Mondale is Welcomed in Iowa. Walter Mon . dale campaigns across the nation prior to Nouember 6, 1984. - photo by Associated Press. Bethune Visits Harding. Republican congressional candidate Ed Bethune visits Harding 's campus as well as Searcy during his unsuccessful campaign. - photo by Wes Holland . Harding and Arkansas Campu8 Colored by Politico. Red, white, and blue dominates the Hammon Student Center weeks before the election as Co liege Republicans set up a campaign booth hoping to sway student voters. - photo by Wes Holland. 30 Presidential Election Record breaking events marked the 1984 elections on both the national and local levels. From the landslide victory for President Ronald Reagan all the way down to the formation of a new democratic organization for Harding students, 1984 presented a number of all-time firsts. President Reagan won reelection with 525 electoral votes which made him the largest electoral college winner in history. Mr. Reagan also became the first president ever to get more than 50 million votes and with 59 percent of the popular vote he is second only to Lyndon B. Johnson's 61.1 percent in the history of the presidency. Walter Mondale , the Democratic Presidential Nominee, attributed his landslide defeat to President Reagan's unshakable popularity. Given the small gain of GOP seats in the House and a loss of two seats in the Senate, Mr. Mondale's evaluation of the Presidential election seems accurate. The most plausible explanation for his 49 state electoral sweep was Mr. Reagan's personal popularity among the American people . Fifty-three Republicans and 47 Democrats now govern in the United States Senate. The Republicans gained 15 seats in the House of Representatives and now have a total of 182 while the Democrats still enjoy a narrowed majority of 253 seats . The Congressional election results indicate the Presidential election was not one of deep-seated concerns and issues, but one of a very popular president in a time of some economic progress and a weaker personality on the part of Walter Mondale. President Reagan , while savoring an immense personal triumph at the polls , already has begun work on a second term devoted to fending off higher taxes , dealing effectively with a record-setting deficit and revitalizing the arms-control process. Time will tell as to whether or not Mr. Reagan will be successful. Whether or not the election of 1984 goes down in history as a watershed for the future posterity of the Republican Right is yet to be seen. Economic conditions and yet unknown events will tell the difference in the 1988 election about which rumors are already Circulating. Republican Howard Baker of Tennessee and Democrat Gary Hart of Colorado will be two of the highly probable candidates. Governor Cuomo of New York and Ted Kennedy are still outside chances to be the next leader of the Democratic party. VicePresident Bush certainly will be in a position to help decide the future of the Republican party. In the 1984 Arkansas state elections, Mr . Reagan won the state of Arkansas handily , but the Republican party in general did not make Significant gains at the polls. Pulaski County Sheriff, Tommy Robinson , was elected with a plurality of the vote over Judy Petty and Jim Taylor . Senator David Pryor gained a second term with a substantial Victory over Searcy resident and 2nd Congressional Congressman Ed Bethune in the Senate race. President Reagan's last minute historic visit to Arkansas for Petty and Bethune was not important to the outcome . Governor Clinton was
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