Elections / 1984 · President

Ronald Reagan defeated Walter Mondale.

Walter Mondale (D) vs Ronald Reagan (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Walter Mondale (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)

National popular vote

92,651,020 votes counted

Mondale (D)

37,576,280

40.6%

Reagan (R)

54,457,234

58.8%

All others

617,508

0.7%

Margin

R+18.2

The county map

3,142 county-level results on record for 1984

Democrats carried 335 counties, Republicans 2,806, third-party candidates 1. 641 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Murray County, GA (R+69.3 swing) · Habersham County, GA (R+69.2 swing) · Banks County, GA (R+65.5 swing) · Stephens County, GA (R+65.3 swing) · Forsyth County, GA (R+65.2 swing) · Paulding County, GA (R+63.4 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−36.8%	62,007	138,380	207,605
Alabama	R	−22.4%	550,899	873,067	1,440,950
Arkansas	R	−22.2%	338,646	534,774	884,406
Arizona	R	−33.9%	333,854	681,416	1,025,897
California	R	−16.2%	3,922,519	5,467,009	9,505,041
Colorado	R	−28.3%	454,975	821,817	1,295,358
Connecticut	R	−21.9%	569,584	890,851	1,466,635
District of Columbia	D	+71.7%	180,408	29,009	211,288
Delaware	R	−19.9%	101,656	152,190	254,572
Florida	R	−30.7%	1,448,816	2,730,350	4,180,051
Georgia	R	−20.4%	706,628	1,068,722	1,775,350
Hawaii	R	−11.3%	147,098	184,934	335,674
Iowa	R	−7.4%	605,620	703,088	1,319,805
Idaho	R	−46.0%	108,510	297,523	411,144
Illinois	R	−12.9%	2,086,499	2,707,103	4,819,088
Indiana	R	−24.0%	841,481	1,377,230	2,233,069
Kansas	R	−33.7%	333,149	677,296	1,021,991
Kentucky	R	−20.7%	539,589	822,782	1,370,461
Louisiana	R	−22.6%	651,586	1,037,299	1,706,822
Massachusetts	R	−2.8%	1,239,606	1,310,936	2,559,453
Maryland	R	−5.5%	787,935	879,918	1,675,873
Maine	R	−22.1%	214,515	336,500	553,144
Michigan	R	−19.0%	1,529,638	2,251,571	3,801,658
Minnesota	D	+0.2%	1,036,364	1,032,603	2,083,726
Missouri	R	−20.0%	848,583	1,274,188	2,122,771
Mississippi	R	−24.5%	352,192	582,377	941,092
Montana	R	−22.3%	146,742	232,450	384,377
North Carolina	R	−24.0%	824,287	1,346,481	2,175,361
North Dakota	R	−31.0%	104,429	200,336	308,971
Nebraska	R	−41.7%	187,866	460,054	652,090
New Hampshire	R	−37.7%	120,395	267,051	388,954
New Jersey	R	−20.9%	1,261,323	1,933,630	3,217,862
New Mexico	R	−20.5%	201,769	307,101	514,370
Nevada	R	−33.9%	91,655	188,770	286,667
New York	R	−8.0%	3,119,609	3,664,763	6,806,810
Ohio	R	−18.8%	1,825,440	2,678,559	4,547,619
Oklahoma	R	−37.9%	385,080	861,530	1,255,676
Oregon	R	−12.2%	536,479	685,700	1,226,527
Pennsylvania	R	−7.4%	2,228,131	2,584,323	4,844,903
Rhode Island	R	−3.6%	197,106	212,080	410,489
South Carolina	R	−28.0%	344,470	615,539	968,540
South Dakota	R	−26.5%	116,113	200,267	317,867
Tennessee	R	−16.3%	711,714	990,212	1,711,994
Texas	R	−27.5%	1,949,276	3,433,428	5,397,571
Utah	R	−49.8%	155,369	469,105	629,656
Virginia	R	−25.2%	796,250	1,337,078	2,146,635
Vermont	R	−17.1%	95,730	135,865	234,446
Washington	R	−13.0%	807,352	1,051,670	1,883,910
Wisconsin	R	−9.2%	995,843	1,199,585	2,212,091
West Virginia	R	−10.5%	328,125	405,483	735,742
Wyoming	R	−42.3%	53,370	133,241	188,968