Reagan-Mondale Election Night '84

A true American presidential wipeout.
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[@mrgoogels133]

Imagine being a Democrat in 1984 watching this......

[@davenaoh5545]

Horror show

[@augustopinochet42069]

@@davenaoh5545 nah a lot of democrats voted for Reagan. And we were less polarized back then.

[@stephenbates8111]

@@augustopinochet42069 I was a democrat back in the 70s, 80s, 90s and the 00s. It wasn't until 2014 I switched by party. I did vote for Reagan and at the time I was living in the very liberal state of Tennessee. Weird to say that now haha.

[@georgetwine2261]

@@stephenbates8111 do you think the southern strategy had an impact with southerners voting for liberal economics in the 20th century, then switching to conservative economics as a result of the republican party becoming socially and economically conservative?

[@CBright7831]

@@stephenbates8111 - I live in TN as well. It's so weird going through each election and seeing TN go from red to blue to red again. We went with the winner of every election from 1964 to 2004.

[@scpguy1381]

I love how quickly they went from, “let’s see if Mondale can make some somewhat decent gains” to “can Reagan win all 50 states”

[@Tornado1994]

Reagan won California. California pretty much secured his Reelection. It was a Breeze.

[@sirsaint88]

Back then the media pretended to be unbiased too. Today they would have a meltdown and lash out at anyone that called them out.

[@anarchorepublican5954]

...Reagan only lost Minnesota by about 4000 votes...Ron always heard, he would have win Minnesota too, had he pushed a recount...but he saw no need to further humiliate Mondale in his own home state...

[@Tornado1994]

@@anarchorepublican5954 Minnesota was irrelevant because Reagan Won the Most Populated State in the Union: California. With CA won by Reagan, his Re-Election was completely fully secured.

[@anarchorepublican5954]

@@Tornado1994 ...I remember that night ..Reagan's re-Election was secured ...long before Minnesota...or California..in fact it was called nearly 2 hours before the polls closed in California...angering down ballot Democrats..TV hasn't done that early of a call since...

[@vincesmith2499]

A Republican winning CA, NY, or MA would be a huge deal today. Reagan won all three.

[@thomashowe1509]

Dude was a chad. He was probably one of the most genuinely electable people ever. It’s strange to think people thought he was an a extremist warmongerer in 1980. I’d say that shows the downright stupidy of Americans from time to time

[@joshuacoldwater]

Are you aware of what Reagan’s beliefs and policies were? He was pro gun law-reform, he was anti nuclear weapon, he was ANTI requiring social security, he was anti-tax increase on income, he was pro tax increase on corporations, and lastly he was pro UNIVERSAL healthcare. Now I ask you this, if he were running today, which party would he align with? Furthermore, if he were running today with these same beliefs, would you vote for him? I can say this, he would win NY, easily.

[@scotttild]

@@joshuacoldwater He was anti government. He was not anti nuclear weapon, was continuing to stockpile nukes until he got the agreement with the Soviet Union. He also spent trillions on black budget projects and Star Wars. He was also a globalist that continued getting U.S involved in other conflicts, which was nothing more then power projection. His economic policies were not great they were tailored towards the top end and business not the average working class. He was average at best if you look back, short boom then bust. Lot of little wars going on during his time. No he would not win NY CA, MASS or the traditional leftist states. None of the R Gov that won Ca would ever win it today. CA has gone so far left along with NY that I doubt we ever see a R win either ever again.

[@hockeymikey]

@@joshuacoldwater The GOP still, his social policies are very aligned and so are his tax policies too. We wouldn't win NY

[@BaldwinVoice]

Back when Americans had some common sense and haven't been utterly brainwashed into being stupid Leftists

[@missymonroe3886]

Back when it didn't take a week to count votes, no drop boxes, no universal mail in ballots.

[@tomdrew1297]

If they had them Mondale might have won lol

[@alcostello6114]

@@tomdrew1297that’s a bunch of bullshit and you know it

[@DaDARKPass]

@@tomdrew1297 Na, Reagan was very much popular among pretty much everyone, although he did p*ss of quite a few groups in his second term.

[@flamingrubys11]

no dead people voting

[@deku812]

fewer votes to count and wider margin of victory allows for early 'proections' the same projections some people bitch about as being undemocratic because 'not all the votes' have been counted. lol.

[@Rockhound6165]

Fun Fact: Reagan came within 3,761 votes from sweeping all 50 states.

[@user-rv6cx3rz7t]

True, but it wouldn't be a perfect sweep due to Washington DC

[@baronbrummbar8691]

@@user-rv6cx3rz7t who cares about DC

[@Rockhound6165]

@@user-rv6cx3rz7t Washington DC isn't a state. They don't even have congresscritters so how they get electoral votes is a complete mystery.

[@jeffcarr5174]

@@user-rv6cx3rz7t you are aware that Washington D.C. is not a state right?

[@EthanEskenazi]

​@@jeffcarr5174They are not a state, but they still get 3 electoral votes.

[@RickinBaltimore]

7:30 PM - Welcome to our election night coverage 7:31 PM - Reagan won, good night!

[@trepan4944]

7:32 PM: "Do we have reruns of Andy Griffith we can run to fill the 8 PM timeslot? Won't be needing it now..."

[@guillermobrown1894]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Cowboy Reagan the fastest gun in Usa.

[@imakevidz4u]

Now its: 7:30PM - Welcome to our election night coverage 2 weeks later - Too early to call

[@delorme9]

St Louis Blues?

[@ObserveVideo]

😂😂😂😂

[@x288.]

one thing ive noticed is that this news station is straight forward and to the point in this video, the man here shows no bias and speaks in a consistent voice. i'd love to watch a news station like this this is really nice.

[@markduclos8732]

Notice how Peter Perfect and David Brinkley always referred to Reagan as Mr. instead of President.

[@arizonashane]

Mondale won one state. It was his home state. And it was the closest state of all 50. Amazing.

