1980 Republican Party presidential primaries
{{Short description|Selection of Republican US presidential candidate}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1980 Republican Party presidential primaries
| country = United States
| type = primary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1976 Republican Party presidential primaries
| previous_year = 1976
| next_election = 1984 Republican Party presidential primaries
| next_year = 1984
| election_date = January 21 to June 28, 1980
| votes_for_election = 1,990 delegates to the Republican National Convention
| needed_votes = 996 (majority)
| image1 = Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg
| candidate1 = Ronald Reagan
| color1 = E35e5e
| home_state1 = California
| delegate_count1 = 1,407
| states_carried1 = 42
| popular_vote1 = 7,709,793
| percentage1 = 59.79%
| image2 = George H. W. Bush official CIA portrait.jpg
| candidate2 = George H. W. Bush
| home_state2 = Texas
| colour2 = 4997D0
| delegate_count2 = 250
| states_carried2 = 9
| popular_vote2 = 3,070,033
| percentage2 = 23.81%
| image3 = John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg
| candidate3 = John B. Anderson
| colour3 = ffd42a
| home_state3 = Illinois
| delegate_count3 = 59
| states_carried3 = 0
| popular_vote3 = 1,572,174
| percentage3 = 12.19%
| map_caption = {{legend0|#E35e5e|Reagan}} {{legend0|#4997D0|Bush}} {{legend0|#808080|Uncommitted}}
| title = Republican nominee
| before_election = Gerald Ford
| after_election = Ronald Reagan
| map_image = {{switcher
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| First place by first-instance vote| default = 1
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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. This was the last Republican primary which featured the nominee choosing a fellow candidate as his running mate.
Background
As the 1980 presidential election approached, incumbent Democratic president Jimmy Carter appeared vulnerable. High gas prices, economic stagflation, a renewed Cold War with the Soviet Union following the invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iran hostage crisis that developed when Iranian students seized the American embassy in Tehran all contributed to a general dissatisfaction with Carter's presidency; his job approval rating sank to below 20 percent in late-1979 as a result. Consequently, the president faced stiff Democratic primary challenges from Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy and California Governor Jerry Brown. A large field of Republican challengers also emerged.
Candidates
=Nominee=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:200px;" colspan="3" |Candidate ! style="width:150px;" | Most recent office ! style="width:100px;" | Home state ! style="width:150px;" | Campaign ! style="width:100px;" | Popular vote ! style="width:150px;" | Contests won ! style="width:150px;" colspan="2" | Running mate |
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! style="background:linen;" scope="row" data-sort-="" |Ronald Reagan | style="min-width:80px;" |132x132px | style="background:#E35e5e;" | |Governor of California |File:Flag-map_of_California.svg | data-sort-value="0" |126x126px | data-sort-value="7,709,793" |7,709,793 | data-sort-value="42" |42 |
=Withdrew during primaries=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:200px;" colspan="3" |Candidate ! style="width:150px;" | Most recent office ! style="width:100px;" | Home state ! style="width:150px;" |Campaign Withdrawal date ! style="width:100px;" |Popular vote ! style="width:150px;" |Contests won |
| scope="row" data-sort-value="Bush" |George H. W. Bush
| style="background:#4997D0;" | |Director of Central Intelligence Agency | data-sort-value="05-03-2016" |152x152px | data-sort-value="7,822,100" |3,070,033 (23.81%) | data-sort-value="11" |9 {{nobr|CT, DC, DE, IA, ME, MA, MI, PA, PR}} |
|---|
| scope="row" data-sort-value="Anderson" |John Anderson
| style="background:#FFCC00;" | |U.S. Representative | data-sort-value="05-04-2016" |133x133px | data-sort-value="4,290,448" |1,572,174 (12.19%) | data-sort-value="1" |None |
| scope="row" data-sort-value="Crane" |Phil Crane
| style="background:#6500ea;" | |U.S. Representative | data-sort-value="03-04-2016" |136x136px | data-sort-value="857,039" |97,793 (0.76%) | data-sort-value="None" |None |
