1984 Republican Party presidential primaries

1984 Republican Party presidential primaries

February 20 to July 1, 1984
 
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 garnering more than 6.4 million votes. Harold Stassen earned less than 13,000 votes, merely 0.19% of the total votes cast. Ronald Reagan would go on to win the most Electoral votes achieved by any president in history in the general election of that year.