[@joshuakurian5994]

I think Nixon also got 49 states (all but Massachusetts) in 1972. However, Reagan got slightly more electoral votes. God bless Ronald Reagan 🙏

[@soohoo2179]

Very close election! This one had me on the edge of my seat

[@LeemurOfDeath10]

Ok CNN

[@aaronhempy9906]

At 6 years old I was laughing 😃

[@benadams3569]

😂

[@malibupromqueen]

LMAO

[@edwardskoda2409]

@@LeemurOfDeath10 He was obviously joking when he said it but I get it as that's what CNN or MSDNC would say. LOL

[@JasonNation72]

At least Mondale nailed his field goal kick.

[@jamedlock83]

LMAO

[@danielm8950]

Laces out

[@RobQuincyAdams]

​@@danielm8950THE LACES WERE IN!! THEY WERE IN!!

[@chuckwhitson654]

Wow

[@199019852007]

Think of the points spread

[@JT_Huie]

The fact that DC was so far removed from what the people were feeling even back in 1984 is such a telling fact.

[@JimHeathChannel]

Washington, DC has voted Democratic since 1964 after the 23rd Amendment was approved. Similarly, the state of Utah has voted Republican in every election since 1968.

[@TheGP10]

@@JimHeathChannel so what I’m hearing is pick one representative from Washington DC and one representative from Utah to fight to the death, winner gets our country

[@DaDARKPass]

I mean, it could also just be, you know, DC being a city. A lot of cities voted moreso Democratic in 1984.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

So true. It's absurd.

[@willp.8120]

It was majority black, what do you expect?

[@PeterParker-gt3xl]

Reagan: "I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponents' youth and inexperience." Mondale could not help but smiled. 1984.

[@Mark-sj3xb]

That quip in the ‘84 debate was the nail in the coffin for Mondale and Mondale knew it

[@PM-bv2nx]

Mondale has said at that exact moment he knew he wasn't going to win. I am Republican but have to say Mindale was a nice guy

[@neiljohns1162]

Smiled? He laughed out loud!

[@mike197714]

I think I remember that. Reagan said: There you go again.

[@fh346]

​@@mike197714Were these the Good Old days or What? If I Could go Back in a Time Machine and Be Put Back in the 80's I'd Stay there!! Anyone else ever Feel this Way?

[@marshallheadchief8744]

"No Democrat has ever won without the state of Texas"..... God, have times changed!

[@UFCANT]

I just said that to my wife!

[@johncave3334]

Dems just have to cheet, then they win! 😢

[@johnmartin4641]

Trump should’ve mentioned that in his court challenges in 2020.

[@ItsGroundhogDay]

Back then, Texas was blue, and California was red.

[@MarthalieThurstonSachemPiper]

Look at Vermont then and now.

[@raymonsummers562]

I remember as a teen my grandpa saying there was so much red on the screen he thought the color had went out 😂

[@carriejohnson4521]

Your grandfather was either senile or a liar. Red/blue states didn't exist until the 2000 election.

[@richatlarge462]

Interesting you mention that, because the Republican color was blue on some TV stations up until the 2000 election. You can see this around the 10-minute mark of this video. But ABC was using red for Republicans even in 1984. The rest of the media changed blue to mean Democrats as of the 2000 election, so today's younger generations only know Democrats as the blue party.

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

My nana probably said something similar, too bad she died thanks Regans awful economic policies

[@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

​@@SergyMilitaryRankingshow so?

[@SergyMilitaryRankings]

@@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING suicide after being released from state run facility after Reagan's healthcare cutbacks

[@seanminkins7701]

Mr.Reagan cleaned house. I remember this election night like yesterday. Btw I love the way they showed election results back then, very simple and straight to the point.

[@jamesjohnson7701]

That is a historical ass kicking that we will never seen again

[@patbrooks9823]

Especially when they fix the results.

[@wilhelmbittrich88]

@@patbrooks9823 Oh come on man, it’s time to give it up. Just because your favourite candidate loses doesn’t mean it was rigged. I’m sure if they win next time then it will be a legit win and won’t be rigged this time?

[@gaminghedgehog6384]

Imagine if this happened again with Trump considering how popular he’s become and how unpopular Biden has become😂😂

[@jamesjohnson7701]

@@patbrooks9823 how was it fixed? Regan was enormously popular back then

[@Kaisaccountt]

Reagan almost had a full 50 state win. He was just 4 thousand votes away in Minnesota from making that happen.

[@xdquadkillsyou2666]

Ya it’s pretty liberal here it kinda sucks

[@trystansparks3947]

I'm pretty sure Reagan let Mondale have Minnesota.

[@Moneyboy_Supreme_]

@@trystansparks3947 he probably did after Mondale was getting destroyed 😂😂.

[@walker68175]

Reagan could have won Minnesota if he campaigned more there, but since he already knew that Mondale was gonna be humiliated since the other 49 states were literally gonna go to him, he let Mondale have the chance to win his home state. Tho after all, you can pretty much say that the election was decided after the second debate. All Reagan had to prove was that he still had the physical and mental capability at 73 years old to be the commander in chief. The joke he cracked, plus Mondale's reaction, says it all. Walter actually did really well in the first debate, which led people to question Reagan's physical state as a candidate. A 50 state sweep would have been narly tho. At least Walter could have taken pride in having DC vote Democrat literally every time 😂

[@scottodonnell7121]

And he took 44 states in 1980. He was 193-7.

[@TravisBroski]

I can't even imagine how Mondale felt not only learning the results, but seeing them unfold at that moment *on live television*

[@bigverybadtom]

I don't think he was surprised. Everyone was expecting Reagan to win easily.

[@TravisBroski]

@@bigverybadtom I mean surprise is one thing, but just the feeling of seeing your results being absolutely OBLITERATED like nothing before, all for the world to note and witness live.

[@JimHeathChannel]

I started my documentary on Election '84 with a press conference Mondale had the morning after the election. He was very pragmatic about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eau6doCOZ7d8jJI

[@deleted-something]

​@@JimHeathChannelwhere is the documentary?

