Ronald Reagan (R) 38%. 311
Jimmy Carter (D) 36%, 227
John Anderson (I) 26%
States with Anderson in Second: Alaska, Arizona, D.C., Idaho, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming
States with Carter in Third: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Carter, Vermont, Wyoming
States with Reagan in Third: D.C., Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Reagan is hurt by Anderson significantly, but not enough to loose what is still a tough loss for Carter. Anderson wins a strange coalition of New England Republicans who are not as conservative as Reagan and Western Democrats unhappy with Carter.
