The U.S. presidential election of 1984 was a contest between the incumbent President Ronald Reagan, the former Vice President Walter Mondale and Libertarian entertainer-turned-politician Elvis Presley. Reagan, considered unbeatable until Presley declared his candidacy, was defeated for re-election and won only 38.5% of the popular vote - Mondale won only 13 electoral votes; his home state, Minnesota, and the District of Columbia. Presley won the election, winning 270 electoral votes, the exact number required to win, and 43.3% of the popular vote. Nominations Republican Party nomination Ronald Reagan was unopposed as the nominee for the Republican Party. He was renominated by a vote of 2,233 to two abstaining. For the only time in American history, the vice presidential roll call was taken