[@itzaidans9040]

Yeah basically embarrassing yourself in front of the entire nation and the world. Although there’s nothing embarrassing about making it to the final vote

[@SummerlinRealtor]

Wish I could go back in time and relive this amazing decade. It was the best time of my life!

[@mfgreviews5028]

True

[@bjenkins803]

Yes it was! No division just a good time. And Atari 😂

[@MK-fc2hn]

​@@bjenkins803And no "Preferred Pronouns".. 😂

[@lukeskywalker6985]

And Metallica at its best!

[@cald1421]

Back when we had election DAY and not election MONTH and when results came in that night, not sometime that week-if you’re lucky!

[@JimHeathChannel]

Back when elections were easy to call. Close elections have always taken a lot of time to count and verify every vote. See election 2000, which took over a month, as an example.

[@jakermon1014]

What do you mean the last election wasn't the least bit sketchy at all. It's totally normal to take forever and extend deadlines and count unsolicited votes and rewrite the ballots and not audit anything.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes indeed one day only 🇺🇸

[@harukrentz435]

​@@JimHeathChannel if only gore won that election....

[@jpete3027666]

This was an ass-kicking of epic proportions. Final score 525-13 for Reagan.

[@Adriaantje2008]

But tbh this system makes it look like everyone voted for Reagan. 41% of the country voted for Mondale. Still an asskicking but damn

[@bigtone7824]

​@@Adriaantje2008it's not about overall votes though it comes down to winning states

[@jpete3027666]

@@Adriaantje2008 even if you just consider the popular vote, it was something like 58-41 Reagan, no president I can think of has had that wide of a margin.

[@stephaniestanley8041]

❤yes sir 😊

[@jaydogg0026]

And the closest swing state in that election went to Mondale. It almost could have been 535-3

[@ledhed5717]

Mondale winning Minnesota is like the meaningless touchdown a team finally scores in the last 2 minutes of the game when they are losing 65-3.

[@UGAmike34]

Yes but it gave vice president Mondale great satisfaction in winning his home state

[@relicman]

Field Goal you mean lol.

[@ledhed5717]

@@relicman actually I did mean TD. in ‘84 Minnesota had 10 electoral votes Mondale winning gave him 13 total for the election.

[@ledhed5717]

@@UGAmike34 sometimes consolation prizes are ok I guess.

[@TheLAGopher]

Well he did later serve as US Ambassador to Japan during the Clinton years and was an elder statesman of the Democrats Party due to his long public service career and maintaining his dignity in crushing defeat. Responding with grace after a bitter lose rather that be a 49 state blowout or a 500 vote lose in Florida used to be a respected public example of good character vs spending the next 4 years taking a flamethrower to our government institutions

[@user-rr7bv3fu4b]

How these guys kept from laughing I'll never know, true professionals.

[@MK-fc2hn]

They were crying inside.

[@Phil-tt3xg]

Ronald Reagan also won the Superbowl, Stanley cup, and an Oscar that year.

[@jameysummers1577]

Legend has it that Reagan won every province in Canada also that night. Along with Mexico, Zimbabwe, Bermuda and the United Kingdom. Even the planet of mars voted for him.

[@Hereford1642]

May I remind you that any thought of 'winning' the United Kingdom would have been firmly rebuffed by a certain Mrs Thatcher. It is fortunate indeed that they had a good relationship and mutual understanding.

[@keeratdhaelival2054]

That joke flew right over you didn’t it

[@KatSuYeah]

@@Hereford1642do you also have a witty comment about the mars vote?

[@deleted-something]

True

[@bigverybadtom]

@@KatSuYeah Did he win in Mars, Pennsylvania?

[@cshamm]

I mean, can you even believe how horrible this defeat was. It's incredible.

[@girlgarde]

Mondale must've felt like a real loser by the end and wanted to shout 'WHY DON'T YOU PEOPLE LIKE ME?!'.

[@judeknowles2319]

@@girlgarde It not that people don't like him, its that reagen was 100 times better.

[@tedgrove7775]

​@@girlgarde😅😅

[@BzBlade]

This was before democrat started rigging elections

[@mr.fishlord7736]

It also really exemplifies the issue with our electoral college. Reagan actually only had 60% of the popular vote. If you go by electoral college numbers however, which most people will, you'd think he was somewhere closer to 90% of the popular vote. This probably warps people's views about Reagan and the political landscape he lived in.

[@MWB18]

It would be nice if we could go back to a time when people voted based on the candidate and not just blindly vote for the person with a D or R next to their name.

[@bigpapi6688]

If we had a president as good and likable as Reagan, maybe that would be possible

[@Raiders1234]

​@@bigpapi6688I don't think it would be possible. This country is soooooooo divided by political party lines. I think you could put Ted Bundy up there and a majority of the right would vote for him over Biden, and you could put Jeffery epstien up there and the majority of the left would vote for him over Trump. Most voters literally vote for the R or D.

[@patbrooks9823]

@@Raiders1234 Most voters are morons.

[@mws755]

Exactly right !

[@christopherjohnson1803]

I thought Carter got his behind handed to him in '80, but this is next-level!!!

[@josephr.bidenjr9908]

Back when people didn’t just vote along party lines.

[@Raspberries9372]

America is better that people vote more on party lines when it comes to federal public offices/seats.

[@josephr.bidenjr9908]

@@Raspberries9372 uhh how? I have a very republican friend who is actually considering voting for RFK Jr.

[@Raspberries9372]

@@josephr.bidenjr9908 key word: more I said it’s good that America has been voting more along their party lines when it comes to federal offices. Such as voting for president and senate.

[@serronserron1320]

@@Raspberries9372 But why? I'm an environmentalist and I believe in tax sponsored healthcare. But I also believe in gun rights and I am a christian. There isn't really any place in either big party for me.

