Who won Nevada in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Nevada in 1984, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Nevada have in 1984?

Nevada cast 4 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Nevada vote for the national winner in 1984?

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

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1984

Nevada: Reagan carries 4 EV.

Nevada cast its 4 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Nevada voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Nevada, 1984

In 1984, Nevada awarded its 4 electoral votes to Reagan of the Republican party. Nevada ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Nevada backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. Nevada did not move alone — neighboring California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona broke the same way in 1984. Across the 41 presidential elections Nevada has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (21 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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