The relationship between authoritarianism and various sociopolitical attitudes and choices has been investigated repeatedly during past presidential campaigns. The supporters of the most conservative and most liberal of the candidates differ correspondingly in F scale scores. In 1980 the similarity among the three major candidates seemed great enough to blur this usual effect. Among 119 undergraduates, analysis of variance indicated that the supporters of Ronald Reagan were significantly (p <.0001) higher in authoritarianism than were supporters of Jimmy Carter or John Anderson. Similarly, among 95 undergraduates, supporters of Alfonse D’Amato in the New York senatorial race were significantly (p <.005) more authoritarian than supporters of Elizabeth Holtzman and Jacob Javits. Thus, as in previous years, the perceived liberal-conservative variations among candidates were differentially attractive to equalitarian-authoritarian variations among voters.