| scope="row" data-sort-value="Fernandez" |Ben Fernandez
| style="background:#cccccc;" | |Special Envoy to Paraguay |File:Flag-map_of_California.svg |87x87px | data-sort-value="96,788" |25,520 (0.20%) | data-sort-value="None" |None |
| scope="row" data-sort-value="Dole" |Bob Dole
| style="background:#ff6600;" | |U.S. Senator | data-sort-value="02-03-2016" |115x115px | data-sort-value="66,788" |7,204 (0.06%) | data-sort-value="None" |None |
| scope="row" data-sort-value="Connally" |John Connally
| style="background:#803300;" | |Secretary of the Treasury | data-sort-value="02-20-2016" |File:John Connally presidential campaign, 1980.png | data-sort-value="286,694 " |82,625 (0.64%) | data-sort-value="None" |None |
| scope="row" data-sort-value="Baker" |Howard Baker
| style="background:#008000;" | |U.S. Senator | data-sort-value="03-15-2016" |136x136px | data-sort-value="3,515,576" |181,153 (1.41%) | data-sort-value="3" |None |
| scope="row" data-sort-value="Stassen" |Harold Stassen
| style="background:#cccccc;" | |Director of the Foreign Operations Administration | data-sort-value="02-10-2016" |Withdrew: February 26 | data-sort-value="57,637" |25,425 (0.20%) | data-sort-value="None" |None |
=Withdrew before primaries=
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! style="width:200px;" colspan="3" |Candidate ! style="width:150px;" | Most recent office ! style="width:100px;" | Home state ! style="width:150px;" |Campaign Withdrawal date |
| scope="row" data-sort-value="Pressler" | Larry Pressler
| style="background:#23297A;" | |U.S. Senator |File:Flag-map_of_South_Dakota.svg |{{dts|1980|1|8}} |
|---|
| scope="row" data-sort-value="Pressler" | Lowell Weicker
| style="background:#cccccc;" | |U.S. Senator |File:Flag-map_of_Connecticut.svg |{{dts|1979|5|16}} |
=Declined to run=
=Speculated Candidates=
The following potential candidates were considered possible candidates to run for the Republican nomination in 1980 by the media, but never stated a preference for or against running.{{cite magazine|last1=Sidey|first1=Hugh|title=The Presidency: Roses with a Touch of Ragweed|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919701,00.html|magazine=Time|date=May 29, 1978}}{{cite magazine|title=Republicans: There's Life in the Old Party Yet|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,712300,00.html|magazine=time|date=November 15, 1976}}
- Frank Borman, former astronaut from Indiana and Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Air Lines
- Bill Brock, RNC Chairman of Tennessee; former Senator from Tennessee
- John Danforth, Senator from Missouri
- Pete du Pont, Governor of Delaware
- Spiro Agnew, former vice president of the United States
- John Heinz, Senator from Pennsylvania
- Charles Mathias, Senator from Maryland
- Charles Percy, Senator from Illinois
- William Ruckelshaus, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Polling
=National polling=
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!Poll source ! style="width:90px;" |Publication date !{{vert header|stp=1|John Anderson}} !{{vert header|stp=1|Howard Baker}} !{{vert header|stp=1|George Bush}} !{{vert header|stp=1|John Connally}} !{{vert header|stp=1|Bob Dole}} !{{vert header|stp=1|Gerald Ford}} !{{vert header|stp=1|Ronald Reagan}} !{{vert header|stp=1|Others}} |
| Gallup{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51805&ShowAllMUPoll=Y|title=US President – R Primaries|date=November 16, 2004|website=OurCampaigns.com|access-date=October 29, 2020}}
|Aug. 1977 |– |8% |– |– |– |20% | {{party shading/Republican}} |33% |3% |
| Gallup
|Apr. 1978 |– |11% |– |4% |4% | {{party shading/Republican}} |40% |30% |4% |
| Gallup
|July 1978 |– |9% |1% |5% |4% | {{party shading/Republican}} |37% |31% |5% |
| Gallup
|Dec. 1978 |1% |9% |1% |6% |1% |24% | {{party shading/Republican}} |40% |11%{{efn|Including 1% for Phil Crane.}} |
| Gallup
|Apr. 1979 |2% |8% |1% |12% |1% |26% | {{party shading/Republican}} |31% |11%{{efn|Including 2% for Phil Crane.}} |
| Gallup
|May 1979 |– |10% |– |8% |3% |27% | {{party shading/Republican}} |28% |– |
| Gallup
|June 1979 |0% |11% |0% |5% |0% |29% | {{party shading/Republican}} |37% |5% |
| Gallup
|July 1979 |3% |11% |1% |9% |2% |27% | {{party shading/Republican}} |32% |15%{{efn|Including 2% for Phil Crane.}} |
| Gallup
