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Iowa was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a comfortable margin of about 13 points. [1] This is the last presidential election in which a Republican has won Iowa by more than 10 points until 2024, as well as the last time a Republican won Polk County, [2] home to Iowa's capital and most populated city, Des Moines.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Iowa, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1846, Iowa has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
This election was the last time a Republican won the presidency without winning Georgia. It was the first time Massachusetts voted for a Republican candidate since 1956. 1980 is one of only two occurrences of pairs of consecutive elections seeing the incumbent presidents defeated, the other happening in 1892 .
A new Iowa Poll shows Kamala Harris in the lead in Iowa, a ruby red state. When was the last time Iowa election results had victories for Democrats?
Elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 1980. Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter in a landslide. Republicans picked up seats in both chambers of Congress and won control of the Senate, though Democrats retained a majority in the House of Representatives.
From January 21 to June 28, 1980, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election.Retired Hollywood actor and two-term California governor Ronald Reagan was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the Republican National Convention held from July 14 to 17, 1980, in Detroit, Michigan.
Iowa helped launch Barack Obama as a presidential candidate when he won the 2008 Iowa Caucuses. Heading into Election Day, the final Iowa Poll looked like Obama would easily carry the state over ...
At an election night event at Republican headquarters in Washington DC in 1984, a huge map was erected on the back wall, where organizers ripped away green covers from each state to reveal sparkly ...