How come Reagan won in a 49-state landslide in 1984?

[Mechaman]

The amazing part of the election of 1984 (from what I've seen from old youtube videos) wasn't that Reagan won 49 of 50 states, but that he didn't win Minnesota.
I mean I always found Mondale to be a great speaker but against the Reagan Machine, God himself couldn't beat him.

[Mechaman]

The amazing part of the election of 1984 (from what I've seen from old youtube videos) wasn't that Reagan won 49 of 50 states, but that he didn't win Minnesota.
I mean I always found Mondale to be a great speaker but against the Reagan Machine, God himself couldn't beat him.

Yeah, I youtube'd some election footage from that night and everyone thought he'd win Minnesota.

Close states
Margin of victory less than 5%[18][19]

1.Minnesota, 0.18%

Just... ouch.

I know.
After Reagan won more than 50% in Massachusetts and Rhode Island (where he lost by a ten point margin in 1980), I think most people would've assumed he would've had a wash.

[Mechaman]

The reason why Reagan did so well is because Walter Mondale campaigned like it was 1964 in 1984. Which is very ironic considering what happened in 1964.