1984 United States presidential election

The **1984 United States presidential election** happened on November 6, 1984. Ronald Reagan, the incumbent president and Republican candidate, won the election. He defeated Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate, who was the vice president of Jimmy Carter.

During the debates, Mondale criticized Ronald Reagan's idea (called Strategic Defense Initiative) to build a missile defense system and also criticized him for making the government borrow too much money.

The bad economy of 1982 ended, and the economy recovered very quickly.  During the election, the economy was the greatest it had been in many years.  Ronald Reagan called it "Morning In America".

Ronald Reagan won the election by a huge landslide (winning 49 out of 50 states).

This election received the highest electoral votes towards any presidential nominee in American history. It is the lowest electoral vote for a Democratic nominee and the highest for a Republican to date.

### Republican Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#CE2029; width:200px;"|Ronald Reagan|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#CE2029; width:200px;"|George H. W. Bush|
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- Ronald Reagan, President of the United States from California
- Harold Stassen, former governor of Minnesota
- Ben Fernandez, former Special Ambassador to Paraguay from California

### Democratic Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|Walter Mondale|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|Geraldine Ferraro|
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|colspan="29" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1984 Democratic Party Ticket**</big>|||
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- Walter Mondale, former U.S. vice president and former U.S. senator from Minnesota
- Gary Hart, U.S. senator from Colorado
- Jesse Jackson, reverend and civil rights activist from Illinois
- John Glenn, U.S. senator from Ohio
- George McGovern, former U.S. senator and 1972 Democratic nominee from South Dakota
- Reubin Askew, former Governor of Florida
- Joe Biden, U.S. senator from Delaware
- Alan Cranston, U.S. senator from California
- Ernest Hollings, U.S. senator from South Carolina

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1984 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **flag year**: 1750
- **type**: presidential
- **previous election**: 1980 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1980
- **election date**: November 6, 1984
- **next election**: 1988 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1988
- **votes for election**: 538 members of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 270 electoral
- **turnout**: 53.3%  0.7 percentage point, pp
- **image size**: 200x200px
- **image1**: Ronald Reagan presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
- **nominee1**: **Ronald Reagan**
- **party1**: Republican Party (United States)
- **home state1**: California
- **running mate1**: **George H. W. Bush**
- **electoral vote1**: **525**
- **states carried1**: **49**
- **popular vote1**: **54,455,472**
- **percentage1**: ****
- **image2**: Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
- **nominee2**: Walter Mondale
- **party2**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state2**: Minnesota
- **running mate2**: Geraldine Ferraro
- **electoral vote2**: 13
- **states carried2**: 1 + 1984 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, DC
- **popular vote2**: 37,577,352
- **map size**: 350px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:red;">Red</span> denotes states won by Reagan/Bush and <span style="color:blue;">blue</span> denotes those won by Mondale/Ferraro. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state and the District of Columbia.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Ronald Reagan
- **before party**: Republican Party (United States)
- **after election**: Ronald Reagan
- **after party**: Republican Party (United States)