[@Raspberries9372]

@@serronserron1320 it’s good thing because it makes republican and democrat party unite on their own sides to fight in battle ground states and districts. It makes them go out their way to gain voters to fight, gain and conquer. Look at Reagans Presidency. He won by landslide but the house congress was majority democrat. Weighing down a lot of what he wanted. Same can be said about Richard Nixon, bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

[@mranderson2215]

It felt like watching Super Bowl 48, where you already know who’s going to win but you still just keep watching them pile up.

[@SummerSmithC131]

As a fan of the team who won it, thanks for bringing that memory in the comment section. As a republican, it’s just satisfying to remember we won an election by this much

[@confusedbean1953]

I gotta admit, Mondale got DOGGED in that election

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

Man I can't even imagine how amazing that Superbowl must have been for Seahawks fans where let's be honest that game was over after that first snap by the Broncos Halftime up 22 points second half starts with an 87 yard kick off return 😂 end up being up 36 Points by the time the Broncos scored their first and only td in garbage time let's be honest but man that must be cool games only half over and yet the result is clear just chilling waiting for the game to end and your team officially declared world champions

[@gerald1108]

​@@kurtpunchesthings2411hilarious calling whoever wins American football, world champions , when it's only America that plays it 😅😅😅😅

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

@@gerald1108 I know it's a joke but it's cooler to say " World champions

[@lukefed]

My history teacher was a high ranking worker on the Mondale Ferraro campaign. He said they all knew they basically had no hope.

[@thomashowe1509]

Mondale was like Mccgovern. Knew he couldn’t beat a popular incumbent but hey they had to put up somebody. 😂😂.

[@WaterandFireTarot]

RIP, Pres. Reagan, and Peter Jennings!

[@gabensontv]

I miss the good old days where news anchors kept their bias and opinions to themselves.

[@doctordl7757]

Yeah Peter Jennings was one of the greats.

[@johnmartin4641]

I enjoyed watching Maddow cry on election night 2016🤣

[@CorbettK42]

Ironically the fairness doctrine was revoked under Reagan which is why they are so biased today, and he even vetoed it when congress tried to bring it back in 1989.

[@dandeluxe8731]

​@@johnmartin46412020 was even funnier.

[@johnmartin4641]

@@dandeluxe8731 Don Lemon cried in 2020 even though he claimed his side won. No one on the right cried. Trump came out and yelled, Tucker and Hannity were angry, but no one cried like Maddow.

[@JeffBujak]

Reporting without bias opinions. What a breath of fresh air!

[@monty4336]

Notice, news is being reported. Not feelings and personal opinions like they do today. This is what my gen grew up with.

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

Yeah bro Fox News just complains and cries.

[@JeffBujak]

@@avacadomangobanana2588 They all do, now.

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

@@JeffBujak no. They don’t. Plenty of MSM still sticks to the facts. AP is a great example. PBS. ABC and CBS news are very Americanized news centers, but they’re “centrist” in the way of not challenging right wing extremist and pretending there are extreme leftists in the US But still, they stick to facts. Get with reality bud

[@cursorguy]

@@avacadomangobanana2588so does everyone else

[@NeutronRob]

A Great walk down memory lane! I was a senior in high school and remembered this incredible night! Reagan/Bush 84!

[@user-zc3do8vk4q]

Yeah right,Reagan sucked!

[@NeutronRob]

@@user-zc3do8vk4q - 2 terms!

[@KaiserInGilroy2K]

Now this was a “red tsunami”.

[@TheHyperTuber-VantaBlack]

As a Minnesotan, I still find this a very comical election.

[@dustineiffler7145]

You probably voted for Obama, Hillary and Biden....🤮

[@philipkoekemoer4705]

Even bigger morons now, voted for Omar

[@rh6761]

Why is it so comical? To me it shows how f’n out of touch people in Minnesota are

[@itsurboidonnie]

y’all ruined it man :/ along with freaking washington dc

[@chesucat]

The People Republic of Minnesota!

[@turdferguson1070]

As it turns out, telling people that you are going to raise their taxes as a campaign promise doesn’t work out amazingly well.

[@freakyfornash]

At least he was honest though, even if that totally killed off whatever miniscule chance he ever had at winning! That of which was also a big reason as to why he might as well be the first major party candidate to select a woman as his running mate, knowing there wasn't a snowball's chance in Hell that Reagan was going to possibly lose this election, while having virtually no ammunition to throw at his opponent for that matter either. Yet you gotta admit it was fairly impressive that four out of ten voters actually preferred Mondale over Reagan. Not bad for someone who just BARELY won a mere single state if you ask me too! L.O.L.!

[@rawn4203]

@@freakyfornash Right, reagan on the other hand didnt tell us about his plan for Iran Contra which very well could have been going on during this election. And yes, people look at the electoral map and call this a blowout but Mondale did actually win 4/10 voters which if the electoral vote mimicked that, reagan would have won 323 EV's. Still a solid win but nowhere near the blowout people try to say this was.

[@conservative4523]

​@rawn4203 well at least you admit this was a solid win lol

[@rawn4203]

@@conservative4523 I really cant deny it, even winning the PV by 60/40 cant be argued against.

[@bloodwargaming3662]

​@@conservative4523solid win , yeah a 75 -25 senate and 334 democratic hold in the house

[@DylanSnider]

I can't imagine being in a world where the news is straightforward and just told the news as it is, and people voted whoever without antagonizing each other's candidate or party.

[@Herby.12]

Ronald was a great American president in the 80's

[@MisterPolitical1]

Better than Carter or Bush Sr.

[@fearthesting66]

I love it when almost all states were already announced before Minnesota so they could go "Hey, Mondale got one!"

[@richardlorith6936]

People who are not old enough to remember,may not have realized how popular Reagan was at the time

[@richardlorith6936]

You have to remember Carter was in over his head as President and pride in being an American was down .one of the things Reagan did was reverse that

[@Sole-tx9cx]

@compilationhub54because the economy boomed, patriotism flourished and the country was reborn.

