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Mondale criticized Reagan's supply-side economics and budget deficits. He called for the reduction of U.S. public debt, a nuclear freeze, and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Reagan won re-election in a landslide victory, carrying 525 electoral votes, 49 states, and 58.8% of the popular vote.
However, the economy "picking up" had resulted in an increase in his approval ratings, and as the election progressed, Reagan opened a large lead over Mondale in the opinion polls. [58] According to a poll conducted by The New York Times in September 1984, 54 percent of the voters preferred Reagan over 33 percent for Mondale. It also found that ...
Reagan ran with incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, while Mondale's running mate was Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro of New York. On election day, Reagan won 51.22% of the vote in the state to Mondale's 48.43%, a margin of 2.79%. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960.
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 ...
The 1984 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia , were part of the 1984 United States presidential election . Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
The State of Washington was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbent Vice President and former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of ...
1984 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [5] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican: Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 2,584,323 53.34%: 25: Democratic: Walter Mondale: 2,228,131 45.99% 0 Consumer Sonia Johnson: 21,628 0.45% 0 Libertarian: David Bergland: 6,982 0.14% 0 Workers' League: Edward Winn: 2,059 0.04% 0 ...
The 1984 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia , were part of the 1984 United States presidential election . Texas voters chose 29 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president of the United States.