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1980 PPP Election

Presidential Preference Primary, March 11, 1980

Total Registered Voters 140,967
Total Ballots Cast 59,402 42.14%

 

DEMOCRATIC

Democratic Registered Voters 81,582
Democratic Ballots Cast 31,803 38.98%

 

President

For President

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. 1,688 5.31%
Jimmy Carter 19,797 62.25%
Richard B. Kay 536 1.69%
Edward M. Kennedy 6,428 20.21%
No Preference 3,354 10.55%

 

Party Officials

Precinct Committeeman, Precinct 50

Michael Davich 18 9.78%
R. J. Moulton 95 51.63%
Woodrow Wilson Storey 71 38.59%

 

Precinct Committeeman, Precinct 75

Richard E. Dixon 92 42.01%
Edward J. Poling 73 33.33%
Count Thomas 54 24.66%

 

Precinct Committeewoman, Precinct 84

Margaret O. Ferguson 142 55.91%
Joan Haas Townsend 112 44.09%

 

REPUBLICAN

Republican Registered Voters 50,051
Republican Ballots Cast 25,519 50.99%

 

President

For President

John B. Anderson 1,571 6.16%
Howard H. Baker, Jr. 367 1.44%
George Bush 8,102 31.75%
John B. Connally 236 0.92%
Phil Crane 509 1.99%
Robert Dole 51 0.20%
Benjamin Fernandez 29 0.11%
Ronald Reagan 14,606 57.24%
Harold E. Stassen 48 0.19%

 

Party Officials

State Committeeman

Malcolm E. Mc Louth 9,410 57.18%
J. P. "Jack" Verity 7,046 42.82%

 

State Committeewoman

Phyllis Dresser 9,262 52.86%
Joanne H. Schmidt 8,261 47.14%

 

Precinct Committeeman, Precinct 25

Howard E. Futch 159 45.04%
Don Riordan 194 54.96%

 

Precinct Committeeman, Precinct 78

Jerry Hall 61 38.61%
B. B. Nelson 97 61.39%

 

NONPARTISAN

Constitutional Amendments

Amendment 1 - Homestead Exemption

For Amendment 1 35,877 67.65%
Against Amendment 1 17,153 32.35%

 

Amendment 2 - Jurisdiction of Supreme Court

For Amendment 2 33,712 69.04%
Against Amendment 2 15,117 30.96%