[@Sole-tx9cx]

@@itsurboidonnieread my reply below

[@itsurboidonnie]

@@Sole-tx9cx thanks for the east to digest, short explanation

[@Sole-tx9cx]

@@itsurboidonnie You are welcome

[@Robloxian_ChannelReal]

Ahh seeing Illinois red is beautiful

[@jomamackdaddy]

In the 50's and 60's red state meant democrat. The media probably flipped it because red was a little too accurate a description of Democrat policy.

[@brandonneumann5294]

⁠@@jomamackdaddynobody had color tv in the 50s and 60s so no red state didn’t mean anything. Your thinking 70s

[@jomamackdaddy]

@brandonneumann5294 it goes back before tv. Labor rights parties were always associated with red and conservative with blue. I think they still are in England. It all changed after Reagan turned the whole country blue on tv in the 80's. That visual was too obviously associated with a wave or tide of Republicans washing across the country, and we can't have that, can we?

[@AFT_05G]

It would be red today if it wasn't for Cook County

[@Robloxian_ChannelReal]

@@AFT_05G *crook county

[@SilverSceptile]

As a Minnesotan who knew he lost Minnesota it still hurt to hear it like this for the first time

[@thomashowe1509]

Yeah I mean Reagan refused to campaign there more than once as he wanted Mondale to win out of respect. If he wanted the 50 state sweep he could have campaigned up there and won it but didn’t. I kinda wish he did.

[@SilverSceptile]

@@thomashowe1509 I did not know that at all

[@thomashowe1509]

@@SilverSceptile yeah Reagan was a decent man despite what people say today. He did the same with Carter. He never campaigned in GA in 1980 as he wanted Carter to have his home state. The idea in 84 was to get Reagan to campaign for the senate race but he said no. But just imagine if reagan did the 50 state sweep he’d of been crowned Jesus Christ. We will never see anybody as popular as Ronald Reagan was in the 80s. It’s sad to see but the reality

[@3dartistguy]

Mondale is catching up, he's got three electoral votes...lol!

[@paratrooper321fa]

to be fair Reagans lead dropping to 15% in a state was what passed for drama that night

[@3dartistguy]

@@paratrooper321fa why didn’t they just declare it for Reagan once he gained 270?

[@paratrooper321fa]

@@3dartistguy because that would have been at 830 at night they had to drag it out more

[@3dartistguy]

@@paratrooper321fa why it was essentially over

[@paratrooper321fa]

@@3dartistguy the thing to remember this was before cable tv all the tv networks in the country blocked off the date for the election coverage. From the : us election night 1984 nbc live coverage they called it at 1h15m into the broadcast. Also by 9pm they were seeing if Reagan was going to sweep all 50 states.

[@williamrowlett740]

I remember 1984 election and when the networks called Minnesota for Mondale fairly late in the evening, my dad says "isn't that nice that he finally won a state and it's his home state."

[@misswinnie4.8]

😂

[@JC-hi8fk]

News broadcasters not telling us how one candidate will be the end of democracy? The country unified behind a leader? What kind of alternate timeline is this?

[@RHG1967]

I watched this broadcast as a proud Republican at the time. How times do change. I doubt a 2024 Trump-Biden rematch would look like this.

[@JimHeathChannel]

You are correct about that. The same four or five states will be the battlegrounds.

[@mfgreviews5028]

​@@JimHeathChannelI think Trump is going to shock people and win some blue states.

[@amafirenze-vi1uh]

After six months from this comment, I suspect there is a possibility in Trump's favour.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

@@amafirenze-vi1uh I think Trump will win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote.

[@jj_colombia97]

@amafirenze-vi1uh Quite honestly, I just hope that with everything going on, this country can make it to November at all.

[@alkelenson648]

1979 graduating high school Duluth East MN Mondale was our keynote speaker. I still voted Reagan.

[@trepan4944]

I was born in and still live in Massachusetts to this day. I was born in the '90s, and could never imagine this state voting for a Republican president. Obviously President Reagan is the exception.

[@backtobasic8566]

Things were way different back then

[@rs8247]

@@backtobasic8566 different back then. Democrats weren’t complete victim players constantly and radical! There was no antifa and BLM burning cities down while they buy million dollar houses in white communities. Back when we took care of Florida 1st instead of Ukraine which has never helped us in any way. It has helped Joe and Hunter get rich though. We had secure boarders back then and out America 1st! I miss those times! When only women could get pregnant and we could clearly define what a woman was.

[@barryspears1062]

@@rs8247 Yes! Totally agree!

[@scottodonnell7121]

We had a 3.2% unemployment rate, interest rates were down, gas was cheap, no inflation and rising wages. It was a fantastic time in America, following the Jimmy Carter 4 year nightmare.

[@jaypritchett6846]

I was born and raised in California, and born in the '90s also, and I never thought I'd see California red! 😮

[@kenmurphy9442]

What a magical night. I was 17 and remember watching this -- my parents always watched ABC.

[@feliscorax]

The fact Walter Mondale won Minnesota just goes to show how much of a beast he really was. Reagan had no hope! >.

[@Jacksonn985]

And DC.... cant forget 👀👀

[@MisterPolitical1]

Minnesota went Democratic because of Watergate

[@feliscorax]

@@MisterPolitical1 You’re what they call the life of the party, I take it?

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

@@MisterPolitical1 that makes no sense.

[@MisterPolitical1]

@@robertortiz-wilson1588 Minnesota went Democratic consecutively since 1976

[@SP-td9xj]

"no democrat has ever won without winning Texas" "republicans have won New Jersey in the last 4 elections" Man, times have changed lol

[@dco2006]

New York City and Philly slime oozing into the state over the last 40 yeara lol

[@TimmyTheTinman]

People forget Joe Biden came close to winning Texas in 2020 was only off by four points

[@thevoices1879]

@@TimmyTheTinman Trump won Texas by roughly 5.6% en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas

[@augustopinochet42069]

@@TimmyTheTinman six points

[@Sammykyt]

Lol

[@michelesanpietro3013]

It was like a boxing match with a knock-out after three seconds...

[@freakyfornash]

More like a Mike Tyson boxing match from back in the day, which would barely last a minute during his prime too! L.O.L.!

