Video: 'United States Election Night Coverage from 1928-present' (1980 election night coverage on clips 109-119)

(Tuesday, November 4, 1980, during the 1980 United States presidential election) — Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California, a Republican, was elected as the 40th President of the United States today, defeating incumbent President Jimmy Carter of Georgia, a Democrat.

Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1980'

Reagan and his running mate, former CIA Director George H.W. Bush of Texas, won 50.75 percent of the popular vote, resulting in 489 electoral votes.

Video: 'The Eighties - NBC 1980's Retrospective (1989)' (Reagan elected at 14:17)

Carter and his running mate, incumbent Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota, received 41.01 percent of the popular vote, resulting in 49 electoral votes.

Video: 'Television & the Presidency Part 12' (Nov. 4, 1980, at 5:40)

U.S. Representative John B. Anderson of Illinois, a Republican, and his running mate, former Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey, a Democrat, ran as independents and received 6.61 percent of the popular vote (but no electoral votes).

Video: 'ABC News: Images of the 80's 12/26/89' (Reagan elected at 4:37)

Reagan and Bush would be sworn in for a four-year term of office on January 20, 1981.