1984
Ronald Reagan and the 1984 map
Reagan won a massive re-election landslide, carrying 49 states with the 'Morning in America' campaign amid robust economic recovery. Walter Mondale, Carter's VP, made history by choosing Geraldine Ferraro as the first female VP nominee of a major party. Mondale's straightforward promise to raise taxes damaged his campaign. Reagan won 525 electoral votes, the most ever won by a candidate in an election with a major-party opponent. Mondale carried only his home state of Minnesota (by 3,761 votes) and DC.
Economic recovery; Reagan Revolution; deficit spending; nuclear arms race
Most electoral votes ever against a major-party opponent (525); first female VP nominee (Ferraro)
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