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Election 1984 Results

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1984 presidential election results by state and county

Ronald Reagan won a second term by carrying 49 states and 525 electoral votes, the largest electoral total in history, against Democrat Walter Mondale.

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Walter Mondale in 1984, winning 525 electoral votes to 13. Walter Mondale carried 2 states and Ronald Reagan 49. Across the states, the Democratic and Republican vote came to 37,568,137 and 54,455,073 (R+18.2 of all votes cast).

The closest states were Minnesota (D+0.2), Massachusetts (R+2.8) and Rhode Island (R+3.7). 5 states changed party from 1980: Georgia to the Republicans, Hawaii to the Republicans, Maryland to the Republicans, Rhode Island to the Republicans and West Virginia to the Republicans.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

About the 1984 presidential election

By 1984 the economy had recovered strongly from the recession of the early 1980s, and inflation had fallen sharply. Reagan's campaign ran on the theme that it was "morning again in America." Democrats nominated Walter Mondale, Carter's vice president, who said openly that he would raise taxes to cut the deficit. He chose Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his running mate, the first woman on a major-party presidential ticket. Reagan won about 59 percent of the popular vote and every state except Mondale's home state of Minnesota, which Mondale held by only 0.2 points. Mondale also won the District of Columbia, for a total of 13 electoral votes. Reagan flipped the five states Carter had held in 1980 apart from Minnesota: Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Rhode Island and West Virginia. His narrowest margins came in Massachusetts, by 2.8 points, Rhode Island, by 3.6, and Maryland, by 5.5. The result was a personal triumph, but Democrats kept their majority in the House. Reagan's coalition, which included many working-class Democrats who crossed over, set the terms for the 1988 race.

