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Minnesota was the only state not to back Reagan in either of his two presidential campaigns. Although Mondale won only twenty of the state's 87 counties – making Reagan the only presidential nominee to win a majority of counties in every state – his large majorities in the heavily unionized Iron Range of the northeast overbalanced Reagan's ...
Reagan touted a strong economic recovery from the 1970s stagflation and the 1981–1982 recession, and the widespread perception that his presidency had overseen a revival of national confidence and prestige. [2] At 73, Reagan was the oldest person to be nominated by a major party for president, a record that stood until 2020. The Reagan ...
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 ...
Despite Carter's win in Minnesota, Reagan became the first Republican to carry Mahnomen County since Warren G. Harding in 1920. [7] Nationally, Reagan won the election with 489 electoral votes and 50.75% of the popular vote.
In 1984, Ronald Reagan coasted to a landslide victory. While the polls projected a comfortable Reagan win, the signs were already present in the zeitgeist.
ST. CLOUD — Monday, just one day before Minnesota votes in the presidential nominating primaries, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed he won the state’s vote in the 2020 general ...
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.
Trump headlined the state's GOP party Lincoln Reagan fundraising dinner Friday night in St. Paul. The former president has been outspoken over the past few weeks that he is vying to win Minnesota ...