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On this day in history, November 6, 1984, Ronald Reagan wins re-election to the White House by a landslide
Fox News ^ | 11/06/2023 | Erica Lamberg

Posted on 11/07/2023 7:38:43 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

President Ronald Reagan won re-election by a landslide over former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic challenger, on this day in history, Nov. 6, 1984.

President Reagan won 49 states and amassed 525 electoral votes to Mondale’s 13, which was one of the biggest landslides in U.S. election history.

The only state Mondale won was as Minnesota, his home state.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 1984; history; landslide; reggan
What a night. Last landslide was Bush 41 in 1988 with 426 electoral votes. I don't know if we will see those kind of numbers again?
1 posted on 11/07/2023 7:38:43 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A 49-state win defines Reagan forever as a uniter, not a divider.


2 posted on 11/07/2023 7:41:58 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27
At the Reagan Library


3 posted on 11/07/2023 7:42:50 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ansel12

America when it knew what it had was good.


4 posted on 11/07/2023 7:44:26 AM PST by xp38
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And the Democrat machine has been working ever since to ensure that will never happen again. Trump surprised them in 2016. The fix was in for 2018, 2020, and 2022.


5 posted on 11/07/2023 7:44:33 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

In the end, institutional capture has much more effect of the future of a country than the election “wins” that thrill Republicans.


6 posted on 11/07/2023 8:59:37 AM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: ansel12

Nixon also won 49 States in 1972!


7 posted on 11/07/2023 9:39:23 AM PST by HapaxLegamenon (You can numb you got the plate OK thanks)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yep. Wonderful.

All in my book, “Reagan: The American President.” No other bio out there has used the Reagan papers in the archives like I did. I could tell by the sign-ins at the archives.


8 posted on 11/07/2023 9:48:45 AM PST by LS
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