The Reagan Era A State-Level Analysis of His Electoral Success

The longest Republican droughts in winning electoral votes are in six states since the 1984 election: Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, ... In 1983, Washington state passed the first exit poll legislation when both houses voted to ban polling within 300 feet of voting places. Myth #2: Maine, with only 4 electoral votes, would be disadvantaged by the National Popular Vote. FALSE! The small states (the 13 states with only three or four ... President Jimmy Carter took office in January 1977 as a Washington outsider, pledging to restore a sense a morality to both domestic and foreign policy. John Breckinridge, Dem, 47,548. John Bell, Con'l Union, 15,438. 1861 - Texas secedes from Union and joins the Confederate States of America. President Ronald Reagan made it clear that his objectives were to cut taxes, fight communism, reinforce national defense, and slow the growth of government. There are 44 states that Ronald Reagon won: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, ... The last time a Democrat won Idaho's vote for president was 60 years ago, in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson prevailed in a landslide nationally ... Reagan took 44 states and 489 votes in the electoral college and for the first time in 25 years the Republicans gained control of the senate. Ronald Reagan's landslide election as President and the Republican Party's takeover of the Senate gives a substantial push to the rightward trend.