Who won Alaska in the 1980 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Alaska in 1980, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alaska have in 1980?

Alaska cast 3 electoral votes in the 1980 presidential election.

Did Alaska vote for the national winner in 1980?

Yes. Alaska backed Ronald Reagan, who won the presidency that year.

Cold War RealignmentAK · 3 EV

1980

Alaska: Reagan carries 3 EV.

Alaska cast its 3 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Alaska voted with the national winner this cycle.

Alaska in 1980

The 1980 contest saw Alaska line up behind Reagan, delivering 3 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Alaska ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Alaska backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Across the 17 presidential elections Alaska has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (16 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Ronald Reagan took 489 of the 538 electoral votes, against Jimmy Carter's 49. Ronald Reagan led the national popular vote with 50.75% of the ballots cast.

The 1980 national map

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