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1984 United States presidential election in Alaska

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The 1984 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 6, 1984, as part of the nationwide presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1984 United States presidential election in Alaska
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Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 138,377 62,007
Percentage 66.65% 29.87%
President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Alaska was won by incumbent President Ronald Reagan (R-California) with almost two-thirds of the popular vote against Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota) with 29.9%.[1] Reagan ultimately won the national vote, winning re-election. Alaska has only voted Democratic once, and that was in 1964 for Lyndon B. Johnson. Libertarian candidate David Bergland also had his best performance in this state, but did not receive nearly as much support as Ed Clark did in the previous election four years earlier.[2]

This was the first election since 1964 that a single third party failed to garner 5% of the vote, as had been done by George Wallace in 1968, John G. Schmitz in 1972, Roger MacBride in 1976, and Ed Clark and John B. Anderson in 1980. This is the best Republican performance in a presidential election in the state's history.

Results

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1984 United States presidential election in Alaska[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) 138,377 66.65% 3
Democratic Walter Mondale 62,007 29.87% 0
Libertarian David Bergland 6,378 3.07% 0
N/A Write-in 843 0.41% 0
Totals 207,605 100.00% 3

Boroughs and Census Areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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