in New England who normally leaned Democratic but were dissatisfied with the policies of the Carter Administration and viewed Reagan as too far to the right. In 1976, Carter had won Massachusetts with 56% of the vote, however in 1980 he bled a substantial amount of this support to Anderson, allowing Reagan to eke out a narrow win with only 41.90% of the vote. Massachusetts would ultimately prove to be John Anderson's strongest state in the nation, his 15.15% of the vote in the state more than double the 6.61% he got nationwide. While Reagan nationally won a convincing victory in the electoral college, Massachusetts would be his narrowest win, with the state being about 10% more Democratic than the national average.".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 country Massachusetts.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 startDate "1980-11-04".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 thumbnail Massachusetts_Election_Results_by_County,_1980.svg?width=300.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 title "United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1980".
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 afterElection Ronald_Reagan.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 afterParty "Republican Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 beforeElection Jimmy_Carter.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 beforeParty "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 country "Massachusetts".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 electionDate "1980-11-04".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 electionName "United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1980".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 electoralVote "0".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 electoralVote "14".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 homeState California.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 homeState Georgia_(U.S._state).
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 homeState Illinois.
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 mapCaption "County Results".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 mapImage "Massachusetts Election Results by County, 1980.svg".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 mapSize "401".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 nextElection "United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1984".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 nextYear "1984".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 nominee Jimmy_Carter.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 nominee John_B._Anderson.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 nominee Ronald_Reagan.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 ongoing "no".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 party "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 party "Independent".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 party "Republican Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 percentage "15.15".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 percentage "41.75".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 percentage "41.9".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 popularVote "1053802".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 popularVote "1057631".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 popularVote "382539".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 previousElection "United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1976".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 previousYear "1976".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 runningMate George_H._W._Bush.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 runningMate Patrick_Lucey.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 runningMate Walter_Mondale.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 title "President".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 type "presidential".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 subject Category:Massachusetts_elections,_1980.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 subject Category:United_States_presidential_election,_1980.
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 type Election.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 type Event.
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1980 comment "The 1980 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 4, 1980 as part of the 1980 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and D.C.".
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