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Reagan also benefited from a near-total collapse in the third-party vote, which dropped to just 0.67% of the popular vote, its lowest level since 1964, with Bergland's campaign alone counting for over a third of this number, and none of the other third-party candidates exceeding 0.1% of the popular vote. Reagan, who won 63% of white evangelical ...
Reagan authorized the formation of his 1984 campaign committee, Reagan-Bush '84, on October 17, 1983. [1] [2] He made the formal announcement of his candidacy for reelection on January 29, 1984. [3] On August 23, he secured the nomination of the Republican Party at its convention in Dallas, Texas. [4] The convention nominated Bush as his ...
The author of The Butterfly and the Flame Dana De Young, references that 1984 as an influence on her writings. In addition to being dystopian literature, The Butterfly and the Flame features several subtle homages to Orwell's work. One of the main characters, Julia La Rouche, was named after Julia in 1984. Aaron and Emily La Rouche stay in a ...
November 6 – 1984 United States presidential election: Ronald Reagan defeats Walter F. Mondale with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since Richard Nixon's 61% victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states in the electoral college ; Mondale wins only his home state of Minnesota by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the District of Columbia .
While discussing the differing literature education requirements by country, Argy brought up the dystopian classic 1984 by George Orwell. “So I guess, probably, no one in America gets to read ...
A long time has passed and so much has changed, all with roots 38 years deep. A monster was set loose and “it changed the world,” Coats said. “I’m not sure it changed it for the better.”
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. This article is about the year 1984. For the novel, see Nineteen Eighty-Four. For other uses, see 1984 (disambiguation). "MCMLXXXIV" redirects here. For the album, see MCMLXXXIV (album). 1984 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise ...
The most famous – and arguably the best – Super Bowl ad in history, the Apple “1984” ad, was nearly killed by the company for whom it was made. ... So the agency and Jobs worked together ...