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In the U.S. Presidential election of 1984, Ronald Reagan failed to carry Minnesota, the home state of his opponent, Walter Mondale, and the District of Colombia, which has had a very large Democratic voting majority for at least as long as they have had the right to participate in presidential elections.
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