The 1984 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia was held on November 6, 1984 as part of the
1984 United States presidential election
The 1984 United States presidential election was the 50th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan defeated Democratic former Vice President Walter Mondale, in a ...
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Democratic candidate
Walter Mondale
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota ...
won D.C. with 85% of the vote,
giving him three electoral votes. In the general election, he only carried a total of 13 electoral votes, the other 10 coming from his home state of
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
. The incumbent
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
won re-election in 1984, carrying 49 U.S. states.
Mondale's victory in the
District of Columbia
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was the largest out of any location, and was one of only two electoral jurisdictions to vote Democratic.
In the midst of a Reagan landslide nationwide, the District weighed in 89.9% more Democratic than the national average, the furthest from the national average it has ever voted.
See also
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1984 United States presidential election in Minnesota, the only other area to vote Democratic in the 1984 United States presidential election.
References
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Washington, D.C.
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1984
Events
January
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