Who won Alaska in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Alaska in 1984, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alaska have in 1984?

Alaska cast 3 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Alaska vote for the national winner in 1984?

Yes. Alaska backed Ronald Reagan, who won the presidency that year.

Cold War RealignmentAK · 3 EV

1984

Alaska: Reagan carries 3 EV.

Alaska cast its 3 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Alaska voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Alaska, 1984

In 1984, Alaska awarded its 3 electoral votes to Reagan of the Republican party. Alaska ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Alaska backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Across the 17 presidential elections Alaska has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (16 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Ronald Reagan took 525 of the 538 electoral votes, against Walter Mondale's 13. Ronald Reagan led the national popular vote with 58.77% of the ballots cast.

The 1984 national map

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