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Election 1984 Results

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1984 presidential election in Arkansas

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Walter Mondale (Democrat) in Arkansas in 1984, 60.5% to 38.3%, a margin of 22.2 points and 196,128 votes.

Arkansas 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 65 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Pulaski, cast 133,418 votes and went to the Republican by 17.5 points. The closest was Monroe, where 95 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 534,774 60.5%
Walter Mondale Democratic 338,646 38.3%
All other candidates 10,986 1.2%
Total884,406

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Pulaski 54,237 40.7% 77,651 58.2% 1,530 133,418 R+17.5
Sebastian 8,688 23.6% 27,595 75.0% 534 36,817 R+51.4
Washington 11,319 30.8% 24,993 68.1% 386 36,698 R+37.3
Garland 11,484 33.8% 21,213 62.5% 1,261 33,958 R+28.7
Jefferson 18,082 54.9% 14,514 44.1% 313 32,909 D+10.8
Benton 7,306 22.8% 24,296 75.9% 408 32,010 R+53.1
Craighead 8,035 36.0% 14,047 62.9% 261 22,343 R+26.9
White 6,603 34.0% 12,566 64.7% 266 19,435 R+30.7
Saline 6,977 36.2% 11,709 60.7% 611 19,297 R+24.5
Faulkner 7,169 37.6% 11,595 60.9% 279 19,043 R+23.2
Union 6,208 33.1% 12,333 65.7% 218 18,759 R+32.7
Mississippi 7,548 42.5% 10,180 57.3% 38 17,766 R+14.8
Pope 5,082 32.1% 10,667 67.3% 106 15,855 R+35.2
Baxter 4,528 29.1% 10,870 69.8% 166 15,564 R+40.7
Crittenden 6,520 46.8% 6,663 47.8% 751 13,934 R+1.0
Lonoke 4,636 35.3% 8,425 64.1% 81 13,142 R+28.8
Ouachita 5,858 44.8% 6,700 51.2% 531 13,089 R+6.4
Miller 4,686 35.8% 8,302 63.4% 100 13,088 R+27.6
Crawford 3,071 24.2% 9,551 75.2% 79 12,701 R+51.0
Independence 4,415 37.1% 7,428 62.4% 68 11,911 R+25.3
Boone 3,356 29.0% 7,961 68.8% 250 11,567 R+39.8
Hot Spring 5,836 50.5% 5,629 48.8% 81 11,546 D+1.8
Greene 4,730 43.0% 6,179 56.2% 91 11,000 R+13.2
Phillips 5,946 55.5% 4,686 43.7% 91 10,723 D+11.8
St. Francis 4,866 47.1% 5,378 52.1% 78 10,322 R+5.0
Columbia 3,680 35.8% 6,526 63.5% 79 10,285 R+27.7
Poinsett 3,906 40.7% 5,622 58.6% 59 9,587 R+17.9
Ashley 3,373 37.1% 5,675 62.4% 41 9,089 R+25.3
Cleburne 3,172 35.2% 5,769 64.0% 67 9,008 R+28.8
Logan 3,206 35.7% 5,663 63.1% 100 8,969 R+27.4
Clark 4,638 52.4% 4,185 47.3% 30 8,853 D+5.1
Conway 3,742 42.3% 5,049 57.1% 45 8,836 R+14.8
Hempstead 3,327 40.2% 4,904 59.3% 37 8,268 R+19.1
Arkansas 3,153 39.4% 4,804 60.0% 51 8,008 R+20.6
Jackson 4,038 50.6% 3,901 48.9% 42 7,981 D+1.7
Johnson 3,056 39.0% 4,720 60.3% 51 7,827 R+21.3
Carroll 2,263 30.6% 5,041 68.2% 86 7,390 R+37.6
Polk 2,101 28.4% 5,181 70.1% 104 7,386 R+41.7
Clay 3,279 46.2% 3,767 53.0% 59 7,105 R+6.9
Sharp 2,492 36.0% 4,392 63.4% 46 6,930 R+27.4
Franklin 2,399 35.1% 4,382 64.0% 62 6,843 R+29.0
Yell 2,679 39.4% 4,051 59.6% 72 6,802 R+20.2
Lawrence 2,594 38.9% 4,039 60.5% 43 6,676 R+21.6
Van Buren 2,529 38.0% 4,060 61.0% 70 6,659 R+23.0
Cross 2,701 40.7% 3,917 59.0% 17 6,635 R+18.3
Drew 2,638 43.4% 3,407 56.1% 28 6,073 R+12.7
Chicot 3,407 57.5% 2,502 42.2% 18 5,927 D+15.3
Desha 2,918 49.6% 2,696 45.9% 264 5,878 D+3.8
Randolph 2,507 43.7% 3,188 55.6% 38 5,733 R+11.9
Madison 2,133 37.4% 3,516 61.7% 54 5,703 R+24.3
Marion 1,945 35.2% 3,545 64.2% 34 5,524 R+29.0
Grant 2,148 40.1% 3,167 59.2% 38 5,353 R+19.0
Little River 2,090 39.5% 3,155 59.6% 50 5,295 R+20.1
Sevier 1,942 36.8% 3,302 62.6% 27 5,271 R+25.8
Izard 2,346 45.7% 2,726 53.1% 64 5,136 R+7.4
Bradley 2,313 46.1% 2,690 53.6% 14 5,017 R+7.5
Monroe 2,413 48.5% 2,508 50.5% 50 4,971 R+1.9
Howard 1,746 36.1% 3,079 63.7% 7 4,832 R+27.6
Lee 2,541 53.9% 2,101 44.5% 75 4,717 D+9.3
Scott 1,609 34.2% 3,066 65.1% 34 4,709 R+30.9
Dallas 2,035 45.5% 2,361 52.8% 76 4,472 R+7.3
Lincoln 2,406 56.3% 1,860 43.5% 6 4,272 D+12.8
Fulton 1,864 44.1% 2,329 55.2% 30 4,223 R+11.0
Searcy 1,313 31.3% 2,819 67.1% 69 4,201 R+35.8
Newton 1,414 33.9% 2,749 65.9% 10 4,173 R+32.0
Nevada 1,783 42.9% 2,352 56.6% 17 4,152 R+13.7
Pike 1,443 35.0% 2,665 64.7% 10 4,118 R+29.7
Stone 1,654 40.9% 2,325 57.5% 66 4,045 R+16.6
Lafayette 1,695 42.3% 2,290 57.1% 22 4,007 R+14.8
Prairie 1,437 37.1% 2,407 62.1% 32 3,876 R+25.0
Woodruff 2,055 54.7% 1,675 44.6% 29 3,759 D+10.1
Montgomery 1,497 39.8% 2,221 59.1% 39 3,757 R+19.3
Perry 1,404 40.3% 2,047 58.8% 29 3,480 R+18.5
Cleveland 1,378 43.5% 1,773 56.0% 14 3,165 R+12.5
Calhoun 1,058 41.7% 1,474 58.1% 3 2,535 R+16.4

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.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+27.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.9
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+23.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+19.9
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+9.8
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+5.4
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+16.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+14.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+30.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.1
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.7
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+7.1
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+6.6
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+12.1
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+40.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+58.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.9
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.1
1928 Al Smith (D) D+20.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+31.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+19.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+37.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+34.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+20.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+15.2
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+28.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+48.6
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+27.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+16.8
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+17.1
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+17.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+4.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.4