Critics allege that the electoral college may contribute to low voter turnout and reinforce onepartyism in selected states. Results of the presidential election of 1984, won by ronald reagan with 525. Use the buttons below the map to share your forecast or embed it into a web page. Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. Minority vote dilution and the electoral college yale law school. The electoral college is a body of electors established by the united states constitution, which forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the united states. Includes insets of alaska, hawaii, and the district of columbia. Detailed nationallevel presidential election results for 1984. This map is shaded by how large the popular vote difference was between. It is only 24 pages and reads more like a college paper about the electoral college than anything resembling a book. Incumbent republican president ronald reagan defeated former vice president walter mondale, the democratic candidate reagan faced only token opposition in his bid for renomination by the republicans, so he and vice president george h. Electoral college vote calculator and map generator. Calculates electoral vote results for any election year 1840 2004 and produces results map.
No candidate since 1984 has equaled reagans share of the electoral vote, although his popular vote was eventually. United states presidential election of 1984 britannica. The constitution, in article 2, section 1, provides. According to article ii, section 1, clause 2 of the. Electoral college, like other twotier electoral systems. Electoral college calculator is a simple android app that lets you generate an electoral map with up to three candidates. Voters in new york chose 36 representatives, or electors to the electoral college, who selected president and vice president new york was won by ronald reagan with 53. Reagan carried 49 of the 50 states, becoming only the. United states presidential election of 1984, american presidential election held on. The 1984 united states presidential election in new york took place on november 6, 1984, as part of the 1984 united states presidential election. State university and the author of the 2011 book daisy petals. Map of state electoral vote allocations, presidential elections of. In fact, it is a paper to which i would give only a b grade.
Create a specific matchup by clicking the party andor names near the electoral vote counter. His model has accurately predicted the winner of every popular vote since 1984. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the electoral college, who voted for president and vice president vermont voted for the republican nominee, incumbent president ronald reagan, over. The 1984 united states presidential election in vermont took place on november 6, 1984, as part of the 1984 united states presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and d. All 50 states and the district of columbia participated in this election. I encourage your students to vote in our mock election held in october every year. Lichtman outlines the historical basis for the keys in his book, predicting the next president. Republicanswas the largest since 1984 when ronald reagan ran against walter. Authors calculations based on data from the bureau of the census.
Taming the electoral college explores poorly understood aspects of the electoral college, including two possibilities in particular that could pose the most serious danger for american democracy. The formula for these calculations is given in grofman er al, supra note 118, at 8690. Pdf election inversions by the us electoral college researchgate. Us political stats contains political data such as voting and elections results from.
These sentences led a professor to predict trumps win pbs. These are, first, determination of the president by faithless electors who ignore the popular vote in their states, and, second, choice of the president in the house of representatives, which is. The 1984 united states presidential election was the 50th quadrennial presidential election. The electoral college has served its purpose under the. Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress. List of books and articles about electoral college. Calculates electoral vote results for any election year 1892 2004. It raises questions without answering them, and it quotes at length from other peoples work so not even all 24 pages are original. Click states on this interactive map to create your own 2020 election forecast. The united states presidential election of 1984 was a contest between the incumbent president ronald reagan, the republican candidate, and former vice president walter mondale, the democratic candidate. Us election statistics elections research guides at university of. Run whatif scenarios to see how a race might have turned out.
Home 2020 election results election info weblog forum wiki search email login site info store. If the vote results are modified in the future, as a result of litigation or discovery of error, the federal election. The funky math of the electoral college scientific. The us electoral college and spatial biases in voter power taylor.
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