Who won New Jersey in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried New Jersey in 1984, winning its 16 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did New Jersey have in 1984?

New Jersey cast 16 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did New Jersey vote for the national winner in 1984?

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

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1984

New Jersey: Reagan carries 16 EV.

New Jersey cast its 16 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — New Jersey voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in New Jersey, 1984

In 1984, New Jersey awarded its 16 electoral votes to Reagan of the Republican party. New Jersey ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which New Jersey backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. New Jersey did not move alone — neighboring New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware broke the same way in 1984. Across the 60 presidential elections New Jersey has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (31 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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