 The Soviet Union was terrified to meet with him at that time. Gorbachev had not yet ascended to his position as the head of the Soviet Socialist Union something blah, blah, blah. And Reagan rolled on to victory, winning 49 of 50 states, and he only lost Mondale's home state of Minnesota by 3,000 votes. There's your election fraud. They prevented Reagan from getting 50 out of 50.