[@davester1970]

@@freakyfornash - More like trying to fight Mike Tyson while handcuffed.

[@vichitrvongkiattikachorn9347]

What a charismatic clean sweep by Reagan in 1984.

[@garyg7769]

First president I was able to vote for as I was born in 1964. Nice to have been part of such an historical win.

[@BrockSamson18]

The closest anyone has ever gotten to beating Jeb Bush's historical all state sweep in the 2016, 2020, 2024, and 2032 presidential election.

[@zhoubiden6003]

jeb!

[@higherpower254]

Please Clap 👏👏👏👏

[@Mirrorman12]

👏

[@derkommissar4986]

👏

[@theodorerobert6774]

JEB!

[@J-tu2pb]

The reason he won this big wasn’t because of political view in fact a good amount of people didn’t agree with him but they trusted him. My parents were in high school during the 80s and they said that even though people disagreed with Reagan they still liked and trusted him. Much different from what we see today with politicians.

[@mattwilliam5522]

So erotic and so sensual to think that

[@rawn4203]

Did they trust him with his big iran contra coverup?

[@RisingRecluse]

I guess the Iran Contra Affair wouldn't break the news for a couple years.

[@rawn4203]

@@RisingRecluse True, it likely had either just started or was about to start around this time.

[@bezllama3325]

​@@rawn4203he still would've won

[@HardSoundGuy]

The only places that voted for Mondale: 1. District of Columbia 2. His home state

[@mws755]

And Gilligan's Island

[@Raiders1234]

Can you imagine the meltdown ABC would have if they had to call an election where a Rebulican just dominates like that now!? They would lose their minds.

[@GenXgirl969]

Don’t worry they’ve made sure that can’t ever happen again.

[@deanflores4837]

Can you imagine the TYT, cnn, msnbc, and the view melt down if that happens with Trump 2024?. My cup would run over with tears. 🤣🤣

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

​@@GenXgirl969 wink 😉

[@coldplayfan6070]

I am already imagining CNN, MSNBC, TYT, ABC, and CBS melting down like lava if Trump gets his redemption like a 1980/1984 scenario. But I'd doubt that would happen. I am uncertain he can win California and New York, but at this point, with everything being thrown at him right now, the possibilities of winning those 2 states are endless. New York hasn't been Republican since 1988, and California hasn't been Republican since 1992.

[@RX-12]

There’s no Republican like this now.

[@CrankyGrandma]

I remember this. It was pretty amazing. My parents liked Mondale but voted Reagan as so many others did. They did not like what the Democratic Party was becoming. And just 15 years earlier they were staunch democrats. Most tv stations used blue for republicans and red for democrats. I think only abc did the opposite.

[@brandon27025]

L parents.

[@patrickmulroney9452]

would reagan support trump NEVER!!!

[@TeensierPython]

@@patrickmulroney9452 who cares? Let it go.

[@noahhumbard724]

Your parents were smart to figure out how the party was becoming bad . glad they saw the light

[@bigverybadtom]

@@patrickmulroney9452 And how would you know? Bob Dole did.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Love the old school accents and the absolutely simple and dispassionate journalistic coverage, bereft of agenda or gratuitous commentary

[@jlma-xc9ol]

Peter Jennings was Canadian. It's not an "old school accent," it's a canadian one.

[@troylee5273]

If mail-in voting in 1984 Mondale would’ve magically jumped ahead a few days later.

[@JimHeathChannel]

There was mail-in voting in 1984. Republicans, including Reagan, loved the idea of allowing as many people to vote early as possible because in those days the GOP had a big tent and they wanted every vote. Times have changed.

[@gregcarlson8438]

@@JimHeathChannel yeah things have changed. Democrats have much more lazy and uncommitted voters. The mail in vote greatly benefits them.

[@Leo-uu2up]

Ikr

[@noahhyde8769]

Yes, it was called 'absentee voting.' It wasn't the vote-harvesting cheat-machine train-wreck that the establishment uses to empower itself, today.@@JimHeathChannel

[@modak6050]

Man if this election wasnt 16 years before I was born I wouldve been up all night laughing my ass off

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

Mondale received three more electoral votes than I got, and I didn't even run.

[@bemhibbits4157]

And you or Mondale would likely have made a better president than Reagan.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

@@bemhibbits4157 Thanks! To this day I have mixed feelings about Reagan. No president is 100% bad or 100% good. His second term was way more problematic than his first - probably due in part to his age.

[@bigverybadtom]

@@bemhibbits4157 Economic prosperity and winning the Cold War sure suck, right?

[@bemhibbits4157]

@@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont No it was ignoring AIDS and his help-the-rich tax plan. Good orator, no doubt.

[@bemhibbits4157]

@@bigverybadtom Economic prosperity?? In 1986, unemployment was at 7%. Interest rate on a 30 year mortgage was at 9%. A year of slow growth and moderate inflation, and the dollar was weak. WTF are you talking about?? Did you hit your head? the only reason the cold war ended was because the Soviets finally went broke. Reagan had nothing directly to do with it. Anymore than Clinton had anything to do with the booming tech economy. You thank Reagan for ending the Cold war, you better thank Clinton for the internet.

[@cmoore7700]

My 1st time voting was 1984 and I remember having a Reagan/Bush bumper sticker on my car. N.J. was a different state then. Great memories and yes America loved President Reagan

[@peachabutt]

Too bad about all the black and gay people he killed :(

[@anarchorepublican5954]

my First Presidential Vote too!...and I never ever regretted that one..

[@travisdarko5781]

That’s embarrassing lmao

[@anarchorepublican5954]

@@travisdarko5781 🔴254 Electoral Votes REAGAN to 🔵3 Electoral Votes MONDALE ...that was what was truly embarrassing... 📺⇠😆 even liberal SNL did a hilarious skit..." since Everyone was voting for Reagan...they asked Mondale, why not you Vote for him too, and make it unanimous?"