|Aug. 1979 |1% |10% |3% |8% |1% |21% | {{party shading/Republican}} |29% |16%{{efn|Including 1% each for Phil Crane, Benjamin Fernandez, and Harold Stassen.}} |
| Gallup
|Nov. 1979 |1% |14% |2% |10% |3% |22% | {{party shading/Republican}} |33% |15%{{efn|Including 1% each for Phil Crane, Benjamin Fernandez, and Harold Stassen.}} |
| Gallup
|Nov. 1979 |0% |11% |5% |8% |3% |24% | {{party shading/Republican}} |40% |— |
| Gallup
|Dec. 1979 |1% |9% |7% |10% |4% |18% | {{party shading/Republican}} |40% |10%{{efn|Including 1% each for Phil Crane, Benjamin Fernandez, and Harold Stassen.}} |
| Gallup
|Jan. 1980 |3% |9% |9% |9% |0% |27% | {{party shading/Republican}} |33% |— |
| Gallup
|Jan. 1980 |0% |6% |28% |7% |0% |18% | {{party shading/Republican}} |29% |— |
| Gallup
|Feb. 1980 |2% |6% |17% |4% |1% |32% | {{party shading/Republican}} |34% |3%{{efn|1% each for Phil Crane, Benjamin Fernandez, and Harold Stassen.}} |
| Gallup
|Feb. 1980 |3% |7% |16% |– |– |25% | {{party shading/Republican}} |44% |— |
{{notelist}}
Primary race
File:Reagan-Bush Nashua 1980 debate.jpg|The Nashua debate between Reagan and Bush
File:Republican Debate with Ronald Reagan, Philip Crane, George Bush and John Anderson with moderator Eric Sevareid in Chicago, Illinois (cropped).jpg|A Chicago debate with Crane, Bush, moderator Eric Sevareid, Reagan, and Anderson
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Ronald Reagan, who had narrowly lost the 1976 Republican nomination to President Gerald Ford, was the early odds-on favorite to win the nomination in 1980. He was so far ahead in the polls that campaign director John Sears decided on an "above the fray" strategy. He did not attend many of the multi-candidate forums and straw polls in the summer and fall of 1979. George H. W. Bush, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and chairman of the Republican National Committee, did go to all the "cattle calls", and began to come in first at a number of these events. Along with the top two, a number of other Republican politicians entered the race. In January 1980, the Iowa Republicans decided to have a straw poll as a part of their caucuses for that year. Bush defeated Reagan by a small margin. Bush declared he had "the Big Mo", and with Reagan boycotting the Puerto Rico primary in deference to New Hampshire, Bush won the territory easily, giving him an early lead going into New Hampshire.
With the other candidates in single digits, the Nashua Telegraph offered to host a debate between Reagan and Bush. Worried that a newspaper-sponsored debate might violate electoral regulations, Reagan subsequently arranged to fund the event with his own campaign money, inviting the other candidates to participate at short notice. The Bush camp did not learn of Reagan's decision to include the other candidates until the debate was due to commence. Bush refused to participate, which led to an impasse on the stage. As Reagan attempted to explain his decision, Jon Breen, the editor of the Nashua Telegraph and debate moderator, ordered a technician to mute Reagan's microphone. When the technician refused, Breen repeated his order. A visibly angry Reagan responded, "I am paying for this microphone, Mr. {{sic|Green}}!"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO2_49TycdE|title=Reagan's Nashua Moment|accessdate=11 February 2024|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cite magazine|title=Nation: We Were Sandbagged|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950323,00.html|magazine=Time|date=10 March 1980}}{{cite web|url=http://www.molloysoundandvideo.com/articles.html |title=Molloy Sound and Video Contractors: Articles (1/1/11) |publisher=Molloysoundandvideo.com |date=2000-02-10 |access-date=2011-01-22}} Eventually the other candidates agreed to leave, and the debate proceeded between Reagan and Bush. Reagan's quote was often repeated as "I paid for this microphone!" and dominated news coverage of the event; Reagan sailed to an easy win in New Hampshire.{{cite news|last1=Dunham|first1=Richard|title=New book tells inside story of pivotal Bush-Reagan debate in Nashua|url=http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2009/10/new-book-tells-inside-story-of-pivotal-bush-reagan-debate-in-nashua/|work=The Houston Chronicle|date=October 20, 2009}}
File:Reagan 1980 GOP.jpg in Detroit, Michigan, on July 17, 1980.]]
