Who won Missouri in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Missouri in 1984, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Missouri have in 1984?

Missouri cast 11 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Missouri vote for the national winner in 1984?

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

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1984

Missouri: Reagan carries 11 EV.

Missouri cast its 11 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Missouri voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1984 result in Missouri

Missouri backed Reagan (Republican) in the 1984 presidential election, casting 11 electoral votes for the ticket. Missouri ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Missouri backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1980. Missouri did not move alone — neighboring Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska broke the same way in 1984. Across the 52 presidential elections Missouri has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (33 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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