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Reagan carried Texas by a landslide margin of 27.5%; his 63.61% vote share made it his thirteenth-best state, and his second-best amongst states of the Old Confederacy, states that had voted for Carter in 1976, and states with at least 10 electoral votes (in each case, after Florida).
President Reagan and Vice President Bush at the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas. Reagan-Bush '84, under the leadership of Ed Rollins, was organized on October 17, 1983. [9] Reagan delayed his campaign announcement as not running would make him a lame duck whereas running would make everything he did be viewed as part of his ...
Reagan then had a string of impressive victories, including Texas, where he won all delegates at stake in its first binding primary. Four other delegates chosen at the Texas state convention went to Reagan and the state shut out its U.S. senator, John G. Tower, who had been named to manage the Ford campaign on the convention floor. Ford bounced ...
The choice of Dallas was finalized on June 18, 1982, by a voice vote of the Republican National Committee. Dallas Mayor Jack Wilson Evans pledged that the Dallas Convention Center would be a sufficient venue and that the Dallas-Fort Worth area would be able to provide 29,000 hotel rooms for the convention. [5]
Trump, 78, had swept all seven battleground states and won the Electoral College by 312 to 226. That’s the largest victory since 2012 when then-incumbent President Barack Obama notched 332 to 206.
Home state Popular vote Electoral vote Running mate Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote Ronald Reagan: Republican: California: 2,510,705 55.28% 26 George H. W. Bush: Connecticut: 26 Jimmy Carter (incumbent) Democrat: Georgia: 1,881,147 41.42% 0 Walter Mondale (incumbent) Minnesota: 0 John B. Anderson ...
For example, while Republican President Ronald Reagan won a nationwide landslide in 1984, states he carried such as Iowa, Oklahoma and Tennessee still sent Democrats to the Senate.
Reagan, starring Dennis Quaid in its titular role, was released Aug. 30. The song will be featured on the forthcoming Reagan: Songs Inspired by the Film, a full-circle moment for Tucker, who ...