Lee Bandy, a writer for the South Carolina newspaper The State stated that heading into the South Carolina primary, political operative Lee Atwater worked to engineer a victory for Reagan: "Lee Atwater figured that Connally was their biggest threat here in South Carolina. So Lee leaked a story to me that John Connally was trying to buy the black vote. Well, that story got out, thanks to me, and it probably killed Connally. He spent $10 million for one delegate. Lee saved Ronald Reagan's candidacy."{{cite news|last1=Forbes|first1=Stefan|title=Transcript – Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/atwater/etc/script.html|work=PBS Frontline|date=2008}}
Reagan swept the South, and although he lost five more primaries to Bush—including the Massachusetts primary in which he came in third place behind John B. Anderson—the former governor had a lock on the nomination very early in the season. Reagan said he would always be grateful to the people of Iowa for giving him "the kick in the pants" he needed.
Reagan was an adherent to a policy known as supply-side economics, which argues that economic growth can be most effectively created using incentives for people to produce (supply) goods and services, such as adjusting income tax and capital gains tax rates. Accordingly, Reagan promised an economic revival that would benefit all sectors of the population. He said that cutting tax rates would actually increase tax revenues because the lower rates would cause people to work harder as they would be able to keep more of their money. Reagan also called for a drastic cut in "big government" and pledged to deliver a balanced budget for the first time since 1969. In the primaries, Bush called Reagan's economic policy "voodoo economics" because it promised to lower taxes and increase revenues at the same time.
Schedule and results
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! rowspan="4" |Date {{small|(daily totals)}} ! rowspan="4" |Contest ! rowspan="4" |Total pledged delegates |
| colspan="9" |Delegates won and popular vote{{Efn|This should not be taken as a finalized list of results. While a significant amount of research was done, there were a number of Delegates who were not bound by the instruction, or "Pledged" to a candidate, and to simplify the data these delegates were considered "Uncommitted". Some states also held primaries for the delegate positions, and these on occasion were where slates or candidates pledge to a certain candidate might be elected; however, as these elections allowed for a single person to vote for multiple candidates, as many as the number of positions being filled, it is difficult to determine how many people actually voted in these primaries. For this reason, while the results of some are in the table, they are not included in the popular vote summaries at the bottom of the table.|name=|group=}} |
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| style="width:65px;" |Ronald Reagan
! style="width:65px;" |George Bush ! style="width:65px;" |John Anderson ! style="width:65px;" |Phil Crane ! style="width:65px;" |Bob Dole ! style="width:65px;" |John Connally ! style="width:65px;" |Howard Baker ! style="width:65px;" |Others ! style="width:65px;" |Uncommitted |
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| January 21
!Iowa caucus{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=January 25, 1980 |title=BUSH WINS BY 2,182 VOTES |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/131580411 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Des Moines Register |location=Des Moines, Iowa|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !0 (of 38) | | style="background:#86bae0;" | | | | | | | – | |
| February 2
!12 (of 19) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 1 |
| February 16
!7 (of 19) | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |style="background:#808080;"| 4 |
| February 17
!Puerto Rico{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=February 4, 1980 |title=BUSH WINS ALL IN PUERTO RICO |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/628247462 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Miami Herald |location=Miami, Florida|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !14 (of 20) | – | style="background:#86bae0;" |14 | – | – | | | | | – |
| February 26
!New Hampshire{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=February 27, 1980 |title=BAKER TAKES SOLID 3D IN GOP CONTEST |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/428200015/ |url-status= |language=English |work=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !23 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |15 |5 | | | | |2 | | – |
| March 1
!2,902 {{abbr|CDs|county Delegates; these are delegates elected in the {{nowrap|county conventions}} across the who will later attend the {{nowrap|district conventions}}, where they will vote on the makeup of their Delegations to the convention, who will then vote on the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} |925 {{abbr|CDs|county Delegates; these are delegates elected in the {{nowrap|county conventions}} across the who will later attend the {{nowrap|district conventions}}, where they will vote on the makeup of their Delegations to the convention, who will then vote on the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} | style="background:#86bae0;" |1,150 {{abbr|CDs|county Delegates; these are delegates elected in the {{nowrap|county conventions}} across the who will later attend the {{nowrap|district conventions}}, where they will vote on the makeup of their Delegations to the convention, who will then vote on the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} |64 {{abbr|CDs|county Delegates; these are delegates elected in the {{nowrap|county conventions}} across the who will later attend the {{nowrap|district conventions}}, where they will vote on the makeup of their Delegations to the convention, who will then vote on the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} |91 {{abbr|CDs|county Delegates; these are delegates elected in the {{nowrap|county conventions}} across the who will later attend the {{nowrap|district conventions}}, where they will vote on the makeup of their Delegations to the convention, who will then vote on the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} |2 {{abbr|CDs|county Delegates; these are delegates elected in the {{nowrap|county conventions}} across the who will later attend the {{nowrap|district conventions}}, where they will vote on the makeup of their Delegations to the convention, who will then vote on the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} |127 {{abbr|CDs|county Delegates; these are delegates elected in the {{nowrap|county conventions}} across the who will later attend the {{nowrap|district conventions}}, where they will vote on the makeup of their Delegations to the convention, who will then vote on the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} |322 {{abbr|CDs|county Delegates; these are delegates elected in the {{nowrap|county conventions}} across the who will later attend the {{nowrap|district conventions}}, where they will vote on the makeup of their Delegations to the convention, who will then vote on the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} | – |221 {{abbr|CDs|county Delegates; these are delegates elected in the {{nowrap|county conventions}} across the who will later attend the {{nowrap|district conventions}}, where they will vote on the makeup of their Delegations to the convention, who will then vote on the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} (7.62%) |
