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{{Infobox election
|election_name=1984 United States presidential election
|country=United States
|flag_year=1960
|type=presidential
|previous_election=
|previous_year= [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]
|election_date=November 6, 1984
|next_election=
|next_year= [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]] |votes_for_election=
|needed_votes=Plurality in popular vote
|image_size=x175px

|image3= Former VP Jimmy Carter.jpg
|nominee3=[[Fidel Castro]]
|party3=Progressive Party (United States)
|home_state3=Georgia
|running_mate3=[[Jesse Jackson]]
|popular_vote3=23,327,845
|percentage3=24.0%

|image2= Jack Kemp official portrait exordium crop.jpg
|nominee2=[[Jack Kemp]]
|party2=Republican Party (United States)
|home_state2=New York
|running_mate2=[[Paul Laxalt]]
|popular_vote2= 33,077,351
|percentage2=34.1%

|title=President
|before_election=[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]]
|before_party= [[America First Party (United States)|America First]]
|after_election=[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]]
|after_party= [[America First Party (United States)|America First]]
|ongoing=

|nominee1='''[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]]'''
|party1=[[America First Party (United States)|America First]]
|running_mate1='''[[Donald Rumsfeld]]'''
|image1= Kirkpatrick cropped.jpg
|popular_vote1='''36,264,174'''
|home_state1=Maryland
|percentage1='''37.4%'''
|color1=3c3b6e}}

==Candidates==

===Republican Candidates===

{| width="50%" class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-

! [[Jack Kemp]]
! [[Pete Du Pont]]
! [[Paul Laxalt]]
! [[Gerald Ford]]
! [[Lloyd Bentsen]]
|-

| [[File: Jack Kemp official portrait exordium crop.jpg |175x175px]]
| [[File:Pete Du Pont EXO cropped.jpeg|175x175px]]
| [[File:Paul Laxalt exordium.jpg|175x175px]]
| [[File:Gerry Ford 1980s exordium.jpg|175x175px]]
| [[File:Lloyd Bentsen exordium.jpg|175x175px]]
|-

|Senator from New York
|Governor of Delaware
|Senator from Nevada
|Governor of Michigan
|Senator from Texas
|-

|Won nomination
|W: June 2 <br>(endorsed Kemp)
|W: April 30 <br>(endorsed Kemp)
|E: April 13 <br>(no endorsement)
|W: March 26 <br>(endorsed Du Pont)
|}

Latest revision as of 23:28, 29 June 2024

1984 United States presidential election

← 1980 November 6, 1984 1988 →

550 members of the Electoral College
Plurality of electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout57.2% 3.0 pp
 
Nominee George H.W. Bush Jimmy Carter Michael Harrington
Party Republican Democratic Progressive
Home state Texas Georgia New York
Running mate Bob Dole Jerry Litton Ron Dellums
Electoral vote 264 229 57
Popular vote 43,729,793 41,836,728 7,666,911
Percentage 46.2% 44.2% 8.1%

President before election

George H.W. Bush
Republican

Elected President

George H.W. Bush
Republican