Nancy Reagan hugs President Reagan as he makes an address to the nation announcing the Reagan-Bush candidacies for Re-election

From February 20 to July 1, 1984, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for

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in the 1984 United States presidential election. Incumbent President

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was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and

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es culminating in the

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held from August 20 to August 23, 1984, in

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. The primaries were uneventful as Reagan was virtually assured of the nomination by virtue of his popularity within the party. Thus, he faced only token opposition in the primary race. Ronald Reagan won in a landslide, winning every contest and garnering more than 6.4 million votes. Harold Stassen earned less than 13,000 votes, merely 0.19% of the total votes cast. Ronald Reagan would go on to win the most Electoral votes achieved by any president in history in the General election of that year.

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrew during primaries

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Results

The popular vote from the Republican primaries was as follows: *

( inc.): 6,484,987 (98.78%) * Unpledged delegates: 55,458 (0.85%) * Harold Stassen: 12,749 (0.19%) * Ben Fernandez: 202 (0.00%) Reagan was renominated by a vote of 2,233 (two delegates abstained). For the only time in American history, the vice presidential roll call was taken concurrently with the presidential roll call. Vice President

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was overwhelmingly renominated. This was the last time in the 20th century that the vice presidential candidate of either major party was nominated by roll call vote.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Republican Party (United States) Presidential Primaries, 1984 Ronald Reagan Jack Kemp George H. W. Bush

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrew during primaries

Results

See also

References