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As Reagan won all 49 other states in 1984, this established Minnesota's status as the state with the longest streak of voting Democratic. As of 2025, it still has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Richard Nixon carried it when he was re-elected in 1972 , though this remains the closest that a Republican presidential ...
He lost Minnesota in both this election and in 1980, making it the only state he failed to win in either election. The election was the most recent in which the Republican candidate won every state in the Northeastern , Southern , and Pacific regions of the United States, and won at least one county in every state. [ 177 ]
Reagan carried every state except for Washington, D.C., and Mondale's home state of Minnesota; won 58.8 percent of the popular vote; and defeated Mondale by a popular vote margin of eighteen points. Reagan remains the only presidential candidate since Richard Nixon in 1972 to win at least 55 percent of the popular vote and win by a margin ...
By the end of his first term, the economy had come “roaring back,” Inboden said. Inflation dropped from a high of 13.5% in 1980 to 4.6% come the 1984 election.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Minnesota, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1858, Minnesota has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a scathing assessment of the modern Republican Party in an upcoming biography, saying the “MAGA movement is completely wrong” and that Ronald ...
Ronald Reagan once served as a pole star for the Republican Party. How far has the current party departed from its longtime icon? One measure can be found in the inaugural address Reagan delivered ...
[6] [7] Reagan's reelection was confirmed by the Electoral College on December 17 [8] and certified by the joint session of the U.S. Congress on January 7, 1985. [9] At 73 years old, Reagan was then the oldest incumbent president to win a presidential election. He was inaugurated for his second term on January 20, 1985.