|
1980 United States presidential straw poll in Guam
The 1980 United States presidential straw poll in Guam was the first presidential straw poll held in Guam on November 4, 1980.[1] Guam is a territory and not a state. Thus, it is ineligible to elect members of the Electoral College, who would then in turn cast direct electoral votes for president and for vice president.[2] To draw attention to this fact, the territory conducts a non-binding presidential straw poll during the general election as if they did elect members to the Electoral College.[3] Democratic Party nominee and incumbent president Jimmy Carter won the poll with over 55% of the vote. ResultsThough the votes of Guam citizens do not count in the November general election, the territory nonetheless conducts a presidential straw poll to gauge islanders' preference for president every election year. The poll has been held in Guam during every presidential election since 1980.[1] The voters had the option between four candidates, then Democratic incumbent president Jimmy Carter, Republican Ronald Reagan, former-Republican challenger to Ronald Reagan independent candidate John B. Anderson and libertarian candidate Edward Clark. The election had 97.3% valid votes, with 2.7% of them being invalid.[4] The votes overwhelmingly favored Jimmy Carter, with Ronald Reagan coming second.
See also
References
Information related to 1980 United States presidential straw poll in Guam |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.jpg)
