Who won Kentucky in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Kentucky in 1984, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 1984?

Kentucky cast 9 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Kentucky vote for the national winner in 1984?

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

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1984

Kentucky: Reagan carries 9 EV.

Kentucky cast its 9 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Kentucky voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Kentucky, 1984

In 1984, Kentucky awarded its 9 electoral votes to Reagan of the Republican party. Kentucky ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Kentucky backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1980. Kentucky did not move alone — neighboring Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Illinois broke the same way in 1984. Across the 59 presidential elections Kentucky has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 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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