1984 Republican Party presidential primaries

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1984 Republican Party presidential primaries

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Candidate Ronald Reagan Harold Stassen Home state California Minnesota Contests won 51 0 Popular vote 6,484,987 12,749 Percentage 98.8% 0.19%

Previous Republican nominee Ronald Reagan Republican nominee Ronald Reagan

From February 20 to July 1, 1984, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1984 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Ronald Reagan was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1984 Republican National Convention held from August 20 to August 23, 1984, in Dallas, Texas.

The primaries were uneventful as Reagan was virtually assured of the nomination by virtue of his popularity within the party. Thus, he faced only token opposition in the primary race. Ronald Reagan won in a landslide winning every contest and achieving 6.4 million votes compared to his opponents 12K. Harold Stassen lost to Reagan and won no contests at all. Stassen achieved a low 0.19% of the vote. Ronald Reagan would go on to win the most Electoral votes achieved by any president in history in the General election of that year.