1984 Presidential Election

169,963,000
U.S. Voting Population
54.5%
Turnout by VAP

Results of the presidential election of 1984, won by Ronald Reagan with 525 electoral votes.

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Ronald Reagan's Cabinet

President: Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)

Vice President: George H. W. Bush (1981-1989)

Secretary of State: George Shultz (1982-1989)

Secretary of the Treasury: James Baker (1985-1988), Nicholas F. Brady (1988-1989)

Secretary of Defense: Caspar Weinberger (1981-1987), Frank Carlucci (1987-1989)

Attorney General: Edwin Meese (1985-1988), Dick Thornburgh (1988-1989)

Secretary of the Interior: Donald P. Hodel (1985-1989)

Secretary of Agriculture: John R. Block (1981-1986), Richard Lyng (1986-1989)

Secretary of Commerce: Malcolm Baldrige Jr. (1981-1987), William Verity Jr. (1987-1989)

Secretary of Labor: Bill Brock (1985-1987), Ann Dore McLaughlin (1987-1989)

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Otis Bowen (1985-1989)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Samuel Pierce (1981-1989)

Secretary of Transportation: Elizabeth Dole (1983-1987), James H. Burnley IV (1987-1989)

Secretary of Energy: John S. Herrington (1985-1989)

Secretary of Education: William Bennett (1985-1988), Lauro Cavazos (1988-1989)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget: James C. Miller III (1985-1988), Joe Wright (1988-1989)

Director of Central Intelligence: William J. Casey (1981-1987), William H. Webster (1987-1989)

United States Trade Representative: Clayton Yeutter (1985-1989)

Ambassador to the United Nations: Vernon A. Walters (1985-1989)

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1984 Candidate Electoral Votes

270 to win
37,577,185 popular votes (40.6%)
Running Mate: Geraldine Ferraro
54,455,075 popular votes (58.8%)
Running Mate: George H. W. Bush

Reagan received 525 Electoral Votes and over 54 million popular votes. The Electoral Vote total is a record that stands to this day.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

9

Alaska

3

Arizona

7

Arkansas

6

California

47

Colorado

8

Connecticut

8

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

3

Florida

21

Georgia

12

Hawaii

4

Idaho

4

Illinois

24

Indiana

12

Iowa

8

Kansas

7

Kentucky

9

Louisiana

10

Maine

4

Maryland

10

Massachusetts

13

Michigan

20

Minnesota

10

Mississippi

7

Missouri

11

Montana

4

Nebraska

5

Nevada

4

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

16

New Mexico

5

New York

36

North Carolina

13

North Dakota

3

Ohio

23

Oklahoma

8

Oregon

7

Pennsylvania

25

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

8

South Dakota

3

Tennessee

11

Texas

29

Utah

5

Vermont

3

Virginia

12

Washington

10

West Virginia

6

Wisconsin

11

Wyoming

3