Every state

StateDemocratVotesRepublicanVotesOthersMargin EV
Alabama Walter Mondale551,899 (38.3%) Ronald Reagan872,849 (60.5%) 16,965 R+22.3 9
Alaska Walter Mondale62,007 (29.9%) Ronald Reagan138,377 (66.7%) 7,221 R+36.8 3
Arizona Walter Mondale333,854 (32.5%) Ronald Reagan681,416 (66.4%) 10,627 R+33.9 7
Arkansas Walter Mondale338,646 (38.3%) Ronald Reagan534,774 (60.5%) 10,986 R+22.2 6
California Walter Mondale3,922,519 (41.3%) Ronald Reagan5,467,009 (57.5%) 115,513 R+16.3 47
Colorado Walter Mondale454,975 (35.1%) Ronald Reagan821,817 (63.4%) 18,588 R+28.3 8
Connecticut Walter Mondale569,597 (38.8%) Ronald Reagan890,877 (60.7%) 6,426 R+21.9 8
Delaware Walter Mondale101,656 (39.9%) Ronald Reagan152,190 (59.8%) 726 R+19.9 3
District of Columbia Walter Mondale180,408 (85.4%) Ronald Reagan29,009 (13.7%) 1,871 D+71.7 3
Florida Walter Mondale1,448,816 (34.7%) Ronald Reagan2,730,350 (65.3%) 885 R+30.7 21
Georgia flip Walter Mondale706,628 (39.8%) Ronald Reagan1,068,722 (60.2%) 753 R+20.4 12
Hawaii flip Walter Mondale147,154 (43.8%) Ronald Reagan185,050 (55.1%) 3,642 R+11.3 4
Idaho Walter Mondale108,510 (26.4%) Ronald Reagan297,523 (72.4%) 5,111 R+46.0 4
Illinois Walter Mondale2,086,499 (43.3%) Ronald Reagan2,707,103 (56.2%) 25,486 R+12.9 24
Indiana Walter Mondale841,481 (37.7%) Ronald Reagan1,377,230 (61.7%) 14,358 R+24.0 12
Iowa Walter Mondale605,620 (45.9%) Ronald Reagan703,088 (53.3%) 11,097 R+7.4 8
Kansas Walter Mondale333,149 (32.6%) Ronald Reagan677,296 (66.3%) 11,546 R+33.7 7
Kentucky Walter Mondale539,539 (39.4%) Ronald Reagan821,702 (60.0%) 8,104 R+20.6 9
Louisiana Walter Mondale651,586 (38.2%) Ronald Reagan1,037,299 (60.8%) 17,937 R+22.6 10
Maine Walter Mondale214,515 (38.8%) Ronald Reagan336,500 (60.8%) 2,129 R+22.1 4
Maryland flip Walter Mondale787,935 (47.0%) Ronald Reagan879,918 (52.5%) 8,020 R+5.5 10
Massachusetts Walter Mondale1,239,606 (48.4%) Ronald Reagan1,310,936 (51.2%) 8,841 R+2.8 13
Michigan Walter Mondale1,529,638 (40.2%) Ronald Reagan2,251,571 (59.2%) 20,449 R+19.0 20
Minnesota Walter Mondale1,036,364 (49.7%) Ronald Reagan1,032,603 (49.5%) 15,482 D+0.2 10
Mississippi Walter Mondale352,192 (37.4%) Ronald Reagan582,377 (61.9%) 6,535 R+24.5 7
Missouri Walter Mondale848,583 (40.0%) Ronald Reagan1,274,188 (60.0%) R+20.1 11
Montana Walter Mondale146,742 (38.2%) Ronald Reagan232,450 (60.5%) 5,185 R+22.3 4
Nebraska Walter Mondale187,866 (28.8%) Ronald Reagan460,054 (70.6%) 4,170 R+41.7 5
Nevada Walter Mondale91,655 (32.0%) Ronald Reagan188,770 (65.8%) 6,242 R+33.9 4
New Hampshire Walter Mondale120,347 (30.9%) Ronald Reagan267,050 (68.7%) 1,507 R+37.7 4
New Jersey Walter Mondale1,261,323 (39.2%) Ronald Reagan1,933,630 (60.1%) 22,909 R+20.9 16
New Mexico Walter Mondale201,769 (39.2%) Ronald Reagan307,101 (59.7%) 5,500 R+20.5 5
New York Walter Mondale3,119,609 (45.8%) Ronald Reagan3,664,763 (53.8%) 22,438 R+8.0 36
North Carolina Walter Mondale824,287 (37.9%) Ronald Reagan1,346,481 (61.9%) 4,593 R+24.0 13
North Dakota Walter Mondale104,429 (33.8%) Ronald Reagan200,336 (64.8%) 4,206 R+31.0 3
Ohio Walter Mondale1,825,440 (40.0%) Ronald Reagan2,678,559 (58.7%) 59,236 R+18.7 23
Oklahoma Walter Mondale385,080 (30.7%) Ronald Reagan861,530 (68.6%) 9,066 R+37.9 8
Oregon Walter Mondale536,479 (43.7%) Ronald Reagan685,700 (55.9%) 4,348 R+12.2 7
Pennsylvania Walter Mondale2,228,131 (46.0%) Ronald Reagan2,584,323 (53.3%) 32,449 R+7.4 25
Rhode Island flip Walter Mondale197,106 (48.0%) Ronald Reagan212,080 (51.7%) 1,303 R+3.7 4
South Carolina Walter Mondale344,459 (35.6%) Ronald Reagan615,539 (63.6%) 8,531 R+28.0 8
South Dakota Walter Mondale116,113 (36.5%) Ronald Reagan200,267 (63.0%) 1,487 R+26.5 3
Tennessee Walter Mondale711,714 (41.6%) Ronald Reagan990,212 (57.8%) 10,067 R+16.3 11
Texas Walter Mondale1,949,276 (36.1%) Ronald Reagan3,433,428 (63.6%) 14,867 R+27.5 29
Utah Walter Mondale155,369 (24.7%) Ronald Reagan469,105 (74.5%) 5,182 R+49.8 5
Vermont Walter Mondale95,730 (40.8%) Ronald Reagan135,865 (57.9%) 2,966 R+17.1 3
Virginia Walter Mondale796,250 (37.1%) Ronald Reagan1,337,078 (62.3%) 13,307 R+25.2 12
Washington Walter Mondale798,352 (42.6%) Ronald Reagan1,051,670 (56.1%) 24,888 R+13.5 10
West Virginia flip Walter Mondale328,125 (44.6%) Ronald Reagan405,483 (55.1%) 2,134 R+10.5 6
Wisconsin Walter Mondale995,740 (45.0%) Ronald Reagan1,198,584 (54.2%) 17,365 R+9.2 11
Wyoming Walter Mondale53,370 (28.2%) Ronald Reagan133,241 (70.5%) 2,357 R+42.3 3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Margins are Democrat minus Republican, of all votes. Certified results, from the states' own archives, the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, Heideman (2026) and Algara & Amlani (2021). Maine and Nebraska are shown whole, without their district votes. By county: "As they were" draws each county as it stood on election day; "Today's" shares the old votes among today's counties by area. County boundaries: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5). How these results were checked.

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