[@dust195]

Too bad. Given that trickle down economics slowly gutted our economy, how does one profiteer 2 separate world wars and still manage to squander that generational wealth in one lifetime?

[@patrickgjorven7832]

This was back in the 80's and they were done in one night. It's 2020's and now it takes over a month to tally all votes. Something is very wrong with our voting system!

[@JimHeathChannel]

They were not done counting in one night, but the projections were easy to make earlier because the election wasn't close. In close elections it takes time because every vote counts and you can't make the call. In 2000 the election wasn't called for over five weeks and it took a Supreme Court decision to stop it because it was that close. Close elections take time. Nothing is wrong with our voting system.

[@nilnil8411]

Legend says Mondale conceded even before the election begun. Imagine going against the OG Legend himself.

[@kenwaymore7871]

Mondale BARELY carried his home state of Minnesota by about 4,000 votes. To put it another way, we came within one vote per precinct of carrying the state for Reagan. We did re-elect Sen. Rudy Boschwitz and took control of the MN house.

[@mam162]

Minnesota did go for Nixon in 1972, though :) That race was actually more lopsided than 1984 from a popular vote standpoint. Richard Nixon received over 60 percent of the vote that year, a feat that Reagan was (barely) unable to duplicate.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Outside of the Twin Cities, it was all Reagan.

[@girlgarde]

@@mirzaahmed6589 I can believe that, many cities in the U.S tend to vote Democrat while the parts of the states that they're in that aren't big cities tend to vote Republican. Just look at Washington and Oregon, the big cities like Seattle and Portland vote Democrat (which has caused them major problems) while the rest of their states vote Republican but because they're outnumbered population wise, those states go to whoever the Democrat candidate is in U.S presidential elections.

[@thomashowe1509]

@@girlgardelook at IL. It’s red everywhere baring Chicago and some suburbs. Or as a better example PA, it’s so red it’s a joke but Philly and the suburbs made jt blue. When you don’t appeal to suburbs you can’t expect rural areas to save you

[@kulog6720]

It wis so intriguing to me to see the Nation as a whole all agree on someone for the most part. I don't think I've lived in a time where it wasnt a razor edge majority.

[@MeMe-td1ye]

Dems dominate popular votes since 1992.

[@Michael-mh2tw]

It is a good thing. Having closer elections means two things - people making laws are careful about whether they have a public mandate for them, and the opposition is not left as merely a symbolic one, they still have influence, so their supporters are not completely alienated. It also is a symptom of there being a larger clash of ideas and visions for the country, which is good for democracy.

[@Rick-qh2zu]

​@@Michael-mh2twthat's the reason for the electoral college in a nutshell. Majority doesn't rule but number of states gained=everyone has a voice.

[@shotguncreeper]

@@Rick-qh2zu I love when votes in battleground and small states have more weight than others

[@magnusthereddidnithingwrong]

@@shotguncreeper i love when a minority of voters get a majority of the electoral college votes, allowing a deeply unpopular party to remain in power. What an awful system of government.

[@miketilton6393]

Before social media tainted everything

[@tonecot8932]

If this were a college football game, they'd be kneeling in victory formation before halftime.

[@TheBlackShadow387]

One cool thing about watching these is seeing the change in electoral votes. Texas was only worth 29, and since then it has gained 11!

[@VandalJace]

We will never have an election with this much of a blowout in this country ever again. We're far too divided.

[@skyserf]

If elections were legitimate we would.

[@_Quxyz]

@@skyserf”If we only let rational people who obviously agree with me to vote we would win”

[@skyserf]

@@_Quxyz That’s how you think. If we require ID to buy alcohol or travel on airplanes it should be required to vote everywhere. The irrational people are the ones filling out multiple mail in ballots and/or voting in multiple locations.

[@suitednate2012]

@@skyserf Amen. if the dems weren't still able to get away with massive election fraud, Trump would have had 350+ electoral votes in 2020 and 2016 and Obama wouldn't have won a second term although it would have been close.

[@TomH2681]

@@_Quxyz Very different from what Skyserf said. If we had a real election today (meaning not letting dead people vote), don't you think Trump would win at least 45 states, if not 50?

[@wyomingptt]

It's so funny how it went from "Who will will the Presidency" to "Will Reagan win every single state" lol.

[@NikolakiH]

Imagine all the votes NOT taking 2 weeks to be counted

[@JimHeathChannel]

All the votes here weren't counted on election night. The states were simply called early because the election wasn't close.

[@mwrspetsnaz5977]

@@JimHeathChannelat the end it said 99% in.

[@JimHeathChannel]

@@mwrspetsnaz5977 Yes, as I wrote all the votes weren't counted on election night. The day after the election there were zero contested states, thus no need for any recounts.

[@mwrspetsnaz5977]

@@JimHeathChannel regardless, for an election conducted nearly 40 years ago with far more inefficient technology. The votes were counted far faster.

[@JimHeathChannel]

@@mwrspetsnaz5977 It was not a close election. That's the difference. The 1876 election took four months to sort out. In 1884 it took over a week. In 1916 it took two weeks because it was so close.The Nixon team could have challenged the 1960 results if they had wanted to because it was so close. And it took a 5-4 Supreme Court decision to end the 2000 election after over a month. If the 1984 election had been a nail biter, which it certainly wasn't, the process would have slowed and there would have been mandatory recounts, just like what happened in 2020. Except there are an additional 50 million voters since 1984. Everything is faster in an election that isn't close.

[@randomarsh9817]

Incredible we could confirm poll closures this quickly in 1984 but in 2020 California needed three weeks!!!!

[@AethelredTheReady]

Biden needed extra time to fabricate mail in ballots from dead people

[@DaDARKPass]

Pretty sure California finished in like a day. I dunno wtf you're talking about.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

@@DaDARKPass California has a higher population than Canada. It would take them FOREVER!

[@DaDARKPass]

@@TheLordOfNothing Believe whatever you want, but it took them a day, even with a population of 40 million.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

@@DaDARKPass Didn't know that. I made an educated guess based on past elections.

