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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.
Mondale benefited from a strong first debate (where the 73-year-old Reagan seemed slow), but the Reagan-Bush ticket had a resounding election victory. Reagan again cast himself as the candidate of optimism, taking credit for an improved economy and an increase in national pride after the social upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s.
Poll source Date(s) administered Ronald Reagan (R) Jimmy Carter (D) John Anderson (I) Other Undecided Margin Gallup [1]: March 31 – April 3, 1978 46%
NBC News projected Reagan as the winner at 8:15 pm EST (5:15 PST), before voting was finished in the West, based on exit polls; it was the first time a broadcast network used exit polling to project a winner, and it took the other broadcast networks by surprise. Carter conceded defeat at 9:50 pm EST.
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 ...
In October 1984, shortly before the election, Mondale attempted to focus on trying to win Reagan's home state of California. That effort included spending over $3 million on television advertising there and flying Mondale in for a rally shortly thereafter. That was part of his strategy to try to win at least one big Sun Belt state. [22]
In the general election, he only carried a total of 13 electoral votes, the other 10 coming from his home state of Minnesota. The incumbent Ronald Reagan won re-election in 1984, carrying 49 U.S. states. Mondale's victory in the District of Columbia was the largest out of any location and was one of only two electoral jurisdictions to swing ...
Ronald Reagan (R) 525: Walter Mondale (D) 13: 1984 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Reagan, blue denotes states won by Mondale. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Republican hold: Seats contested: 33 of 100 seats: Net seat change: Democratic +2: 1984 Senate results