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.

Candidates
Republican Party
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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

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Democratic Party
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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
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References

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