How the stock market has performed on Election Day

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The U.S. stock market was closed on Election Day through the 1980 election. How it has performed on Election Day in the years since:

— Nov. 6, 1984: Hours before Ronald Reagan beats Walter Mondale in a landslide for re-election, and with the economy healing after a deep recession, the Dow climbs 14 points to 1,244.

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