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Election 1984 Results

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1984 presidential election in Alabama

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Walter Mondale (Democrat) in Alabama in 1984, 60.5% to 38.3%, a margin of 22.3 points and 320,950 votes.

Alabama voted 4.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+18.2.

The Republican hold continued from 1980, when Ronald Reagan also won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 13. The largest, Jefferson, cast 266,547 votes and went to the Republican by 19.1 points. The closest was Perry, where 131 votes separated the two parties.

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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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ronald Reagan won Republican 872,849 60.5%
Walter Mondale Democratic 551,899 38.3%
All other candidates 16,965 1.2%
Total1,441,713

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 107,506 40.3% 158,362 59.4% 679 266,547 R+19.1
Mobile 47,252 36.1% 81,923 62.6% 1,784 130,959 R+26.5
Madison 26,881 34.4% 50,428 64.5% 825 78,134 R+30.1
Montgomery 31,206 41.6% 43,328 57.8% 471 75,005 R+16.2
Tuscaloosa 16,066 35.9% 28,075 62.8% 598 44,739 R+26.8
Etowah 19,074 49.2% 19,243 49.6% 464 38,781 R+0.4
Calhoun 12,752 33.5% 23,291 61.2% 2,039 38,082 R+27.7
Morgan 11,324 31.7% 24,301 68.0% 116 35,741 R+36.3
Baldwin 7,272 22.0% 24,964 75.5% 809 33,045 R+53.5
Lauderdale 12,907 45.0% 15,354 53.6% 398 28,659 R+8.5
Shelby 5,884 21.0% 21,858 77.9% 326 28,068 R+56.9
Houston 6,488 23.6% 20,854 75.8% 163 27,505 R+52.2
Lee 9,077 34.7% 16,757 64.1% 327 26,161 R+29.4
Walker 10,591 44.6% 12,852 54.1% 310 23,753 R+9.5
Cullman 7,989 34.5% 14,782 63.9% 355 23,126 R+29.4
Talladega 8,490 36.9% 14,067 61.1% 463 23,020 R+24.2
Colbert 11,008 52.3% 9,530 45.3% 494 21,032 D+7.0
Dallas 10,955 52.9% 9,585 46.3% 178 20,718 D+6.6
Marshall 7,704 37.8% 12,330 60.5% 357 20,391 R+22.7
De Kalb 7,212 37.3% 12,098 62.5% 39 19,349 R+25.3
Elmore 4,198 26.1% 11,694 72.7% 185 16,077 R+46.6
Coffee 4,370 28.9% 10,558 69.8% 190 15,118 R+40.9
St. Clair 4,000 27.3% 10,408 71.0% 246 14,654 R+43.7
Jackson 7,635 52.4% 6,730 46.2% 217 14,582 D+6.2
Russell 7,610 52.7% 6,654 46.0% 188 14,452 D+6.6
Limestone 5,410 38.6% 8,423 60.1% 177 14,010 R+21.5
Covington 3,812 27.5% 9,944 71.6% 127 13,883 R+44.2
Dale 3,215 23.5% 10,319 75.4% 158 13,692 R+51.9
Tallapoosa 4,458 32.6% 9,045 66.2% 163 13,666 R+33.6
Chambers 5,302 39.4% 8,024 59.6% 137 13,463 R+20.2
Escambia 3,853 30.3% 8,694 68.3% 177 12,724 R+38.0
Blount 3,738 29.9% 8,508 68.2% 236 12,482 R+38.2
Autauga 3,366 28.2% 8,350 70.1% 201 11,917 R+41.8
Chilton 2,934 25.1% 8,243 70.5% 511 11,688 R+45.4
Clarke 4,452 41.2% 6,282 58.1% 77 10,811 R+16.9
Marion 3,918 36.6% 6,771 63.2% 24 10,713 R+26.6
Marengo 4,811 47.1% 5,261 51.5% 141 10,213 R+4.4
Barbour 4,591 45.2% 5,459 53.7% 111 10,161 R+8.5
Franklin 4,601 45.9% 5,304 52.9% 122 10,027 R+7.0
Pike 3,541 35.6% 6,231 62.6% 181 9,953 R+27.0
Monroe 3,725 38.2% 5,917 60.6% 114 9,756 R+22.5
Macon 7,857 82.7% 1,543 16.2% 99 9,499 D+66.5
Lawrence 4,866 51.3% 4,466 47.0% 162 9,494 D+4.2
Winston 2,624 27.7% 6,845 72.2% 9 9,478 R+44.5
Geneva 2,330 25.9% 6,308 70.0% 373 9,011 R+44.1
Butler 3,641 41.8% 4,941 56.7% 127 8,709 R+14.9
Pickens 3,586 43.2% 4,685 56.5% 25 8,296 R+13.2
Washington 3,081 40.8% 4,434 58.8% 28 7,543 R+17.9
Randolph 2,439 32.5% 4,940 65.7% 136 7,515 R+33.3
Choctaw 3,373 45.9% 3,960 53.9% 16 7,349 R+8.0
Fayette 2,533 35.2% 4,654 64.6% 14 7,201 R+29.5
Sumter 4,478 64.0% 2,493 35.6% 22 6,993 D+28.4
Conecuh 2,735 43.2% 3,538 55.9% 61 6,334 R+12.7
Cherokee 3,029 47.9% 3,225 51.0% 65 6,319 R+3.1
Henry 2,231 35.8% 3,952 63.3% 56 6,239 R+27.6
Hale 3,289 54.3% 2,691 44.4% 76 6,056 D+9.9
Wilcox 3,663 60.8% 2,337 38.8% 22 6,022 D+22.0
Lamar 1,910 32.6% 3,943 67.2% 14 5,867 R+34.7
Bibb 2,167 38.1% 3,487 61.3% 33 5,687 R+23.2
Perry 2,731 50.5% 2,600 48.1% 77 5,408 D+2.4
Bullock 3,537 66.7% 1,697 32.0% 65 5,299 D+34.7
Crenshaw 1,904 36.1% 3,261 61.9% 107 5,272 R+25.7
Lowndes 3,567 67.9% 1,629 31.0% 56 5,252 D+36.9
Greene 3,675 70.6% 1,361 26.1% 173 5,209 D+44.4
Clay 1,456 28.9% 3,432 68.2% 145 5,033 R+39.3
Cleburne 1,238 26.8% 3,259 70.5% 126 4,623 R+43.7
Coosa 1,781 40.6% 2,585 59.0% 19 4,385 R+18.3

Counties as they stood in 1984; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5