[@JoeBatson]

10:29 Mondale wins Minnesota. Chris Paul hits a huge 3 to cut the lead to 42

[@jamesdaglian6262]

CP3 electoral votes

[@kdublock]

I remember the good ole days when it didn’t take weeks to “count” votes

[@JimHeathChannel]

Yes, when elections aren't close it doesn't take long. But see election 2000 for an example of when every vote counts. That election wasn't called for over a month and was decided by a Supreme Court decision. Thankfully Al Gore did the right thing and conceded defeat when he lost.

[@mfgreviews5028]

​@@JimHeathChannelAl Gore had no choice the supreme court decided Bush won. It slipped your mind I guess

[@krazyeman4]

I was 8 days old. What a blowout

[@JohrDasat]

I was 9 years 8 months

[@dco2006]

2.5 years lol

[@jamesbhollingsworth5452]

I was -20

[@asheep7797]

I was -39 (born yesterday)

[@ykwtfgo]

I was -21

[@jeffberger6162]

I worked on the campaign and was at Reagan HQ at the Onni Shoreham Hotel on Pennsylvania Ave that night. The place got louder and louder as each state was announced. I cannot believe I was there when a Republican won 49 states! Actually it was 50 but Reagan did not want to embarrass Mondale and did not ask for a recount in his home state of Minnesota. I still have my hat and button and a bag of jellybeans. It is sad how low we have fallen. Never again will we see such a landslide victory again. It was an amazing time.

[@mastermind7946]

It would be interesting to hear from someone who worked on the Mondale campaign about what they were expecting

[@QueenMoontime]

America has fallen as low as it has because of Reagan. Hope it was worth it, your grandkids have no future

[@mws755]

​@mastermind7946 They knew months ahead of time that it was lost. They treated election night like a holiday party and just enjoyed the moment

[@davesmith4221]

That was a great night! I remember watching that.

[@andrewandres148]

I recall how exciting and captivating this was as a 7th grader...... Yhannnn,,,

[@andrewps84]

I love watching these historical videos…I was too young to remember this happening live but enjoy seeing this so many years later.

[@Sole-tx9cx]

I remember and I become more sad with each watching my republic slowly die

[@SmilingSynic]

I was 16 years old during this election. I remember watching the election results at my parents' kitchen table during dinner on one of those small 13 inch black and whites (we had a bigger color console in the basement den). It was over before we finished.

[@smc1942]

I was 17. Great days back then.

[@misswinnie4.8]

😂

[@e.k.borchgrevink2786]

Thank you Jimmy Carter ...

[@AFT_05G]

Last Democrat to carry all Southern states

[@CoverBrazilian]

lol, I love how the District of Colombia rarely ever votes with the people.

[@JimHeathChannel]

You could say the same thing about Utah I guess.

[@TheRealW.S.Foster]

What I wouldn't give for this to happen again in 2024.

[@korytoombs886]

Well if Trump and Biden both don't run, and someone decent runs, it could.

[@troodon1096]

Reagan can't constitutionally run for a 3rd term, plus he's dead.

[@troodon1096]

@@korytoombs886 I really hope neither of them run because I don't want either of them to win.

[@davidl5037]

Reagan letting the USA get some sleep 😂

[@TommyBackwater41]

I was serving at Checkpoint Charlie Berlin Germany in the 80s and the Great President Reagan paid us a surprise visit . Kindest man I ever met . Made us feel we could be more than we were . Loved that man . RIP

[@roberw1912]

I can't imagine with the polarised state of politics an election would end up like this.

[@TheVagolfer]

When we had a young 73-year-old president.

[@peterp2153]

Who was heavily rumored to be exhibiting the initial signs of Alzheimer’s by the end of this term.

[@TheVagolfer]

@@peterp2153 You mean just like the President we have in office now?

[@Rick-qh2zu]

​​@@TheVagolferyes

[@bcubed72]

@@peterp2153 Yes. Could we please get someone *under the age of 65* to run? Biden vs Trump? One is likely to die; one is likely to get a terminal case of "tapioca-brain."

[@Gibmester]

@@peterp2153least he could string together sentences correctly

[@stevegatoloai2179]

It wasn’t even close, Regan absolutely destroyed the competition back in the 1980s.

[@user-fk8ec2ih5u]

Back in the day when Americans were less partisan and a lot smarter

[@robertdefoe2396]

"Stop it, he's already dead!"

[@richardhenle2650]

I remember one comedian joked back then about this saying "This guy spent millions to run and I spent nothing and almost tied him"

[@randyking3057]

This is so calming. It helps me sleep at night

[@troodon1096]

It brings me a great nostalgic feeling remembering the days when you could go to bed on Election Night already knowing who won.

[@randyking3057]

@@troodon1096 True. So true.

[@tonyhill1264]

I was 15 at this election and knew right then I would be a Republican for life, A Reagan Republican.😊

[@JimHeathChannel]

Many Reagan Republicans have left the GOP because Trump is the opposite of Reagan in many ways.

[@brandonneumann5294]

@@JimHeathChannelRonald Reagan is the reason we have money in politics. He was absolutely disastrous for this country

[@JC-hi8fk]

It’s hilarious how they keep saying “the Mondale team must be very disappointed, they targeted this state heavily.” as if it mattered at that point 😂

[@hagen3457]

Interesting with such old technology they were able to count votes so quickly 🤔🤔🤔

[@JimHeathChannel]

When the vote isn’t that close, you can make an early call. Plus, there were a lot less people in 1984.

[@hagen3457]

So 40 years later, we're using the same tech?

[@lucasfelipejr]

@@hagen3457 exactly

[@smc1942]

Thank dough minion.🙄 (Spelt 4 U toob Cen sores.)

[@randolphduke]

@@JimHeathChannel Don't give us that garbage. They can get the votes counted in one night. The problem is that these days, they have to wait to find out how many fake votes they need to manufacture and feed into the machines for the next day or two or three... It doesn't get any more obvious what they did in 2020.