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The 1980 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states, and the District of Columbia , were part of the 1980 United States presidential election . Texas voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
President Carter (left) and former Governor Reagan (right) at the presidential debate on October 28, 1980 With two weeks to go to the election, the Reagan campaign decided at that point that the best thing to do was to accede to all of President Carter's demands.
The 1980 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 4. 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 .
The last time Texas' electoral college voted for a Democrat was in 1976 with the election of Jimmy Carter, according to nonpartisan site 270toWin. Starting with Ronald Reagan in 1980, Texan voters ...
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
From January 21 to June 3, 1980, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1980 United States presidential election.Incumbent President Jimmy Carter was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses, culminating in the 1980 Democratic National Convention, held from August 11 to 14, 1980, in New York City.
1980 U.S. presidential election: Candidate: Jimmy Carter 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) Walter Mondale 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) Affiliation: Democratic Party: Status: Announced: December 4, 1979 Presumptive nominee: June 3, 1980 Official nominee: August 11, 1980 Lost election: November 4, 1980