| rowspan="2" | March 4
!Massachusetts{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 6, 1980 |title=VERMONT GOES TO REAGAN, MASSACHUSETTS TO BUSH |trans-title= |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/03/06/111226013.html?pageNumber=84 |url-status= |language=English |work=The New York Times |location=New York, New York|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !42 |13 | style="background:#86bae0;" |14 |13 | | | |2 | |{{nowrap|2,243 (0.56%)}} |
| Vermont{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 6, 1980 |title=STATE DELEGATE FIGHT HAS ALREADY BEGUN |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/659110252 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Times Argus |location=Barre, Vermont|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 65,611 !0 (of 19) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | | | | | – | | | | – |
| March 8
!South Carolina{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 9, 1980 |title=REAGAN WIN CRUSHES FIELD IN GOP VOTE |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/750549827 |url-status= |language=English |work=The |location=Columbia, South Carolina|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !25 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |25 | | – | – | | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | | – |
| rowspan="3" | March 11 (126)
!Alabama{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 17, 1980 |title=KENNEDY GETS 2 DELEGATES |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/794746100/ |url-status= |language=English |work=Birmingham Post-Herald |location=Birmingham, Alabama|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !27 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |18 |9 | – | | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | | – |
| Florida{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 12, 1980 |title=CARTER, REAGAN SWEEP SOUTH |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/628300811/ |url-status= |language=English |work=The Miami Herald |location=Miami, Florida|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 614,995 !51 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |51 | | | | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | | – |
| Georgia{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 12, 1980 |title=HERE'S DELEGATE BREAKDOWN OF CANDIDATE PREFERENCE |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/856947130 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Columbus Ledger |location=Columbus, Georgia|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 200,171 !36 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |36 | | | | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | | – |
| March 18
!Illinois{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 19, 1980 |title=ANDERSON LOSES HOME STATE |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/386953413 |url-status= |language=English |work=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 20, 1980 |title=ILLINOIS PRIMARY FINAL RESULTS |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/78028201 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |work=Southern Illinoisan |location=Carbondale, Illinois |language=English |via= |quote=}}{{Efn|There were two primaries in this state: a non-binding preference primary in which eligible voters cast ballots directly for a candidate and a delegate primary in which delegates to the National Convention were elected.|name=prefprimary}} !92 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |46 |2 |26 |4 | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | | – |
| rowspan="2" | March 25
!Connecticut{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 29, 1980 |title=REAGAN FELL JUST SHY OF DELEGATE MAJORITY |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/368997337 |url-status= |language=English |work=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !35 |14 | style="background:#86bae0;" |15 |6 | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | | |
| New York{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 26, 1980 |title=BUSH VICTORIOUS OVER REAGAN IN CONNECTICUT PRIMARY |trans-title= |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/03/26/112147038.html?pageNumber=36 |url-status= |language=English |work=New York Times |location=New York, New York|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=March 26, 1980 |title=SCORECARD OF DELEGATES |trans-title= |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/03/27/112147900.html?pageNumber=54 |url-status= |language=English |work=New York Times |location=New York, New York|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}}
!117 (of 123) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |72 | 6 | 1 | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | 38 |
| rowspan="2" | April 1
!Kansas{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=April 3, 1980 |title=STATE MOVES TO DELEGATE STEP |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/345743612 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Marysville Advocate |location=Marysville, Kansas|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !35 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |20 |4 |5 | | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | |{{nowrap|4,134{{efn|Includes 809 votes for Benjamin Fernandez and 200 votes for Harold Stassen.}} (1.45%)}} |{{nowrap|6,726 (2.36%)}} |
| Wisconsin{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=April 3, 1980 |title=STATE FINAL VOTE TOTALS |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/400927052 |url-status= |language=English |work=Wisconsin Journal |location=Madison, Wisconsin|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 907,853 !34 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |28 | |6 | | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | | |
