Who won Colorado in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Colorado in 1984, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 1984?

Colorado cast 8 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Colorado vote for the national winner in 1984?

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

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1984

Colorado: Reagan carries 8 EV.

Colorado cast its 8 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Colorado voted with the national winner this cycle.

Colorado in 1984

The 1984 contest saw Colorado line up behind Reagan, delivering 8 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Colorado ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Colorado backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Colorado did not move alone — neighboring Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah broke the same way in 1984. Across the 37 presidential elections Colorado has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (19 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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