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1984 presidential election in Indiana

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Walter Mondale (Democrat) in Indiana in 1984, 61.7% to 37.7%, a margin of 24.0 points and 535,749 votes.

Indiana voted 5.8 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 91 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Marion, cast 317,148 votes and went to the Republican by 17.2 points. The closest was Perry, where 25 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 1,377,230 61.7%
Walter Mondale Democratic 841,481 37.7%
All other candidates 14,358 0.6%
Total2,233,069

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 130,185 41.0% 184,880 58.3% 2,083 317,148 R+17.2
Lake 117,984 55.1% 94,870 44.3% 1,289 214,143 D+10.8
Allen 38,462 33.5% 75,505 65.7% 1,008 114,975 R+32.2
St. Joseph 47,513 46.4% 54,404 53.1% 576 102,493 R+6.7
Vanderburgh 31,049 42.9% 40,994 56.7% 287 72,330 R+13.7
Madison 22,254 37.7% 36,510 61.9% 250 59,014 R+24.2
Porter 17,862 35.2% 32,505 64.1% 315 50,682 R+28.9
Delaware 19,791 39.4% 30,092 60.0% 288 50,171 R+20.5
Elkhart 13,240 27.5% 34,621 72.0% 236 48,097 R+44.5
Tippecanoe 15,789 34.4% 29,706 64.8% 381 45,876 R+30.3
Vigo 18,429 41.0% 26,259 58.4% 285 44,973 R+17.4
La Porte 15,904 40.2% 23,346 59.0% 317 39,567 R+18.8
Monroe 14,719 40.0% 21,772 59.1% 335 36,826 R+19.2
Hamilton 6,364 17.3% 30,254 82.3% 143 36,761 R+65.0
Clark 14,138 41.8% 19,419 57.5% 228 33,785 R+15.6
Howard 10,458 31.6% 22,386 67.7% 202 33,046 R+36.1
Johnson 7,715 24.6% 23,482 74.9% 171 31,368 R+50.3
Grant 9,986 32.6% 20,482 66.8% 205 30,673 R+34.2
Wayne 10,173 34.8% 18,955 64.8% 123 29,251 R+30.0
Hendricks 6,659 23.7% 21,307 75.7% 169 28,135 R+52.1
Bartholomew 8,075 29.9% 18,704 69.4% 191 26,970 R+39.4
Floyd 10,616 40.4% 15,466 58.9% 197 26,279 R+18.5
Kosciusko 4,877 21.6% 17,560 77.9% 110 22,547 R+56.3
Morgan 4,627 23.6% 14,884 75.9% 96 19,607 R+52.3
Henry 7,064 37.1% 11,926 62.6% 72 19,062 R+25.5
Cass 5,521 30.7% 12,355 68.7% 95 17,971 R+38.0
Hancock 4,550 26.0% 12,880 73.6% 74 17,504 R+47.6
Knox 6,417 36.8% 10,872 62.3% 170 17,459 R+25.5
Lawrence 5,608 32.7% 11,440 66.7% 102 17,150 R+34.0
Warrick 6,345 38.1% 10,202 61.3% 90 16,637 R+23.2
Shelby 5,357 32.4% 11,056 66.9% 109 16,522 R+34.5
Marshall 4,931 30.5% 11,100 68.8% 113 16,144 R+38.2
Boone 3,982 25.1% 11,790 74.4% 78 15,850 R+49.3
Gibson 7,082 44.9% 8,618 54.6% 77 15,777 R+9.7
Huntington 4,598 29.7% 10,805 69.8% 84 15,487 R+40.1
Jackson 5,163 33.9% 9,879 64.8% 192 15,234 R+31.0
Dubois 5,423 36.2% 9,391 62.8% 148 14,962 R+26.5
Montgomery 3,626 24.4% 11,119 75.0% 89 14,834 R+50.5
Dearborn 4,920 34.8% 9,149 64.7% 63 14,132 R+29.9
Wabash 4,077 29.1% 9,862 70.3% 89 14,028 R+41.2
Greene 5,267 37.9% 8,438 60.7% 193 13,898 R+22.8
Miami 4,224 30.4% 9,551 68.8% 117 13,892 R+38.3
De Kalb 4,617 34.1% 8,769 64.8% 142 13,528 R+30.7
Clinton 4,329 32.4% 8,969 67.1% 65 13,363 R+34.7
Noble 4,237 32.9% 8,459 65.7% 171 12,867 R+32.8
Jefferson 4,952 39.2% 7,482 59.2% 205 12,639 R+20.0
Harrison 4,634 38.7% 7,255 60.6% 80 11,969 R+21.9
Adams 3,923 32.8% 7,958 66.6% 71 11,952 R+33.8
Randolph 3,805 32.6% 7,793 66.8% 73 11,671 R+34.2
Whitley 3,690 31.9% 7,763 67.2% 98 11,551 R+35.3
Fayette 4,122 36.3% 7,142 62.9% 82 11,346 R+26.6
Daviess 3,545 31.3% 7,721 68.3% 45 11,311 R+36.9
Putnam 3,392 30.1% 7,820 69.4% 60 11,272 R+39.3
Posey 4,452 40.6% 6,472 59.1% 33 10,957 R+18.4
Wells 3,274 30.0% 7,579 69.4% 67 10,920 R+39.4
