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Election 1984 Results

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1984 presidential election in Ohio

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Walter Mondale (Democrat) in Ohio in 1984, 58.7% to 40.0%, a margin of 18.7 points and 853,119 votes.

Ohio voted 0.5 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 82 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 651,633 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.1 points. The closest was Monroe, where 309 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 2,678,559 58.7%
Walter Mondale Democratic 1,825,440 40.0%
All other candidates 59,236 1.3%
Total4,563,235

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 362,626 55.6% 284,094 43.6% 4,913 651,633 D+12.1
Franklin 131,530 33.7% 250,360 64.1% 8,584 390,474 R+30.4
Hamilton 140,350 36.1% 246,288 63.3% 2,177 388,815 R+27.2
Montgomery 94,016 40.5% 137,053 59.0% 1,333 232,402 R+18.5
Summit 109,569 48.3% 115,637 51.0% 1,574 226,780 R+2.7
Lucas 97,293 48.8% 100,285 50.3% 1,976 199,554 R+1.5
Stark 65,157 39.5% 98,434 59.7% 1,325 164,916 R+20.2
Mahoning 76,514 58.2% 53,424 40.6% 1,500 131,438 D+17.6
Lorain 52,970 46.9% 57,379 50.8% 2,672 113,021 R+3.9
Butler 27,700 26.5% 76,216 72.9% 598 104,514 R+46.4
Trumbull 56,902 55.1% 45,623 44.2% 734 103,259 D+10.9
Lake 36,711 39.8% 54,587 59.1% 1,027 92,325 R+19.4
Clark 21,154 36.6% 35,831 62.1% 759 57,744 R+25.4
Licking 13,995 26.9% 37,560 72.3% 421 51,976 R+45.3
Richland 16,141 31.1% 35,299 68.1% 396 51,836 R+37.0
Greene 17,129 33.1% 34,267 66.3% 316 51,712 R+33.1
Portage 21,719 42.0% 29,536 57.1% 432 51,687 R+15.1
Clermont 11,713 24.8% 35,316 74.6% 290 47,319 R+49.9
Medina 15,897 33.9% 30,690 65.4% 357 46,944 R+31.5
Wood 15,907 34.6% 29,750 64.7% 297 45,954 R+30.1
Allen 12,176 26.5% 33,506 73.0% 229 45,911 R+46.5
Columbiana 20,155 44.7% 24,552 54.4% 403 45,110 R+9.7
Ashtabula 19,344 46.7% 21,669 52.3% 384 41,397 R+5.6
Fairfield 9,817 23.9% 30,843 75.2% 373 41,033 R+51.2
Jefferson 22,832 56.7% 17,105 42.5% 340 40,277 D+14.2
Warren 9,031 23.1% 29,848 76.4% 191 39,070 R+53.3
Miami 9,695 26.7% 26,300 72.4% 320 36,315 R+45.7
Wayne 11,323 31.4% 24,475 67.8% 305 36,103 R+36.4
Belmont 19,458 55.8% 15,170 43.5% 228 34,856 D+12.3
Scioto 14,120 42.5% 18,818 56.6% 281 33,219 R+14.1
Erie 13,508 40.7% 19,174 57.8% 472 33,154 R+17.1
Geauga 9,954 30.4% 22,369 68.3% 431 32,754 R+37.9
Tuscarawas 13,149 40.1% 19,366 59.1% 239 32,754 R+19.0
Muskingum 10,037 31.3% 21,821 68.0% 243 32,101 R+36.7
Hancock 5,758 20.3% 22,169 78.3% 370 28,297 R+58.0
Marion 8,827 33.4% 17,392 65.8% 224 26,443 R+32.4
