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Election 1984 Results

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1984 presidential election in Louisiana

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Walter Mondale (Democrat) in Louisiana in 1984, 60.8% to 38.2%, a margin of 22.6 points and 385,713 votes.

Louisiana voted 4.4 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 54 of the 64 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Orleans, cast 206,956 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.0 points. The closest was East Feliciana, where 44 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 1,037,299 60.8%
Walter Mondale Democratic 651,586 38.2%
All other candidates 17,937 1.1%
Total1,706,822

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 119,478 57.7% 86,316 41.7% 1,162 206,956 D+16.0
Jefferson 41,183 24.8% 123,997 74.7% 843 166,023 R+49.9
East Baton Rouge 56,673 37.0% 95,704 62.4% 891 153,268 R+25.5
Caddo 35,727 35.9% 63,429 63.7% 445 99,601 R+27.8
Calcasieu 33,214 48.0% 35,566 51.4% 430 69,210 R+3.4
Lafayette 19,265 29.9% 44,344 68.8% 849 64,458 R+38.9
Ouachita 15,525 29.0% 37,270 69.6% 779 53,574 R+40.6
St. Tammany 11,719 23.1% 38,664 76.1% 392 50,775 R+53.1
Rapides 16,121 32.3% 32,879 65.8% 963 49,963 R+33.5
St. Landry 17,950 48.2% 19,055 51.2% 218 37,223 R+3.0
Terrebonne 9,640 28.3% 23,696 69.5% 753 34,089 R+41.2
St. Bernard 8,076 24.7% 24,428 74.8% 153 32,657 R+50.1
Tangipahoa 12,799 39.3% 19,580 60.1% 200 32,579 R+20.8
Lafourche 10,186 31.8% 20,930 65.4% 889 32,005 R+33.6
Bossier 7,006 23.5% 22,638 76.0% 138 29,782 R+52.5
Iberia 10,170 35.7% 17,727 62.1% 629 28,526 R+26.5
Livingston 8,913 33.5% 17,465 65.7% 198 26,576 R+32.2
St. Mary 9,411 37.7% 15,275 61.2% 288 24,974 R+23.5
Acadia 9,262 37.6% 14,906 60.6% 434 24,602 R+22.9
Ascension 11,048 47.7% 11,945 51.6% 177 23,170 R+3.9
Vermilion 9,033 40.4% 12,721 56.8% 624 22,378 R+16.5
Washington 7,680 40.4% 11,185 58.9% 123 18,988 R+18.5
Webster 6,509 34.9% 12,055 64.5% 113 18,677 R+29.7
St. Martin 8,589 46.2% 9,698 52.2% 304 18,591 R+6.0
St. Charles 6,784 39.7% 10,185 59.6% 113 17,082 R+19.9
St. John The Baptist 7,646 45.4% 9,093 54.0% 112 16,851 R+8.6
Avoyelles 6,808 40.8% 9,402 56.4% 463 16,673 R+15.6
Evangeline 6,981 44.1% 8,680 54.8% 183 15,844 R+10.7
Iberville 8,587 56.6% 6,455 42.6% 117 15,159 D+14.1
Natchitoches 5,806 38.8% 8,836 59.0% 336 14,978 R+20.2
Lincoln 5,432 36.9% 9,087 61.8% 182 14,701 R+24.9
Jefferson Davis 5,962 41.2% 8,296 57.4% 206 14,464 R+16.1
Morehouse 4,829 35.3% 8,585 62.7% 271 13,685 R+27.4
Vernon 4,076 30.5% 9,035 67.6% 258 13,369 R+37.1
Pointe Coupee 6,732 54.8% 5,477 44.6% 78 12,287 D+10.2
Beauregard 4,199 36.0% 7,353 63.1% 96 11,648 R+27.1
Plaquemines 3,261 29.7% 7,655 69.7% 61 10,977 R+40.0
Desoto 4,642 43.2% 5,989 55.8% 108 10,739 R+12.5
St. James 5,989 55.8% 4,627 43.1% 119 10,735 D+12.7
Assumption 4,660 45.0% 5,433 52.4% 270 10,363 R+7.5
Franklin 2,937 29.7% 6,708 67.8% 249 9,894 R+38.1
Union 2,916 30.0% 6,585 67.7% 222 9,723 R+37.7
Concordia 3,332 34.4% 6,177 63.7% 183 9,692 R+29.4
Sabine 2,980 31.4% 6,295 66.3% 225 9,500 R+34.9
Allen 4,842 51.6% 4,474 47.7% 66 9,382 D+3.9
Richland 2,918 32.1% 5,980 65.8% 185 9,083 R+33.7
West Baton Rouge 4,631 52.1% 4,189 47.2% 63 8,883 D+5.0
East Feliciana 4,122 49.1% 4,166 49.6% 113 8,401 R+0.5
Bienville 3,530 42.9% 4,587 55.8% 109 8,226 R+12.8
Grant 2,588 32.0% 5,334 65.9% 175 8,097 R+33.9
Jackson 2,568 33.1% 5,034 64.9% 159 7,761 R+31.8
Winn 2,633 34.1% 4,934 63.9% 160 7,727 R+29.8
Claiborne 2,788 38.6% 4,349 60.3% 77 7,214 R+21.6
La Salle 1,318 19.2% 5,404 78.6% 153 6,875 R+59.4
Madison 2,906 49.6% 2,849 48.6% 109 5,864 D+1.0
West Carroll 1,474 27.0% 3,874 70.8% 121 5,469 R+43.9
St. Helena 2,956 54.4% 2,366 43.5% 113 5,435 D+10.9
Catahoula 1,649 30.6% 3,640 67.5% 102 5,391 R+36.9
Red River 1,958 38.6% 3,060 60.4% 49 5,067 R+21.7
Caldwell 1,348 28.0% 3,341 69.3% 130 4,819 R+41.4
West Feliciana 2,296 51.9% 2,097 47.4% 33 4,426 D+4.5
East Carroll 2,089 50.6% 1,974 47.8% 69 4,132 D+2.8
Cameron 1,608 41.2% 2,265 58.0% 33 3,906 R+16.8
Tensas 1,628 44.5% 1,956 53.5% 71 3,655 R+9.0

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.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+22.0
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+18.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+19.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+17.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+18.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+7.7
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+12.1
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+9.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.6
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+5.5
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+5.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+37.0
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+13.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+21.8
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.8
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+5.8
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+61.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+71.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+77.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+85.8
1928 Al Smith (D) D+52.6
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+56.2
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+38.7
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+78.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+72.0
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+72.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+78.8
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+58.1
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+54.6
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+53.1
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+46.9
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+14.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+25.0
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+3.3
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+11.4
1868 Horatio Seymour (D) D+41.4