Who won Tennessee in the 1984 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did Tennessee have in 1984?

Tennessee cast 11 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Tennessee vote for the national winner in 1984?

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

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1984

Tennessee: Reagan carries 11 EV.

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

What happened in Tennessee, 1984

In 1984, Tennessee awarded its 11 electoral votes to Reagan of the Republican party. Tennessee ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Tennessee backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1980. Tennessee did not move alone — neighboring Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri broke the same way in 1984. Across the 57 presidential elections Tennessee has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 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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