Electoral Votes Needed to Win: 270
My party abbreviation guide is here.
Ronald Wilson Reagan (R) – 43,903,230 – 50.75% (489 electoral votes)
– George Herbert Walker Bush (R) (489 electoral votes)
James Earl Carter, Jr. (D-inc) – 35,480,115 – 41.01% (49 electoral votes)
– Walter Frederick Mondale (D-inc) (49 electoral votes)
John Bayard Anderson (I) – 5,719,850 – 6.61%
– Patrick Joseph Lucey (I)
Ed Clark (L) – 921,128 – 1.06%
– David H. Koch (L)
Barry Commoner (Citizens) – 233,052 – 0.27%
– La Donna Harris (Citizens)
Gus Hall (Comm.) – 44,933 – 0.05%
– Angela Davis (Comm.)
John Rarick (AI) – 40,906 – 0.05%
– Eileen Shearer (AI)
Clifton DeBerry (SW) – 38,738 – 0.04%
– Matilde Zimmermann (SW)
Ellen McCormack (RtL) – 32,320 – 0.04%
– Carroll Driscoll (RtL)
Maureen Smith (PF) – 18,116 – 0.02%
– Elizabeth Barron (PF)
Other – 77,290 – 0.09%
Total Votes – 86,509,678 – 100.00% (538 electoral votes)