The 1988 United States presidential election was the 51st quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday,November 8,1988. The Republican nominee,incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush,defeated the Democratic nominee,Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. It was the first presidential election since 1948,and the most recent to date,in which a party won more than two consecutive presidential terms. It remains the most recent election in which a candidate won over 400 electoral votes. Additionally,it was the last time that the Republicans won the popular vote three times in a row. Conversely,it began an ongoing streak of presidential elections that were decided by a single-digit popular vote margin.
The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 2,1976. Democrat Jimmy Carter,former Governor of Georgia,defeated incumbent Republican president Gerald Ford in a narrow victory.
The 1980 United States presidential election was the 49th quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 4,1980. The Republican ticket of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush defeated incumbent Democratic president Jimmy Carter and incumbent vice president Walter Mondale in a landslide victory.
The 1984 United States presidential election was the 50th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday,November 6,1984. Incumbent Republican president Ronald Reagan defeated Democratic former vice president Walter Mondale in a landslide victory.
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976,he was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1984 presidential election,but lost to incumbent Ronald Reagan in an Electoral College and popular vote landslide. Reagan won 49 states while Mondale carried his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia. His vice presidential nominee,U.S. Representative Geraldine Ferraro from New York,was the first female vice-presidential nominee of any major party in U.S. history.
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served as the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton.
Dale Leon Bumpers was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his death,he was counsel at the Washington office of law firm Arent Fox LLP,where his clients included Riceland Foods and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
The 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton,then the governor of Arkansas,was announced on October 3,1991,at the Old State House in Little Rock,Arkansas. After winning a majority of delegates in the Democratic primaries of 1992,the campaign announced that then-junior U.S. senator from Tennessee,Al Gore,would be Clinton's running mate. The Clinton-Gore ticket went on to defeat Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle in the presidential election on November 3,1992,and took office as the 42nd president and 45th vice president,respectively,on January 20,1993.
The 1976 Republican National Convention was a United States political convention of the Republican Party that met from August 16 to August 19,1976,to select the party's nominees for president and vice president. Held in Kemper Arena in Kansas City,Missouri,the convention nominated President Gerald Ford for a full term,but only after narrowly defeating a strong challenge from former California Governor Ronald Reagan. The convention also nominated Senator Bob Dole from Kansas for vice president,instead of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller,who did not seek nomination for a full term. The keynote address was delivered by Tennessee Senator Howard Baker. Other notable speakers included Minnesota Representative Al Quie,retired Lieutenant Colonel and former Vietnam prisoner of war Raymond Schrump,former Texas Governor John Connally,Providence,Rhode Island mayor Vincent Cianci and Michigan Senator Robert P. Griffin. It is the last national convention by either of the two major parties to feature a seriously contested nomination between candidates.
From February 20 to June 12,1984,voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1984 United States presidential election. Former Vice President Walter Mondale was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1984 Democratic National Convention held from July 16 to July 19,1984,in San Francisco,California.
This is the electoral history of Ronald Reagan. Reagan,a Republican,served as the 40th president of the United States (1981–1989) and earlier as the 33rd governor of California (1967–1975). At 69 years,349 days of age at the time of his first inauguration,Reagan was the oldest person to assume the presidency in the nation's history,until Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017 at the age of 70 years,220 days. In 1984,Reagan won re-election at the age of 73 years,274 days,and was the oldest person to win a US presidential election until Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election at the age of 77 years,349 days.
The 1984 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 6,1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose 21 electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
The 1984 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 6,1984. All fifty states and the District of Columbia,were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president of the United States. New Mexico was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California,who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbent Vice President former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas,and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York,the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.
The 1984 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6,1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia,were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president of the United States. President Ronald Reagan of California won the state of Indiana against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota by a substantial 23.99% margin. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbent Vice President and former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas,and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York,the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.
The 1984 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6,1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia,were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Louisiana was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California,who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas,and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York,the first major female candidate for the vice presidency.
The 1984 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6,1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia,were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
The 1984 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6,1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia,were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Virginia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1984 election. Former Vice President Walter Mondale won the 1984 Democratic nomination for President of the United States,and chose New York Representative Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. Ferraro was the first woman to be a part of a national ticket for a major party. Mondale chose Ferraro in hopes of energizing the base and winning the votes of women,but also because he viewed her as a solid legislator who had won the approval of Speaker Tip O'Neill. John R. Reilly,an attorney and a senior adviser to Mondale,managed the search for a running mate. Mondale seriously considered his major rival for the 1984 presidential nomination,Senator Gary Hart,but Mondale refused to consider a second rival,Jesse Jackson,on the grounds that the differences between their policies were too great. The Mondale–Ferraro ticket ultimately lost to the Reagan–Bush ticket. This is the last time the Democratic vice presidential nominee was not the incumbent vice president or a Senator,and,not counting the times when the incumbent President was running for re-election,the last time the Democratic vice presidential nominee was not a Senator.
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1980 election. Former California Governor Ronald Reagan won the 1980 Republican nomination for President of the United States,and chose former CIA Director George H. W. Bush as his running mate.
The 1976 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 2,1976,as part of the wider 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College.
