1984 United States presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican president Ronald Reagan and his running mate, incumbent vice president George H. W. Bush, were re-elected to a second term; they defeated the Democratic ticket of former vice president Walter Mondale and New York congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro in a landslide. President Reagan and Vice President Bush faced only token opposition from former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen in their bid for party re-nomination. Mondale faced a competitive field in his bid, defeating Colorado senator Gary Hart, activist Jesse Jackson, and several other candidates in the Democratic primaries. He eventually chose New York representative Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, the first woman to be on a major party's presidential ticket. Reagan touted a strong economic recovery from the 1970s stagflation and the 1981–1982 recession, and the widespread perception that his presidency had overseen a revival of national...

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