| April 5
!Louisiana{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=April 7, 1980 |title=STATE VOTE TOTALS |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/540452460 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Daily Advertiser |location=Lafayette, Louisiana|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !29 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |29 | | – | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | | |
| April 17
!North Dakota{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=April 18, 1980 |title=REAGAN WINS NORTH DAKOTA |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/213336031 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Times |location=Shreveport, Louisiana|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 23, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !28 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 12 | 1 | – | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | 4 |
| rowspan="2" |April 19
!Maine{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=April 21, 1980 |title=BUSH CAPTURES MAINE DELEGATES |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/665642280 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Bangor Daily News |location=Bangor, Maine|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !21 | – | style="background:#86bae0;" | 17 | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | 4 |
| Minnesota{{Efn|Only two of eight districts held conventions on this date.|name=|group=}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=April 21, 1980 |title=REAGAN GAINS DELEGATES IN MISSOURI |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/225839823 |url-status= |language=English |work=St. Cloud Times |location=Saint Cloud, Minnesota|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 23, 2024 |via= |quote=}} {{nowrap|district conventions}} !6 (of 34) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |6 | – | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| April 20
!19 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 19 | – | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| rowspan="2" | April 22
!Pennsylvania{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=April 23, 1980 |title=KENNEDY, CARTER IN CLIFFHANGER; BUSH, FLAHERTY, SPECTER WINNERS |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/143018560/ |url-status= |language=English |work=The Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}}{{Efn|There were two primaries in this state: a non-binding preference primary in which eligible voters cast ballots directly for a candidate and a delegate primary in which delegates to the National Convention were elected.|name=prefprimary}} !76 (of 83) | | style="background:#86bae0;" | | | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | |style="background:#808080;"|76 {{Efn|It was generally felt that Reagan had won over the vast majority of those delegates elected, though legally they were uncommitted.}} | – |
| Vermont{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=April 23, 1980 |title=REPUBLICANS |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/659113017/ |url-status= |language=English |work=The Times Argus |location=Barre, Vermont|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 18, 2024 |via= |quote=}} caucuses !979 {{abbr|SDs| Delegates; these are delegates elected in the caucuses across the who will then vote the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}}{{Efn|Results only for 537 of the 979 Delegates were accounted for in the source.}} | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 318 {{abbr|SDs| Delegates; these are delegates elected in the caucuses across the who will then vote the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} |67 {{abbr|SDs| Delegates; these are delegates elected in the caucuses across the who will then vote the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} |13 {{abbr|SDs| Delegates; these are delegates elected in the caucuses across the who will then vote the makeup of the Delegation to the National convention.}} | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| rowspan="2" |April 26
!Minnesota{{Efn|Only one of eight districts held conventions on this date.|name=|group=}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=April 28, 1980 |title=REAGAN ADDS TO DELEGATE COUNT |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/225846750 |url-status= |language=English |work=St. Cloud Times |location=Saint Cloud, Minnesota|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 23, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !3 (of 34) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |3 | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Missouri{{Efn|Only five of ten districts held conventions on this date.|name=|group=}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=February 4, 1980 |title=REAGAN GAINS DELEGATES IN MISSOURI |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/677913085 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Kansas City Star |location=Kansas City, Missouri|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 23, 2024 |via= |quote=}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=February 4, 1980 |title=REAGAN GAINS DELEGATES IN MISSOURI |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/139176933 |url-status= |language=English |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis, Missouri|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 23, 2024 |via= |quote=}} {{nowrap|district conventions}} !15 (of 37) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |15 | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| rowspan="5" |May 3
!28 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 28 | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Minnesota{{Efn|Only five of eight districts held conventions on this date.|name=|group=}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=May 5, 1980 |title=BUSH WINS EIGHT DELEGATES |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/546047017 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Winona Daily News |location=Winona, Minnesota|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 23, 2024 |via= |quote=}} {{nowrap|district conventions}} !12 (of 34) | 4 | style="background:#86bae0;" |8 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Missouri{{Efn|Only five of ten districts held conventions on this date.|name=|group=}} {{nowrap|district conventions}} !15 (of 37) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |15 | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Oklahoma convention !28 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 28 | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Texas{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=May 5, 1980 |title=BUSH LIKELY TO FIND TIME RUNNING OUT |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/634956591 |url-status= |language=English |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=Fort Worth, Texas|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 526,769 !80 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |65 |15 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | – | |
