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Parents > United States > Rhode Island > President
Parent RaceUS President National Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1980 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 1980 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 1980 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1981 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1985 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedRBH March 06, 2021 07:01pm
Data Sources
Description The 37 "other" write-in votes went to Edward Kennedy (6), Edmund Muskie (6), LaDonna Harris (4), Eugene McCarthy (4), and Morris Udall (2).

and 1 vote each for: John Anderson, Howard Baker, Susan Bonthony, Daniel W. Campagna, John Chafee, Robert Coursinlli, Walter Cronkite, Robert Crane, J. Joseph Garrahy, M. Hubburt, Roger McBride, Richard Nixon, Charles Percy, Tony Ricci, Henry Sketow
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/1976
NameJimmy Carter Votes227,636 (55.36%)
Term01/20/1977 - 01/20/1981 Margin46,387 (+11.28%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/06/1984
NameRonald Reagan Votes212,080 (51.66%)
Term01/20/1985 - 01/20/1989 Margin14,974 (+3.65%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 03, 1980 RI US President - R Primary
Ronald Reagan
R 5,335
Jun 03, 1980 RI US President - D Primary
Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy
D 38,327

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Name (I) President Jimmy Carter Gov. Ronald Reagan Chairman John B. Anderson Edward E. "Ed" Clark General Secretary Gus Hall David McReynolds Clifton DeBerry
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Libertarian Communist Socialist Socialist Workers
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Certified Votes 198,342 (47.67%) 154,793 (37.20%) 59,819 (14.38%) 2,458 (0.59%) 218 (0.05%) 170 (0.04%) 90 (0.02%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -43,549 (-10.47%) -138,523 (-33.29%) -195,884 (-47.08%) -198,124 (-47.62%) -198,172 (-47.63%) -198,252 (-47.65%)
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Name Deirdre Griswold (W) Barry Commoner (W) Others (W) Ellen McCormack  
PartyWorkers World Independent Independent Independent  
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Certified Votes 77 (0.02%) 67 (0.02%) 37 (0.01%) 1 (0.00%)  
Margin-198,265 (-47.65%) -198,275 (-47.65%) -198,305 (-47.66%) -198,341 (-47.67%)  
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