Clay 3,707 34.6% 6,957 64.9% 61 10,725 R+30.3
Ripley 3,336 31.8% 7,143 68.0% 27 10,506 R+36.2
White 3,157 30.1% 7,279 69.3% 63 10,499 R+39.3
Spencer 4,005 40.7% 5,816 59.1% 25 9,846 R+18.4
Jennings 3,264 33.6% 6,356 65.5% 87 9,707 R+31.9
Perry 4,760 49.6% 4,785 49.9% 43 9,588 R+0.3
Jasper 2,821 29.9% 6,537 69.2% 86 9,444 R+39.3
Washington 3,334 35.5% 5,874 62.6% 172 9,380 R+27.1
Decatur 2,766 29.5% 6,551 70.0% 46 9,363 R+40.4
Jay 3,174 34.5% 5,975 64.9% 58 9,207 R+30.4
Steuben 2,441 27.4% 6,424 72.0% 56 8,921 R+44.6
Starke 3,674 41.3% 5,104 57.4% 111 8,889 R+16.1
Sullivan 4,006 45.5% 4,771 54.1% 36 8,813 R+8.7
Fulton 2,527 29.3% 6,057 70.1% 51 8,635 R+40.9
Orange 2,571 30.2% 5,909 69.4% 35 8,515 R+39.2
Fountain 2,897 34.5% 5,450 64.9% 50 8,397 R+30.4
Carroll 2,774 33.2% 5,528 66.1% 62 8,364 R+32.9
Vermillion 3,666 45.0% 4,428 54.3% 60 8,154 R+9.3
Tipton 2,328 28.9% 5,687 70.5% 54 8,069 R+41.6
Rush 2,307 29.7% 5,429 69.9% 35 7,771 R+40.2
Scott 3,460 45.6% 4,110 54.2% 18 7,588 R+8.6
Franklin 2,225 29.8% 5,202 69.6% 45 7,472 R+39.8
Parke 2,205 30.2% 5,052 69.3% 37 7,294 R+39.0
Pike 3,231 46.4% 3,689 53.0% 43 6,963 R+6.6
Lagrange 1,884 28.2% 4,772 71.3% 36 6,692 R+43.2
Owen 2,082 32.9% 4,204 66.5% 37 6,323 R+33.6
Blackford 2,395 38.4% 3,787 60.8% 48 6,230 R+22.3
Pulaski 2,008 32.3% 4,167 66.9% 51 6,226 R+34.7
Brown 2,657 42.9% 3,517 56.7% 24 6,198 R+13.9
Martin 1,937 36.3% 3,363 63.1% 32 5,332 R+26.7
Newton 1,596 30.7% 3,560 68.5% 38 5,194 R+37.8
Crawford 2,256 45.9% 2,633 53.6% 21 4,910 R+7.7
Benton 1,357 29.1% 3,281 70.4% 24 4,662 R+41.3
Warren 1,309 33.9% 2,525 65.4% 28 3,862 R+31.5
Switzerland 1,484 44.3% 1,857 55.5% 6 3,347 R+11.1
Union 816 29.1% 1,970 70.4% 14 2,800 R+41.2
Ohio 1,068 41.4% 1,503 58.3% 6 2,577 R+16.9

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.

Indiana in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+19.0
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+19.2
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+10.2
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+1.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+20.7
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+15.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+5.6
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.4
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+32.8
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+12.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+20.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+17.1
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+5.7
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+1.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+14.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+20.1
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+16.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+14.6
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+1.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+20.0
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+1.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+13.8
1900 William McKinley (R) R+4.0
1896 William McKinley (R) R+2.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.3
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.4
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.3
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+1.4
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+1.3
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.8