Election 1984

Thank you… Let's take a look back at the presidential election of 1984. The primary candidates in this election were Ronald Reagan for Republican, and Walter Mondale for Democratic. This election campaign revolved mostly around the issues of deficit and tariff barriers. The Republicans enthusiastically nominated Reagan and Bush in 1984, confident that Reagan's personal popularity would bring him once again to victory.For economical issues, Reagan's policies defeated inflation, cut taxes, increased the Gross National Product …

…of Reagan's issues: Reagan's tax cuts, which only benefited the rich, the obvious effects of Reagan's age. The President was 73 and had trouble staying awake during cabinet meetings, prayer in schools, and abortions. Still Reagan didn't have the country doubting him. This election was a close battle, but with an 18 point margin, Reagan once again took the lead. Results were: Reagan received 525 electoral votes and 54,158,802(58.4%) popular votes and Mondale received 13 electoral votes and 37,443,559(41.6%) popular votes