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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1984

1
2
3
4

Ronald Reagan^V1
Walter F. Mondale^V2
David Bergland
Other

Republican
Democratic
Libertarian
(nominal parties)

525
13
0
0

54,455,075
37,577,185
228,111
392,298

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1
2
3
4

George H. W. Bush
Geraldine A. Ferraro^V3
Jim Lewis
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Republican
Democratic
Libertarian
---

525
13
0
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^V1	Reagan ran a campaign of optimism. In a landslide Reagan won 49 the electoral votes of 49 States, with millions of votes by "Reagan Democrats." In non-partisan efforts Reagan was backstabbed by the democrats not living up to their end of compromises, causing large government deficits. Even in light of the deficits, Reagan's "Trickle Down Economics" lowered taxes, turning a slow economy into a robust and vibrant economy, which raised tax revenues offsetting some of the government deficits.
^V2	Mondale ran a liberal campaign, calling on a nuclear freeze and supporting the Equal Rights Amendment that had stalled gaining opposition. Mondale lost the support of many traditional democrats because of the perception that he supported the poor at the expense of the middle class.
^V3	Geraldine A. Ferraro was the first woman to be chosen as a running mate on a major party ticket.
*	In the Illinois electoral voting, one elector pledged to Bush had voted for Geraldine Ferraro, the resulting confusion caused a second vote to be taken which came back as all for Bush. It was the second, unanimous, vote that was reported to Congress.
PP*	In 1984 the PoetPatriot was a "Reagan Democrat."

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