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1980 Election Results

Ronald Wilson Reagan
George Herbert Walker Bush
Electoral Votes: 489
Pop. Vote: 43,898,770 (50.8%)

James Earl Carter, Jr.
Walter Frederick Mondale
Electoral Votes: 49
Pop. Vote: 35,480,948 (41.0%)

Total electoral votes: 538 (from 50 states and D.C.)
Majority needed to win: 270
Total popular vote: 85,496,851