Who won Michigan in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Michigan in 1984, winning its 20 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Michigan have in 1984?

Michigan cast 20 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Michigan vote for the national winner in 1984?

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

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1984

Michigan: Reagan carries 20 EV.

Michigan cast its 20 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Michigan voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1984 result in Michigan

Michigan backed Reagan (Republican) in the 1984 presidential election, casting 20 electoral votes for the ticket. Michigan ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Michigan backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1972. Michigan did not move alone — neighboring Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin broke the same way in 1984. Across the 51 presidential elections Michigan has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican 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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