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Election 1984 Results

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1984 presidential election in Wisconsin

Ronald Reagan (Republican) beat Walter Mondale (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1984, 54.2% to 45.0%, a margin of 9.2 points and 202,844 votes.

Wisconsin voted 9.1 points more Democratic 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 62 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 458,017 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.7 points. The closest was Polk, where 72 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 1,198,584 54.2%
Walter Mondale Democratic 995,740 45.0%
All other candidates 17,365 0.8%
Total2,211,689

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 259,144 56.6% 196,290 42.9% 2,583 458,017 D+13.7
Dane 94,659 55.5% 74,823 43.8% 1,203 170,685 D+11.6
Waukesha 47,313 33.6% 92,426 65.7% 921 140,660 R+32.1
Brown 30,218 36.8% 51,202 62.4% 583 82,003 R+25.6
Racine 36,955 46.4% 42,092 52.8% 616 79,663 R+6.4
Winnebago 22,791 36.7% 39,014 62.7% 378 62,183 R+26.1
Rock 26,433 44.5% 32,491 54.8% 410 59,334 R+10.2
Outagamie 19,790 34.7% 36,773 64.5% 416 56,979 R+29.8
Kenosha 29,233 52.5% 26,118 46.9% 344 55,695 D+5.6
Marathon 20,128 41.4% 27,080 55.6% 1,462 48,670 R+14.3
Sheboygan 21,112 44.1% 26,345 55.1% 396 47,853 R+10.9
La Crosse 17,787 40.6% 25,721 58.8% 261 43,769 R+18.1
Fond Du Lac 13,983 34.7% 26,069 64.6% 294 40,346 R+30.0
Eau Claire 19,347 48.5% 20,401 51.1% 181 39,929 R+2.6
Washington 12,966 33.6% 25,279 65.5% 328 38,573 R+31.9
Manitowoc 17,250 46.2% 19,639 52.5% 487 37,376 R+6.4
Ozaukee 10,765 30.8% 23,898 68.5% 233 34,896 R+37.6
Wood 12,118 36.9% 20,525 62.4% 239 32,882 R+25.6
Dodge 11,052 34.8% 20,458 64.4% 251 31,761 R+29.6
Walworth 9,877 32.2% 20,595 67.1% 238 30,710 R+34.9
Jefferson 10,788 37.5% 17,780 61.8% 216 28,784 R+24.3
Portage 14,399 51.1% 13,605 48.3% 175 28,179 D+2.8
St. Croix 10,127 46.8% 11,367 52.5% 141 21,635 R+5.7
Douglas 14,291 66.6% 7,066 32.9% 107 21,464 D+33.7
Grant 7,892 36.8% 13,430 62.6% 138 21,460 R+25.8
Chippewa 10,202 47.8% 10,986 51.5% 163 21,351 R+3.7
Columbia 8,125 40.8% 11,662 58.5% 140 19,927 R+17.7
Waupaca 5,895 30.8% 13,097 68.3% 175 19,167 R+37.6
Marinette 6,798 37.0% 11,444 62.4% 111 18,353 R+25.3
Sauk 7,158 39.1% 11,069 60.4% 86 18,313 R+21.4
Barron 8,061 45.4% 9,587 53.9% 124 17,772 R+8.6
Oneida 6,417 39.2% 9,787 59.8% 165 16,369 R+20.6
Dunn 7,712 47.1% 8,473 51.8% 173 16,358 R+4.7
Polk 8,034 49.4% 8,106 49.8% 129 16,269 R+0.4
Shawano 5,469 33.7% 10,635 65.5% 121 16,225 R+31.8
Pierce 7,289 48.6% 7,612 50.7% 102 15,003 R+2.2
Oconto 5,289 37.4% 8,714 61.7% 121 14,124 R+24.2
Clark 5,647 40.6% 8,099 58.2% 160 13,906 R+17.6
Calumet 4,736 34.1% 8,970 64.6% 186 13,892 R+30.5
Monroe 5,567 40.1% 8,227 59.3% 90 13,884 R+19.2
Green 4,367 35.5% 7,827 63.7% 102 12,296 R+28.1
Door 3,916 31.9% 8,264 67.3% 91 12,271 R+35.4
Lincoln 5,353 44.1% 6,682 55.1% 97 12,132 R+11.0
Vernon 5,051 43.5% 6,469 55.8% 83 11,603 R+12.2
Trempealeau 5,407 47.0% 6,008 52.2% 85 11,500 R+5.2
Langlade 3,675 38.4% 5,830 60.9% 67 9,572 R+22.5
Kewaunee 3,444 37.4% 5,705 61.9% 61 9,210 R+24.5
Vilas 2,940 32.6% 5,965 66.1% 121 9,026 R+33.5
Iowa 3,843 43.2% 4,983 56.0% 71 8,897 R+12.8
Juneau 3,152 35.6% 5,629 63.6% 67 8,848 R+28.0
Green Lake 2,441 28.0% 6,198 71.1% 77 8,716 R+43.1
Waushara 2,782 32.2% 5,769 66.8% 86 8,637 R+34.6
Taylor 3,271 39.6% 4,918 59.5% 80 8,269 R+19.9
Ashland 4,680 56.6% 3,517 42.5% 71 8,268 D+14.1
Rusk 3,843 48.2% 4,061 50.9% 75 7,979 R+2.7
Crawford 3,436 43.5% 4,412 55.9% 49 7,897 R+12.4
Jackson 3,427 43.6% 4,386 55.8% 46 7,859 R+12.2
Price 3,479 44.3% 4,289 54.6% 84 7,852 R+10.3
Richland 2,844 36.7% 4,858 62.7% 51 7,753 R+26.0
Lafayette 2,961 39.0% 4,584 60.4% 41 7,586 R+21.4
Bayfield 4,034 53.3% 3,474 45.9% 59 7,567 D+7.4
Washburn 3,188 45.1% 3,848 54.4% 40 7,076 R+9.3
Sawyer 2,982 42.8% 3,913 56.1% 75 6,970 R+13.4
Burnett 3,331 48.2% 3,528 51.0% 57 6,916 R+2.8
Adams 2,714 42.3% 3,645 56.9% 52 6,411 R+14.5
Buffalo 2,921 46.3% 3,325 52.7% 58 6,304 R+6.4
Marquette 2,032 36.9% 3,406 61.8% 74 5,512 R+24.9
Forest 2,214 48.7% 2,296 50.5% 34 4,544 R+1.8
Iron 1,967 53.8% 1,667 45.6% 19 3,653 D+8.2
Pepin 1,629 50.9% 1,555 48.6% 18 3,202 D+2.3
Florence 870 41.1% 1,227 58.0% 18 2,115 R+16.9
Menominee 832 67.6% 392 31.8% 7 1,231 D+35.7

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5