1984 United States presidential election
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This election was a contest between Democrat Walter Mondale (the vice president of Jimmy Carter) and Republican Ronald Reagan (the president at the time).
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.[2] It is the lowest electoral vote for a Democratic nominee and the highest for a Republican to date.[2]
Candidates[change | change source]
Republican Party[change | change source]
- Ronald Reagan, President of the United States from California
- Harold Stassen, former governor of Minnesota
- Ben Fernandez, former Special Ambassador to Paraguay from California
Candidates gallery[change | change source]
Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
Democratic Party[change | change source]
- 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 [3]
- 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
Candidates gallery[change | change source]
Former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota
Senator Gary Hart of Colorado
Reverend Jesse Jackson of Illinois
Senator John Glenn of Ohio
Former Senator George McGovern of South Dakota[3]
Senator Alan Cranston of California
Senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina
Former Governor Reubin Askew of Florida
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Election of 1984". Boundless.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "1984 PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH OF GEORGE McGOVERN".