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From January 21 to June 3, 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.
The 1980 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and the District of Columbia participated in the 1980 United States presidential election . Voters chose 21 electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Since its admission to statehood in 1837, Michigan has participated in every U.S. presidential election, although they did participate in the 1836 election and receive electoral votes. Michigan is tied with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin for the longest active streak of voting for the winning candidate, last voting for a losing candidate in 2004 ...
Find the latest election results from around Michigan for the Republican and Democratic presidential primary, plus metro Detroit ballot proposals.
May 20 – In the Republican Party presidential primary in Michigan, George H. W. Bush, with backing from Gov. William Milliken, defeated Ronald Reagan by a margin of 57% to 32%. [132] May 21 – Three Detroit police officers were demoted for their roles in the January 17 arrest and strip search of Mayor Coleman Young's two sisters and niece ...
Polling locations throughout Michigan closed at 8 p.m. local time Tuesday in the state's presidential primary election.. Voters cast ballots in the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries ...
The results from Michigan's primary balloting offer lots of clues as to where the fall campaign ― and this swing state's voters ― may be headed. ... 12.5% in the Republican primary) to garner ...
George H. W. Bush from Texas posed the strongest challenge to Reagan with his victories in the Pennsylvania and Michigan primaries, but it was not enough to turn the tide. Reagan won the nomination on the first round at the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan, in July, then chose Bush (his top rival) as his running mate ...