1980
85,496,851 Total Votes. 52.6% of Eligible Voters.
| Candidate | Party | Popular Vote | Electoral College | Percent |
| Ronald Reagan (CA) George Bush (TX) |
Republican | 43,901,812 | 489 | 50.8% |
| Jimmy Carter (GA) Walter Mondale (MN) |
Democrat | 35,483,820 | 49 | 41.0% |
| John Anderson (IL) | Independent | 5,719,437 | 0 | 6.6% |
| Ed Clark (CA) | Libertarian | 921,299 | 0 | 1.1% |
National Conventions
Republican: Detroit, MI 7/14/80
Democrat: New York, NY 8/11/80
Ronald Reagan (R): 489 Jimmy Carter (D): 49
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1984
"It's morning again in America"
92,641,042 Total Votes. 53.1% of Eligible Voters.
| Candidate | Party | Popular Vote | Electoral College | Percent |
| Ronald Reagan (CA) George Bush (TX) |
Republican | 54,455,000 | 525 | |
| Walter Mondale (MN) Geraldine Ferraro (NY) |
Democrat | 37,577,000 | 13 | 40.5% |
| David Berland (CA) | Libertarian | 228,314 | 0 | |
| Lyndon LaRouche (VA) | Independent | 78,807 | 0 |
National Conventions
Republican: Dallas, TX 8/20/84
Democrat: San Francisco, CA 7/16/84
Ronald Reagan (R): 525 Walter Mondale (D): 13
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1988
"Read My Lips, No New Taxes"
TOTAL: 91,594,136 Total Votes. 50.1% of Eligible Voters.
| Candidate | Party | Popular Vote | Electoral College | Percent |
| George H.W. Bush (TX) James Danforth Quayle (IN) |
Republican | 426 | ||
| Michael Dukakis (MA) Lloyd Bentson (MN) |
Democrat | 111 | ||
| Lloyd Bentson (MN)** Michael Dukakis (MA) |
Democrat | 1 | ||
| Ron Paul (TX) | Libertarian | 431,616 | 0 | |
| Lenore Fulani (NY) | New Alliance | 217,200 | 0 | |
| David Duke (LA) | Populist | 46,910 | 0 | |
| Eugene McCarthy (MN) | Consumer | 30,903 | 0 |
**One elector from West Virginia voted for Lloyd Bentsen for President and Michael Dukakis for Vice President.
National Conventions:
Republican: New Orleans, LA 08/15/1988
Democrat: Atlanta, GA 07/18/1988
George Bush (R): 426 Michael Dukakis (D): 111 Lloyd Bentson (D): 1
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