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Election 1984 Results

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1984 presidential election in Florida

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Walter Mondale (Democrat) in Florida in 1984, 65.3% to 34.7%, a margin of 30.7 points and 1,281,534 votes.

Florida voted 12.4 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 66 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Dade, cast 548,312 votes and went to the Republican by 18.3 points. The closest was Jefferson, where 187 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 2,730,350 65.3%
Walter Mondale Democratic 1,448,816 34.7%
All other candidates 885 0.0%
Total4,180,051

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 223,863 40.8% 324,414 59.2% 35 548,312 R+18.3
Broward 194,584 43.3% 254,608 56.7% 34 449,226 R+13.4
Pinellas 128,574 34.8% 240,612 65.2% 63 369,249 R+30.3
Palm Beach 116,091 38.3% 186,811 61.7% 29 302,931 R+23.3
Hillsborough 86,230 35.3% 157,926 64.7% 52 244,208 R+29.4
Duval 77,488 37.6% 128,724 62.4% 37 206,249 R+24.8
Orange 48,752 28.5% 122,068 71.4% 165 170,985 R+42.9
Brevard 36,985 26.5% 102,477 73.5% 49 139,511 R+46.9
Polk 35,516 29.7% 84,246 70.3% 22 119,784 R+40.7
Sarasota 30,525 25.8% 87,771 74.2% 69 118,365 R+48.4
Lee 30,022 26.1% 85,024 73.9% 30 115,076 R+47.8
Volusia 43,820 39.1% 68,358 60.9% 13 112,191 R+21.9
Pasco 40,962 38.1% 66,618 61.9% 8 107,588 R+23.8
Escambia 26,812 28.7% 66,715 71.3% 22 93,549 R+42.7
Manatee 20,889 27.2% 55,793 72.8% 6 76,688 R+45.5
Seminole 17,795 24.0% 56,244 75.9% 53 74,092 R+51.9
Leon 29,683 44.9% 36,325 55.0% 38 66,046 R+10.1
Alachua 26,584 46.4% 30,609 53.5% 60 57,253 R+7.0
Marion 16,225 30.0% 37,815 70.0% 6 54,046 R+39.9
Lake 12,217 25.7% 35,319 74.3% 7 47,543 R+48.6
Okaloosa 7,304 16.5% 37,044 83.5% 9 44,357 R+67.0
Collier 9,067 21.2% 33,619 78.7% 5 42,691 R+57.5
St. Lucie 13,040 31.6% 28,200 68.4% 7 41,247 R+36.8
Charlotte 11,305 29.1% 27,486 70.9% 2 38,793 R+41.7
Bay 9,384 24.2% 29,356 75.8% 4 38,744 R+51.5
Martin 8,978 23.7% 28,900 76.3% 9 37,887 R+52.6
Hernando 12,204 36.4% 21,279 63.5% 4 33,487 R+27.1
Indian River 8,736 26.9% 23,716 73.1% 32,452 R+46.2
Citrus 10,468 33.5% 20,764 66.5% 4 31,236 R+33.0
Clay 5,489 20.3% 21,571 79.7% 27,060 R+59.4
Santa Rosa 4,649 17.9% 21,265 82.0% 6 25,920 R+64.1
Osceola 6,628 26.5% 18,348 73.5% 4 24,980 R+46.9
Monroe 7,774 32.2% 16,332 67.7% 9 24,115 R+35.5
Highlands 7,217 30.5% 16,474 69.5% 3 23,694 R+39.1
St. Johns 6,652 28.7% 16,500 71.3% 2 23,154 R+42.5
Putnam 7,823 40.6% 11,435 59.4% 4 19,262 R+18.8
Jackson 4,960 35.3% 9,091 64.7% 14,051 R+29.4
Gadsden 7,403 56.0% 5,807 44.0% 2 13,212 D+12.1
Columbia 4,261 32.6% 8,814 67.4% 13,075 R+34.8
Nassau 3,484 30.2% 8,039 69.8% 1 11,524 R+39.5
Sumter 3,461 35.6% 6,255 64.4% 1 9,717 R+28.8
Walton 2,503 26.0% 7,126 74.0% 9,629 R+48.0
Suwannee 2,788 31.4% 6,082 68.6% 8,870 R+37.1
Levy 3,103 35.8% 5,561 64.2% 8,664 R+28.4
Flagler 3,000 37.9% 4,913 62.1% 1 7,914 R+24.2
De Soto 2,304 32.3% 4,822 67.6% 3 7,129 R+35.3
Okeechobee 2,226 33.3% 4,449 66.7% 6,675 R+33.3
Hendry 2,018 30.8% 4,524 69.2% 6,542 R+38.3
Washington 1,916 29.4% 4,608 70.6% 1 6,525 R+41.3
Bradford 2,341 36.2% 4,130 63.8% 6,471 R+27.6
Holmes 1,231 21.3% 4,548 78.7% 5,779 R+57.4
Taylor 1,732 30.0% 4,038 70.0% 5,770 R+40.0
Hardee 1,536 27.9% 3,962 72.1% 5,498 R+44.1
Gulf 1,784 33.3% 3,573 66.7% 5,357 R+33.4
Madison 2,101 42.7% 2,819 57.3% 4,920 R+14.6
Baker 1,381 28.4% 3,485 71.6% 4,866 R+43.2
Wakulla 1,470 32.3% 3,088 67.7% 4,558 R+35.5
Jefferson 2,057 47.8% 2,244 52.2% 1 4,302 R+4.3
Calhoun 1,312 34.5% 2,493 65.5% 2 3,807 R+31.0
Dixie 1,224 35.7% 2,204 64.3% 3,428 R+28.6
Hamilton 1,401 42.2% 1,921 57.8% 3,322 R+15.7
Franklin 1,090 33.0% 2,218 67.0% 3,308 R+34.1
Gilchrist 1,051 33.8% 2,056 66.2% 1 3,108 R+32.3
Glades 1,070 35.0% 1,987 65.0% 3,057 R+30.0
Union 761 29.6% 1,804 70.3% 2 2,567 R+40.6
Lafayette 862 36.3% 1,513 63.7% 2,375 R+27.4
Liberty 650 31.6% 1,410 68.4% 2,060 R+36.9

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.

Florida in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+3.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+1.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+0.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+2.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+5.0
2000 George W. Bush (R) level
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+5.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+1.9
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+22.4
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+30.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+17.0
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+5.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+44.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+2.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+10.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+15.2
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+52.2
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+49.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+28.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+51.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.1
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+41.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+46.9
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+52.8
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+85.0
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+19.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+8.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.0