Lawrence 11,431 43.2% 14,793 56.0% 213 26,437 R+12.7
Sandusky 8,564 32.9% 17,214 66.2% 242 26,020 R+33.2
Ross 8,020 31.4% 17,015 66.6% 513 25,548 R+35.2
Washington 7,920 31.7% 16,529 66.1% 544 24,993 R+34.4
Delaware 5,773 23.1% 19,050 76.2% 166 24,989 R+53.1
Seneca 7,905 32.1% 16,520 67.0% 217 24,642 R+35.0
Darke 5,904 26.2% 16,379 72.8% 211 22,494 R+46.6
Athens 10,201 46.5% 11,548 52.6% 209 21,958 R+6.1
Huron 6,609 31.2% 14,388 68.0% 174 21,171 R+36.7
Knox 5,730 28.8% 14,062 70.7% 109 19,901 R+41.9
Crawford 4,932 24.9% 14,682 74.1% 206 19,820 R+49.2
Ashland 4,786 24.8% 14,339 74.4% 147 19,272 R+49.6
Auglaize 4,102 21.6% 14,766 77.7% 132 19,000 R+56.1
Ottawa 7,053 39.0% 10,920 60.4% 102 18,075 R+21.4
Shelby 4,315 24.0% 13,509 75.1% 159 17,983 R+51.1
Pickaway 4,110 25.4% 11,942 73.9% 108 16,160 R+48.5
Mercer 4,422 27.4% 11,542 71.5% 180 16,144 R+44.1
Defiance 5,004 31.0% 10,951 67.9% 175 16,130 R+36.9
Logan 3,645 22.8% 12,230 76.5% 104 15,979 R+53.7
Fulton 4,217 26.8% 11,412 72.5% 101 15,730 R+45.7
Preble 4,198 27.3% 11,065 71.8% 140 15,403 R+44.6
Guernsey 4,967 32.4% 10,252 66.8% 125 15,344 R+34.4
Putnam 3,194 20.9% 11,936 78.3% 121 15,251 R+57.3
Williams 3,624 24.9% 10,804 74.1% 150 14,578 R+49.3
Coshocton 4,392 30.7% 9,842 68.7% 89 14,323 R+38.1
Champaign 3,544 26.1% 9,935 73.1% 121 13,600 R+47.0
Clinton 3,332 25.6% 9,603 73.8% 83 13,018 R+48.2
Van Wert 3,338 25.7% 9,570 73.7% 80 12,988 R+48.0
Highland 3,784 29.4% 9,000 69.9% 91 12,875 R+40.5
Hardin 3,813 30.2% 8,722 69.1% 85 12,620 R+38.9
Gallia 4,251 33.9% 8,194 65.3% 109 12,554 R+31.4
Brown 4,067 32.8% 8,221 66.3% 116 12,404 R+33.5
Henry 2,779 22.8% 9,317 76.5% 77 12,173 R+53.7
Union 2,579 21.5% 9,336 77.8% 86 12,001 R+56.3
Madison 2,928 24.4% 8,979 74.9% 80 11,987 R+50.5
Jackson 4,369 36.7% 7,411 62.2% 128 11,908 R+25.5
Perry 3,961 34.2% 7,548 65.1% 88 11,597 R+30.9
Pike 4,895 43.3% 6,318 55.9% 89 11,302 R+12.6
Morrow 2,839 25.7% 8,116 73.5% 87 11,042 R+47.8
Carroll 3,771 35.6% 6,703 63.3% 110 10,584 R+27.7
Meigs 3,549 35.7% 6,307 63.5% 73 9,929 R+27.8
Adams 3,534 36.3% 6,113 62.8% 82 9,729 R+26.5
Wyandot 2,342 24.3% 7,204 74.8% 84 9,630 R+50.5
Hocking 3,280 34.7% 6,071 64.2% 112 9,463 R+29.5
Fayette 2,126 23.6% 6,838 75.8% 57 9,021 R+52.2
Paulding 2,811 33.3% 5,545 65.7% 83 8,439 R+32.4
Harrison 3,370 43.7% 4,276 55.4% 66 7,712 R+11.7
Monroe 3,611 51.7% 3,302 47.3% 65 6,978 D+4.4
Holmes 1,737 25.0% 5,146 74.1% 61 6,944 R+49.1
Morgan 1,868 31.6% 3,994 67.7% 41 5,903 R+36.0
Noble 1,777 31.2% 3,853 67.7% 61 5,691 R+36.5
Vinton 1,990 39.1% 3,041 59.8% 54 5,085 R+20.7

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.

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0