| rowspan="4" | May 6
!Washington, D.C.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=May 7, 1980 |title=CARTER, REAGAN PAD LEADS WITH PRIMARY WINS |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/377497073/ |url-status= |language=English |work=The Baltimore Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}}{{Efn|There were two primaries in this state: a non-binding preference primary in which eligible voters cast ballots directly for a candidate and a delegate primary in which delegates to the National Convention were elected.|name=prefprimary}} !14 | – | style="background:#86bae0;" |14 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | | – |
| Indiana 568,313 !56 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |56 | |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| North Carolina{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=May 7, 1980 |title=CARTER, REAGAN HOLD THREE-QUARTERS OF NEEDED DELEGATES |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/917005695 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Roanoke Times |location=Roanoke, Virginia|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 168,391 !40 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |30 |10 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | – | |
| Tennessee 195,210 !32 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |24 |8 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | | |
| May 10
!19 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 16 | – |style="background:lightgrey;" | – | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | – | 3 |
| rowspan="2" | May 13
! Maryland{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=May 14, 1980 |title=CARTER, REAGAN WIN EASILY |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/371929078 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Evening Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !30 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |15 | style="background:#86bae0;" |15 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | – | – |
| Nebraska 205,203 !25 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |25 | |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | | – |
| May 17
!14 | – | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – |style="background:#808080;"|14 |
| rowspan="2" | May 20 (116) !Michigan{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=May 22, 1980 |title=BUSH STRUGGLES TO CASH IN ON MICHIGAN WIN |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/98651566 |url-status= |language=English |work=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !82 |29 | style="background:#86bae0;" |53 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | | |
| Oregon 315,366 !29 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |18 |11 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | | – |
| May 17
! 12 (of 21) | 4 | style="background:#86bae0;" | 6 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | 2 |
| May 25
!19 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 16 | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | 3 |
| rowspan="3" | May 27
!Idaho{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=May 29, 1980 |title=FINAL RETURNS |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/395092023/ |url-status= |language=English |work=The Times-News |location=Twin Falls, Idaho|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !17 (of 21) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |15 |style="background:lightgrey;" | |style="background:lightgrey;" |2 | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | |
| Kentucky{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=May 28, 1980 |title=CARTER |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1014463739/ |url-status= |language=English |work=The Journal |location=Frankfort, Kentucky|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 94,795 !27 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |27 |style="background:lightgrey;" | |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | | |
| Nevada{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=May 28, 1980 |title=CARTER IS ONLY 86 DELEGATES SHY OF GOAL |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/784639273 |url-status= |language=English |work=Merced Sun-Star |location=Merced, California|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 47,395 !17 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |14 | style="background:lightgrey;" |1 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – |2 |
| May 30
!10 (of 34) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 10 | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| rowspan="2" | May 31
!Colorado{{Efn|Only one of five districts held conventions on this date.|name=|group=}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 2, 1980 |title=REAGAN, CARTER WIN STATE POLLS |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/537615971 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Daily Sentinel |location=Grand Junction, Colorado|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 24, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !3 (of 31) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |3 | style="background:lightgrey;" | – | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Missouri{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 1, 1980 |title=U.S. MUST BE STRONG, REAGAN SAYS HERE |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/139628616/ |url-status= |language=English |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis, Missouri|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 23, 2024 |via= |quote=}} convention !7 (of 37) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |7 |style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| rowspan="9" | June 3 (408) !California{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 4, 1980 |title=CAPSULE LOOK AT RESULTS OF 9-STATE PRESIDENTIAL RACE |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/736315904 |url-status= |language=English |work=Oakland Tribune |location=Oakland, California|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !168 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |168 |style="background:lightgrey;" | |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | | – |
