Four More Years

What happened? Ronald Reagan beat Walter Mondale by 59 percent to 41 percent in the popular vote, carrying a majority of every age group, of both sexes, and of every income class above $10,000 per year. Union members supported Mondale over Reagan by 53 percent to 47 percent, not a significantly different performance than in 1980. In the identifiable demographic groups going for Mondale—blacks, Jews, and Hispanics gave considerably greater proportionate support than did union members who, at...