Who won Colorado in the 1980 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Colorado in 1980, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 1980?

Colorado cast 7 electoral votes in the 1980 presidential election.

Did Colorado vote for the national winner in 1980?

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

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1980

Colorado: Reagan carries 7 EV.

Colorado cast its 7 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Colorado voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1980 result in Colorado

Colorado backed Reagan (Republican) in the 1980 presidential election, casting 7 electoral votes for the ticket. Colorado ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Colorado backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Colorado did not move alone — neighboring Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah broke the same way in 1980. Across the 37 presidential elections Colorado has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (19 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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