| Mississippi{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 4, 1980 |title=CAPSULE LOOK AT RESULTS OF 9-STATE PRESIDENTIAL RACE |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/262825616 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Greenwood Commonwealth |location=Greenwood, Mississippi|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 25,751 !22 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |22 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | |
| Montana 79,473 !0 (of 20) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| New Jersey{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 5, 1980 |title=TED'S FORCES HAIL JERSEY VOTE MARGIN |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/912606329 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Jersey Journal |location=Jersey City, New Jersey|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}}{{Efn|There were two primaries in this state: a non-binding preference primary in which eligible voters cast ballots directly for a candidate and a delegate primary in which delegates to the National Convention were elected.|name=prefprimary}} 277,977 (79,473) !66 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |63 |style="background:lightgrey;" |2 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– |1 | – |
| New Mexico{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 4, 1980 |title=KENNEDY BACKERS IN N.M. JUBILANT |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/784631752 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Albuquerque Tribune |location=Albuquerque, New Mexico|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 59,546 !22 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |22 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" | | | |
| Ohio{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 4, 1980 |title=CARTER WINS OHIO DESPITE STRONG SHOWING BY KENNEDY |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/764140061 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Cincinnati Post |location=Cincinnati, Ohio|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 856,773 !77 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |77 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Rhode Island 5,335 !13 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |12 |style="background:lightgrey;" |1 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | | |
| South Dakota{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 4, 1980 |title=NOVEMBER IN SIGHT |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/95063060 |url-status= |language=English |work=Lead Daily Call |location=Lead, South Dakota|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} 82,905 !22 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |22 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | | |
| West Virginia{{Efn|There were two primaries in this state: a non-binding preference primary in which eligible voters cast ballots directly for a candidate and a delegate primary in which delegates to the National Convention were elected.|name=prefprimary}} 138,016 !18 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |15 |style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | |3 |
| rowspan="2" |June 6 (67) !Iowa{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 7, 1980 |title=DEAL FALTERS, GOP DELEGATES SPLIT |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/549926711/ |url-status= |language=English |work=The Gazette |location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 8, 1980 |title=GOV. RAY TO HEAD DELEGATION TO DETROIT |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/549926894/ |url-status= |language=English |work=The Gazette |location=Cedar Rapids, Iowa|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 20, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !30 (of 37) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 17 | style="background:lightgrey;" |13 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Washington{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 29, 1980 |title=REAGAN: 34 DELEGATES |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/571190850 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 23, 2024 |via= |quote=}} convention !37 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 34 | style="background:lightgrey;" |1 | style="background:lightgrey;" |1 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | 1 |
| rowspan="2" |June 7
!Colorado{{Efn|The results four {{nowrap|district conventions}} are included, their exact dates not being found.|name=|group=}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 8, 1980 |title=STATE DELEGATES BACK REAGAN BUT UNDECIDED ON RUNNING MATE |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/537844775 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Daily Sentinel |location=Grand Junction, Colorado|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 24, 2024 |via= |quote=}} !28 (of 31) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" |28 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Iowa convention !7 (of 30) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 4 | style="background:lightgrey;" |3 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| June 8
!20 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 20 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| rowspan="2" |June 28
!4 (of 21) | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 4 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Utah{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=June 29, 1980 |title=GOP NOMINATES WRIGHT TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/612903788 |url-status= |language=English |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah|archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 23, 2024 |via= |quote=}} convention !21 | style="background:#ee9f9f;" | 21 | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | style="background:lightgrey;" |– | – | – |
| Totals
! colspan="2" | 1,990 ! 1,407 ! 250 ! 59 ! 4 ! 0 ! 1 ! 8 ! 0 ! 156 |
The Republican National Convention was held in Detroit, Michigan, from July 14 to 17, 1980.
Endorsements
{{main|Endorsements in the 1980 Republican Party presidential primaries}}
See also
{{Portal|1980s|United States|Politics}}
Notes
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References
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