1984 Republican Party presidential primaries

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1984 Republican Party presidential primaries
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  1980 February 20 to July 1, 1984 1988  
  Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (cropped).jpg Harold Stassen 1980.jpg
Candidate Ronald Reagan Harold Stassen
Home state California Minnesota
Contests won510
Popular vote6,484,987 12,749
Percentage98.8%0.19%

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Previous Republican nominee

Ronald Reagan

Republican nominee

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan announcing his reelection campaign from the Oval Office on January 29, 1984 Nancy Reagan hugs President Reagan as he makes an address to the nation announcing the Reagan-Bush candidacies for Re-election.jpg
Ronald Reagan announcing his reelection campaign from the Oval Office on January 29, 1984
Reagan campaigning in Fairfield, Connecticut near the end of the subsequent general election campaign President Ronald Reagan waving from a limousine in Fairfield, Connecticut.jpg
Reagan campaigning in Fairfield, Connecticut near the end of the subsequent general election campaign

From February 20 to July 1, 1984, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1984 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Ronald Reagan was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1984 Republican National Convention held from August 20 to August 23, 1984, in Dallas, Texas.

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The primaries were uneventful as Reagan was virtually assured of the nomination by virtue of his popularity within the party. Thus, he faced only token opposition in the primary race. Ronald Reagan won in a landslide winning every contest and achieving 6.4 million votes compared to his opponents 12K. Harold Stassen lost to Reagan and won no contests at all. Stassen achieved a low 0.19% of the vote. Ronald Reagan would go on to win the most Electoral votes achieved by any president in history in the General election of that year.

Candidates

Nominee

CandidateMost recent officeHome stateCampaign

Withdrawal date

Popular voteContest wonRunning mate
Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan presidential portrait (cropped).jpg President of the United States
(1981–1989)
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California

Reagan Bush '84.svg
(CampaignPositions)
Secured nomination:August 23, 1984
6,484,987
(98.8%)
51 George Bush

Withdrew during primaries

Results

The popular vote from the Republican primaries was as follows: [1]

Reagan was renominated by a vote of 2,233 (two delegates abstained). For the only time in American history, the vice presidential roll call was taken concurrently with the presidential roll call. Vice President George H. W. Bush was overwhelmingly renominated. This was the last time in the 20th century that the vice presidential candidate of either major party was nominated by roll call vote.

The Balloting
Presidential BallotVice Presidential Ballot
Ronald Reagan 2,233 George H. W. Bush 2,231
Abstaining2Abstaining2
Jack Kemp 1
Jeane Kirkpatrick 1

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References

  1. "US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 20, 1984". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2015-08-25.